text | Linghu Boguang
This " Tang Dynasty Strange Things " has ended for a long time. I wonder if you have noticed that the emperor in this drama is played by Hong Kong actor Luo Jialiang , but he has few scenes in this film, and he still uses dubbing without any surprises. The older generation of Hong Kong and Taiwan actors can only play supporting roles in mainland film and television dramas, and are there still young actors?
In recent years, Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities have become less popular in the mainland market, or because of a certain incident, they have become popular on the Internet. Then netizens and viewers sighed and scolded the mainland traffic fresh meat. As a result, they turned around and saw that mainland celebrities were still mainly on the big and small screens.
So, why are Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities becoming more and more popular now? The most fundamental reason for
has been written before, and the mainstream media of has long been decided. The main reason is that The economy of Hong Kong and Taiwan is not developing well. This industry has no money. If you don’t have money, you can’t shoot good films and TV series, and if you can’t make good films and TV series, you can’t make money. This film and television industry, which cannot make money, cannot be upgraded successfully.
Modern and modern cultural industries have become commercially industrialized. If the industry cannot occupy the high ground, it will be difficult to make money in the market.
No money, no good works, no market, naturally will not attract talents. Let’s see the decline of Hong Kong TVB. The salary of excellent actors is only 10,000 or 20,000 yuan. This is similar to that of white-collar workers. When the price in mainland China has increased several times, it is destined to be unable to retain outstanding talents.
plays a big internet celebrity, and when you become an internet celebrity, you live a worse life than the other? Why can "traffic stars" replace Hong Kong and Taiwan actors
Every time netizens see news about Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, such as becoming a big internet celebrity, or living in their later years, they will turn around and scold mainland traffic stars, or even the entire mainland stars. This is obvious that they are covered by childhood filters, or they do not understand the development of this industry at all.
Let’s start from the simplest point in this industry. What is an actor? According to netizens who praise Hong Kong and Taiwan actors, it is a job. Since it is a job, what is the biggest feature of a job?
—in fact, it is a job opportunity!
When the economy of Hong Kong and Taiwan was good, and the entertainment industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan was at its peak, , like the Hong Kong movies, , , Hui Yinghong, , won the Award for the , and , said that there were 400 movies a year, and the number of those that were not released would be more. What is behind this? In fact, it is just an opportunity, an actor has a job opportunity.
1992 was hailed as Stephen Chow for 3 years. Because Stephen Chow released seven movies this year, box office among the top 15 top films of the year Stephen Chow accounted for seven. The top five were won by Stephen Chow . " Death Dead Official " won the Best Actor in the Asia Pacific Film Festival, so this year is called "Stephen Chow Year".
At the peak of Hong Kong movies, other actors also have many opportunities. Maggie Cheung makes 12 movies a year, known as "Zhang Yida", Cheng Yuling runs nine crews at the same time, so it is called "Zheng Jiu Group". There are more examples of the same.
How many videos are there in Hong Kong in a year now? In 2019, a total of 326 movies were released in Hong Kong, including 46 Hong Kong movies. Commercial blockbusters need to be expressed by the mainland market to compromise, so local Hong Kong audiences do not like to watch them. The top domestic box office rankings in Hong Kong and Taiwan are all Hollywood blockbusters, and Korean blockbusters are better than local movies.
. Some art films are of good quality, but ordinary audiences around the world do not like to watch art films, and they cannot afford the industrial chain without box office. The same goes for Hong Kong TV drama actors. Most of the TVB actors did not go through professional actor learning or briefly experienced actor training (the wireless artist training class started acting. Their acting skills were all explored in practice, because there were many job opportunities at that time.
now, there is no need to talk about it. If you pay a little attention to mainland film and television dramas, you will find it.Mainland actors have formed their own system, and the actors are not bad at all. And because of my job opportunities, I almost died, so I didn’t have the chance to leave them to Hong Kong and Taiwan.
don’t believe it? Then let's continue.
even if there is no "traffic star"? Hong Kong and Taiwan actors have no way to compete with mainland actors
1. The acting skills of mainland veteran actors are better, and it is normal for thousands of people to face each other. They just didn’t have the chance before.
