A few days later, it will be the Spring Festival in 2024, and the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, a fixed program on the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, will also meet the audience as scheduled.
In recent years, at this time, topics such as "Who do you least want to see appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala" and "Get out of the Spring Festival Gala" will appear on the Internet, and the name of Cai Ming, the former sketch queen, will basically be mentioned.
This situation is really embarrassing and a little unexpected.
You must know that Cai Ming, who debuted as a child star, has been in the industry for more than 40 years, has appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala nearly 30 times, and has frequently won awards in the field of performance, and her name is a household name.
As an actor and a public figure, Cai Ming has achieved such achievements in his career, which can be said to be very successful.
So why is the successful Cai Ming no longer looking forward to it?
In fact, if you think about it, there is a reason for all this.
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Cai Ming first appeared on the stage of CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 1991, when recalling this time, someone asked Cai Ming, you should be very excited at the time, but Cai Ming said okay, because I made a movie when I was 12 years old.
Yes, Cai Ming is a fake child star.
Born in Beijing in 1961, Cai Ming has loved literature and art since she was a child. Although Cai Ming's parents are engaged in jobs that are not very related to literature and art, the couple are willing to support their daughter's free growth.
In this way, Cai Ming entered the choir when he was in elementary school, participated in speech competitions, and lived an extremely colorful childhood, and such an active and beautiful little girl soon met Bole.
In 1973, the girl Cai Ming stood out from thousands of children and was selected by the crew of the movie "Haixia" as the actor who played the little Haixia in the film.
"Haixia" was also all the rage at the time, and Cai Ming received countless letters from fans after the movie was released. So far, many netizens have left messages on the Internet saying that my name was chosen by my parents after watching "Haixia".
It is no exaggeration to say that Cai Ming's popularity and audience popularity at that time were like Guan Ling who played Jia Yuanyuan in "I Love My Home", or Yang Zi who played Xiaoxue in "Family with Children".
It is precisely because of such a glorious moment that Cai Ming, who appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the first time, was very calm. The sketch "Stranger" she collaborated with Gong Hanlin made many people remember this beautiful girl with a dialect.
After that performance, Cai Ming, who was originally developing on the road of film and television, gradually adjusted the focus of his career and began to be interested in comedy performances.
In 1993, Cai Ming joined hands with Guo Da, who had previously cooperated on "Variety Show", and once again appeared on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
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From 1991 to the present, Cai Ming has participated in nearly 30 CCTV Spring Festival Galas, which can be described as an evergreen tree of the Spring Festival Gala. In addition, she has also participated in many well-known film and television works, one of which was broadcast in 2000.
In this sitcom, Cai Ming changed his fashionable and beautiful nature and played a big sister who retired early and was in a hurry.
Because of her perfect interpretation, Cai Ming became the "people's favorite film and television star" selected by "China Popular TV" that year, which once again proved that Cai Ming's audience popularity is very good.
It's a pity that popularity is the most ethereal, I don't know when it started, there are fewer and fewer voices like Cai Ming on the Internet, and more and more messages complaining about her.
Especially when bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new every year, when the public is discussing who will be on stage at the Spring Festival Gala, there are always many netizens who say that they are really indifferent to some stars, and Cai Ming is one of them.
Some netizens even bluntly said that they don't like Cai Ming the most, and his voice is too ugly. Some netizens also advised Cai Ming that he should be a little self-aware.
Although this situation is a bit embarrassing, the public's attitude is understandable. And the reason why Cai Ming went from being loved to being complained about may be hidden in her achievements over the years.
Cai Ming is a very enterprising woman, and the number of nearly 30 times she participated in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala alone is not something that ordinary people can surpass. And the vast majority of the actors who appeared on this stage at the same time as Cai Ming have already waved goodbye to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.
For example, Gong Hanlin, Huang Hong, Zhao Benshan, and Cai Ming's old partner Guo Da basically completed their last performance in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala from 2010 to 2012.
The audience's mentality is also very interesting, we will be worried about leaving, and we will be tired of watching when we are active.
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Everyone knows the censorship mechanism of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala very well, and no one can guarantee that the program they have carefully prepared will not be able to meet the audience until the last moment before going on stage.
Many actors who no longer participate in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala have admitted frankly that if they want to stand on this stage, the pressure behind them is too great.
Song Dandan said when talking about his departure from the Spring Festival Gala that sketches need to constantly challenge themselves, but sketches are too difficult to break through, and I feel that I can't make good works, so there is no point in continuing.
From this point of view, Cai Ming's spirit of appearing on time at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for nearly 30 years is admirable, but there is no breakthrough and amazing performance, which indeed makes the audience who has watched Cai Ming for nearly 30 years unable to expect her anymore.
In fact, Mo said that Cai Ming, many viewers today are no longer looking forward to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala that has appeared on Chinese New Year's Eve for 40 consecutive years, and guessing what popular memes will appear in this show before the Spring Festival Gala starts is their only remaining interest in the Spring Festival Gala.
In addition, in the past two years, in the topic of "Who do you least want to see in the Spring Festival Gala", even the names of Shen Teng, Yue Yunpeng and Jia Ling have appeared. You know, after the older generation of comedians left this stage, they were the best among the rising stars.
And Shen Teng has only participated in the Spring Festival Gala more than 10 times so far, and Jia Ling and Yue Yunpeng have less than 10 times.
may only say that the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment, sometimes the audience is also very picky, once the actor can't meet the audience's expectations, no matter how big you are, you don't feel how big you are.
