After "Guo Degang Drying Peking Opera Old People's Relics Overturned" appeared on the hot search, there are still a small number of netizens who firmly believe that this matter is true, not that the letter delivery child is deceiving Guo Degang, and even some bloggers are still "refuting rumors", the nurse sister who ghostwrote the letter has won the calligraphy award, what is strange about writing printer-like fonts.
Unfortunately, the most afraid of the word seriousness in the world, under the more sincere of netizens, the "Peking Opera Old Man" incident has finally come to light. However, some of the strange things caused by this incident are not over.
First, the truth of the "old man of Peking Opera" has been revealed
On April 13, a blogger who connected Guo Degang with the letter delivery child posted a video entitled "The Truth of the Peking Opera Old Man Presents Guo Degang's Manuscript", which included a collection of voice chat records between the letter delivery child and the blogger.
In the voice chat record, the letter delivery child admitted that the beautiful thin gold letter was not ghostwritten by a nurse, but by him from the Internet (writing robot) and then delivered to him, which is consistent with the speculation of many netizens.
As for the manuscripts of Peking Opera scripts "collected" by the old people of Peking Opera posted by Guo Degang, the sending child also admitted that they were purchased from the Internet, which is also consistent with the sales records of second-hand book websites found by netizens.
If the two key pieces of evidence are falsified, it can basically be judged that the so-called "Peking Opera Old Man Orphan" incident is extremely moisture.
The letter delivery child also entrusted the blogger to apologize to Guo Degang on his behalf, after all, this matter was caused by his selfishness, and it also had a certain impact on Guo Degang's reputation and image, after all, many netizens believe that the so-called "Peking Opera Old Man Orphan" is a hype drama directed and acted by Guo Degang.
At this point, it is no longer so important whether the "old man of Peking Opera" really exists, after all, the whole thing is too moisture, and there is no further real need.
Second, Wang Peiyu was abused online
After "Peking Opera Old Man" was hyped up in hot searches, most people's attention focused on Guo Degang, and a few people's attention was on "Peking Opera Old Man" and letter delivery children.
The most lively thing on the Internet is the dispute between the confirmation and falsification of the "old man of Peking Opera", and the controversy about the nurse's sister, seal and script manuscript is the largest.
One thing that many people don't notice is happening in another "battlefield".
Some bloggers who show off their tricks have a very close relationship with many bloggers who support Guo Degang, and while other bloggers are still moving and crying for the "old man of Peking Opera", this blogger "very timely" targeted Peking Opera actor Wang Peiyu.
The blogger posted various connotations of Wang Peiyu and various cynicism in the video released, and the core argument supporting his view is "Why did the old man of Peking Opera trust Guo Degang to Guo Degang and not give you orphans".
Led by the blogger, most of its fans in the comment area are attacking Wang Peiyu.
What makes people a little speechless is that the Peking Opera popular science video released by Wang Peiyu on April 3 only ushered in a peak of comments three or four days later, and thousands of netizens used the "old man of Peking Opera" to talk about things and export online violence to Wang Peiyu.
Perhaps the most egregious comment was online violence against Wang Peiyu's appearance and gender.
Wang Peiyu ignored these online violence and still updated her Peking Opera popular science videos normally.
What is speechless is that just after the "Peking Opera Old Man Tuo Gu" overturned and the truth was revealed, the argument disappeared, but there are still a large number of netizens chasing Wang Peiyu's video to engage in online violence.
Online violence is so crazy and protracted, people can't help but wonder, what did Wang Peiyu do, actually attracted so many rice circle attacks, what crime did she commit?
3. What a crime?
After various searches on the Internet, I finally found the source of Wang Peiyu's "crime", and the video of Wang Peiyu's interview with Yang Lan in February 2021.
In this 40-minute high-end cultural interview program, Wang Peiyu talked a lot about Peking Opera, and two of her views were very rational and sober.
One is about the variety show on Peking Opera, Wang Peiyu believes that this is a mission given to her by Peking Opera, and Peking Opera needs more forms to go out for more people to see. At the same time, she has a bottom line for participating in variety shows, that is, she must highlight the opera symbols on her body, and participate in variety shows as a opera actor, not as a star.
The other is about Peking Opera performance and stage innovation, some old-timers do not like to use new technologies and high technologies such as large screens and lighting design on the Peking Opera stage, but Wang Peiyu believes that Peking Opera should accept new things, but also have a bottom line.
The bottom line is that if a Peking Opera program removes those new technologies and high technologies, the program is still a good program, then these technologies can be engaged.
The implication is that if a Peking Opera program uses external things such as lights and props as a gimmick, and the Peking Opera program itself is not good, then this so-called innovation is actually problematic.
For example, the letter sending child has a recording of his conversation with the "old man of Peking Opera", unknown true or false, one of the dialogues is very interesting, the letter sending child asked: What is your biggest feeling when watching Guo Degang's play? The old man of Peking Opera answered: The lighting props are very good.
Based on the above two views alone, Wang Peiyu's sobriety and reason, as well as her thinking about Peking Opera, will be admirable.
Yang Lan took the initiative to raise the topic of Guo Degang in the second half of the program, saying that some netizens listened to some crosstalk jokes and then became interested in Peking Opera, and crosstalk saved Peking Opera.
Wang Peiyu's answer is not short, and can be roughly divided into five levels:
1. Guo Degang's crosstalk performance ecology is very good, which is enviable and worthy of learning from practitioners.
2, crosstalk saved Peking Opera This statement is more extreme and one-sided, in history, Ma Sanli, Hou Baolin they often say that Peking Opera-related actors and works, but also often smashed, all because Peking Opera actors are popular enough and have enough traffic.
