When it comes to "singing, dancing, basketball" who is the first person you think of? If you think of Kun Kun, it means you are still young. Some people may think of Yan running script . Back then, he was an absolute high-quality idol. He had his own combination in the entertainment industry, and he was good at acting and singing.
Yan Xingshu's story is actually divided into two parts. One part is his choice, giving up basketball at his peak and making his way into the entertainment industry; the other part is his return, and at the age of 31, he resolutely abandoned his reputation and went to CBA to regain his basketball dream.
10 basketball no one asked about it, a TV series, Tianxia Zhi
1976 Yan Xingshu was born in Taipei City, Taiwan Province, China. He has been undergoing basketball training since elementary school. By high school, he has been a well-known island basketball genius. At the age of 19, he became a member of the Taiwan Professional League team Terry God of War and officially started his own professional basketball journey.
However, at that time, Taiwan's basketball was almost exploring in the dark. He represented Chinese Taipei to participate in the Asian Youth Championship . That year, the new generation of Chinese men's basketball team had risen, and the representative of it was Wang Zhizhi , who was one year younger than Yan Xingshu. He also fought with the young Yao Ming . He was not very good at that time, but he was too tall and he still had to cry after losing the ball.
Since 1997, he has entered the first team of Taipei, China, helping the team win the gold medal in the 1997 East Asian Cup, the 2002 Jones Cup championship, and in 2003 he became the assisting champion of the Asian Championships.
Although he is only 183 cm tall, Yan Xingshu's favorite NBA player is Magic Johnson. "I like the magician's control over the game. His low singles, protection of rebounds, and instigation of fast breaks after grabbing the rebounds all impressed me."
26 should be the peak of a player, Yan Xingshu also enjoys all the applause in the Taiwanese basketball world. , but his strength in Chinese and Taipei is still limited. Compared with baseball , basketball's popularity and love in Taiwan are almost incomparable.
Yan Xingshu realized this problem. There are still many children in Taiwan who don’t like basketball or say they don’t like basketball. So how can young people accept basketball?
Taiwanese idol dramas at that time were in full swing, and the movie " Meteor Garden " almost became the common memory of young men and girls in the era. Therefore, many idol dramas began to enter the TV screen. At this time, a company named Qiao Jieli tried to copy the magic of F4 in Asia.
Qiao Jieli created a group called 5566, and was also planning another group. At that time, idol dramas were popular on campus or domineering themes, , but this time Qiao Jieli fell in love with Yan Xingshu. They wanted to make a different film and add basketball to idol dramas. Is there any trick?
The screenwriter and director found Yan Xingshu. At this time, he was the regular player in Taipei, and was also the absolute core in the club. However, the screenwriter said that the filming of this drama was based on his basketball career, and if this drama could become popular, it would greatly change the "embarrassing" status of basketball in Taiwan. In the end, Yan Xingshu, who had no acting experience, agreed.
27 entered the entertainment industry, posting albums, shooting TV and experiencing different lives
The drama is called "MVP Lover ". Yan Xingshu is the first male lead, and the heroine is the Angela Chang , which rose rapidly back then. "I didn't pay so many people to pay attention when I played basketball. I didn't expect that the influence of this idol drama was so great. Many children fell in love with basketball because of this drama."
In the end, the drama became the ratings champion of Taiwanese idol dramas in 2002 with a rating of 5.2. In the Asian Championships in 2003, Yan Xingshu averaged 4.7 assists per game and became the assist king of the tournament. The championship in that year was won by the Chinese men's basketball team. Yao Ming became the MVP. Taipei in China only ranked 11th. The entire Taiwan basketball was in a trough. Xinjiang Guanghui originally wanted to sign him, but the club he was in was reselling at that time and was basically not interested in these transfer matters.
27-year-old Yan Xingshu stood at the crossroads of life. On one side is the fame and fortune market in the entertainment industry, enjoying all the applause and cheers, and on the other side is the basketball court. Although he has worked hard enough, no one often applauds. In addition, he is injured again, maybe it is really time for him to switch to the track. In the era when Taiwanese idol dramas were popular, Yan Xingshu became the captain of the idol boy group 183club. Among the members, there were Ming Dao, Wang Shaowei and . After that, he began to act, sing and host frequently.
Someone once asked him: "Which one prefers for acting career or basketball?"
He replied: "Let me choose, I definitely like basketball more. After all, I am a professional basketball player first, and an artist second. Acting is just a supplement to my playing basketball. I think it's great to have a new attempt!"
gave him the biggest impression in the entertainment industry that he can experience the lives of different people. "I once hosted a program and needed to go to every corner of Taiwan, where ordinary people can't go, and I can still do it. Concerts in different places, shows and filming are too rich compared to players. "
31 joined the CBA at the age of 731 and went back to set out for three years
Back then, he gave himself three years to see a different world. He thought he would return to the basketball court at the age of 30. When his mentor Gujixiong recommended Yan Xingshu to the Yunnan team in 2007, the Yunnan team's attitude was still very hesitant. Although the team's seasonal performance was at the bottom and many guards were short of personnel, can a player who has not appeared in the professional court for three years do?
After passing the trial, Yunnan's idea was half based on the team's strength, and half was to sell more penalty tickets based on Yan Xingshu's fame.
In order to return to the stadium, he didn't care how much money he could earn. Compared to the entertainment industry, his salary in Yunnan was only one-tenth of that in the entertainment industry, but he still came, and he came without hesitation.
Finally signing Yan Xingshu is undoubtedly a profit for Yunnan. "I often sign autographs for the audience on the stadium, but I can't tell the difference between them. They are my fans and movie fans, because they both call me my name and call me the names of the characters in the TV series."
Even away games in Yunnan can attract many fans. Sometimes, sometimes warm up on the stadium, suddenly some fans come to sign autographs. "They are more enthusiastic, no matter when the coach talks about tactics, he They will all come here, I hope they can have more people pay attention to basketball. This is a good thing for me and the CBA."
Yan Xingshu was a Taiwanese player who established a foothold in the CBA earlier. Since then, Lin Zhijie, Li Xuelin and others have been setting new records here. can contribute 8.1 points and 5.2 assists per game throughout the season. His assists are still stable and he once made the top three in the league. In front of him were Liu Wei, the national team point guards of the men's basketball team at that time, and Lu Xiaoming . Finally, he was selected for the All-Star Game.
is a surprise enough for a veteran who has been away from the stadium for three years, but in the end he did not renew his contract with the team and joined the Shanghai Men's Basketball Team in 2009.
retired and became a coach, and gave birth to a daughter without marriage at the age of 46. Finally, 34-year-old Yan Xingshu retired in Shanghai. He did not choose to return to the entertainment industry but became the team's assistant coach. He still likes basketball more and he also wants to train the next generation of players. He continues to coach in Taiwan's basketball industry. From the university team to the professional team, Yan Xingshu still maintains his idolatry, but he is already a complete coach.
2022 Yan Xingshu is 46 years old. Regarding his life, there are only rumors that were rumored when he filmed "MVP Lover" with Angela Chang. He is still not married yet, and even who his partner is still mysterious. In May of that year, he suddenly announced that he became a father. He already has a daughter, former idol, strict coach, new dad...
He once evaluated himself as a "first-class player, second-rate actor, third-rate singer". The former female fans may rarely know that he was the assisting king of the 2003 Asian Championships. He entered the best team in the Taiwan League for many consecutive seasons. He is an idol and a player. For basketball to start again, he switched the track in the choice of fate. Every time he made a beautiful move. Now that he is a father, Yan Xingshu has lost his idol's halo, and basketball is his favorite.
