Once his dream came true, he was happy to step into the Nortel Palace
In 1978, when 23-year-old Yang Xiaodan received the admission letter from Beijing Film Academy, he was so excited that he stayed awake all night. As a native of the countryside, being able to enter this palace of art has been his greatest wish for many years.
However, in the college entrance examination, Yang Xiaodan hesitated in the column of "Beijing Film Academy". The hand holding the pen trembled slightly, and he didn't know whether he should make this long-awaited college his first choice.
This is somewhat unrealistic. Born in poverty, he has a difficult family since he was a child, where is there so much cultural atmosphere; In addition to herding cattle during adolescence, he also ran to the fields, so how could he have time to dabble in literature and art.
However, love drove him to muster up the courage to fill Nortel. is also favored by the goddess of luck, he passed the exams as he wished, and was finally admitted to the Beijing Film Academy. The moment he stepped into the school gate, Yang Xiaodan burst into tears of excitement - he knew that this meant that the trajectory of his life was about to be rewritten.
The seniors of the performance department are full of aura, and Yang Xiaodan was a little restrained and scruple at first. However, his desire to perform overcame all doubts, and he began to diligently study his acting skills and actively seek advice from his seniors.
For the role he likes, he will repeatedly figure it out, for fear of missing any details of his expression. In four years, Yang Xiaodan has gone from knowing only a little to gradually mastering the skills of interpreting characters, and under the guidance of her seniors, she has also improved her understanding of performance to a new height.
In addition to his knowledge and cultivation in recent years, Yang Xiaodan's appearance has also received a lot of praise. "Your face is literally made for the screen!" His classmates often teased him like this.
The delicate facial features are more three-dimensional and delicate in front of the camera, and a pair of bright big eyes reflect aura, whether it is a side face or a frontal close-up, they are as beautiful as a famous painting.
In the 1982 graduation season, Yang Xiaodan was about to leave this holy land of art and start his own acting career. As his parting approached, he couldn't help but walk slowly on the shadow-dappled campus path, looking back on four years of lingering dating with performance.
After a long journey, he will presumably often recall these years of gestation and accumulation in the film school.
The golden boy and girl combination broke down, and the marriage was difficult to defeat the difference in concepts
In the early spring of 1986, Yang Xiaodan and the actress Fu Yiwei tied the knot.
Changying and his colleagues sent their sincere blessings to the couple, no one would have thought that the good times would not last long, and this marriage would end after only a few years.
In fact, the first clouds of married life soon appeared. Yang Xiaodan has an introverted personality, and her attitude often causes Fu Yiwei to be dissatisfied.
"You just go with the flow, when will you be motivated?" Fu Yiwei said angrily. And Yang Xiaodan also found it difficult to agree with Fu Yiwei's overly strong and ambitious style, and the two went farther and farther apart, and disputes occurred from time to time.
In this way, the state of you and me continued to the shooting site. Once waiting in the shed to play, Yang Xiaodan still looked absent-minded. "Can my male protagonist focus on work?" Fu Yiwei couldn't help but blame him.
"I'm concentrating, too. Yang Xiaodan responded lukewarmly. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this "model couple" seems to have a rift.
In the third year after marriage, the relationship between Yang Xiaodan and Fu Yiwei was already in jeopardy. All kinds of discord finally made Yang Xiaodan choose to withdraw from this marriage that was declining due to differences in ideas.
"It's that I'm thinking too simply, and I don't take into account the worlds of difference in our philosophies. On the day of signing the divorce, Yang Xiaodan was a little lonely.
Fu Yiwei accepted this reality, and soon returned to filming, and then climbed to the peak of his career. After Yang Xiaodan's divorce, there was no chance for an important role, and he gradually faded out of the audience's field of vision, and the acting careers of the two were completely different.
In just a few years, the flash marriage has become a masterpiece. used to be a screen couple, but now there is only estrangement and regret.
