In 1990, a handsome and golden young man was very eye-catching in Beijing's literary circle, he was Gao Xiaosong, who was only 23 years old at the time. This is a talented new director, and his ** work "Flowers Bloom That Year" has won many awards at major film festivals, successfully beating many old directors' works. As a pioneer of post-80s directors, Gao Xiaosong was not born in a film family, but from Tsinghua University, a top university. His father is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his mother is the president of a major university. 
Influenced by family education and school spirit, Gao Xiaosong should have embarked on an elite life, but in the end he dropped out of school, gave up the road of scientific research within the system, and chose to pursue literary and artistic ideals. Gao Xiaosong had already shown his literary talent in college, and he established an underground band with rock singer Lao Wolf to learn Xi creation from the band. They have composed many popular songs with youthful passion, such as "You at the Same Table" and so on. It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and the two finally disbanded the band due to differences in philosophy. Gao Xiaosong turned to pursue film and television creation. With a delicate face and uninhibited clothing, Gao Xiaosong soon became a recognized "merry talent" in the literary and artistic circles. He is not only good at ** and movies, but also expands his territory in the fields of literature and TV program hosting. 
Gao Xiaosong, who was born in 1990, is known as the "most promising director of the post-90s", and many entertainment companies have hired him as a creative consultant with high salaries. At that time, Gao Xiaosong was keen on a hedonistic lifestyle, and often went clubbing and spent money in a high-profile manner. There is no shortage of bright and moving female companions around him. For a time, the reputation of "Merry Talent" spread all over Beijing's major hotels and entertainment venues. The young and vigorous Gao Xiaosong still thinks that he will become a great tool in the future and rewrite the history of Chinese films. In 2010, Gao Xiaosong's career reached its peak, and the star talent show "The Voice of China" hosted by him had high ratings and was known as a "national-level king-level program". 
However, Gao Xiaosong, who has achieved fame, exposed his arrogant and lascivious side at this time. After years of pursuit and flattery, Gao Xiaosong has lost the ability to judge right and wrong. He blindly believes in the praise of his "cultural celebrity", and believes that his historical status of "rewriting the status quo of Chinese culture" cannot be shaken. Regardless of whether or not his status and influence deserve such fanfare, at least hosting a TV show should not pretend to rewrite history. But now Gao Xiaosong has long been lost in the fog of Vanity Fair and has lost his normal judgment. In the second half of 2010, he was hired as the keynote speaker of a large-scale historical forum program "Xiaoshuo". He is supposed to educate the public about history through TV screens, but instead uses the platform to spread distorted views on Chinese history and culture. 
In front of the camera, Gao Xiaosong was dressed in a brand-name suit, holding a microphone, and proudly proclaimed, "I am the interpreter of history." Subsequently, he repeatedly distorted the historical narrative in the program and denied the important inventions and creations of ancient China, which was criticized by the historical community. In 2011, more than 200 experts signed a petition demanding that Taiwan stop broadcasting such programs that denigrate national history. However, at this time, Gao Xiaosong could no longer clearly understand what he had done. In the 90s of the 20th century, Gao Xiaosong fell in love with the female singer Yunzi, and the two were about to get engaged, and Yunzi's family even began to prepare for the wedding. However, just when Yunzi was extremely happy, this relationship dominated by the "merry genius" suddenly came to an end. The reason is that Gao Xiaosong fell in love with the actress Shen Huan, who was 5 years younger than him. Gao Xiaosong, who pursues marriage, does not pay attention to methods and bottom lines. In order to coerce Shen Huan to comply, he first cut his wrist in front of Shen Huan and self-harmed. 
The blood-drenched scene frightened Shen Huan, and she had to reluctantly accept this relationship. Then Gao Xiaosong abandoned Yunzi and quickly married Shen Huan. This move directly led to Yunzi's mental breakdown, and she committed suicide by hanging herself at home and passed away forever. And Gao Xiaosong should have deeply reflected on his behavior, but his reaction to Yunzi's death was extremely indifferent: "It has nothing to do with me." The marriage with Shen Huan was not happy, and two years later, Gao Xiaosong split his legs again, causing Shen Huan to divorce. In the following ten years, Gao Xiaosong's marriage history has been ups and downs, and he has changed 5 wives successively, a typical image of an emotional prodigal son. Every time a marriage breaks down, Gao Xiaosong presumes that it is the woman's responsibility. 
