Interview/Author: Hirsch Tong
A makeshift lounge at a studio in The Blue Harbor is simply separated from the hall by a roll-up with movie posters, where the air inside and out is blended together. I stood outside looking intently at the posters, and through the palm-wide gap I saw a boy and several girls sitting on either side of the couch.
The girl said, "I'll go back on the train tonight." ”
The boy said, "You're going back today?" ”
"Yes." Another girl said: "Your dress today is too informal. ”
The boy laughed and said, "This is my own, they prepared me a little big, I wore my own." ”
They are very much like friends gathering, chatting, taking photos, saying goodbye, and finally waving at each other and saying, "Then let's go." If it wasn't known in advance, who would have thought that this was the so-called "little fresh meat" and his fans?
The boy is the star of the movie "Twenty Years Old" Ye Zicheng, the day was his film premiere, the girls as fan representatives rushed to the car overnight to witness his shining moment. When I saw them, I suddenly realized that idols and fans can get along so peacefully and simply.
No need to chase, because he will not dodge; no need to secretly shoot, because he will shoot you generously; there is no need to scream to attract his attention, because he stands there, looking tenderly at the girls who are holding up the signs for him, everyone is in his eyes.
Director Liu Chang and Ye Zicheng collaborated on two plays, and his evaluation of him was: "He is very polite, very provocative, and often bullied by people in the crew." ”
How can you be "bullied"?
When I asked this question, Ye Zicheng smiled shyly, "In fact, it is not bullying me, or everyone looks at me as more withdrawn and deliberately teases me." When he said these words, there was no slightest feeling of discomfort. This man is not lethal, and no matter what way others get along with him, he will return with a humble and gentle attitude.
In this circle of popular outliers, everyone is flaunting their difference. People are especially convinced that they will have an extraordinary life when they are young, rolling red dust and leaving their lives independent. Can go to the moon for nine days, and can call the wind and rain on the cusp of the wind and waves. However, Ye Zicheng said: "My life trajectory is a flat line."
Perhaps Ye Zicheng has the cognition beyond his own age, crossing the mountains and rivers and the sea, and understanding before us that the ordinary is the only answer. In fact, people's lives do not have to go through vicissitudes, can immerse themselves in the fireworks of the world, in the flashy world to be a simple reverse traveler, which is more praiseworthy than to go with the flow. In this circle, some people are famous in watching; some people are watching over pixiang; Ye Zicheng is in watching the original heart.
Miao ren Ye Zi Cheng, you are not bland.
Editor-in-chief notes
Wonderful Show NO.005
01
I wanted to be a hero and then became a trainee
Ye Zi Is Sincere in Sincerity
Ye Zicheng's father worked in the fire department, and when Ye Zicheng was young, he felt that firefighters were a very sacred profession, and he envisioned growing up to be a firefighting hero.
"Then how did you become a trainee?" I ask this question and don't really expect an answer. Because most of the time, the other party will avoid the details and summarize it with the four words "serendipity". But Ye Zicheng replied seriously: "Because of my poor academic performance, I ran to study art and took the road of art." ”
I relaxed, and I knew that the interviewee was real and sincere. He wasn't defensive about anything, or deliberately disguised himself.
I said, "You're doing a good job with your fans?" ”
He said: "Yes, everyone is like friends, I don't have many fans anyway, I know them all." ”
I said, "I hear you don't want to sing?" ”
He said, "Yes, because I don't sing very well, dancing is ok." ”
Before the interview, the staff especially reminded that his personality was a bit jumpy and might not be able to keep up. After contacting Ye Zicheng, I understood that the so-called "heel" should mean "cooperation". Like a set of moves in martial arts moves, one pretends to fight out, and the other pretends to be agile to catch. This routine is expected by both sides, but Ye Zicheng will not be like this, so some people will evaluate him as "jumping out". I think if I have to give him such an evaluation, it should be explained as "jumping" out of the routine and "getting rid of" the human design.
He wants to be his true self, and that sincerity is much more noble than the descriptions of "male gods", "small fresh meat", "idols" and so on. Based on this sincerity, I don't have to ask knowingly, and he doesn't have to cater to anything. One question and one answer, simple and direct.
In the eyes of outsiders, Ye Zicheng's life is very smooth, and he seems to think so. No one who studied as an artist objected, and his parents were very enlightened. In their eyes, they do not have the luxury of asking Ye Zicheng to make a name for himself, as long as his son does what he likes, he feels that life is not in vain.
Being a trainee is very hard, there is no income, and every day is constantly boring training, singing and dancing practice, and then repeating. Ye Zicheng stayed up for a year, he said: "I just felt a little bitter, the company let me go to filming, but also the male lead of the cinema movie."
02
Twenty-one-year-old Ye Zicheng played twenty-year-old Lin Yimu
The movie "Twenty Years Old" is Ye Zicheng's first film, and Lin Yimu is Ye Zicheng's first role. Being able to get this role, Ye Zicheng said bluntly: "I don't shy away from saying that I am destined to be good. Of all the actors, I'm probably the best fit for this role. They seemed to have another actor in-house, but he was about to shoot another scene. The role of Lin Yimu was vacant, they looked for me, and I was on it. ”
Ye Zicheng, who was lucky, was only twenty-one years old when he was twenty years old when he was shooting. He had just come out of his boring trainee state and was very ignorant of everything. Filming? He thinks that's what celebrities do. I never expected such a good thing, so it hit him on the head.
"How?" Ye Zicheng asked director Liu Chang.
