An unexpected "dog bite" accident has become a watershed in actor Li Yixiao's acting career.
Before that, she was a very popular film and television star, many famous directors threw olive branches for her, and countless first-line actors competed to cooperate with her;
After this, she was trapped in Rashomon, and her resources and popularity fell off a cliff, almost burying the star.
Many people believe that Li Yixiao's continuous decline from film contracts to "no drama to film" is caused by "dog bites". But is that really the case?
One
In 1983, Li Yixiao was born in Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, and at the age of 3, he was sent to the Children's Art Troupe by his parents and started his dance career.
There, Li Yixiao showed a very high talent for dance, not only appreciated by the teacher, but also selected by the municipal acrobatic troupe, wanting to be under his command and train and perform with the team.
Considering how hard the acrobatic troupe worked, Li Yixiao's grandfather refused. However, not long after, Li Yixiao was again photographed by the larger provincial art school, and the other party intended to accept Li Yixiao to the Peking Opera class as a key seedling training.
This time, it was Li Yixiao's mother who made the decision.
She secretly registered her grandfather and sent Li Yixiao to school, so Li Yixiao became acquainted with Peking Opera and studied for ten years.
From childhood dance training, li Yixiao's graceful figure was shaped, giving her a light and spiritual temperament;
Ten years of opera skills have enriched Li Yixiao's stage experience and solidified her performance skills.
With another pair of natural good skins, even if Li Yixiao is not from the class, he still successfully got the stepping stone of the film and television circle.
In 2000, 17-year-old Li Yixiao was invited to star in the Republic of China love drama "The Red Chamber Lady" by director Huang Jianzhong for starring in the Peking Opera "Nightingale" in Germany, and officially entered the show business circle.
Two
At first, Li Yixiao's performance did not receive much recognition.
Because Peking Opera and film and television are two fields, two kinds of drama,
Li Yixiao is a halfway out of the house in the end, and she puts the tone in the opera in the film and television, which is somewhat unsatisfactory.
Fortunately, Li Yixiao has a rare and valuable quality - he can endure hardships and work hard enough.
When she was in the crew, she constantly observed the performances of other actors and humbly learned from the director;
When there is no drama, Li Yixiao constantly speculates on acting skills at home, exercises the control of limbs and expressions, and often stays up late into the night.
With this serious attitude, Li Yixiao's acting skills continue to mature.
From the dragon set role in "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan 3" to the important supporting role in "Family Style".
Li Yixiao's body no longer has the awkward taste of pear garden, but instead, it is the standard of professional actors.
Every role, no matter how big the age span, she can interpret it very well.
Because of this, Li Yixiao finally has a name in the entertainment industry, more and more films, and the roles are gradually heavy.
Many big directors threw olive branches at her, and Li Yixiao weighed it up and finally joined Ghosh's studio.
It turned out that her vision was not wrong.
With the latter's connections and resources, Li Yixiao's career has reached a new height.
In 2011, she starred in Yu Ji in "The Legend of Chu Han", her beauty in the play became incomprehensible, and she was also known as the "first beauty in ancient costumes", and even the object of cooperation became more and more popular.
Among them was the original brother of the mainland, Yin Xiaotian.
In 2010, Li Yixiao starred in the revolutionary historical drama "South" and met Yin Xiaotian in the crew.
The two have a large number of opponents in the play, and their personalities are more compatible, and they are familiar with each other. After the crew finished, the two also left contact information for each other.
Neither Li Yixiao nor Yin Xiaotian at the beginning expected that such an ordinary move would actually lay the groundwork for future tragedies.
Three
In October 2014, Yin Xiaotian invited dozens of friends in the circle to attend his birthday party, which covered three places across the Taiwan Straits.
Li Yixiao was naturally also among the invitees, in addition, Ye Xuan, a Hong Kong star who had cooperated with Yin Xiaotian in "Immediately Under the Heavens", was also invited to the scene on the same day.
Unlike everyone else, when Ye Xuan attended the birthday party, she also brought two "companions" with her, her dog.
An Alaskan, a Chinese pastoral dog, are both large dogs.
