In early winter, the sky in Xinjiang Hemu is clear and blue, the mountain peaks stretch continuously, and the snow covers everything. The sun shines brightly on the snow, and the air carries a refreshing cold, Wei Chen is in the snow field here, dressed in orange like a small flame, galloping on the snow track, opening the happiness of this snow season.
This ski trip didn't come easily.
From Beijing to Hemu, you must first arrive in Urumqi and then fly to Altay. As a result, after Wei Chen arrived in Urumqi, the next flight was canceled due to the weather. He was received by a handsome Xinjiang Uygur airport staff member and told him that the nearest flight to Altay was the day after tomorrow, and that if he wanted to choose other means of transportation, the other party could help.
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The schedule was very rushed, and Wei Chen only had time the next day, so he decisively chose to drive there. The two places are six or seven hundred kilometers apart, the car drove for eight or nine hours almost overnight, and when he arrived at the hotel in Altay and slept for four or five hours, Wei Chen stood in the snow field of Hemu.
He excitedly went to the top of the snow with a snowboard, which was a magnificent scene in the imagination of northern Xinjiang, and it was also the expected texture of powder snow, which made people feel refreshed. It's just that, unexpectedly, the wind is too strong, the wind blows up snow and fog, and the visibility is very poor. On the snow trail at the top of the mountain, Wei Chen was very cautious. On the one hand, he tried to see the situation of the slopes, and without the guardrails, he would rather wait for the experienced leader to pass, after all, he did not know how sharp the curve in front of him was. "I think it takes courage and wisdom to complete the challenge. ”
Self-achievement in a wise and decisive way, exploring the unknown, and fearless of challenges are not only manifested in the trip to Xinjiang and the ski slopes for Wei Chen.
Snowboarding is a game of changing blades. 12 years ago, Wei Chen's first time skiing was to participate in "Go Forward" and followed the host Li Rui to Yabuli Snow Resort in Northeast China. He doesn't know how to skate at all, but he has to come down the slopes in order to complete the public welfare challenge. Wei Chen hesitated, faced the worry in his heart, bravely defeated his fear, and slid down smoothly. On the snow field, he saw many children galloping handsomely, very yearning, and also found the fun of skiing, "It can reflect people's courage and courage, and boys like more exciting sports." From then on, he fell in love with skiing.
After that, every winter, he had one more thought, and asked three or five friends to go skiing. His good friend Xia Yu is a master skier, and he was invited to go skiing in Canada, Xia Yu always said that he had the opportunity to come to Xinjiang with Wei Chen, but he didn't expect Wei Chen to come first.
A skiing trip ten years ago made Wei Chen the most memorable. At that time, he was obsessed with skiing and took his parents to the suburbs to show off his skiing skills. That time, her father would slip a little, and her mother was a complete novice, so Wei Chen taught her on the primary path.
After a while, her mother sent Wei Chen a diary of herself, in which she wrote about the whole process of skiing and her feelings. One detail is that seeing many children being brought skiing by their parents, she lamented that her son did not have such good conditions when he was a child, and now that the conditions are good, her son took her to ski for the first time, and she is very happy. Wei Chen was very moved after reading it.
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Wei Chen loves outdoor sports. Like skiing, horseback riding is a sign of courage and wisdom. In the movie "My Father and Me", Wei Chen played Huang Rui of the Jizhong Cavalry Regiment, and the basis for playing this role is not only "being able to ride a horse", but also has high requirements for skills and proficiency, and he immediately switched to the attitude of exploration. Director Wu Jing's horseback riding skills are particularly good, and Wei Chen praised: "If a person can control a restless animal like a horse well, then patience and emotional management are very good." ”
"Riding a horse is a very abrasive thing, the horse's senses are very sensitive, any wind and grass, people passing by, your little gesture, the tractor coming, it will be very restless. This is Wei Chen's later feeling, and his coping wisdom is, "When it is restless, you must be very steady, don't be startled, so that it will enter a dead loop." ”
In order to show the real combat state of the soldiers of the cavalry regiment, Wei Chen started horseback riding training early before the official start, arrived at the horse farm before 9 o'clock in the morning every day, and returned at four or five o'clock in the afternoon. From riding a horse in circles to taking off the leash, to riding and shooting, to synchronizing movements with other actors, moving in the horse team phalanx, etc., I also participated in washing horses, brushing horses, and feeding horses...... When Xi is practiced, they have to wear the military uniform of the shooting, and almost all the actors' butts are worn out. After a great test of willpower, we finally see him running up the mountains with his hands on the reins and a gun or saber in the film.
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Wei Chen is a man who is not afraid of challenges. In the past two years, his image has become more and more calm, and his flying side has been shown less, but he is still sharp. He loves to ride motorcycles and loves fast and passionate challenges. At the same time, motorcycles are more of a way of life for him. He travels on a motorcycle, which is not only convenient, but also close to the weather.
