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The Spring Festival Gala in the early 20th century can be said to be the forerunner of trends and memes.
Among these interesting memes, Chen Peisi, Zhao Benshan, Song Dandan, Guo Donglin and other "terrier" masters emerged.
Now they are old, they have their own achievements, but Guo Donglin has lost 100 million yuan because of a "lawsuit"!
Later, he settled in short videos to "make a living", and was even "ridiculed" by netizens as an "Internet celebrity".
A generation of Spring Festival Gala experts has fallen here, along the way, how is he now?
01 Hilarious fame
From the appearance alone, Guo Donglin looked tall and strong, and there was no trace of suffering on the fat dundun's face.
But in fact, those who know him know that he can go all the way to this day, and there is unimaginable suffering behind him.
Guo Donglin's parents were both engaged in the theatrical performance industry, and the family was once moderately well-off.
But in that turbulent era, they lived moderately well, but they were hit by the times.
Decent parents had to walk off the stage and go to the street to sell art for a living.
Guo Donglin, who was five years old at the time, was the youngest and his parents always brought him with him when they performed.
At that time, although he was ignorant, he became very interested in his parents' performances.
Pleasure in suffering may be the best way for poor people to fight against life, and Guo Donglin is their "pistachio".
After growing up, Guo Donglin insisted on his dream and was admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy.
When he came to university, he was still a little living treasure, and he was amused while pondering his acting skills.
At this time, he did not think that he could be famous for "amusing" in the future.
After graduating from the Drama Academy, in order to stand on a larger stage, he was admitted to Beijing Renyi and became a drama actor.
At that time, the most famous Beijing Renyi was the "Queen of Sketches" Song Dandan.
However, at that time, Guo Donglin was not bad, and his acting skills were also top-notch in human art.
Perhaps Song Dandan is too popular, so that CCTV also favors human art.
In 1993, CCTV invited Renyi's "top child" - Guo Donglin to participate in the Spring Festival Gala sketch "Market Sketch".
Guo Donglin, who came into contact with the big stage for the first time, was nervous and excited, and this was his first appearance on the big stage.
He secretly vowed to play this role well.
But it backfired.
He was too nervous to leave a brilliant performance on stage.
However, he was not discouraged, but continued to declare to the Spring Festival Gala, looking like he "vowed to open a world at the Spring Festival Gala".
Finally, the effort paid off.
Two years later, he took Wang Chengyou's script "Something You Talk" sharpened for many years and appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala again.
On the stage, the roles of being afraid of his wife, loving to brag, and dying to save face were vividly interpreted by Guo Donglin.
Without suspense, Guo Dong is on fire.
However, his real image is after shaving his head.
02 A warm man with a fierce appearance
As we all know, Guo Donglin still had hair when he first appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
Although it looks a bit "Mediterranean".
However, on the face, it will appear milder, neutralizing his tall and strong "banditry".
And whether he is partnering with Guo Da and Cai Ming, or cross-border and Feng Gong in crosstalk, he is full of "smart" energy.
However, at this time, although he had been working at the Spring Festival Gala for four or five years, his characteristic image had not been erected.
Because the sketch actors who reside on the stage all have their own characteristics, so that they are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Like Uncle Benshan's shoehorn face, Mr. Chen Peisi's thief's eyebrows, and the iconic pouting of the "queen of sketches" Song Dandan.
They all have their own characteristics and laughs.
But although Guo Donglin's acting skills are good, he has no outstanding characteristics, and he will inevitably be forgotten after a long time.
At the 2003 Spring Festival Gala, Guo Donglin tried the "bald head" image for the first time.
In "I Change Roles with Dad", he plays a "bandit" father who drinks too much and is fierce.
Such a seemingly "badass" image, but with the progress of the sketch, there has been a big reversal.
Drinking is to socialize, to earn more money for the family, seemingly rude and do not care about the children, but in fact it is just too busy to pay attention.
As well as the common disease of the domestic "dads" - will not be expressed.
This image undoubtedly resonates with most "dads" in China.
And the contrast between his appearance and his heart has also become his characteristic.
Guo Donglin, who discovered this phenomenon, simply "light" to the end.
Subsequently, he performed at the Spring Festival Gala for more than ten years, no matter how the actresses around him changed, he was the Guo Zi who was "fierce" on the outside and gentle in the heart.
It has also become the representative of the national "strict wife management" and good family care.
These characters were so successful that various household items went to Guo Donglin to endorse them.
Like in an advertisement for washing powder, the bald Guo Donglin held the washing powder and said with a smile: There is XX, no stains!
In the advertisement for hemorrhoid cream, he is also wearing a shiny brain melon, concave two dimples and smiled at the camera and said: There are hemorrhoids, use XX!
These brainwashed slogans, accompanied by his sincere smile, are surprisingly effective.
At this time, Guo Donglin can be described as infinitely beautiful, and there are advertisements for him in the streets and alleys.
