The same second-generation star, there is someone whose family has spent all their resources to support him, but this person is still not found;
There are people who have the aura of a top wife and family background, who are at the peak of their debut but are upstaged by supporting roles;
There is also someone whose mother not only disapproved of him, but also opposed his entry into the industry, but in the end he became a real actor on his own.
Similar starting point, why are the subsequent developments so different?
01
Song Dandan's name is a household name.
Not only is he an evergreen figure in the Spring Festival Gala, but he is also a veteran in the film and television industry.
The connections and voice within the circle are enough to pave a smooth path to stardom for his son.
Song Dandan has taken Batu with him since he first entered the industry.
"The War at Lao Niu's Family" and "Li Chuntian's Spring" were filmed with his son in each movie.
She personally taught her son acting and provided resources, fearing that he would be a little wronged.
He even took Batu to various variety shows and frequently appeared in front of the camera.
He shared his enthusiasm with his son almost without reservation.
Even in "The Legend of Mi Yue", which was a hit at the time, she was able to get the role of "Ying Dang" for him.
Just so that his son can have a role outside the circle, which will be deeply remembered by the audience.
As for Batu himself, he also worked hard.
I have no airs on the set and I have to endure hardships.
But hard work is hard work, talent and fitness cannot fool anyone.
In terms of appearance, Batu is not the handsome type favored by the entertainment industry;
When it comes to acting, he has always stayed at the level of "acting in his true colors".
He has a gentle and reserved personality and does not have a strong desire to perform.
The edges and tension that a good actor should have are not clearly reflected in him either.
Most of the roles he played were labeled as "Song Dandan's son", and few of them could be remembered by the audience alone.
In the past two years, he has filmed some small roles one after another.
Guardian Zuo in "Tang Dynasty Strange Stories";
Dawei in "Fu Er Brothers";
Little Ear Cuihua in "Dear You".
Most of them have small roles and few scenes, and not many can really surprise the audience.
But everyone pursues different things, and some things can’t be forced.
Today, Batu spends more time at home.
He got married, had children, and lived a stable family life.
For Song Dandan, having children and grandchildren around her knees is a kind of family happiness.
As for Chen Feiyu, who also grew up in an acting family, his start can be regarded as the ceiling level for the second generation of domestic entertainment stars.
But his journey to stardom was also full of ups and downs.
02
Chen Feiyu's father, Chen Kaige, is a top director in the Chinese film industry, and his mother, Chen Hong, was a great beauty of the stunning era.
Since his debut, Chen Feiyu has never lacked good scripts, good teams, and good partners.
From movies to TV series, from ancient costumes to modern times, resources have been greenlit all the way, and he has been ridiculed by netizens as the "Prince of Domestic Entertainment".
But even with the protection of his parents, Chen Feiyu's road to fame was still short of success.
At the beginning of 2026, the period drama "Love in the Age of Innocence" starring him will be launched on CCTV 8.
The double harvest of ratings and popularity should have been a good opportunity for him to completely remove the label of "Chen Kaige's son".
But after the series was aired, the direction of public opinion was very realistic.
Many viewers clicked into the TV series, but became fans of the lead actor Wang Tianchen and the female lead Guo Xiaoting.
The supporting role played by Wang Tianchen is delicate and layered, and he plays the stubbornness and tenderness of the youth of the era to the fullest;
Guo Xiaoting, with her smart and natural acting skills, has become the responsible person for the whole drama's reputation.
The level of topics and discussions between the two far exceeds that of the male and female protagonists.
A large number of netizens ridiculed:
"I escaped the male protagonist, but I didn't escape the supporting role."
Looking back at Chen Feiyu, his biggest problem has never been that he doesn't work hard enough, but that he has too much nobility.
This also makes it difficult for him to sink into the pyrotechnics of the character.
In a period drama, he looks like a young master who accidentally wanders into a factory while wearing work clothes;
When performing emotional scenes, his eyes lack a sense of depth and his lines lack a sense of power.
