The two hottest groups in China are the Chopsticks Brothers and Phoenix Legend. A "Little Apple" can be called a brainwashing song, a "most dazzling national wind" to create a miracle . Nowadays, Phoenix Legend has gradually faded out of the audience's line of sight, and has not created too hot songs, while the Chopsticks Brothers are still active in the audience's field of vision, especially Xiao Yang.
In 2019, "Manslaughter" starring Xiao Yang occupied the movie hot search list, the film's positive reviews are overwhelming, Douban rating as high as 7.6, the box office over 1 billion, and some people even said that "Xiao Yang can take the movie emperor with this drama". Xiao Yang was once known as the Chopsticks Brothers, but now the labeling of the group is fading. Xiao Yang has become a highly talked about figure, while another chopstick, Wang Taoli, has disappeared, and seems to have been forgotten.
Chopsticks Brothers was born, "Memoirs of a Male Geisha" network hit
2007, Chopsticks Brothers formally into the army, and Xiao Yang and Wang Taili **** with the starring role of the music movie "Memoirs of a Male Geisha" in the Catapult network debut, quickly swept the major awards of the year Internet video, and even sang the song "Blessings to you dear" is also in the network popularity . But it wasn't an era when the Internet was particularly developed, and even if the Chopsticks Brothers were as popular on the Internet as they were on the Internet, they were still unknown back in reality. But Xiao Yang and Wang Taoli's collaborations became more and more frequent and tacitly understood.
Before they worked together, Wang Taili was a freelance musician who studied fine arts but only had music in his heart and always wanted to realize his dream of becoming a singer. Xiao Yang, on the other hand, graduated from the Beijing Film Academy and is a professional commercial director, but in his heart he dreams of becoming a big director.
Xiao Yang and Wang Taili seem to be unrelated people, and even their dreams are not the same, but they are able to come together because they "understand each other's words", and they both have an unfulfilled dream in their hearts.
Wang Taili, a singer at the time, could not even feed himself, and could only rely on writing lyrics to support his dreams, but also to fulfill the client's request for advertising. And Xiao Yang, who was a senior in college that year, was shooting commercials, and his first client was Wang Taili. The two men met at the beginning of a simple partnership, but also a kind of A party B party relationship, did not expect to be able to later combine, become very good friends.
Shaw Yang is trying to be a director of commercials, and Wang Taili is writing songs and receiving commercials, and their careers are at the same time, in different spaces, but produce some kind of unexpected connection. Director plus song may be a very good movie, the two have a bold idea, give up shooting commercials, advertising, but directly to do a combination, there is 2007's "Memoirs of a Male Geisha". For Xiao Yang, these two awards are not hard honors, but undoubtedly let the heart of the director's dream has hope. The song "Bless You Dear" created by Wang Taili has also become popular, making the dream of a musician in his heart rise.
"Old Boy" came out of nowhere, "Little Apple" hot nationwideThe days with dreams are always the best memories of life, but also the most profound years of life. In 2010, the China Film Group wanted to support the new network director, there is a "11 degrees of youth movie series activities", the Chopsticks Brothers were also invited. This may have been a small effort for many network directors, but for Xiao Yang and Wang Taili, it was a chance to transform their lives.
Wang Taili and Xiao Yang then discussed making an "Old Boy" story, and also wrote a 40-minute script, but the project only gave them enough money to make a 10-minute short film. The two did not have sponsorship, but had to pay out of their own pockets, into which they kept pouring money, the movie was shot one after another for three months, with the money to start the movie, and no money to write the script.
During the filming of Old Boy, Wang Taili's father was diagnosed with lymphoma and his health deteriorated. When his father was dying, he told Wang Taili, "Stop doing things that don't make sense, and do something. After hearing his father's words, Wang Taili felt like a failure. After all, Wang Taili is 11 years older than Xiao Yang, Xiao Yang has the youth to spend, while Wang Taili has to support the family.
After much deliberation, Wang Taili said to Xiao Yang, "Old Boy" is the last of the Chopstick Brothers, even if it is a tombstone forever, and then do what you want to do".
