Been bitten by the flow? The four returned boys fell to the bottom from the top flow. Some in a group are unsuccessful but it’s another story for some struggle alone? Lu Han|Wu Yifan|Huang Zitao|Zhang Yixing

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Seven years ago, starting with the "Four Returned Boys",
the era of flow in the domestic entertainment industry just began.
They were the members of the Korean group EXO.
They left the group and returned to China to develop.
As the first generation of flow,
the four returned boys once stood at the peak of the flow.
Seven years have passed, and how are they now?

Those long divided shall be united; those long united shall be divided.

Replacement and iteration are inevitable laws, and so is the flow.

Seven years ago, starting with the "Four Sons that returned China",

the domestic entertainment industry began the era of flow.

The four returned boys are: Lu Han, Wu Yifan, Zhang Yixing, and Huang Zitao.

They were the members of the Korean group EXO.

They have left the group to return and develop in China.

As the first generation of flow,

they once stood at the peak of the flow.

Seven years have passed, and how are they now?

This is Xiatan Entertainment.

Today, Jiangzi will take a look with you what they have experienced within these years.

In May 2014,

Wu Yifan was the first to terminate his contract with SM in Korea,

and started the road of the four returned boys, the top flow.

At a time when the term "flow" was not used yet,

he returned to China in just a few months,

The speed of his development can be described as "running wild".

Wu Yifan was invited to sing the end credits song "Time Boils Rain" for "Tiny Times 3".

"Tiny Times 3" is a big hit with its usual absurdity.

Even today, it can still be said that love that cannot be held is like a scattered sand.

"Time Boils Rain" is also played repeatedly in the streets and alleys.

Wu Yifan's singing cannot be stopped for a long time.

Not only music, from the movie "Somewhere Only We Know" directed by Xu Jinglei and written by Wang Shuo,

to the movie "Mr. Six" directed by Guan Hu, produced by Feng Xiaogang and Wang Zhonglei,

Wu Yifan, who just returned to China, collaborated with all the first-tier entertainers and artists in China.

Even though his two films didn't get good reviews,

the young face has already made his presence when the domestic audience didn't realize it.

5 months after Wu Yifan left, Lu Han also officially filed a lawsuit against SM for termination of contract.

With all the previous preparations,

the return of Lu Han to China seemed to be much smoother,

unlike Wu Yifan's sudden and unannounced departure.

Lu Han's return has received a lot of support and blessings from people.

Many fans started the topics of "Where is Lu Han, where am I" and "Welcome home Lu Han".

Lu Han also announced on Weibo with the words "I'm home".

The good start has led to a better development for him.

He acted in the film "20 Once Again" by the new Taiwanese director Chen Zhengdao.

He partnered with skillful actors such as Yang Zishan and Chen Bolin.

Once the film was broadcast, it was well received.

Lu Han played a young rocker in the film.

Although he was not the leading character,

the theme song of the movie "Our Tomorrow" sung by him made people cry.

The song and music video were topping the charts as soon as they were released.

Then he assisted in "12 Golden Ducks" performed by Sandra Ng, Nicholas Tse and Zhao Wei,

and starred in "The Witness" with Yang Mi, Zhu Yawen and Wang Jingchun.

All three films are by famous producers, directors and actors.

The reputation of the three movies is indeed much better than Wu Yifan's two films.

Therefore, compared with Wu Yifan, who returned earlier,

Lu Han's performance were much better on the big screen.

And the development of Huang Zitao and Zhang Yixing is completely inadequate compared to the first two.

Huang Zitao's returning faced lots of difficulties.

After the leader Wu Yifan's termination of contract and return,

he was straightforward and felt betrayed.

When the other members didn't say anything,

Huang Zitao posted on Instagram that something was hidden from everyone.

It was hard for the other 11 members after being betrayed.

He also posted several microblogs on Weibo to express his disappointment and indignation.

But shortly thereafter, he himself also proposed a termination of contract with SM.

His reputation has deteriorated since then.

He has been ridiculed by netizens for slapping his own face.

After he returned to China, unlike Lu Han and Wu Yifan,

there was no an ace team like Yang Tianzhen working behind him.

He was named and criticized by the official Weibo, and experienced successive attacking.

The young entertainer with the last name "H" subbed and was late for the show.

He hid among the models.

The reputation was getting worse and worse.

At that time Huang Zitao's popularity was considered to reach the bottom.

At that time Zhang Yixing as the last of the four to return home.

