#ELLEJanuaryIssue# Cover star revealed—@X玖少年团肖战DAYTOY. 'True' is the word Xiao Zhan and his collaborators repeatedly mention during interviews. Xiao Zhan learns techniques from various crews and acting teachers, maximizing emotional expression. 'For me, what hasn’t changed is how to convey sincere emotions to the audience... But you can't just be passionate; you think the emotional intensity has reached 100%, but the audience only feels 50%. How do you express the remaining 50%?' #XiaoZhanELLEJanuaryIssue# #ELLE2022JanuaryIssueCover#

Produced by: @Nicole在ELLE
Director: Yushu Wang
Video Photography: Jimmy Xu
Video Editing: Yuanqing Xie
Styling: @CloeDong
Editors: JY, Jiawei
Makeup/Hair: Zhang Qingjun
Art: Lily & Li Yuan (so far so good studio)
Production: Nina Chen
Fashion Assistants: Fenella, Zhou Yanyan

#ELLEJanuaryIssue# Two covers—Night Edition and Day Edition, capturing @X玖少年团肖战DAYTOY's two states. Last summer, to commemorate the 110th anniversary of Cao Yu's birth, Xiao Zhan conducted a 'Dramatic Dialogue Between Two Generations' with Cao Yu's daughter, playwright Wan Fang, asking, 'Is 'truth' the most important element in our creative process?' Wan Fang’s answer referred to a line from 'Winter Journey': No path leads to sincerity; sincerity itself is the path. At this moment, Xiao Zhan is walking the path of 'truth,' day and night, heading toward the future. #ELLE2022JanuaryIssueCover##XiaoZhanELLEJanuaryIssue# @Nicole在ELLE

Photography: @Pillfanfan
Styling: @CloeDong
Editors: JY, Jiawei
Makeup/Hair: Zhang Qingjun
Interview/Writing: Wu Qiu
Art: Lily & Li Yuan (so far so good studio)
Production: Nina Chen
Photography Assistant: Da Wei
Fashion Assistants: Fenella, Zhou Yanyan

#ELLEJanuaryIssue# The themed blockbuster filming of @X玖少年团肖战DAYTOY, inspired by Shakespeare’s exclamation in play creation: 'How beautiful is humanity! Ah! The beautiful new world, with such people in it!' Similarly, drama gives Xiao Zhan different experiences, 'Just like a line in 'A Dream Like A Dream,' 'It’s all real.' Everything happens in the moment; you can’t record it on camera, and it’s gone.' #XiaoZhanRetroSuitAtmosphereBlockbuster##ELLE2022JanuaryIssueCover##XiaoZhanELLEJanuaryIssue#

Produced by: @Nicole在ELLE
Director: Yushu Wang
Video Photography: Jimmy Xu
Video Editing: Yuanqing Xie
Styling: @CloeDong
Editors: JY, Jiawei
Makeup/Hair: Zhang Qingjun
Art: Lily & Li Yuan (so far so good studio)
Production: Nina Chen
Fashion Assistants: Fenella, Zhou Yanyan

#ELLEJanuaryIssue# On the day of his 30th birthday, @X玖少年团肖战DAYTOY posted a Weibo with a picture of his silhouette while hiking. That was in August, while filming 'The Longest Promise' in Alashan League. As he climbed, the sun was just setting at the horizon, and he could still see the colorful clouds. He thought he would reach a narrow summit, but what met him was a vast plain with horses running. 'At that moment, I felt the whole world opened up.' 'So what if I’m 30? I’m just 30 years old.' He reiterated during the interview. He has no age anxiety. #XiaoZhanRetroSuitAtmosphereBlockbuster##XiaoZhanELLEJanuaryIssue##ELLE2022JanuaryIssueCover# @Nicole在ELLE

Photography: @Pillfanfan
Styling: @CloeDong
Editors: JY, Jiawei
Makeup/Hair: Zhang Qingjun
Interview/Writing: Wu Qiu
Art: Lily & Li Yuan (so far so good studio)
Production: Nina Chen
Photography Assistant: Da Wei
Fashion Assistants: Fenella, Zhou Yanyan

#ELLEJanuaryIssue# On the day of the magazine shoot, the second scene was a lake. @X玖少年团肖战DAYTOY stood amidst the blue curtains. The artificial water scene featured loungers, and he wore a gray-pink suit along with one of the props — a giant tulip of the same color. He leaned against the curtain, raised both hands to wave alternately, as if greeting everyone outside. Then he stepped onto a platform and walked into the water, adapting to the setting under the photographer’s guidance, “Being on an infinite water surface, both the sky and the water surface are man-made.” From afar, we could only see his silhouette, unable to discern his expression. Behind the curtain, he was being watched while also watching us. #XiaoZhanVintageSuitAtmosphere大片# #XiaoZhanELLEJanuaryIssue# #ELLE2022JanuaryIssueCover# @Nicole在ELLE

Photography: @Pillfanfan
Styling: @CloeDong
Editing: JY, Jiawei
Makeup/Hair: Zhang Qingjun
Interview/Writing: Wu Qiu
Art: Lily & 李苑 (so far so good studio)
Production: Nina Chen
Photography Assistant: Dawei
Fashion Assistant: Fenella, Zhou Yanyan