(Text/Crayon Xiaoxin Self-media/Rice Culture)
In 2014, a divine comedy came out, and since then it has not only become a must-have song for square dance, but also appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, and the singing group has also become famous, I would like to ask, at that time, who would not hum two sentences: You are my little apple?
Presumably, everyone has already guessed who the protagonist today is talking about? That's it – the Chopsticks Brothers.
There are two people in the chopsticks brothers, Wang Taili and Xiao Yang, who are not brothers, but they are better than brothers.
Xiao Yang once said: I don't care if others complain about themselves, but I can't accept complaining about Wang Taili.
So why are the two developing so differently today? One is worth over 100 million, and one gradually fades out of the entertainment circle and becomes a marginal person.
To borrow the words of some netizens, since Xiao Yang values Wang Taili's brother so much, why don't he pull him now?
In fact, you don't know that Wang Taili is the final winner!
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Born in 1980 in a small family in Chengde, Hebei Province, Xiao Yang dreamed of becoming a painter since he was a child, but later during his schooling, he admired one of his teachers.
As Xiao Yang himself said: My fourth-grade homeroom teacher is a very loving person, he treats every student very well, and makes me feel very warm.
Therefore, at that time, Xiao Yang secretly vowed that he would also become such a warm teacher to teach the children to solve their problems.
At that time, he felt that he had unlimited possibilities and was full of confidence in himself, and this was given to him by Xiao Yang's teacher.
However, the good times did not last long, their class teacher changed, the newly appointed teacher thought that Xiao Yang was a bad child, and gradually, his subconscious thought so, at that time, he was extremely unconfident, he loved to sabotage in class, and the first sentence when he encountered any challenge was: Just me, do you think it is possible?
After a few years of fighting wits and courage with the teacher, it was the graduation season in the blink of an eye, and Xiao Yang was very confused at this time, he didn't know where his future was, and he didn't know what to do.
So, he began to reflect, examine himself, he remembered the dream when he was a child, he decided to enter the Central Academy of Fine Arts Attached Middle School, but unfortunately muddy for a few years, the homework that fell behind was not hard to catch up in two days, but he did not give up, before and after the exam for three years, but did not succeed, and all the relatives in the family were desperate, persuade him to give up.
But Xiao Yang decided to do this, he will not give up lightly, in 1996, Xiao Yang decided to drift north, came to Beijing alone, and three classmates shared a house of a few square meters, picked the lamp night battle for a year, he was finally admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts Attached Middle School, elective print advertising.
When the college entrance examination, he applied for the Beijing Film Academy again, the college time was beautiful and short, and in the blink of an eye, Xiao Yang shared a room with several classmates after graduation, doing a job as an advertising director, and his life was not bad, busy and fulfilling.
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However, the appearance of Wang Taili changed his life.
At that time, Wang Taili ate at a small restaurant near the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and as he ate, he remembered that he still had an advertisement that had not been filmed.
So I asked the students of the Academy of Fine Arts who were eating around me, whether they knew the students who could shoot advertisements, whether they could introduce themselves, after all, the students did not charge much.
Coincidentally, this classmate just happened to know Xiao Yang, so he introduced Xiao Yang to Wang Taili.
Subsequently, the story of the two officially unfolded...
Wang Taili's advertisement is still the first advertisement received by Xiao Yang, a senior in advertising, and the customer is Wang Taili, the owner of the cultural company.
Wang Taili's family is not bad, and it is also a good choice if he lives a stable and stable life, but he has always had a musical dream and wants to stand on the shining stage and sing his own songs.
For this dream, Wang Taili ignored his father's objections, came to Beijing alone, and became a member of the North Drift, saying: I can choose to be comfortable, but that is not the life I want.
And Wang Taili's momentum for his dream coincided with Xiao Yang's, so the friendship between two difficult brothers who were 11 years apart began.
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In 2007, Wang Taili borrowed someone else's song and filled in a lyric, which was a sample of "Bless Your Dearest", and he turned around and sent it to his good friend Xiao Yang.
