Chen Haiyong hopes that more people can know his "stage name" Chen Challeng. The name
has been popular all over the Chinese basketball circle recently - almost every imitation video of Chen Challeng has been pushed by major sports platforms, with traffic exceeding one million.
imitates the classic movements of stars, which is actually not a new thing. Almost five years ago, a NBA undrafted show named Brandon Armstrong turned this imitation video into a fashion trend. In the following years, "imitation emperors" of all kinds of skin colors and ages emerged one after another, but most of them imitated NBA stars.
For so many years, only Chen Challenge can imitate the movements and expressions of CBA players vividly.
"There is actually no trick to imitate. It really depends on talent. My imitation ability is completely inherited from my mother." In an exclusive interview with a reporter from The Paper, Chen Chae's expression was simple, direct but humorous, which was exactly the same as his imitation video style.
"I want to be one of the best artists in the entertainment industry."
imitates Wang Zhelin dunks and walking movements.
The insurmountable "king" imitation show
Many Chinese fans know Chen Challenge on the Internet because they imitate Wang Zhelin's "nine famous scenes".
In that short 1 minute video, Chen Chae imitated Wang Zhelin's most classic back-to-back singles , dribbling , dunks across the dunk and key three-pointers... Even the classic scene of "flying kiss" on the free throw line was portrayed by Chen Chae to three points.
Soon, this video was posted to the circle of friends of "King" Wang Zhelin. Seeing that he was "spoofed", Wang Zhelin happily forwarded the video and the animated expressions of the "Nine Famous Scenes".
"Wang Zhelin himself also forwarded it to his circle of friends. Although he did not interact with me in the comment area, I am very happy to be able to get his recognition." As a native of Xiamen, Fujian, Chen Chase himself said that it is precisely because he loves this team and has always supported Wang Zhelin that he can imitate these "nine famous scenes" so well.
imitates Wang Zhelin's three points.
In fact, except for Wang Zhelin's personal repost, netizens' comments are enough to prove how vivid Chen Chae's imitation is - "It has the flavor", "Capture the characteristics of the characters like a comic", "Just ask you to imitate, not let you surpass"...
Even the Zhao Jiwei , which often cooperates with Wang Zhelin in the national team, gave Chen Chae official certification: "I watched his video, it is so talented, imitating the king cannot surpass it, I've said so much."
"Actually, I wanted to imitate Wang Zhelin a long time ago, and many people say that my body proportions and ' The king is very similar. "When talking about the causes and consequences of imitating Wang Zhelin, Chen Chae himself couldn't help laughing, "I didn't think of good ideas before, but later when I thought of creativity, I immediately took it out and made it."
Seeing that this imitation video, which was just over one minute, could be browsed and forwarded millions of times on major social platforms, Chen Chae himself was quite pleased, "To be honest, the attention of domestic leagues is still not high. I also hope to promote CBA in my own way, and I can do a little bit of strength to promote Chinese basketball, and help a little bit, so I was very happy."
imitated Wang Zhelin and sprayed trash words.
imitates "Jackson" traffic exceeds tens of millions, serious people are the cutest
In the past two years, Chen Challeng has imitated more than 100 basketball stars, including Zhao Jiwei and Chen Linjian , NBA's Jordan , James and Kobe, and even Chinese women's basketball Han Xu and Li Meng .
If imitating Wang Zhelin helped him to reach the "peak"; then imitating "Emperor" LeBron James is the stepping stone to help him truly break into the fans' horizons.
Sprinkle magnesium powder, walk overlord steps, carry the defense player to complete the layup, pull the rod and dunk... Chen Chain imitated almost all of James' classic moves to the fullest in the two and a half points video.
"The most popular video is James. When he first became a fan, he imitated James, and the most popular one is now." When talking about this video imitating "James", Chen Chain was also quite proud, "The number of views on , Douyin, alone has exceeded 12 million. "
imitated Wang Zhelin's dribbling fast attack.
Chen Challeng did not initially estimate that a video of his could cause such a stir on social networks. He just wanted to do something he liked seriously and then do it carefully.
"When I first shot imitation videos, I didn't even see any highlights. I just based on my imagination and cognition. Later, I found that although the efficiency is high, the content quality is very average. So later I wanted to do it well, so I started to improve it. I would do a good job of planning, write a good manuscript, and find a good collection of imitation star videos."
Chen Chain told the Pengpai News reporter that he did not have a team, and the friends in the video were all neighbors in the village. Sometimes I couldn't find someone, so I just built a machine and completed it alone.
is also because of this. When asked what impact the epidemic has on his imitation career, Chen Challeng smiled, "The epidemic has made everyone stay at home, and more people have time to help me act and shoot together."
imitated James' magnesium powder.
In Chen Chaan's words, he is a "person who pursues details and perfection", so he usually shoots a one- or two-minute video for an hour or two. "Time is basically spent on rehearsal with his friends. Sometimes they need to perform and creativity. I have to watch many goals. If I don't feel satisfied, I will shoot again until I am satisfied."
Chen Chaan knows how to grasp the characteristics of these stars, including their movements, expressions, walking postures, and even hairstyles and beard styles. He hopes to be exactly the same.
