Waited and waited, Chen Jieyi came.
The last time she appeared in the field of vision of mainland audiences as a ** drama actor was in 2005 when she starred in "Snow Wolf Lake".
Knowing that Chen Jieyi was going to star in Guangzhou's ** drama "Lion Boy", some friends who had not been in contact for a long time sent messages to reporters, asking for a recommendation for theater seats, like them, many people are not fans of ** dramas, and they don't know how many roles she has, but they are still willing to spend hundreds of yuan to buy a ticket to enter the theater, just to be able to listen to Chen Jieyi sing once.
Chen Jieyi on the stage has the ability to capture people's hearts, as soon as she opens her voice, she is as stable as a CD, her voice is full of a sense of story, and she sings into people's hearts at once. The audience shouted, worthy of being a national treasure singer in Singapore, worth the ticket price.
One evening not long ago, we met Chen Jieyi. Although the day's schedule is full, there is no trace of fatigue in her, but a sense of relaxation that does not belong to the city. "[The sense of relaxation] is cultivated. She spoke softly.
Chen Jieyi has been a person with her own ideas since she was a child, and the first time she watched the video of the **drama "**Voice" in the third grade of primary school, she was sure that this was what she liked, and then she chose to go to a niche drama school, and everyone else felt that she was daydreaming, "How to find a job after graduation?" But she couldn't do that much, "That's what I want to do." ”
At work, she is also a free and casual person, she can choose the first female drama "Snow Wolf Lake", she took the initiative to choose the second female because the role is more suitable for herself; At the age of 32, when her career was on the rise, she chose to leave the music scene for the time being, and her idea was very simple: she wanted to return to life; In recent years, she has become a farmer on the farm, wearing a straw hat on her head, her face facing the sky, her face is flushed, "I like to work, I like the feeling of sweating." ”
In just 40 minutes, she talked a lot with Nandu reporters, about **, about life, about beauty and aging, ......During the whole interview, she always had a warm smile on her face, like a ray of sunshine in winter, bringing warmth to people.
Drama is my "happy paradise".
*Stills from the play "Lion Boy".
Nandu Entertainment:It isYouFirst time participatingContinentalDrama, what's differentFeelingsIs it?
Kitty Chan:Although my main profession is a pop singer, I will keep performing a ** drama every 3 5 years, which is my happy paradise. Although it takes a lot of time, rehearsing here makes me feel like going back to school, where everyone is equal and can be very relaxed.
I think it's great that even though I've reached this stage of my life and career, there's one thing that makes me curious and excited, and I think it's a grace that I take as a great gift from God.
Nandu Entertainment:YouWhat kind of drama do you think "Lion Boy" is, and what do you hope to pass on to the audience?
Kitty Chan:Just like our slogan, "There are all kinds of reasons to give up, only one is enough", if people have dreams, I think they are happier, and they will feel that life is more interesting and meaningful, so no matter how big or small the dream is, if you can persist and complete it, it will not be in vain.
Nandu Entertainment: How do you feel when you see these young ** drama actors? YouWhat do you think young actors need?
Kitty Chan:We also know how hard they work, they have to perform something new in a week or two, and we can see the hard work of young people who do not admit defeat and do not give up, and we feel very moved, and we will also recall what I used to look like at that age, if young people do not have this kind of fighting spirit, it will be difficult to go on in the future.
I think youth is the mentality of an empty cup, like my nephew went to find his first job, I told him that you don't have to be afraid, you have to be "greedy", the so-called greed is that you have so many experiences that you have not experienced, don't be afraid of losing, you have to taste the ups and downs, because you are still empty, and when you are almost full, you can start screening.
Nandu Entertainment:As a first-generation drama actor,Youstarred in the ** drama "Snow Wolf Lake" very early, how was it selected in the first placeThis?
