In May last year, as a mathematics teacher at the junior high school of Guangzhou No. 1 Middle School, Chen Kaizhou became popular on the Internet for his high-value photos. For a time, Chen Kaizhou's Weibo and Douyin fans soared, and he was also named "the most handsome math teacher in Guangzhou".
In April this year, Chen Kaizhou officially joined Emperor Entertainment. In the process of insisting on teaching, he began to learn, participate in the company's training, and learn to become a qualified artist. On November 27, Chen Kaizhou released his first single "Mathematical Life" after joining Emperor Entertainment, which was released online for less than 4 hours on the same day, soaring to Weibo hot search TOP1 and entertainment list TOP1.
Recently, Chen Kaizhou was interviewed by Nandu and shared his life after signing the company, Li Keqin, Gu Juji, Xie Tingfeng and other brothers and sisters are the goals of his efforts, and the sister Rong Zu'er taught himself the most is self-confidence. In addition to releasing new songs, Chen Kaizhou also participated in the filming of a movie during the summer vacation, and is expected to meet the audience in March or April next year.
1 New song
Words related to mathematics, that's what only I can write
"Mathematical Life" is Chen Kaizhou's first single after joining Emperor Entertainment, and it is also the first work that Chen Kaizhou has participated in. The first time the song was on the hot search, Chen Kaizhou directly called "quite unexpected". Regarding the creation of the song, Chen Kaizhou, as a math teacher, wrote the lyrics for the first time, and completed the lyrics together with Teacher Song Yang, and handed over a satisfactory answer sheet.
Southern Metropolis Daily: I saw that you have lyrics for this new song, which ones were written by yourself?
Chen Kaizhou: Basically, there are special terms for mathematics, such as chicken and rabbit in the same cage, vector ah number series, these things that everyone knows are mathematical things that I added to it when you listen to it, and there are some situations that everyone knows, such as physical education class is often robbed by math class. Some of the life questions were filled in by Teacher Song. Basically, it is some boring things about mathematics, not only wrong and right, these things are some of my feelings.
Nandu: Did you write Teacher Song first to help, or did the two of you discuss it together?
Chen Kaizhou: I'll write first. Because at that time I told the company that the song I thought was basically about math, and the company said that only you could write it (laughs). It may involve some getting along with students, I will be more familiar with it, at that time I wrote a version, wrote a version and then handed it to Teacher Song, he helped me before and after the correction, segmentation, rhyme, he helped me do this.
Nandu: The response to the song was very good, it was on the hot search, do you know what mood you were in at that time?
Chen Kaizhou: It was quite unexpected, because at that time, when I saw the hot search, in fact, the entry "Don't all choose C" was also a term that we thought about for a long time at that time, and maybe everyone would have more resonance. Why did I choose to release it on the 27th, because I used this song to compete when I participated in the Walk of Fame annual competition this year, and it was not officially released at the time, and I used the first half of the song to compete, and then just when the show aired on the night of the 27th, we released it on the 27th. Just happened to be very coincidental, some friends asked me, you collided with the national examination today (song) and tomorrow, at that time did not pay attention to this thing, it felt quite coincidental, maybe the click rate went up like this, I think it is also an opportunity, very lucky.
Nandu: "Mathematical Life" is very much in line with his identity, so where do you want to sing or sing in what way after that?
Chen Kaizhou: In fact, after this song came out, I had a second idea, if I have the opportunity to produce the next song, I hope to try Cantonese songs, lyrical Cantonese songs, is also another direction.
2 Dual identity
Artists and teachers, how to balance?
In addition to the artist, Chen Kaizhou has also attracted much attention because of his status as a junior high school math teacher. Chen Kaizhou, who is engaged in acting while being a teacher, is undoubtedly the "slash youth" among the young population now. In addition to the fresh experience, the two-sided identity brings him fatigue and pressure, but Chen Kaizhou said: "I will measure it myself, if there is a conflict, it will definitely be based on the school side."
Nandu: I heard that the classes have been transferred now, have the normal classes stopped before?
Chen Kaizhou: Yes, because now the school also measures my time, and I am now in the kind of half class, the kind of second class that our school has on Wednesday afternoon.
Nandu: When did you start adjusting?
Chen Kaizhou: This semester. But there are some teachers who may just take leave, and I will also go to help and help him in class. The main thing is the number of students in the second class, and there are some classifications of topics, some explanations outside the classroom, that is, the practical class between classes on Wednesday afternoon.
Nandu: The last time I saw you was in April or May, was this time studying or preparing?
