During the Spring Festival in 1991, in front of the national audience, an actor named Wei Ji'an emerged and became famous in one fell swoop. He successfully amused hundreds of millions of viewers by performing the satirical sketch "Country Voice", and the line "I said, buddy" spread all over the country, and everyone knew it for a while.
Since then, Wei Ji'an has become famous and has become a well-known frequent guest of the Spring Festival Gala.
In the following years, Wei Ji'an continued to frequently appear on the top stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and performed many popular sketches in a row. Whether it is "Xiangyin", which has a hometown accent, "Intersection", which satirizes urban life, or "Shoe Shine", which reflects grassroots life, they all left a deep impression on the audience.
It can be said that in the early 90s, Wei Ji'an successfully tied his name to the Spring Festival Gala, a brand familiar to Chinese people, with these socially significant sketches, and entered the peak of his acting career.
However, just when Wei Ji'an's career was in full swing, gaining fame and fortune, and frequently appearing on the most popular stage in the country such as the Spring Festival Gala, he suddenly faded out in 1997 and no longer appeared.
How could Wei Ji'an, who became famous with his sketches and occupied a popular position in the Spring Festival Gala for many years, suddenly retreat into the background at the peak of his career? His disappearance puzzled many audiences.
Tracing Wei Ji'an's growth background
In order to unravel the reason behind Wei Ji'an's sudden fading, we have to trace his upbringing. This once glamorous comedian comes from an ordinary rural family in Shandong, and his life is not rich.
However, he has been diligent and studious since he was a child, and at the age of 18, he was selected by a Xinjiang art troupe by virtue of his tall and handsome body, and left his hometown to embark on the road of pursuing his dreams.
When he came to live in the unfamiliar Xinjiang, Wei Ji'an was not defeated by the environment, but continued to maintain a down-to-earth and hard-working style. Regardless of fame and fortune, he devoted himself to honing his acting skills, and no matter what role he was assigned, he went all out and completed it in the best condition.
With this conscientious and professional attitude, he gradually won the appreciation and promotion of his leaders. The days in the Xinjiang Art Troupe were the starting point of his acting career, and it also tempered his determination to pursue an acting career.
In 1985, 30-year-old Wei Ji'an finally realized his dream of entering the Beijing General Political Drama Troupe through his years of hard work. This not only means that he is one step closer to his hometown, but also means that he has advanced to the highest drama stage in China.
The tough competitive environment and more challenging roles are all high standards of training for his acting skills. It is these valuable experiences that have gradually shaped Wei Ji'an into a mature and stable performing artist, laying a solid foundation for his future success in the Spring Festival Gala.
Love prompted Wei Ji'an's career to take off
In 1985, while working at the Beijing General Political Repertory Theatre, Wei Ji'an met his lifelong confidant and love, a dancer named Dong Zhenqiong. The two fell in love at first sight and have since embarked on a journey of love.
In order to be with his sweetheart forever, Wei Ji'an began to work hard to transfer to the direction of Beijing, where Dong Zhenqiong is located.
6 years later, Wei Ji'an finally entered the General Political Drama Troupe through his unremitting training in acting skills and his persistent pursuit of love, and the distance between him and his wife was greatly shortened.
What makes him even happier is that in this year, he got the opportunity to perform on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
We can see that it is the power of love that pushes Wei Ji'an to constantly break through himself, from an ordinary extra, to a comedian who can appear on the most popular stage in China.
He wanted to follow his lover and come to Beijing, and he wanted to become an excellent person in the eyes of his lover, and this strong internal motivation gave birth to his unremitting pursuit of acting skills, which made him on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.
On the Spring Festival Gala of 1991, Wei Ji'an became famous in one fell swoop through the satirical sketch "Xiangyin", which successfully amused hundreds of millions of viewers. Since then, he has frequently appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and has successfully created a festive and lively program atmosphere for many years.
It can be said that love has achieved the peak period of Wei Ji'an's career.
However, the good times were short-lived. When Wei Ji'an's career was in full swing, the family ushered in misfortune. In the face of love and family, how will Wei Ji'an choose?
The mother was seriously ill and had no choice but to take a back seat
In 2006, when Wei Ji'an's career was on the rise and he frequently appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, he suddenly received a bad news from his family - his mother had a serious illness and needed to be taken care of.
This is undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for Wei Ji'an. As a filial son, he knew that this moment was the time when he needed to go all out in his career, but the concern for his mother who was critically ill in bed overwhelmed everything.
Although he knew that taking the initiative to give up such a rare opportunity as the Spring Festival Gala might have an irreparable impact on his acting career, his mother's health still occupied the first place.
So, Wei Ji'an resolutely gave up all work, regardless of the splendor and hustle and bustle of the Spring Festival Gala, returned to his hometown, accompanied his mother, and took care of the materials day and night.
Every time he thinks of his mother's illness, he feels guilty - he knew that he shouldn't have spent so much time and energy on his acting career in pursuit of fame and fortune.
