China News Network Client Beijing, June 19th title: after " Creation 101" Wang Ju : The attention is reduced, but I don't miss
Reporter Song Yusheng
"To be honest, I don't miss the feeling of being surrounded by many people at the airport after I came out of the show."
After becoming an artist through the talent show "Creation 101", Wang Ju recalled her feelings like this.
At that time, Wang Ju participated in the talent show as a model agent, and eventually became a dark horse in the entire show, and attracted great attention on the Internet. After the show ended, this popularity did not continue. But Wang Ju feels that her dream of more than 20 years has come true.
Data picture: Wang Ju. Photo provided by the interviewee
"earth", "black" and "strong" girl group trainee
"not suitable for being a girl group" is probably the first impression Wang Ju gave to the audience in the talent show.
In the eyes of many young people today, the girl group should be composed of a group of girls with "white skin, beautiful appearance, long legs". Wang Ju does not meet this definition. In the show, her image was once summarized by netizens as "earth", "black" and "strong".
In fact, when Wang Ju first appeared on this variety show, almost no one was optimistic about it. Some people bluntly said that Wang Ju is "not suitable for being a girl group", and some netizens joked that she is "Ju" (Ju) Shih Johnson.
Later, she admitted in the "Tucao Conference": "Idols should be white and thin, and they should not have any flaws. But I am different from them. I, at a glance, are all flaws."
She smiled and said that she was never afraid of being criticized, "because I am already dark enough."
Wang Ju emoticon package.
After being eliminated twice in "Creation 101", Wang Ju's performance in discussing the topic of appearance and strength with Ma Dong once aroused the affection of netizens.
Wang Ju asked: "Why do I think my strength may not be as strong as some people can be deeply remembered and loved by the audience just by looking good?"
Ma Dong said: "This distress is eternal. When I sat with Zhao Youting, my feelings were the same."
Since then, Wang Ju's strength in the show performance has been well received, and social media has begun to flood Wang Ju's related news, and a large number of fan groups who voted for Wang Ju began to appear.
More than a year later, when Wang Ju was asked a similar question again, she gave this answer herself -
"When I was an assistant in the agency, I saw many people with impeccable appearance. They were much better than ordinary people in appearance, their figure was impeccable, and they were good at shooting at any angle. But maybe after the appearance was too gorgeous, there would be some gaps in my heart. That experience made me pay more attention to interesting souls, and these things that may not be simple to be materialized are more valuable."
Wang Ju in "Creation 101". Video screenshot
From standing next to the person to the center
What really made Wang Ju come into the public eye from an online program is "Tao Yuanming".
A large number of Wang Ju fans appeared on the Internet almost overnight. They used the allusion "Tao Yuanming loves chrysanthemums alone" and called themselves "Tao Yuanming". Immediately, countless fan groups were built, and many people changed their names with the nickname "Ju" and even changed their avatars to Wang Ju, calling themselves "Ju Family Army".
emoticon package made by fans.
"Tao Yuanming" and others are constantly "developing" funny emoticons and making interesting rumors to attract votes for Wang Ju, such as "You vote, I vote, Wang Ju must debut." To this end, fans even wrote the "Chrysanthemum Talk Book".
Because the information on canvassing for Wang Ju on the Internet was too dense, the term " Ju Wai Ren " was also derived at that time. This refers to those who don’t know who Wang Ju is, have never watched the show, but have been surrounded by information related to "voting for Wang Ju".
Explanation picture of "Dragon Man" produced by netizens.
For many "Ju Nei Ren", the reason why they really attracts them to become Wang Ju fans is the values conveyed by Wang Ju.
Some fans once said that they were attracted to fans at that time because of a sentence from Wang Ju on the show: "Some people say that I am not suitable for a girl group like this.But what are the standards for being a girl group? I have eaten up the standards and burdens here. And what you hold is the power to redefine China's No. 1 girl group. "
" Video screenshot of "Creation 101".
"I went from being a person standing next to me to the center of this scene. Everyone gathered around me and asked me if I wanted to drink water or if I wanted to rest. The makeup teacher came up to make up for me. "This former model agent completed a dramatic role transformation.
She would also remember that in similar scenes, she used to be just "the person standing next to her." "Occasionally, I would be in a trance, as if I saw someone standing there and being surrounded by others. "
But when the finals of the program approached, Wang Ju's ranking of likes was lowered from 2nd to 16th. She did not enter the top 11 in the end.
"Creation 101" video screenshot.
cooled down, but I don't miss
After the program ended, although Wang Ju was still busy, her attention began to decline. Subsequently, more controversial events followed one after another - termination of contract with the agency and new songs also appeared.
However, for Wang Ju, these criticisms are far less than the intensity of "Creation 101" just at the beginning.
"I was probably the most concerned when the show first came out, and the criticism was also the highest. "She already has a set of ways to deal with criticism, "I will examine myself carefully to see if what others say is right. When I think this matter is not my problem, I can understand these criticisms as the emotional vent of the message, so I won’t take it too seriously. "
But at the same time, Wang Ju also has a clear understanding of herself.
In May this year, she made this opening in a speech: "If you are a contestant who turned the tables against the wind, it has been more than a year since 101, and this matter is not worth it to be talked about; if you are a new generation singer in the mainland, I have only released two singles, and such achievements are not enough to be described; actors are the work I have always wanted to do, but so far, there are no works that have been broadcast to show you; Golden Sentence Manufacturing Machine is a label I have always wanted to tear off. I think having an attitude and being able to express is my advantage, but this is not my core business as an artist. "
Data picture: Wang Ju. Photo provided by the interviewee
Wang Ju knows that high attention from artists means more and more job opportunities, but the price of glamorousness is losing privacy. "But I actually have the person who separates public and private affairs in my heart. "
" can be photographed in public. But I think I'm going to the airport to be a private life. To be honest, I don’t miss the feeling of coming out of the show competition at that time and many people gathered at the airport. In addition to work, artists must also have a life. "
She seems to be very frank about the ups and downs of this popularity, but she attaches great importance to the identity of an artist.
"I said that being an artist cannot be very happy and sad. You can't be very happy just because you get a good opportunity today, because such opportunities may be fleeting, and sometimes you lose it not even because of your reasons. But you can't be too sad, because you must firmly believe that what you do is meaningful, you are valuable, and all your efforts will be rewarded in the end. "
Wang Ju said that she has had great enthusiasm and passion for stage and performance since she was a child, and her current work was once her "dream for more than 20 years".
"When I do this, my happiness can be better than the unhappiness that sometimes brings me. So I am lucky to do my current job. ”(End)