April 29th is Jia Ling's birthday, and Jia Ling's friends Zhang Xiaofei and Yang Di have offered their blessings on that day, but compared with other entertainment stars' birthdays, Jia Ling's birthday is a bit "deserted".
The author paid attention to the fact that the last time Jia Ling's Weibo was updated was on April 4, when the Qingming Festival, even the blessings of friends Jia Ling were only hastily replied, Jia Ling's last public appearance in China was a guest TV channel talk show in February, and the disappeared Jia Ling became a topic of concern for netizens.
It is reported that Sony Pictures has won the remake rights of the 2021 domestic comedy "Hello, Li Huanying", plans to remake it into an English-language movie, and invited Jia Ling to serve as the executive producer.
In the past time, she has devoted herself to her work. According to previous news, her trip to the United States is mainly to direct the English version of "Hello, Li Huanying".
At the same time, she also attended the broadcast and sharing meeting of "Hot and Hot" on Sony studios. At the sharing meeting, she was radiant and exuding a confident charm, no longer the chubby she was.
The box office of "Hot and Hot" released during the Spring Festival in 2024 is locked at 3.46 billion, which temporarily ranks first in the box office list in 2024 and ranks 14th in the box office list in film history, and in 2021, Jia Ling's "Hello, Li Huanying" has a box office score of 5.413 billion, and the total box office score of Jia Ling's two films directed by Jia Ling has reached 8.673 billion.
This box office result also made Jia Ling rank among the top 10 Chinese directors in the box office list, ranking ninth, and the directors on this list are not famous directors at home and abroad without exception.
"Hot and Hot" endured widespread controversy at the beginning of its release, and the famous director and writer Wang Bo directly bombarded Jia Ling by name, which was launched in response to Jia Ling's recent directorial work "Hot and Hot".
Wang Bo bluntly said that Jia Ling's movie "Hot and Hot" is actually very ordinary, and there is nothing outstanding about it, as for getting a box office of 2 billion and dominating hot searches every day, he doesn't understand it very much.
And for the situation of dominating the hot search every day, Wang Bo also showed great dissatisfaction, and directly warned Jia Ling, saying, "Jia Ling, don't float anymore".
Jia Ling said something in an interview, which angered many people. She said that she didn't want to "pretend" anymore and wanted to show herself authentically. Doesn't sound like a big deal, right?
Netizens began to bombard Jia Ling, thinking that she had a showdown and didn't want to pretend anymore. They feel that Jia Ling's remarks are putting on a posture of "I won't pretend", which is inconsistent with her previous image and violates the kind and lovely image she created in her works.
This incident caused an uproar in the entertainment industry. Some people support Jia Ling, believing that everyone has the right to express their true thoughts. But others expressed dissatisfaction and condemnation of her remarks, feeling that she should be responsible for her image and words and actions.
Two hit movies made Jia Ling famous overnight in the film industry, but they did not make Jia Ling's "status" in the mainstream film industry higher. Let's just say that in a magazine not long ago, there were photos of many well-known domestic directors on two pages, including Chen Kaige, Tsui Hark, Zhang Yimou, etc., Jia Ling is the only female director on the side, but Jia Ling is the only director who is placed in the gap between the two pages, and its arrangement is quite meaningful.
At present, in the domestic mainstream film circle, there are directors and actors such as Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Chen Daoming, etc., and even Feng Xiaogang has now become a marginal figure in the film industry for various reasons.
But obviously this does not stop Jia Ling from moving forward.
Jia Ling's new self-directed and self-starred film "Flowers Bloom" has already started, and at the age of 41, Jia Ling has officially entered a new stage with the success of weight loss.
Just like Jia Ling's own entire weight loss process, the crisis encountered this time is inevitable, but after this catastrophe, it will only make it stronger!