正值暑假，在不少孩子上課外輔導(dǎo)班，或跟著父母去旅游時(shí)，有一群孩子卻在忙著背臺(tái)詞和四處拍戲，而他們的家長(zhǎng)也希望孩子今后能像TFBoys、吳磊等童星那樣成功。

最近，香港《南華早報(bào)》（South China Morning Post）的一篇文章便報(bào)道了一群懷揣“明星夢(mèng)”的孩子以及為他們花錢的家長(zhǎng)。

中國(guó)娛樂業(yè)中懷揣大野心的小孩子們

這些中國(guó)中產(chǎn)階級(jí)家庭的孩子們正在努力實(shí)現(xiàn)大夢(mèng)想，而且父母愿意資助他們

文章開頭向我們介紹了一位小演員：郭蕊（音譯）。10歲的她已經(jīng)有了人生目標(biāo)：當(dāng)演員。

Her dream is to be an actress, and like a growing number of middle-class Chinese children, Rui is already working towards that goal, putting in as much time in front of the camera as she can.

她的夢(mèng)想是當(dāng)一名演員，像越來越多中國(guó)中產(chǎn)階級(jí)的孩子一樣，郭蕊已經(jīng)在朝這個(gè)目標(biāo)努力了，她盡可能多地出現(xiàn)在鏡頭前。

“I’ve always thought to myself that if I can appear on television or on the big screen, and my performance is seen by lots of people, I’ll feel so proud,” Rui said.

“我心想，如果我能在電視或大熒幕上出現(xiàn)，我的表演被許多人看見，我會(huì)感到非常自豪，”郭蕊說。

郭蕊和其他幾位小演員正在杭州拍攝一部探討親子關(guān)系的電影，他們必須冒著酷暑拍戲。

On a sweltering day, the actors are being told to redo scenes in a suburban Hangzhou alleyway again and again – more than 10 times – for a scene that will last just one or two minutes on the big screen. 

悶熱的一天，在杭州市郊的一條小巷里，演員們?cè)谂囊粋€(gè)大熒幕上只有一兩分鐘的鏡頭，來來回回重拍了十幾條。

不僅如此，小演員們還會(huì)受到劇組人員的批評(píng)。

Between takes, the children are scolded as if by their own parents. “How many times have I told you not to put your hand in front?” one crew member barks. “Behave yourself and focus on your own acting,” says another. “If you’re naughty again, you’ll get a slap.”

在拍攝間歇，孩子們就像受到自己父母責(zé)罵那樣被訓(xùn)斥?！案嬖V了你多少次別把手放前面？”一位劇組人員吼道?！耙?guī)矩點(diǎn)，專心表演，”另一位說?！澳阍偬詺猓鸵ぐ驼屏?。”

這些小演員們通常得不到或只能得到很少的片酬。家長(zhǎng)們對(duì)此并不在意。他們認(rèn)為，最重要的是讓孩子出現(xiàn)在熒幕上，這可以為他們將來的發(fā)展打下基礎(chǔ)。

People in the industry said it was normal practice for low-budget productions, and that children with more experience and a bigger profile did get paid. The regulations state that “art or sport companies can recruit minors aged under 16 with approval from their guardians” but there is no guidance on compensation.

業(yè)內(nèi)人士稱，在低成本的制片中這種現(xiàn)象很常見，不過有更多經(jīng)驗(yàn)和更高知名度的孩子們是有片酬的。法律規(guī)定，“文藝、體育單位經(jīng)未成年人的父母或者其他監(jiān)護(hù)人同意，可以招用不滿16周歲的專業(yè)文藝工作者、運(yùn)動(dòng)員”，但是在報(bào)酬方面沒有規(guī)定。

小演員們不僅得不到豐厚的片酬，他們的家長(zhǎng)還要倒貼錢。

Like the adults, young actors put in long hours for these coveted roles. Their parents, meanwhile, are willing to shell out for all the classes they need, and to take them to other parts of the country for filming, to help them achieve their dreams of becoming stars.

