There is a video on the Internet where Feng Gong and his apprentice Bai Kainan take a walk together.
Bai Kainan asked, "Master, what do you say is the greatest happiness every day?" ”
Feng Gong replied, "That is to never argue with the fool." ”
Bai Kainan disagreed: "I don't think so, I think it is time to argue." What do you say? ”
After Feng Gong listened, he nodded and said, "Well, I don't argue with you." ”
Bai Kainan was stunned, and a face condensed into the word "囧".
Bai Kainan and Jia Ling were both feng Gong's beloved apprentices, and the two had also partnered to talk about crosstalk, but now, Jia Ling set up a big bowl entertainment and became the boss herself, and her first film got the second place box office.
On the other hand, Bai Kainan, most of the labels related to him today are "passed", "plagiarized", and "self-destructive future".
Even the above video, there are netizen comments: Feng Gong has worked hard, so old, but also to bring apprentices.
Is the 40-year-old Bai Kainan really an "unformed apprentice"?
What has he done wrong all these years?
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Bai Kainan was born in Beijing in 1981.
A year later, thousands of miles away in Xiangyang, Hubei Province, a girl was born, her name was Jia Ling.
At that time, no one would have thought that such two people would form a group in the future, and even appear on the Spring Festival Gala.
And then drift away.
Unlike Jia Ling's rural family, Bai Kainan's father is an amateur singer, his mother is a dancer, and his aunt is a soprano.
In such a family atmosphere, Bai Kainan has loved dancing since he was a child, and later, he was admitted to the Dance Secondary School of the Central Song and Dance Troupe.
In 1997, 16-year-old Bai Kainan graduated from dance secondary school and stepped into society early.
He and a few little girls formed a singing and dancing group, choreographed their own programs, and performed in various venues.
Bai Kainan on the stage was very hardworking, just because he looked "really sorry", many audiences strongly demanded that he quit, leaving only the little girl to perform.
In order to ensure that the performance is carried out and can make money, Bai Kainan really went behind the scenes, making drivers for everyone, managing costumes, etc., even so, he was still happy all day.
However, that is not willing and unwilling to lose, perhaps he can only press it in his heart.
A few years later, several female partners left one after another, and the remaining Bai Kainan still performed on the stage.
The days of looking at people's eyes are bitter.
After becoming famous, Huang Bo once talked about his experience when he sang in a bar:
After Huang Bo took the stage, many spectators shouted: "Go down." ”
The witty Huang Bo stepped off the stage and flattered the audience:
"Okay, brother, I'm down, and I'm going to bring you a song like me, 'Good luck to everyone who likes me.'"
Bai Kainan also had a similar experience:
Once, while performing on the stage, suddenly a piece of watermelon flew over and smashed on the face, and before he could wipe off the watermelon juice on his face, another piece of watermelon flew up.
This time, Bai Kainan grabbed the watermelon, and he teased: "You still send a fruit plate for the performance here?" ”
One sentence amused everyone.
Except for himself.
After Huang Bo became famous, many people praised him for his "high emotional intelligence", in fact, the so-called high emotional intelligence, why not the survival instinct trained in those difficult days?
Perhaps unwilling to change performances every day, Bai Kainan was admitted to the acting class of the Central Academy of Drama and studied acting.
Just when Bai Kainan was experiencing hard work, Jia Ling was also experiencing the "darkest moment" in her life:
She lives in a house with a monthly rent of 400 yuan, sometimes because she has no money to pay the rent, she curls up in the house for half a month and does not dare to go out, only to wait for the middle of the night to climb out of the window, because there is no money, she sold her most precious Walkman in exchange for 20 yuan, and struggled for a week...
In 2004, after graduating, Bai Kainan studied under Feng Gong.
Coincidentally, Feng Gong is also Jia Ling's mentor.
In 2003, Jia Ling and her partner participated in the cross-talk competition and won the championship, and the third place in the competition that year was Guo Degang and Yu Qian.
