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Editor: Xiao Xiao
"On behalf of the broad and profound art of Mei Pai, I say hello to the people of the whole country"
Li Yugang didn't expect that because of his unsmiling words, Mei Baojiu, who was originally smiling in the audience, was angry and turned away.
Li Yugang on the stage did not know why, and did not realize how serious the consequences of his words were.
Since then, Mei Baojiu and Li Yugang have formed an indissoluble feud, and even Mei Baojiu said that Li Yugang is a jumping beam clown under the banner of Mei Lanfang.
Mei Baojiu did not forgive Li Yugang until her death.
This can't help but make people wonder, just because Li Yugang's unintentional words actually made Mei Baojiu lingering so far?
In fact, the grudge between the two people really did not come from this time.
Painstakingly created Mei Pai
When it comes to the source of Mei Pai, we have to mention Mei Lanfang, a master of Peking Opera, who is the person Mei Baojiu respects the most in her life.
He is not only Mei Baojiu's father, but also Mei Baojiu's mentor.
Mei Pai was created through Anita Mui's sweat and tears.
It can be said that it is ten years of work on and off stage, so Mei Baojiu does not allow anyone to market his father's name and the sect created by his father.
After decades of polishing, Mei Lanfang gradually became a titan in the theater industry.
In Chinese New Year's Eve 1951, he was invited to Zhongnanhai to perform Peking Opera for leaders.
On the tenth anniversary of the National Day in 1959, Mei Lanfang was invited to give a shocking performance for the Central Committee again.
Even the great leader Grandpa Mao was shocked by his performance.
The reason why Mei Lanfang's performance can make so many people praise is because Mei Lanfang has put a lot of effort and sweat behind her back.
Mei Lanfang has always regarded drama as life.
But he also knew that his Peking Opera must have a inheritor to pass on this national essence.
Mei Baojiu was not Mei Lanfang's favorite candidate at first.
Mei Lanfang has nine children, of which his third son Mei Baoqi is the most similar to Mei Lanfang.
Mei Lanfang took him wherever he performed, and trained him to learn Peking Opera since he was a child.
If nothing else, Mei Lanfang's mantle was handed over to him to inherit.
Unfortunately, Mei Baoqi suddenly fell ill at the age of 8 and unfortunately died.
Of Mei Lanfang's nine children, five died at an early age.
Mei Baojiu is Mei Lanfang's youngest child, ranking ninth in the family.
Originally, his father did not give him high hopes, but in the end, he had no choice but to let Mei Baojiu inherit.
Mei Baojiu was already a teenager when she began learning Peking Opera.
His appearance is quite masculine, so he has a hard time playing the male dan, and he also suffers a lot in terms of singing.
Mei Baojiu officially performed when she was 13 years old.
But unexpectedly, his first appearance on the stage was able to remain in danger.
After watching her son's performance, Mei Lanfang also saw Mei Pai's hope for the future.
In 1961, Mei Lanfang died.
The young Mei Baojiu suddenly realized how heavy the responsibility was on her shoulders.
So he knelt before his father's spirit and swore an oath:
We must revitalize Meipai opera and let Peking Opera flourish.
Mei Baojiu then began to practice her father's singing and works day after day.
In the end, he also modified his father's work to become the more charming plum pie today.
Because he knows how difficult it is along the way, he is very mindful of other people's disrespect or blasphemy against Mei Pai.
Mei Baojiu not only paid for Mei Pai with youth and time, but even for the drama for a lifetime without children and daughters.
Although childless, he has achieved great things
Mei Baojiu delayed the inheritance of the family for the development of the drama.
Because when he was young, he often toured around for publicity and performances, and he simply did not have time to go home all year round.
And his wife also understands Mei Baojiu very well, and although the two are childless, they are as loving as ever.
By the time he settled everything in Mei Pai, he and his wife were already past the age of childbearing.
