Chapter 261: The Turmoil Caused by a Martial Arts Performance
Two weeks have passed in a blink of an eye, and in the past two weeks, the Korean entertainment industry has caused a big storm because of Zhang Sungwon's martial arts performance on the opening day. When the video of his performance was broadcast on the entertainment news of the TV station, it attracted the attention of countless South Korean people, and before that, the Internet was already boiling with discussions about Jang Sung-won's martial arts performance.
Or believe it and praise it. Most of the people in this part are fans of Jang Sung-won.
or strongly questioned and violently criticized Zhang Chengyuan for doing everything he could in order to enhance his popularity and blatantly falsifying. The person who said this kind of thing was naturally Jang Sung-won's anti. Jang Sung-won has quite a lot of fans in South Korea, with 200,000 or 300,000 registered alone, but the number of anti is almost the same.
And most people think that this is just an entertainment performance, purely to make fans happy, there is no need to take it seriously, and Jiang Hudong who appears in the video makes people who hold this point of view more convinced, you must know that Jiang Hudong is a representative figure in the variety show industry, and most of the shows he hosts are very funny and exaggerated. Therefore, these people feel that it is nonsense for people to believe that this thing is true, and it is boring for those who criticize Zhang Chengyuan for fraud, is it necessary to make a simple matter so serious?
Not only are ordinary people talking about this matter, but entertainers often mention it in various programs, even if Kang Ho-dong, Yoo Jae-seok, Lee Hyori, Lee Joon-gi and other stars who have witnessed Jang Sung-won's performance often reassure Jang Sung-won's martial arts performance on TV programs or media interviews that Jang Sung-won's martial arts performance is real, but most people still don't believe it. Although the name of Jang Sung-won's "Army Fighting Champion" has long been known in the streets, even the world's fighting champions may not be able to break wooden stakes with their fists, so what can the name of South Korea's army fighting champion guarantee?
Some media outlets have also interviewed some martial arts masters in the military and senior black belts in taekwondo, all of whom admit that they can't perform the same way as Zhang Chengyuan, but these people are not bored enough to challenge Zhang Chengyuan. Because it's boring to win, but it's humiliating to lose.
Regarding the hustle and bustle of the Korean entertainment industry, Zhang Chengyuan turned a deaf ear and refused to accept relevant interviews, because he knew that even if he said it, not many people believed it, since this is the case, of course, there is no need to say it, so as not to waste time and tongue. In this regard, the South Korean media and the public even think that Jang Sung-won's martial arts performance is just an entertainment show, and even some people who originally believed in Jang Sung-won have begun to change their minds and believe in this argument instead.
But in any case, under Zhang Chengyuan's low-key handling, this matter began to gradually fall silent.
However, just when this turmoil was about to dissipate, it suddenly became stronger, and I don't know which idle guys downloaded the video of Zhang Chengyuan's martial arts performance and uploaded it to the video sharing websites of North America, Europe, and Asian countries, which caused a heated discussion. Europe and the United States and other places are nothing, just talk about things, no one attacks Zhang Chengyuan, because not many people in this area will recognize Zhang Chengyuan.
But in Asian countries, especially China, Japan, Thailand and other countries with the huge influence of the Korean Wave, the Internet is boiling all of a sudden, as the male protagonist of "Haojie Chunxiang", "MyGirl", and "The Troubles of Beauty", which are extremely popular in East Asia and Southeast Asia, Zhang Chengyuan is extremely popular in China, Japan, Thailand and other places, and knows him a lot. As soon as the video of Zhang Chengyuan's martial arts performance spread to the Internet in these countries, it was immediately downloaded and reprinted thousands of times, and the number of comments was countless.
A considerable number of them are bad reviews, and some people scold him for his outstanding appearance, but his character is despicable and shameless, and he even deceives his fans and is not worthy of being a star. Some people ridiculed him for applying his "exquisite" acting skills to life, acting all the time, and being a veritable "actor". Some people ridiculed him for not changing his mistakes and not taking responsibility, and after so long of what happened, he didn't come out to apologize and admit his mistakes.
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The comments listed are still relatively slight and rational, in fact, some fans' criticism is simply scolding for the sake of scolding, not treating themselves as human beings, and no matter how vicious they are, they can say anything vicious.
