Wang Luoyong studied Peking Opera and later graduated from the Shanghai Theater Academy's musical theater major, which gave him a unique accent. But in the tone of this drama, there is a bit of "Northeast flavor" from time to time, mixed with some very vivid onomatopoeia.

Say a few words and the other party will get an impression: down-to-earth.

This temperament is combined with his playing style. Since returning to China in 2001, Wang Luoyong has filmed many dramas reflecting the lives of grassroots people in China and traveled to many places. He walked into a forest farm in the northeastern mountains, made friends with herders at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and was bitten by bed bugs and mosquitoes on the farm. When he ate the buns that smelled a little like "covered vegetables," his past guilt of "not participating in the great changes in the motherland" was somewhat relieved.

In 16 years in the United States, he went from a "poor student" who only knew a few dozen English words to the focus of the spotlight on the Broadway stage; from a poor student who was short of money, to living in suits and ties every day Successful people in Manhattan, New York.

When he worked hard and gained both fame and fortune, he chose to return to China for development. Wang Luoyong said that the most direct emotional factor is curiosity about the changes in his hometown, rather than the legendary "strong patriotic feelings." "I definitely love my motherland and my hometown, but that is a deeper emotion, not the most intuitive feeling."

At that time, China was developing rapidly in the midst of reform and opening up. Wang Luoyong's relatives and friends often share with him on the phone the great changes in their hometown and their joy. When he was in the United States, he saw that most American film and television works were critical of China and Chinese people, which made him resentful and determined to return to China to see and experience it.

"After returning to China, I took "Lin Hai Xue Yuan", "Visitor from the Iceberg" and "Jiao Yulu" to embrace the most ordinary life of those at the grassroots level. And drinking coffee, driving sports cars, and living in high-rise buildings , he won’t be able to play the role of the beautiful women around him.” After 17 years since returning to China, Wang Luoyong still remembers the original intention of pushing him back.

103010 stills

"To be honest, I am tired of drinking coffee, smoking cigars and wearing suits in the United States." So when he put on Yang Zirong's cotton-padded jacket and wolf fur coat, The familiar yet unfamiliar maternal culture made him feel intimate, and his heart was filled with the desire to experience more.

During the experience, he deeply realized that although China is still developing and various systems are not yet perfect, China has great ordinary workers and kind people who are maintaining the gears of this society. operation, they bridge the cracks in development.

This stems from the first scene with Yang Zirong, which almost killed Wang Luoyong's hand.

This was Wang Luoyong’s first trip to the Northeast. He didn’t know how cold the winter there was.

In that scene, Yang Zirong piled snow for his dead comrades with his bare hands. After making several piles with his hands in the snow, Wang Luoyong could already feel the biting cold. But looking at other actors lying in the snow, he told himself not to be timid, not to have conditions, and to be as dedicated as other actors. When he finished the play seriously, his hands no longer hurt because he had lost consciousness.

After the play was over, Wang Luoyong turned to leave. Suddenly, a circle of people gathered around and rubbed his hands. If they refused, they would cut off his hands. Only then did I realize that the color of my hand had changed and the blood had not flowed back. Actors, cast members and local farmers took turns rubbing him for more than 40 minutes before he gradually regained consciousness.

In more than ten years of working in the United States, Wang Luoyong has never encountered a similar situation. "The perfect system in the United States ensures my safety and health, but it also makes it difficult for me to feel those warm feelings and righteousness." Especially when a middle-aged elder sister held his hands in her arms, even though she had no idea about her breasts. While still trying to rub his hands seriously after sleeping, Wang Luoyong was moved by the selfless care.

Stills of Wang Luoyong's "Jiao Yulu"

My country and people

"Since I acted in "Lin Hai Xue Yuan", since I acted in "Jiao Yulu", since When I acted in "Lin Hai Xue Yuan", I had to express their emotions, joys, sorrows, and joys for ordinary people and the life they longed for.

"In order to find the emotions that can make him firm in front of the camera, instead of the "false emotions" produced when acting alone, when Wang Luoyong appears in works that praise workers, he always first goes to the countryside to collect stories and experience life.

Although it was last year that Zhuge Liang was beaten, Wang Luoyong went to Zhuge Liang’s former residence 3354 Wuhou Temple during the holiday. The bustling crowd really shocked him and made him feel. Extremely gratified.

“When people go to Wuhou Temple, they are actually admiring him silently, and at the same time they also long to be like him. "Speaking of this, Wang Luoyong was very excited. "This is China's hope! "After a pause, he curled his lips and said half-jokingly and half-seriously: "If I go to Wuhou Temple today, I will find that no one is there. They are all in the amusement park. Next week, you'll definitely see me hanging myself with a rope. "

Wang Luoyong plays Zhuge Liang in "Visitor on the Iceberg".