He was the only one who kept the relationship with EXO group.

He was also the least popular and well-known of the four.

He was a supporting actor in two movies that had no popularity, "Ex-Files 2" and "Oh My God",

He had no outstanding musical works.

Also from the top group, his personal energy was completely incomparable to the others.

The starting development of his return to China can be described as barren.

Like his name, he could only work hard in this barrenness and work hard again.

Lu Han as the top of the initial shining flow,

the first super topic on Weibo was his personal topic.

He also won a Guinness World Record for the number of comments on Weibo.

He was also the first post-90s actor to appear on the cover of Forbes Chinese magazine.

If he was like a lonely tower rising out of thin air surprising everyone,

then "Running Man" has pushed this tower into the audience.

He was famous with his handsome face and bravery.

At that time, he was uncomparable.

For Wu Yifan, his return to China was his peak.

After "Mr. Six", he was still active in acting.

Because of his handsome face and 187 height,

A series of youthful and painful movies invited him to be the main actor.

In July 2016, He partnered with the goddess Liu Yifei in "Never Gone".

In August, he made Han Geng the supporting role in "Sweet Sixteen" and he

co-starred Chen Xuedong, William Chan and Fan Bingbing in "L.O.R.D: Legend of Ravaging Dynasties" in September.

Three films were played in a row in theaters.

During the summer and national days in 2016, Wu Yifan occupied the slots of movies.

And that's not all.

In 2017, he star the S-class movie

"Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back" produced by Tsui Hark and Stephen Chow,

He even entered Hollywood and played as a super-powered person in "XXX: Return of Xander Cage".

Even though his acting skills were not good enough,

and his private life was full of negative news, he had a super handsome face.

In the movies that didn't require acting skills, why wouldn't the director choose him?

Besides movies, Wu Yifan's face was also a favourite in fashion industry.

He endorsed Bulgari and Mercedes-Benz.

He did runway show for Burberry, and collaborated with Van Diesel.

His resources were so good that people are jealous.

Unlike Wu Yifan, Huang Zitao has made a name for himself through variety shows and emoji packs.

With his own funny personality, he broke through the bottom.

In 2016, after the Zhou Ziyu's incident,

the netizens from Taiwan and the mainland launched a friendly online exchange about emoji packs.

Hundreds of thousands of netizens participated in the battle on Facebook.

Among the hundreds of thousands of emoji packs,

the emoji packs of Huang Zitao became the main force.

And he was extremely good-hearted and was not angry about the emoji.

He even used it himself.

From "Takes a Real Man 2",

he has become a comedian in people's minds.

He completely turned over his reputation with his straightforward true nature and funny.

People who use his stickers become his fans.

He created a magic of wining with playing a bad card.

After Zhang Yixing participated "Go Fighting!",

he finally reached the peak with the fast increasing popularity.

The persona of the cute and harmless "national sheep"

has successfully attracted a large number of fans.

The five big brothers in "Go Fighting!" have also become Zhang Yixing's excellent resources.

Wang Xun introduced him to "Kung Fu Yoga",

where he got to know Jackie Chan and Tang Jili.

Huang Bo took him to act his first movie "The Island", which was a great breakthrough in acting.

When he acted in "The Golden Eyes", Huang Bo also helped him analyze the characters.

With the help of the five brothers plus his own continuous efforts,

Zhang Yixing's development was sped up.

Now Zhang Yixing has his own company. Huang Bo and Huang Lei also joined the shares to support.

But how can anyone be successful for their whole life?

The returned four boys were successful for 2 to 3 years.

The meteor finally just crossed the sky.

The difference is that the traces left behind are either long or short.

Since October 8, 2017 when Lu Han published his relationship with Guan Xiaotong on Weibo,

Lu Han's large number of commercial endorsements were replaced by others.

His Weibo likes and reposts dropped by 40% to 50%.

All major supporting clubs announced their closure.

Wu Yifan's failure can be said to be the result of his own operation.

He started as an idol, but his singing and dancing skills are nothing special.

The music video and melody of his original song "bad girl" are shoddy.

His acting was all about quantity but not quality,

and had no improvement in acting skills after many blockbuster movies.

"Su Yunjin, How do you pay back that you owe me here?"

He didn't pay attention to his private life. He was affected negatively by the news of messing up with girls.

He didn't manage his figure at all. His face looked like a pie, losing his only weapon - handsome face.