In 2006, Jia Ling won the second prize in the professional group of the third CCTV cross-talk competition.
It was also in this year that a cross-talk writer approached Bai Kainan and asked him to form a group with a female cross-talk actor.
That female cross-talk actress is Jia Ling.
Just the year before, another pair of "golden partners" in the comedy industry: Shen Teng and Ma Li also met.
Because watching a performance in a small theater, Shen Teng "took a picture" of Ma Li, who was performing on the stage, so at his invitation, Ma Li also joined the "happy twist" that was not famous at that time.
Unlike Shen Tengmali's combination, the combination of Bai Kainan and Jia Ling is more like a pair that has been temporarily "made up", which is like arranging seats at school, and the teacher extends a finger: "Come, you two sit at the same table." ”
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In the cross-talk circle, there are very few actresses, as Guo Degang said: that is not appropriate.
Male actors can pretend to be stupid and tell various paragraphs, but if they are replaced by actresses, it is difficult for the audience to accept, after all, actresses still have to have some scruples, and some stems, too big to make people laugh, too small and ineffective.
So it's not because the technology isn't good, but the circle is inherently unsuitable for actresses.
But Jia Ling was an exception.
During the time spent working with Bai Kainan, because of the "rare", the pair was particularly welcomed.
Until 4 years later, the two received an invitation to the Spring Festival Gala.
At that time, the program prepared by the two was called "Big Talk and Laughter".
After this show was able to go through several twists and turns at the Spring Festival Gala, and finally it was determined, Jia Ling and Bai Kainan were happy and broken.
It is said that the show was originally scheduled at more than eight o'clock, but because in the second rehearsal, Jia Ling and Bai Kainan were drunk because they had celebrated at the bar the night before, although they did not forget the words, but the performance effect was greatly reduced.
So the show was tuned to after midnight.
This is a more awkward point in time, because after zero o'clock, many viewers will go to set off firecrackers, who still have time to watch the show.
Bai Kainan and Jia Ling cheered each other up at that time:
It's okay, there are 1.4 billion people in the country, even if 1 billion people go to set off firecrackers, then there are still 400 million people!
It's just that they forgot that when the sound of firecrackers is loud, who has the heart to watch TV?
But the good thing is that the Spring Festival Gala program has a necessary part - replay.
So in the replay the next day, there were still many viewers who remembered this strange cross-talk combination.
Moreover, "Big Talk and Funny" won the third prize in the "My Favorite Spring Festival Gala Program" song art group.
In short, after the Spring Festival Gala, Jia Ling and Bai Kainan were on fire.
In the following year, they often saw the two people's shows, and in the next year, the two once again appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and they performed the cross-talk "Sesame Open Door".
At this time, Jia Ling and Bai Kainan were already very hot, but new problems were also emerging.
With the shock of fame, Bai Kainan has gained a large number of young fans, and his variety shows, interviews, and various commercial performance invitations have continued, and his value has doubled.
At this time, Bai Kainan had a new plan:
First, transform into an actor, after all, his master Feng Gong changed from cross-talk to actor, and won the Hundred Flowers Award for Best Supporting Actor;
Second, participate in variety shows to "earn fast money", after all, participating in variety shows comes with fast money, and it can also increase their popularity.
For his partner Jia Ling, it has also become a good excuse, Bai Kainan said in an interview:
"Everyone always thinks that we are a couple, and Jia Ling has not been able to marry herself, so we must avoid appearing in public together, and the focus is to marry Jia Ling first."
At that time, Jia Ling, who had already realized that the cross-talk stage was not suitable for her, also accepted Guo Degang's suggestion and began to concentrate on comedy.
Therefore, this has become the proof of "abandoning" Jia Ling after Bai Kainan became popular in the eyes of netizens.
After making plans, Bai Kainan began his own "transformation road", and in 2014, he made three movies in one go:
"My Dad Is Four Years Younger Than Me", "Poor Way", "Operation Magic Card".
