In 2014, "Little Apple" pushed the Chopstick Brothers to their peak.
"You are my little apple, I can never love you too much..."
Whether it is in a big shopping mall or a small shop, a snack bar or On the streets, this brisk song swept every corner.
This is a group of middle-aged men. They are not good-looking and have no excessive packaging. They rely on their funny costumes and exaggerated acting skills to stay active in people's field of vision.
Sometimes seemingly nonsensical performances are often the purest.
Delete the superficial humor, the song "Little Apple" is more about encouraging people to express love bravely. The simple and easy-to-remember lyrics project the joys, sorrows and joys of many people.
There is also "Slow down time, don't let you grow old." in "Father" reminds people of their father.
In "Old Boy", "Dreams are always out of reach, should we give up?" evokes the struggle and excitement of youth.
After 6 years, I still can’t hold back the turbulence in my heart when I listen to it.
After all, in this impetuous era, there are not many such simple songs. I thought they could keep going like this, singing the purest songs and being a pure singer.
What is surprising is that they "disbanded".
One person is a stick, two people are chopsticks
That year, Wang Taili was 40 years old.
He has always dreamed of being a singer, but reality has given him countless surprises.
Compared with being a singer, how to survive is his first priority in Beijing. In order to survive, Wang Taili opened a restaurant, did artist training, and did advertising...
Once, when Wang Taili was eating in the canteen of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, he suddenly remembered that one of his projects needed a director, so he casually asked the boy across the table if any of his classmates would shoot commercials.
The boy thought for a while and said he knew a man from Beijing Film Academy named Xiao Yang.
In this way, Wang Taili met another chopstick in his life.
Xiao Yang was only a senior in college at that time. Although he had earned some fame in the industry by filming commercials, he had no ambition to do so.
The two are 11 years apart, but they have similar interests: they love music but don’t like to join in the fun.
What’s even more rare is that “we can understand each other”, so they quickly became good friends.
It is an honor to meet a confidant at a low point in life.
As they collaborated more and more, the two became more and more understanding, and finally decided to form a group called "Chopstick Brothers".
Why are they called Chopstick Brothers?
Some people said: Because their age difference is 11 years, and 11 happens to be the shape of chopsticks.
Some people say: Chopsticks must be used in pairs, which means they will never be separated.
Actually, none of them. In an issue of "Happy Camp", they gave an explanation. There are two reasons why they are called Chopstick Brothers:
1. Chopsticks can share the same taste** *Bitter, sweet and sour taste together;
2. Chopsticks are one of the simplest elements of Chinese culture. They make music and make movies to convey the truest voices and emotions of ordinary people.
One chopstick is easy to break, but two chopsticks are difficult to break.
Since then, the two have begun to create together. Wang Taili writes lyrics and scores whenever he has time, while Xiao Yang likes to perform. The two complement each other.
Although the songs they created had a mediocre response, they still maintained a high degree of enthusiasm for their dreams.
Finally, Wang Tian paid off.
With the release of "Oldboy", they gradually became known to the public and transformed from an unknown group into a rising star.
Taking advantage of the popularity, their song "Father" made them popular again and became the must-selected song in KTV.
The next great song was "Little Apple", but after that, they never collaborated on another popular work.
Xiao Yang: An art student enters the entertainment industry, can sing, dance and become an actor
In 2019, "Manslaughter" starring Xiao Yang occupied the top of Weibo's hot search list, and Douban ratings 7.6 points.
Some netizens said: "Xiao Yang may be able to win an actor with this drama."
After the Chopsticks Brothers "disbanded", Xiao Yang began to move into the entertainment industry.
In fact, Xiao Yang’s childhood dream was to be a painter. When he applied for the Middle School Affiliated to the Central Academy of Fine Arts with hope, he had no choice but to repeat his studies in Beijing for one year because he did not do well in cultural classes.
In the second year, he was finally admitted to the High School Affiliated to the Academy of Fine Arts, but his family was not wealthy. In order to earn tuition, he could only teach art to others during the winter and summer vacations until he graduated from college.
During this period, he also developed another hobby - music. In his spare time, he also participated in campus singing competitions and formed his own band.
At that time, he thought "it was quite handsome to perform everywhere in a leather jacket."
But when he was taking the college entrance examination, he suddenly wanted to do something more challenging, so he He gave up the opportunity to go directly to the Central Academy of Fine Arts and chose the directing major at the Beijing Film Academy.
Although his mother was very opposed: "Take the film school? People who make movies are prone to divorce!"
He just didn't listen and still insisted on his choice, and the reason for his choice was to make money. .
Since his freshman year, Xiao Yang has been crazy about getting jobs, drawing illustrations, shooting advertisements...