Chen Kaizhou: During that time, I participated in company training and was still teaching in April. That time was actually very tiring, and I came back to the company training immediately after the class, prepared for the class in the evening, and went to class again the next day. Then in the summer, I went to participate in the filming of a movie, and then to this semester, this semester began to have a normal way to improve their skills, to learn, to precipitate, but also to cooperate with the school work normally, to give lessons to students, to the present. Then a song came out halfway through, and it was busy for a long time.
Nandu: You are now in a big class, teaching a lot of students, how to talk to students about star dreams?
Chen Kaizhou: In fact, I don't know if they have a star dream, maybe some people will have, one of the points I talked to them the most is that I know that each of them has their own interests, and it is possible to become what kind of person they want to be, sometimes chatting with their parents will also say, let them not give up what they are interested in now, tell them that interest is the best teacher, since they are interested, you can take time to maintain this interest, and later they will find that the persistence at that time is useful. The day after tomorrow, I also just prepared a big class with the theme of dreams to go with them, which is also a theme arranged by the school for me, I just happened to talk about how I went from middle school to now, to the teacher, to the artist, made some trade-offs in the middle, and finally if I insist on the work of the artist, because the artist is also my previous dream, how many things you have to give up how much you have to pay, I will measure these things with them.
3 Goal planning
I hope to have my own Cantonese single
As a native of Chaoshan Tsai, born and raised in Guangzhou, Chen Kaizhou has a special sense of belonging to Cantonese songs. Li Keqin, Gu Juji, and Nicholas Tse were all his goals, and when he mentioned his favorite Cantonese song, he excitedly shouted "'Heart Light'!" For the future work plan, he is even more blunt: singing must reach the level of everyone's impression of our company, and hope to have a Cantonese single of his own.
Nandu: You grew up in Guangzhou?
Chen Kaizhou: I grew up in Guangzhou, but I am a Chaoshan native.
Nandu: So you still have more feelings for Cantonese songs?
Chen Kaizhou: Yes, after all, this side of Guangdong will actually listen, whether it is a program or a song.
Nandu: So what songs did you listen to before? If you had to choose, which direction and style would you prefer to be?
Chen Kaizhou: In terms of style, I actually like the songs of Teacher Li Keqin and Teacher Gu Juji, as well as the songs of Sister Zu'er, but I can't sing those songs (laughs).
Nandu: Li Keqin Gu Juji They all belong to the singing skills are better, so what do you think is useful for you to learn during this time when you are studying and training to sing?
Chen Kaizhou: Because before I joined Emperor Entertainment, I didn't really go to vocal training, and I loved it before. When you really learn these things from a professional point of view, you will find that there are really ways to make you progress. I used to think that singing is innate, maybe some people are born to sing, some people are born not to sing, I found that singing can really be learned through tuning. What I learned the most after I came in was my vocal part and one of my hard parts, and how my true and false voice conversion force could be better, before and after the sound, these are very exquisite. So I also slowly learned something, and it takes more time to reach the level of these emperors' predecessors.
Nandu: So have you been in contact with them now?
Chen Kaizhou: Yes, sometimes they will be met in some place of work or in a company in Beijing on some occasions.
Nandu: Did they give you some guidance?
Chen Kaizhou: Yes, because they are actually very supportive of us newcomers, teachers and disciples, and I hope we can quickly become popular (laughs), they will all provide great help, because they are very experienced. I have seen more of my sister Zu'er, and she will also teach me very directly how to sing. What she taught me the most was self-confidence, because there was a time when I found out that they sang so well, and it was a little unconfident, but confidence was also given to me by them.
Nandu: Is there any job that I want to fight for in the future? Do you have some more specific plans or ideas?
Chen Kaizhou: I hope that first of all, the singing aspect must reach the level that everyone has an impression of me, and then when filming, I hope that I can slowly try different characters and roles, I can slowly improve my acting skills, participate in some very good dramas, I hope to see my performance on the screen, I am looking forward to it.
Nandu: When it comes to human design, what kind of positioning or human design do you want yourself to be?
Chen Kaizhou: In fact, The current achievements of Brother Nicholas Tse are something I would like to learn, because he is an artist who I think has developed well in many aspects, and I think it is very rare. And he cooks so delicious (laughs), I think it's rare. But now I am slowly doing one thing at a time, I can't say that I will achieve his achievements in a short period of time, but if I want to set an ultimate goal, I hope to learn and improve with Master Xie Tingfeng as the goal.
Nandu: You are a representative of the new artists in the Greater Bay Area, how do you see the future prospects of the Greater Bay Area in terms of music?
Chen Kaizhou: Because in the Greater Bay Area, I think Cantonese songs will be carried forward, and I like Zu'erjie's "Heart Light" the most, because Cantonese songs are really good.
Written by: Nandu reporter Ding Huifeng intern Mei Lingshuang