"Many stars' jerseys are too expensive, and some of them can't be bought even if they want to. And these are just props. I don't have that much money, so many of them are made by myself."
So, when he imitated Rose, he made " dreadlocks " himself; when he imitated Harden, he took a "big beard" on Taobao. When he imitated James, he found a set of "short buzz cut + beard"... As for those jerseys, he simply found ordinary jerseys of the same color and directly pasted them with handwritten numbers.
does not expect that these "simple and crude" props have become another highlight in the video. Many netizens joked while watching the video: "This number is almost blown away by the wind", "Where did you buy the dreadlocks? I also want to make one", "Han Xu's ponytail is too elegant"...
imitates James' dunk.
"I have done all kinds of dirty and tiring work"
Chen Chae can actually start his imitation career from an earlier stage, but when he participated in a basketball game in 2017, his shoulder was accidentally dislocated and he had to undergo surgery, and then he rested for more than a year.
"When I first saw the imitation emperor of the United States, I thought it was very interesting and wanted to try it." Chen challenged himself to recall that before his shoulders were fully recovered, he was already so tight that he "feeled itchy all over his body". Then he set up a liftable basket rack in the open space next to his home and started shooting practice.
"This idea of imitation has been delayed for more than a year, but most things have to start but not start, no delay or delay."
Chen Chae, who is cheerful and humorous in his personality, always says a few meaningful words from time to time when chatting, revealing a maturity that is somewhat inconsistent with the age of 26.
Indeed, for those netizens who only know Chen Challeng through a minute or two of imitation videos, it is difficult for them to understand Chen Challeng’s rich but slightly bitter life experience.
, born in 1994, Chen Chai lived most of his time in Yuntou Village, Xiamen , Xiang'an District, Fujian. This place has always been called the "most beautiful countryside", but Chen Challeng's youthful time is not that "beautiful" .
Chen Challenge Night Run Training.
"I dropped out of high school and went to a waiter at the steak restaurant on Xiamen Island. I also sent flyers, and when I turned 18, I applied to the driving school and then went to a large food company to work as a porter."
Chen Chain did not shy away from talking about his working experience, which inspired him to move forward all the way, "At that time, I moved goods, moved 4 boxes of drinks at a time, and often moved to the sixth and seventh floors without elevators. After working for a year, I only had 2,000 yuan a month. Diversity. "
Later, Chen Chain also helped his family visit a hardware store, opened a company with his relatives to run business, and tried to follow his father's friend to contract the kitchen waste recycling of a five-star hotel. "I still remember the smell in that freezer. Anyway, I have done all kinds of dirty and tiring work, but I feel that there is no future."
The memories of youth, basketball is another part of the unforgettable memory. Chen Chae, who is 184 cm tall, once hoped to make a fortune by relying on basketball, but his serious injury became his biggest enemy.
"I suffered too many injuries before high school. Both hands were broken due to playing balls, and 5 screws were installed on the right shoulder. The most painful thing to be injured is actually my family."
"The love for basketball has flowed into my blood, and it is also because of my love for basketball. After I broke my right hand, I practiced my left hand. Now I can shoot with my left hand in the imitation video."
imitated Jordan.
's favorite imitation video is always the next
However, compared with his life experience in the past few years, Chen Chain's "challenge" was quite successful.
On Douyin alone, Chen Challeng has now more than 440,000 fans. Among more than 90 short videos, most of his imitation videos can win more than 10,000 or 20,000 likes from netizens.
During this period, the documentary "The Last Dance" by Michael Jordan, the "God of Basketball", was popular on the Internet. Chen Chain also took the opportunity to "get a hot spot". The short video of "copying Jordan's classic moment" won him more than 170,000 likes on TikTok.
However, what netizens love most is Boozer imitation video of accidentally hitting the referee's "critical" during the Bulls' period because of celebrating the goal. The single likes of that post have exceeded 400,000.
's popularity in the basketball circle has also brought him a "slight income" on social networks, but none of these has changed his current life. "It's just that everyone knows that I'm a basketball blogger now."
imitates Jordan's final victory.
Since emulating the path of imitation, Chen Chain has been brewing his own "next challenge". "I hope that through imitation, more people can know me, and even some film and television companies can pay attention to me, and then directors will come to me to try some roles."
This is actually his dream, "My biggest dream is to be an actor or singer. I want to be one of the most good artists in the entertainment industry."
Chen Chae once "self-written, directed, acted, sang, self-photo, and self-cut" Zhao Lei 's folk ballad "Don't Want to Grow Up", but because the content is not perfect, he did not publish it. "Maybe after a while, I will publish it."
A friend of his planning watched his own music tape, affirmed his ability, and then asked him to participate in a short video. In the video, he played the "old father" of a basketball boy, accompanying the boy's growth all the way.
"I just go to help, it's all free. I exercise as myself, and I hope to be closer to my dream."
basketball, imitation and short videos... This is Chen's current life. He has many ideas about the future, and his past experiences have made him understand that only by being down-to-earth can he make breakthroughs. Because of this, he still hopes to make more and better imitation videos at this stage.
"I have a lot of imitation videos I like, but my favorite one is always the next one."