In the Chinese movie "The Secret Age", the character Lu Zhengzheng played by Li Meng is a typical "third person" model, breaking into other people's marriages, a role that is very controversial.
Usually, such characters when broadcast will be fiercely attacked by viewers on the comments section and social networks.
Ly Mong herself also understands that very well. Before the movie aired, the actress had filmed many apology videos, intending to release them when public opinion exploded, to soothe the audience's emotions and save her image. But what she predicted did not happen.
The movie "Secret Age" aired on April 13 and immediately attracted attention. Among a series of topics discussed about the movie, the most interested person was not the male - female lead Chung Han Luong and Chu Chau, but the supporting actress Ly Mong.
At that time, Ly Mong's role received many negative comments such as: "What kind of mistress is so ugly?", "Not as beautiful as the main character", "The director blindly chooses actors?"...
In the movie, the character Lu Zhengzheng has wrinkles in the corners of his mouth, quite clear hairline, and looks a bit tired.
Most viewers believe that Lo Trinh Trinh is completely inferior in beauty compared to the female lead Hua Mat Ngu (played by Chu Chau) - who was "robbed of her husband".
But the more they follow, the more people sympathize, even pity this character. That powerful "public opinion reversal" has become the most discussed topic of the movie "Secret Age".
According to QQ, Ly Mong's "triad" role makes many people side with her because of the image of "breaking the old motif".
By about episode 10, the commentary direction completely changed. The audience no longer discussed Lu Zhengzheng's beauty, but began to analyze this character.
One comment wrote: "She is not the type of mistress who uses beauty to seduce men, but the type of woman who only looks at practical benefits.
In fact, not every affair is caused by the "third person" being too beautiful. Director Wang Ying assigned this role to Li Meng because what he accurately sees is the "distant but stubborn" aura that she brings.
Lu Zhengzheng is a typical "high-handed mistress". She does not love blindly, does not compete with women in the style of women, nor does she rely on men, and even puts her career in absolute priority in life.
Pregnant but she still goes to work normally, her pregnant belly still tries to run KPI, competing for work resources.
She approaches Nhiep Du Thanh not because of true love, but to rely on her position to climb up and change her position.
When Nhiếp Dư Thành had cancer, Lỗ Trinh Trinh refused to be emotionally bound, coldly proposing "each person does their job properly", not to go to the hospital for care and not to cook porridge to serve.
Obligations that are often imposed on women in marriage, she does not want to do anything.
Lu Zhengzheng's famous lines such as: "Men who make mistakes should find men to settle accounts", "What does the child have to do with your house?" have hit the sensitive psychology of modern audiences about marriage, work and gender roles.
