Two days ago, I saw Yan Chengxu in "Brother With Thorns and Thorns", and it was obvious that he felt that he was old.
There's nothing wrong with that feeling, you know, the 44-year-old has been debuting for 23 years.
For more than 20 years, no matter how good-looking the flower beauty man is, he has also become a middle-aged uncle.
But to tell the truth, uncle-level Yan Chengxu is still very handsome.
Speaking of Yan Chengxu, besides the "Meteor Garden" and Lin Chiling's ex-boyfriend, what else can you remember?
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In fact, Yan Chengxu is not surnamed Yan.
His real name is Liao Yangzhen, and he was born on January 1, 1977, to an ordinary family in Taoyuan City, Taiwan Province.
Above him, there was also a sister.
At the age of 12, his father died of illness, and the burden of the family fell on his mother alone.
My mother worked as a tailor to support her family.
The children of the poor have long been in charge, and Yan Chengxu and his sister began to work odd jobs to supplement the family at a very young age.
The tempering of childhood urged Yan Chengxu to grow, but it also caused many character defects.
For example, crying, not confident, not good at expressing, etc.
These characteristics, to a certain extent, have made him and limited him.
In 1998, Yan Chengxu debuted as a model and began to shoot some print commercials, MVs and magazine covers.
In 2000, he participated in the first TV series "Spicy Fresh Division".
In it, he starred as a hot-tempered bastard tyrannosaurus rex.
His tyrannosaur nickname also came from within.
To be honest, this image was not played, it was originally him.
Due to family and other reasons, Yan Chengxu was not a good child since he was a child, and often fought with people.
Sometimes they were beaten so badly that they didn't even recognize their mother.
This is very consistent with the image of the little in the TV series.
Once, Yan Chengxu's good friend made an appointment with someone else, and the two stood under a big tree to resolve the dispute between the rivers and lakes, and no one would let them help.
Yan Chengxu was afraid that his friend would not be able to beat him, so he stabbed the honeycomb on the other party's head with a stick.
In the end, the three martial arts masters, who had not beaten the group of horse bees, all went to the hospital.
Such an experience made his performance in "Spicy Fresh Master" light and familiar.
It is also because of this performance, coupled with a tall and handsome appearance, that it attracts the attention of a person.
At that time, The famous program producer Chai Zhiping was determined to create a local idol drama.
So she bought the Japanese manga "Fancy Man", and found Yan Chengxu, Zhou Yumin, Zhu Xiaotian, Wu Jianhao, four young people who are working hard for their dreams, and the popular program host Big S.
So there was "Meteor Garden", with F4, and with the golden age of idol dramas.
How hot was F4 at that time?
How hot it is to be. Anyway, there are meteor showers everywhere in the world.
Nowadays, all kinds of boy groups and girl groups are everywhere, and there are even 48s and the like that can't even distinguish the face, and the idol group of 20 years ago is still a rare species.
F4 went to the Philippines and was received by the president; F4 went to South Korea to contact the prime minister to present awards.
They are the only Chinese entertainers and groups on the Forbes Power List; Newsweek described them as Chinese messengers who created "Asian light."
Wherever they go to perform, fans flock to where they can line up 18 flights of stairs without having to pay for it.
The mineral water bottles they threw away, fans rushed to drink.
Sometimes, performances are forced to be cancelled because there are too many fans to get in.
They ushered in an era.
Yan Chengxu himself felt that he was not ready.
His life, before and after 2001, has changed so much that it has no relevance at all.
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Yan Chengxu's love affair with Lin Chiling began long before "Meteor Garden".
He is a model, and so is Lin Chiling.
He wants to be red but not red, and so does Lin Chiling.
When he was completely red, Lin Chiling was still not red.
So Lin Chiling can safely and boldly mingle among fans and go to see his concert.
Their love affair became public after Lin Chiling fell off her horse in Dalian in 2005.
Yan Chengxu went to visit and was photographed by reporters, and the relationship was confirmed.
See: The lesser-known side of Lin Chiling has changed radically since the "horse crash" in 2005
But soon after, the two saw the light and died and broke up.
As for the reasons for the breakup, each has its own words, and each admits that it is not good.
At the end of the day, I think it's character.
Lin Chiling hopes to be pampered and pampered, and Yan Chengxu also hopes.
They are the golden children and jade girls of the entertainment industry, and for so many years, netizens have been hoping to be able to reunite.
As a result, there is no result.
Separated from Yan Chengxu, there is not only Lin Chiling, but also F4, and his unprepared brilliance.
