Li Yugang became famous in one fell swoop with the song "The New Concubine Drunk", became famous and became a household name. However, as time passed, Li Yugang seemed to gradually disappear from the stage, causing people's speculation and attention, and they couldn't help but ask: Where did Li Yugang go?
And to trace the reason for Li Yugang's disappearance, we must go back to the grievances between him and Mei Baojiu, the son of Mei Lanfang. Li Yugang got a little carried away after becoming popular, and frequently boasted on the show, but because he offended Mei Lanfang's son Mei Baojiu with a sentence, the entire opera industry was full of dissatisfaction and anger towards him.
"Success also has a mouth, defeat also has a mouth", this sentence may reflect the flamboyance and conceit of Li Yugang's words, which eventually made his reputation in the opera industry decline, and it may also be an important reason why he disappeared from the stage.
As the contradiction between Li Yugang and Mei Baojiu intensified on the Internet, the two launched a public "tear" completely regardless of their faces. Mei Baojiu said bluntly: Li Yugang is a "clown who jumps off the beam" and a habitual offender who touches porcelain with "poor morality"!
So what did Li Yugang say, and then provoked Mei Baojiu to be angry?
Li Yugang was born in a remote mountain village in Gongzhuling City, and his family conditions were not wealthy. Despite facing financial constraints, Li Yugang has had a wish since he was a child: to get ahead in the future and give his family a better life.
In addition to his efforts to learn Xi, Li Yugang also showed a strong interest in opera performance. Whenever an open-air event is held in the village, when it is the turn of the opera actors to perform a show, Li Yugang always can't wait to go and watch it. He was so obsessed with opera that he almost forgot the time and even forgot to eat.
After graduating from high school, although Li Yugang was admitted to the Jilin Provincial Academy of Arts with excellent results, he was unable to pay the tuition fees due to his family's financial difficulties. Faced with unbearable financial pressure, Li Yugang had to give up the opportunity to go to school, chose to drop out of school, and began to work part-time to support his family.
At this time, Li Yugang also deeply understood a truth: reading can change fate, but the premise is that there must be enough funds to support reading. Due to his family's financial constraints, he was unable to continue his higher education. This period made him realize the importance of money in his education.
Therefore, in order to get out of the predicament, Li Yugang set making money as his most urgent goal in life.
At the age of 19, Li Yugang took the 200 yuan given by his parents and resolutely came to the big city and began his career. However, it is not easy to survive in a big city, especially for a young person who has no education or skills.
Faced with the difficult situation, Li Yugang had to take up some manual work, including becoming a restaurant waiter, a cabaret handyman, etc., and he tried almost all kinds of jobs. The experience at this stage was undoubtedly difficult, but it also exercised his hard-working spirit, and gradually accumulated more social experience under the pressure of life.
Although it was very difficult for Li Yugang to eat well at that time, he did not give up his dream of singing, and bought a tape recorder with a little money he had saved hard.
When he is not working, Li Yugang often turns on the tape recorder and listens to all kinds of music, including male and female voices, pop singing, opera singing, etc., as long as it is a type of music, he is very interested.
Over time, as soon as Li Yugang saved some money, he formed a music group with a like-minded friend and made a living by singing in bars. However, they did not expect that the bar owner was cheating. At the end of the month when the salary was settled, the boss shirked not paying Li Yugang and his friends, and even deliberately found someone to check their performance certificates.
At that time, Li Yugang just wanted to make a living by singing, but where did he get a performance certificate? As a result, his performance clothes were confiscated and his performance fees were lost.
Due to the group's dissolution and going through a low period, Li Yugang fell into a difficult time. However, fortunately, a kind person later saw Li Yugang's difficulties and arranged for him to sing in his shop, providing him with a chance to earn a living. This provided Li Yugang through that difficult period and provided a guarantee of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
After his livelihood was secured, Li Yugang regained his strength and began to regain his dream of singing. Once, he participated in a show that asked him to sing "For Whom" with a female singer.
But the female singer couldn't come to the scene because of a sudden accident.
Faced with the dilemma of the female singer not being able to show up for emergencies, Li Yugang showed his amazing talent and adaptability. At the critical moment, Li Yugang burst out of inspiration and decided to try the conversion of male and female voices by himself and sing the whole song.
In this way, Li Yugang played two roles and presented the song to the audience in its entirety. As the song ended, the scene erupted in loud applause and cheers from countless audiences.
And it was this unexpected experience that allowed Li Yugang to find a unique singing path: combining traditional opera singing with modern pop music.
After that, Li Yugang began to focus on learning Xi female singing, not only performing in female costumes, but also constantly trying to perform in reverse.
In 2006, Li Yugang carried his dream on the stage of "Avenue of Stars" and amazed the audience with the song "Farewell My Concubine". His unique singing style, which skillfully blends traditional opera with pop music, made him quickly rise to prominence, and finally won the third runner-up of the "Avenue of Stars".
Since then, Li Yugang has just begun to take his own path to fame.
In 2009, Li Yugang not only joined the China Opera and Dance Theater, but also became a national first-class actor in the theater. This marks that his excellence in the field of opera has been more professionally recognized.
