China News Service, Zhengzhou, February 22, title: This foreigner is called Lao Nei and has acted in 70 plays including "Changjin Lake"

　　Author Han Zhangyun Song Yunhui

　　"Sniper", "Auctioneer", "Scientist", "Missionary"... Counting down the roles he played and the film and television works he participated in, Lao Nei was particularly proud: "In the hit movies "Changjin Lake" and "Sniper" You can see me."

Why are American foreigners called Lao Nei?

　　Lao Nei is an American and a son-in-law in Henan. He has worked and lived in China for 13 years and now lives in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan Province, with his wife and children.

　　"My Chinese name is Qian Kun, and it follows my wife's surname, and Lao Nei is my nickname." Lao Nei said that Chinese people are used to calling foreigners Laowai, but he feels that he is not an outsider, "I am a Chinese son-in-law, I I have lived in China for 13 years, and China is also my home."

　　To this end, Lao Nei also specially customized a cultural shirt with Chinese characters written on the chest: "I am not a foreigner, I am a Lao Nei."

The picture shows Lao Nei and directors Zhang Yimou (right) and Zhang Mo (left).

Photo courtesy of the interviewee

　　Talking about his connection with China, Lao Nei said that in 2006, he came to China for the first time as an international student in a university in the United States, and by chance got a chance to make a cameo in a movie, which ignited Lao inner heart. "Actor's Dream".

Later, after making cameo appearances in several films and television works in China, Lao Nei fell in love with this new experience and decided to develop in China.

　　10 years later, in 2016, Lao Nei came to Zhengzhou for love, then got married and settled in Zhengzhou.

Since then, he has traveled to various parts of China to pursue his dreams, while living in Henan to experience the charm of the Central Plains culture, which has become the living state of the old in China.

　　"I like China very much, I like Henan, especially in the past six years in Zhengzhou, I have seen that the city is becoming more and more modern, the transportation is more and more convenient, and the air, ecology, and living environment are all developing for the better. This is amazing." Lao Nei said that China has his career, family and relatives, and this is his hometown.

The picture shows Lao Nei and his son wearing traditional Chinese clothes.

Photo courtesy of the interviewee

Learn more about China during filming

　　"I played an American sniper in the movie "Sniper" and was bombed to death. It's very special. If you watch this movie, you will definitely recognize me." When the movie was released, Lao Nei always introduced his roles in a humorous way.

　　As a freelancer, writing scripts and participating in filming and filming are almost all of Lao Nei's work.

According to Lao Nei's statistics, he has participated in more than 70 Chinese film and television dramas, many of which have cooperated with famous Chinese directors and actors such as Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang and Jackie Chan.

　　Since most of the film and television works he participated in have a certain historical background, Lao Nei said that he has also gained a deeper understanding of China's history by studying the script again and again and communicating with the cast and crew.

In the movie "Burshat's Long March", Lao Nei played the British missionary Burshat. "The interpretation of the experience of the Long March allows me to understand the history of the Long March from a Chinese perspective." Lao Nei said that the road to becoming an actor in China He has been in dialogue with Chinese history and Chinese culture.

　　Lao Nei is an enthusiastic person, because he often plays foreigners in Chinese film and television dramas. When the content of the film involves details of American history, the director team will also ask Lao Nei as a "story consultant" to help the director to look up materials and improve his lines.

Lao Nei said that the cultures of China and the United States are different, but he hopes to become an ambassador for the cultural exchanges between China and the United States, so as to enhance the mutual understanding between the people of the two countries.

　　The work of filming gave Lao Nei the opportunity to travel all over China, whether it is the prosperous Beijing, Shanghai, Zhuhai, or the remote towns of Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. Lao Nei said that what he saw was a place with a long history, splendid culture and beautiful scenery. And modern China.

"I am obsessed with ancient Chinese cultural symbols such as the Great Wall and the Terracotta Warriors and Horses of Qin Shihuang. I also learned that there are many ethnic groups in China, and each ethnic group has its own characteristics."

The picture shows the filming scene of Lao Nei.

Photo courtesy of the interviewee

"Henan flavor" full of "foreigners"

　　Infiltrated in Chinese culture for 13 years, Lao Nei is not only fluent in Chinese, but also a "China Hand".

Especially in the past 6 years in Zhengzhou, Lao Nei's life is full of Henan flavor.

I like to drink Hu spicy soup for breakfast, I miss Zhengzhou braised noodles on business trips, I have a few sentences with Henan dialect with the aunt who sells vegetables, and I make a short video to introduce Henan culture...

　　On a social platform in China, "Henan foreign son-in-law" is a self-introduction of Lao Nei, who shares his life in Henan by shooting short videos.

From the released video, I can see that the foreign-faced Lao Nei speaks fluent Henan dialect. He has no coffee and bread but is familiar with the Hu spicy soup genre. Whether it is language or eating habits, the interesting contrast and the nonsensical comedy style make Lao Nei very familiar with it. It has nearly 200,000 followers.

　　During the Spring Festival this year, Lao Nei wrote an English Spring Festival couplet with a brush. The upper and lower couplets translated into Chinese are love, peace, good luck, success, happiness, health, travel, newborns, food, no new crown virus... Horizontally criticized" The Year of the Tiger is coming."

　　Lao Nei said, "The Year of the Tiger is an auspicious year. In the Year of the Tiger, all my wishes are in the Spring Festival couplets." (End)