Regularity and self-discipline are the first impressions that Cheng Yi leaves on people. He speaks with minimal embellishment and refuses to exaggerate一like a piece of paper spread out in front of you, the answer is the riddle itself. When talking about topics that touch his heart, he also exudes a youthful aura, like the raw edges left when cutting rice paper, full of details and extraordinarily vivid.
Photographer: Liu Song
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See post on Cheng Yi x ELLE: Editorial Shoot // Cover Photos and Video // Behind-the-scenes shoot // Cover Preview // BTSvideo from Cheng Yi Studio
Watch the editorial video for Cheng Yi x ELLE, June 2024 issue
The cover shoot lasted from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and when the last set of looks was completed, the studio erupted in a brilliant chorus of cheers and applause. In the midst of the crowd, the birthday cake was brought out. In recent years, Cheng Yi’s time has become more and more intense, moving from one set to another without stopping, and birthdays are no exception. He has his own thoughts and answers about birthdays, age, and growing up ……
240516 LANVIN weibo account reposted the video
Freeze the moment, #ChengYiELLEBirthdayCover#, behind-the-scenes of composed moments, reconstructing sensory imagination. With LANVIN global ambassador, Cheng Yi, we share our aspirations.
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Watch the editorial video for Cheng Yi x ELLE, June 2024 issue
It’s another new year, we tried to get Cheng Yi to recall his happiest moments in the past year, and his answer is: going to work, leaving work, and coming home for dinner. We are pleased to present a behind-the-scenes look at the cover shoot of Cheng Yi’s June issue of ELLE, and wish him the best of luck.
Behind-the-scenes photographer: Fan Tuan (饭团 )
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Watch the editorial video for Cheng Yi x ELLE, June 2024 issue
Let go of unnecessary expectations, do your best in the parts you are responsible for, and then calmly accept the results that come your way. These are the growth realizations that Cheng Yi has felt over the past year or two. #ChengYiNeverChanged#
Photographer: Jumbo Tsui
Styling: Sherry
Fashion Editor: Steven
Interview and Writing: Zhang Fan
Hair and Makeup: Wang YaoWei
Wardrobe Assistant: Xiao Ta
Editor: FUFU
Cheng Yi cherishes his identity as an actor and is grateful for the different roles that have entered his life. He tells himself that since he has taken the script, he must do his best within the framework of the role, whether it succeeds or not, there are no regrets. #ChengYiELLEFirstCover# #ChengYiELLEBirthdayCover# #ChengYiELLEJuneIssueCover#
240516 ELLE China weibo update (cover photos)
Like most people, at the moment of “+1” each year, Cheng Yi would reflect on the traces that time has left on him. The part of him that was reckless back then has rarely shown up, and his approach of charging forward in times of trouble has been tightened up a lot, replaced by calmness and softness. During the long ten-year rise, he saw more of the “healing” part in the process, especially in these years, where his works and roles have brought him strength.
Change is a long process, just like making paper, the green branches picked from the mountains have to go through the wind, sun, steam, boiling and pounding, and repeated processes over the years to become a good piece of plain paper, worthy of writing poetry and splashing ink to paint. It must be given enough refinement, enough time. Looking back, without those past experiences, he wouldn’t be standing in front of everyone today.
Production: SunZheELLE
Supervisor: WuZhen
Video Director/Editing: Yushu Wang
Video Photographer: Ruihuan Li
Video Color Grading/Post-production: Feier Lu
Styling: KIDD JI
Makeup/Hairstyling: Gao Jian
Editors: KIKO, JY
Design: SHU
Producer: Conan
Art: HAM LAM
Contact Editor: Yunru
Fashion Assistant: EDEN, YITONG
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Watch the editorial video for Cheng Yi x ELLE, June 2024 issue
Cheng Yi for Condé Nast Traveler, December 2022. // Cheng Yi’s gentle expression set against the natural scenery feels soothing and brings about a delicate romantic feeling.
221114 悦游中国 weibo update
On the day of Lidong (立冬 lit. beginning of winter), the sky was high and the clouds were thick, yet the desolate scene of cold winds and falling leaves remained hidden in Xiang. Together with Cheng Yi, we arrived in Pingjiang, where the earth, streams, mountains, and the sun, moon, and stars brought him closer to nature. Over the long years, he had left his hometown early. Although the actor’s life seems to roll around in a kind of illusion, he never loses sight of the road beneath his feet.
221121 悦游中国 weibo update
For the December issue, we accompanied Cheng Yi to Pingjiang, Yueyang. For him, this journey felt like an unexpected short vacation. For nearly six years, Cheng Yi hasn’t experienced a real vacation. He left his hometown early, and while the actor’s life seems to roll around in a kind of illusion, he never loses sight of the road beneath his feet. He won’t stray from that intimate, familiar land because the road he came from is the road he wants to continue on—time will reveal the answers.
Planning/Editorial Team: Condé Nast Traveler Editorial Department
The light and shadow fall, meeting Cheng Yi’s gaze. The ripples in the depths of the pupils reflect countless times of determination. Through the lens, hearts flutter once again.
240205 新视线Wonderland weibo update
Time remembers everything. When one story ends, another begins, there are always new stories on the way—only he and time never stop. At the beginning of the new year, let us open this handwritten letter from Cheng Yi, and listen to the heartfelt voices in the story. The cover of 新视线Wonderland is online, together with Cheng Yi, enjoy a moment of out-of-focus and disorder.
240205 新视线Wonderland weibo update
The bustling summer that has already passed, another round of sweeping sound waves howling, it seems that it has not left much traces on Cheng Yi. Life and work are still running smoothly, the exercise is regular, the food is also simple, as he said: it can’t be more ordinary, just doing his duty. Behind this steadfast sense of duty lies the four seasons of Hengdian: rain and snow, cloudy and sunny. Time will always remember everything.
Producer: Vicky殷
Supervisor: VIChang昌
Visual Supervisor: TengXueFei
Photography: Mr. Xu
Editing & Planning: 崔崔Yankcui
Styling: iconikyle_Guo
Artist Coordinator: ShaoziGG
Production: DorisHe
Makeup & Hair: YaoWei (好多好��造型室)
Interview & Writing: GuXiang
Art: Zhu
Wardrobe Assistants: Kicoic, Effy
Photography Assistants: Wang Xue
Production Assistants: Wang ShiLuan
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