Chapter 24 Ritual of the Ants

How attractive can a man's appearance be? "Book of Jin·Wei Jie Biography" writes Wei Jie: "When you enter the market in a sheep cart, everyone who sees it will think it is a jade man, and those who see it will fall to the capital... People in the capital hear his appearance, and the viewer is like a block. He is tired and sick. He died in the sixth year of Yongjia, at the age of twenty-seven, people at that time said that Hsu was watched and killed." Among the beautiful men in the new era, Takeshi Kaneshiro is probably comparable to him.American "GQ" magazine once invited Jincheng Wudang model to Shinjuku to shoot an exterior scene, and only took one shot, and a large number of fans gathered around, either watching or taking pictures, which finally caused traffic jams.This also made the staff who did not fully anticipate Takeshi Kaneshiro's appeal stand on end, fearing that something might go wrong, they hurriedly changed the shooting location.The powerful "GQ" magazine later described Takeshi Kaneshiro's face as "recognized by billions of people."

In Wei Jie's era, there were few cultural and entertainment activities, and the development of social productive forces could not keep up with the material and cultural needs of the people. People probably only got some pleasure from looking at each other, even without rough processing.Men consider weakness to be beautiful, and those men who take on the role of "being seen" should bring their softness to the extreme, go out very cautiously, dress themselves up in white clothes fluttering like a fairy, knowing that they want to be seen and Those who set off a small climax in cultural life, but they have enough energy to deal with the crowd's onlookers and comments and ask for autographs, and then they will vomit blood at Bai Haitang when they go home, "seeing the killing" is a matter of time.Takeshi Kaneshiro's physical strength is not so bad, "Kansha" only means an astonishing degree to him.

But the strange thing is that when celebrities are not specifically responsible for the task of "being seen", they wear ordinary clothes, and when they walk on the street, in the community, in the vegetable market or in the jewelry store, there are no people onlookers.Even Cecilia Cheung can walk and shop with her family on the street; even Brigitte Lin can flag down cars on the street.Yuan Li can also go hand in hand with his lover to buy vegetables in the muddy vegetable market, and several nightclubs where celebrities often hang out can still operate as usual.Otherwise, given the density of population and celebrities in Beijing and Hong Kong, not to mention anything else, the urban traffic alone may collapse because of them.

It's all because "being seen" also needs some foreshadowing.For example, at a ceremony or under the spotlight, at least several cameras must be pointed at, and the flashlights will be continuously lit, so as to arouse the interest of the onlookers. "Being watched" is a career with a strong sense of ritual. Only when the person responsible for the task of "being watched" is paid attention to by a certain ceremony (such as a ceremony, filming), can the attention be amplified and a large number of onlookers gathered the effect of the And the idols to be looked at are not born, but created.One ant, with just a few procedures, is enough to stand out from many ants.These programs include: large photographs (an essential hypnotic device), sound image productions, gossip, and more.Surrounded by these programs, an ant is also like being illuminated by a magnifying glass, becoming a seemingly large ant.The process of each ant becoming a big ant can actually be explored as a social and psychological topic.

In short, rituals and procedures are essential to distinguish some people from others.Wei Jie riding a sheep cart is a small ceremony, and Takeshi Kaneshiro's being photographed is also a ceremony. Police cars clearing the way, press conferences, and red carpets are all similar rituals.The ceremony made them escape from the crowd, and when they left the ceremony, they immediately disappeared into the vast crowd.