Why are the German Pavilion commentators Yan Si and Yan Yan called virtual commentators?

The virtual theme characters Yan Si and Yan Yan specially designed by the German Pavilion.

A German boy and a China girl became attached to each other because of the Shanghai World Expo.

In the next six months, they will work together to give thousands of explanations and performances to the audience who visit the power source exhibition hall of the German Pavilion.

They thanked Shanghai and the World Expo for giving them such a unique life experience and such precious foreign friendship.

I believe that every visitor to the German Pavilion of the World Expo will not miss the last power source exhibition hall. Here, a metal ball weighing 1.5 tons will interact with the audience through sound; Also here, you will see two young people riding scooters shuttling between the audience, greeting you and explaining.

The roles played by these two young people are the virtual theme figures specially designed by the German Pavilion-Yan Si and Yan Yan. These two names have been with the audience since the moment they entered the German Pavilion. But only when you get here will you really "see" them.

Maybe you don't know, there are many young men and women here who play Yan Si and Yan Yan. In other words, every time you go to the German Pavilion, you may see two different young people.

Martin and Yuanyuan are one of them.

After layers of selection, I finally got what I wanted.

One morning in June+10/early October, 5438, Martin, who was studying French literature in the Bavarian town of Passau, Germany, suddenly received a phone call from his girlfriend: "Hey, I'm going to Shanghai to receive the German Pavilion of the World Expo. Do you want to try? "

Curious Martin opened the official homepage of the German Pavilion at the World Expo and happened to see the announcement that the German Pavilion was recruiting actors for Yan Si and Yan Yan. With a certain language foundation, he filled out the form carefully. Two months later, he finally got his wish and came to Shanghai with his girlfriend. "This is my second visit to Shanghai. The first time was eight years ago."

Almost at the same time as Martin handed in the form, Yin Yuanyuan, a second-year master's student in Tongji University's Law Department, also found this recruitment announcement for the German Pavilion. "I like acting since I was a child, but I have never been on a real stage. I think this is an opportunity. " The garden without much formal performance foundation finally stood out among countless applicants. "I went through three auditions before I finally passed. I think it is mainly because of my sincerity and naturalness. Of course, learning some German in Tongji is also my advantage. "

One day in late March, Martin finally met his Chinese partner Yin Yuanyuan for the first time. "Today is March 23rd." Martin clearly remembers this day.

Martin, a native of Hamburg, was very excited when he learned that two morning newspaper reporters ahead of him went to Hamburg last year to cover the past. "I know that Hamburg House, one of the best urban practice areas, is on the other side, but unfortunately I haven't had a chance to see it yet." Hamburg is not far from Hanover, the venue of the 2000 World Expo. "My high school had a special group ticket at that time, and I visited the World Expo almost every week. What impressed me the most was the gym where I could practice sports. "

Martin also knows something about the Shanghai World Expo: "I studied Chinese at Xiamen University for a year more than a year ago-my girlfriend also met in Xiamen. At that time, I knew that Shanghai would host the World Expo, but I didn't expect to have the opportunity to participate in it in person. "

My hometown is in the garden of Xinyang, Henan Province, and I know a lot about the Expo: "I came to Shanghai two years ago to study as a graduate student, and the students have always been very enthusiastic about the Expo. "Students and relatives and friends are also very happy to be selected by the German Pavilion this time." My mother said that she had seen our performance on Oriental TV. She was very excited and said that she would bring her relatives and friends from Henan to Shanghai to see my performance after the official start of the World Expo. "

Do the same rehearsal hundreds of times a day.

Everyone who has experienced the performance of the power source will probably be deeply impressed by the atmosphere at the scene, especially when the music starts and the metal ball swings, the atmosphere at the scene will reach a climax. "Music is also very exciting. Our photographer said that when I first heard this music, I couldn't help but burst into tears. "

However, although the performance is wonderful, rehearsal is a difficult job. "The same action, the same script, we may have to do dozens or even hundreds of times a day!" However, Martin doesn't think this kind of work is boring. "I like this challenge very much. In fact, we and the director have been improving the content of the performance and hope to do better. "

What embarrassed the garden was the rehearsal environment. "Although there is no audience, we have to imagine that the entire exhibition hall is an audience, and we have to design some hypothetical questions to interact with these virtual audiences." Yuanyuan said with a smile, "Sometimes we even pretend to be very excited and ask questions in the blank space next to us ..."

You can buy authentic German cheese in Shanghai.

With the help of the Garden and many friends from China, Martin is now very familiar with Shanghai. "I like Shanghai very much. Xiamen, where I lived before, is also beautiful, but Shanghai is obviously more international. " For example, Martin said, "In Shanghai, I can buy authentic German bread and cheese, and German beer is also easy to buy."

Shanghai's rich dining culture also attracts Martin, whose favorites are "Lanzhou Lamian Noodles" and "kung pao chicken". Surprisingly, the handsome Martin is still a kitchen expert. "Our girl who played' Yanyan' once visited the apartment where the boys lived, and Martin cooked us authentic German food that day." There was a feast in the garden that day. "Fried eggs with bacon and asparagus are very good."

In order to cultivate mutual understanding, several groups of young people participating in the performance often hold such parties, and Martin's Chinese is constantly improving in such parties. When we talked about the cold weather in Shanghai in spring, he even pronounced it clearly as "duck skin pimple". Of course, we quickly corrected this studious young man's statement that it should be goose bumps.

"Yan Si" and "Yan Yan" show you around the German Pavilion.

On the way to visit the German Pavilion, two pavilion lecturers accompanied the visitors. One is a young German boy Yan Si, and the other is a young China girl Yan Yan.

At first, the two commentators only dealt with visitors through the virtual way of modern media equipment, and slowly entered the discovery journey of a harmonious city with the visitors. During this trip, "Yansi" will introduce to "YanYan" all kinds of feasible suggestions and innovative solutions to the future urban life problems in Germany, which is exactly the topic to be discussed in the theme of "Better City, Better Life" of this World Expo.

The last "power source" exhibition hall has the most wonderful highlights of the German Pavilion. Actors "Yan Si" and "Yan Yan" will also appear in person to demonstrate a wonderful 7-minute program of the Harmonious City Pavilion for the audience, and at the same time tell and encourage them how to make the huge interactive ball swing through their own shouts.

Ms. Fichting, curator of the German Pavilion, Ms. Mo Shiping, deputy curator of the German Pavilion, and the team of Milla United Design and Planning Co., Ltd., who is in charge of the exhibition of the German Pavilion, selected these young actors. According to statistics, there are at least 150 outstanding China girls competing for the role of Yan Yan.

I stood in line for three hours, which was really worth it.