Especially in China, out of national pride, the vast majority of Chinese cannot believe that a Korean stick can do something that even Chinese martial arts masters can hardly do. Therefore, many netizens in China are trying their best to slander and abuse Zhang Chengyuan, not only saying that he faked his martial arts performance, but also said that his appearance was also fake, saying that it was a product of plastic surgery, and used picture editing tools to make several specious photos, indicating that it was an old photo of Zhang Chengyuan before plastic surgery, and the so-called old photos of Zhang Chengyuan were almost comparable to Zhu Bajie.
There are many similar behaviors, and for a while, Zhang Chengyuan's popularity in Asian countries, especially in China, plummeted, and almost fell to the bottom. Although more and more Chinese netizens know him, his old good name has almost disappeared.
Of course, it's not that people who don't keep their senses, some Chinese fans who like Zhang Chengyuan's film and television works said on the Internet: "Regardless of whether Zhang Chengyuan's martial arts performance is real or not, whether Zhang Chengyuan has had plastic surgery or not, they all like Zhang Chengyuan and support his film and television works." ”
There are also two Chinese actors who have extended a helping hand to Zhang Chengyuan, and Zhang Jingchu, who co-produced "Rush Hour 3" with him, said in an interview: "Zhang Chengyuan's skills are very powerful, when filming action scenes, he is definitely the one who performs the best among everyone, and all the actions are almost all done in one go, even Brother Cheng Long can't compare." As for his appearance, I can guarantee that he has never had plastic surgery, when I was filming movies with him, we often chatted together, and later watched several TV series he acted in, and found that his expression was very natural at all times, which is by no means something that can be made by a faceped face. ”
Cheng Long, another actor who has worked with Zhang Chengyuan, also said: "I also watched the martial arts performance video, it is amazing, it is really breathtaking! I definitely couldn't do it when I was young, Li Lianjie and Zhen Zidan I'm also sure they couldn't do it, uh, you say Li Xiaolong? Li Xiaolong's words should be okay, I can't guarantee that. But if it's Jang Sung-won, then I believe he can do it.
He is nearly 1.9 meters tall, weighs more than 90KG, his whole body is full of muscles, and his strength is very large, I have seen him lift more than 150 kilograms of things with one hand, and it is very easy. In terms of innate qualities, he is much stronger than the vast majority of Asians, and I dare say that Li Xiaolong is far inferior to him in terms of strength. Of course, his martial arts skills must not be compared with Li Xiaolong.
In addition, he has also practiced Chinese martial arts, Tai Chi, Bagua, Xingyi and the like have dabbled, martial arts cultivation is not bad, at least much stronger than me, can already be able to gather most of the strength of the whole body in the fist, so the explosive power is extremely strong, and it is not incomprehensible to be able to break the wooden stake. ”
After the end, Cheng Long also said: "I am very dissatisfied with the baseless slander of him by some Chinese netizens, you must know that Cheng Yuan has a very good impression of China, has strong traditional Chinese virtues, modesty, confidence, generosity, and strength, and he also told me personally that his master is a Chinese martial artist, and he also has Chinese Chinese in his body, so it can be said that he is also half Chinese." Therefore, even if some people like xenophobia, there is no need to exclude them. ”
Compared with Zhang Jingchu, Cheng Long's influence in the Chinese world is much greater, so after many Chinese netizens heard about it, some of them began to believe Zhang Chengyuan and posted in support of him. Most people remain on the sidelines, waiting for further developments. Only a small group of people continued to go their own way, scolding whenever they wanted, without a bottom line, and even scolded Zhang Jingchu and Cheng Long. said that Zhang Chengyuan was Cheng Long's illegitimate son in South Korea, and that Zhang Jingchu was Zhang Chengyuan's old lover, so their words have no credibility at all. However, what this handful of people said was so outrageous that discerning people didn't believe it at first glance, so it didn't cause much bad impact.
It didn't take long for Cheng Long's words to reach South Korea. Most people in South Korea have a favorable impression of Cheng Long's support for their country's star Zhang Chengyuan, but some people are very indignant that Cheng Long described Zhang Chengyuan as "half a Chinese" and feel insulted to their nation, so they jump on the Internet again. And Zhang Chengyuan's anti also took the opportunity to slander Zhang Chengyuan for not wanting to be a Korean, but wanting to be a Chinese.
They were blinded by Zhang Chengyuan's thoughts, Zhang Chengyuan really wanted to be a Chinese, after all, he was a Chinese in his previous life, but unfortunately this is not a choice he can choose. This kind of thought Zhang Chengyuan has always suppressed in his heart, and he has never told anyone, and it is even more impossible to admit it openly now!