Xiao Yang felt very good, it was worth doing, the two recorded this song, but after listening to it, they felt that there was still something wrong, so Xiao Yang proposed to make a micro-movie!
So, in the absence of actors, the two of themselves starred in a micro-film, called "Memoirs of a Male Geisha", filmed for three months, and finally completed, after the MV was launched, it immediately caused a sensation, and Wang Taili regurgitated a female role in it, which looked very interesting.
Since then, the "Chopstick Brothers" group has come out, and the two have made a small fire with "Memoirs of a Male Geisha".
Then, the two produced "Old Boy" and "Father", both of which were written by Xiao Yang to shoot micro-films, Wang Taili was responsible for composing lyrics and music, and the two cooperated tacitly, and after the two songs came out, the two were completely on fire.
Presumably, to this day, there are still many people who will cry when they hear "Father"? I don't dare to watch this micro-movie, nor do I dare to easily touch this song, because it is too touching, the lyrics are not gorgeous, but every word is condensed with feelings.
Until 2014, a popular divine comedy "Little Apple" came out, the "Chopstick Brothers" was unmatched, and they also boarded the Spring Festival Gala with the Phoenix Legend, and the two reached the peak of their careers.
However, at their peak, there was a watershed in the development of the two, after all, one dream was to become a singer and stand on the stage, and one dream was to direct and direct a film in the true sense.
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After the "Chopstick Brothers" fire, Xiao Yang began to enter the film and television circle with all his might, in 2015, Xiao Yang played soy sauce in Chen Sicheng's "Detective Chinatown", he played the role of "Kun Tai" with excellent acting skills, so that netizens found a windfall, it turned out that Xiao Yang in addition to singing, acting skills are also good.
After that, as if his acting career was hanging, he played against veteran-level actors such as Song Dandan and Ni Dahong, but he was not afraid of the stage, and his performance was still good, which also made his acting skills more and more exquisite.
Finally, Xiao Yang, who had made enough money, wanted to get a big ticket, complete his dream all along, and become a veritable director, he used his own wealth to direct a fantasy comedy movie called "Weather Pre-explosion", when Xiao Yang was already worth over 100 million.
However, Xiao Yang is becoming more and more prosperous in the film and television circle, but Wang Taili on the other side has gradually faded its light, and with the "Chopstick Brothers" combination rarely combined, Wang Taili seems to have become a transparent person.
And Xiao Yang is still one step away from becoming a movie emperor, in "Detective Chinatown 2" is also contributed to excellent acting skills, the most worth mentioning is that in 2019 he starred in a suspense crime film "Manslaughter", in which he is a full addict, playing a contradictory character who loves his family deeply but carries a huge secret, pain and struggle are the main emotions of the character, this role completely subverted his past, but he played very successfully.
So, why did Xiao Yang not pull Wang Taili when the good brothers were in trouble?
In fact, the brotherhood between the two is absolutely true, but now Wang Taili, who has almost run five, is not suitable for the entertainment industry, and his original intention is to realize his musical dreams, and now he has achieved it, and there are wives and children hot kangtou, when the prosperous past gradually returns to mediocrity, living his own comfortable little life, it should be what he wants!
Moreover, Wang Taili also has his own company, life will not be tight, if he really wants to continue to mix the entertainment circle, presumably the brother Xiao Yang will not look at it, after all, they have said: they are spit on, it does not matter if they are scolded, don't scold my brother.
And Xiao Yang is still young and vigorous, it is a good time to fight, and the director's dream he has always been keen on has not yet been fully realized, and he is still struggling for it.
Therefore, Xiao Yang is not as some netizens said, after becoming famous, he forgot his brother, but he respected his brother's choice, helped him when he wanted to move forward, and respected him when he wanted to be comfortable.
In the end, so Wang Taili is the last big winner, he has been brilliant, love, affection, brothers, careers he has, dreams have come true, then what else is he struggling with?