The entertainment industry in 2016 has let us see many special cases and impossibilities, one of which can be said to be: a very young and popular new generation of small students who suddenly became popular in niche network dramas. Wang Bowen is also a member of this new generation of small students, born in 1994, in 2013 participated in "Happy Male Voice" to win the national top 30, and then launched a series of singles official debut, 3 years later, in the network movie "Force Majeure", he ushered in an outbreak with the role of introverted Shu Nian. Behind him, there is a special story: athlete born, 6 years old to learn table tennis, 7 years old into the Liaoning provincial team known as the "champion camp", 13 years old into the provincial team of professional team, the results are top-notch, many times won the national junior table tennis championship, but finally because of the national team head coach Liu Guoliang's words, decided not to play, "I want to sing" sound, in his chest burst out a huge sound.
Written | Kwan Min-kai
(Nandu Entertainment Weekly reporter)
Photography/Retouching | Kkfeng
Recording finishing | Zhuang Rulin
(Intern)
Wang Bowen's memory of table tennis began at the age of 6, when he was in poor health, his father, a table tennis player, took him to the table. In a year's time, he entered the Liaoning Provincial Table Tennis Team. In the eyes of the little man, the sports school is a huge building, "here is the table tennis hall, downstairs is the gymnastics hall, upstairs is the badminton hall, next to the volleyball hall, almost all sports have."
The professional hierarchy within the sports school is meticulously divided and the competition is fierce. "According to your level, there will be professional teams and professional training teams. The total number of people in the table tennis team is about several hundred, and there are usually about 20 people in each team. "People who can't play well and can't be promoted will be eliminated," you start from the fourth team, the first two can go to the third team, the last two of the third team will fall, there will be this ranking every week, every six months there is a big adjustment, play a big round robin together, and then repeat. ”
He was the fastest improving of the same batch of kids who went into the provincial team to practice ping-pong, and entered the professional team at the age of 13. But for playing table tennis, he is not a stubborn child to the extreme. Zhang Jike lost the fight when he was a child, even if he cried, he had to insist on pulling his opponent to continue to fight until he won the battle. The 22-year-old boy in front of him, his tone of voice is slow, and he does not see much aggression on his body.
He knows himself very well, "I am not so competitive, I am more docile, for example, the two of us are good friends, I have a very good relationship with you, but if you win the game you will be angry, maybe I will let you." 」 As a good athlete, you have to have the heart to win, but I may be a little softer, so I feel that I am not suitable for being an athlete. “
The fuse that finally made him decide not to play again was a remark from Liu Guoliang, the head coach of the national table tennis team. In 2009, as an outstanding player from Liaoning Province, he was selected to participate in the national team training, standing among the players selected from all over the country, looking up at Coach Liu Guoliang. This table tennis god, who is himself a world champion and has brought out many world champions, is looking serious, "You have to think about it carefully, now is the moment when you hit the pyramid tip of the table tennis team, the first point, you must first recognize whether you have taken table tennis as your future career; second, do you like to play table tennis, not only like this simple, you also have to be obsessed, every day to study how to play this ball well, or obsessed to the dream that you wake up from playing ball." Have you ever dreamed of becoming a world champion? ”
This passage struck Wang Bowen's heart like lightning, so much so that he remembered it for many years. I didn't have any of what Coach Liu Guoliang said. So what do I want to do? I dreamed of being a singer as an actor, and in the campus singer competition in the team, I was the first place every time, and my classmates at that time said that I could sing. As a professional athlete, Wang Bowen faced more obstacles than others when he made this decision, and his father and coach always hoped that he could reverse his attitude, but he made up his mind, and the good-tempered child broke out for the first time, facing his father and coach, "I don't want to play again, I must pursue a dream!" ”
Nandu Entertainment X Wang Bowen
"I'm very eager to fall in love"
"Doing a good job now is the best plan for the future"
Nandu Entertainment: The 2015 event only had 4 fans, have you ever wondered what to do if you do this in the future?
Wang Bowen: I really haven't thought about it that much, but I have a big goal, if I don't have too many works at the age of 30, then I will consider whether I am not suitable for the entertainment industry. I didn't think about which goal I had to achieve, because I liked to sing, and if there was still no masterpiece by the age of 30, I would continue to do it, but I would also do something else, such as the store I always liked, after all, I still have to live. For me, as long as I can sing and everywhere is the stage, I don't think too much about the future, but now I am happy to insist on doing what I like.
Nandu Entertainment: Is the role of Shu Nian in "Force Majeure" like yourself? Wang Bowen: Shu Nian is not like myself at all, it is also the first time I have challenged a role that I have nothing in common with myself, before acting, the role played is more or less similar to me, so it is a big challenge for me, that is, I want to let go of myself and treat me as Shu Nian that person, which is the first time I interpret a role, so it is quite stressful. Although Shu Nian looks weak on the surface, he actually has a lot of strength in his bones, he is very strong, better than those who are strong on the surface, he has more perseverance.
