The income of celebrities and actors is often exposed to be frighteningly high, so countless people squeeze their heads and want to enter the entertainment industry to make money.
But recently, there was an actress Xu Shendong, but broke the news of an unknown behind-the-scenes "truth".
Some netizens asked her: How much can an actor earn?
Xu Shendong said: "Only the most top actors will make a lot of money, but the actors in the waist and the middle, as well as the bottom, may not earn as much as the average working class." ”
She calculated a detailed account, "Actors do not have five insurances and one gold, nor do they have a fixed salary, which means unemployment after a play." In addition to the very famous actors, most actors need to find their own scenes after finishing a play. And in Beijing, there are now a million actors. ”
Finally, she gave her opinion: "I really don't recommend everyone to be an actor. ”
Who is Xu Shendong? Debuted for many years, almost every year there are works come out, but still "unknown". Years of experience in the N-line have given her more awareness of the cruelty of the show business. I believe this should be a kind reminder from her heart.
The remarks also attracted Wen Bixia's likes and comments.
Xu Shendong's suggestion contrasts sharply with the popularity of today's showbiz industry, and I am reminded of an example from Taleb's "Black Swan":
More than 2,000 years ago, the Roman orator, literary writer, thinker, and conspirator Cicero told the following story.
Someone showed a painting to an atheist of a group of people who were praying and worshipping God and told him that they had all survived the shipwreck that followed.
The atheist asked lightly: I want to see where the portraits of those who drowned after praying are?
Because "dead people can't speak", which is often called "survivor bias", this is a cognitive bias, which refers to: the judgment bias caused by only the characteristics of survivors.
For example, although becoming a star is a small probability event, there are still many people who carry the "star dream" to follow.
It is precisely because in daily life, because the visibility of the successful is overwhelmingly higher than the loser, that people systematically overestimate the hope of success.
Coupled with the fluke mentality of "prefer to believe in what it has" and "what if it becomes", many people will ignore the basic ratio and devote themselves to it, and finally have to face the cold and cruel reality.
Many times, the truths that you can't see are often the most deadly.
01 About life
Yan Yan: The easiest shortcut in the world is to improve cognitive ability first, and then talk about benefits.
Yan Yan: The best time to plant a tree was 25 years ago. The best time after it is now.
Yan Yan: In the view of Fu Sheng, CEO of Cheetah Mobile, the so-called growth is actually a cognitive upgrade, not from the high authority, wealth accumulation, and some individual skills.
02 Interpersonal relationships
Yan Yan: There is a sentence in "Dear Sanmao": "The best among friends is like good tea, light but not astringent, fragrant but not fragrant, slowly wafting, like a long stream of water." "In fact, not only friends, interpersonal relationships should be long-lasting, and getting along without getting tired is often a key factor."
In the fairy tale "Faithful Friends", Wilde described such a group of people: they felt that "true friends are to share everything", but they always shared everything about their friends very naturally, but never thought of letting their friends share everything about him as well.
There are really many such people in life, don't wait until you lose it, no matter how good your feelings are, you will die of course.
Yan Yan: Kindness is a choice, but also an ability.
03 Life Insights
Yan Yan: As Jing Yanjun said in the dictionary entry "28: Abandonment" for lifelong growth:
Giving up is not an evasive abandonment, but a well-thought-out abandonment. To give up is to find the right direction, to find the goal, and then to persevere for it.
The reason why persistence and abandonment are two sides of the same coin is that what is insisted on means what is abandoned; what is abandoned is also for what is insisted. The trouble is that we need to have the wisdom to discern when to give up and when to hold on.
Yan Yan: Behind every continuous growth, there are often many unattended efforts.
Yan Yan: Instead of trying to change others, try to adjust yourself.
Finisher: Words, intensive reading of the creator, life also has an end, and knowledge has no end.