In 2006, 24-year-old Jia Ling decided to give herself a special gift on her birthday.
A specially customized "attack weight loss plan".
The weight loss effect was very significant. After one month, Jia Ling lost 20 pounds.
But at the same time, Jia Ling's body couldn't bear it:
First her weight rebounded wildly, then she had systemic allergies and immune system disorders.
The weight loss plan was forced to stop. Jia Ling no longer had the idea of losing weight and simply kept gaining weight.
No one would have thought that this "hole" dug on his birthday would be realized unexpectedly in " hot and spicy " 18 years later.
's weight loss efforts are even more exaggerated than before: he lost about 100 pounds.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year in the Year of the Dragon, the film was officially released, and the mystery of "Hot and Spicy" was unveiled.
followed closely, "Hot and Spicy" was highly recognized and achieved a lead on the first day. It took the number one spot during the Spring Festival on the first day and has firmly held the number one spot since then.
Immediately afterwards, various news about Jia Ling’s weight loss success dominated the hot searches.
So besides Jia Ling’s face-changing weight loss, why is her movie so popular?
Below, Qingshi will talk to you about the highlights of this film.
1,
have been hiding for a year, has Jia Ling transformed into a "cool and stylish girl"?
Before the release of "Hello, Li Huanying", Jia Ling made harsh words:
If the box office exceeds 3 billion, I will become as thin as a bolt of lightning!
But until the box office exceeded 5 billion, Jia Ling's bold words could not be fulfilled.
Just when everyone regarded this as a joke, Jia Ling secretly took this sentence seriously.
At an awards ceremony in 2022, a reporter discovered that Jia Ling seemed to be thinner than before.
When asked if Jia Ling was losing weight for her new role, Jia Ling just laughed and did not give a clear answer.
This is Jia Ling's last public appearance before the release of "Hot and Spicy".
For more than a year after that, Jia Ling turned down various invitations such as the Spring Festival Gala and variety shows, worked hard to lose weight, and trained herself into the shape of a boxer.
But how thin has Jia Ling, who keeps doing big things in silence, become? No one outside knows.
So many people joke that Jia Ling's weight is the biggest suspense of the movie "Hot and Spicy".
After careful digging, Qingshi found that two people gave clues about Jia Ling's weight.
One is Pan Binlong , Jia Ling’s old friend for many years.
Pan Binlong went to visit the crew of "Hot and Spicy" and was stunned when he saw Jia Ling.
According to him, Jia Ling, who has lost weight, looks almost the same as when she was in school.
Qingshi deliberately found photos of Jia Ling when she was young. Her facial features are delicate and attractive, and she has a sudden feeling of a Korean beauty.
There is also Yuan Hong, who is the same fitness coach as Jia Ling.
Yuan Hong is also considered a fitness expert, and Jia Ling's training volume is even three times higher than that of Yuan Hong.
Not only that, Jia Ling is always accompanied by two coaches to supervise her training and diet.
Jia Ling maintained such a devilish life for a whole year.
On the day when "Hot and Spicy" was finished, Jia Ling ate 30 chocolate wafers in one go, feeling like she was reborn.
According to Jia Ling’s current status, this is completely a risky gamble.
put all work on hold, with 0 exposure, and spent one year only to lose weight and make movies.
After working so hard, he still risks being unpopular with the audience, and all his hard work may be wasted.
But Jia Ling did it without hesitation. She hoped that besides the label of "funny girl", there would be other positions.
She also joked about herself in the show. If I could lose weight, maybe more people would like me.
Just like Jia Ling said, she tried her best to make this movie. This year feels like a lifetime.
Compared with Jia Ling's weight gimmick, Qingshi pays more attention to Jia Ling's transformation and upgrading in aura.
Can you imagine a Jia Ling wearing a boxing uniform, a ponytail, sharp eyes and full of fighting spirit, standing in the boxing ring?
This is a "Sister Sa" style that Jia Ling has never shown before, and it is very likely to be a "limited edition" that will never appear again in the future.
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Ordinary girl’s counterattack, Li Huanying 2.0?
It is difficult to define "Hot and Spicy" in a specific genre.
Some people say this is a comedy. The
lineup includes Jia Ling, the "female leader" in the comedy industry, as well as various comedians from her own company. There are many Jia Ling-style comedy scenes in the content of
.
For example, when doing pull-ups, you have to have someone support you from below, or when you lift a barbell, you have to fish quietly.
Some people also say that this is a sports film.
A fat girl took up boxing because she wanted to lose weight. It sounds passionate and inspiring.
But whether it is comedy or boxing, they are just "sugar-coated bullets" to attract the audience.
Covered in the shell of comedy, and taking advantage of the momentum of losing weight, what Jia Ling really wants to tell is the story of an ordinary girl like Li Huanying.
Le Ying, played by Jia Ling, is a standard "zombie young man", guarding her family's one-third of an acre of land and growing old steadily.
