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"A word can do things, a word can also be bad!"
Who remembers the old spring evening bald Guo Donglin, who could speak well and look thick and honest?
At that time, he became the brightest man on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, because he was also known as the "Spring Festival Gala Nail Household" because of the many times on the Spring Festival Gala.
For the entertainment industry, the Spring Festival Gala is equivalent to an honor, and Guo Donglin has been on the Spring Festival Gala 20 times as of 2016, which can be described as infinitely beautiful!
However, he was claimed 100 million for eight words, and then disappeared, and there was no news, and the Spring Festival Gala after 2019 was even less of this person.
Some people say that Guo Donglin is a man who was abandoned by the Spring Festival Gala, but now he has become an Internet celebrity, and his stage has changed from the Spring Festival Gala to a live broadcast room, and he even enjoys it.
What happened to that 100 million back then? What untold stories have he experienced over the years?
01 Born in poverty and desolation
In 1966, Guo Donglin was born in Anhui Province, with two older brothers, his father is Shandong Kuaishu performance artist Guo Changyi, and his mother is an actor in Xuzhou Qinshu.
However, in that era, the art industry was not popular, and later Guo Donglin's parents lost their jobs, so Guo Changyi could only go out to do odd jobs, and his wife could only go out to sell art.
Therefore, since Guo Donglin can remember, when the family has not had much wealth, my mother always has to face difficult and mean visitors, and my father always has to nod and face the boss who deducts wages, and the family has a very difficult life.
Perhaps life is too difficult, Guo Changyi, who has always prided himself on being tall, was bent by life, and when he saw his three sons with thin muscles, he decided to be a "thief" again.
Guo Changyi took the food from the store home, and the three children suddenly came to the spirit, and after drinking and eating, they remembered to ask their father why there was a big meal today.
Seeing this, Guo Changyi could only say that it was given by the boss and brought it back in a few days, but after a few days, Guo Donglin stared at the gate and did not wait for him to return.
Guo Donglin's mother saw that her husband did not come back so late, so she took her three children to look for it, only to know that the previous meal was stolen, and when he stole it for the second time, he was accidentally caught, Guo Changyi could only keep begging the boss to give him another chance, and was finally fired.
After that, Guo Changyi found another part-time job, who knew that he accidentally fell and injured his leg, so he could only stay at home to recuperate, and at this time all the burden fell on Guo Donglin's mother.
Guo Donglin was only five years old at the time, but at the age when he should be carefree, he was worried about whether he ate the last meal or not, and he had to accompany his mother to set up a stall every day to sell art.
When you are lucky, you can get a lot of money, the family can eat at night, and when you are unlucky, you can only drink water at night to fill your hunger, which sounds a little incredible, but that is really Guo Donglin's childhood life.
Fortunately, they survived later, Guo Donglin's parents returned to their original posts to work, although the family is not very rich, but at least there is no worry about food and clothing.
For Guo Donglin's parents, they regretted taking the road of art at the beginning, if there was a craft at that time, at least they didn't have to live like a dog, so the couple unanimously hoped that Guo Donglin could take science and engineering in the future and become a technician. But why did Guo Donglin finally embark on the road of art?
02 The road to art all the way
In Guo Donglin's childhood memories, art and performance were never the reason for their family's hardships, but rather a means for them to make a living, and even encouraged them to continue to move forward during those difficult days.
Therefore, Guo Donglin also gradually liked acting under the influence of his parents, and the idea of being an actor was born, which was naturally opposed by his parents.
However, Guo Donglin felt that the times were different, and the situation would not appear a second time, plus Guo Donglin really insisted, and in the end, the old couple could only agree.
It turns out that Guo Donglin really has this talent, and after graduating from high school, he was successfully admitted to the Shanghai Theater Academy, but he has been working hard when others are eating, drinking and having fun in college, and all the teachers are full of praise for him.
In fact, only Guo Donglin himself knows that he is afraid that if he does not work hard, he will return to the days when he did not have enough to eat, he is really afraid that he will not work after graduation, but after four years of study in college, he was successfully admitted to the human arts and became a drama actor.
