Original Xie Miao, who has been used as a tool by capital from a child star to a big brother on the Internet, has no turning back.

Since the end of last century, mainland "child stars", represented by Guan Ling, Jin Ming and Xie Miao, have quickly become popular and rolled up a wave of child stars.

Later, the rise of Ashton Chen, Hao Shaowen, Xie Yunshan and others changed the views of many families on raising children to become stars.

However, when these child stars grow up, most of them disappear from the crowd, among which Xie Miao is undoubtedly the most regrettable one.

Because his starting point is high enough, his identity is enough, and his appearance is good, but he has not made much progress along the way.

Recently, when I was watching NetUniversity, I happened to see two works of Xie Miao NetUniversity broadcast on the Internet at the same time, one was called "A bloody battle at Humen" and the other was called "Master Ip Man Awakens".

Both of these plays are related to martial arts, which Xie Miao is best at. Seeing 37-year-old Xie Miao doing business in Internet University for many times, I can’t help but recall the most promising child star of that year and why he came to this stage.

Let’s talk about Xie Miao today.

First, birth and career start.

Xie Miao was born in a wealthy family in Beijing. His father is an employee of a state-owned enterprise and his mother is a doctor.

Therefore, parents are more concerned about their children’s education, which also indicates that Xie Miao suddenly faded out of the entertainment circle.

At the beginning, Xie Miao studied martial arts in the Children’s Palace martial arts class, not to specialize in this line in the future, but to keep fit.

In 1993, Jing Wong filmed Five Ancestors of New Shaolin, looking for some children who had studied martial arts. Xie Miao, who was full of energy in the crowd, was chosen to play Hong Wending, the son of Hong Xiguan. As a result, Xie Miao really became an instant hit.

There was not much time to prepare for shooting at that time. Xie Miao is one of the smart little actors. Even if he shoots his lines day after day, he can always get into the drama easily.

Because of the successful cooperation with Jing Wong for the first time, Xie Miao was quickly won by Jing Wong and cooperated with a group of Hongkong stars. So today, we can still see photos of young Xie Miao, Anita Mui, Stephen Chow, Chow Yun Fat and others.

Of course, Xie Miao is most famous for his cooperation with Jet Li, because he has always played his son in Jet Li movies, and he is also known as the prince of Jet Li.

Second, turn around and fade out of the entertainment circle.

Around the age of 10, he worked with the big coffee in the golden age of Hong Kong movies almost once, and Xie Miao is undoubtedly one of the most popular child stars.

It’s just that the Xie family is just an ordinary family after all. Xie Miao’s mother still wants her son to read more books, instead of competing with child stars in the entertainment circle and filming on the set.

It is not difficult to find that Xie Miao’s mother thinks differently from many parents in those days. Nowadays, many people want their children to become famous as soon as possible and earn more money, which may eventually ruin their children’s lives.

At this time, Chow Yun Fat gave Xie Miao’s parents a suggestion: "Go to school".

When Chow Yun Fat came out prematurely, he suffered a lot of cultural losses. He didn’t want Xie Miao to make the same mistake, so he gave Xie Miao 5000 yuan, hoping that he would go back and study hard. Xie Miao quit the entertainment circle.

Third, return to the film and television circle and become a big brother on the Internet.

Later, almost everyone knew the story. After studying for several years, Xie Miao was absent-minded and shot in "Prime Minister Gan Luo Junior", which eventually led to the failure of the college entrance examination. He had to go to the national sports major of the Capital Institute of Physical Education.

After studying in China, Xie Miao returned to the film and television circle and filmed the TV series The Legend of Shaolin Temple, which was not bad.

However, the lack of professional knowledge finally made him have no advantage in the competition with the actors in the class, and he simply insisted on the direction of his own advantage.

From around 2014, Xie Miao plunged into the internet market, which was the time when capital entered wantonly. It’s easy to make a big online movie, because the audience won’t pay special attention to word of mouth.

In the process, Xie Miao made a series of bad films. Although the quality of the works is average, Xie Miao maintains a very high appearance rate, which directly attracts more and more film and television companies and audiences to pay attention to this name.

By 2022, the films "Eighteen Arhats of Shaolin Temple" and "Xin Qiji" had good box office and reputation, and Xie Miao initially consolidated his position in the Internet circle.

After tasting the sweetness, Xie Miao shot 12 works in 2022 and 4 works in 2022. No matter the output, box office or influence of movies, Xie Miao, who has 16 works in two years, is undoubtedly the "big brother on the Internet".

At least at present, there has been a phenomenon in the online circle: If the audience regards Xie Miao as the leading actor, let’s take a look.

Of course, there are many people who criticize Xie Miao. After all, it is a pity that a generation of child stars have made bad movies on the Internet and become a tool of capital.

But looking at it from another angle, it is not so much that Xie Miao was dragged into the "fake ship" of the big net to shoot bad films at low cost as that he clearly realized his position and embarked on this road.

There is no advantage in appearance and traffic, so the root network is large. At least, Net Yamato online drama has become the mainstream. Moreover, these film and television projects have a fast cycle, and their wages will not be particularly low. At least they can support their families.

4. Why did Xie Miao become a model of child star transformation?

Personally, I don’t dislike Xie Miao’s performance in the "three lows" (low quality, low cost and low acting skills). Even if he doesn’t perform, as long as the industry exists, there will always be people performing.

Instead of letting some people who can’t even speak lines or control their facial expressions become stars in these online universities, let Xie Miao play them. At least his acting skills can convince the audience of the role.

Of course, Xie Miao’s performances are not all low-quality works, and some of them are still online in quality, such as "The Thirteen Generals of the Great Man fought bloody battles in Shule City", "Xin Qiji 1162" and the currently popular "A bloody battle at Humen".

The most important thing is, isn’t the route taken by Xie Miao exactly the development route of Hong Kong films? From the accumulation of quantitative change to qualitative change, more works will be shot, and one or two roles will always be remembered by the audience. In this process, one’s acting skills can also be tempered. In this way, Xie Miao completed the most important step in the transformation of child stars, that is, "keeping a low profile and finding the right position".

In contrast, if you look at other child stars who have never been mixed up, they almost all have one thing in common: they don’t know what they should play.

In fact, Ashton Chen was in good shape as a teenager. Later, he was a typical actor who didn’t know what role he could play. Some roles were unnecessary, and in the end he took on inappropriate roles.

Xie Mengwei, with poor acting and appearance, occasionally plays a tough guy in some low-cost production networks.

At one time, there was nothing to shoot in Cao Jun. After attending the variety show, he became popular and began to play some TV dramas, and his career obviously improved.

These child stars all missed an opportunity and had to wait for the next one. It’s just that some people can’t help but give up halfway, but Xie Miao didn’t give up. He kept shooting, kept shooting. As long as he works hard, opportunities will always come back to him.

Child stars should never live in the glory of the past. Only by adapting to the new era and constantly seeking real progress can we not be eliminated.

Drama and online drama are also quite good, don’t abandon them!

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