Although when he was young, he felt that Chinese drama literature was too sad, and Wang Luoyong was a bit "advocating foreigners." "Wait until you go abroad. , you will truly know what patriotism is. "After in-depth study of Western dramas and understanding of Western culture, Wang Luoyong calmed down. He found that there are too many outstanding characters and ideas in Chinese culture, but they have not been well disseminated.

"For example Gentleman's Agreement, who said it was from the West? The greatest and earliest spirit of contract is that Zhuge Liang wholeheartedly assists the little emperor. "He said, but we don't tell many stories like this, and even less to the world.

In Wang Luoyong's view, Chinese culture can no longer be satisfied with telling stories in Chinese, but should learn to use the world's The language used to tell Chinese stories. In the past, many translators of Chinese dramas did not understand drama, which trapped the Chinese culture that should be spread.

Not long ago, Wang Luoyong personally translated and recited the English version of "Tiger Roars and Dragons Roar". 》 became popular on Weibo. The translation is accurate, the reading is in-depth, and it touches people's hearts. It reflects the shocking power of Chinese culture and the urgency of globalization of Chinese culture. To change the imperfections of the industry, we must start with students, so he asked Shanghai. The Musical Theater Center of the School of Drama uses bilingual teaching and offers English pronunciation classes.

The experience of working hard in the United States made Wang Luoyong deeply understand that only he can save himself when he is helpless. The Asian who plays the protagonist in the play tries his best to save himself from the "black hole of English lines". Only with the efforts of several generations can Chinese culture get out of ignorance.

Tiger roars and dragon roars

Yin" stills

"Mr. Yes" and "Wang Yier"

While working hard in the United States, Wang Luoyong had two nicknames, "Mr. Yes" and "Wang Yier" "Wang Yier". The former was given by others, which made him feel embarrassed; the latter was given by himself, which made him happy.

"Americans learn by doing, so their English is not good. Don't be afraid, just say "yes" to everything you are asked, and then you will learn by doing it slowly. "This "advice" given to Wang Luoyong by an old international student changed his life. But it is hard to say whether it helped him or deceived him.

When I learned that there was an opportunity to study in the United States, Wang Luoyong “Yes! Yes! "He said that he was very good at English, but he got through and got the admission qualification and scholarship. However, what he didn't expect was that he was betrayed just one week after enrolling.

Wang Luoyong would only repeat that scene again and again. The dialogue for saying the word "Yes" is as follows:

Teacher: "Have you read Stanislavsky's "The Actor's Self-Cultivation"? "

Wang Luoyong: "Yes! " - He said proudly after reading the Chinese version.

Teacher: "Then tell us about this book. "

Wang Luoyong: "Yes! ”—Coping with instinct.

Teacher: “It’s time to start.” "

Wang Luoyong: "Yes" - feeling a little uneasy.

Teacher: "Which paragraph do you want to talk about?" "

Wang Luoyong: "Yes? "—I felt something was wrong.

Teacher: "Why don't you speak?" ”

Wang Luoyong: “Yes”—I started to panic and didn’t know what to do.

Teacher: "Don't you understand what I'm saying?"

Wang Luoyong: "Yes."

The whole class burst into laughter. The teacher took Wang Luoyong to the office for an inspection. Naturally, he failed. The next day, his scholarship and study qualifications at the drama school were revoked, and he was "assigned" to study at a language school. Wang Luoyong became the joke of the whole school and has since been nicknamed "Mr. Yes".

"The hatred in my heart at that time! I hated why I went to play football instead of taking English classes! I hated myself for believing what others said so easily!" More than 20 years later, when I mentioned that past event , Wang Luoyong still frowned and gritted his teeth. After finishing speaking, he pursed his lips and slowly shook his head.

Wang Luo was too courageous and wanted to pack up and return home. Fortunately, a teacher saw the Peking Opera Kung Fu in him and let him play the leading role in the stage play "Peter Pan" - a role that required no speaking and only dance. The good figure given by Peking Opera training made the performance a huge success. The local newspaper reported his performance in a large section with the title "A Lightning from the East Lights Up the Louisiana Stage".

The joy of small achievements eliminated part of the haze in Wang Luoyong's heart. The teacher who gave him the role continued to encourage him: "It will take others ten years to catch up with your physical ability, but as long as you concentrate on learning English for two years, you can catch up with many people!"

