Episode 23: I'm just an actor

Zheng Xiyi looked around, "MO? Uh, you really need a negative type, right, otherwise how can it start now, shouldn't I put on makeup, try on a few sets of clothes, put on a few POSE and take a few photos before starting? ”

"Xiyi XI, there is nothing wrong with what you said, it should be like this in theory, but in fact, the order can be reversed, interview first, and then when you have time, we will put on makeup, try on a few sets of clothes, put on a few POSE, and take a few photos...... Our interview is not about your fashion sense, but about you as a person, because you represent a kind of fashion yourself in South Korea. ”

"Okay...... Why did I suddenly have the feeling of which marble base I should stay on and pose for people to come and visit? What kind of fashion am I? I'm not ugly, but I'm definitely not a beautiful man, although I still admit that I am handsome. Dressed not sloppy but definitely not in line with fashion, clean and comfortable is my only requirement. ”

"Maybe it's the previous fashion content that made Xiyi XI misunderstand, fashion is not about how you dress or how you dress, fashion is a pattern of behavior. The current popular dress and dress up are indeed fashion, but this is only a small part of fashion, and this small part is the easiest to notice, so it will be mistaken for popular dress is fashion, but in fact, it should be said that as long as it is the current popular behavior pattern, it is fashion. ”

"When you explain this, I probably understand fashion a little bit more than before, but I still don't understand why I represent a fashion ......," Zheng Xiyi spread his hands.

Kim Yunyan smiled and stroked her long hair with her hand, "In the past month, Xiyi XI, you are the hottest news figure in South Korea, your every move, your learning experience, and your acting career have become the focus of people's attention, and the topic of discussing you has long occupied the first place in the hot search ranking on the Internet, isn't it fashionable?"

Zheng Xiyi tilted his head and thought for a while, "It seems that I can't admit it if I don't want to, there is indeed too much news about me recently, and even my sister has come from the United States to South Korea because of these concerns." ”

"So Jung Hee-yi, what do you think about the public's attention to you?" Kim Yun-yeon began to enter the interview.

Zheng Xiyi thought for a while and said seriously: "Actually, I don't like others to pay attention to my personal life, maybe because I was born and raised in the United States, I value my personal life very seriously. I don't like walking on the road with a lot of people watching me, and I don't like to go out with a mask, sunglasses, and hat because it makes me feel like it's a burden to go out. People like me because of the role I play, not me, so there's no need to follow me, just follow the roles I filmed. Zheng Xiyi played this role very well, the role he played was very poor, this should be paid attention to, but Zheng Xiyi appeared in Myeongdong today, I saw Zheng Xiyi eating with whom, is there any need to pay attention to these? Does this have anything to do with the role I played? Does this have anything to do with whether I can play the role well? In life, I and those characters are actually two completely different people, and paying attention to my life is completely meaningless for whether I like or dislike the roles I play, I like to eat raw mixed beef, and you don't like to eat them, will you not watch the roles I play because of this? Obviously not. ”

"Do you think celebrities shouldn't take on this kind of attention?"

"No, I think being a star should do take on this kind of attention, but as a person, I don't really want to be a star, I'm just an actor, and I just want to be an actor, not a star. The actor is not playing himself, but another person, and the actor is always trying his best to exclude himself from the role and create another person. Although the role is understood and expressed by the actor himself, it is not only the actor, but also the screenwriter, the director, and even the audience's own imagination, the role is a complex, not the actor himself. The most perfect embodiment of the actor and the character should be two completely different people, and the me you see in life and the me you see on the screen should be two completely different people, although they look very similar. ”

Zheng Xiyi paused and took a sip of coffee, "So there's no point in paying attention to me, that character is not me." People always bring the role into the life of the actor, and always feel that the actor is like the character, so they will pay attention to the actor, but in fact, if you ask the actors what kind of role they want to play the most, all the actors will answer, the least like their own role. Only when you play the role that is least like yourself and is recognized by the audience, this is the highest honor for an actor. ”

Kim Yunyan thought for a while, "If you say that, in fact, Xiyi XI will still be noticed, because it's not just that you act well, but because you won the Academy Award, and you won it at the age of 9." ”

"I understand, you mean to be watched because of the honor I received, so people adore me, like me, because of the honor I received, not the role I played, so I became a star, so I need to bear that, right?"

"Yes. ”

"I'm happy to win the Oscar, and it's a liar who says it's not happy. ”

Kim Yun-yeon laughed.

"But this honor is only for one of my past performances, and the audience can't just watch me this one forever. I understand and understand this because I care about me, but I will be very troubled by paying attention to me like this, because I can't go out on the street to experience life, observe people, and feel society, which may make my next performance very bad and never win another award, so I hope everyone doesn't pay so much attention to me. If you like me, then you can stand aside and look at me, I don't mind being watched, and if I happen to have time, then you can also interact. But what I would prefer is for you to write to me, write everything you want to say and want, and I will reply to you when I have time, although I can't guarantee that I will reply immediately when I receive it, but I can promise that I will definitely write back to you, and this time may be very long, depending on how many people write to me. My sister can testify that all the fan letters I received when I was in the United States were personally replied to. ”

Kim Yunyan turned her head to look at Lin Xiyin in surprise, Lin Xiyin nodded, "Yes, when Xiyi first won the Oscar, we could receive hundreds of emails every day, asking for autographs, asking for photos, for more than half a year, and a total of more than 10,000 fan letters from all over the world, Xiyi would spare at least an hour every day, at most three hours to read and reply to these letters, and it took more than a year to reply to them all." ”

"Is this really unbelievable, every letter?" asked Kim Yun-yeon.