However, Yizhuang "lawsuit" caused his popularity to decline sharply.
03 A "lawsuit" insurance compensation of 100 million
In 2017, Guo Donglin participated in Beijing Satellite TV's Spring Festival Gala sketch "Withdraw Money".
This sketch mainly tells the story of the aunt encountering telecom fraud, and Guo Donglin recognizes the trickster and prevents the aunt from transferring money.
At the heart of the story is a reminder to the elderly to beware of telecom scams, which is certainly commendable.
But the bad is the "liar" on the other end of the phone: "Hey, middle, you hurry up and make money", in a Henan accent.
You know, at that time, domestic regional discrimination was rampant on the Internet.
What Henan people steal manhole covers, Cantonese people eat everything, Northeasterners wear gold chains, and so on.
Anything that involves geography must be considered carefully.
Now on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, all other lines speak Mandarin, except for the Henan accent used by scammers.
This is indeed misleading.
For this reason, lawyer Zhang Huashan, a fellow villager in Henan, filed a lawsuit with the court.
He demanded that the defendant Guo Donglin compensate every Henan person for moral damage.
It may not sound serious, but in fact, there are nearly 100 million people in Henan, which is equivalent to Guo Donglin getting 100 million yuan in compensation!
After the complaint was announced, public opinion spread on the Internet, and Guo Donglin became the target of verbal criticism by netizens.
At this time, the screenwriter of "Withdraw Money" quickly came forward to clarify.
He said that this voiceover was dubbed by him, he himself is from Shandong, and the Shandong dialect is more similar to the Henan dialect, which is why he has this misunderstanding, and has nothing to do with Guo Donglin.
In the end, the court did not open a case.
Because these damages required authorization from all Henan people, and Zhang was not legally authorized, the court dismissed the lawsuit.
Lawyer Zhang apparently knew that the case could not be established.
At the same time as the lawsuit was released, he said online: "This lawsuit just hopes that everyone will pay attention to the phenomenon of geographical discrimination."
And Guo Donglin himself fell in fame because of this farce.
Immediately after the Spring Festival Gala, as an artist of the older generation, he was gradually "drowned" in this torrent called "flow".
But stubborn and tenacious, he was not discouraged.
Instead, he straightened himself out and continued to pursue his dream of "amusement" in this torrent.
04 humorous small theater, live broadcast sales
Guo Donglin, who faded out of the Spring Festival Gala sketch stage, once tried to change careers to the film and television industry.
After all, with acting skills, how can you "mix" a famous hall.
However, the opposite is true.
His films and television such as "The Uncle of the Northeast Past is Really Handsome" and "Demon Genius" have received mediocre responses.
It just so happened that at this time, the rise of Douyin brought him new ideas.
In March 2019, Guo Donglin entered Douyin under the name of "Mr. Warm Man".
When he came to Douyin, he did not attract popularity by playing treasure and eating old books like other "old drama bones".
Instead, he uses a steady stream of new works to attract fans, and continues his dream of "amusing"
As you can see from his homepage, every short video he posts has a well-written script.
He even invited several regular actors to participate in such a small theater-like happy video.
Such a careful work, coupled with Guo Donglin's superb acting skills.
In just half a month, his account exceeded seven million followers.
His popularity on Douyin once surpassed Chen Peisi, a titan in the comedy industry.
Subsequently, live streaming goods rose, and many celebrity Internet celebrities "went to the sea to find gold".
And Guo Donglin is no exception, he also chose to "go to the sea" after watching "on the shore" for a long time.
But this is understandable, after all, even Pan Changjiang has entered the pit.
However, netizens at that time were not happy, and said that Guo Donglin and others had fallen from "artists" to "Internet celebrities".
Some people even moved out of the once "100 million" reparations to talk about things.
At this time, Guo Donglin finally couldn't bear it anymore and summed up what happened.
He said that those who eat the audience's meals are all looking at the audience as gods, how can they break the bowl after eating?
And live streaming goods, what he did was to "save money for the audience".
Perhaps this is a polite remark, but I have to say that the quality of the goods brought by Guo Donglin is indeed guaranteed.
So far, there has been no big rollover.
Unlike Pan Changjiang, who ran trains with his mouth full, he eventually provoked criticism by the official media.
epilogue
"Make money by virtue of your skills, don't be ashamed," some netizens said.
Indeed, this is a very pertinent assessment.
Once, Guo Donglin, as the master of the Spring Festival Gala, brought us countless joys and became the memories of a generation.
Now, as he gets older, even if he fades out of the Spring Festival Gala stage, he is not discouraged.
Instead, he regrouped and settled in Douyin, and while chasing his dreams, he also caught up with the torrent of the times.
In his heart, Guo Donglin can be "amused" by the hall of elegance.
It is also possible to put down the "artistic body" and become the so-called "entertainment Internet celebrity".
This kind of courage can also bear the title of "old artist".