The advent of the epidemic has severely affected many industries, and some people have had to quit their jobs and change careers, or look for jobs everywhere to fill the gaps in funding. Coincidentally, the entertainment industry is also in hot water.
Nearly half a year can not start work, some companies and artists have been unable to open the pot, and even some artists have begun to work odd jobs to earn extra money, or even simply change careers.
Yesterday, a news about the change of idol stars made many people sigh that "things are not people".
Remember the "Youth Album" that you would have listened to in the previous graduation season?
"Give me my heart as a souvenir
This love is fresh whenever you open it."
As soon as the prelude sounded, it made people sigh a "ye qing hui". But when it comes to its singer, Taiwan's former idol Tiantuan Kemi Boy, there is a somewhat poignant memory.
Kemi Boy debuted as a disciple group of F4 that was popular all over China, and unlike F4, Kemi Boy walked in the style of youth and vitality, and starred in idol dramas, and also sang and danced albums, sucking up girl fans.
The producer of that year, Chai Zhiping, even invested all the resources after F4 became popular into the Kemi boy, which was originally a heavenly group with high hopes.
But accidents followed, and the captain and lead singer Xu Junhao practiced dance for a variety show, but accidentally fell from a high place. The head hit the ground, the teeth were broken, the lips were torn, and the leg bones were badly damaged. Due to his injuries, he was almost impossible to participate in the Komi Boy's trip for a short time.
After 4 months of recuperation, Xu Junhao decided to quit the show business circle in order not to let his family worry about himself anymore, but there were only five people left.
In 2005, the three-year-old Kemi boy was disbanded, and Zhang Tingwei, a member of the group, also quit the circle and switched to work in the catering industry.
In 2012, Shen Dongjing, a 29-year-old former member of the regiment, died of cerebral hemorrhage;
In 2015, an Junxuan, a former member of the regiment at the age of 32, died;
A once-sparkling idol group, with a future of accidents and changes, completely left people's memories.
But just yesterday, someone found the figure of the idol of the past. Xu Junhao, a teenage idol who once bid farewell to the stage due to injury, actually became a dentist in Chengdu, Sichuan!
It turned out that after quitting the circle more than a decade ago, he was confused and followed his family's advice to try to prepare for the medical school exam. After a year of hard study, he was admitted to the West China College of Stomatology of Sichuan University, which has a top dental major in China.
When he was in school, he never mentioned his former star career again, but plunged into the medical profession. After graduating with honors, he went to Germany for further study until 2015, when he obtained his medical qualification certificate.
When the reporter found him in his own dental clinic, he was already a well-known doctor in Chengdu. But in fact, when the clinic was first founded, his life was extremely difficult, and he lasted for five years as a "Rong Drift" in Chengdu.
It was not until recent years that the neighbors discovered that there was such a handsome and skilled dentist brother in the alleys of Chengdu. And we also learned that this handsome dentist is a Komi boy who once shined on the stage.
Now, in the comment area of the "Youth Commemorative Book", in addition to the students who recalled their time on campus, they also saw many former fans, leaving blessings for Xu Junhao and other members.
The showbiz industry is changing rapidly, and it can always make people fall to the bottom because of a small accident, and perhaps not all artists are fortunate to be able to engage in acting for life. Even many people feel that those who choose to leave are weak.
But in fact, as long as you are willing, in any industry, you can be like Xu Junhao, once again blooming, right?
It was also this month that another singer we are familiar with left the show business circle and chose to be a nine-to-five "social animal".
She is Li Jiawei, an iron-lunged diva, who once won the "Super Walk of Fame" championship. How many people have been amazed by a heart-rending "Torment"?
In 2015, we all remember her in a dress, standing on the stage of "I Am a Singer", participating in the kick-hall competition, surrounded by spotlights.
As everyone knows, after this, her contract with the company expired, and recently due to the impact of the epidemic, she could not start working as an independent singer normally. So she went to work as a real estate agent.
