Ma Li won the honor of "Actress of the Year" at the Chinese Film Big Data and Movie Channel M List Honors Night in 2023-2024. In her acceptance speech, Ma Li said that she is a "powerful middle-aged actress who is not very good at promoting herself". She laughed and said: "In this case, it was actually seen by big data, which shows that the big data is indeed real data. "
Non-famous entertainment critic Wu Qinggong pointed out: Ma Li won the award for her movie "Article 20", and the director of "Article 20" Zhang Yimou was also sitting in the audience at the time, and he smiled happily. But Zhao Liying's fans couldn't laugh because Ma Li's words seemed to imply that Zhao Liying was "too good at publicity." As we all know, Lei Jiayin is the first male lead and first officer in "Article 20", Ma Li is the first female lead and second lead, and Zhao Liying is the second female lead and third lead.
But because Zhao Liying is a top streamer and has many fans, when "Article 20" was officially announced, Zhao Liying was on a lot of hot searches, which not only covered up Ma Li's shine, but also covered up Lei Jiayin's shine. Many people think that Zhao Liying is the number one female lead and Ma Li is the number two female lead. Therefore, it is possible that Ma Li is jealous of Zhao Liying, and Zhang Yimou is very happy to see this situation. He is best at mixing popular actors with powerful actors.
"Article 20" has a Douban score of 7.7 and a box office of over 2.45 billion. It was both well-received and a box office hit. Zhao Liying is responsible for the box office, and Ma Li is responsible for the quality; Zhao Liying is responsible for the hype, and Ma Li is responsible for winning awards. In the end, Zhang Yimou and "Article 20" were the big winners, and Zhang Yimou deliberately obscured the positions of Ma Li and Zhao Liying. For example, in the photo above: Zhang Yimou asked Zhao Liying to sit next to him; in the photo below, Zhang Yimou asked Ma Li to sit next to him.
Most of the time, Zhao Liying is in position C because Zhao Liying’s fans care about position. If Ma Li is allowed to stand in the C position, Zhao Liying fans will not promote it. This time at the Movie Channel M List Honors Night, Zhang Yimou, Lei Jiayin, Ma Li, Gao Ye, and Liu Yaowen were all present, but Zhao Liying was not. If Zhao Liying comes, nothing may happen to Ma Li. Zhao Liying has deliberately not steal Ma Li's limelight, but she didn't expect Ma Li to be suspected of connoting Zhao Liying.
Promotion is one of the indispensable jobs of an actor, but Ma Li labels herself as "not good at publicity", which is actually irresponsible to investors. If every actor is like Ma Li, who finishes filming a movie, gets paid, and doesn't care about anything else, how can the movie get high box office? After all, Ma Li is still the box office queen of the Chinese film market. How can she be so impulsive? Zhao Liying's traffic attribute makes her a target of public criticism, but traffic is not the original sin.
Behind the success of "Article 20", Zhao Liying's box office appeal, which cannot be underestimated, played a key role. The audience showed a high degree of recognition and trust in Zhao Liying's acting skills, because her previous acting skills and character creation are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Zhao Liying's wonderful interpretation of the role added a lot to the film, and her strength and talent were unanimously recognized by the audience and industry insiders. In the days after the movie was released, whether they were fans of Zhao Liying, ordinary passers-by, or professional film critics, they were all immediately attracted by Zhao Liying's performance. Ma Li is pretty good, because her performance is the same in all movies. This is how she acts in comedies.