Wang Taili was looking forward to the microfilm "Old Boy" to be released in theaters, to be able to let his frail father watch. But the movie is not yet finished, Wang Taili did not even see the last side of his father. After his father's death, Wang Taili felt that he was an unsettling son, always mediocre. Perhaps he had nowhere to release his grief, or perhaps he was inspired by his feelings, Wang Taili wrote the song "Father", which touched many people.
October 2010, "Old Boy" was finally released on Youku, although the storyline is not so novel, just two people struggling with their dreams and reality, but it was a firestorm across the country. Many post-70s and post-80s were touched by the sentimentality of it and also sobbed uncontrollably. But many people don't know that in the movie, many of the storylines are the experiences of Wang Taoli himself. But the real-life Wang Taoli is even more miserable than the movie, and his obsession with music is even crazier.
"Old Boy" has become a large number of people's memories of youth, and the song of the same name, "Old Boy," has become a must-have KTV song. After Old Boy became a hit, Xiao Yang excitedly called Wang Taili and said, "Old Wang, you don't have to change your profession". Wang Taili completely put down the mind of doing industry, dead heart began to do music.
Watching the success of "Old Boy", the two then wanted to do something bigger, and also began preparations for "Old Boy's Fierce Dragon". The movie was a continuation of the storyline of "Old Boy", but it did not inherit the good reputation of "Old Boy", and also became a totally bad movie. What Xiao Yang and Wang Taili didn't expect was that the movie's promotional song Little Apple would catch fire, and also quickly squeeze the square dance market of The Most Dazzling Ethnic Wind into a little bit of survival space.
Since then, the Chopsticks Brothers have become a household name and the male gods of the square dance generation. No one can sing or dance to "Little Apple". It seemed like a pinnacle for the Chopstick Brothers, and also like the beginning of their respective battles.
Wang Taili became a winner in life, his daughter participated in the "youth have you 2"Chopsticks Brothers was a start to make a movie, but did not expect to have the label of music, but also become the new god of music group. When both have popularity, but faced with the decision of career development, which is related to the initial dream. Xiao Yang wants to be an actor and director to create better movies, while Wang Taili wants to be a musician and continue to develop in the music industry.
Since "Little Apple," the Chopstick Brothers have rarely appeared together in public, but instead of turning against each other, they remain good friends, just chasing different dreams.
In 2015, Xiao Yang with the "Tang Dynasty" with the police chief "Kun Tai" role gradually in the acting circle to stand feet, acting quite well received. Shaw Yang then follow the trend, starring in a succession of "Sage", "Weather Forecast", "Manslaughter" and other movies, slowly into the right track. On the road of acting, Xiao Yang is getting smoother and smoother, becoming a figure to be reckoned with, and also having more exposure opportunities, with his value rising.
Wang Taili didn't go as well as Xiao Yang after he left him, but instead failed to create any more dazzling musical works. Wang Taili didn't come from a science class, and although he tried to have musical talent, his understanding of music wasn't enough to sustain subsequent creations. While Xiao Yang continued to make frequent appearances in movies, Wang Taili also frequently participated in variety shows without stirring up any waterworks.
Shaw Yang was remembered for one stunning role after another, while Wang Taili gradually faded from the screen because his music was not hot. The gap between the two grew wider and wider, as evidenced by the 4.58 million Weibo followers versus the 630,000.
Wang Taili knows that he is not comparable to Xiao Yang, so he has turned his life to focus on his family. Recently, Wang Taili's daughter, Wang Wanchen, participated in the reality TV competition
Wang Taili realized his dream of becoming a musician at the age of 40, and now he also has a happy family and Xiao Yang, a Chopsticks brother who doesn't give up and suffers from ****. Such a life is not as bright as Xiao Yang's, but it is wonderful and meaningful enough to be considered a winner in life.
Dreams of this thing and the classics as well, never because of time and fade, but more precious. No matter when and where, how big the difference in fame between the two, Xiao Yang and Wang Taili will remember the days when they used to pursue their dreams, and each other is still the most important friend. Wang Taili's songs are like shooting stars that suddenly pass by, once illuminating a part of life, but the splendor has to pass eventually. For Wang Taili, life is lucky enough, but the luck is fleeting, not always appear in the dream of the road, he also became a very ordinary and ordinary "old boy.