The information in this article comes from the content of "Qilu One Point" 2021/01/30 "Why did Cao Jun become a fan after "turning red"? He said, "As real as possible, there will be an audience", but in order to improve the readability of the article, there may be polishing of the details, please read sensibly, for reference only!
Preface
After the Reuters of "Mountains and Rivers Pillow" was issued, the appearance of Zhou Zheng, one of the actors, attracted the attention of many netizens.
I thought it was a "little fresh meat" who had just debuted in the entertainment industry, but I didn't expect it to be an old acquaintance Cao Jun, who was popular all over the streets because of his role as the agarwood in "Baolian Lantern".
Just when the audience thought that Cao Jun would continue to chase after the victory and make himself more and more popular, but he didn't expect Cao Jun to "disappear" after becoming popular, and it was 20 years since he walked out of the public's field of vision.
And why Cao Jun failed to continue to walk the "flower road" after the fire has also become an "unsolved mystery" in the hearts of many audiences......
A "top-rated" child star who debuted at the age of 8
After watching the 36-year-old Cao Jun's Reuters, I can sigh that the lethality of the original "White Moonlight" is so huge, and his agarwood was the "childhood male god" in the minds of many people.
His appearance has changed a lot compared to when he played agarwood at the age of 16, and his whole face is open, unlike when he was 16 years old, his face always looked "dull", full of flesh.
Now Cao Jun does not have the "baby fat" on his cheeks, his eyes, nose and mouth have very clear contours, and his face shape is much more three-dimensional. In addition, with the passage of time, the 36-year-old Cao Jun is like a gentleman who is as gentle as jade, and his temperament and posture have undergone tremendous changes.
At the age of 16, Agarwood is always lively and active, but the 36-year-old Cao Jun looks gentle and tender, if you just look at the current Cao Jun, you would never think that he is a martial arts debut, and he looks beautiful, but the power of a fist is still very amazing.
When Cao Jun was in the first grade of primary school, he was sent by his parents to the martial arts class of the Children's Palace to start learning martial arts. Many people knew about this little boy when he was practicing martial arts in the martial arts class, after all, no one could not dislike a cute and obedient student like him.
So when Cao Jun was 8 years old, a crew came to their class to find a candidate for "Little Monk" and took a fancy to him at a glance, so 8-year-old Cao Jun began to contact acting for the first time.
In this first drama, Cao Jun played the leading role, and Cao Jun has been generous in following the filming in the crew, without a little nervousness in the face of the camera, and the image of the little monk is also vividly interpreted.
This drama has been dominating the charts in Singapore since it was broadcast, and even won the ratings championship in 1997, Cao Jun also made his official debut, and at the age of 8, he became a "top-rated" child star as soon as he debuted.
The drama "The Little Monk" he played not only dominated the charts in Singapore and became the ratings champion, but Cao Jun, who was filming for the first time, also won the Best Newcomer Award at the 1997 Asian Television Awards because of this drama.
Because of Cao Jun's popularity in Singapore, he not only later made a sequel to this drama, but even released his own solo album, "Catching Loaches", a well-known song, also has a version sung by Cao Jun, I really didn't expect Cao Jun to be versatile since he was a child.
Not only can he do kung fu and acting, but also a person who can sing, who doesn't think Cao Jun is too "perfect" child. After becoming famous, Cao Jun has never stopped acting and activities, and advertisements have come to his door because of his fame.
When he was 11 years old, he starred in "Lotus Boy Nezha", which is even more classic, and I still remember his sentence in the play, "Cutting meat and returning mother, deboning and returning father" has been a classic until now. Not only has he been a leading actor since his debut, but he also has many opportunities to cooperate with big-name stars at that time.
When he was 12 years old, he was able to cooperate with Zhao Wei and Wu Qilong, Cao Jun can be said to have had a "starting line" that many actors can't reach since his debut at the age of 8, so Cao Jun has been popular until he is 16 years old.
Agarwood that "disappeared" after the fire
When he was 16 years old, Cao Jun's "Baolian Lantern" can be said to be a very important transformation for him, this time the role is not only heavy, but also the best opportunity for him to get rid of the appearance of the "little monk" when he was 8 years old.
Because in the drama "Baolian Lantern", the agarwood played by Cao Jun will also have emotional scenes, and he acted in emotional scenes when he made his debut as a child star, which will somewhat make the audience break the "child star" filter for him.
Since then, Cao Jun will have more choices for the role he can play, Cao Jun's tasks in this drama are particularly large, and he also has to take care of his studies, which made Cao Jun's body unable to resist the fatigue of continuous rotation at that time, and he had several illnesses.
But Cao Jun also knew that he couldn't fall behind in either progress, so he studied bit by bit at night and devoted himself to filming during the day. Of course, Cao Jun's efforts have not been wasted, "Baolian Lantern" is indeed a big hit, and Cao Jun's smart expression and delicate appearance as the leading actor have made him successfully transform.
With a youthful atmosphere, he once again defined the new "Cao Jun", his fire is "national-level", and he will be very popular wherever he goes, but Cao Jun didn't expect that his fame opened up the distance between his classmates.