Strictly speaking, F4 is a derivative of Meteor Garden, not a formal combination in the traditional sense.
Their development direction is different, and as the craze for TV dramas recedes, they gradually gather less and leave more.
The past goes with the wind and with the meteor shower.
Later, none of them developed too well, especially Yan Chengxu, who once had no drama to film, and was even in a semi-reclusive state.
Zhu Xiaotian did have a drama, but he played the mercurial Chu Liuxiang into a kebab.
Is this still Gu Long's first handsome guy?
Is this still the long-haired beauty man in "Meteor Garden" who changes his girlfriend every day?
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The most critical element of idol drama is to look at the face, not the acting.
Speaking from the heart, Yan Chengxu's acting skills in "Meteor Garden" really have nothing to say, nothing more than the true color.
Later, he acted in "White Tower", "Basketball Fire", and "Tears of the Heart Star", all of which could not abandon the burden of the previous idol.
He was confined to the role of the Dominion Temple.
And the problem of personality, let him not hype himself.
When he really had something to do with Lin Zhiling, he was all hidden, not to mention catching the wind and shadows and operating in the dark.
Yan Chengxu's social platform has a lot of fans, but to be honest, there is really nothing to see.
Half of these people may come from the obsession of "Meteor Garden" and the other half from "Brother Who Cut Through Thorns".
In 2014, after Yan Chengxu turned to the mainland, he and Tong Liya filmed an emotional drama "Love Never Forget".
No blowing and no black, compared to Yan Chengxu's previous works, this one is still good.
Unfortunately, at that time, he had no heat, and Tong Liya's acting skills were not very online, although there were many large-scale intimate shots, after all, there was no splash.
However, there is a licensed plot in it, and it is often taken out by people to hype them up for fake drama.
Every once in a while, someone would ask: Is Tong Liya and Yan Chengxu married?
Obviously, she knew that she was Chen Sicheng's wife.
Yan Chengxu originally had a non-allergic physique, let alone hype people's wives.
So he never responded, and certainly not red.
Over the years, whenever people talk about Yan Chengxu, they still feel familiar, but they are not familiar with it.
The only thing that can be remembered is still Meteor Garden.
Until recently, he became a "brother who cut through thorns".
Of course, he has always been in obscurity.
The other three members of F4 are all married, and some are divorced, but he is still single.
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In August 2021, the first phase of "Brother With Thorns" began broadcasting.
When the lights on the stage lit up, the first song that the 44-year-old Yan Chengxu sang was still "Meteor Shower".
Standard Taiwanese accent, standard idol style.
Some people were in tears, some people were disappointed.
Some people say that it is still the original recipe, or the familiar taste.
Some people say, twenty years, my sons are in junior high school, can't you change it?
In fact, a closer look, Yan Chengxu has changed a lot, and the years have finally left traces on his face.
The rest can only be changed by himself.
When I first entered the show, Yan Chengxu was still the same Yan Chengxu, lonely and difficult to get along with.
But he came to break the aura of Meteor Garden and to eliminate social phobia.
All in all, he is challenging himself.
Later, he met another person, Zhang Yunlong.
This pair of CP has also become one of the best-looking factors in "Brother With Thorns".
One is shy to express, the other is good at expression, and both complement each other, like magnets.
This time, Yan Chengxu really came through the thorns in order to be reborn.
As the show progressed, Yan Chengxu's performance got better and better. The audience also liked him more and more.
Of course, his gentleness as always has not changed, and he will still cry when he is excited.
What is valuable is that he let more people see a real and growing self.
The evaluation of this netizen is very representative, and many people turn fans to him because of his truth.
It is very interesting, today's Yan Chengxu, have learned to blacken themselves.
When calling fans, he called himself Greasy Uncle.
So, back to the title, can he be red again when he reaches middle age?
In fact, he was already red.
Since participating in "Brother With Thorns", Yan Chengxu has become popular again, going in and out of the hotel, surrounded by fans.
Some Taiwan media said that its new works were paid more than 20 million.
Whether it is NTD or RMB, this 20 million is not a lot for him.
But the more critical question is how he will take over the role next.
It is obviously impossible to make idol dramas again, and it is necessary to completely change the image of the screen, and do you have the strength? Can it be recognized?
From bursting red to not red, to turning red again, it has experienced 20 years before and after.
Nowadays, the opportunity is already in front of him, and if Yan Chengxu wants to go on for a long time, he still needs to cut through the thorns all the way!
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