On May 30, actor Yao Anlian posted on social platforms, announcing the news that Yan Xiaochai had died due to illness, and the text was full of sadness and regret.
Yao Anlian said: "This afternoon my good brother and also my mentor, Yan Xiaochai, died of illness. I first collaborated with the director of "Special Mission" in 2006, and later cooperated with the TV series "Sister Jiang". Since then, he has given me a lot of help and encouragement on the road of my growth. I don't want my brother to suddenly drive the crane to the west today, and the pain is deep in my heart. May Xiao Chai go all the way and be greeted by a bodhisattva to the Pure Land of Bliss. "
Director Yan Xiaochai was born in 1954, graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Beijing Film Academy, and worked as a director in the TV drama production center of CCTV, and his representative works include "Special Mission", "Returning to people in the night of wind and snow", "Big Road, Small Alley", "Sister Jiang" and "Born in the 70s".
Stills from Born in the '70s
Yao Anlin, 62 years old this year, is a golden supporting role, and has participated in many popular film and television dramas such as "Pink Girl", "Late Night Canteen", "Secondary Exposure" and so on.
He once had a marriage, but the two divorced when their daughter was very young, and yao Anlian was not exposed to remarriage, but took care of her daughter herself.
He and Yan Xiaochai director are not much different in age, and the two first met when they collaborated on "Special Mission" and formed a deep friendship for 14 years now. Now that his close-knit brother, who had helped him a lot, passed away, it was hard to imagine Yao Anlian's grief.