Gong Hanlin once said in an interview that if there are no good enough works, simply don't think about the Spring Festival Gala, what the audience wants to see is never a certain person, but what this person can bring them.
In the comment area of this interview, many netizens said that Cai Ming should be allowed to take a look.
In fact, in all fairness, Cai Ming has still launched some good works, and she is still very attentive to the Spring Festival Gala sketches.
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In 1995, she collaborated with Guo Da and Zhao Baole in "Old Father", which is a very popular sketch with the audience. In this sketch, Miss Helen, a popular singer played by Cai Ming, is full of jokes when she switches freely between clip sounds and hometown dialects, and the interview between Miss Helen and her father Donkey's lips is also laughable.
Looking back on this work 20 years later, I find that Cai Ming is not only the originator of clip sound, but also has already used his work to satirize the problem of star design.
In 1996, Cai Ming and Guo Da collaborated on the sketch "Robot Funny Stories", which gave the audience a refreshing feeling.
The robot played by Cai Ming on the stage is very realistic and very technological, and Guo Da summons Cai Ming in a different way out of revenge, which also makes the audience laugh.
In 2010, Cai Ming and Guo Da played a middle-aged couple in "There Are Graduates in the Family", and they told young people who want to start a business after graduation in the form of sketches that their parents are always the force behind them.
After Guo Da chose not to participate in the Spring Festival Gala because of too much pressure, Cai Ming, who had lost his partner for many years, also collided with his new partner Pan Changjiang, and the two brought the audience the popular sketch "Jump If You Want to Jump" in 2013.
This work full of joy is actually when Cai Ming was a judge of the square dance competition, he paid attention to the state of a team of lonely mothers and had the idea of creation.
However, compared to these pleasing works, some of Cai Ming's other works, although they are also memorable, seem to have a more ordinary effect.
In fact, this is not entirely Cai Ming's problem, everyone knows that the censorship of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala is very strict, and today's Spring Festival Gala is not only to entertain the public, but also to take into account things, which also makes it more difficult to create and perform.
It is precisely for these reasons that Cai Ming and other actors have been complained about by netizens.
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As the party who was complained, I believe that Cai Ming must be uncomfortable in his heart. But what is admirable is that she never seems to have internal friction because of this, but has spent her time and energy on running her own career and life.
If you know Cai Ming, you will find that she is the youngest among her peers.
In 2012, when cooperating with his new partner Pan Changjiang, Cai Ming proposed to add his favorite "HIGH Song" to his works, but Pan Changjiang had never heard this song that was sung by Zhang Wei that year.
In 2021, Cai Ming and his friend Ni Ping appeared in a variety show together, and when Cai Ming said the word "Internet University" in the process of promoting his online movie, Ni Ping was completely puzzled.
It can be seen that although Cai Ming was born in the 60s, his heart is very up-to-date.
In recent years, Cai Ming rarely appeared on the sketch stage, and she began to be active on the short video platform because she likes to learn new things, and has gained millions of fans with her wonderful jokes.
What's even more unexpected is that Cai Ming also started a virtual anchor on a platform where young people gather, and she incarnated as a cute and eccentric two-dimensional girl Nanako, communicating with many post-90s and even post-00s without barriers.
There is a very strange phenomenon in Cai Ming, that is, as long as her name does not appear at the same time as the Spring Festival Gala, the public still loves her very much.
For example, she has attracted countless fans in the field of short videos, for example, she mingles with young people by being a virtual anchor.
At the beginning of 2023, Cai Ming stood on the platform for the release of Dapeng's new movie, and she watched Dapeng speak sincerely in the audience without powder, and netizens couldn't help but leave a message in their eyes, saying that Cai Ming is really very real and gentle.
I have to say that although Cai Ming was complained by the audience because of the Spring Festival Gala, she has always been kind to the people around her in life, and she has also been treated kindly by relatives and friends.
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Actor Wang Liyun, who has worked with Cai Ming, broke the news that Cai Ming is very patient with juniors when filming, and when the newcomer's performance is not in place, she will be very enthusiastic to guide and encourage the other party.
And in life, Cai Ming is also happy. She met her husband Ding Qiuxing at a networking event, Ding Qiuxing can be said to fall in love with Cai Ming at first sight, and it is said that in order to leave contact information for his sweetheart, he wrote his phone number on the plaster.
Through this idol drama-like beginning, the two have been in love with each other for most of their lives.
Now Cai Ming and her husband have stepped into the romantic and warm sunset red hand in hand, and their son Ding Ding has also grown up, he is not only very sensible, but also very artistic.
Cai Ming once revealed that Ding Ding began to make money by editing during college, perhaps inheriting his mother's comedy cells, and after graduation, Ding Ding entered the film industry, do you remember the popular "Thai Embarrassment" many years ago? In fact, he is also one of the screenwriters.
Time flies, and the years are like songs. In a blink of an eye, Cai Ming, who has accompanied the youth of several generations, has also transformed from the little girl who was like a flower at the beginning to the big woman with a fashionable appearance and a tough heart.
For Cai Ming's 30 years of companionship, some audiences may have a feeling of getting tired of watching, but it is undeniable that more audiences will remember the joy that Cai Ming once brought to the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
Recently, there was news on the Internet that Cai Ming is suspected of participating in the rehearsal of the 2024 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, but as mentioned above, until the last moment, no one knows if she is destined to meet the audience.
So in your opinion, will Cai Ming appear on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala again? Please leave the answer in your heart!