A few days ago, it was the death day of the cross-talk master Hou Yaowen, and Guo Degang once again sent a long message to commemorate it, an action that has been continuous for 15 years.
The reason why Guo Degang is so affectionate has a touching story behind him, he was once considered to have no talent when he studied with his teacher, and it was Mr. Hou Yaowen who accepted him despite the obstruction of everyone.
Today, such a small move by Guo Degang is still being paid attention to by everyone - from the side, it shows that Hou Yaowen's decision was correct, and it can also be seen that he is still very popular and has a deep mass base.
However, if you go back to 19 years ago, Guo Degang was once asserted by a well-known host whose career was in a state of day and day: it will never be red.
This person is a generation of "variety show brother" Li Bin.
Now that many years have passed, Guo Degang has become a prominent figure who "saved xiangsheng", but Li Bin is still invisible.
What's the story behind that?
Li Bin is the representative of "debut is the peak", he debuted in 1999, the first program he hosted was the "Super Big Winner" that was popular all over the country.
It is said that this show was born under great pressure, but the main creative team still withstood the pressure and turned into a driving force, and it ranked first in the national ratings in less than half a year.
At that time, some people said that the emergence of this show led to a new entertainment trend, and original units such as "a thousand words" and "super rookie show" were also loved by the public.
At that time, "Super Big Winner" also became the only variety show that could compete with "Happy Base Camp", which made the fledgling hosts Li Bin and Zhou Qun popular overnight and became famous in the hosting industry.
Especially Li Bin, this is the first time he has hosted a show, which has attracted a lot of attention, which can be described as extremely lucky, and it can also show that he is indeed eloquent and has good strength.
In fact, Li Bin belongs to the halfway home, and his original ambition is to be an excellent actor.
Li Bin is a native of Hebei, born in 1965 in a small local county town of ordinary military family, do not look at his appearance is not proud, but since childhood like literature and art, but also taught himself cross-talk, guitar and other talents.
Because his father was a traditional and majestic soldier, he was also very demanding of Li Bin, and hoped that he could join the army when he grew up like himself.
Li Bin, who loves literature and art, naturally cannot understand his father, and it is adolescence, so he has had many disputes with his father.
Later, the father and son talked for a long time, and each understood each other's painstaking intentions, and finally Li Bin obeyed his father's request and entered the military camp, but he never forgot his original intention of being an actor.
In the army, Li Bin actively participated in various literary and artistic activities, and also entered the military art to learn performances through self-examination.
In 1993, Li Bin, who graduated from military art, was ready to start showing his fists in literature and art, but he was hit by a fatal blow from reality.
He started as a dragon suit actor and starred in many film and television dramas, but basically there was no splash.
In 1994, Li Bin entered CCTV's "Variety Show" and "Quyuan Zatan" and other famous programs, in which he starred in many sketches.
Such days persisted until 1998, when Li Bin once thought it was the darkest period before he became famous—he had poured a heart of acting career into his works and roles countless times, but in exchange for the same rewards.
However, during this period, Li Bin met his beloved wife Gao Zhiwei, and the two met under the wrong yin and yang.
According to Li Bin, he was accompanying friends to go on a blind date, but Gao Zhiwei did not have a friend, but he looked at himself at a glance, and soon they naturally walked together.
It is said that when they got married, Li Bin had nothing but to ride the only bicycle he had to marry Gao Zhiwei, whose family was well-off, back home. However, although the two had a hard time, they did not lose their sweetness, and they soon had a son.
The birth of his son made the pressure on Li Bin's shoulders even greater, and he could only frantically take over the drama and participate in various competitions, including a host competition on Anhui Satellite TV.
It can be said that it was this competition that changed Li Bin's life.
In 1999, with the popularity of the Mango TV variety show "Happy Base Camp", david TV also began to move, looking forward to finding their own way out with a revised version.
Anhui Satellite TV is no exception, under layers of pressure, they planned "Super Big Winner".
However, this show is actually a "test of the waters", and no one knows whether it will become popular in the end.
Therefore, when arranging the host, the leader finally locked in Li Bin, who won the host competition, and Zhou Qun, a female host who already had a certain degree of popularity.
Zhou Qun began hosting programs on Hefei People's Radio in 1992 and was named "The Most Popular Host" by local people, and three years later she joined the TV station to host "Tonight We Meet".
It is said that when he received the task of hosting the "Super Big Winner" column, Zhou Qun was not optimistic about this show.
But what she did not expect was that "Super Big Winner" actually exploded at once, and it was also titled one of the "troikas" of the domestic variety entertainment column by the media with the "Happy Story" of Beijing Satellite TV and the "Happy Base Camp" of Hunan Satellite TV, which was broadcast in the same year.
As a newcomer, Li Bin did not have any psychological preparation in the face of sudden popularity, but due to his lack of hosting experience, he could only work silently.
It is said that in order to practice hosting, he also built a small stage at home, and every day he would practice the stage book over and over again on the "stage", and the only audience sitting under the "stage" was his wife Gao Zhiwei.
Perhaps because the Emperor Tian did not pay off, or perhaps because the time and place were favorable, Li Bin easily won the love of the public.
