Actress Jia Ling topped the social media topics on the second consecutive day of the Chinese Lunar New Year as her great weight (lose)of 50 kilograms during the shooting of her movie Yolo triggered heated discussions over healthy lifestyle and allowed some viewers (draw) aspirations from her arduous weight-loss journey.
The (high) anticipated comedy Yolo hit theaters across China on Saturday, the first day of the Lunar New Year. It is now leading the domestic movie box office. According to Douban, "YOLO" (adapt) from the 2014 Japanese movie "100 Yen Love".This movie is comedian-actress-director Jia Ling's sophomore feature, three years after her 2021 directorial debut box-office blockbuster "Hi, Mom" for which she holds the record as the world's highest grossing female movie director.
Topics related Jia's stunning weight loss were dominating Weibo such as "full record of Jia's losing weight journey" and "Jia Ling totally shocked me," as netizens discuss it is time to develop a more balanced habit starting from the Spring Festival.
"Her achievement is quite ( inspire) and deserves a movie ticket," moviegoer Li Qiaoya, regularly visits the gym to lose weight, told the Global Times on Sunday. "I feel (guilt)for eating too much during the Spring Festival already."
