□Chi Shuya (Fudan University)
Recently, Yao Anna’s popularity on social media platforms has continued to rise, attracting widespread attention. However, behind this explosion is not only the accumulation of traffic, but also reflects the competition between traffic and strength.
As the second daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, Yao Anna has attracted much attention since her birth. She entered the public eye as the "Second Princess of Huawei", and then aroused discussion again as a top student at Harvard. This family background and academic background undoubtedly brought her huge traffic and attention. However, traffic does not mean everything. Strength is the key to determine whether a person can become popular for a long time.
After Anna Yao's first starring role in the TV series "Hunting Ice" was broadcast, her acting skills were questioned by many netizens. Some netizens jokingly called her acting skills "chicken-eat-style acting" and believed that she performed poorly compared to Zhang Songwen's acting skills. From the perspective of acting skills, Anna Yao played the role she played too thinly, and there were also many things that were surprising in the details of her performance, and she often "couldn't catch the scene." Although these comments are sharp, they also reflect the fact that in the entertainment industry, the importance of strength cannot be ignored.
Despite this, the heat gathered on Yao Anna in an unexpected way. On social platforms, a large number of netizens began to imitate her acting skills in "Hunting Ice". The exaggerated expressions and movements were re-created by netizens, which indeed brought joy to the audience, making Anna Yao once again the focus of heated discussions among netizens.
So what is the relationship between traffic and strength? In the Internet era, traffic seems to have become a standard to measure the popularity of a person or thing, but traffic does not completely represent a person's strength. Strength is the key to determine whether a person can stand out in the highly competitive entertainment industry. Some popular celebrities have no basic strength as a foundation and rely on their so-called appearance to fool the audience. Even if they have the best script, they will not go far in the long run.
Yao Anna’s popularity is not only supported by her own traffic, but also reflects the competition between traffic and strength. Driven by the Internet platform, this competition has brought only illusory traffic bubbles.
Therefore, we should not only focus on the size of the traffic, but also on the improvement of strength. As an actor, only by constantly improving his acting skills and strength can he win the recognition and support of more audiences. At the same time, we also look forward to more actors who can bring us more high-quality works through their strength and talents.
Yao Anna’s popularity is not only the accumulation of traffic, but also a contest between traffic and strength. We should look at this phenomenon rationally, and while seeing changes in traffic, we should also pay attention to the improvement of strength. Only in this way will our film and television environment become better and better and usher in the spring of more capable actors.