After the divorce, there was no male lead, and he transformed into a director without regrets
After divorcing Fu Yiwei, Yang Xiaodan has no chance to play an important role. used to be the master of Changying, he starred in many youth-themed films, which are deeply loved by young audiences.
However, he faded out of sight overnight, and his future was bleak, Yang Xiaodan didn't complain too much, just quietly thinking about what to do next.
At first, he tried to maintain his exposure in the film and television industry, playing some supporting roles with few scenes. But gradually, Yang Xiaodan found that he was not as keen to stand in the spotlight as before.
After precipitation, he also has a deeper thinking about the definition of "red".
In the 90s of the last century, the Chinese film industry flourished, and various themes emerged. Yang Xiaodan chose to return to his alma mater, Nortel, to study directing and began a behind-the-scenes transformation.
After completing his studies, he directed many film and television dramas, and gradually found his position in his new position. was once unable to become a first-line superstar, but Yang Xiaodan was not discouraged. At the very least, he also has a passion for the performing arts.
It wasn't until after retirement that Yang Xiaodan had the opportunity to return to her original dream of being a teacher. He came to an art academy in Jilin and began to teach his experience to emerging performers.
When interpreting every expression, Mr. Yang, who was over the age of six, could not hide his excitement in his tone - he seemed to have returned to the Nortel Film Academy of the year, discussing acting skills with his seniors.
Now he no longer appears on the screen as often as before, but Yang Xiaodan's inner world is still surging. For him, teaching and educating people is also another way to interpret life.
Time flies, Yang Xiaodan, who came to this world in 1968, is already an old man. After hibernation for many years, he recently appeared in a program, and the 68-year-old teacher Yang showed a completely different appearance.
The original sharp facial contours are now round and full, and the bright eyes of the young people have also softened due to the baptism of the years, and they have become a little indifferent.
However, when the host mentioned the past and talked to Mr. Yang about his bits and pieces from film, the eyes of this old artist who had been silent for many years lit up instantly, and he seemed to have returned to the vigorous passion of appearing on the screen at the beginning of that year.
"My favorite thing is acting, and I can't forget it for years. Teacher Yang was full of emotion.
In fact, Yang Xiaodan has been insisting on acting over the years, but after he faded out of the first line, most of them were inconspicuous small supporting roles. But his professionalism and dedication make him present a three-dimensional sense of the character's unique personality on the screen.
Teacher Yang said with a smile that he no longer has the same good body memory as in the past, but the play still hasn't fallen at all.
"There is no necessary relationship between acting skills and the appearance of actors. When it comes to the fading of appearance, Mr. Yang doesn't care. He said that the older he gets, the more pessimistic Vanity Fair becomes, and his pure interest in acting has never diminished by half.
"I'm very content to play a supporting role. This indifference can only be said by Mr. Yang, who has experienced vicissitudes.
The years go away with the wind, and the face fades mercilessly. We have all been polished beyond recognition by EXT Power in this long river of time. However, Yang Xiaodan's essence and enthusiasm, the soul of performance, have never changed.
Through thick and thin, he is still him
Time has passed, and we have all been polished beyond recognition in this long stream of time. Yang Xiaodan is no exception, from a young man to an old man, how many ups and downs have left marks on his face.
The young man with clear eyebrows in our eyes is gone, replaced by an old professor who talks elegantly.
However, the years have not changed the essence of Yang Xiaodan's bones. For more than 30 years, no matter how he has undergone external transformation, his enthusiasm and pursuit of performing arts, the soul of performance, has always stood tall.
When he stands on the podium and preaches to the students, interpreting the characters on the screen; When he disappeared behind an inconspicuous little role in the fluorescent screen, the world in his field of vision was still surging and passionate.
This is Yang Xiaodan, an old actor from Nortel. He has experienced peaks and lows, tasted sweetness and frustration, and finally melted into his bones. Time has passed, and he is no longer the same person he used to be, but he will always be him - a performer, a drama bone.
It takes a lifetime to prove that success can be lost, but passion is eternal.