Perhaps prepared for the fierce competition in the show business circle, Li Jiawei spent her free time in previous years to attend cram schools and learn about real estate sales. Because she used to love to read and has a strong learning ability, she won the real estate sales certificate in 1 week.
Originally just as an interest, who thought that the accident would come so suddenly. In the past six months, Li Jiawei's income has plummeted, and in order to make a living, Gehou simply found a part-time job at a real estate company in New Taipei City.
According to apple daily, As a real estate agent, Li Jiawei combed a low ponytail, dressed in black professional clothes, and after sending guests to the door, bowed and waved meticulously. The reporter also found that after everyone left work, she still stayed at her workstation to contact customers.
Interestingly, when the reporter was doing financial news a few months ago, he inadvertently photographed Li Jiawei wearing a mask in this company, but no one thought that Tianhou would turn to selling houses so neatly.
Serious people, do what will be the best. The company reflects that the customers after the song have a good impression of her, and the transactions she has promoted in just a few months are even more numerous, and the commission alone has earned NT$200,000, which is twice the income from her stagnant acting career in the past six months.
She said she didn't give up on music, she just had to work through this difficult period.
The impact of the epidemic is not only in Asia, but also in Europe and the United States, there are also stars who have started odd jobs because of the shutdown. Matarazzo, a young actor in Netflix's top science fiction drama "Stranger Things", has begun working as a waiter with his family in a restaurant near his hometown of Boracay.
Despite wearing a mask and hat, many fans recognized him. As a 17-year-old child star who has spread all over the world, he is also handy in this job. He may stay here until the fourth season of Stranger Things begins filming.
Some netizens said that he had a miserable life, but what is so tragic about making money from his own labor? Throughout the entertainment industry, people who can really put down their stature, put down their ability to pay money, put down their old roots, and start from scratch can be called warriors.
Mark Feehily, a member of the Irish lyrical group Westlife (West side boys), is the dream lover of many people. But after the dissolution of the group, he just wanted to do something different.
At one point, he drove a food truck in London to sell crepes and coffee, and served food to the audience on the spot. At that time, there were quite a lot of voices on the inside and outside of the Internet mocking him, saying that he could only be a "cook" after he was angry, and he was reduced to setting up a stall in the park.
But in fact, Mark has made enough money over the years to live comfortably for the rest of his life. He just likes to make snacks, and he knows that people will laugh at him for it, "You see, he used to be a superstar, and now he's bringing tea and water to people." "It's like how humble the restaurant industry is.
Mark replied, "I just like to bring tea and water, isn't it?" ”
He still sings, but the food truck is still doing it, and he even runs around the music festival to grab a place in the stall, and he makes a lot of money for everything himself. This actually embarrassed those who mocked him.
Hong Kong ATV used to be the head of the small student Jiang Hua, people who love to watch Hong Kong dramas will be called a male god. Whether it is "I Have a Date with Spring" or the Tang Monk in the Hong Kong version of Journey to the West, Yongzheng in "Jiuding Supreme". Jiang Hua's appearance and acting skills are not said, won the Hong Kong Film Awards Best Newcomer title, but also won the reputation of "Master Milk Killer".
But in 2006, he was diagnosed with depression, and his old back injury could no longer support the burden of filming. He left show business in his hottest year, but became a star in the insurance industry a few years later.
Many people thought that selling insurance was a humiliating job, but for Jiang Hua, who was struggling at the time, selling insurance may have earned more than in tv stations. Jiang Hua is still active in the insurance industry, and has made more friends as a result. He said the job was much freer than being an entertainer and that he enjoyed it.
Moreover, people in their 50s are still very handsome even if they quit the circle...
With such personality, there is also the NBA star of the 80s, "singles king" Adrian Dantley. In a 15-year career, he was named an All-Star six times before joining the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. After retiring, basketball stars either don't want to be coaches, or they don't get involved in show business, or they don't make their own brands or make investments.
But after Dantley retired, he chose to do an ordinary and incredible job — protecting schoolchildren as social workers crossing the street.