Although the classmates all think that Cao Jun has a good personality and strong strength, they all seem to have planned it, and they never bring Cao Jun to play, maybe they think that Cao Jun is a "big star", and there is a certain gap between him and himself.
So when Cao Jun was supposed to go to university, he decided to apply for the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts, and stopped acting during the school period, concentrated on studying, and enjoyed his time in school.
But at the peak of his career, he suddenly chose to "disappear" and had a great impact on Cao Jun, when he was just admitted to college, many crews handed Cao Jun the starring scripts, and Cao Jun refused them one by one in order to study.
and then to the script of the supporting role, and then to the absence of the script, it didn't take much time in between, although Cao Jun's popularity was "national" before, but it didn't take a few years from "national brother" to "no one mentions".
After graduating from college, Cao Jun wanted to return to the entertainment industry but found that he had no popularity, even if there was a script, it could only be a supporting role, sometimes not even a supporting role, just a small role with a total time of no more than ten minutes.
You must know that Cao Jun has never fallen out of the starring role since his debut, and he went to college to further his acting skills, so that he could have more choices, but he didn't expect that after graduating from college, he could only start again on the road of actor.
Starting from the tricks, this is a big blow to Cao Jun, an "old drama bone" who has debuted for more than ten years. Later, Cao Jun quickly sorted out his mentality and decided to start anew as a "rookie actor" who had debuted for more than ten years, he believed that as long as he had strength, he was not afraid of being buried, and believed that he would be able to return to his original state soon.
In addition to this, another reason why Cao Jun was able to recover his good attitude was that he had also made progress in his love life......
"Don't fight, don't grab", but the audience is constantly popular
At the end of 2016, Cao Jun posted a photo of himself and his girlfriend on his Weibo, and officially announced that this was the 180th day the two of them were together. And his girlfriend is actually no stranger to the audience, and Huanbi is played by her in the hit drama "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
She is also Lan Yingying, when Cao Jun was at a low point, Lan Yingying was like a little sun that kept Cao Jun warm and accompanied him out of the past of self-doubt.
After the two officially announced that they were together, they often showed their affection in a high-profile manner, and always called each other affectionate names in their posts, Cao Jun is "Mr. Punctual" and Lan Yingying is "Miss Late".
They will often celebrate the anniversaries of the two of them, and even choose to cut off all work during the 200 days of their relationship just to have a "two-person world", and the two go out to play together.
It can be said that it is "sweet and toothy", but the actor industry is destined for them to "get together less and leave more", although as long as they don't have a job, they will get tired of being together, but for young couples in love, the time they don't have work is really not much.
In the third year of their relationship, that is, in 2019, they decided to "break up peacefully" because of work, Cao Jun posted that they could spend too little time with each other, and perhaps it was the best choice to be friends again.
The two of them will break up, which makes many people think that it is unexpected, after all, in 2018, they were still showing affection in a high-profile manner on the second anniversary of their relationship, but they did not expect to decide to break up next year.
But in fact, when I saw the performance of the two of them on variety shows later, I realized that in addition to their careers, there was also a big gap between the two of them in terms of personality.
In 2021, Cao Jun participated in a variety show "Actors Please Be in Place 2", in order to prove that he can still be a good actor, his performance in the show is indeed impeccable, but there is only one point that makes people feel helpless.
That is, because of his low-key personality, Cao Jun's "presence" in the show is particularly low, and many stars will work hard to express themselves in the show, in order to have a little more of their own shots, after all, no shots on the show is equivalent to nothing.
Cao Jun is like this, on that variety show, in addition to acting, he almost does not express himself in the rest of the place, and even has little communication with other actors, and even in the "market rating" of 40 actors, Cao Jun got the penultimate position.
No one could have imagined that Cao Jun, who debuted as a "top-rated" child star since childhood, would be the last in the market rating. Although Cao Jun's performance gives people the feeling that they can't make mistakes, it doesn't give people a memory point, and Cao Jun was eliminated in the two episodes of the show.
In comparison with Lan Yingying, she seized every opportunity to express herself in "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves", and she was very concerned about the number of shots, and it is not difficult to understand why they came to this step of breaking up.
After all, in addition to the problem of getting together less and leaving more in the career, the biggest impact is the difference in communication. However, the two were able to decide to deal with this relationship in a gentle and peaceful way, and to be friends again after the relationship ended, they were already able to surpass the state of many celebrity couples.
epilogue
In fact, Cao Jun did not really "disappear" for 20 years, after "Baolian Lantern", although he politely rejected many male lead scripts when he went to university, he did not reject all of them.
He just didn't grasp the best time for his ascension, and failed to continue his popularity, from 2004 to the present, 20 years have passed, Cao Jun still acted in a lot of dramas in between, but not too many audiences paid attention to him.
And among them, Cao Jun's character also occupies part of the reason, and the 36-year-old Cao Jun has once again aroused heated discussions because of the short Reuters video of more than ten seconds, hoping that he can seize this opportunity and return to his position back then.