People familiar with Ye Xuan know that she is a well-known dog lover, and she often posts photos of her and dogs on social software on weekdays, as long as it is not a special occasion, she is basically inseparable from the dog.
A birthday party is naturally not a special occasion.
Coupled with the cheerful and harmonious atmosphere at the scene, the people present did not feel that there was anything wrong, and some people even took the initiative to take photos with the dogs.
No one expected that an accident would happen shortly after that.
According to Li Yixiao's personal account, after she celebrated Yin Xiaotian, she went to the actor Shao Feng's room with several friends to chat.
At about 12 o'clock in the evening, Ye Xuan knocked on the door and came in with two dogs to greet everyone. At that point, something seemed wrong with the state of that Alaska.
Yin Xiaotian only hugged it lightly, and a low roar of "whimper" was emitted from its throat, looking very manic.
It is reasonable to say that with the warning, the owner should respond immediately and take the dog away.
But Ye Xuan didn't do this, but let it wander around the house.
After circling around, the dog stopped next to Li Yixiao.
Li Yixiao didn't think anything of it at first, she remembered that just now everyone was hugging and taking pictures with this dog, and on a whim, she also took out her mobile phone to take pictures with it.
The dog suddenly went mad.
"The dog threw me to the ground and made a tiger-like sound in the back of my head, a sound that still haunts my nightmares."
After the accident, the party immediately sent Li Yixiao to Hengdian Group Hospital.
There, the doctor sutured the wound for Li Yixiao, and there were more than 20 stitches.
Although the injury did not directly affect the face, Li Yixiao's facial nerves were still affected by the whole body.
The overall image has also been greatly damaged.
For actors, acting skills and appearance are the two magic weapons to ensure that they will continue to mix in the film and television circle for a long time.
Li Yixiao's later plastic surgery is most likely related to this dog attack. Otherwise, with the appearance of the "first beauty in ancient costumes", it will not go for plastic surgery.
However, at that time, she did not think so much, in order not to delay the progress of the crew, Li Yixiao did not even have time to remove the wound line, and continued to work.
After the incident, Ye Xuan apologized to Li Yixiao for the first time.
At the same time, it was announced that he had paid all the medical expenses of Li Yixiao in advance, and also sent nearly 200,000 supplements, including a pair of golden chopsticks.
This gift has a special meaning in Hong Kong, representing that the two people who originally had a mustard have eliminated their estrangement and married Jinlan.
The party concerned, Li Yixiao, also handled it more generously, saying that Ye Xuan was just an inadvertent mistake and did not intend to pursue it again.
Originally, this matter passed like this, who knew that a year later, Ye Xuan, in an interview with a media, repeated the old matter, and also threw the pot that caused the accident to Li Yixiao.
The news article titled "Ye Xuan: Ten Thousand Fans Are Ten Thousand Enemies" immediately angered Li Yixiao, who had been recuperating for a year and still had sequelae.
The Weibo war between the two sides thus began.
Four
In the interview, Ye Xuan mainly mentioned two points:
1, Li Yixiao was not bitten by his dog, but was scratched a few times;
2, Li Yixiao was injured because he had to force his dog to take pictures, which angered it.
Li Yixiao's response was also very rapid.
At 8 o'clock that night, she posted on Weibo, refuting Ye Xuan's statement as not in line with the facts, and on the grounds of "infringing on the right to reputation", she filed a complaint against Ye Xuan in court.
Later, Li Yixiao failed to appear in court at the final trial for some reason, and the court pronounced a judgment on the plaintiff to withdraw the lawsuit. But this fell in Ye Xuan's eyes, and it became her victory.
She sent two long articles in a row, congratulating herself on winning the lawsuit, and incidentally satirizing Li Yixiao for using her fame to hype.
Of course, Li Yixiao could not eat this dumb loss, and directly @ Ye Xuan on Weibo, angrily rebuking the other party for ignorance.
This farce lasted for two years, and finally turned the incident into a Rashomon incident, and the relationship between the two was completely rigid, and there has been no reconciliation so far.
Five
After the "dog bite" incident, Li Yixiao's acting career was almost stopped.