Seeing that things are getting bigger and bigger, the implication is getting wider and wider, and his reputation and popularity have also been greatly affected, this time Zhang Chengyuan couldn't hold his breath, and urgently held a press conference and accepted interviews with major media. These media include not only major television stations and newspapers in South Korea, but also large media in East and Southeast Asian countries such as China, Japan, and Thailand, and even news agencies from some European and American countries. I think that after a few days, thanks to the blessings of these media, Zhang Chengyuan's reputation will definitely become even louder, but it is difficult to know whether it is a good reputation or a bad reputation for the time being.
In the interview, Zhang Chengyuan did not wait for the reporter to start asking questions, and first stated that the martial arts performance video was absolutely authentic and reliable, without any falsehood, and performed again on the spot. Not only did it reproduce the two scenes of "splitting marble" and "breaking the wooden stake" in the video, but also gave two additional performances, one is to poke more than a dozen holes in a piece of 5-centimeter-thick marble with the index finger, and the other is to "cut" a can into a rectangular iron sheet with two fingers.
In this process, all the props used by Zhang Chengyuan have been strictly inspected and certified by professional notaries and reporters sent by various media, and there is absolutely no possibility of fraud.
In the face of the facts, no matter how shocked the media is, no matter how unwilling they are to believe it, they have to admit that there are some special people in this world, who can do things that are difficult for ordinary people to do, and Zhang Chengyuan happens to be one of them.
After confirming Jang Sung-won's martial arts prowess, the foreign media basically had no interest in interviewing Jang Sung-won, because they already knew the answers to the questions they and the people of their country cared about. The South Korean media paid attention to several other questions that the South Korean people were hotly discussing: "Does Jang Sung-won have Chinese ancestry?" Is there a Chinese teacher? Do you really want to be a Chinese instead of being a Korean? ”
To this, Zhang Chengyuan replied: "I do have Chinese ancestry, I do not deny this, and I cannot deny this, according to my family's genealogical records, my great-grandfather took refuge in northeast China because of the Japanese occupation of the Korean Peninsula and married a local woman, which means that my great-grandmother was a Chinese." So I have at least one-eighth Chinese ancestry. What does Lu say 'at least', it is because our ancestors of the Zhang family are also from the Central Plains, and they were originally chamberlains who followed the princess of the Yuan Dynasty to the Korean Peninsula during the Yuan Dynasty of China. If anyone is in doubt, look up the books on the origin of Korean surnames. Well, it's better to be an older version so that there's less chance of tampering. ”
"As for whether I have a Chinese teacher? That must be there, how can I speak Chinese fluently, write Chinese characters, draw Chinese paintings, and who taught me Chinese kung fu? Again, the martial arts I practice are also Chinese kung fu, and they have nothing to do with taekwondo! ”
"Don't you want to be Korean? That's a boring question! I've already completed my military service, what's the benefit of changing my nationality? Besides, my father is Korean, most of my friends who have the best relationship with me are Koreans, and the focus of my career is also in Korea, so why should I change my nationality? Is it just because of my Chinese ancestry and my good feelings about China that I arbitrarily say that I want to be Chinese and not Korean? If both China and South Korea allow me to have Chinese and Korean nationality, then I don't mind becoming a Chinese citizen at the same time as having Korean nationality. I have always felt that the relationship between the two countries has a long history, and there is no need to be estranged because of other countries......"
After this press conference, Zhang Chengyuan's reputation immediately improved a lot. First of all, after his martial arts prowess was confirmed to be true, the original remarks that criticized him for "being a fake, hypocritical, and sorry for the fans" immediately disappeared, and the fans who had attacked him for misunderstanding him once again supported him and became more determined.
Secondly, many people who didn't know him before, after this incident, worshipped him instead, after all, there are too few masculine and attractive men in this world who look like Zhang Chengyuan and are heroic and can do real kung fu. For people who like kung fu and like to worship the strong, Zhang Chengyuan is the best object of worship.
In addition, after Zhang Chengyuan's words of "having Chinese blood", "having a good impression of China", and "having a Chinese teacher" spread in the Chinese media and the Internet, the Chinese who used to like him liked him even more, and most of the Chinese who used to hate him no longer hated him, and even a considerable part turned to him as their own and became his fans.
It can be said that after this incident, Zhang Chengyuan has been a blessing in disguise, his fame and popularity have increased a lot, and he even has some loyal fans in European and American countries.