After hearing this time-cost comparison, Wang Luoyong made up his mind to learn English. Determination is easy to come by, but the pain in practice is unbearable.

At that time, every week in the line class, the teacher would ask the students in the class to sit in a row and report the roles they wanted to play one by one. If there happens to be someone willing to partner up behind them, the two will successfully form a team. In the first two months, none of his classmates proposed to form a team with him.

Every time, everyone left in groups, leaving Wang Luoyong sitting there alone. The teacher can't force others, he can only look at him, shrug, and then personally help him with the lyrics.

“I felt aggrieved and uncomfortable at first. But then I figured out that what the teacher did was right. You can’t force others to come. Sympathy will only create an illusion. I have to win them over myself. ." After figuring it out, Wang Luoyong began to practice attentively, reciting it word by word, sentence by sentence, and over and over again with the teacher.

In a report performance two months later, other students collaborated in performing excerpts, but he completed a long monologue from Shakespeare's play alone on the stage. After he came off the stage, all his classmates gathered around him, patted him and said, "Great job!" Several female classmates held his face and gave him a kiss of appreciation.

On that day, Wang Luoyong walked out of the theater with a face full of lipstick and lip marks. After that day, no matter what role Wang Luoyong signed up for, there would always be someone to rehearse with him.

When rehearsing in an American theater troupe, there will be a dedicated line teacher writing notes for each actor. Although Wang Luoyong has gotten rid of the nickname "Mr. Yes", he still has many problems such as accent. Other people's opinions were basically only one page, but what Wang Luoyong got was seven or eight pages.

But hard work pays off. With hard practice day after day, the number of pages in Wang Luoyong's opinion record gradually decreased. Until one day when there was only one page left, Wang Luoyong held up the piece of paper and shouted happily: "My name is 'Wang Yier'!"

Wang Luoyong was with the children of the Yi ethnic village in Guizhou.

I have been on fire, fire is in the world

After surviving the ordeal, Wang Luoyong won the leading actor role in the Broadway musical "Miss Saigon" and on July 4, 1995 On the Independence Day of the United States, it officially appeared on Broadway. A play lasts 5 years and 2,478 performances.

Now, Wang Luoyong’s main job is teaching. She majored in drama education for her master's degree. After graduation, she taught at the University of Wisconsin for 5 years. After returning to China, she worked in the musical theater major of Shanghai Theater Academy and founded the Shanghai Theater Academy Musical Theater Center in 2012.

With more than 20 years of coaching experience, he always has a deep-rooted sense of responsibility as a teacher.

"I have sworn an oath!"

"If I don't work hard and busy to spread the truth in my life, I will acquiesce in the spread of sin, depravity and ignorance in the world." This oath means to Wang Luoyong , is not only a sentence once said, but also a principle that should be kept in mind and worked hard to achieve at all times.

“Teacher Wang is so special, I have never seen such a department head!” More than one student from the Musical Theater Center said this. Every moment is like a shot of chicken blood. You can sing and dance anytime and anywhere.

In class, Wang Luoyong met with students majoring in musical theater performance at Shanghai Opera.

He not only brings surprises to the students, but sometimes also "frightens". Once, Wang Luoyong was patrolling the teaching building and happened to encounter a freshman class liberating their nature and imitating small animals. After he quietly pushed the door open and entered, he kneeled on the ground unexpectedly and transformed into a dog, like an "Animagus" who was proficient in the art of transformation.

Wang Luoyong, who "shows off his skills" in such a high-profile manner in class, is so low-key in daily life that he is not as eye-catching as his backpack. "I passed him once on campus. I turned around and saw the hiking bag he carried everywhere, and I realized that I didn't recognize it as Teacher Wang Luoyong!" said student Zhu Qianwei's tone. She was full of surprises, and she always wondered how a big-name star managed to keep such a low profile that even his own students could not recognize him.

In fact, in Wang Luoyong’s heart, teaching is both responsibility and love. "We held a meeting for new students the day before yesterday. When I saw those young people, I sincerely thought: How wonderful! I am willing to pave the way and build bridges for these students of mine." When it comes to students, Wang Luoyong's eyes are filled with the light of love.

As for the matter of "the heroes on stage retreating behind the scenes", he is very indifferent. "I have been famous, and the most popular in the world." Wang Luoyong said pretending to be proud, then shrugged and smiled.

“I have gone through everything that needs to be experienced, and have come all the way to now. I am calmly immersed in the ocean of drama culture and provide my students with resources from around the world. This is what I can do at the moment. The biggest role is also where I feel I am the best.”