"Well, of course some not-so-good letters were thrown away and never answered. Fan letters are replied to every letter, in fact, it does not take time to reply to the letter, what consumes time is to read the letter. The easier ones were the ones that asked for a photo and an autograph, I just had to write my name and a message of blessing before signing the letter, and the more difficult ones were the letters from fans who talked about the problems in my life, and I remember the longest letter with twelve pages of paper. ”

"Twelve pages? What is the problem with writing such a long letter?"

Zheng Xiyi thought for a while, "Because it's about personal **, I can't say it in detail, I can only give a rough idea." The other party was abandoned by his parents since he was a child, and the family that adopted him was also very bad to him, causing him to have very serious psychological problems, a lot of confusion and pain, so I wrote a long reply to him. It doesn't really matter how long the content is, I just want to show that there are still people in this world who care about him, and there are still people who are willing to communicate with him. ”

Kim Yunyan asked again: "Is there a follow-up?"

Zheng Xiyi was silent for a moment and took a few sips of coffee, "I received his last letter a week later, only a thank you, I checked the phone according to the address, and he had already committed suicide on the day the letter was sent to me." ”

"Huh?" Kim Yunyan and Lin Xiyin exclaimed at the same time, Lin Xiyin stood up and walked up to Zheng Xiyi and pressed his shoulders with both hands, "Why don't I know, why don't you tell us!"

"What's the use of telling you, sending me to heal? I'm not that vulnerable, I'm just angry. ”

"Angry, why?" Kim Yun-yeon continued.

"Because it's so irresponsible, I wrote such a long letter to him, and he actually only replied to me with a thank you, even if there is a lot of pain, but at least I am listening, watching, and sharing, how can I just die like this?" Zheng Xiyi took a sip of coffee, his tone and expression were very flat, but Kim Yunyan and Lin Xiyin could feel the strong sadness.

Lin Xiyin sat down next to Zheng Xiyi, gently hugged his shoulder, reached out to take his coffee and put it on the table, and then held his hand and held it tightly.

Zheng Xiyi smiled, patted the back of Lin Xiyin's hand, and said to Kim Yunyan: "Let's continue, this matter has been many years past, and I will be fine for a long time." ”

Jin Yunyan also smiled reluctantly and changed the topic, "There was a scandal in Xiyi XI some time ago, because I was a child star before, so there was no scandal at all, this should be your first scandal, right?"

Zheng Xiyi smiled happily, "Ha, do fashion magazines also ask such gossip questions? I think about it, this is indeed my first scandal, never before, you said that I was actually very cute when I was a child, but there was no little girl to talk to me, I also think it is very strange, it stands to reason that American little girls are also very enthusiastic." ”

Lin Xiyin stretched out his hand and pushed him, "I said just now, other little girls come to play with you, you play cool and ignore it, which little girl can continue with you? Do you still want to have an affair? It's good not to say that you are gay!"

"Uh...... Sister, I just think what they say to me is very childish, what are swinging together, doing homework together, watching cartoons together, it's not on the same channel at all. Zheng Xiyi felt that he was wronged, and Lin Xiyin gave him a blank look.

"Yes, you were playing modeling, your homework was high school homework, you watched adult movies, and you couldn't play with a little girl. ”

Zheng Xiyi was so frightened that he covered Lin Xiyin's mouth, "What do you mean by watching adult movies? I watched adult movies when I was nine years old, sister, do you know who I became when I said this? Do you know?"

Kim Yunyan smiled backwards and forwards, and a nine-year-old boy watched an adult movie, which is indeed a bit too early. Lin Xiyin slapped Zheng Xiyi's hand away angrily, "Films that only adults watch, what kind of literary films, ethical films and the like, don't you say that a little girl who is so big and you watch literary films just adult films?

Kim Yunyan smiled while not forgetting to ask, "Heeyi XI, I understand watching ethical films to learn acting, but what can I learn by watching bed dramas?"

"I'm good at fast-forwarding bed scenes! Sister, you have to testify to me, every time I fast-forward the bed scene!" Zheng Xiyi took Lin Xiyin's hand and shook it vigorously.

Lin Xiyin shook him off vigorously and walked back to his place by himself, "He was fast-forward when I was here, and I don't know if he was there when I wasn't there." ”

"Ah! Lin Xiyin, we know each other well, and we can sue you for slander if we talk nonsense!" Zheng Xiyi pointed at Lin Xiyin and shouted loudly, and then quickly put down his finger and whispered to Jin Yunyan, "Can I not write this part? I really can't write it, otherwise people will think I'm a big pervert, and I've been watching bed dramas since I was nine years old." ”

Kim Yunyan smiled and waved her hand, "I can't promise you, I'll send it to your agent when I'm done writing it, if she doesn't have a problem." ”

Zheng Xiyi was in a hurry, "Then what's the matter, the agent is her, what if she wants to frame me?"

Duo Yunyan spread her hands, "What can I do then, we can't control her, she said OK, we'll publish it." ”

Zheng Xiyi stood up and rushed to Lin Xiyin, who was laughing and threw herself on the sofa, and pulled her hard, "You are still not my sister, you are still not my agent, what debt did I owe you in my last life, you have treated me like this in my life, I want to fire you, I will call my mother to fire you now!"

Lin Xiyin was annoyed by him, kicked him on his calf bone, and pointed to the sofa opposite with his hand, "Go back and sit honestly and finish the interview!"

Zheng Xiyi suddenly sat back in his place.