The implication is that Wang Peiyu means that Peking Opera has helped crosstalk, and it is impossible to talk about crosstalk saving Peking Opera.
3. We also expect that the Peking Opera industry will have phenomenal actors and events like the star artists of Deyun Society.
4. There are not so many Peking Opera audiences willing to watch Guo Degang's Peking Opera solo singing, and his Peking Opera audience mainly comes from his crosstalk audience.
5. If there are many audiences who are interested in Peking Opera through Guo Degang, of course, we also have to thank them.
Realistically speaking, if you insist on picking which sentence of Wang Peiyu will attract the disgust of Guo Degang's fans, it is probably the fourth point, Wang Peiyu's sentence is equivalent to thinking that Guo Degang is playing with children's tickets when singing Peking Opera, rather than singing Peking Opera professionally.
If Wang Peiyu's view is placed in the Peking Opera industry and Peking Opera audiences, it will be more recognized, and audiences who really love Peking Opera are indeed unlikely to follow Guo Degang's Peking Opera, and it is no problem to listen to it occasionally. If a real Peking Opera audience says that he likes to listen to Guo Degang's Peking Opera, he will almost certainly be ridiculed in the circle.
For example, Shen Teng said crosstalk, himself a comedian, he played tickets and said that crosstalk is not too big a crossover, if there are crosstalk lovers who say that they especially like to listen to Shen Teng's crosstalk, but also think that Shen Teng's crosstalk level is very high, I believe this view will also be ridiculed in the crosstalk circle.
However, if Wang Peiyu's views are placed in the rice circle, they will definitely think that this is Wang Peiyu denying Guo Degang's Peking Opera level, and even think that this is Wang Peiyu mocking Guo Degang, which will naturally produce an emotional backlash.
Wang Peiyu is telling the truth, but the truth sometimes seems unpleasant in a specific group of people, and it is understandable that the rice circle does not like to listen, but the truth is the truth, and the hurt is also the truth.
In the final stage of this interview, Wang Peiyu also elaborated on the relationship between "capital and artists": without the promotion of capital and commerce, there would be no Peking Opera today, and the market established an artistic ecology, and when this ecology was established, the role of artists emerged. Artists can't fully listen to money.
For example, this is actually the relationship between commercial films and literary films, commercial films drive the market and audiences, literary films drive art and ideas, only the market of commercial films is a bubble, only the market of literary films is a castle in the air, and complementing each other is the road to healthy development.
Wang Peiyu's words are very dialectical and very rational, and there is nothing wrong with it, not only in line with the laws of the market but also in line with the laws of art, not only for Wang Peiyu, but also for Guo Degang and Tao Yang.
I don't understand, why do the rice circles chase this sentence and scold endlessly, is it that they don't understand at all or does the level of culture limit their ability to understand?
4. Why Wang Peiyu?
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, "Peking Opera Old Man Tuo Gu" was hyped, but why is it that the person who was attacked the most by the rice circle in this hype is Wang Peiyu and not others?
First of all, Wang Peiyu has evaluated Guo Degang, in the world of rice circles, it is wrong not to praise or praise the old Guo, you are a sin to tell the truth, even if more than two years have passed since this matter, it is still biting you and not telling your mouth, who let Wang Peiyu "suppress and persecute Guo Degang".
Secondly, Wang Peiyu can represent the "mainstream", "within the system" and "artist" in the Peking Opera industry in a certain sense, and these labels are very effective in the hype of the crosstalk circle, so some people transplant this routine of hype and opposing emotions to the Peking Opera industry, and Wang Peiyu unfortunately becomes a representative of the imaginary enemy.
The point is that Wang Peiyu is also a competitor to Guo Degang, Tao Yang and the Qilin Opera Society in a certain sense.
Why did the master-apprentice battle occur in the crosstalk world in 2016? A few years before that, Cao Yunjin was on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and at the same time he could appear on the variety shows of first-line satellite TV such as Oriental Satellite TV and Hunan Satellite TV, and even CCTV Sports Channel's "Rich Feast" would invite him to participate, which shows how popular Cao Yunjin was at that time.
When Cao Yunjin was in full swing, in addition to Guo Degang and Yue Yunpeng, others such as Zhang Yunlei, Guo Qilin, Meng Hetang and others could only appear in some third-tier variety shows on Liaoning Satellite TV at most, and there was a big gap in coffee traffic with Cao Yunjin.
Because of this, Cao Yunjin was suppressed in 2016, after which he withdrew from almost all first-line satellite TV and CCTV, and the comedian on these stages was replaced by Yue Yunpeng, Zhang Yunlei, Meng Hetang, Guo Qilin and others, and the prelude to the second take-off of Deyun Society was the master-apprentice war in 2016.
Coincidentally, Wang Peiyu is currently the top of the Peking Opera industry, the darling of various David TV variety shows, and her presence blocks the way of other young Peking Opera actors, so the blogger who shows off the tricks will connote Wang Peiyu on variety shows in the video, and there are more people who are not afraid of Deyun Society comedian on variety shows.
In addition, Wang Peiyu also has a very large fan base, especially nearly half of her fan base are young people, which is also a phenomenon in the Peking Opera industry.
Why do some people target Wang Peiyu? Because Wang Peiyu blocked the way of others, if Wang Peiyu is suppressed, who can replace her on the variety show stage on behalf of the Peking Opera industry? Is it another surnamed Wang? Or is it surnamed Tao?
Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, the disputes surrounding some people in the crosstalk circle and the Peking Opera circle are basically a traffic business in the end, but the food is not very good.