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behind what everyone thinks is a farce, you will find that he is an actor's hysterical pursuit and redemption of his dream.

text | li mengdi, jin ying, zheng ziyu

editor | wang xiao

he plays 9 male protagonists and is also the producer, chief editor, chief producer, executive producer, supervisor, and planner of the entire drama... the name chen tengyue appeared 16 times in the cast and crew list at the end of the recently popular online drama "full capital crew 2".

fully funded means that the production costs of a film or television project are fully funded by one person.

in the play, the character played by chen tengyue realizes his dream of playing various male protagonists in ancient costume dramas by joining the crew with full funding. he repeatedly calls "cut" to modify the script, jumps and reverses between the play and the play within the play, and the lines allude to the current situation in the entertainment industry: "i would rather be obscure, but not dangerously popular", "i can still distinguish between aesthetic degradation and murdering the audience"... outside the play, 29-year-old anhui youth chen tengyue is also the only investor of this web drama. he studied acting and worked as an extra in hengdian. after graduation, he made money by doing micro-business and live broadcasting. he has invested 20 million yuan in the four dramas he has filmed.

after the online drama, which was rated by the audience as "chuangfei domestic entertainment" (reporter's note: chuangfei is a homophone of "zhuangfei", which means irony), was broadcast, it received a score of 7.1 on douban (higher than most similar online dramas), and the revenue share of the first season reached more than 4 million yuan. it also won the honor of the excellent online audio-visual work in the second quarter of 2023 selected by the state administration of radio and television. the beijing radio and television bureau commented on the drama, "it criticized the 'capital dad' for ignoring the laws of artistic creation and wantonly infringing on the cultural field, satirized the chaos and consequences of the current film and television industry's disrespect for artistic creation, and positively guided more film and television practitioners to stick to the bottom line of their professional values."

surprisingly, on august 20, chen tengyue signed a contract with an agency and officially became an actor. in the eyes of some people, this is a way of entering the entertainment industry by complaining about it, which is somewhat ironic.

the day after the signing, the reporter met chen tengyue in beijing and asked him this question. chen tengyue replied, "i have never thought of changing an industry with a work."

he explained that "full capital" was not a complaint, but just a "mouthpiece" to present the phenomena criticized by the audience. many of the internet memes in the play were taken from the barrage and comment section. as an ordinary actor who has experienced many real-life experiences, he understands that what the audience hates most is "routine" and they don't want the feeling of being "superior".

during the nearly 3-hour interview, we talked with chen tengyue about his struggles and persistence in squeezing into the entertainment industry over the past decade, and we also felt the difference between him and the screen. chen tengyue in real life is very quiet, likes to sing opera, listen to music, and likes to stay at home when he is not working. when we first met, he was a little reserved, sitting on the sofa, and asked the camera: "is this shot ok?" when he mentioned the signing the day before, he laughed heartily and said: "finally, i have stepped half a foot into the entertainment industry."

he said that he did not have outstanding appearance, and he did not mind the audience's comments on his appearance. after playing a role that was evaluated as "greasy on earth", he gladly accepted the invitation to endorse a brand of rapeseed oil, and joked about it in "full-funded group". however, when he was dubbing the character later, he still felt that his face on the screen was "too ugly" and "why is my face so big", and felt that he was still far from being an actor and needed to lose weight.

he did not hire a dedicated public relations person, saying that he typed out every weibo post word by word. perhaps this is the other side of not being famous, that he has the freedom to be himself. after signing with an agency, he may have to give up some of his "freedom" to some extent, but he still wants to "see the scenery of the upper class." at the end of the interview, the reporter asked, what would happen if the scenery he was curious about was different from what he insisted on? chen tengyue thought for a while and said, "it's okay, i want to be pure, as long as i can act."

the following is chen tengyue’s own statement: