Text/Huang Ying Beatrice△Xiao Yang Some time ago, Wang Taili of "Chopstick Brothers" went to a complaint conference. Originally, Xiao Yang was more popular than Wang Taili and secretly took on a lot of private work. Wang Taili has not shown up often in recent years. It is an obvi

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△Xiao Yang

Some time ago, Wang Taili of "Chopstick Brothers" went to a complaining conference. This was an incredible visit. News instantly spread that Wang Taili and Xiao Yang were disbanding.

Xiao Yang was originally more popular than Wang Taili, and secretly took on a lot of private work. Wang Taili has not often appeared in recent years. It is an obvious fact. When Wang Taili and Xiao Yang saw this, they hurriedly shouted on the spot to build friendship and walk together until they grow old together.

Speaking of which, Xiao Yang is indeed more willing to show off than Wang Taili. In 2016, he starred in a Lunar New Year comedy "Lovers" behind Wang Taili's back, and now he is having fun again in "Detective Chinatown 2". Xiao Yang not only participated in one or two consecutive "Detective Chinatown" films, but also challenged different roles.

He played Thai police chief Kuntai in "Detective Chinatown" and played the role of high-powered detective Song Yi in "Detective Chinatown 2". This breakthrough performance greatly demonstrated Xiao Yang's talent in shaping actors.

Kuntai in the movie "Love Saint"

"Tang Detective", there is a scene where after the character played by Pan Yueming falls into his car, Xiao Yang sticks his head out of the car window and looks at it with a confused look on his face. The dead body in front of the car, and then looking up to the sky. These two simple actions rendered the character's mentality at that time.

Song Yi in "Tang Detective 2" secretly confronts Qin Feng after the truth is revealed at the end.

Qin Feng said: "Your divine actions reveal the whereabouts of beastly nature." Song Yi immediately added: "When you stare at the abyss, the abyss is also staring at you..." The mind is very responsive, Xiao Yang's The character positioning is not only hilarious, but also profound and cultural.

"Detective Chinatown"

"Detective Chinatown 2"

This kind of non-repetitive, breakthrough and surprising performance has made Xiao Yang's acting talents recognized by many fans and industry insiders.

However, Xiao Yang is not a good actor with rules.

He is an all-round "old boy" who walks among directors, singers, actors and screenwriters. In 2014, Xiao Yang also went to Hollywood to study with Ning Hao, Chen Sicheng, Guo Fan, Lu Yang, etc. as representatives of Chinese young directors.

The movie "Oldboy: The Way of the Dragon"

Xiao Yang is good at writing scripts. "Memoirs of a Male Geisha", "Oldboy", "Father" and "Oldboy: The Way of the Dragon" were all written by him.

"Memoirs of a Male Geisha" was the first short film directed by Xiao Yang and Wang Taili, although they did not form a pair of Chopstick Brothers at the time. After the chopsticks were confirmed, they filmed a divine song MV "Little Apple" that became a hit on major online media.

Microfilm "Memoirs of a Male Geisha"

To this day, how does a generation of all-powerful "old boy" Xiao Yang grow up?

In fact, Xiao Yang, who was born in Chengde, Hebei Province, had no ambition to make a movie at first. At that time, he had a teacher whom he admired, who could not only teach people and solve their doubts, but also devote himself to creation. Xiao Yang also wants to be like him and be a painter who is beneficial to others and himself.

So Xiao Yang ran from Chengde to Beijing and applied for the High School Affiliated to the Central Academy of Fine Arts in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, there are so many talents in Beijing, and Xiao Yang failed in the environment where there are so many experts. Xiao Yang did not give up. He chose to repeat his studies in Beijing for one year.

"Father"

In order to save money, he rented a house of a few square meters with three classmates. After another year of unremitting efforts, he was finally admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

At that time, 16-year-old Xiao Yang was admitted to the High School Affiliated to the Central Academy of Fine Arts, which was very impressive. You know, CAFA only accepts 20 foreign students every year.

However, upon entering the school, Xiao Yang was shocked by the high-level environment at CAFA. The senior brothers and sisters all live in an artist-like way, which is completely different from Xiao Yang's previous experience.

When he was in his hometown, Xiao Yangte was confident and rarely doubted himself. But when he first arrived in Beijing, he became very shaken and began to doubt life from time to time.

"Little Apple" MV

After graduating from Central Academy of Fine Arts, Xiao Yang chose to study advertising directing in the Fine Arts Department of Beijing Film Academy. He feels that movies can express his heart more directly than paintings. The depressing and lonely painting also made him feel a little scared.

"In our school, there is a mentally ill person every year. In the class one grade below me, more than 20 out of 40 people are diagnosed with depression. This scares me and makes me want to change my circle."

Ling Xiao Yang What he didn't expect was that as soon as he applied for the Beijing Film Academy, a junior fellow student scared him. The senior brother said to Xiao Yang seriously that Beidian was very bad. If you didn't spend money to find someone, there would be no need to consider getting into it.

When Xiao Yang heard this, his heart dropped. He shaved his head during the holiday and went home to resume his studies, but he didn't know how to explain it to his family. After all, I went to school in Beijing for four years and didn’t even get into college. It would be strange not to be scolded by my parents.

Fortunately, the capable Xiao Yang was admitted by Nortel, and his ranking was still very high. Senior brother's words are just rumors to scare away those weak juniors.

However, in the first year of studying film, Xiao Yang didn’t feel very good. Compared to people from the Academy of Fine Arts who are actually studying knowledge, filmmakers make Xiao Yang feel particularly unreliable. People who study film have everything, and the categories are so complex that Xiao Yang once wondered: Why are these people so poor in aesthetic quality?

With a deeper understanding of the movie, Xiao Yang's questions were slowly answered. A movie has not only a director, but also a producer, screenwriter, lighting, and even a set manager. Not everyone needs to have good aesthetic qualities.

Xiao Yang, who was disillusioned, only wanted to graduate early and make more money. So during college, Xiao Yang became famous as the "King of Jobs", doing all kinds of illustrations and advertisements, so that during the four years of college, his family did not pay a penny for tuition.

Xiao Yang's diligence not only allowed him to earn enough for his tuition, but also accumulated a lot of experience for him in future filmmaking.

After graduation, Xiao Yang, who had a background in advertising, found a job in an advertising company. The income was not bad, but the process was not as beautiful as he imagined.

There are many restrictions in the advertising industry. Everything has to be obeyed by Party A’s father. The director’s personal expression needs have to succumb to the rigid requirements of the client. In addition, domestic customers are not as mature as Xiao Yang imagined.

Xiao Yang often encounters clients with their nostrils turned up in the sky. He opens his mouth and says: "You want to give me the feeling of "The Chronicles of Narnia"!" "Oh, I can't explain it to him in two days and only a small amount of money." . "

" Once a client is willing to pay for an advertisement, he or she wants to take up the entire creative space and not give the director any space. In China, it is much more than that. To make money and survive, the director had no choice but to listen to the client and had no way of saying no. "

Xiao Yang recalled that when he was working the hardest, he could only sleep 3 to 4 hours a day. He often flew to Hefei in the morning and flew back at night. As soon as I landed, I rushed to the computer room to edit the film. I flew to Shanghai the next day and then to Guangzhou the day after tomorrow, working on several films at the same time.

Although I am very busy and tired, how can I rest when I see the house prices rising day by day?

In this way, after Xiao Yang worked hard in the advertising industry for several years, he finally saved up the money to buy a house. I thought my life could be stable like this, until one day, Xiao Yang was driving on the expressway of the Second Ring Road in Beijing.

The radio on the bus broadcast the helpless current situation of college students' difficulty in finding a job. Everyone's dreams seemed to be tied up by these depressing buildings.

Xiao Yang made a decision not to buy a house for now, but to make a short film that is close to reality, and use movies to convey his understanding and feelings about life.

This movie is "Oldboy" which will become popular on the Internet in the future.

Before talking about this short film, I have to talk about another person who co-produced it with Xiao Yang, Wang Taili.

They met by chance long before Xiao Yang graduated from university.

One day, Wang Taili, the owner of a cultural company, was sitting in the cafeteria of the Central Academy of Fine Arts eating. When he was about to leave, he suddenly thought that there was an advertisement in hand and he had to find someone to make more money from it.

Wang Taili saw a boy wearing glasses across the dining table and asked casually, "Do you have any classmates who can shoot commercials or something?" The boy thought for a while, "I know a guy from Beijing Film Academy, Xiao Yang, he can."

Wang Taili found Xiao Yang through this boy, and the two hit it off immediately and signed the contract in the dormitory. Xiao Yang, a senior majoring in advertising, got his first chance to shoot an advertisement.

Xiao Yang still remembered the state he was in at that time. He was excited but couldn't help being "cheap", "Oh, glue~pian~, oh, Wang~gang~, wow, hundreds of thousands of funds! I didn't sleep the night before I can’t sleep, I’m so excited.” This is how the brotherhood of

boss Wang Taili and senior student Xiao Yang kicked off. "He is young, mature and very solid. He works very well together." Wang Taili admired Xiao Yang very much.

In 2007, the group "Chopstick Brothers" officially came into being. At that time, Xiao Yang and Wang Taili had a new project. They planned to invest 10,000 yuan each to shoot a six-minute funny MV "Memoirs of a Male Geisha".

