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In 2001, Wang Chengsi, a young man from Taiyuan, stepped onto the campus of the Beijing Film Academy.
Three years later, Zhang Yiming, a young man in Anshan, also became a member of the Central Academy of Drama.
At that time, they all had a passion for acting and a vision for the future.
But are actors' dreams really as good as they think?
As the saying goes, art students who can enter well-known film and television colleges are all one in a hundred, and the dragon and phoenix among the people are the dragon and phoenix.
However, admission to film school does not mean that you can become a star, and the more slim thing than getting an admission letter is fame, and there are many unknown actors in the class.
Survey data show that only 5% of professional art colleges are engaged in performing arts after graduation.
Fortunately and unfortunately, for a long time, Wang Chengsi and Zhang Yiming were downstream of this 5%.
01. Embark on the path of an actor
In 1983, Wang Chengsi was born in an ordinary family in Shanxi Province.
When he was a child, Wang Chengsi was very introverted, did not like to talk, and could stay alone in the bedroom all day.
The parents looked at it and worried that their child would develop into autism in this way for a long time, so they let him go to an acting class.
Wang Chengsi, who was originally introverted, was actually opened by the acting class, and his temperament became active.
What his parents did not expect was that the acting class really made Wang Chengsi fall in love with acting, and a seed called "Actor's Dream" took root in his heart.
Since then, whenever there has been a literary and artistic performance in the school, Wang Chengsi's figure has been indispensable.
When he was in middle school, he rushed into the Beijing Film Academy with a lot of enthusiasm.
In 2005, Wang Chengsi graduated, and in about the same time, Zhang Yiming, a young man in Anshan, entered the Central Academy of Drama.
Like Wang Chengsi, Zhang Yiming's personality as a child was not very active.
My father was working at the bank at that time, and Zhang Yiming was attending kindergarten in the bank's kindergarten.
Once, the teacher asked the children to prepare a program for the parents working in the bank.
It was Zhang Yiming's turn to play, and the father looked at his son expectantly.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he got on the stage, Zhang Yiming was confused, stood on the stage for ten minutes, and did not say a word.
Finally the teacher hugged him down with an embarrassed face.
The audience whispered, and a leader said directly to Zhang Yiming's father: "You child, you will definitely not be an actor in the future." ”
Unexpectedly, this leader actually reversed the prophecy.
A few years later, Zhang Yiming was successfully admitted to the Central Academy of Drama.
02. Become a comedian
However, admission to film school does not mean that one succeeds.
The actor's dream has always been so, close, I don't feel beautiful.
Even among students who graduate from the class, there are many people who are unemployed after graduation.
Unfortunately, Wang Chengsi and Zhang Yiming are most likely among these students.
In terms of looks, in the entertainment circle of handsome men, they obviously have no advantage.
If you want to get ahead by acting alone, you have less opportunities and luck.
In 2005, Wang Chengsi, who had just graduated, starred in the TV series "Life and Death Together", in which he played a small and inconspicuous role.
After performing this play, Wang Chengsi felt a little confused, because he didn't know where to go in the future, could he only be on the edge of this circle for the rest of his life?
It was at this time that his college classmate Wei Xiang found him and invited him to play a role in the drama "Happy Twist 4".
After acting in "Happy Twist 4", Wang Chengsi starred in "Teasing the Landlord".
After this, Wang Chengsi signed a contract with Happy Twist and was completely rooted in comedy.
After becoming a comedian, Wang Chengsi grew up his long hair and beard, and made himself into the image of a stupid man.
Since then, a drama stage has become Wang Chengsi's practice ground, where he has accumulated a deep foundation in comedy.
However, in the show business world, comedy has never entered the mainstream, and the comedy stage is a secluded place.
From the step of "being recognized by the audience", Wang Chengsi still has a long way to go.
Fortunately, Wang Chengsi did not follow the wrong company.
In 2015, a "Charlotte Troubles" became the biggest dark horse of the year, gaining the laughter of the audience and allowing Happy Twist to break into the field of commercial films.
Wang Chengsi's little twist flowers also have the opportunity to be familiar in front of the audience.
Of course, as a non-core figure of Happy Twist, Wang Chengsi's foothold is still a small role.
