Hearing the doctor's cruel verdict, Pan Changjiang was shocked and distressed. His thin body trembled on the hospital bench, and tears finally welled up in his eyes. As a child of a family of performers, he understands better than anyone how much the brilliant aura on stage attracts him.
But once life comes to an end, all of that will come to naught.
Parents understand that their son is meant to shine in that bright spotlight. So, they put aside their worries about the child's body and supported him on the road of acting without hesitation.
Because, they know, this is the only reason for their son to live.
Pan Changjiang knows better than anyone his ability to endure hardships. When I was a child, I had to pick out a good banana from a pile of rotten fruits and eat it, and when I grew up, I was able to learn mentally in the face of difficult living conditions.
He is determined to prove with his acting skills and perseverance that the doctor's predictions can only be a dead letter.
So, Pan Changjiang began to practice Xi secretly. In order to practice waist throwing, all 10 fingers grind blood blisters. When my father found out, his eyes were red.
Only then did he realize how determined his son was to perform, so he supported him even more to rush to the road of art. In this way, the 22-year-old Pan Changjiang got his wish and was honorably admitted to the Ping Troupe.
This step is the first step for him to prove himself to the doctor and challenge his fate.
It was a path of transformation. After the restructuring of Pingju, Pan Changjiang was forced to start singing as a duo. He was extremely resistant to this decision, because in his eyes, the two of them were not only inferior, but also had stricter requirements for appearance.
A thin, small, mediocre-looking person can be said to be afraid of stealing the limelight on the stage of the two. But Pan Changjiang did not flinch, but did his best to sell madness and stupidity on stage, and finally became a "famous actor".
Just when he thought that the road of acting would stop there, the appearance of his partner Zhao Benshan brought him a huge turnaround. The two-team's burlesque "Daguan Lantern" detonated in the Northeast and received rave reviews, and tickets were hard to find.
The audience looked at the struggling and ugly "No. 1 lame man in the world" on the stage, and laughed back and forth. Some people even laughed out of the operation, and some pregnant women were directly teased to miscarry.
Pan Changjiang and Zhao Benshan have to perform five or six times a day, and they are so tired that they retch. But it also made them understand how high their recognition is, and finally laid the cornerstone of word-of-mouth and popularity in this land.
Especially Pan Changjiang, from an inconspicuous little person, has become a leader among the "lame actors".
The double harvest of public opinion and box office allowed Pan Changjiang to find his foothold in this unexpected two-person transformation. Next, he only needs to firmly grasp this wave of east wind, and he can soar and fly into the wider sky.
In 1989, at the International Youth Theatre Festival, Pan Changjiang won the gold medal, the highest honor in the sketch category, with his wonderful performance. Standing on the podium, he clenched the golden medal excitedly, his eyes filled with tears.
This represents that he has finally been affirmed by international authorities in this industry, and it is the highest recognition of his acting skills.
In fact, many actors have been looking forward to this award all their lives, but after all, they have pulled their teeth. But for Pan Changjiang, the failures and losses are too many and too deep, so the success is especially sweet, as if to tell him: your choice is right.
Since then, in his long acting career, this gold medal will shine brightly, always reminding him of the power of dreams.
In 1996, after all kinds of twists and turns, Pan Changjiang finally came to China's grandest stage - CCTV Spring Festival Gala. His well-choreographed sketch "Crossing the River" seized the opportunity and was well received by the public.
With the high popularity of the Spring Festival Gala, this popular opera actor has also become a sensation across the country, achieving his authoritative position in the entertainment industry.
The scenery of life is short-lived, but these two highlight moments will accompany Pan Changjiang for the rest of his life. They all confirm the fact that no matter how unfavorable the external conditions are, as long as the heart is strong enough, it can still pry the world.
It is precisely because of his tenacity and perseverance that he has gained his own glory.
Having earned enough fame and money, Pan Changjiang has not forgotten his starting point. He has lived a poor life since he was a child, and he has always been concerned about his old mother at home. In order to let his mother eat more meat, he worked hard to support his family.
However, the disease was ruthless, and his mother died in a long sigh of looking up to the sky. This has become his biggest heart disease on the road to acting.
In order to compensate his wife and daughter for their hard work over the years, he bought a large property in Beijing and let them live a good life. But again, bad news struck. Doctors diagnosed Yang Yun with breast cancer and needed immediate chemotherapy.
At this moment, Pan Changjiang only felt that fate made people, and the happiness that he had finally established in front of him was like the icing on the cake.
Fortunately, her daughter Pan Yang returned to China in time. With the support of her father, she successfully graduated from the Music Department of the People's Liberation Army Art Troupe, and fought the stage with Pan Changjiang.
The arduous road made the relationship between father and daughter closer, which also slightly made up for the debt that Pan Changjiang owed to his daughter in his heart.
However, the good times did not last long, and Vanity Fair could not tolerate too much true feelings after all. When his son-in-law Shi Lei's net worth of one billion was blessed, the nickname "Pan billion" instantly made Pan Yang the target of public criticism.
The rules are so complicated, and the temptations of money and status are so pervasive that it's hard for even veteran artists to stand alone. As a result, Pan Changjiang began to lose his way in the jungle of Vanity Fair.
Pan Changjiang belongs to the older generation of artists, and he retains a solid foundation in opera and traditional virtues in his bones. But the emerging online platforms are changing with each passing day, and he can't keep up with the new trend of live streaming, and he obviously feels the generation gap.
And those "post-90s" who can control the platform and monetize traffic don't disdain to be with old artists like him.
So in this context, Pan Changjiang could only watch the live broadcast take off. The transactions that could be completed through a mobile phone and the numbers that changed every second were legends in their time.
This made him both novel and red-eyed, and his heart gradually moved crooked thoughts.
Especially when his friend Gazi sold fake wine and caused controversy, Pan Changjiang immediately rushed into the live broadcast room to persuade the juniors with righteous words - you must know how to weigh the pros and cons, and you must not covet immediate interests.
However, in the blink of an eye, he himself couldn't resist the temptation of money and began to promote Moutai in the live broadcast room.
At first, he was afraid of the old face, but he was soon excited by a large number of orders. In order to attract attention, Pan Changjiang began to use all his resources to package products. What Moutai executives secretly communicate with the power, and what custom red wine is only sold to the president, all of them are his words.
Those innocent fans were quickly confused by his rhetoric and paid for goods that might have quality problems.
The accident of "Pan Ga's Friendship" became a turning point in Pan Changjiang's life. At first, he was able to find some high-sounding reasons to excuse himself - I was an old man, I didn't understand the Internet, and I was led to the rhythm.
I'm actually kind, but they take it out of context.
But soon, those fans who had bought his recommended wine came forward to reveal the truth. The quality of the wine glasses was questionable, and the drinks were not as high-end as he had described.
There is even a huge gap between the value of Moutai purchased by consumers and the same specification in the supermarket.
These evidences are enough to prove that Pan Changjiang is indeed unscrupulous for the sake of traffic and money. He uses his accumulated popularity base and positive image to seduce and deceive fans who trust him.
An old artist would even choose to violate professional ethics and social ethics for the sake of immediate interests. In this way, the reputation that has been polished for many years has come to naught overnight. The seamless positive image of the past has left an irreparable rift in the hearts of fans.
Ironically, Gazi, who once advised him not to be greedy for money, has now become the biggest stumbling block in his life.
This sudden Waterloo became the beginning of Pan Changjiang's journey from peak to dust. In the end, he could not escape the curse of commercialization, and he fell into a slump.