Nandu Entertainment: Did the novel hit your tears? Wang Bowen: I have read and listened to it once, and I have used many ways to understand this book. Maybe my tear point is relatively high, and generally I don't cry in front of outsiders, I didn't cry when I read the novel, but I cried when I watched the film.
Nandu Entertainment: It should be quite difficult for you and Meng Rui to cultivate a relationship, right? Wang Bowen: At that time, the director asked everyone to get along with the script every day, and then we ate privately to discuss the script, and you couldn't be unfamiliar with the emotional things, so the director first let us get acquainted with it at that time, often went out together, and during that time we were basically together every day, so we were quite quick to integrate into it. And including my Taurus, he Capricorn is quite compatible, and he has common hobbies and is more talkative.
"Wait until the career is almost serious and then find a girlfriend"
Nandu Entertainment: In real life, what kind of state are you in your relationship? Wang Bowen: Because I was in the team before, I was in contact with boys and no girls, and I didn't have any emotional experience in college. If I were originally friends and then had a long-term relationship, I might choose to give silently, and if I fell in love at first sight, I might be the one who confessed.
Nandu Entertainment: Are you 22 years old now and eager to fall in love? Wang Bowen: I am very eager, because many of my friends around me are married now, some younger than me are married, and I myself like children, but I feel that at this stage, I can't take on the responsibility of marriage, and I may not be able to be a good husband and father. My love motto is: "Love that doesn't presuppose marriage is hooliganism." "So I have not had a girlfriend, at this stage I can not take care of myself, there is no way to take care of her, so let's first maintain the current stage, and then seriously find a girlfriend when the career side is relatively more stable."
Nandu Entertainment: You wouldn't even have a serious first love, would you?
Wang Bowen: During college, it was a crush, and I don't know if it was a first love.
Nandu Entertainment: Why didn't you catch her? Wang Bowen: No, it is a friend, there is no break between each other, and then she went abroad, and I also began to chase my musical dream and choose the path of singing, in fact, sometimes friends are a lifetime.
Nandu Entertainment: What type of girls do you like?
Wang Bowen: Lori's appearance, the heart of a woman.
Nandu Entertainment: Why do you delete things so often in seconds? Everyone calls you "seconds to delete white". Wang Bowen: Because sometimes after posting, I find that I forgot to add the topic... I will watch some of the things sent by my fan group, and I have observed that they will stay up late to hit the list, for example, our daily goal is 5 million, and then hope that today can be completed, many people have been voting for that thing, staying up late and not sleeping, but I send a click rate that may go up immediately, and today I can achieve the task early, so I also hope that they can go to bed early, don't stay up late, I try to add topics every time, but because I don't have this habit, so after a shot, "Oh yo forget to add, they have to stay up late again." ", I quickly deleted and re-added, generally because the format is not correct to delete, hahahahahaha
Nandu Entertainment: More and more fans support, how do you feel in your heart?
Wang Bowen: I just think that I can do something for them, so in addition to thanks, I can only produce some more of my works, more film and television works so that they can see me, let them quickly see me is the best return for them.
Nandu Entertainment: Why call yourself "Dog Brother"? Wang Bowen: Because the surname is Wang, Taurus is a dog, and then everyone calls me Wang Jin Dog, and after Wang Jin Dog they call away, and then everyone calls me "Dog Brother". After that, I asked everyone why they called me Wang Jin Dog, and they said that the dog is your zodiac sign and can't be changed, you change it from your genes! How to change the taurus, the constellation is not divided into water like earth, Taurus is the earth sign, then you are called the king earth dog, my God, it is better to call the king golden dog, at least there is a golden tortoise (laughs).
Nandu Entertainment: Do you have any nicknames?
Wang Bowen: Xiao Bai, Dog Brother, Wang Zong. Wang always because one day the staff called me Wang Zong, I feel very cool, feel particularly rich, have rights, want to cover who covers who, want to fire who can also be fired, can also buy all the companies, Wang always seems to me so noble. And at that time, one of my dramas "Instrument Spirit" was also being broadcast, in the play I played a president called Bai Zong, I said that I would call me Wang Zong in the future, it was very cool to call people this name, and later it was also called open by everyone, so everyone now calls me Wang Zong, Xiao Bai and Dog Brother are now in the second line (laughs).
Nandu Entertainment: Why is it called XiaoBai?
Wang Bowen: When I first entered the Liaoning table tennis team, I was the youngest and whitest in the team, and everyone gave me a nickname called Xiao Bai.
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