Here is an example for you. Ningli has only been really popular for 5 years, and yes, it is only 5 years. is because he became famous because of Li Toyota from " Undocumented Crime " in 2017, but I believe everyone who has seen him act in a drama knows how strong this actor is.
" Hello, Old Time ", " Secret Corner ", " The Truth of Silence ", " Yanyuntai ", " Ebola Frontline ", " Anti-Bla Storm ", " Opponent ", "Police Honor", etc., they are really thousands of people, and they can play any role, and they are very good.
Every year, several such old actors in the mainland have become popular because of their dramas. In the past two years, Hu Ming, who became popular in "The Mysterious Cave of Dragon Ridge". " Uninvited visitors ", " Journey ", " Mountains and Seas ", movies, TV series, farmers, eunuchs, villains, officials, soldiers, and even women can play them vividly.
Is it necessary to say that an old actor who became popular this year? " Beginning " is the Gumi Liu Dan . To be honest, she used to be a powerful actor who could only play small supporting roles. Now, once she has the opportunity, she can see her acting skills and strength.
The production model that domestic dramas are good at now is the kind of popular young star protagonists + powerful Middle-zodiac + old actors to match the roles. Once you encounter a top-level investment group scene, there will be a lot of powerful and veteran actors in the drama.
Here, many people don’t like to listen to it. There are few Hong Kong and Taiwan actors, many of them are market training. Moreover, the fixed role model of Hong Kong and Taiwan markets is popular, such as Shengjiao , Danjiao , Jingjiao , Claw , Qingyi, Huaying , wusheng, old life, sword, madam, treacherous gang, literary and ugliness, and other types.
Of course, it is also good to be a top actor, such as the gold medal green leaves, Thousand Face Tathagata Liu Xun, etc.
But most Hong Kong and Taiwan actors have very routine acting skills. The older generation of mainland China has really strong academic acting skills. There are really a lot of old actors like Ning Li, Hu Ming and Liu Dan listed above. They can play any role well. Moreover, they have no accent problem, and their temperament is more in line with the mainland environment. A bunch of people are waiting for the opportunity.
So why should the mainland market use Hong Kong and Taiwan actors who are not so suitable and may even explode?
2. Mainland Mesozoic actors are rising, with a rich positioning, and are rising faster and faster, which is also extremely introverted.
Here is another example. Zhang Han 's West Eighth District has not been criticized, but there are a lot of handsome uncles and male actors in their forties. I won't talk about Jin Dong here.
For example, Wang Yang , 44 years old, you should know that the true meaning of " Celebration of Yu Nian " was in 2020. In recent years, " Elite Lawyer ", " Dear Self ", " Rebel ", " World ", " There will be "Hello Life" that can play the male lead in the future, and the heroine is Reyiza .
The other one is Lin Yushen . In fact, the real thing that became popular is Yang Xiao in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". He is also the kind of handsome uncle who can only play important roles in dramas with big resources and few resources. There are a lot of powerful Middle-zoo male and female actors like
. As the number of mainland dramas increases, they have more job opportunities, from supporting roles to important roles, and even finally can play the leading role.
Who has the best acting skills of mainland actors or Hong Kong and Taiwan actors? Even "traffic stars" will be upgraded.
Finally, the most popular among mainland actors is the younger generation, that is, the generation of "traffic stars" after 2010. They have a systematic problem, not only the problem of acting skills, but also the original sins of traffic stars, which will be difficult to solve for a long time. But because the current domestic drama market is still expanding rather than recession. The increase in job opportunities for this actor still brings two phenomena at the moment.
First, those powerful people are gradually becoming popular, and like Qingyi, they will slowly get the chance of the protagonist.
For example, I think the most typical summer season in 2020 is Guo Xiaoting . Just imagine, if it were the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets, Guo Xiaoting would definitely be out of date when she grew up, and then there was no such person.
Results This summer, a movie " Lotus Art " made her popular again, and it is possible to make steady progress. Young actors like Guo Xiaoting, even new actors who are just starting out, but there are not many actors who are doing steady progress.