Zhang Yixing started and ended with his persona.

First, the "little sheep" made mistakes in talking, and his persona collapsed.

In the group interview, he said that he never ate crabs before and had no idea to spit out the shells.

In "Go Fighting!", Zhang Yixing herded sheep alone,

and then he and the sheep began to eat grass together.

Then, the "good young man" persona was destroyed.

On August 12, 2019, lots of international brands were pointed out to disrespect the territorial integrity of China.

After the incident occurred, Yang Mi terminated contract overnight.

Jackson Yee, as the spokesperson of Givenchy makeup line, also immediately terminated his contract.

The spokespersons of other brands such as Liu Wen announced that they were cancelling their contracts.

Lin Yun had just signed up for CK's lingerie line the day before.

After the incident, she quickly issued a termination statement.

Another spokesperson of CK, Zhang Yixing, issued the following statement,

"If you make a mistake by negligence before, please immediately modify and sincerely apologize.

Never allow committing again, otherwise the termination."

Later, Zhang Yixing chose to terminate his contract with Samsung.

However, it was pointed out that this was because the contract was originally about to expire.

For the sake of the immediate thin profit, he lost his advantage - the like from the public.

At this time, "mocking sheep area bot" was established,

there were hundreds of thousands of followers and Zhang Yixing was mocked all over the network.

Huang Zitao was developing all the way with negative news and turning over.

The label of the funny pixie has been firmly established,

but he has never been a top flow either.

After Lu Han publishing love affair,

Yang Tianzhen's team expressed dissatisfaction with Lu Han's unauthorized announcement of his love affair.

Since September 2017, they stopped promoting Lu Han's works and developments.

At the end of February 2018,

Lu Han's studio announced the termination of his contract with Easy Entertainment.

Without the strong support of the team behind him,

In July 2018, "Sweet Combat" was aired. The ratings and reviews were bad.

In 2019, "Shanghai Fortress" received 2.9 on Douban,

which was rated to close the door of Chinese science fiction films.

The director even blamed the failure of the movie on Lu Han.

As a result, Lu Han failed, which was obvious to the public.

Later in 2019, the two films "CrossFire" and "Sisyphus" finally showed his achievements.

The two films were not classic, but Lu Han finally got rid of his glamorous look and became an actor.

Although his reputation has improved,

too many newcomers have arrived and Lu Han cannot return to the top.

Wu Yifan took a different path and carried the title of China's popular Hip-Hop ambassador.

In 2018, "The Rap of China" started the market of Chinese Hiphop,

which opened the road of Wu Yifan's Hip-Hop.

About his song, "Big Bowl Thick Noodle", he self-mocking was mysterious and excellent.

When the self-mocking was sung all over the country,

it seemed like his negative news were washed away.

This year, there is also his first male lead TV series "The Golden Hairpin" going to be broadcast.

His partner is Yang Zi. Before the broadcast of the drama, there are already numerous disputes.

After the broadcast, I do not know how many controversy there will be.

Zhang Yixing, as the mentor in "Idol Producer", was dedicated to the trainees and attracted more fans.

Afterwards, he became the mentor in several talent shows,

and the hard-working leader of "Street Dance of China".

And recently, it was announced that Zhang Yixing would be the resident guests of "Back to Field",

cooperating with Huang Lei again.

From "little sheep" to "professional mentor" boss Zhang,

Zhang Yixing also gradually transformed successfully.

Huang Zitao has always been true to his own funny features.

In the variety show, he continues to attract more fans.

If it is said that the member who is the most appealing to the public, it must be Huang Zitao.

As for the reason why the four of them went downhill,

many people say it's because of love affairs, scandals, and negative news.

But is that all?

In the era of flow, no one does not want a piece of the pie.

The talent shows and dramas based on BL novels are nonstop.

Cai Xukun, Wang Yibo, Gong Jun, and Zhang Zhehan are all newcomers.

If you don't improve, you cannot keep the top flow.

Only having the flow is not a long-term solution.

Flow is a vain thing. Flow is just fireworks.

Flow needs the support of strength to transform into real status.

Works are the basis of the flow. Only the classics will not go out of fashion.

They are no longer the top flow.

They are gradually looking for a way to survive.

I have to say, comparing to the new idols, the four returned boys

look more professional.

But they are in a higher place, people can only make higher demands on them.

I also hope that they can improve themselves, continue to work hard to advance their strength,

have their classic works, and take off the label of "flow".

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