70-year-old Chen Daoming has turned white and lost weight, but he is still the Emperor Qing sitting on the dragon throne.

What's wrong with him?

As soon as the photo came out these days, everyone saw it. Chen Daoming, who had obviously lost a lot of weight, had white hair and his eyes were not dodging. He stood in the crowd but was a little...light.

It's the kind of state where "the person is still there, but the whole person is introverted a little."

Someone's first reaction was shocked and said, "Is this still Emperor Qing?"

To be honest, I was not so shocked at first sight, but instead felt a "normal" feeling in my heart.

It's not cold-blooded, but understanding.

He is 70 years old, not the eternal Emperor Qing, not the "middle-aged man on the screen who is always only three points old."

Is a real old man who can grow old.

But he was too old and we were not ready.

After all, he acted so well in the past.

Too stable, too ruthless, too much like a "person who always sits in a high position".

The Emperor Qing in "Qing Yu Nian" does not rely on actions, yells, or "the script is shining". Just a "smile cannot reach the bottom of your eyes" will make you feel that "human life is in his mind."

As soon as he said "I know", you know that this episode is going to die again.

He was 66 years old at that time, but you could hardly seep his age, and his aura was seeping out of the cracks of his bones. He was not pretending, but he was done.

And now this photo - as real as if someone was slapped back to reality:

It turns out that he has been getting older, but we are not watching.

This "not watching" does not mean that the audience is indifferent, but that he hides himself well.

Look at those years, he didn't take on a few dramas, and occasionally came out to shoot one, either "Return" or "Qing Yu Nian" with a very tight quality control drama.

Don't take on variety shows, don't show your presence, and don't use the label of "old actor" to get rid of traffic.

I don't even do interviews normally.

In this era when everyone wants to be "seen", he is the one who has always "not revealed".

He himself said a sentence: "Actors are not stars, don't treat their faces as assets."

So if you look back at that photo, you will know that he is not afraid of being "seen".

It’s not that he didn’t see the years falling on his face, he just was too lazy to wipe it.

Chen Daoming is a man, very "dry".

It's not a "superable" job, it's a "clean" job.

Not moist, not likable, less talk, and not very willing to give people the opportunity to "get close".

Actors like that, the audience often "enters from the role" and rarely "enters from him".

When he was acting as a small staff member in the agency, everyone was worried about him - can a man who always plays an emperor and an intellectual play a role as a "grey face" and trivial and depressed person?

But he can. He really did it.

It's not about "playing ugly", it's about him being able to let go of that "Chen Daoming" - he can make himself smaller, squeezed, and not look good at all.

It is said that at that time, he specially invited the director to drink at home, Erguotou, two people had a bottle, and they drank until dawn, and they cut the whole character openly.

The next day he joined the group, he was Kobayashi who was "a little soft-spoken and a little cowardly".

As soon as the play was finished, I sat on the dining table, and I immediately turned back to Chen Daoming, whom you dare not talk to casually.

Do you think this is an actor? Is it an "actor"? It's the kind of person who changes his face as soon as the play comes and gets away as soon as the play stops.

There are fewer and fewer such actors nowadays.

You should say he is noble, and he admits it. He is twisted in his bones.

The interview said that you don’t need friends, you are afraid of being pricked by backs, and keep a distance from others. You say he is extreme, but he doesn't argue.

Winning the Golden Rooster Awards, he said directly, "It's not worth it, maybe no one competes with me."

The scene could not be filmed at Versailles, so he said, "I didn't have money, so I made it all right." By the way, I would like to add: "The difficulty of making a movie is not convenient to say."

His speech that is not embellished or catered to is easily misunderstood in the context of today's social media.

But he didn't seem to care much. He has always been like that - it's not that he has to say beautiful things, but that he has to make things clear.

This person is also the chairman of the Chinese Film Association.

Identity seems to be "heavy", but when it comes to industry, he understands better than anyone else how the market changes.

"Creation must be rooted in the fertile soil of life."

"Don't stare at the box office to make movies."

"Don't follow the trend, the audience needs more than popcorn."

These words are spoken lightly and heard seriously.

He said it plainly, but you know he was not a "summary" but a "warning".

He really saw some people walking too fast and too floating.

So he was not in a hurry, he was even "pulling back".

But no matter how much he said, what people remember in the end is his image of "Emperor Qing".

So now that the photos come out, everyone will suddenly become the hot search.

"Is Chen Daoming old?"

"How come you are so thin?"

"Can you still act like Emperor Qing?"

Don't say, I've really seen a few people who don't know him very well. After seeing the photos, I asked directly: "Is there something wrong with his body?"

Are you a little ridiculous?

Isn't this normal for a 70-year-old man who has turned white and has lost weight?

The problem is not that he grows fast, that we think he will never grow old.

The problem is not that he has changed, but that we refuse to accept it - it turns out that the person who "conserves the place forever" is still a flesh and blood body after all.

But don't worry.

Even if you see him "thin" now and "aging", as long as the filming of the third season "Qing Yu Nian" starts, he will put on that costume, put on makeup, sit on the dragon chaise, and sweep his eyes—

You will know: that is not "like Emperor Qing".

He is Emperor Qing.

It's not about age to suppress people, nor is it about sex to rely on people with bad voices.

Just sit there and say "I know", and you will feel your neck is cold.

This is the real "existence" of an actor.

It is not the "actor status" supported by marketing, but the work, experience, and bottomless performance density to tell you-

"You don't have the right to doubt whether I can still act."

70-year-old Chen Daoming, there is no need to be whitewashed.

He is a good actor who is getting old, a good senior who is willing to appear at a low frequency, and a professional person who does not use the four words "old actor" as a talisman.

He is no longer the male lead who swept the middle-aged script, nor is he the "top star" that everyone knows.

But he is still the Emperor Qing who is sitting on the dragon throne and can "kill people invisibly" at any time.

And you and me finally should learn one thing:

Acknowledge that he is old, and accept that he is still standing there.