The origin of family learning creates a dream of drama
Xiao Xu Zheng was born in Shanghai, People's Republic of China, in a family with a lush culture. His parents are from Shandong, both of whom are drama actors, and Xu Zheng's childhood was spent in appreciating his parents' performances and Xi at work.
"Does Dad have a new script today? Mom is going to perform on stage?" Whenever his parents needed to rehearse, Xiao Xu Zheng always walked around behind them, his eyes full of flashing light.
Literature and art are the daily after-dinner conversations of this family, and Xiao Xu Zheng's speech and demeanor have vaguely revealed a calmness and stability that surpasses that of his peers.
At the age of 18, Xu Zheng successfully passed the national unified examination and entered the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama. During his four years of study, he lived up to his family roots, Xi performance knowledge and skills, and actively participated in various drama performances.
On the eve of graduation, Xu Zheng completely conquered the hearts of his mentors and classmates with a wonderful one-man show. That's right, drama is his biggest pursuit and dream in this life.
In 1998, 23-year-old Xu Zheng wore the halo of Magnolia Award actor and successfully entered the Shanghai Dramatic Art Center. In the years that followed, he shined on one elaborate stage after another, proving to the audience with his strength and acting skills that it was never a mistake to choose drama.
The rise of comedy films has reached the pinnacle of their careers
In 2010, a comedy film called "People in Embarrassment" was screened in the mainland, which tells the story of a young man who drifts north and encounters all kinds of interesting things during his travels.
One of the leading actors is Xu Zheng, which is also his first work to officially enter the big screen.
After the film was released, the response was enthusiastic, and most of the reviews on major websites gave high praise, believing that the film was well-made, witty and full of laughs. And the funny and funny image of the young man in Beipiao played by Xu Zheng is even more impressive and enjoyable to the audience.
In the end, this low-budget comedy achieved a box office result of 50 million, and Xu Zheng also made a name for himself in the film industry.
Since then, Xu Zheng has gradually shifted his focus to film and television creation. He not only actively starred in many blockbuster comedies, but also invested in many films. In 2015, he invested in "Hong Kong", which was the most successful, and the film was extremely popular when it was released, reaching a single box office of 1.6 billion yuan in the mainland market, successfully establishing the status of Xu Zheng's comedy film.
When his career was in full swing, Xu Zheng won several film festival awards. Among them, in 2018, he won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director at the Taipei Film Festival for his self-directed and self-acting "I Am Not the God of Medicine".
Standing at the pinnacle of life, Xu Zheng's heart is not completely calm - he faintly feels that everything came too easily, and perhaps something more precious and lasting is missing.
The bane of lust is countless scandals and immorality
In the film and television industry, Xu Zheng has always had the secret title of "lustful". His first scandal came in 2012, when paparazzi exposed a video of him strolling down the streets with a young woman late at night.
Although the woman later claimed in a high-profile manner that "I am a student, not a junior", the intimate behavior of the two in the video has already spoken for itself.
After that, Xu Zheng was photographed dating different women from time to time. The photos of a girl who has never publicly admitted her relationship to the hotel for a one-night spring supper all show the lustful behavior of this actor over the years.
Even his wife, when questioned by the media, only said lightly, "Physiological matters, that's not a problem" to prevaricate the past.
And in 2017, Xu Zheng's negative news reached a small peak. Late one night in September of that year, he met a female reporter near a hotel in Beijing, who was about to interview the "star."
Unexpectedly, Xu Zheng was furious after drinking and beat the female reporter, causing her left orbit to be fractured and her vision to be damaged. This violent news immediately exploded on the Internet, and public opinion condemned Xu Zheng's indiscretion and cruelty.
All kinds of negative news are frequent, which undoubtedly seriously damages Xu Zheng's image in the eyes of the public. Although he himself has always chosen to remain silent, those ambiguous photos and videos have morally pronounced the sentence of this "lustful Xu Dao".
Career cliff reining in popularity has taken a sharp turn
When Xu Zheng's career reached its peak and he gained fame and fortune, he made matters worse in terms of morality and public evaluation. Especially in 2022, the various scandals that he continues to be exposed make people less and less popular.
In June of that year, he was reported by his peers for years of tax evasion scandals; In October, he was accused of asking the screenwriter to sign for only one day of cameo appearance in a movie, which was extremely shameless and ridiculed by the group.
These two incidents made Xu Zheng's reputation inside and outside the film and television industry fall to the "freezing point".
What's more serious is that Xu Zheng was revealed to have had a close relationship with Zhang Ting and his wife for many years, and was suspected of participating in the pyramid scheme organization established by the latter.
Although Xu Zheng himself denied the accusation, netizens saw that he was an accomplice of the profiteers.
Under the pressure of so many negative public opinions, Xu Zheng was hit like never before. His original arrangement was to participate in a large-scale variety show to revive his popularity, but he was boycotted by many audiences.
In the end, he could only avoid the limelight and quit the recording of the show. Once upon a time, he was still the envy of countless audiences in the entertainment industry, and it didn't take long for him to become a street rat.
Conclusion: Greed for money and lust will eventually be rewarded
When Xu Zheng realized that fame and money are not the same as happiness and satisfaction, it was too late. He has become a typical example of the warning world: shrewd and capable but often mistaken by cleverness, successful career but moral damage, fame and fortune and the people's will is lost.
51-year-old Xu Zheng has paid a painful price for his years of greed for money and lust. Standing on the verge of the end of his life, looking back at the past, does he regret what he did? Time is short, and there is still a long way to go, so we will wait and see.
No matter what the road ahead is, his story will surely become a profound lesson, warning those who come after him to always reflect on it, and not to be carried away by fame and fortune and go astray.