In "Charlotte Troubles", Wang Chengsi plays the role of Si Si, a classmate in Charlotte's class.
Although the character has a name, the meaning of existence is at best a background board.
However, in 2017's "Shy Iron Fist", Wang Chengsi finally had the opportunity to speak.
However, the character only has a short three minutes from appearance to receiving the box lunch.
In it, he plays Xiu Nian's brother, with a long hair that is shiny and smooth, wearing a flowing white robe, with a bloated figure, and earning enough laughter from the audience with his witty appearance as soon as he appears.
In order to show how to stick the flyer on the moving vehicle, Xiu Nian lightly tapped his feet on the ground and took off into the air and flew to a large truck.
Suddenly, everyone sighed, "The little fat man still has a few skills!" ”
Unexpectedly, the next second Xiunian was hit by a large truck and hit the ground, screaming for his life and receiving a box lunch.
But to Wang Chengsi's surprise, it was such a character who played three minutes and went offline, which made him a little fire.
On the seventh day of the movie's release, the hot search list hung the title of "Show Thought Seven", which had 100,000 views.
Although today,000 "100,000 views" is not a jaw-dropping amount, it is already valuable for Wang Chengsi, who has been a green leaf for ten years.
The little actor finally revealed the sharp corners.
After that, Wang Chengsi starred in the cockfighting eye security guard in "Detective Chinatown 2", and during the filming process, he had to keep the cockfighting eye at all times.
Sometimes after the play, Wang Chengsi could not adjust for a moment and a half, afraid that his two eyes would be fixed like this.
You see, although the roles are all small people, the efforts behind them are compared with the starring actors.
Like Wang Chengsi, Zhang Yiming is also an actor who came out of the stage.
Before Zhang Yiming worked for Wang Duoyu, he was a member of the Aixiao Conference Room.
The comedian's path is the result of Zhang Yiming's active choice.
Zhang Yiming has a clear understanding of his own conditions, and he feels that he is not a big handsome guy who can eat by his appearance, and naturally he cannot take the idol route.
Looks and temperament also have no characteristics, can not be a special actor, can not take the curve to save the country route.
But the good thing is that Zhang Yiming has quite an idea of acting and creation, and has a passion for creation, and under comprehensive consideration, he chose the path of comedy.
In 2010, Zhang Yiming joined Liaoning Satellite TV's "Love To Laugh Conference Room", both as a creative director and an actor, and he was indispensable in front of and behind the scenes.
Creating comedy is not an easy task, shaking baggage can make the audience happy, but it is not easy to come up with a baggage.
Sometimes, for a small detail, Zhang Yiming has to consider for half a day, thinking about paragraphs day and night, and the pressure is bursting.
Under such high-intensity work, it is difficult for the body to eat.
In the most serious case, Zhang Yiming was hospitalized because of retinal detachment.
The cause is because of staying up late for a long time, living irregularly, and stressing.
At that time, Zhang Yiming saw a doctor alone, and he waited for the operation alone, and the feelings of tension, loss, and loneliness all came to mind at this time.
Emperor Tian did not pay off, Zhang Yiming and his teammates performed a funny story, making the audience laugh forward and backward.
In Zhang Yiming's view, this is the best reward, and it is also these hearty laughs that support him on the road of comedy.
There is no unbroken feast in the world, the love laughing conference room ended in dissolution, and Zhang Yiming lost a stage to show himself.
But gold will always shine, and talented people will not be buried.
In 2016, Bao Bell visited the door and let Zhang Yiming play the role of a bird in "Joyful Secret Agent".
At the same time, Zhang Yiming is also one of the screenwriters.
In 2017, Zhang Yiming starred in "The Sewing Machine Band", the film was well received, and his film path was tepid.
03. Meet in happy twist
In 2018, a "Richest Man in Xihong" allowed Zhang Yiming to meet Wang Chengsi.
In "The Richest Man in Xihong", Shen Teng is still particularly troubled.
In the play, Wang Duoyu, played by Shen Teng, suddenly appeared a deceased second grandfather, allowing him to inherit a 30 billion inheritance, but the premise was to spend a billion yuan in one month.
