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Li Baotian was born in November 1946 to an ordinary family in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, in November 1946.
His parents were honest people, and they had great hopes for the young Li Baotian.
But his grades in school were a mess.
Although his grades were not good, Li Baotian was not a mischievous child.
He just doesn't get interested in things he's not interested in, like learning the little thing.
Do you think he's interested in anything? There really is.
That's listening to the play.
At that time, movies and televisions were not yet widespread, and the amateur spiritual life of the masses was relatively poor.
At that time, the big stage of singing was the most common entertainment activity.
Li Baotian is very different from other people who watch the play.
Most of the others just watched the hilarity, but Li Baotian kept watching and remembering their action lines.
Over time, he would imitate the singing himself.
When he told his parents about the idea that he wanted to learn from the arts, it immediately caused a storm.
Although the masses liked to watch dramas, at that time, the parents of ordinary people still hoped that their children would follow a normal path of life. Singing is ultimately an unpopular industry.
But his parents' opposition did not dispel Li Baotian's thoughts.
The rebellious teenager sneaked into the car of the drama team and began his journey away from home.
However, the road to learning drama awaits him is full of difficulties.
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After entering the Jiangsu Opera School, the school assigned Li Baotian to the Xuzhou Liuzi Troupe.
But Li Baotian's interest in Liuzi opera was far less than that of Peking Opera.
So Li Baotian put forward his own ideas with the school leaders.
At that time, the leaders had never seen such a stunned youth, and dared to come and challenge their authority. Before he could finish speaking, the leader directly rejected him.
This offended not only the school leaders, but also everyone in the Yanagi troupe.
Therefore, in the days of training in the regiment in the future, the teacher will always change the law and physically punish Li Baotian.
When it was severe, the root of his thigh also grew an egg-sized pimple due to practice, and he went to bedwetting because he was too tired at night.
At that time, it was also the time of adolescence and long body, and Li Baotian, who issued 36 kilograms of food stamps in a month's regiment, often ate it in 20 days.
Hunger and poverty brought him fears far more than physical pain.
Therefore, Li Baotian trained more desperately, hoping to get ahead a day earlier.
In 1962, Li Baotian finally ushered in the first opportunity of his life to appear on stage.
This opportunity was not easy to come by, or because someone in the regiment was sick, let him come to the rescue to replace.
What I never expected was that this performance became Li Baotian's Waterloo.
The practice under the stage was skilled, but as soon as he got on the stage, Li Baotian could not grasp it.
Looking at the thousands of pairs of eyes under the stage, he couldn't hold back a word of nervousness.
The actors on the stage were also anxious, and they didn't expect that the good end of the play made this kid ruined. So the crowd faked the drama and really did it, and beat Li Baotian on the stage to fake the real play.
Li Baotian's younger brother was also in the audience at that time, and he cried when he saw it.
The stage and offstage became a pot of porridge.
After the failure of that performance, Li Baotian could not come out for a long time.
Although he was just a child at that time.
At this time, Li Baotian met the first noble man in his life.
This man is a cadre who has been delegated here. He not only encouraged this frustrated teenager, but also guided him to read Stanley's "My Artistic Life", went to Nanjing to learn Kunqu opera with Su Kun, and encouraged him to come to power again.
On the stage for the second time, he was proficient in his lines and won the audience for his performance of "Muscle Dancing".
Li Baotian finally became the brightest boy on the stage. The haze of the first failure was also truly swept away at this moment.
03
In 1978, at the age of 32, Li Baotian made a major decision.
He enrolled in the Central Academy of Drama's directing cadre training class.
In this learning process, Li Baotian, who already has a large amount of performance experience, has accepted systematic learning.
Three years later, he stayed on to teach with honors.
A stable and stable teaching job is an iron rice bowl that most ordinary people envy.
But Li Baotian's heart has always been carrying an actor's dream.
In 1983, he finally ushered in his first film, "Breaking into the Rivers and Lakes".
The energy that Li Baotian had accumulated over the years had finally found a window for release this time.
After the film was broadcast, Li Baotian's explosive acting skills also received rave reviews.
Then he participated in the filming of "The Tramp and the Swan" and "Don't Call Me Leprosy" and other films.
It is worth mentioning that in 1987, he won the first heavyweight award in his life - the Golden Rooster Award for Best Supporting Actor with a wonderful interpretation of a supporting role in "Human Ghost Love".
In 1991, Li Baotian met the second noble person in his life, he was the director Zhang Yimou.
Two people see each other and hate each other and appreciate each other.
In the following years, the two people collaborated together on "Ju Dou", "Shake Ah Shake, Shake to Grandma Bridge", and "Have Something to Say".
The roles in each movie are different, Li Baotian can play who is like whom, and the acting skills are breathtaking.
But what really made him popular was the classic "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo".
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As soon as "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" was broadcast, it immediately triggered the rating effect of thousands of empty alleys.
Li Baotian's Liu Luoguo is witty and humorous but witty, and he is jealous and hateful for the people.
This role has also become a phenomenal image in the history of Chinese television dramas.
Zhang Guoli and Wang Gang, plus Li Baotian, became the first generation of iron triangle combinations on the screen.
However, after the TV series, Li Baotian refused to work with two other people.
Li Baotian's meticulous treatment of the play can be called a drama idiot, so he does not want a role to eat until he is old, and simply goes to film in order to make money.
And for those who do not understand him, they will think that his harshness is a kind of "drama" behavior.
He not only offended his peers, but also was jointly hidden by 13 film and television companies because of his jealousy and hatred.
This directly led to the fact that for 14 years, Li Baotian did not shoot.
05
All this happens to an ordinary actor, but Li Baotian can always remain indifferent.
When there is a scene, the premise is that the script must be good.
When there is no drama, he never participates in variety shows to earn gold, he prefers to draw, write, and read at home.
All this would have been the most normal behavior, but it seemed out of place in the impetuous circle.
In 2020, Li Baotian was awarded the lifetime achievement of television artist stamped by the China Federation of Literature and Literature.
This honor speaks for itself.
Just like the lyrics of the song a few decades ago: There is a scale between heaven and earth, and the scale is the common people.
Although Li Baotian, who is more than seventy years old, has retired from the jianghu, his heart cannot be separated from his beloved stage for a lifetime.
Maybe one day he will appear in front of our eyes with a more explosive work!
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