When I'm hungry, I have a bunch of snacks in front of me. When I'm sleepy, I lie down on the sofa and feel fat.
Looking at this sister who is "lying dead" every day, the sister who works at home becomes very angry:
She doesn't know how to work, she doesn't look for a job, and she is still in her 30s. Do I still have to go to work when she gets old? Nursing home to see you?
Leying lived this decadent and depressing life for ten years, and was even tricked into appearing on a TV station because of it.
has accomplished nothing, has mediocre qualifications, and cannot bring glory to the family. Like "Hello, Li Huanying", the heroine of "Hot and Spicy" is still a "loser in life."
But in this film, what transforms the heroine is no longer the time travel that is both real and dreamy, but the powerful sport of boxing.
Every time you punch, every time you are exhausted, it is a process of shattering the past and opening yourself up. The story of the
film cannot be summed up simply by "an inspirational story of an ordinary girl's counterattack".
Women's self-reliance and reconciliation with themselves and life are also the emotional values that the film wants to convey to the audience.
As Jia Ling has repeatedly emphasized, this movie is not about weight loss or boxing;
it is a story about "a kind girl finding herself and learning to love herself".
It can be said that Jia Ling successfully interpreted Le Ying with "two apples".
If you have two apples, one big and one small, which one will you give to your friend?
Most people will choose the big one, either the big one, or the small one.
But Leying’s initial choice was:
would give both.
But this kind of whole-hearted dedication will not win the cherishment and attention of the other party. They may even think that you hate eating apples.
It was only later that Le Ying learned to stop catering to others and learn to love herself, that is, to give apples according to her own ideas, which is what she said in the movie:
It depends on her mood.
The core of these two apples is the real engine of Jia Ling’s inspirational story of losing 100 pounds. With this epiphany, the heroine’s final persistence and choice came, and this is the core reason why the audience was finally moved.
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Jia Ling transformed into a female warrior of pure love, Lei Jiayin "Abs first show"
Jia Ling has been in the industry for many years, and has also participated in many film and television works.
But because her comedy label is so heavy, it is rare to see Jia Ling act in serious love scenes.
In "Hot and Spicy", Jia Ling finally realized her "long-cherished wish" and staged an adult "pure love" with the boxing coach played by Lei Jiayin in the film.
This time, Jia Ling dedicated her two apples.
secretly liked him at first, so he signed up for his boxing class in order to get closer to him.
On the first date, I walked cautiously and had to sneak a glance at the other person.
and Lei Jiayin's strong boyfriend hug, the two of them sit on the street drinking and blowing, trying to create a romantic atmosphere in life.
It is worth mentioning that Lei Jiayin, as Jia Ling's boyfriend and "boxing partner" in the play, paid a huge price for this role.
For two and a half months, Lei Jiayin trained for three hours every day. After each training session, he collapsed on the ground from exhaustion.
What’s even worse is that Lei Jiayin has to strictly control his diet and cannot consume sugar. The most he eats is boiled chicken with the flavor of "chicken daddy".
After a lot of hard work, Lei Jiayin also successfully developed chest and abdominal muscles. It can only be said that the audience is very "stunned".
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To pay for feelings, Jia Ling has mastered the box office password
Before this, many people were generally not optimistic about the market of this film.
After all, Jia Ling's previous film "Hello, Li Huanying" had the right time, place and people, and was a special case that is difficult to replicate.
But "Hot" still has an irresistible charm, and it will even make movie fans fall in love with boxing.
Because Jia Ling deeply understands one truth:
true love.
This was clearly reflected in the previous movie.
The story of "Hello, Li Huanying" comes from the real life of Jia Ling and her mother. It is full of true feelings and hits the emotional lifeline of "maternal love" among movie fans.
Although "Hot and Spicy" is a fictional story, it does not contain Jia Ling's true feelings.
has an ordinary appearance and a fat body. He "disappears" in the crowd and is always ignored.
Such a character actually bears the shadow of Jia Ling and the bitterness of her travels.
And around us, there are more people like Leying who are mediocre and live a chaotic life.
Leying's experience will definitely gain emotional recognition from the audience, and will also receive a response from the audience at the box office.
I have to say that although Jia Ling is still a "new director", she is already a long way ahead in terms of figure.
"Hello, Li Huanying" went abroad and was remade by Hollywood, and Jia Ling was invited to serve as the producer.
Jia Ling also made an agreement with the American production company that when the film is released, she will write "This film commemorates Li Huanying" at the end of the film.
Including this "Hot and Spicy", Jia Ling also tried her best and even lost 100 pounds to complete a magnificent and intense artistic creation.
This is a moving and inspirational story in itself, and it is a "big heroine cool article" that really exists in reality.
What's hot is Le Ying's rekindled fighting spirit in the play, and Jia Ling's determination to do her best outside the play.
Sincerity for sincerity, I believe Jia Ling’s new work will definitely do well at the box office.
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