His parents could give him the best resources and the biggest platform, but they couldn't give him the temperament to fit the character or the acting skills to impress the audience.
A perfect family background is his halo and also his shackles.
The audience had higher expectations of him and stricter scrutiny, but he failed to fully convince the audience.
But while Song Dandan was fully supportive and Chen Hong was protective, there was an old dramatist who did the opposite.
03
Wang Fuli holds the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Grand Prizes, and possesses both virtue and art.
She is well aware of the hardships and hardships in the entertainment industry, and she also knows that the career of an actor depends on her true ability.
So since Wang Xiao was a child, she has been firmly opposed to her son entering the entertainment industry.
He even bluntly said that because of his ordinary appearance, he couldn't eat this bowl of rice.
In order to stop him from acting, Wang Fuli sent him to study abroad.
Let him study three-dimensional animation and business administration.
The purpose is for his son to find a stable job and stay away from the impetuousness of the entertainment industry.
But Wang Xiao really loves acting.
Wang Xiao studied three-dimensional animation for six years and received an MBA.
After graduation, I also have a high-paying job in Canada, and everything is within the expectations of my parents.
But the idea of performing was always in his mind.
Finally, after careful consideration, he gave up his high-paying job abroad and returned to China resolutely.
When he first returned to China, Wang Xiao started by playing small roles and performing in group performances.
He went to various crews to audition by himself, and never mentioned that he was Wang Fuli's son.
With a salary of dozens of yuan a day, I worked quietly for more than ten years.
It was not until Siming Xingjun in "Three Lives Three Worlds Ten Miles of Peach Blossom" that many viewers remembered Wang Xiao's face for the first time.
Later, in "Three Earths", his role as Ma Zhenkun directly won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor.
What's even more rare is that even though he won the grand prize, he still remained humble and low-key.
It doesn’t matter how many roles there are, and it doesn’t matter whether the character is the protagonist or not.
"County Party Committee Courtyard", "Golden Years", "Trident"…
He accumulated his acting skills step by step and became a powerful actor in the hearts of the audience.
And his "Extermination of Evil", which premiered at the end of February this year, became a hot search topic directly due to his "physiological acting skills".
Wang Xiao plays the central role of Cheng Ken in "Extermination of Evil" and is one of the most controversial characters in the show.
Cheng Ken was originally a meek and honest accountant at an electronics factory. However, his daughter Jiajia suffered from uremia and was overwhelmed by huge medical bills, and thus became involved in the underground organ trade and drug trafficking chain.
His evil is not public, but it is carried out step by step.
He is both a helpless victim and a perpetrator of cold-blooded calculations.
Wang Xiao interpreted the role with textbook-level "physiological acting skills".
In order to fit the character's condition, he lost weight and deliberately lost sleep, and used micro-expressions to depict his inner struggle.
The helplessness when paying bills, the numbness when scheming patients, the panic when being interrogated…
These delicate presentations made Cheng Ken's degenerate trajectory from docile to sinister a bird of prey win the praise of the entire network.
The audience's recognition of him is not due to his family background, but to his acting skills.
And Wang Fuli, who once firmly opposed her son's entry into the entertainment industry, gradually became her son's most loyal audience from the initial incomprehension.
Seeing her son stand firm through his own efforts, she couldn't hide the pride in her eyes.
Conclusion
Song Dandan’s support, Chen Hong’s protection, and Wang Fuli’s “not support”.
Three different methods, with the same initial intention but completely different developments.
It can be seen that there is never a shortcut in internal entertainment. The halo of the second generation of stars can last for a while, but it cannot last a lifetime.
Batu's stability, Chen Feiyu's predicament, and Wang Xiao's counterattack all illustrate:
What really allows an actor to stand firm is his acting skills and his work.
After all, it is better to rely on yourself than to rely on others. Strength is the best confidence.
