32-year-old Xiao Zhan: "Heart of Transformation" is obvious, the new drama has been well received, finally found the right way?

The period drama "The Sea of Dreams" was launched, telling the passionate stories of a group of post-70s generations from a realistic perspective, taking everyone back to that distant era.

If the plot is a hot spot after stepping on "The World", then the hero and heroine boldly enable "traffic" is also a breakthrough.

Especially the actor Xiao Zhan - he has been debuting as the "top" of the draft for 8 years, and since he became popular with "Chen Qingling" in 2019, he has always carried many labels.

Among them, the most halo "top" label may also bind him the most.

In the era of traffic, the public seems to have a certain consensus: they can only be love beans, not good actors.

And through "The Sea of Dreams", we can actually see how much the 32-year-old Xiao Zhan wants to transform and succeed.

1. Designers break into the entertainment industry

In 2011, Xiao Zhan had just turned 20 years old and was a sophomore at the School of Modern International Design and Art of Chongqing Technology and Business University, majoring in art design.

He is a sunny teenager with rich hobbies, and when he was a child, he began to learn painting, violin and calligraphy under the training of his parents, and found that he sang well during his studies, and won the title of "Top Ten Singers on Campus" in the competition.

Not only that, Xiao Zhan can also take pictures, so he established NED Design Studio with his classmates in his sophomore year, and then opened Yiguangying Visual Media Photography Studio.

His family is good, and he was once exposed by netizens as a "rich second generation", but he himself did not respond.

However, when he was a student, he was able to do his own business, and since then he can earn enough living expenses to support himself, so it can be seen that Xiao Zhan's plan for his life is quite organized.

After graduating from university, he immediately joined his teacher's design studio as a designer, and is said to have participated in bidding for the logo design of a coffee shop during this period, and finally stood out.

But the calm and comfortable days were suddenly "broken" by a talent show, which also changed Xiao Zhan's life.

In 2015, at the suggestion of his teacher, Xiao Zhan signed up for the amateur cultivation inspirational program "Burn It's Youth".

In fact, he refused to participate at first, but a friend lobbied him like this: "Go play, come back and ask you to do design when you have had enough." ”

In the end, Xiao Zhan decided to experience a different life, so he joined it with a "try it" attitude.

At the end of the same year, viewers saw on television that he participated in the recording of the show as one of 16 contestants.

But in fact, all the contestants had been working hard for more than half a year at that time, and Gu Jiacheng, one of his former opponents, reviewed his debut on a variety show.

At that time, 9 people lived in 4 rooms, Peng Chuyue, Zhao Lei, and Guo Zifan wanted three people to squeeze into a room, and after a lot of training every day, they had to use the way of shaking dice to decide who would take a bath first.

It is not difficult to imagine that Xiao Zhan also lived such a life - therefore, his walk to the "top" is not as glamorous as it seems.

"I am an ordinary graphic designer who started learning to draw at the age of 8, but I have a dream in my heart that I can't let go, which is singing. Today I want to put down the brush for a while and give it a try for this dream that I can't let go. ”

On the stage of "Burn It Boy", Xiao Zhan, who is 24 years old, said that in fact, according to his age, he really has no advantage, but he works hard enough.

Because he had never received similar professional training, Xiao Zhan once seemed to be an "outlier", but in order not to drag down his teammates, he almost desperately.

It is said that in order to practice dance, Xiao Zhan once caused false nails to fall off; In order to practice singing, he also fought until his throat became inflamed.

Although he was eventually selected from "Burning Bar Boy", he was unexpectedly selected to become a member of the "X Jiu Youth Group".

2. The "road to the top" is full of hardships

Speaking of Xiao Zhan's fame, in fact, I have to mention the "originator of the draft" Long Danni.

She is He Jiong's classmate and Li Weijia's scandal object, and has single-handedly created "Fast Girl", "Fast Man" and "Good Boy", and there are countless popular draft stars.

Especially after becoming her boss, Long Danni began to search for good-looking amateurs, and Xiao Zhan was discovered by her under such circumstances.

At that time, Long Danni's Wahaw Waw Entertainment, influenced by the rising star Times Fengjun (TFboys' old club), and Du Hua's Lehua Entertainment (Wang Yibo, etc.) and other brokerage companies, urgently needed fresh blood to join.

But in the future, the relationship between Xiao Zhan and Long Danni is not as close as Du Hua and Wang Yibo, but there are still some differences.

Especially when recording "Burning Boy", Long Danni picked Xiao Zhan several times, saying that he sang and broke his voice, and even asked directly: "How long will this warm man of yours last?" ”

On the contrary, Li Yuchun, who came out of "Fast Girl" created by Long Danni, has always looked at Xiao Zhan differently, and she even sneered at Long Danni and comforted directly: "What she said is not necessarily right!" ”

After a long time, Xiao Zhan's gratitude to Li Yuchun was also obvious to all, and he specially sent a video to thank the other party.

In the future, even if it has become a frontline, when I met Li Yuchun on Weibo night, I actually bowed to her four times in public to express my gratitude, which made Li Yuchun, who had seen the wind and waves, be embarrassed.