Directly from the popular "first beauty in ancient costumes", she has fallen to the edge of almost "no drama to shoot", and occasionally receives some scenes, and is mostly a role in soy sauce.
In this regard, some public opinion said that it was because Li Yixiao spent a lot of time on plastic surgery and recuperation after experiencing the "dog bite".
And the showbiz update iteration is too fast, she wasted her precious golden period of acting, and it is inevitable that it will be forgotten by the market.
But is that really the truth?
Maybe if we shift our attention a little, we can see a different answer.
In the first half of Li Yixiao's life, she met many nobles, but the one who had the greatest influence on her was none other than Gao Xixi.
The two met in 2007, when Li Yixiao was still circling one dragon circle after another, and Gao Xixi had already directed household military dramas such as "The Sky of History" and "Happiness Is Like a Flower", and became famous.
At first, Gao Xixi did not notice this girl, even if Li Yixiao ate and drank water every day, rehearsing his lines and emotions over and over again, he did not think so.
No one can't pretend, especially in such a big dye vat as the entertainment industry, when you meet a famous director, who doesn't want to show your eyes a few more times?
Whether it is true or false, it is difficult to say.
But soon, Ghosh discovers that the girl is not acting hypocritically in order to get his attention.
Li Yixiao's efforts, not for a while, but from the beginning of filming to the end of the shooting, has been insisting, her script is densely packed, full of notes after in-depth study of the character's heart and motivation.
When filming, I don't shout bitterness or tiredness, and even if I make dangerous moves, I will do my best to complete it and strive not to NG.
Ghosh became interested in her and took the initiative to talk to her, and from the conversation, Ghosh thoroughly understood Li Yixiao's world.
"A very pure girl, not impetuous, talented, with great perseverance, but also able to endure hardships, very promising."
Ghosh gave her a high degree of affirmation in a brief sentence, and at the same time, he also hinted to the outside world that the two would continue to cooperate in the future.
Li Yixiao participated in a total of six plays directed by Gao Xixi, and each time he played a heavy role.
Every time the camera is turned on, Gao Xixi will personally be on the scene to guide Li Yixiao, which has played a considerable role in improving her acting skills.
Some people say that Li Yixiao is the new "Xi girl" after taking over the baton Yin Tao, and this generalization is also pertinent.
Li Yixiao also had great trust in Gao Xixi and regarded him as his mentor.
In order to learn more, she even moved her family to the Ghosh community.
This kind of sensitive action is naturally inevitable from the malicious speculation and gossip of the outside world, but Li Yixiao does not care.
Even if the rumors from the outside world are flying everywhere, I myself have no shame in my heart, and if I am not dirty, what am I afraid of?
This generous attitude has embarrassed the media and gossipers, and it is not easy to say anything more.
During that period, it was the soaring period of Li Yixiao's career, not only did the resources be too many to pick, but the wind direction of public opinion also brushed up on the good side.
The media frequently exploded that she was as desperate as ever in acting, and the actors she had worked with would praise her dedication after many years.
The situation is very good.
But behind such a calm and calm good, there is a terrible crisis lurking.
During that time, life was like a basin of warm water, Li Yixiao soaked in it for a long time, slowly lost his vigilance and perception of danger, and his eyes were blinded by the tranquility of the moment.
She learned to settle for the status quo and became more and more attached to Ghosh.
Soon, this long-term comfort bound to outsiders finally revealed a fragile crack, and everything collapsed into a bubble in an instant.
In 2010, Ghosh began to try to transform, abandoning the military theme he was best at and dabbling in the magnificent historical drama.
A "New Three Kingdoms" almost consumed all his energy.
Initially, the budget for the New Three Kingdoms was 95 million, and later it was increased to 150 million.
When the capital chain was broken, he also paid for the top of his own pocket, and finally barely completed the shooting.
At the time of release, although "New Three Kingdoms" achieved good ratings on various satellite televisions, the evaluation was mixed.
The most fatal thing is that the TV series lost money.
Reality is always cruel, this defeat, let Gao Xixi lose a very important investment chain, yuan qi seriously hurt.