For example, if you say a name here is Fan Shuaiqi, many people may think it is Fan Shiqi. What about Officer Xiao Ye in "The Beginning"? In the latest "Summary of Summer and Dong", she is already between the second and third women.
Finally, I will list an actress in "Ice Rain and Fire" Wang Xiuzhu . This actress is actually an actress in 1992 and is obviously a beautiful and generous type. I missed the TV series she starred in before, saw this "Ice Rain and Fire", and then played the director in " Bottom Line ".
Her acting skills can only be said to be average, but with the opportunity now, she thinks about her future works -
Now in the mainland film and television drama market, there are a lot of young actors who are as beautiful as them, graduated from professionalism, and are not up and down, and they are dead. Maybe one day you encounter a good work in the future, or it will gradually disappear if you get too old.
The second is a young star who can play the leading role, but it can be roughly divided into two categories.
The first type is a young actor who is more recognized by the audience. Like the child star who grew up and became popular with "The Beginning", the Zhao Jinmai was followed by " Youth Pi 2" as the foundation. In addition, it is Tan Jianci , which became popular with " Hunting Crime Picture Record ", " Are you safe " is the blessing, and then Bu Guanjin, who is also well-received in "Twenty Not Confused". There are a lot of young actors like
competing, and everyone wants to get ahead.
Another category is young stars whose acting skills are criticized by the audience, such as Wang Yibo in "Ice Rain and Fire", Ou Hao in " Coward ", Huang Jingyu in "Punishment" and Wei Chen in "Gone Child". This cannot withstand many opportunities. If you can temper people, the audience will gradually recognize it.
For example, the four young actors above have made progress or regressed in the latest works?
Finally, no matter how you look at it, it is no longer the turn of young actors in Hong Kong and Taiwan, because there are no more opportunities in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and there are no more young actors. Ten big waves can still roll out a piece of gold, maybe more than one, but there is no sand there, so how can I play?
The young actors are gone, how many old actors have old faces? The biggest crisis in Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment is not just actors
Finally, the biggest crisis in Hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles is that money is gone. If the actors follow from the perspective of talent, they will basically be creators. Actors cannot be said to be completely consuming youth, but they are indeed more affected by their appearance. No matter how old the creator is, as long as the things he creates are out of date, the market will still buy capital to increase, and you can still use it.
is now a Hong Kong and Taiwan director and creator. Because traditional culture is not good, and there is no technical pursuit, it will be too late.
For example, the most popular domestic idol drama this summer vacation is "Canglan Jue". Its film and television industry has made obvious breakthroughs in ancient idioms. The script has only achieved highlights. The actors are supported by the industry and scripts. Otherwise, how do you explain last year's " Meet the Dragon " Wang Hedi was also called the ugly man of the year in ancient costume, let alone the heroine Yu Shuxin.
Nowadays, the palace drama " Chang'an Twelve Hours " has become the standard, and the ancient puppet "Cranlan Jue" will also become the standard. Hong Kong and Taiwan costume dramas, let alone Hong Kong and Taiwan cannot be filmed locally, Hong Kong and Taiwan TV elites have been developing in the mainland market for more than 20 years.
Along with the traditional cultural aesthetics and film and television industry, the older generation of Hong Kong and Taiwan elites who have pursuits died and retired. The TV series directors Lin Yufen , Chen Jialin, Wu Jinyuan , Zheng Weiwen , Li Huizhu , etc. are almost all in their fifties and sixties. Originally, cultural aesthetics and technological pursuits are behind the same generation of mainland TV drama directors. Otherwise, how could they lose the resources of mainland costume dramas?
Results, now there is Lu Yang in "The Wind Rises in Longxi", Li Muge in " East Palace " and "Siteng", and another young director like Yi Zheng in "The Legend of Canglan". I have always said that in the future, there will be two to several more young mainland directors who have such aesthetic and technology pursuits. Hong Kong and Taiwan directors will even lose the field of ancient puppets (just as I observe that 10 mainstream directors of similar themes in the domestic market will be saturated).
Not to mention that Hong Kong and Taiwan actors have no chance, the good days of Hong Kong and Taiwan creators are still coming.
