At the beginning of 2024, Jia Ling ushered in a severe test in her career, which can even be called the "darkest moment".
On January 4, photos of her after losing 100 pounds were accidentally leaked. The earlier publisher can be found on the Internet as "Arts Industry Research Center", and the photo is released with the text "Jia Ling's latest stills, really thin." It should have been communicated by Jia Ling, and it was deleted almost seconds after it was released, but it was still repeatedly quoted and reprinted, detonating the whole network.
The consequences of exposure in this photo are quite serious. On the one hand, Jia Ling's efforts in the past 8 months have almost come to naught.
Recall that Jia Ling, who has always been high-profile and likes to participate in various variety shows, has there been no news for almost a year? During this time, she almost devoted herself to the creation of new films, did not appear in the public eye, and deliberately "hidden" her current situation. Her last public appearance, on her birthday on April 29 last year, Zhang Xiaofei sent a group photo. The new film "Hot and Hot" will be launched at the end of 2022, and by the end of April last year, more than half of the filming has been completed, and Jia Ling's figure in the photo has become much slimmer, and it looks like the weight loss effect is remarkable, and her face has become smaller.
After that, Jia Ling never had her recent photos exposed, nor did she appear in the public eye, not to mention that it was very difficult to be careful everywhere for seven or eight months, not to be photographed by the media and paparazzi, and the economic loss was not small if she did not record programs or accept business for such a long time. The purpose of this is to maintain a sense of mystery, "Hot and Hot" is scheduled to be released on February 10, and Jia Ling can "get out" as long as she insists on it for another month.
On the other hand, this photo leaked out, causing at least hundreds of millions of losses.
Jia Ling is ambitious. In 2021, "Hello, Li Huanying" ranked third in the box office list with a box office score of 5.413 billion, which not only brought Jia Ling high commercial value, but also made her the object of capital pursuit, so in 2022, she will start the "Hot and Hot" project while the iron is hot, and Xinli will be the main investment;
So she sacrificed two nirvana, one is the choice of theme, "Hot and Hot" is a remake of the Japanese classic movie "100 Yuan Love", the original Sakura Ando played by Kazuko Saito had a conflict with his sister, after running away from home as a cashier in Baiyuan Supermarket, he got together with a boxer by chance, and began to learn Xi boxing, eager to be recognized by the outside world.
If you follow the original storyline and character relationships, then Le Ying played by Jia Ling in "Hot and Hot" should correspond to Sakura Ando's Kazuko Saito. There are many successful cases of remakes of classic works, "This Killer is Not Calm" and "Manslaughter" series have been successful, and "Hot and Hot" is also promising.
Another nirvana is the goal of losing 100 pounds. If Jia Ling's Le Ying corresponds to Kazuko Saito, then it is not difficult to guess the character line, from the beginning of the self-depraved (very fat) to the later anger and hard work to learn Xi boxing (exercise to become thin), the character's weight and state must have changed dramatically, so weight loss is necessary and reasonable.
In order to cooperate with Jia Ling to lose weight, "Hot and Hot" stopped waiting for Jia Ling to lose weight after filming Jia Ling's fat scene. In June last year, photographer Liu Yin revealed in a news interview that part of the filming of the film had been completed, and it was entering a rest period at that time, waiting for director Jia Ling to complete a weight loss plan of nearly 100 pounds.
During the interview, the host expressed disbelief and confirmed with Liu Yin, and Liu Yin gave a positive answer, "Yes, this is very difficult." ”
And then the important time point was in September last year, when two friends and I went to Dongguan from Shenzhen to watch "Oppenheimer" (because Dongguan has the largest IMAX screen in the Pearl River Delta), after watching the movie, I had dinner with friends in the local film industry, she revealed that she was helping the crew of "Hot and Hot" contact the location location, and Jia Ling would go to Dongguan in September to make up the remaining scenes after slimming.
So even if it starts from Liu Yin's rest period in June, to September, at least 3 months will be left for Jia Ling to lose weight, and it is too difficult to lose 100 pounds, because the weight will lose sharply in a short period of time, it will be easy to enter the "plateau period", it is difficult to continue to lose weight quickly, and it is unimaginable what kind of cruel test Jia Ling has experienced during this period.
Looking back at the stills of Jia Ling after losing weight, you will find that she did it, from the previous big round face almost thinned to the current melon seed face, Jia Ling has been low-key and has not exposed her current image, it must be to wait for the movie to be released, as an "explosive" topic, to market the movie, at present, "Hot and Hot" is planned to be released on February 10, the first day of the Lunar New Year, and "Hello, Li Huanying" rushed into the Spring Festival stalls, and it must be at least three or four billion at the box office at present. But the accidental exposure of the stills this time will undoubtedly disrupt the film marketing plan, which is equivalent to destroying the most valuable marketing topic, and the loss of more than 100 million yuan is a very conservative statement.