When he was young, Mei Baojiu understood his father's difficulties, so he always regarded Peking Opera as a life to maintain.
He wants to carry forward Mei Pai, and he also wants to make his father of Jiuquan happy.
Because of her father's coronation before his death and the guidance of the seniors in the circle, Mei Baojiu has gone relatively smoothly on the road of drama.
After Mei Baojiu's continuous efforts, he went to perform at the Lincoln Arts Center in New York at the age of 55, so he was also awarded the Asian Outstanding Artist Award.
He managed to take the national essence out of the country to the world.
At the age of 75, he was also awarded the "Master of Art Award" and the "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the World Association of Artists.
At the age of 77, he won the Chinese Peking Opera Lifetime Achievement Award.
At the age of 81, he won the Huading Award for Lifetime Achievement.
He won numerous awards in his life, fulfilled his father's wishes, and also accepted many apprentices in Meipai, but he had no children and no daughters in his life, only with his wife.
He has had a brilliant life, it stands to reason that he should not have any regrets, why did he form a hatred with Li Yugang when he arrived?
Reckless youth, forged big mistakes
Everyone knows that Li Yugang is famous for singing "The New Concubine Drunk".
But "The Concubine Drunk" was once Mei Lanfang's masterpiece, which is a must-hear play for Mei ticket theater friends.
This song "Concubine Drunk" is also known as "Hundred Flowers Pavilion" and is one of Mei Lanfang's famous masterpieces.
And Li Yugang just added a little Peking Opera elements to modern songs, presenting a new type of anti-string effect.
And Mei Baojiu is an authentic Mei Pai singer, and he was not particularly dissatisfied with the adaptation of this song at first.
Mei Baojiu believes that this is another way to sing Peking Opera, which is actually a novel way.
He was actually quite gratified, and he was also interested in discussing with Li Yugang.
But what people didn't expect was that Mei Baojiu hadn't made a move yet, but netizens were talking about it under Li Yugang.
They asked Li Yugang if he had obtained the true biography of Mei Lanfang, and some people asked if Li Yugang was Mei Lanfang's closed disciple.
But for these comments, Li Yugang did not come out to clarify, but let public opinion fly all over the sky.
Seeing this, although Mei Baojiu was a little unhappy, she didn't do anything.
Later, Li Yugang became famous after attending the Spring Festival Gala, and netizens labeled Li Yugang a lot.
"The first person to reverse the string" and "the advocate of the new generation of pop music"
But none of that matters.
The most important thing is that everyone labeled him as "Mei Lanfang in the front, Li Yugang in the back".
Netizens put together two unrelated people, which caused more public opinion.
Everyone thinks that Mei Lanfang and Li Yugang must have some unknown relationship.
Mei Baojiu couldn't sit still at all when he saw this, although he knew that this was a rumor spread by the media, but he didn't want public opinion to continue like this.
So Mei Baojiu hoped that Li Yugang could clarify it.
Mei Baojiu passed a message to Li Yugang through a friend's relationship, which probably means:
"I hope you can come forward to clarify the relationship between you and Mei Pai, if you like Peking Opera, you can sit down and discuss it in the future."
The 70-year-old Mei Baojiu is still very polite to this junior student, and also gave Li Yugang enough face.
If Li Yugang really did what Mei Baojiu said, maybe he would really be able to compete with Mei Baojiu in the future, and even learn the true biography of Mei Pai, but unfortunately he missed this opportunity.
After receiving the message, Li Yugang ignored it, continued to go his own way, and took a lot of performances based on these rumors.
Some performances even attract audiences under the guise of "Mei Pai descendants".
This made Mei Baojiu angry, but Mei Baojiu was a theater artist with both virtue and art after all, and he didn't want to make a big deal out of it.
He always wanted to find an opportunity for Li Yugang to explain to him in person and clarify, but he never waited for Li Yugang's reply.
The two met by chance at a party.