When the weather is nice, he'll ride to the suburbs with a friend or two, prepare a sandwich for himself, bring a cup of coffee, eat and chat in the mountains, take in the scenery, and then gallop home. For him, it was a blissful process of emptying.
Achieving oneself in a wise and decisive way is more manifested in Wei Chen's attitude towards his career. Walking on the road of the entertainment industry, he has also faced difficulties, challenges, and opportunities, and is not afraid of trouble, facing his heart is his belief, and his never-ending spirit of exploration leads him forward.
In 2023, he will harvest two heavy masterpieces "Three Teams" and "Volunteers: Heroes Attack", both of which are excellent production teams and powerful group dramas, and his image has become more diverse and complex from a tough guy. "The Three Teams" is adapted from a true story, telling the story of the five members of the three major criminal investigation teams who ushered in a great change in their fate, not being overwhelmed by reality, and starting the road of chasing the murderer in their own way. This is Wei Chen's first time playing a policeman, his character Xu Yizhou, at the beginning was a young man full of ideals and high-spirited who just wanted to handle big cases, and he experienced a major turning point in his life after only half a year of work, he became calm but undiminished The firmness in his eyes has gained a deep understanding of life in the process of chasing the murderer again, and he has embarked on the life path he wants.
This is a real challenge for Wei Chen. "With my life experience and performance experience, there is no way to imagine how to present Xu Yizhou's state, and I have no way to imagine what kind of state I am in with the three major teams. Because the characters are so far away from life, and because of this, "this is a very wonderful or very large performance, you have to let your imagination, judgment be valid, and finally present the story to resonate with the audience." ”
Fortunately, almost all the scenes in the filming were real-life, from the group photo of the three teams at the police station, to going to the victim's home, plus the hospital, the courthouse, and the dog farm, the crew created a special "real" state for the actors. There are eight words printed on the script: for the truth is not broken, and it is touching with emotion. Every time he reads the script, he repeats this sentence in his mind, and finds the feeling little by little, "Slowly immerse yourself in it, withdraw from yourself, and at a certain moment the things in the script are particularly logically expressed." Maybe this is a real story in itself, and we just need to believe that we are the people in the film, chasing the fugitives. ”
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In the movie "Volunteers: Heroes Attack", Wei Chen's image is harder and more pathetic, he plays Dai Ruyi, the commander of the 3rd Company of the 1st Battalion of the 335th Regiment of the 112th Division of the 38th Army of the Volunteer Army. In the famous Battle of Songgu Peak, Dai Ruyi charged, his hands were blown up and bloody, and he still bit the handle of the machine gun with his teeth, and was finally engulfed in raging flames.
The iron-clad and unyielding warrior character has added another stroke to Wei Chen's tough guy screen image.
The challenge for Wei Chen is that he has to show the most moving aspects of this character. When looking at the old photos and video materials related to the Battle of Songgu Peak, Wei Chen could not forget the eyes of the soldiers, as if they were all shining with light, only pretending to be a small family and a family, with strong beliefs.
After the movie was released, Wei Chen was also praised by the audience for deducing the simple and firm light in his eyes, and he had a sense of story. In this regard, he said: "Everyone resonates with the eye play, which shows that our performances make everyone empathize with the soldiers fighting on the front line." The eyes are the windows of the soul, and you can only express them from the eyes if you have them in your heart. ”
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Behind this is the real perception of the cruelty of war and the belief in protecting the homeland. There was a scene where the U.S. military bombed the border, and the crew planted wheat twice before planting the desired wheat field. Before the finale, the scene of the large army running in the wheat field was filmed.
The road in the wheat field was bumpy, and Wei Chen remembered running wildly with one foot deep and one foot shallow, sweating profusely all over his body. The fire of the explosion was very close to everyone, and it instantly dried the sweat on their bodies. This scene was filmed all day, and his body has been sweating, sweating, and drying all day long. The extreme physical test, the artillery fire in front of him and the actors in the flames, all made him feel like he was on the battlefield.
At that moment, he really felt the cruelty of war.
Now Wei Chen found that the so-called good performance, the instinctive reaction was right. When filming "The Three Teams", he often thought that such a group of people who persistently chased the murderer might persist in finding the murderer for another day or tomorrow, or they might insist on not finding the murderer for a lifetime. What would I do if I pushed myself into such a situation?
We asked him: "If you were Xu Yizhou, would you end up letting yourself go in reality?" "I don't know, I won't do this question." Wei Chen said. However, in life, he is a person who tries not to let go of himself, "so that he does not regret it." ”
Wei Chen's acting career is a process of not letting go of himself, constantly exploring, and forging ahead.
In his opinion, young people are the most daring to fight. Just like when filming "Volunteers: Heroes Attack", director Chen Kaige said that most of the young people in their 20s are on the battlefield, why do they dare to fight? Because there are many unknowns about this world, and some are enthusiastic.
"I think it's in my bones to dare to fight. "From singers to actors, constantly showing more multifaceted and diverse selves on stage and on camera is inseparable from the courage to fight.
