The people who have listened to this song are no longer young, and this divine song that recalls youth has been copied by the explosion, exactly the same as the Japanese song "Thank You".
Some netizens said that for the sake of feelings, they will continue to support the chopstick brothers, which of the four kings is not famous by copying Japan.
If the same melody is plagiarism, then there are many plagiarism phenomena in the Chinese music scene. Li Keqin's "Red Sun", which is popular all over the country, was originally a Japanese song; Fan Weiqi's "First Dream", the original singer is Japanese singer Miyuki Nakajima, and even the singer Jacky Cheung has covered several Japanese songs.
Therefore, for the song "Old Boy", most people still give a very high evaluation, especially the audience knows the sadness behind the creation of the chopstick brothers, and it is recognized from the heart.
The 16-year-old Xiao Yang was admitted to the "Central Academy of Fine Arts Affiliated High School" after two years of re-study, and successfully entered the Beijing Film Academy after graduation.
27-year-old Wang Taili, for the sake of musical dreams, did not hesitate to fall out with his father and embarked on the road of north drift with 500 pieces.
Wang Taili made a small profit by promoting the business of color ringtones, and during his work, he met Xiao Yang, who was in his senior year, and the two decided to set up a group because of their common hobbies, and took a popular name - Chopstick Brothers.
In 2007, the Chopstick Brothers filmed the first musical film "Memoirs of a Male Geisha", in which Wang Taili changed into women's clothes, smeared red lips, and the image of swaying and living was quite comedic, with a hit rate of more than 10 million in just one week.
The chopstick brothers, who tasted the sweetness, launched the micro-movie "Where Are You" in 2008, but this time the chopsticks brothers were poured with cold water.
"Where Are You" not only did not make money but also let the two post tens of thousands, and the helpless two finally chose to give up their dreams. One of them continued to shoot commercials, and the other returned to his hometown to open a restaurant.
But as soon as the front foot succumbed to reality, the news of Michael Jackson's death came from the back foot.
Michael Jackson is Wang Taili's idol, but also his original intention to dream of the music circle, after the sad Wang Taili dialed Xiao Yang's phone, he said: "Michael is dead, we really have to do something." Deeply touched, the chopstick brothers decided to fight for their dreams again.
Wang Taili reproduced the melody of Ohashi's "Thank You" and refilled the words and created this "Old Boy". At this time, CCTV just launched a project to support young directors, and Xiao Yang also successfully signed up and decided to shoot a MV of "Old Boys".
The script was written for up to 42 minutes, and CCTV only gave 10 minutes of funding, for the integrity of the story, the two decided to raise money to finish filming, in order to save costs, in the MV in addition to the heroine, the other staff, and finally spent nearly 800,000 to finally shoot "Old Boy".
As soon as "Old Boy" was released, countless people forwarded it, the chopstick brothers became famous overnight, from KTV to the graduation ceremony, and countless people were singing old boys to vent their memories of youth.
But no one could have imagined that behind the creation of "Old Boy" was the pain of Wang Taili's life.
At an award ceremony of the Golden Eagle Festival, the Chopstick Brothers used a song "Father" to make the stars on the stage collectively break the defense.
Lin Yongjian's eyes were red, and Chen Sicheng cried into tears, but few people knew that behind this tear-jerking song was the pain that Wang Taili had been difficult to reconcile throughout his life.
When filming "Old Boys", Wang Taili's father was diagnosed with advanced lymphoma, in order not to delay the filming of the movie, Wang Taili accompanied his father at home for a few days and then took his father to the hospital in Beijing, running on the set and the hospital every day. His father, who was lying on his hospital bed at the time, said to Wang Taili:
"Son, don't pursue these illusory dreams, go do something practical."
Wang Taili cried bitterly after listening to it, and his father, who had been all his life, was still worried about his future at the time of his death, so Wang Taili made up his mind that after filming this film, he would no longer pursue these illusory dreams, and honestly work hard for industry.
Xiao Yang knew that Wang Taili's father was dying, and in order to let his partner fight for his father's breath before his death, Xiao Yang desperately rushed to catch up with the progress and cut the film.
