"Liu Laogen" is a rural comedy series filmed after Zhao Benshan got involved in the TV drama industry.
The time span of this drama is particularly large, and a total of five films have been filmed so far, if you divide it simply, the first and second parts should be regarded as classic versions, and the third to fifth parts are the development and extension of the original plot on the basis of the original plot.
The first "Liu Laogen" premiered on CCTV prime time in March 2002.
That year, Zhao Benshan, Fan Wei, and Gao Xiumei performed the sketch "Selling Cars" on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, which was well received by the audience.
The popularity of the Spring Festival Gala has also boosted "Liu Laogen" to a certain extent.
The play mainly tells the story of the old branch secretary of Longquangou who failed in the election and was topped by the second son, and he felt that he had no face, so he came to live in the eldest son's house in the city for a while.
After that, he decided to return to his hometown to engage in the tourism and catering industry, and take the villagers to get rich together.
The "Iron Triangle" composed of Zhao Benshan, Fan Wei and Gao Xiumei is undoubtedly the biggest attraction of this drama. In addition, Li Zhengchun, the actor of the township mayor Feng Yuan, and Wang Xiaoxi, the actor of Hu Ke, also performed very wonderfully.
If you want to choose among the young actors, the best actor should be Guo Tiecheng, the actor of Liu Erkui in the play, and there is no one.
Unlike Zhao Benshan's other apprentices, Guo Tiecheng is a graduate of Beijing Film Academy and has been cooperating with Zhao Benshan since 96.
Guo Tiecheng's first play was the family comedy "Dead of Night" starring Zhao Benshan and Fan Wei.
Two years later, Guo Tiecheng continued to star in the TV series directed by Zhang Huizhong, He Qingkui as the screenwriter, and starring Zhao Benshan, Fang Qingzhuo, Fan Wei, Gao Xiumei, etc.
These two collaborations allowed Zhao Benshan to see Guo Tiecheng's performance potential, so there was "Liu Erkui" in "Liu Laogen" and "Liu Laogen 2" that left a deep impression on the audience.
Zhao Benshan valued Guo Tiecheng very much, and brought him to the stage of the 1997 CCTV Spring Festival Gala and performed the sketch "Red Sorghum Model Team".
In "Liu Laogen 1" and "Liu Laogen 2", in addition to the drama between the iron triangle, the biggest attraction is "Lao Gen'er fights Erkui".
Even netizens joked that Erkui was either being beaten or on the way to being beaten.
More than 20 years after the classic version of "Liu Laogen" was broadcast, the official account of Benshan Media "Liu Laogen Media" shared a tidbit of "Lao Gen Fighting Erkui" back then.
Zhao Benshan himself couldn't hold back his laughter during the performance, and Guo Tiecheng was always in the character, I have to say that the acting was really good.
Seeing the filming highlights of that year, many people said that this is the real Erkui.
In May 2019, under the background of the great success of the "Country Love" model, Zhao Benshan picked up the IP of "Liu Laogen" again and filmed "Liu Laogen 3".
At that time, Tang Tiejun, vice president of Benshan Media, told the media that in this sequel after 16 years, all the original cast of "Liu Laogen" will return, and the only regret is that after the death of Gao Xiumei, who played "Lilac", there is no longer this role in the play.
At that time, when the preparations for "Liu Laogen 3" were launched, many netizens came to Guo Tiecheng's Weibo to leave messages, hoping that he could continue to play the role of Erkui.
Before this, Guo Tiecheng and Benshan Media had parted ways for many years, but he was still very moved to see everyone's messages.
So he replied: "If the drama party sincerely invites, I will definitely work hard to renew the second kui relationship." ”
At that time, Tang Tiejun also said in his reply to netizens that there was Guo Tiecheng in the third part, but when filming started, the role of Erkui was replaced by Zhao Benshan's apprentice Sun Xiaofei.
Sun Xiaofei's real name is Sun Jinshan, and he has starred in dramas such as "Mr. Kanto", "Cherry", "Veteran", "A Man Forty Wants to Marry", "Country Love" and other dramas, and often plays some negative roles.
His temperament can be said to be completely incompatible with Erkui, which also makes the audience miss the original Erkui Guo Tiecheng even more.
From "Liu Laogen 3" to "Liu Laogen 5", Sun Xiaofei has acted in three films, but in the eyes of the audience, he is still a fake.
To play Erkui, it has to be Guo Tiecheng.