Recently, the new variety show "Infinite Beyond Class 2" was launched, and the male artist Zhu Zixiao, who had not filmed for 4 years, appeared again.
In the show, he no longer has the youthfulness and self-confidence he once had. His state is very different from when he was famous. A few years after
"disappeared", Zhu Zixiao entered the live broadcast track and became a live broadcast anchor.
In this recording of the program, he was also asked by the judges why he made this choice. He said frankly: "Bringing goods is my way out."
However, during Zhu Zixiao's subsequent performance, several teachers were not impressed by his acting ability. Look good, Wu Zhenyu even complained directly: "He just doesn't have enough acting skills."
In fact, if we go back to ten years ago, Zhu Zixiao is definitely one of the popular niches. Although he is not a big traffic, he is in various works. Being the number one male is more than enough.
However, why did he suddenly "fall" during his peak period and even fall into rumors of being banned?
1. He reached his peak right after his debut and became a "popular niche"
Zhu Zixiao, 38, made his debut with the hit drama "Let's Watch the Meteor Shower" which was once all the rage.
In the drama, he plays Shangguan Ruiqian, one of the h4 members. He is competing for the role of Ximen in "Meteor Garden", a typical playboy character.
Although Zhu Zixiao was 23 years old at the time, he still looked full of youth due to his appearance. As soon as
's work was broadcast, he won the love of thousands of girls and became a new generation of idols together with Zhang Han and Mou Shuang.
"Fast Boy" Yu Haoming and Wei Chen, who were in the same cast, also became popular for the second time after starring in this TV series.
In fact, unlike Zhang Han, who is a regular soldier with a background in Chinese opera, Zhu Zixiao graduated from Shenyang University of Technology and had no acting experience before.
However, because he was handsome, he started working as a part-time model while in college. He also met Guo Jingming, who was then the text director of Tianyu Media, through friends.
With the recommendation of the other party, Zhu Zixiao was able to join the crew of "Meteor Shower" and played an important role, becoming famous overnight. As
became popular, he appeared in the audience's sight more and more frequently, and he became more and more popular because of his lively and cheerful personality.
But it is said that he is famous for his fame. At the end of the same year when Zhu Zixiao became popular, he was diagnosed by an old Chinese medicine doctor during the recording of Mango Channel's "Encyclopedia" program, which caused an uproar among the public.
Even many years later, many viewers will still think of this joke when they think of him.
But it doesn't matter. At that time, Zhu Zixiao was on the rise of his career - he soon filmed the sequel to "Meteor Shower", and in the same year he became the host of the "Go Forward" program.
There is no doubt that at that stage he was tightly tied to Mango Station. In other words, he was actually tightly tied to Guo Jingming.
In addition to his film and television resources, Zhu Zixiao also frequently appeared on the covers of magazines sponsored by the other party, and his popularity soared.
The two are extremely close, and they even seem to have used "couple names".
But of course the two parties did not respond to this, which also made the relationship between the two more complicated and confusing.
Zhu Zixiao was born in Shenyang, Liaoning in 1986. He is 3 years younger than Guo Jingming, but their experiences are quite different.
Compared with the latter who became famous as a teenager due to his outstanding writing skills, Zhu Zixiao once revealed that he was a 205-pound fat boy when he was in junior high school. He even felt inferior because he could not buy suitable school uniforms.
In desperation, he made up his mind to lose weight, and later steadily maintained his weight at 140 pounds. As a result, he achieved a perfect transformation and began to look for opportunities to become a part-time model. After
became popular, Zhu Zixiao starred in the costume drama "The Secret History of Princess Taiping", the suspense drama "Fairy Tale Half" and other works. The partners he cooperated with were either Alyssa Chia, Li Xiang, Zhang Junning, and Chen Qiaoen, all of whom are popular female stars.
Especially in the variety show "The Variety Show", he also further consolidated his popularity by imitating artists such as Fei Xiang, Aaron Kwok, and Andy Lau.
During this period, he had quite a few scandals:
was first rumored to be involved in a music video with singer Tang Xiao; and then was rumored to be in a fake role with Li Xinai during the filming of the TV series "Fireworks".
Even Zhu Zixiao was photographed by the paparazzi on an ambiguous date with Japanese actress Sato Mai at night...
Perhaps looking back now, the emergence of these scandals has changed his acting career in a sense?
2. Chengye Guo Jingming? Did Guo Jingming lose?
Looking back now, the peak of his acting career should be around 2013, exactly ten years ago.
In 2013, Zhu Zixiao played the sinister and ruthless Ninth Prince Yinzhen in the Qing Dynasty film "Palace Lock Agarwood", and also had a large-scale scene with Zhao Liying.
But now, the woman has embarked on the "road to the top" through hard work, but Zhu Zixiao has become a "goods anchor" despised by actors. The status of the celebrity is completely different, and the situation is embarrassing.
In fact, this year, his contract with Tianyu also expired, and he chose to go it alone and established a studio, which shows that his acting career is developing in a good direction.
The following year, Zhu Zixiao also won the Outstanding Young Actor Award in the China TV Actor Image List for his military-themed "Heroes of Fire".
In the costume drama "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which made Chen Xiao and Chen Yanxi fall in love, Zhu Zixiao played Kublai Khan.
