No one expected that Wang Lihong, who had been called a "high-quality idol" for 20 years, would be so cool.
Before this year, Wang Lihong had already been a bit depressed.
First, there is a decline in creative strength.
The new four heavenly kings "Zhou Wang Lin Tao" are all over 40 years old, and they are no longer at the peak of creation, in addition to Jay Chou can still compete with small fresh meat, the popularity of the other three has declined significantly.
Second, under the influence of Li Yundi.
The rumored "Hongdi Love" that was rumored at that time caused an extremely bad impact on Wang Lihong, and after 13 years, his popularity was also in a slump, and the concert tickets could not even be sold out.
Finally, there is the impact of marriage.
Because of his outstanding appearance and figure, Wang Lihong has always had a large number of female fans, and marriage has undoubtedly hit his fans very hard, which has also affected his career.
But this year, to be precise, in the second half of this year, Wang Lihong actually glowed the second spring.
At that time, the "Hongdi love" was self-defeating, and Wang Lihong finally "settled the injustice".
Wang Lihong recently collaborated with Fang Wenshan, the lyricist of Jay Chou's imperial department, on a Chinese-style song "Dragon Scales of Heaven and Earth", which is the theme song of the large-scale documentary "Forbidden City".
The addition of Fang Wenshan has made up for the shortcomings in Wang Lihong's lyrics, the whole song is magnificent, Wang Lihong is also very likely to be on the Spring Festival Gala with it, and the upcoming New Year's Eve concert, the major TV stations have thrown him an olive branch.
Then on December 15, Wang Lihong issued a divorce statement.
If there is no follow-up dog blood incident, divorce is a plus for Wang Lihong, and this statement is also generously written, which is very in line with his "high-quality" personality.
But I never expected that with the revelation of Li Lianglei in the early stage, Wang Lihong's hypocritical mask was torn open: marital cheating, transfer of assets, cold violence, 5 years and 3 children, and the personnel setup he painstakingly operated for 20 years collapsed.
The collapse of Wang Lihong made me think of Xie Tingfeng, the two are only 4 years apart, both have their own peaks and valleys, both can be called high-quality idols, this year has passed the year of confusion, but they have taken the complete opposite two paths.
Although Nicholas Tse was born as a child star, but his childhood was not happy, he was born a week ago the photo on the cover of the magazine, 2 years old began to co-shoot ads with his parents, 7 years old in order to hide paparazzi ran to Canada to live, 15 years old parents divorced, and his father Xie Xianhao gambled a huge debt, he signed a record company before he was an adult and began to work to make money.
These experiences have made Tse Tingfeng full of anger, when he first debuted, he was an untamed bad boy, he combed the non-mainstream hairstyle that covered his eyes, and emotions swirled between Faye Wong and Cecilia Cheung.
But at the same time, he also showed amazing talent, at the age of 19 with the movie "Half a Cigarette" nominated for the Academy Award; at the age of 20, the album sold 1 million copies and also appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage; after Ren Xianqi, before Jay Chou, Nicholas Tse also briefly ruled the Chinese music scene.
Unfortunately, God always joked with him, and the "top bag case" in 2002 made him once hidden in the snow, and then returned to the public vision with the TV series "Little Fish and Flowers".
In 2005, when filming "Wuji", he and Cecilia Cheung rekindled their old love, but the indecent photo incident that broke out before marriage made his love test.
He was nominated for the film emperor at the age of 19, but it was not until the age of 31 that he won the film emperor with his life-fighting performance in "Informant".
The 30-year-old Nicholas Tse has experienced the winds and waves that most people have never experienced in their lives, so he has calmed down a lot since then, and gradually become a cook who loves to cook.
Wang Lihong, on the other hand, has been a child of someone else since he was a child, and he has hardly encountered any setbacks before the age of 45.
Wang Lihong was born in a family of intellectuals, his father and mother graduated from well-known universities, his older brother was a Yale doctor, his younger brother graduated from MIT, his cousin was the director of Yahoo Asia, and his original song "Descendants of the Dragon" was later sung by Wang Lihong.
Wang Lihong studied violin from an early age, graduated from high school with full marks, and was later admitted to Yale University, Princeton University, and Williams College at the same time, and has a double honorary doctorate degree from Williams College and Berkeley College of Music.
Wang Lihong released a personal album when he was less than 20 years old, entered the music world with the attitude of a high-quality idol, transformed into a singer-songwriter at the age of 22, and immediately became one of the new four kings after entering the new millennium - after 20 years of fire, the peak period was long, the work was widely sung, and among the singers who debuted at the same time, except for Jay Chou, no one could stabilize him.
In addition to singing, Wang Lihong also entered the film circle, he starred in Ang Lee's "Color Ring", self-directed and self-acted in "Love Notice", and also cooperated with Jackie Chan's big brother "Big Soldier", Jackie Chan's big brother cared for him, and bluntly said in the interview that he hoped that Wang Lihong was his own son.