I thought that this time would release the previous suspicion, but what people didn't expect was that Li Yugang's words made the hatred of the two people deepen.
In a word, the two people became completely enmity
At a CCTV gala, in order to promote exchanges between artists, officials found many old-school artists and newborn artists.
This includes Li Yugang, and the highly respected Mei Baojiu.
Mei Baojiu thought to herself, I happened to meet today.
Originally, I wanted Li Yugang to take this opportunity to talk about the previous things, and he also gave him a step to make it clear.
Mei Baojiu also expected Li Yugang to say something, but what people didn't expect was that Li Yugang's first words as soon as he took the stage almost didn't vomit blood for Mei Baojiu.
He said: "On behalf of the profound art of Mei Pai, I greet the people of the whole country. ”
After saying this, Mei Baojiu was so angry that she turned around and left without saying a word.
Mei Baojiu studied drama hard all his life, even if he won countless awards, he did not dare to represent Mei Pai himself.
And a descendant who had nothing to do with Mei Pai stood on the stage and swore that he represented Mei Pai.
Isn't this obviously rubbing the heat of plum pie?
Mei Baojiu thinks he is blaspheming his father's hard-earned art.
You must know that Mei Lanfang's status in Mei Baojiu's heart is sacred and inviolable.
In order to protect Mei Pai's dignity, he firmly said: "I will not forgive Li Yugang until death." ”
And he also clarified in the media: "Li Yugang is not a Peking Opera actor at all, and he has nothing to do with Mei Pai." Secondly, he is engaged in entertainment, not art. ”
Mei Baojiu later directly pointed out that Li Yugang was a jumping beam clown under the banner of Mei Lanfang.
Since then, Li Yugang's reputation has plummeted.
Even Mr. Hu Wenge, who once taught Li Yugang to sing, once denied that he had never taught Li Yugang and did not know him.
This incident completely made Li Yugang understand the price of his casual talk.
It's too late to know it's wrong
Li Yugang didn't know how much the word art meant to Mei Baojiu.
He thought that if he sang a few words of Peking Opera, he could take Mei Lanfang's name to publicize it everywhere.
As everyone knows, Mei Lanfang and Mei Baojiu went through many tribulations to create Mei Pai.
For Li Yugang, just a few words can bring him traffic, but this is the sacrifice of several lifetimes.
Later, someone also pointed out Li Yugang and told him that he could not represent casually without a teacher.
Since then, Li Yugang's career has also stagnated, and few people are willing to ask him to perform.
At that time, the TV series "Mei Lanfang" originally invited Li Yugang to participate, but later canceled the cooperation with him.
Seeing this, Li Yugang had to bow his head and admit his mistake, so he decided to write a letter of apology.
He wanted to help himself convey it through Wang Kun and ask for a favor for himself.
But Wang Kun did not help Li Yugang with this, but told him:
"You should write a letter of apology to Mei Lanfang Peking Opera, and then talk about your love for Peking Opera, as well as your experience, which may still be useful."
But Li Yugang did not follow Wang Kun's advice, but only posted a text on Weibo, and did not see Li Yugang's remorse between words.
"I bow to history, but reality holds my head high," he said. ”
When he said this, it meant that this contradiction between him and Mei Baojiu could never be resolved.
In 2016, Mei Baojiu died at the age of 82, and he had not heard Li Yugang's personal apology until his death.
And Li Yugang also posted a memorial when Mei Baojiu died.
Later, perhaps Li Yugang really realized his mistake, and he officially apologized to Mei Baojiu on the show.
I also hope that Mei Baojiuquan can really forgive this reckless teenager.
epilogue
Mei Baojiu was originally a Peking Opera artist with both virtue and art, and for him, Peking Opera is his life.
It is understandable that he used his life to defend the Peking Opera script.
Although Li Yugang committed the crime of ignorance, he finally realized his mistake.
I also hope that Mr. Mei Baojiu can forgive Li Yugang under the Nine Springs.