Since then, Li Yugang has released the single album "New Concubine Drunk". The song uniquely combines elements of traditional folk art and Chinese opera with contemporary pop songs, which has sparked the interest of young people. Through such innovations, Li Yugang has injected new vitality into traditional Chinese opera, rejuvenating it and showing his diverse style in music creation.
Li Yugang has successfully combined pop music and opera with his drama and unique "female voice reversal". At first, Mei Baojiu expressed her appreciation for Li Yugang's innovative singing style.
At that time, Peking Opera was experiencing a stage of gradual decline and was facing the dilemma of decline. Li Yugang's musical style has breathed new vitality into Chinese opera and revitalized it. His unique performance method not only attracted attention in the field of music, but also aroused strong interest among young people, and had a significant impact on the promotion of Peking Opera.
After receiving Mei Baojiu's approval, Li Yugang obviously felt proud. Not only did he often sing "The New Concubine Drunk" during his tour, but even the sprinkler truck on the side of the road scrolled to play the song.
And Li Yugang's fans also chanted the slogan "Mei Lanfang in front, Li Yugang in the back" in order to express their love for him.
Praise such as "Mei Lanfang's Reincarnation" and "Mei School Art Inheritor" made Li Yugang feel proud, and he gladly accepted the praise of fans. However, when the slogan "Mei Lanfang in front and Li Yugang in the back" reached Mei Baojiu's ears, Mei Baojiu couldn't accept it.
Mei Baojiu believes that the song "The New Concubine Drunk" is in principle just a traditional opera singing into popular songs, not a Peking Opera in the strict sense. In addition, Li Yugang's study of Meipai Peking Opera was only a hobby, and he did not receive a formal Xi Peking Opera, and even his stage costumes were not traditional Peking Opera costumes.
Therefore, Mei Baojiu felt that Li Yugang could not be compared with his father. Mei Lanfang, as a great master of Chinese Peking Opera, the head of the "Four Famous Dans", and the founder of the "Mei School" of Peking Opera, has made great contributions to traditional Chinese opera.
Mei Baojiu emphasized that the male dan is a pure art that requires continuous learning and Xi, and that it is not just a few similar tones that can be called Peking Opera actors. He told the media that Li Yugang is becoming a "jumping clown" who makes people laugh. However, Li Yugang did not take such criticism to heart, but more actively branded himself as a "contemporary Mei Lanfang" and used this name to promote himself.
Even, Li Yugang said unashamedly: "It doesn't matter if I sing Peking Opera or not, what I sing is the Peking Opera that the audience likes now!"
Since then, the contradiction between Li Yugang and Mei Baojiu has escalated, and the two have secretly formed an incompatible relationship.
Once, at the performance party held by CCTV, in order to alleviate the contradiction between the two, the director specially invited Mr. Mei Baojiu, the representative of the traditional opera "Mei School", and Li Yugang, the representative of the new opera, to come together to contribute to Chinese opera.
"Hello everyone, I represent the 'Mei School' art ......"
Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Yugang came up, he made clear the representative position of his "Mei faction", which made Mei Baojiu feel very unhappy.
In front of the authentic heirs of the Mei faction, he said "on behalf of the Mei faction", the calm Mei Baojiu couldn't sit still anymore, and left the scene directly.
Afterwards, Mei Baojiu condemned the media: "Li Yugang has nothing to do with the Mei faction at all, don't use the name of the Mei faction to seek the prestige of his father Mei Lanfang." ”
Li Yugang later realized that he had said the wrong thing, deeply remorseful, and wrote a sincere letter of apology, trying to pass it on through Mr. Wang Kun, but Wang Kun felt that Li Yugang should apologize in person, so he refused his request.
Perhaps because of face problems, the letter was not delivered to Mei Baojiu in the end.
In 2016, Mei Baojiu died of illness, and Li Yugang's apology could not be spoken.
On the day of Mei Baojiu's death, Li Yugang just posted a few words of condolence on Weibo.
The grievances between the two have never been properly resolved, which makes Mei Baojiu no longer have a chance to forgive Li Yugang.
And Li Yugang's career has also been greatly affected because of this incident, and all cooperation matters related to him have been terminated by him.
Even when he lost his status in the music industry, Li Yugang did not give up and participated in a variety show instead. However, his performance on the show was not ideal. Once, taking advantage of the inattention of the program team, he snatched the wallet of the female assistant behind the camera teacher, although he was told by the program team not to touch these things, Li Yugang still took the money to buy things.
This incident caused an uproar and was on the hot search, and many netizens accused Li Yugang: He can't be a man, let alone do things. Since then, Li Yugang has disappeared from the public eye, and it is regrettable that he has disappeared.
"A word can make things happen, and the same sentence can make things bad", this sentence is especially important in the entertainment industry. Public figures in the entertainment industry, because they are in the center of public attention, their words and deeds may be captured by the media camera, so they need to be extra cautious.
In addition to attracting attention through outstanding work, public figures also need to spread positive energy and correct values. Their actions and words will have a profound impact on fans, so it is very important to maintain a good social image and actively convey positive values. Only by being cautious in words and deeds and becoming a disseminator of positive social energy can we better influence the social atmosphere.
Some people say that Li Yugang is still too young, and he will get carried away after doing a little, and some people say that Mr. Mei Baojiu is a little stingy, and the younger generations are arrogant.