However, life is a certainty. Despite Wei Ji'an's best care, his mother did not survive the cold winter and passed away after all.
The pain of losing his mother made Wei Ji feel at ease, and he thought that he had not fulfilled all his filial piety as a son, which became an eternal pain in his heart.
Since then, Wei Ji'an has chosen to temporarily withdraw from the entertainment industry, fading out of all his performances on public stages such as the Spring Festival Gala, and preparing to spend more time with his family to spend time in grief.
Maybe that's why he disappeared suddenly. When faced with career and family, Wei Ji'an chose the latter without hesitation. For him, his mother's health is far more important than momentary fame and applause.
Now faded out of sight and lived a happier life
Memory is like a lamp that illuminates the past, but it cannot predict the future. Wei Ji'an no longer appears in the public eye of the Spring Festival Gala as frequently as before, but his life is not bleak because of this.
On the contrary, he learned to let go, but also learned to be tolerant, and lived happily ever after.
Wei Ji'an will occasionally make guest appearances on some TV variety shows, but most of the time, he lives a low-key life. He is no longer as vain as he was when he was young, and he has seen birth, old age, sickness and death, and his mentality has become more peaceful.
The shadow of losing his mother still haunts him, but he knows that there is no escape from the end of his life, so he learns to cherish all the people and things in front of him and around him.
He is no longer proud of his successes, and he no longer blames himself for not protecting his mother. All the experiences became the precious gifts of his life.
He abandoned the hustle and bustle of lace news and gossip to live a simple and contented life. A child's heart is all in his wife and children and his hometown. It seems to be bland, but it is also a new height in his life.
Those who are ungrateful will not escape the cycle of fate after all; And those who have good intentions will feel happy because of their peace of mind, even if they encounter wind and rain. This is the true meaning of life that Wei Ji'an learned from those ups and downs.
The people who used to be high above him are now falling one by one; And although he faded out of sight, he found true inner peace. The sky has eyes, and in the end there are clear rewards and punishments.
Those who are ungrateful cannot escape fate
In the process of Wei Ji'an's successful entry into the Spring Festival Gala and the peak of his career, many people once rushed to climb this tall tree that took the Spring Festival Gala Express. But when Wei Ji'an encountered such an accident as his mother's death, he saw the wind and caused the rudder to leave him.
These people only have temporary fame and fortune in their eyes, and they do not care about the importance of affection.
In fact, from entering the entertainment industry to becoming a smash hit, Wei Ji'an has experienced the attachment of many people who are wise enough to protect themselves. But with his always generous and benevolent personality, he never bothered with these hypocrisy.
He concentrates on doing his part, devoting all his passion and time to his acting career, and does not bother with others competing for fame and fortune.
These people who are obviously touching his light but see the wind and steer the rudder, have a bad deed, and they will not be able to escape the cycle of fate after all. They used to be high for a while with the help of Wei Ji'an's thriving fame, but now they are all soft-spoken, and there is no longer the former scenery.
This is the eye of the heavens, in the end, good and evil will be rewarded, and man will conquer the sky.
Although Wei Ji'an faded out of the public's field of vision and no longer appeared on the noisy stage of the Spring Festival Gala, he found the balance and tranquility of life. He did not demand applause from the outside world, but he gained peace of mind.
This is the blessing of the benevolent, and the bad deeds of the bad people will eventually show the righteousness of heaven.
Life is like a play, and the curtain finally comes to an end. Fame and fortune are not eternal. Only with good intentions, accumulating virtue and doing good deeds is the goal that should be truly pursued in life.
This is also the life motto that Wei Ji'an has learned through these ups and downs.
After experiencing various ups and downs in his career and life, Wei Ji'an regained the balance of his life. He and his wife Dong Zhenqiong grew old together, and along the way, their relationship was still like glue.
The daughter has also grown up, has a successful career, and has started a family.
He would often drive back to his hometown in Shandong to visit his elderly neighbors, and was warmly welcomed by the simple villagers. Although he no longer appears in the audience's field of vision as often as before, to the neighbors, he will always be the simple and kind child.
Wei Ji'an is not pursuing external fame and fortune, but his inner kindness and kindness will always affect people. Although he faded out of the Spring Festival Gala stage, his spirit will always live in the hearts of his closest family and friends.
This is also the greatest satisfaction he has obtained in life.
Wei Ji'an's life can be said to be full of ups and downs, but his life contains very abundant positive energy. In the pursuit of fame and fortune, he never forgot his original intention and always put his family and affection first, which is a quality that is missing and needed in today's society.
We should sincerely bless Wei Ji'an and wish him and his family eternal happiness. I also hope that the positive energy he conveys can infect more people and make this society more warm and tolerant.
Life is short, and each of us has a limited amount of time to pursue our goals. However, only gratitude, cherishing and giving back are the eternal values. This is also the inspiration that Wei Ji'an's story tells us.
When faced with the impermanence of birth, old age, sickness and death, we will suddenly wake up to the fact that what really matters is the kindness and peace of our hearts.