Wang Lihong has good looks and strength, and is very outstanding in the show business circle, but he has only passed on gossip with Zhang Huimei and Shu Qi, and his emotional experience is like a blank piece of paper, which can be called a model of the entertainment industry.
It can be seen that Nicholas Tse and Wang Lihong are two extremes-
Nicholas Tse looks like a "bad boy" at first glance, but he came out to work at a young age, paid off debts for his father, and suffered a double blow of career and love, which in turn smoothed out his edges and corners, exhausted his anger, and made him more responsible than his peers after the age of 30.
In 2008, after the indecent photo incident, even if he was ridiculed, he still bravely married cecilia Cheung and had children, not afraid of the eyes of the world.
And Tse Tingfeng's father Xie Xian also gave his son enough face, saying in an interview: "(Cecilia) is very filial piety, daughter-in-law I only recognize Cecilia Cheung."
This support is earned by Tse Ting-feng himself, and he has the right to speak in this family.
In 2011, Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung divorced, and he also handled it beautifully, leaving his own family and leaving the money and the house to Cecilia Cheung and her children.
After the divorce, many magazines have published some negative news about him: such as cold violence against Cecilia Cheung, ignoring children, etc... Nicholas Tse has not defended himself from beginning to end, and these rumors have broken with time.
Nicholas Tse has never marketed his own good man design, but that calm and calm we can feel across the screen.
On the other hand, Wang Lihong, before the outbreak of the divorce incident, he was a "good student" for 20 years, gathering thousands of pets in one, but there was also a crisis behind the glory.
He grew up under the protection of his parents, teachers, and elders, and when he grows up, he is very likely to become a giant baby and has no responsibility in case of trouble.
Growing up in a strict tutoring, such good students can easily compensate themselves with indulgence after gaining their freedom.
Without enough experience of frustration, such good students often lack tenacity and break off at a bend.
Having high-quality resources from an early age leads to their tendency to become "refined egoists.".
These hidden dangers had long foreshadowed in Wang Lihong's body.
For example: In 2008, Wang Lihong, Jay Chou, and Luo Zhixiang released records at the same time, which was originally a duel between Wang Lihong and Jay Chou, and the final result was that Jay Chou's "Magic Jie" and Luo Zhixiang's "Chao Men Zheng Biography" were equally divided, while Wang Lihong's "Heartbeat" sales were far behind them.
Wang Lihong, who could not afford to lose, said sourly in an interview that he knew that some people bought the list, and the so-called ranking list had no credibility at all.
After that, he also launched a record honesty campaign with great fanfare, and also invited Jay Chou to the platform, and the result was that Jay Chou came on the day of the press conference, but he did not come as the initiator because of gastroenteritis, which surprised people.
Another example: the "Hongdi love" that was rumored in 13 years was well known, and the general artist laughed at this rumor, but Wang Lihong could not stand this nest and directly announced his love affair with Li Lianglei.
Looking back now, Li Lianglei is just a shield for him, and his way of announcing his relationship does not respect the woman's feelings at all.
After entering the marriage, Wang Lihong also frequently showed his "true temperament".
He and his wife gave birth to 3 children in 5 years, just like a good student doing "Five Years College Entrance Examination Three-Year Simulation", as if after completing this homework, he can get praise from everyone.
With his wife's knowledge, Wang Lihong still unscrupulously committed things that violated the marriage, which was a retaliatory indulgence after being restrained and controlled for a long time.
When he let Li Lianglei get pregnant and marry Fengzi, he felt that he was the victim, which is the typical "I am the world, I am the truth" .
When Li Lianglei was still having children, he began to transfer assets early to prepare for divorce, and to sweep his wife out of the house, which was to make egoism desperate.
After the matter was revealed, as a 45-year-old public figure who has been active in everyone's sight for a long time, Wang Lihong suddenly became a dumb and shy boy, and his father had to use his handwriting to help him talk nonsense at an old age, which was really lamentable, which was the performance of the giant baby.
After the incident escalated step by step, Wang Lihong's attitude changed back and forth, from the initial literary and artistic tone to the later positive hardness to the final surrender, we can't tell how many faces he changed.
This immature and irresponsible performance also allowed Fan Weiqi and his wife, by2 combination, Xu Ruoxuan and others to be involved in the storm, in comparison, Luo Zhixiang's decisive recognition of mistakes after being hammered last year was at least responsible.
And chen Guanxi directly announced his retirement after the accident was also a performance of the man's responsibility.
Also divorced, Nicholas Tse and Wang Lihong show us two lives with diametrically opposed choices.
One is to stumble all the way and finally find that plain and bland is the truth.
All the way is a high song, and then fall off a cliff at the top of the mountain and shattered to pieces.
If it were you, what kind of life would you choose?
(Rotten Tomatoes Movie Editorial Department: Little Fish)