Kitty Chan:I think I'm very lucky, and many opportunities that others think are important, I rely on feelings and fate, and rarely deliberately plan them. I remember that I was busy promoting a record at that time, and the record company in Hong Kong informed me that I must take the earliest flight to select a project, saying that I was trying to participate in the ** drama made by Jacky Cheung, and I said that I was very tired, can I not go? He said no, I had to come, and I asked what I wanted to prepare, and he said no, but I prepared a song for myself, and I was sure that I was wearing clothes that could be danced. As a result, as soon as I entered, Xueyou asked what song you want to sing for us? Fortunately, I was prepared and sang an English song "Wind Beneath My Wings", and then he asked if you could sing "Memory"? He sang another part as he was asked, and then he asked if you could dance. I said yes, so I learned two 8 beats from the dance teacher on the spot.
Two weeks later, I was notified that I was hired, and Xueyou said that there are two heroines for you to choose, I think you can choose both, and then I chose the second girl, and Xueyou was very surprised, why did you have to choose the second girl? I said that the second female is more suitable for me. Since I was a child, I have been a person who walks by my own feelings, and I follow what I like, and at that time I felt that the second female was very suitable for me, and the song "Wait and Wait" was also very suitable for me.
Nandu Entertainment:There are some aspects of professionalism that have been drawn from himStuff?
Kitty Chan:Absolutely, I was only 25 years old at the time, he was already a god of songs, and when I saw that he was so demanding of himself, I would think that he was like this, and I wanted to be like this. For example, it's okay to listen to him sing, but he feels that he hasn't done a good job, so he will be very angry with himself, and I'm born like this, when I see him like this, I think it's valid, and I want to be even more like this. But when I matured, I knew that I couldn't be too like this, otherwise I would be very uncomfortable.
Nandu Entertainment:What is the special meaning of this show to you?
Kitty Chan:It was a very important milestone in my career. First of all, it gave me the first famous Cantonese song "Wait and Wait", which allowed me to step into the Hong Kong market, and later made TV series and began to come out in Cantonese**, and I also learned a lot during that time in Hong Kong.
Nandu Entertainment: YouRetiring at the age of 32? What it isLet you goAgainWhat keeps you coming back
Kitty Chan:I debuted at the age of 21, and our previous publicity work was very scary, releasing a record, promoting it for 3 months, 16 hours a day and talking about the same thing for three months, and then I felt that I had reached a saturation point at that time, as if I had been completely consumed, so I had to withdraw, but I knew very well in my heart that I would come back, let me go and recuperate, and I would come back after recuperation, I knew very well that singing was a lifelong thing.
Then I went to study and go to work, and that period was also a very important turning point, because I had only been an artist, I had never done any other work, and I felt as if I was out of touch with the outside world.
Nandu Entertainment: Except for "Singer" and "Philharmonic City Youth Season", you rarely participate in variety shows, and in the face of invitations to some projects, youWhat are the selection criteria?
Kitty Chan:I think you have to feel comfortable, sometimes of course we can judge whether the content is suitable or not, but sometimes the content is not important, the person you contact with gives you feelings is more important, sometimes you may feel that the content is a little unacceptable, if the person you contact has a way to persuade you, or he can use another method to let you see this matter, I will consider it.
Nandu Entertainment: YouWhat to think of the presentShort** hit songs?
Kitty Chan:I think every era has its own **form, for example, in the 80s of the 20th century, there was MV for the first time, and I used to listen to songs just by listening to the radio, MV is a very breakthrough thing, and now it is short**, and there may be a new form in the future. Although I haven't really been exposed to short **, I have sung some, it is also a channel to promote good songs, I have sung two songs that became popular in short **, one is "Far from Him", and the other is "An". I think no matter what way you use it, it's good to be able to introduce good songs to everyone.
"When life gives you lemon, mix it into lemon juice".
Nandu Entertainment:NearSeveralyearsYouWhen you get in touch with nature and become a farmer, what are your thoughts to share with you? Nature givesYouWhat kind of energy?
Kitty Chan:Being a farmer is still a little different from nature, if you want to get close to nature, we can do it at any time, you can travel, you can go climbing, you can only enjoy the feeling that nature gives you, but being a farmer is working in nature, that is another kind of enjoyment, I think the biggest satisfaction of being a farmer is labor.
Nandu Entertainment: That's the process.