But fate is so created to make people, in the first month before the launch of "Old Boy", the old man still left with regrets, and then "Old Boy" was launched all over the country, but Wang Taili was not happy.
It turned out that Wang Taili had been wandering away all these years, his father had never approved of his work, and he had never expressed love to his father, and every time he took a plane, he looked at the clouds in the air and thought that his father was watching him somewhere in the sky, and he would occasionally cry.
In order to make up for this regret, Wang Taili decided to use a song "Father" to tell the feelings between him and his father, during which time he shut himself in a room and immersed himself in creation. In order not to make the audience regret, he found Xiao Yang again to cooperate, and Xiao Yang directly cried in the subway after listening to the sample.
In order to better present the song "Father", Xiao Yang put a touching picture for the lyrics of the heart, "Father" just went online and infected countless people, many netizens commented that this is a song that can neither be listened to nor thought, because whenever the prelude to "Father" sounds, it will make people can't help but cry.
And the great success of "Father" is only the beginning of their canonization.
Winning the National Music Awards, the last person to win this award was Uncle Bird.
"Little Apple" swept the country as soon as it was issued, and men and women, young and old, could sing along. The popularity of "Little Apple" stems not only from the catchy lyrics and cheerful and dynamic melody, but also from the credit of the MV.
Xiao Yang used the contrast as always, they once again pretended to be women, returned to the Middle Ages, with a very absurd dance, the little apple was sung by everyone, the magic dance also caused a wave of imitation by the whole people, the square dance aunt was more love to die and live, and the popularity was no less than Uncle Bird's "Jiangnan Style".
The popularity of "Little Apple" has also indirectly led to the division of the fate of the two. After his fame, Xiao Yang remembered his dream of being an actor, and he looked for all opportunities and resources to open up the possibility of acting.
In 2015, Xiao Yang met Chen Sicheng, Chen Sicheng saw the plasticity of Xiao Yang, in "Detective Chinatown", xiao Yang played a role called Kun Tai, Kun Tai greasy and obscene, big belly, but full of laughter, Xiao Yang played this role very brilliantly.
After Xiao Yang's acting skills were well received, he also wanted a movie that really belonged to him, and finally he waited for "Manslaughter", Xiao Yang's performance in this movie shocked everyone, and he was nominated for the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actor with "Manslaughter", and now Xiao Yang is only one step away from the film emperor.
Compared with Xiao Yang, who is walking in the clouds, Wang Taili is very bleak in the post-Small Apple era. He is still eating the old book, occasionally as a foil to participate in some variety shows, the recent heat is still due to his daughter participating in the talent show, in short, Wang Taili's chopsticks are getting farther and farther away from Xiao Yang.
However, this is all traceable, as early as the "Little Apple" residual heat has not dissipated, the two have participated in a challenge program - "The Amazing Race", they drew a challenge to the double bungee jump task, requiring the two people to jump together, Wang Taili said that he was afraid of heights, dead or alive unwilling to try, Xiao Yang too aware of the brother's character, so had to wait to accept punishment.
In the show, Xiao Yang has been actively carrying out tasks and challenging himself, while Wang Taili has been evading or retreating, hiding in his comfort zone. One likes to challenge and the other likes to be stable, and it is because of this that there is a quiet and dramatic change between them.
In 2020, someone broke the news that the studio of chopsticks brothers has been cancelled, and after thirteen years of cooperation, the group is suspected of disbanding. After nominating the film emperor, he did not see his partner Wang Taili send blessings, but Xiao Yang played hot with big stars such as Andy Lau and Huang Xiaoming. Nowadays, Xiao Yang's value has completely crushed his brother Wang Taili, and the number of fans on social platforms is also 10 times.
The disparity in identity made the rumors of dissolution more intense, and Xiao Yang also responded at the press conference of "Surging Crowds": "The songs will still be sung together, and the work will also be cooperated together." ”
Netizens have said after listening to it, "Youth is not over!" "Although the choices of the two people are different, they are still dreamers in the crowd, and the memories they leave behind about their youth and their father will never go away."