It can be said that his popularity at that time was much higher than that of other actors in "Meteor Shower".
But no one expected that at the end of this year, Zhu Zixiao suddenly cleared his social platform content, and even the images turned into a bunch of garbled characters.
There are rumors that this may have something to do with his previous same-sex scandal with his mistress.
Before this, some netizens suddenly broke the news that the two were suspected to be lovers earlier, but they broke up because one party cheated on them.
Zhu Zixiao reacted greatly to this. He started deleting a lot of content a month before completely clearing Weibo, and one day he even changed his Weibo name four times.
In response to these so-called revelations, his studio actually expressed some emotions, which were regarded as a response to the matter:
"After being misunderstood by others, you can choose to be angry, or you can choose to smile... The open-mindedness revealed through smiles Your magnanimity makes the other person feel small and ugly. The pure will be pure and the turbid will be turbid."
It is worth noting that before these revelations were released one after another, Guo Jingming's male companion had already been replaced by Chen Xuedong.
It is reported that his friendship with the other party began in 2012. It is said on the Internet that the two met through Chen's cousin.
At that time, Guo Jingming was looking for actors for his TV series "Little Times: Origami Era". He fell in love with Chen Xuedong at first sight and strongly recommended him to play Zhou Chongguang.
Later, in order to recommend the other party to play this role, Guo Jingming even exchanged words with the director of the play, Qu Youning, on social platforms, which was extremely lively.
After that, Chen Xuedong seemed to have really replaced the former Zhu Zixiao and became the "Ming Man" praised by Guo Jingming.
On the other side, Zhu Zixiao, who may have already realized the "crisis", seemed to have the idea of entering behind the scenes before giving up his social platform account. He has invested in and starred in works such as "Shining Mingtian" and "Four Thousand Gold".
The following year, his starring works were still being broadcast one after another, but whether it was the Republic of China drama "Lian Lian Que Song", the costume drama "Shocking Thunder", the urban drama "Summer Dreams", etc., they seemed to be lukewarm. .
It is worth mentioning that in 2016, Zhu Zixiao, Zhang Han and Zhao Liying all had two roles in different works, but the splash was not big.
During this period, he started to start a business and created his own skin care brand appleme, but the management seemed to be unsatisfactory.
3. After four years of retirement, is there still a chance to return?
After that, Zhu Zixiao's presence in the entertainment industry became less and less. He successively participated in works such as "The Pretty Lady", "Happy Secret Agent" and "My Real Boyfriend", all of which were quietly launched.
Especially in 2017, Guo Jingming was suddenly exposed by a writer named Li Feng, claiming that he was being harassed by the other party.
He was once a contracted writer for Guo Jingming's "Ming Magazine". During their cooperation, the two wrote a total of 5 books. It is said that the so-called harassment incident occurred during their cooperation. After the
incident fermented, Guo Jingming certainly did not sit back and wait for death. Instead, he filed a lawsuit with the court, suing Li Feng for defamation.
In the end, the matter was settled because neither party could prove whether it was right or wrong.
What’s even more interesting is that this incident directly caused Zhu Zixiao, who was originally very low in popularity, to once again rush to the hot search list.
Before this, he had been banned by rumors.
Indeed, Zhu Zixiao's career seems to have encountered a bottleneck again because of this. Although he has starred in the spy drama "Little House and the East Wind" and the inspirational drama "The Sweet and Sour of Joy", there are really no highlights.
In 2020, he briefly became famous for playing the role of Yuen Long, the ruthless and ambitious deputy lord of Lize Palace in the fairy tale drama "Liu Li", but he soon stopped his acting career completely because he chose to be an anchor. .
In August of the same year, Zhu Zixiao officially entered the live broadcast ranks and completed nearly 300 live broadcasts in less than a year.
According to incomplete statistics, his longest live broadcast lasted for 16 hours, which can be said to be a very hard-working existence.
The rate of return for Zhu Zixiao's efforts is not low: now he has more than 16 million fans, and he is a very mature head anchor.
's huge fan base has naturally produced huge economic benefits: It is said that Zhu Zixiao's live broadcast performance is quite amazing. He made 200 million yuan in one month by selling goods.
Some netizens directly concluded: "Zhu Zixiao will definitely be richer than Guo Jingming in the future!"
Of course, some people questioned his lack of acting as an actor, and some fans directly shouted: "Start a good drama!"
Zhu Zixiao also personally Next response:
"Do you think good dramas will come to me? I am not a popular star or fresh meat, and good dramas have no chance of me."
Until this time, he made a comeback with the new variety show "Infinite Beyond Class", but due to his acting skills If he fails to pass, he will be criticized by the instructors.
He also caused controversy among the instructors on the show:
Hao Lei believes that it is not easy for Zhu Zixiao to become an actor again, because his live broadcast may have been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Zeng Zhiwei and Ning Jing felt that Hao Lei was "prejudiced" towards actors bringing goods. After all, actors also need to support their families and make money.
However, can Zhu Zixiao, who has been away from acting for many years, does not have a professional background, and does not have any masterpieces, can really return quickly?
Do you expect him to continue to be an actor and will you stop for his performances?