People think that this small-eyed smiling male host is kind and friendly, and the hosting style is also humorous and relaxed, so Li Bin was once very popular with the audience.
After becoming popular, Li Bin's hosting invitations increased, and in 2000, he participated in the recording of variety shows such as Beijing Television's "Gold Medal Threesome" and "Happy Story", which can be described as highly popular.
After becoming a "variety brother", Li Bin began to promote his juniors, and he knew that it was not easy for him to come step by step from a dragon set actor, so he was very kind to newcomers who were talented and willing to work hard.
Among them, the person who is most grateful for Li Bin's kindness is liu yan, the "sexy goddess" today.
At that time, Liu Yan had not yet participated in the hosting selection activities of Light Media, and was still a "little transparent" who had to frantically take over the hosting work in order to treat his mother' illness.
Because after a cooperative acquaintance, Li Bin took good care of Liu Yan and invited her to appear as his assistant to brush her face in the show - for that, Liu Yan is very grateful, and is still called "benefactor" to this day.
However, Li Bin is not so caring for every newcomer, and even criticized for not being good for newcomers.
And this newcomer is Guo Degang, who has become the "top stream of the cross-talk industry" mentioned above.
Perhaps, when the audience sees Guo Degang now, they will feel that they are highly respected in the cross-talk industry and have many apprentices, but 19 years ago, he once ran for his livelihood, and even suffered from all kinds of blank eyes.
Before joining Super Winner in 2003, Guo Degang's resume was also rich:
He began to study storytelling at the age of 6 and came into contact with crosstalk two years later; At the age of 20, I have begun to walk around...
In 1998, Guo Degang, who was not very good at "mixing", met Yu Qian, and the two immediately cooperated and proposed to let Xiangsheng return to the theater, but at that time it did not make money at all.
In order to wish and make a living, Guo Degang began to receive wild announcements under the last resort, including "Super Big Winner".
Initially, the "position" Guo Degang sought in Anhui Satellite TV was the assistant of the host Li Bin, but in fact, what he needed to do was actually all kinds of gags, and the audience laughed.
Once, Guo Degang was arranged to shoot a surprising program: he was locked up in a transparent window of the Hefei Drum Tower Mall within 48 hours for observation.
At that time, it was a hot summer, there was no fan in the window to relieve the heat, hungry and only instant noodles could be eaten, in the face of such harsh conditions, Guo Degang had to perform hard for the sake of five buckets of rice.
As soon as the show aired, there was an uproar, and many viewers believed that "Super Big Winner" did not respect the guests at all, just for the sake of popularity and popularity, there was no lower limit.
In particular, Li Bin, who was the "first brother" of the show at that time, was also implicated, and everyone thought that he was bullying the newcomer.
In the face of the continuous fermentation of public opinion, there were rumors in the anecdotes, Li Bin then informed the producers he knew well, so that the other party would no longer use Guo Degang, and also put down the harsh words: "This person can't be red in his life!" ”
After the window incident, Li Bin's career was hit, and passers-by's popularity also took a sharp turn.
In 2004, in order to transform, he hosted the talk show "Three Spicy Hot" with actor Yang Kun and others, but the response was mediocre.
Subsequently, Li Bin successively partnered with Zhou Qun to host variety shows such as "Super Charm Host Show", "Binge Qun Sister Joy Club", "Sunday I Am the Biggest" and other variety shows, all of which did not reach the height of "Super Big Winner", and his fame also declined day by day, no longer the glory of the past.
In 2004, Guo Degang officially worshiped Hou Yaowen as a teacher, and also began to hold cross-talk specials, and created a record of 22 returns in his hometown of Tianjin, and his reputation rose.
In 2008, the popular "Super Big Winner" officially announced the suspension of broadcasting, when some people said that this marked the end of an era of Anhui Satellite TV.
At the same time, it seems to reflect the waterloo of the brilliant career of host Li Bin, who also left Anhui Satellite TV two years later.
In order to return to the second spring of his career, Li Bin also tried hard, he began to re-learn acting, and also participated in the performance of film and television works such as "Yang Guang's Love Story" and "Where Are You When I Want to Get Married", but there was still no splash.
In 2015, after a five-year absence, Li Bin returned to Anhui Satellite TV and hosted a creative program called "I Am a Big Winner".
According to the press release at the time, Li Bin revealed that after receiving the invitation to the program, he quickly adjusted the schedule and returned to the "old owner", saying that he had deep feelings for the TV audience in Anhui, and also said:
"This is one of the best puzzle shows in the country, and there is no one."
And confidently said that he wanted to make "I Am a Big Winner" into a "timeless show like Super Big Winner."" ”
But unfortunately, his idea did not come to fruition in the end.
In February of the following year, Li Bin gradually faded out after writing and directing the sports movie "Snooker", and only returned to the public eye a few years later, and revealed that he had not done anything because of illness.
Once, he publicly responded to the "grudge" between him and Guo Degang on social platforms, saying that he did not mean to be embarrassed, but the audience did not seem to care about these.
I don't know, now that he looks at Guo Degang, who is thriving on the screen, will he regret the words he said back then?