At that time, Bai Kainan was full of confidence, he believed:
"This era has given character actors a lot of opportunities, as long as he encounters a good work, he can also become an actor like Wang Baoqiang and Huang Bo."
Self-confidence is good, but overdone can easily become arrogant.
When he said this, Bai Kainan may not have thought that there are so many actors in the entertainment industry, but not everyone can become Wang Baoqiang or Huang Bo, even if you look ugly.
Bai Kainan's participation in film and television dramas did not cause much repercussions, and he participated in 11 variety shows, although there were many programs, but there were not many comedies related.
At the same time, he also hosts many programs, such as "Hot Mom Academy", "Era Show", "I Went to School" and so on, frankly speaking, this does not mean much for the expansion of his comedy business.
Therefore, when Jia Ling met her new partner Zhang Xiaofei, Jia Ling said: Zhang Xiaofei is ready for everything, but she lacks a red opportunity.
While Jia Ling led the team to delve into comedy and output works, Bai Kainan did not have many works that he could get his hands on.
Perhaps because of "making quick money" and deviating from his main business, Bai Kainan began to slowly go downhill.
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Jia Ling founded Big Bowl Entertainment, and the first work launched by this company was "Hello, Li Huanying" that appeared on "Drama Story", which caused a huge response at the time.
Many netizens commented:
This is a skit that I can watch dozens of times, but I can't bear to let Jia Ling perform it again.
"Happy head and sad tail" sketch, I only recognize "Hello, Li Huanying".
Later, Jia Ling changed this sketch to the first film she directed, and the box office directly caught up with "Wolf Warrior 2".
Perhaps seeing the development of Jia Ling, Bai Kainan, who was in a hurry and did not have a clear positioning, also hoped to return to the sketch stage.
However, the time has passed.
Deyun Society, Big Bowl Entertainment, and Happy Twist have become the new main force in the comedy industry.
Bai Kainan himself did not argue, in his later works:
In "Little Aunt Has a Date", he imitates Song Xiaobao's exquisite portrait, but the content of the sketch is very dry, and there is no laughter!
At that time, Chang Yuan in the audience joked: "There are people who keep alive, there are living guarantors, you are the works of people who protect people!" ”
Such comments made Bai Kainan on the stage very embarrassed.
What is even more embarrassing is that when participating in "Happy Comedians", Bai Kainan performed the sketch "Variety Strange Cafe", in which the fragment of "moving and playing times" was pointed out to be plagiarism of the stand-up comedian Zhang Boyang.
Fame is a thing that is difficult to establish, but once it collapses, it is very fast.
Over the years, Bai Kainan's reputation and fame have not been very good, and even the "Hundred Changes Big Coffee Show" that makes him have some sense of existence has become a bit boring.
Nowadays, the gap between Jia Ling, who is deeply engaged in comedy, and Bai Kainan, who has "tried a lot of performances", is getting bigger and bigger.
In 2018, Jia Ling and Bai Kainan appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala again, only this time, the two were not on the same program.
Jia Ling's partner was replaced by Zhang Xiaofei, Xu Juncong and others, while Bai Kainan's partner was Lin Yongjian, Li Mingqi and other "old drama bones", in the show, Bai Kainan really seemed to return to the original appearance.
A long time later, on the stage of "Ace to Ace", Jia Ling Bai Kainan and Shen Tengmali, two golden partners who were once the golden partners of the comedy industry, appeared on the same screen.
In the program, Jia Ling issued a "soul torture" to Shen Teng: Me and Ma Li, you make a choice.
Shen Teng stepped forward and hugged Jia Ling, but did not hesitate to shout "Ma Li" on his lips.
Jia Ling pretended to be angry, turned around and grabbed Bai Kainan's arm: "Old Bai, let's go!"
Bai Kainan listened to the music: "I didn't come in vain today." ”
Everything in the show is jubilant, but we all know that those past days will never come back. #Jia Ling ##白凯南 #