Before "Twenty Years Old", Liu Chang directed the high-profile youth drama "The Best of Us" with a Douban score of 8.8. The new director has a unique vision, since Ye Zicheng is very similar to Lin Yimu, why should he "play" Lin Yimu? Isn't it the end of being yourself? Liu Chang replied, "No need to act." ”
Twenty-one-year-old Ye Zicheng met twenty-year-old Lin Yimu, who starred in his true colors. On the screen, you can see his youth, as well as his nature. Ye Zicheng especially thanked the director for taking care of him, he was shy and nervous for the first time, and he didn't understand anything. He said: "I don't know how to communicate with people in this circle. I have never filmed a scene, nor do I have the courage to communicate with others, especially afraid of timidity. ”
He trembled and wanted to be a marginal character in the crew, hiding in a corner to eat alone during the meal, looking lonely and lonely. At this time, it was director Liu Chang who pulled him into the middle of the crowd.
He said: "The director wants me to mingle with everyone, and then he will often tease me. ”
Speaking of which, Ye Zicheng remembered the troubles of the shooting. There is a bath scene in the movie, and the director Liu Chang deliberately teased him: "You have to strip naked." ”
"Huh?" Ye Zicheng said, "I was frightened at the time, and my heart said why do I still want to show something?" My tears were coming out. Then the director saw that I was about to cry, and said that it was teasing me. ”
"Twenty Years Old" is a movie starring Ye Zicheng in 2016, and he has played many roles in many crews in the past two years, but in his heart, the crew life of "Twenty Years Old" is always the warmest and friendliest. He said: "Everyone gets together to eat the same meal, sits on an equal footing and has no class, casually jokes, very kind, feels like a family." ”
After the film was finished, he seriously announced to his friends and relatives: "I have made a movie, please be sure to watch it when the time comes." "Everyone was ready to book a show, but they never saw the movie come out.
On November 30, 2018, the movie "Twenty Years Old" was officially released. In the nearly three years of waiting, Ye Zicheng watched the film once a year. At first, he was still anxious, and he was looking forward to showing everyone his first work soon, and he was always thinking about how to not go up and how not to go up. After going on, you can show off with your family and invite friends to watch it together. But then his mindset changed.
Ye Zicheng said: "Later, I looked away and worked as an actor for three years, and I felt that I should still take one step at a time. When I wasn't filming before, I thought that after filming a drama, I would be on fire and rich and expensive, but the reality was not like this. I think that when a work comes, I can not panic. ”
Ye Zicheng surprised me with some calm expression, he was young but not arrogant at all, and he also looked very restrained and shy. At the premiere, his hands were clasped together, tugging at his clothes from time to time, looking a little nervous. But his state in the conversation is not at all like this, but there is no discomfort in public, it is clear thinking, it is directly expressed, and the whole person is relaxed.
During the interview, director Liu Chang walked in, "Do you play football?" ”
Ye Zicheng said: "I can't go now, I'm interviewing. ”
Liu Chang sat down to the side and waited, and as soon as the interview was over, Ye Zicheng bounced up, "I'll go." ”
Judging whether an actor is dedicated and cooperative actually has a side angle, that is, to look at his relationship with other collaborators. If there is a second cooperation, it at least proves that he is a good actor in the other person's heart. Ye Zicheng and Liu Chang cooperated in two plays, and when the director came to him to play football, I think in addition to the director's recognition of Ye Zicheng's acting skills, he also recognized his character.
As an actor, as a friend, as an idol, Ye Zicheng will not disappoint.
03
I want to be a powerful actor
Ordinary people who want to have a happy family
Three years into the industry, this year is the year that Ye Zicheng thinks the most questions. He said: "This year is the year I think about the most, I am in this industry, what should I do as an actor, or what responsibilities should I assume as an actor." I re-examined myself and thought about how I would position myself in the future of this circle. ”
Regarding the future, Ye Zicheng's plan is extremely simple. He said: "Acting is my main business, dancing is my side job, I want to do a good job in the main business, and then I hope to be able to spend more time with my parents, the family is happy, living and working in peace and contentment, all very happy." ”
In an hour-long interview, Ye Zicheng, about the vision of a happy family, said at least twice. He didn't want to climb up desperately, at least leave a little energy to look at the current scenery. In addition to acting, he wants to be an ordinary person, with a happy family and a happy life.
Ye Zicheng said: "I want to be a powerful actor, and I just want to use my works to make everyone remember me." I don't want to make small fresh meat, I think I'm pretty bland. ”
The word bland makes people scratch their heads, even if I do ordinary work and have an ordinary life, I will not think of myself as bland, right? And Ye Zicheng, how can it be bland?
Twenty years old as a trainee, twenty-one years old starred in the theater movie male number one. People who can do this, of course, are not only by luck. He said that when he was in a bad state, he would think about the days when he used to be a trainee. Those trainees who were at the same time as him are still practicing trainees. Still without income, living a life of hard and repetitive practice.
How can it be bland to be able to get opportunities that others do not have?
"Then how do you think you won compared to them?" I asked.
Ye Zicheng said, "I will fight for it." Others may be afraid of losing face, but I won't. ”
"Then you can't win it?" Will it be sad? ”
"It didn't before, now it does."
I wondered, "How come it's still regressing?" ”
He laughed, "Because before I didn't have anything, no matter what I got, I went up." Now that there is a place, if you don't get it, you will be lost. But I think about the trainees who are at the same time as me, and I know that what they have is what they want, and I should cherish it. ”
It is not the bland Ye Zicheng, who wants to be a powerful actor and wants to have a happy family and an ordinary life. If you can, of course, I hope that Ye Zicheng will not have to live a life of vicissitudes. But if it can't be avoided, it's nothing. Isn't life just a sad pass, a pass? May you traverse the mountains and rivers and still feel that the world is worth it.