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When he was a singer, Wei Chen knew that he had a good body and neat movements, and he had to have a good body to show himself well on stage. So he started working out. This is insignificant, but what is amazing is that he has persevered until now and has become one of the most "rolled" actors.
The biggest challenge of fitness, Wei Chen said that it is persistence. If there's a secret, he says to be interested in fitness, do what you can, and take it step by step. "Some people are born with athletic talent, they are born with good muscular endurance and cardiopulmonary function. Exercise itself is a process of injury to the body, which must constantly destroy and tear the muscle fibers, fill them with protein, and make the muscles bigger and more shapely. So it can't be achieved overnight. ”
And the positive feedback brought by fitness brought motivation to Wei Chen. "Fitness gives you a Xi. If you have a certain accumulation of fitness and a good figure is seen by others, you are very reluctant to put it down. "If you have a good body, it means that you eat, sleep, and exercise at least one standard, and constantly adjust to a good routine and Xi." ”
Fitness is more important about a sense of control over your desires. Sometimes I see something delicious, or I want to eat two more bites with my friends, and I want to catch up on two more episodes when I come across a good-looking TV, but when I think about going to the gym the next morning, Wei Chen learns to control his desires.
Concentration comes from the advantages of one's own physical state in work. Whether it is filming or singing and dancing, physical strength is the foundation. Physical fitness has become one of the weapons that Wei Chen has been exploring and winning on the tough guy image track in recent years.
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The movie "Eight Hundred" is the starting point of the "tough guy" track for him. At the beginning, Wei Chen received an invitation from Director Guan Hu. Previously, whether on the stage or on the screen, he was mostly a restrained and gentle teenager. Guan Hu took a fancy to Wei Chen's good figure, as well as the characteristics of the Northwest people in his bones and his serious and willing attitude. Guan Hu said to him, "You don't usually show it easily, but you must have this energy in your bones, just release it." ”
Wei Chen was very moved by such trust, and completed the role of Zhu Shengzhong with more dedication. inspired the small universe, ushered in one tough guy image after another, and ushered in its own "tough guy era".
This year, Wei Chen has been debuting for 16 years. Looking back at the time of the initial departure, releasing records and holding concerts were all realized one by one, and at this stage, Wei Chen hopes to concentrate on acting and make more solid progress on the road of exploration as a professional actor.
"People have limited energy, and it's very difficult if you want to have both, especially if you shoot something that has depth or takes a lot of time to immerse yourself in the portrayal. You want to record a show, you want to do a concert, you want to make an album, you want to make a glittering magazine...... These will immediately bring your filming state back to its original shape. If you want to stay in good shape, it takes a full time from shooting to finishing. ”
Wei Chen doesn't see this as a trade-off or a discard. devotes himself to the whole time, whether he is a singer or an actor now, he demands this from himself. Even if you give up something for the time being, you can still try it when you have a good time in the future, but there is no substitute for the sincerity and dedication to the present. I believe that when the work is presented, Wei Chen will also pass on such a dedicated and sincere attitude to every audience and supporter of him.
From "Eight Hundred" to "King Kong River", "Antique Bureau: Ink and Porcelain Search", "Railway Hero", "Disappeared Child", and then to this year's "Volunteers: Heroes Attack" and "Three Teams", one drama after another, Wei Chen is known by the outside world as walking solidly step by step.
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He believes that solidity is a rhythm that was developed from a young age, "The teacher who was very important to me said: There are many things you can't rush, because it's useless to be anxious, you can only disrupt your own rhythm." Everything can only be accumulated. Every footprint is very steady, and the road you have walked is yours. ”
Steadfastness is more manifested in the fact that he has a stable kernel. Wei Chen said that the embodiment of the Northwest gene in him is, "I am also a person with a relatively good character, and I must stick to what I want to insist on." I want to do it, no matter what people say, and I'm going to do it to show people that I have a reason for doing it. Even if you don't understand, that's your business. ”
After becoming an actor, Wei Chen found that the inspiration for creation comes from life, and it is difficult to put life-like performances in film and television works. His way is to live with his heart, "If you lose your life, your work or creation will be boring." "He likes to cook, and he makes dumplings with his family in the beginning of winter.
In the 16 years since his departure, Wei Chen has gained important wisdom without fear of danger and challenges: "The most important thing for an artist's long-term vitality is that he must be in good health, and he can afford to put it down mentally. If you don't plan to do it for a day or two, you will definitely encounter good times and bad times. When it's good, you have to let it go, and when it's bad, you have to tell yourself that I'm okay and waiting for a good opportunity. This is Wei Chen's way of exploration.
Photography - Yu Lingyuan, Yu Xiang
形象-刘星光XIAODAI、石大昭
Editor - Fang Chuanjian
New Media Editor - Koi
Text - Fine-toned
Artist coordinator - Li Xiang
Makeup, hairstyle - Xiao Qi
Late - Sangyu
Costume assistant - Qin Mengyao