與成年人一樣，小演員們?yōu)檫@些夢(mèng)寐以求的角色投入了大量時(shí)間。同時(shí)，他們的父母愿意為所需的培訓(xùn)花錢，帶他們到全國(guó)各地拍攝，以幫助孩子實(shí)現(xiàn)明星夢(mèng)。

家住北京的郭蕊兩年前在街上被星探發(fā)現(xiàn)，后者問她是否愿意簽約。

Rui’s mother, Yang Wei, said she and her husband decided to let their daughter sign up, because she loved acting and performing on stage so much. She takes roles mostly during her winter and summer holidays and has already appeared in several films and TV series.

郭蕊的媽媽楊薇（音譯）說，她和丈夫決定讓女兒簽約，因?yàn)榕畠悍浅Ｏ矚g在舞臺(tái)上表演。女兒主要在寒暑假拍戲，目前已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)在幾部電影和電視劇中了。

郭蕊的媽媽表示，除了簽約費(fèi)和帶著女兒到其他城市拍片的費(fèi)用，他們家已為郭蕊花費(fèi)了20多萬元參加表演、鋼琴和舞蹈培訓(xùn)。郭蕊媽媽的工作時(shí)間也比較彈性自由，因此可以陪伴女兒到各地拍攝。

郭蕊說，她的偶像是趙麗穎。這位演員的成名之路激勵(lì)了她。

Zhao Liying is from a poor family and grew up in a village. She’s a big success and it’s all down to her hard work,” Rui said. “I want to learn from her spirit.”

“趙麗穎來自貧寒家庭，在農(nóng)村長(zhǎng)大。她的巨大成功全憑她的努力，”郭蕊說?！拔蚁雽W(xué)習(xí)她的精神?！?/p>

上海一家影視文化媒體公司的經(jīng)紀(jì)人廖菲菲（音譯）說，除了名聲和地位，明星是中國(guó)收入最高的群體之一，這是個(gè)很誘人的職業(yè)。

In the past, parents never imagined that their kids could act in movies or in a TV series. But now, with child acting agents and various talent training centres, being a young actor is possible.”

“在過去，家長(zhǎng)們從來沒有想過他們的孩子會(huì)出現(xiàn)在電影或電視劇中。但現(xiàn)在，隨著童星經(jīng)紀(jì)人和各種才藝培訓(xùn)中心的興起，成為一個(gè)童星是可能的。”

像郭蕊媽媽這樣的家長(zhǎng)還有很多。廖菲菲稱，公司開業(yè)三年以來，與他們簽約的小演員人數(shù)每年翻番，每人每年要交數(shù)萬元的費(fèi)用。

Most of our members are really focused on acting, so their parents support them by investing a lot of time, money and energy in their children’s interest,” she said, adding that many of the children she represented came from wealthy families.

“我們的大多數(shù)小演員都專注表演，因此他們的父母為孩子的興趣投入了大量時(shí)間、金錢和精力。”她又補(bǔ)充說，她代理的許多孩子都來自富有家庭。

Our business is growing very fast. The success of young stars, such as TFBoys, has given us a boost,” she said, referring to a popular Chinese boy band.

“我們的生意發(fā)展非?？臁Ｍ堑某晒?，例如TFBoys，是極大的推動(dòng)力，”她說，TFBoys是一個(gè)廣受歡迎的中國(guó)少年組合。

然而，在眾多童星培訓(xùn)機(jī)構(gòu)中，也不乏一些靠忽悠、哄騙甚至欺詐的騙局。

前段時(shí)間，據(jù)《焦點(diǎn)訪談》報(bào)道，北京的汪先生帶著孩子在商場(chǎng)被所謂的星探發(fā)現(xiàn)。星探聲稱，只要家長(zhǎng)交二十四萬元的費(fèi)用，三年內(nèi)公司會(huì)負(fù)責(zé)包裝培訓(xùn)，送孩子到美國(guó)參加國(guó)際頂級(jí)少兒模特大賽并拿金獎(jiǎng)。