In fact, the desire for control and self-centeredness in Gao Xiaosong's personality have doomed him to be unable to establish a long-term relationship. He regards marriage as a tool for his own pleasure, and never understands that true love needs to be understood and tolerated by each other. As he said in an interview: "I am a simple and amorous *** Maybe in his heart, his own talent and achievements are enough to make all women fall in love, and it is their responsibility to take care of his feelings." As everyone knows, this selfish attitude towards love is the fundamental reason that led to his repeated marriages. In the 2010s, Gao Xiaosong's career and personality flaws were infinitely magnified in the public eye. He is no longer a shadow of the young talent of the past, but a middle-aged man with degraded morals and absurdity. 
Gao Xiaosong was so happy, but there was no one in his eyes. He constantly created controversy in order to win attention, the most disgusting of the public was his ignorance and even malicious distortion of Sino-Japanese historical issues. For example, Gao Xiaosong openly beautified Japan's colonial history of Taiwan, claiming that Taiwan had made great progress in material civilization during the Japanese occupation. As a matter of fact, the Japanese colonialists exploited and plundered Taiwan's resources, and the Taiwan people were oppressed to the core. What made netizens even more angry was that Gao Xiaosong was ashamed to announce that he had visited the Yasukuni Shrine. This shrine, dedicated to Class-A war criminals, is a historical pain for all ordinary people in China. It is shocking for a public figure in China to see no country and no people in such eyes. 
In the face of netizens' questions, he not only had no intention of repenting, but justifiably defended himself. He condescendingly rebuked fans in a Weibo live broadcast: "Of course Japan's colonial behavior should be okay!" Later, he tried to excuse himself as a language artist: "Visiting the Yasukuni Shrine is purely to learn Xi cultural heritage." In addition, Gao Xiaosong's behavior of singing the opposite tone one by one also disgusted the public. For example, in 2014, while talking about his many marriage histories on a talk show, he said slowly: "I am a very simple and affectionate *** who seems to really shape myself into an amorous seed love saint." In fact, in the face of the truth of his broken marriage, this kind of remark is simply absurd. Perhaps Gao Xiaosong's "talent" and "fame" have made him Xi to attracting attention everywhere. Whatever their purpose, however, these statements are invariably a challenge to history and morality. 
A literati should at least not be the spokesperson of the evil forces. His ugly face finally shattered the public's last illusion with the "merry genius". Under the continuous blow of negative news, Gao Xiaosong has transformed from a generation of "romantic talents" to a public enemy on the Internet, and has been seriously ridiculed and boycotted. The reputation of "cultural celebrities" has faded, and it has been replaced by stigma such as "** public elite". In an interview in 2015, Gao Xiaosong once again justified the name of the Japanese colonizers. This completely infuriated the public, and Gao Xiaosong quickly became the number one target on Weibo. Tags such as "father-in-law with a beard", "Emperor Wumao" and "Jingri molecule" instantly ranked in the top three hot search entries. People questioned his nationality, and some even threatened to unsubscribe from all the movies and television programs in which he participated. 
For a time, Gao Xiaosong became a public enemy of the whole people. All entertainment variety shows dare not invite this "troublemaker" again, for fear of implicating themselves. Gao Xiaosong's Weibo comment area and major forums are all abused by netizens. But the most disgusting thing for the public is that Gao Xiaosong did not repent at all and still went his own way. He not only turned a blind eye to the insults of netizens, but instead made himself a "** object" and made a big fuss about his own efforts. In 2018, he was interviewed by a magazine, and while pretending to rub his eyes, he choked up and told reporters: "They call me a traitor, but my original intention is just to pursue the truth of history." In 2022, Gao Xiaosong insulted fans who questioned his historical views as "garbage" in front of tens of thousands of netizens during the live broadcast. This was undoubtedly the last straw that broke the camel's back.
The topic of "taking off Gao Xiaosong" was hot search on Weibo again, and the live broadcast platform finally lost patience with it and announced a permanent ban. That night, this once beautiful "genius" fell to the bottom of his reputation on the Internet, and his status in life fell to the lowest point. Perhaps this is the inevitable fate of him who has deviated from the bottom line of morality for many years and has no one in his sights. Gao Xiaosong is undoubtedly an outstanding cultural celebrity of the post-90s generation, and he has made remarkable achievements in many fields. But his premature success and reputation made him arrogant and arrogant, and at the peak of his career, he had no one in his eyes and acted recklessly, and finally degenerated to the point of personality. His thought-provoking life trajectory foreshadows a cruel truth: no matter how brilliant the talent, character is the key to determining fate. As the British writer William Hasriet said, "The ultimate failure is not the failure of talent, but the failure of personality."