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Text | Gu Yuanshan
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Do you still remember Wei Ji'an, who was a smash hit on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala with a sentence of "Hello, buddy"?
Born in poverty, he went all the way from an unknown junior with a bleak future to a world-famous celebrity of the Spring Festival Gala.
Unexpectedly, at the peak of Wei Ji'an's career, he disappeared from the public eye inexplicably, and even after that, it was difficult for anyone to know even a little bit of news.
So much so that people can't help but ask, why did Wei Ji'an, whose career is getting better, leave, and is it possible that there is still any unknown inside story back then?
Grassroots counterattack
The old man often said that the opportunity should not be lost and never come again, which is indeed good, but if Wei Ji'an misses one of the development opportunities, it will be difficult for him to move towards the glory of life.
After all, he was born in a poor family, but he didn't have the qualifications and capital to try and make mistakes many times.
Wei Ji'an's family is very poor, he was born in a poor peasant family in the poorest and most backward mountain valley in Shandong, and there are as many as four brothers and sisters in the family who are waiting to be fed, and the necessary daily expenses can be called a bottomless pit.
For Wei Ji'an's family, not to mention eating and dressing well, even eating a decent full meal is a great luxury.
The same villagers said that this was the life of the people in the village, but Wei Ji'an was unwilling to believe in his fate, he felt that he would definitely be able to change the fate of the family by his own efforts.
Therefore, at a very young age, Wei Ji'an was already reading like crazy, and even often read to the point of overwork because of this.
However, he felt that it was actually fine, although Wei Ji'an himself was a little difficult, but he did gradually bear the fruits of success because of his studies.
At the age of 18, the Xinjiang Military Region Repertory Troupe came to Wei Ji'an's hometown of Yantai to select talents, and Wei Ji'an felt that this might be an opportunity to change his life, so he followed a group of fellow villagers to participate in the selection.
But at first, he didn't have much hope for it, because he didn't know anything about drama.
But I don't know if it was because he was too lucky, or because he was too brilliant in the selection, Wei Ji'an was so "lucky" to be selected, and he also followed the Xinjiang Military Region Repertory Troupe to learn a performance skill, and even two years later, he was not very famous, but he even got an unprecedented opportunity to perform on stage - and this is also the critical moment when the gears of fate began to turn.
Although the learning time Xi is not long, Wei Ji'an's performance has not fallen behind in the slightest, which is both superb and wonderful, and even the old-timers of the drama troupe applauded it.
So for the purpose of cherishing talents, Wei Ji'an, whose performance is a must, was successively introduced to the Beijing General Political Repertory Troupe in 1985 and 1991, and even to the stage development sketches of the Spring Festival Gala, which was in the limelight.
Although he has been performing dramas all year round and has never been exposed to sketches, Wei Ji'an feels that the difficulty of transforming from dramas to sketches is actually not that great.
One is that the two are stage performances with a lot of similarities, and the other is because the core of both is to make the audience feel good-looking.
Perhaps because of this, he completely mastered the door of sketch performances in a short period of time, and was even officially allowed to participate in the Spring Festival Gala performance.
In 1991, Wei Ji'an, who was well prepared, made an official appearance on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala with his first sketch "Folk Voice" in his life, but this appearance also shocked the audience.
That year was the era when great gods and immortals such as Chen Peisi, Zhao Benshan, Song Dandan, Feng Niu Combination (Feng Gong and Niu Qun) fought, but in such a situation, the first person whose show became popular in the hearts of the audience was Wei Ji'an, a little-known newcomer.
How can people be stunned and not shocked?
So much so that after the success of Wei Ji'an's "Xiangyin" in the Spring Festival Gala, he himself quickly became a well-known performer of the Spring Festival Gala in the audience's mouth, and even his career development became quite good because of this.
However, Wei Ji'an is a real person, he was not fascinated by the heat and "future" in front of him, but was studying more sketches with one mind, striving to make the audience of the Spring Festival Gala more happy.
So there are "Police and Thieves", "Birthday Celebration", "Honest People", "Soybean Yellow" and other Spring Festival Gala masterpieces.
And it is precisely because of this that the audience at that time really loved him from the bottom of their hearts, respected him, and sincerely hoped that this "lovely" art performer could bring better and more excellent works to the world.
However, just as people are imagining Wei Ji'an's amazing works in the future, Wei Ji'an, who is at the peak of his career, chose to disappear, but what is the reason for this?
A filial son who stands up to the sky
After becoming famous in 1991, Wei Ji'an, who had some financial security, wanted to take his mother, who was not in good health, to the city to enjoy happiness.
But this old man was unwilling, first, because her hometown had too many concerns about her, so that she could not give up or give up; second, the old man had never been to the city, and it was really difficult to Xi the atmosphere and life in the city.
As for Wei Ji'an, he couldn't force his mother, so he took his wife to run in both ends of the city and the village, trying his best to take care of the happiness of the families on both sides of the city and the countryside.
However, just as Wei Ji'an gradually began to accept such a life, an accident completely disrupted the trajectory of his life.
At the end of 2005, Wei's mother, who was already old, suffered from many diseases, such as diabetes, which once tortured this poor old man beyond recognition.
Because of worry, Wei Ji'an has simply been living by his mother's side since then, and he doesn't even want to care about his career development, and even simply postponed the upcoming Spring Festival Gala for the time being.
Compared with a successful career, Wei Ji'an is more concerned about his mother's health and safety.
But such a simple little wish was also in vain under the serious illness that could not recover.
Wei's mother, who was seriously ill, did not survive the New Year, leaving only Wei Ji'an, a filial son, to be bitter and sad in the upcoming New Year, and that kind of sadness made people feel distressed.
After his mother left, Wei Ji'an participated in the Spring Festival Gala in 2006, 2009, and 2012.
Although his performance is still good, he is very unhappy in his heart, perhaps thinking of his mother who died in the New Year, or maybe thinking of his "pathetic" filial son who cannot fulfill his filial piety.
After performing the last Spring Festival Gala in 2012, Wei Ji'an was unwilling to continue to stay on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, he wanted to leave the rest of his life to his family.
"Whether it's fame or money, I've already gained a lot, but what about my family? I can only watch my husband and father on the screen during the Spring Festival, which should be reunited. ”
"I'm not saying it's bad, but for me, I want to make up for my years of absence. ”
This time, he just wants to live for his family.
Happiness of success
After leaving the Spring Festival Gala, Wei Ji'an was just like what he said, while accompanying his family as much as possible, he also tried his best to bring happiness to his family.
What's even more valuable is that after returning to the family, Wei Ji'an does not have all the misdeeds of other famous people.
He is like a normal person, single-minded and affectionate in love with his wife, and he is always the same.
As for the villagers, he can also politely talk to people about the shortcomings of the parents, and he does not put on any shelf.
I recognize myself very clearly, and I carry it very clearly.
In addition to this, Wei Ji'an is also committed to contributing to society.
From subsidizing the development of backward areas to helping poor villages solve difficulties, we do everything we can as much as possible, and never engage in a little "fake big space".
Even in April 2023, he is still famous, and after watching "Dahe Anlan" at a theater in Henan, he also intimately helped promote traditional culture, and strived to use his influence to make more people pay attention to it.
Epilogue:
If you go to make some rankings for the artists of "Virtue and Art", presumably Wei Ji'an will definitely have a place.
After all, he is virtuous and talented, isn't it both virtue and art?
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