在這場(chǎng)騙局中，很多家庭不僅花費(fèi)數(shù)十萬，還被公司要求拿錢買獎(jiǎng)。公司聲稱的紐約少兒時(shí)尚模特協(xié)會(huì)并不存在，而該協(xié)會(huì)邀請(qǐng)現(xiàn)場(chǎng)頒獎(jiǎng)的所謂聯(lián)合國(guó)秘書長(zhǎng)助理杜多先生也為冒充。

看來，家長(zhǎng)們望子成龍、望女成鳳的心態(tài)也給了騙子可乘之機(jī)。

21世紀(jì)教育研究院副院長(zhǎng)熊丙奇稱，孩子們想要表演沒有錯(cuò)，只要他們是真的對(duì)此有興趣。

It’s another option for them to pursue success other than the conventional way – studying hard to achieve academic excellence,” Xiong said.

“除努力學(xué)習(xí)以取得優(yōu)異成果的傳統(tǒng)途徑外，這對(duì)他們來說是另一種追求成功的選擇，”熊丙奇說。

但他也擔(dān)心一些家長(zhǎng)強(qiáng)行把自己的意愿加在孩子身上。

They’re just hoping their kids can easily rise to fame,” Xiong said.

“他們只是希望孩子能輕易出名，”熊丙奇說。

北京一家數(shù)據(jù)科技公司的咨詢顧問王蓓（音譯）表示，家長(zhǎng)對(duì)娛樂產(chǎn)業(yè)感興趣，有一部分原因是希望孩子學(xué)到更多學(xué)術(shù)之外的“綜合技能”，包括藝術(shù)修養(yǎng)。

Show business for children – like academic tutoring centres – targets parents who are willing to spend money on their kids’ interests and development,” Wang said.

“面向孩子們的娛樂產(chǎn)業(yè)就像學(xué)業(yè)輔導(dǎo)中心一樣，目標(biāo)群體都是樂意為孩子的興趣和發(fā)展花錢的家長(zhǎng)，”王蓓說。

9歲的李明樂（音譯）是從去年開始簽約拍戲的。他的媽媽表示，自從兒子開始拍戲，他變得更加堅(jiān)強(qiáng)和獨(dú)立了。

My son had to wear thin clothes during bitter weather when they were filming over the winter holiday at the beginning of this year,” she said. “I was so worried about him, but Mingle soldiered on.”

“今年年初，他們?cè)诤倥膽?，我兒子在?yán)寒天氣里只能穿薄薄的衣服，”她說?！拔液軗?dān)心他，但是明樂堅(jiān)持下來了?！?/p>

明樂的媽媽丁芳芳（音譯）不太確定兒子將來是否能成為演員。

We know there’s not a great chance of becoming a big star in this industry – so many people have tried and failed,” Ding said.

“我們知道在娛樂業(yè)中成為大明星的幾率不大，因此很多人嘗試過但失敗了，”丁芳芳說。

她也擔(dān)心兒子的學(xué)業(yè)被耽誤。

While he’s here, his classmates are all busy taking extra academic classes,” she said. “So I’m afraid he’ll be left behind.”

“當(dāng)他在這里拍戲時(shí)，他的同學(xué)都在忙著上課外輔導(dǎo)班，”她說?！八晕液ε滤宦湎??！?/p>

郭蕊的媽媽也希望上小學(xué)四年級(jí)的女兒能在今后幾年中多集中精力學(xué)習(xí)。

We’re a traditional family, and we still want her to have a ‘normal’ job instead of being an actress,” Yang said. “But my daughter just loves acting. I guess I’ll have to talk with her in the future to see if she’ll change her mind about this.”

“我們是傳統(tǒng)家庭，還是希望她有個(gè)‘正?！墓ぷ鳎皇侨ギ?dāng)演員，”楊薇說?！暗遗畠壕褪窍矚g表演。我猜我將來必須跟她談?wù)?，看她能否改變想法?！?/p>

編輯：李雪晴

實(shí)習(xí)生：李昱漫

參考來源：南華早報(bào)

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