While the two were eating, the "Chopstick Brothers" were born. In their view, "Chopstick Brothers" represent simple Chinese characteristics that are inseparable from each other.

After the two of them made a fool of themselves by dressing up as women, the MV immediately aroused a wave of popularity after it was released, and "Chopstick Brothers" became popular on the Internet. But their subsequent tragic MV "Where Are You" did not receive such a good response.

Perhaps, comedy is the path they are destined to take. Filmmaking was just fun for them at this time, they still had their own jobs.

Just when Xiao Yang was comprehending life and preparing to tinker with a short film, China Film Group's "11 Degrees of Youth Film Series" project also came out, and "Chopstick Brothers" was invited. A ten-minute short story, which reminded "Chopstick Brothers" of Michael's story.

"Oldboy" was born. Xiao Dabao, who loves to sing, and Wang Xiaoshuai, who loves to imitate Michael's dance, both like the school belle. The two of them were fighting and preparing to show off their skills in an artistic performance. However, in the middle of the performance, the wires were cut, and their dreams were helplessly interrupted. .

html More than 0 years later, two middle-aged uncles who had been tortured by life decided to join the talent show together to continue to complete the unfinished performance of the year and their immortal youth dream.

The story was released, but it took more than ten minutes and had to be shot for thirty or forty minutes. The investors only provided ten minutes of funding, and they had to figure out how to make the rest of the money themselves.

At that time, most of the people who participated in this "11th Degree of Movie Youth" were senior people in the film and television culture circle. In comparison, Xiao Yang and Wang Taili were just "Chopstick Brothers" who had made some short films and commercials, and almost no one thought highly of them.

However, "Chopstick Brothers" still did not compromise with reality. "Oldboy" still has to be filmed, and not even a minute should be missed.

invested hundreds of thousands of dollars themselves and formed a team of more than fifty people. They filmed for 16 days, and many people volunteered not to be paid. Except for the heroine Yu Beibei, none of the others are professional actors. Xiao Yang even invested all the money he spent on decorating his own home.

Xiao Yang said, "This film is like our own performance, fulfilling our own dreams. Just like the characters in the film, we are not doing our jobs. I practice guitar, and he learns dancing."

In the end, the film Finish. Many nostalgic elements such as BP machines, Arctic soda, middle-parted hairstyles, popular songs of the era "Stars Light", "Xiao Fang", "Sixteen Years Old" and so on appear in the movie one by one. The first half is a spoof, and the second half is a struggle between reality and dreams.

is such a spoof story that is not innovative, but it has moved countless netizens who are also struggling in reality. Whenever Xiao Yang and the editor finish making changes, they can't help but feel jealous.

Xiao Yang said: “Actually, people of our generation were very happy when they were young, and there is no comparison with previous generations.But when we face society, the pressure is too great. Housing prices may be delayed by one year or twenty or thirty years. Once you are calm and collected, you are afraid of being left behind by this era.

Class reunion, maybe fifteen years ago I had all kinds of ideals. I wanted to write poetry, be a scientist, draw... Now I only care about one thing, how much money you make. The more this value affects us, the more we miss our youth. "

" Dreams, like classics, will never fade with time, but become more precious! "This sentence on the movie poster not only named the theme of the movie, but was also remembered by many netizens, inspiring them to dream of heroes in their daily lives.

In fact, whether he is an actor or a director, Xiao Yang They are all very down-to-earth. From "Oldboy" to "Detective Chinatown 2", his works are very close to life, and his focus has never left the little people in real life.

Xiao Yang has a high sense of social responsibility. and a deep sense of humanistic care. It is precisely because of this that his works have received more and more attention and recognition.

Compared with those seemingly high-end but exaggerated movies, we want to watch movies that are closely related to life. Movie.

It must come from life, and it does not blindly imitate life, but gives us hope in our tired daily life, and can also smile at the unbearable and painful things.

The story of "Old Boy" is not far away from us. Not far away. We are also throwing our blood towards reality while shouting unyielding ideals. Reality is cruel, but it does not mean that we can only choose to surrender.

Along the way, Xiao Yang has been fighting back against reality. He is not only an "old boy" in the movie, but also an "old boy" in life, with an ageless heart.

In the journey of chasing dreams, why are you and me not persistent "old boys"? The reason why we choose to stick to our youthful dreams and our innocent hearts that do not want to be changed by time is because we are unwilling to be mediocre.

Even if time flies and reality is helpless, as long as we look back on the dreams we have had, life will be the same. It seems to sparkle because of this.

Dreams are things that make us transcend the ordinary and are worthy of our lifelong struggle.

Every "old boy"'s dream deserves to be respected, even if it is as small as a dust, it is enough. Light up our real life

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