How to spend this billion in a short period of time and avoid making money, Wang Duoyu was puzzled, and thought of his unreliable friend - Zhuang Qiang.
The actor of this Zhuang Qiang is Zhang Yiming.
Although this person is stupid and incompetent, it is exactly in line with Wang Duoyu's wishes.
Wang Duoyu promoted Zhuang Qiang to his right and left arm, and let him invest in projects with his own wishes, the purpose of which was to let Zhuang Qiang help him lose money.
The perspective shifts.
Before Wang Duoyu became rich, although the two were difficult brothers and sisters, their friendship was equal and sincere.
With the sudden wealth of Wang Duoyu, Zhuang Qiang also ascended to heaven and became a red man in front of the richest man, completing the road of di si counterattack.
Overnight, the big gold chain and small watch were added, and Zhuang Qiang also became dressed up.
Both squeamish and flattering.
Being ridiculed for his dog's legs, he was at first resentful.
But after hearing that Wang Duoyu promoted himself to CEO, he was extremely ecstatic and said: "Today I want you people who look down on me to see, is there nothing wrong with being a dog?" ”
Then I learned to bark.
It is worth mentioning that Zhang Yiming interprets the sense of sadness and irony on this character very well.
Soon after, Zhuang Qiang brought his elementary school classmate Dacai to Wang Duoyu.
Wang Duoyu turned his head to look at The Great Wisdom with a stupid look, and was extremely surprised, thinking that he would be able to help him lose money, and immediately hired him.
The first major feat of Wolong Fengchi was to buy a bunch of rotten tail buildings, which I thought was a project that lost money, but I didn't expect this pile of rotten tail buildings to be acquired.
Wang Duoyu's account suddenly had another billion, and the difficulty of the challenge escalated.
After the release of the film, "Wolong Phoenix" became a classic meme in the movie, and the audience ridiculed Wolong Phoenix chicks into a derogatory term.
Zhang Yiming, who plays Zhuang Qiang, and Wang Chengsi, who plays a great clever, are also well known to the audience.
Wolong Phoenix Chicks brought joy to everyone, but during the filming process, neither of them was easy.
Before starring in "The Richest Man in Xihong", Zhang Yiming was not so fat, and in order to play the role of silly, he gained 40 pounds in a short period of time.
Wang Chengsi worked harder.
In order to achieve the effect of one-eye strabismus, during the whole process of filming, he wore a special pupil film, looking at everything confused, and the cornea was injured and engorged.
04. Development after "The Richest Man in Xihong"
Relying on the Wolong Phoenix Chick, Wang Chengsi and Zhang Yiming briefly caught fire.
But after bidding farewell to The Great Wisdom and Zhuang Qiang, they still continued the road of supporting roles.
In 2021, Wang Chengsi ushered in a small climax in his career.
In the hit drama "Son-in-law", Wang Chengsi gained attention for playing the role of "Geng Guard".
This character has a complete personality portrayal, flesh and blood, people are pleasing, and they wholeheartedly protect the young lady and aunt.
Rough on the outside, but soft and cute on the inside, the hobby is to read the love book.
For Wang Chengsi, this is a rare opportunity and an unprecedented challenge.
Judging from the results, he did it, and after the broadcast of "Son-in-law", Geng Nursing Home was loved by everyone, and Wang Chengsi also ushered in the first real highlight moment of his acting career.
On this side, Zhang Yiming still lacks a little good luck.
In 2020, he starred in "My Hometown and Me", in which he played Longhair.
In August 2020, the movie "Deep Love" starring him was released, but it did not stir up much splash.
Since then, Zhang Yiming has starred in works such as "Legend of the Grand Hotel" and "Little Brother Wu", all of which have been well received.
Ten years after his debut, he is still a supporting role, will Zhang Yiming feel resentful about this?
I don't think so, when he first entered the industry, he found his own position, resolutely embarked on the road of comedy, and was willing to be a green leaf.
And Wang Chengsi, who has been working for more than ten years and is looking forward to a "Son-in-law", will not be proud and complacent because of small achievements.
He said: "Actors should be clear about their own positioning, which is the way to survive in this line. For me, it's good to be a golden supporting role. ”
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