Drama is different from filming, there is no stopping, and there is no possibility of suspension, such a high-demand performance greatly improves Guo Donglin's performance ability, and also lays the groundwork for the later Spring Festival Gala performance sketch.
In 1993, Guo Donglin was invited to participate in the Spring Festival Gala and played a small role in "Market Sketch", at that time, Guo Donglin had hair and looked cute, and he became famous with this performance.
After that, Guo Donglin became deeply interested in sketches, and as soon as he had time, he practiced in front of the camera, figuring out every detail, and the kung fu paid off, and finally in 1995, he became popular!
At the Spring Festival Gala in 1995, Guo Donglin wore a red turban, wore a military coat, and carried a quilt on stage, playing the small roles at the bottom vividly, and laughed as soon as he opened his mouth.
"There was a buddy next to me who made fun of me and said that I called it a night of affair."
So far, Guo Donglin can also be regarded as having a successful career, performing on the Spring Festival Gala every year, and gradually becoming a well-known "Spring Festival Gala nail household" in everyone's mind.
Especially in 2000, Guo Donglin challenged crosstalk for the first time and performed "Old Songs and New Songs" with Feng Gong, thinking it would be a disaster scene, but who knew it became a classic.
"Old Songs and New Songs" not only brought "Tianjin Dog Ignores Buns", but also made Guo Donglin's career go to a higher level, but if that happened, maybe Guo Donglin will have a better life.
03 Lying down and also shot
In 2017, Guo Donglin undoubtedly appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala again, this time he was going to perform the sketch "Withdraw Money".
The general content is that an old lady was transferred 300,000 yuan by phone scam, but fortunately was stopped by the role played by Guo Donglin, which was originally intended to reflect the current reality through a funny plot and enhance the nation's awareness of anti-fraud.
However, this sketch almost ruined Guo Donglin, the fraudster in the sketch has a Henan accent, and he speaks Henan dialect, and as soon as the sketch was broadcast, the audience pointed the finger at Guo Donglin.
Many people reprimanded him for discriminating against Henan people, reprimanding him for being black, and even rising to moral condemnation, but now that he looks at it, Guo Donglin was indeed "shot while lying down."
First of all, this sketch was not written by him, he has no right to modify it, and secondly, this line is not said by Guo Donglin, how can it be that he is black?
Later, the screenwriter of the sketch came out to explain that because his hometown was close to Henan, he felt that Henan dialect was more pleasant, so he used Henan accent to add a comedy effect, and did not mean to target Henan people.
However, in the end, it did not help, and in the end, a lawyer even sued Guo Donglin, asking him to compensate each Henan person for 1 yuan for mental damages, and there were 100 million people in Henan at that time, and Guo Donglin was directly asked to compensate 100 million yuan.
Such an unreasonable request was naturally rejected, which can be regarded as returning Guo Donglin's innocence, but Guo Donglin's career was still affected.
In 2018, he was absent from the Spring Festival Gala, but the response to the Spring Festival Gala in 2019 was mediocre, and people saw him discussing the events of that year, so far Guo Donglin completely retired from the Spring Festival Gala stage.
After retiring from the stage, Guo Donglin took a few years to recuperate, and happened to be on the rise of short videos, so he opened his own account on social networks and became an online blogger.
Most of Guo Donglin is sharing some funny jokes that he starred in, or playing cheap and cute, or being cute, and after provoking the applause of netizens, he has accumulated tens of millions of fans in a short period of time.
After the fans reach a certain amount, they will also sell goods live, and occasionally some netizens remember the events of the year to fight for him, but time has passed, and now he just wants to continue to perform and continue to bring everyone a happy smile.
epilogue
Guo Donglin's life can be described as ups and downs, from selling art on the street to appearing on the Spring Festival Gala, from the Spring Festival Gala to Internet celebrities, every step is unexpected but expected.
Guo Donglin's own efforts and strength changed his fate and allowed his family to live a good life, but fate made him fall to the altar.
Today's life may be the best arrangement, to be able to do his own things calmly, without being judged inexplicably like he did back then, perhaps it is also the life he wants.