Every day, the giant, who is nearly 2 meters tall, stands on the crosswalk in Maryland in a bright yellow warning suit and greets the children.
He said that there was no money in this job, and often people said that he must be living a difficult life and going bankrupt to want to do this kind of thing. In fact, the eldest brother is not short of money at all, but enjoys the feeling of protecting the children. As for the rumors on the Internet, the former sports star asked:
"Why can't I do it? Is road social worker a lowly job? ”
Acting, like social work, is just a job.
The Jonathan brothers were also the idol boy band of Americans when they were young, right? After the comeback in recent years, the works have occupied the list for several weeks. The family of three brothers and child stars came from a successful career in music and filming.
But during the dissolution of the group in 2013, the eldest brother Kevin was lost. He was tired of making music, and he began to look for a new career. Unlike his younger brothers, who are still active in front of the screen, Kevin went to work as a construction contractor. To put it a little bit earthy, it is the contractor.
The middle eldest brother Kevin, the third brother on the left, and the second brother on the right
Kevin not only engaged in business, but also went to the construction site himself, as a contractor to help the reality show "New Jersey Real Housewives" to build a house, and later did software development. He said he had always loved the construction industry and would play bands during the dissolution.
It's just that I have changed my former hobbies and careers, and I can turn the two major hobbies of building a house and singing into a job in my life (and marry a beautiful wife), what a great thing.
This is reminiscent of Niel, a Korean aidou who suspended his idol career some time ago and re-debuted as an e-sports player. Last year was supposed to be the tenth anniversary of the establishment of his boy band Teen Top, but they were once popular and did not return for two years.
The 25-year-old Niel is not idle, he has been a gamer since he was a child, and he often did live game broadcasting during the Love Bean period. But everyone did not expect that his level was actually strong enough to be a professional player. This year he will join the famous O2 Blast team in South Korea to compete in Fortnite.
It is more common to engage in band changes, not to mention the new pants Peng Lei, who once went to shoot cartoons in China, and Zi Jian, the lead singer of the hedgehog band who was a programmer in a certain wave, and talk about several foreign rock stars who changed careers.
Speaking of this kind of topic, it must first mention the Queen's school guitarist Grandpa May Brian May. Although he did not change careers, he has been making music for so many years. But everyone didn't expect him to be an astrophysicist at the same time, the kind that publishes one or two papers in professional journals from time to time.
Also contrasting this is the drummer of the famous punk band The Clash, who gave up being a full-time musician after quitting the band.
In 1993, people went out of the house to study medicine halfway, knocked on the hand of the drum for N years, and now they have practiced a great health care mastery. He became a professional chiropractor and opened 5 prestigious clinics in London, treating more than 250,000 patients.
The BBC host asked him: You once performed in front of 100,000 fans, would you prefer to be a masseuse compared to that?
The elder brother smiled: "The satisfaction that can bring people to recover, that is even stronger." "Who says punk cures diseases and saves people is not punk?
Even more powerful is Blur drummer David Rowntree, a college computerist who went from programmer to rock star. After the band disbanded, it was even more popular. I started an animation production company and then got my pilot's license.
Second from left is David Rowntree
Immediately after that, he obtained a lawyer's license and entered the firm to fight criminal law lawsuits. On the other hand, he was elected to Norfolk County Mp. Looking back at him as a band, the contrast is really super big.
The world is not only so big as the show business circle, but also a vast career choice, and there are platforms for displaying talents everywhere. So because of illness, change, dissolution, living a more brutal past, how about being abandoned by the so-called showbiz?
The little male protagonist in the shining spirit grew up to become a biology teacher
Truly powerful people will try to find a new way out in adversity, and no matter how tired they are, they will not give up. They may find the life they want more in new areas, and may always refresh the possibilities of their own lives.
What about sales, social workers, and ordinary employees who don't seem to be as good as "stars" when they work?
Trying to do a good job in each new career is better than those artists who do not work hard to exercise the business in the entertainment industry, or who are confused and let themselves degenerate...