Classmates all ridiculed him as the "king of jobs".
Sometimes when he can’t find anyone to shoot commercials, he will do it by himself, sing, dance... and give full play to his skills.
In the four years of college, he did not let his family pay a penny, and he even became famous in the advertising industry. It was at that time that he met the person who influenced his life - Wang Taili .
But music is just a spice in Xiao Yang’s life, and acting is his lifelong pursuit.
In "Detective Chinatown", Xiao Yang took advantage of Song Yi's nervousness, comedy, and submissiveness, which made the audience shine.
Different from the usual comedy style, every action and facial expression of Xiao Yang in "Manslaughter" is even more exquisite, always touching the hearts of the audience, and the performance of joy, anger, sorrow and joy makes the audience more and more excited. We believed he was Li Weijie.
Although "Weather Prediction", which he directed and starred in, did not receive good reviews, it can be regarded as achieving his goal of becoming a director.
From painting to singing, from actor to director, Xiao Yang seems to have been changing, but in fact he has never changed.
No matter what it is, he still expresses the deepest things in people’s hearts and souls, and still touches those who watch and listen with the purest expression.
Wang Taili is the real winner in life
In comparison, Wang Taili’s achievements in the entertainment industry are indeed not as good as Xiao Yang. Although he has acted in several movies, he has not left any impression on the audience. What a profound impression.
But in fact, Wang Taili prefers music.
This has been Wang Taili’s dream since he was a child. That was when music burst out, and he was even more enthusiastic.
After the college entrance examination, in order to get closer to his dream, he went to Beijing alone with 500 yuan given by his father. It was his first time to pursue his dream.
But chasing dreams is never that easy. The money was quickly spent, but he was not willing to accept it, so he ran home and asked his father for money.
After this back and forth, his father finally gave him 1,800 yuan and said: "This is the last time I will help you realize your dream. If you still don't succeed this time, you have to go home." Do business with me."
Perhaps it was his father's ultimatum that made Wang Taili's desire for success even stronger.
He went directly to the Central Academy of Fine Arts and asked a teacher to help him with his shortcomings, but the teacher said that he was not suitable for this field.
Anyone else would have given up on going home and inheriting the family business long ago.
But Wang Taili did not give up. He persisted in his music dream while looking for a job and trying to find a way to take root in Beijing.
So he went to work as a clerk in a company. Because he was good at painting, many people approached him for planning and design.
Later, relying on his own planning advantages, Wang Taili opened a company of his own, but due to lack of experience, it eventually went bankrupt.
He took the remaining money and continued to look for new ways out.
It was at that time that he met Xiao Yang from the Film Academy, and later they formed the "Chopsticks Brothers".
With the group, Wang Taili writes more enthusiastically. He writes all his personal emotions into the lyrics, because he feels that only songs with true feelings can touch people's hearts.
Once they received an invitation from the China Film Group to shoot a youth short film. In the eyes of the Chopsticks Brothers, this was an excellent opportunity and they had to seize this opportunity.
But during the filming process, Wang Taili’s father passed away from terminal lymphoma. Wang Taili collapsed to the point where he wanted to give up. It was Xiao Yang who kept encouraging him and accompanying him through the darkest time in his life. moment.
In this way, the two finally completed the filming of "Oldboy". When the movie was released, it was loved by the public. The memories of youth in the play made the audience cry.
Unfortunately, Wang Taili’s father could not wait until his son became prosperous.
As time goes by, the chopsticks, who thought they would never be separated, eventually parted ways.
Xiao Yang wants to pursue her film dream and become an actor and director;
Wang Taili continues to pursue his dream of music and uses his past experience and resources to help more young people.
Many people say that the pair of chopsticks are no longer the same length, and Wang Taili can no longer keep up with Xiao Yang's pace.
Some people even compare and say: Xiao Yang is worth over 100 million, while Wang Taili is heavily in debt; Xiao Yang is prospering, and Wang Taili has disappeared...
In fact, in my opinion, Isn’t Wang Taili a winner in life?
He has formed a group, fulfilled his music dream, appeared on the international stage, shot movies, has a happy family, and a brother who is as good as chopsticks.
There is this sentence at the end of the "Old Boy" MV:
"Dreams, like classics, will never fade with time, but become more precious."
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Not long ago, they created a new song "I Love You" together. The name is just like them at the beginning, pure and straightforward.
They in the song MV are as funny as ever. If you listen carefully, you will find that the core of this song is to encourage people to love bravely.
Still the same chopstick brothers.
Their relationship is still deep and their lives are long. How lucky you are to have a good friend who understands you.
I hope you and I will encourage each other.