Kitty Chan:Yes, the so-called get your hands dirty, we say "get your hands dirty" in English, in fact, since I was a child, I have a lot of respect for people who work with their hands, whether it is a sanitation worker, a cleaner, or something else, I think urban people can buy anything directly with money, but working with hands is different, when you really get your hands dirty, sweat to do something, I think that kind of satisfaction, yes
The greatest satisfaction I get from being a farmer is labor. ”
Nandu Entertainment: I feel that you have a rare sense of relaxation, what do you think about age and time?
Kitty Chan:These are all brewed, just like you said the sense of relaxation, it is also brewed, not innate, I was born with a relatively tight state, and later I realized that a very tight life is not a good thing. So I'm slowly cultivating, and there are a lot of things that need to be cultivated, and if a certain idea or lifestyle attracts you, you have to work in that direction. But relaxation doesn't mean you're not serious, you can still be serious, but you have to learn how to be serious in this kind of (relaxed state), and it will be easier to do a lot of things.
Nandu Entertainment: How do you see your + and 50Feel yourself at every stageYesWhat's different?
Kitty Chan:20 and 30 may not be so different, maybe 20 is like just starting to learn to swim, it will be very laborious all the time, maybe you don't have to step on it so many times, but you will step on it many times, 30 will be a little more stable. I think 40 is a pretty interesting stage. I remember a lot of people getting 40 and they get nervous and say, "Dead and old", and I think if you can master 40, then the road ahead is easier.
Nandu Entertainment:How to say
Kitty Chan:It's just a number, don't feel oppressed by seeing 4, you have to embrace it and accept it. You tell yourself, I've been climbing up in my twenties and thirties, and I'm learning, and you have to be very ...... if you can use the age of 40 to refine what you've learned and make it more streamlinedWhen you use these 10 years to cultivate yourself, you won't be afraid when you reach the age of 50, but if you keep resisting and keep saying how can I get younger, how can I be ......I think you're struggling more and more, and you're going to sink.
Chen Jieyi's life photo. She said that no matter what life is like, you must make life the best it can be.
Nandu Entertainment:SoYouDon't resistThese, including aging and the like?
Kitty Chan:Don't resist, resist what's the matter, you can't change it, you need to accept it, there is a saying in English is "make the best of whatever", "when life gives you lemons, just make lemonade", when life gives you lemons, what if the lemon is very sour? You can make it into a very delicious lemon juice. That's the kind of attitude I have, no matter what life gives me, as long as I live, make it the best it can be.
Nandu Entertainment:SoYouI like the way I am nowIs it?
Kitty Chan:I like it, but I want to tell you that you have to work hard every day, and this state is not just the way you wake up, it is the accumulation of cultivation every day, and you have to move towards this goal step by step.
Nandu Entertainment: I think you are very attractive, everyone says that you are very beautiful, how do you define beauty?
Kitty Chan:I can tell you that when I was younger, no one said I was beautiful. (How is that possible?) Really, if you look at the previous reports, they all say that this girl is very good at singing, but not very good-looking. I think maybe everyone's aesthetics are also changing, as you get older, you can never be more beautiful than when you were young, so the beauty you pursue is not that (external) beauty, but the inside, so you praise me, of course I am very grateful, which means that I have finally succeeded in cultivating, and I am very happy that you have seen my inner beauty.
Nandu Entertainment: YouIt's how to stay in shapeAnd in such a good state
Kitty Chan:I still know how to dress, I think I am a very healthy body, definitely not a slim body that many people pursue, but I am a healthy body, and I think health is more important.
Nandu Entertainment: If you were to summarize your 30-year acting career, how would you summarize yourself?
Kitty Chan:It's hard for me to summarize, because I haven't played enough, I'm still playing, so I can't summarize, I can only say that so far I still enjoy this job very much, I am very grateful every day, after 30 years you still love this job so much, I think it is very rare.
Nandu Entertainment: It isHow?
Kitty Chan:I think it's about striking a balance. No matter how much you like this thing, I don't allow myself to do too much and can't exhaust it.
Nandu Entertainment:Are there any plans for concerts in the future? Everybody's veryI want to hear you sing live
Kitty Chan:There should be, but I'm more casual with a lot of work.
Written by: Nandu reporter Li Chunhua
**: Provided by the interviewee