However, in the first two years after his debut, Xiao Zhan did not leave too many high-quality works, so the response was always dull.

It is said that his income at that time was quite meagre, and he could only make ends meet on the income from opening a studio in college.

Until 2017, Xiao Zhan got the opportunity to star in the fantasy drama "Breaking the Sky".

It can be said that this play opened the door for him to become the new "top of the ancient style", because soon after, his costume photos were sent to the producer Yang Xia.

Yang Xia is the chief content officer of Xinpai Media, and only began to prepare for the film and television series creation of the novel "Ancestor of the Magic Road" as a producer in 2016.

After 2 years of script revision, "Chen Qingling" was launched, and she served as the chief screenwriter and artistic director of the play.

Yang Xia recalled that he was recommended by an industry friend Xiao Zhan in 2017, and then saw one of his costume photos.

Because he felt that his temperament was in line with the role of Wei Wuxian, and his smile was very infectious, he boldly chose him as the male lead.

However, when the show was first broadcast, the original party and the fans of the protagonists had a fierce confrontation, and voices such as "eighteen lines" and "destroying the original" were endless.

But as the work continued to be broadcast, everyone recognized Xiao Zhan's interpretation of Wei Wuxian, and he gradually became the new "top stream" in people's eyes.

It's just that the height is cold, and the days at the highest point are not all smooth sailing, especially the praise of his fans for his excessive praise, which has also led to a lot of negative impressions.

Especially after the 227 incident, "Chen Qingling" was scored by many netizens, and the score fell to 7.9 points;

Xiao Zhan's cameo appearance in "Qing Yu Nian" also suffered malicious bad reviews, causing the actor Zhang Ruoyun to have no choice but to personally go out and score 5 points for the play.

Not only that, Xiao Zhan's upcoming works such as "The Rest of Your Life, Please Advise" and "Douluo Continent" also encountered a word-of-mouth crisis before they were broadcast.

3. The road to transformation is fraught with difficulties

After that, Xiao Zhanyi spent a trembling day, and the outside world kept hearing the sound of "he collapsed", and after a long time, he himself was still speechless:

"It was very sudden at first, like a sudden explosion of explosive barrels blowing itself up, I had a lot of words but didn't know what to say."

Indeed, no one knew how this "multi-party game under the layout of capital" would end, and where Xiao Zhan, the focus of public opinion, would go?

A year later, he returned with "Douluo Continent", and at the end of the year, he took out "Ace Force".

The former set a new record with an overall playback of more than 2 billion and a single day of more than 200 million views; The latter has also been repeatedly praised since its launch.

Not only that, in the same year, Xiao Zhan also starred in Lai Shengchuan's classic drama "Dream Like a Dream", and the tickets were sold out instantly after its launch, which shows its amazing influence.

The reason why Xiao Zhan was selected for the world's top drama "Dream Like a Dream" is also because Lai Shengchuan took a fancy to his temperament and popularity.

And the significance of this drama to Xiao Zhan is more important.

Because the drama stage tests the actors' acting skills, it is said that "Dream Like a Dream" is divided into two performances, each lasting four hours, so the overall performance takes eight hours.

During this period, the actor needs to complete the full emotions and large lines with zero errors, there is no chance to shout, and it is impossible to repeat it.

Some people say that the actors polished on the drama stage will not be too bad - perhaps, this is the main reason why Xiao Zhan is willing to perform this drama for three consecutive years.

When he officially announced that he wanted to act in "Dream Like a Dream", he was also ridiculed by the crowd: "It's just that traffic artists go around the drama circle and label themselves!" ”

Now three years later, Xiao Zhan has accompanied this drama on 72 national tours, and on the eve of May Day this year, he also appeared in Xi'an for this purpose.

However, audiences who cannot understand Xiao Zhan in all aspects are very easy to be misled by some news, after all, every time he rushes to the hot search, he is accompanied by various topics.

At the end of 2021, before and after the hit of "Ace Force", he once again attracted public attention because of the tearing incident.

In fact, his team once came forward to call for "not doing anything beyond the status of fans", and the meaning is very clear.

Some time ago, the new drama "Harbin 1944" was launched, and the audience found that Yang Mi's name was ranked behind Qin Hao, which is commonly known as "Erfan".

In response, Yang Mi responded:

"The first task of an actor is to create a role, each character has its own seat, each character has a meaning of existence. And the order of the ranking words should make way for the role. ”

Perhaps, it can be seen from this that stars have begun to treat the so-called fan position, C position, etc. rationally enough, and really want to become excellent actors and gain the favor of non-fans, these things are not the most important.

There was also an actor who had done Xiao Zhan's "light replacement" to break the news, saying that he did not read the script when filming, and large lines could be said perfectly without landing.

Not only that, Xiao Zhan works about 10 hours a day, but he can still appear on the set the next day radiant.

Now that "The Sea of Dreams" has just started broadcasting, it is not known whether it can create a "miracle".

But I believe that as long as Xiao Zhan insists on following his planned actor path, he will always come to a brilliant front, after all, he said a long time ago that he "wants to be a good actor".

Would you like to believe him?