"New Three Kingdoms" became an inflection point in his directing career, after which the Chinese film and television industry entered the era of capital navigation, and Gao Xixi was inevitably wrapped up in it.
Previously, the survival rate of the dramas he shot was quite high, almost one film after another.
After this, the influence of the work began to plummet, and this decline was particularly evident in the film field, almost making one film and losing one.
Under the double whammy of market storms and business problems, Ghosh is under increasing pressure.
Finally, in 2015, the studio he struggled to maintain ceased to function.
No more filming, no more investment in the production of any film and television dramas.
This stop is exactly 4 years.
It is lamentable that before Ghosh's company stopped, the last play", "The Galloping Age", was still starring Li Yixiao.
It was also her last appearance in a TV series directed by Ghosh.
In fact, before that, Li Yixiao also smelled some wind noise about the company and tried to find another home.
Unfortunately, due to years of indulgence in her comfort zone, most of the roles she played were fixed, and her once-spirited acting skills had long been rigid, and after trying several roles, she was rejected by the director.
The difficulty of jumping out of the comfort zone has become a shackle restricting Li Yixiao's acting career, and it is also the fundamental reason why she fell from a first-line red star to no one.
As for the "dog bite" farce with Ye Xuan, it was just a coincidence in time.
Six
In the face of a downturn in the career, some people will completely lose confidence and stagnate;
But there are also people who will think hard and work hard again.
Li Yixiao clearly belongs to the latter.
She put down all her former glory, starting from a newcomer, re-refining her acting skills, and at the same time running around and pulling drama for herself.
In order to make the second spring of his career as smooth as possible, Li Yixiao was cautious in the choice of script.
On the one hand, pay attention to the difference between the role and your comfort zone and avoid overlapping;
On the other hand, it is also necessary to ensure the topic and popularity of the drama, and to play a role well in a big hit drama, the effect and income are much higher than those of the nameless small cost drama.
These standards formulated by Li Yixiao really gave her a taste of sweetness.
In "Fu Shao" starring Yang Mi and Ruan Jingtian, Li Yixiao successfully portrayed a wayward, poisonous and arrogant villain county lord.
As soon as the series was broadcast, it firmly dominated the hot search, and the audience highly recognized her acting skills, and also brought her a large wave of traffic.
Later, Li Yixiao successively participated in two explosive web dramas starring Zhao Liying in "Do You Know If It Should Be Green Fat Red Skinny" and "Si Teng" starring Jing Tian.
Although the roles played are all villains, Li Yixiao has performed different levels with in-depth study and penetration of the roles. No one will overlap the two roles after watching it.
With the efforts of bit by bit over the years, Li Yixiao's career began to slowly pick up.
Especially in the role of Bai Ying in "Si Teng", how fiercely the audience scolds in the play, how deeply they love outside the play.
Countless people have become Li Yixiao's career fans, and under the assistance of wave after wave, Li Yixiao even vaguely appeared a few signs of fire.
However, for these achievements, Li Yixiao, who has experienced great winds and waves, has behaved very calmly, she said:
"When the resources just fell off a cliff, I also seemed to have wandered and feared.
But fortunately, I did not fall to the end, but planned a correct path and insisted on getting to the present.
Facts have also proved that after the wind and rain, there are indeed rainbows waiting in the distance. ”
Li Yixiao's words are actually not only a summary of her own ups and downs in her own life, but also a revelation to everyone.
How many people will consider reasons other than the "dog bite" incident when Li Yixiao falls off the altar?
Almost nothing.
When everyone puts themselves in the role of Li Yixiao and treats themselves as victims, they lose the ability to examine themselves.
Then habitually blame all the blame and problems to external causes, with an attitude of "this person hurt me and lost everything", first to blame others.
This will only lead to you never being able to see the root of the problem clearly, and you will fall deeper and deeper into the obsession.
It's an immature mindset.
As Uncle Benshan said: Why do you go where the environment is not good? Are you the one who destroys the environment?
Perhaps, only when we learn to first introspect when problems arise, can we completely get rid of the obstacles in front of us and get more unexpected gains.