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The 56-year-old famous actor Guo Donglin sat alone on his comfortable recliner, quietly watching the scenery outside the window.
The last rays of the setting sun fell gently on his slightly tired face, making his eyes look a little dark, as if he had been deeply involved in deep thought.
As an outstanding actor who is loved by the audience, Guo Donglin has undoubtedly made many brilliant achievements in his acting career. He has appeared on the stage of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala more than 20 times, and has successfully performed a number of popular and popular classic characters, winning warm applause and love from the audience.
However, at this moment, in the face of his mother's affectionate words, Guo Donglin could only sigh deeply. Indeed, he had asked himself this question countless times in his heart, but time had flown by, and now he had entered middle age, but he was still alone, and there were often bursts of pain in his heart, as if regret was quietly devouring his soul.
Guo Donglin was born and raised in Huainan, Anhui Province, a quiet small city, and his family environment was not very superior. Although both of his parents were artists, the life of an intellectual during that particular historical period was often full of hardships.
His father's income was meager, and once when he found out that his three children were suffering from hunger, he took the risk of stealing some food from the canteen and bringing it home, only to lose his job because of it.
In order to support the whole family, the parents had to run around and participate in various performances.
The young Guo Donglin was forced to follow his parents through the streets and alleys, and witnessed their hard work and dedication. Whenever he saw his father's performance on stage, he couldn't help but imitate and learn from him.
One day, Guo Donglin, because of hunger and fatigue, squatted in front of a street stall, watching others taste delicious noodles, tears rolling in his eyes.
Just then, a lady left, and without hesitation, he rushed forward and gobbled up all the remaining noodles.
This scene deeply touched his self-esteem, and at the same time, it also strengthened his determination to study hard and change the fate of poverty.
After experiencing all kinds of hardships in his childhood, Guo Donglin's dream of becoming an excellent actor has become more and more determined. Despite his family's strong opposition, he still resolutely chose to apply for the Shanghai Theater Academy.
During his time at school, Guo Donglin always maintained a diligent and studious attitude, and practiced his lines repeatedly in his spare time. He has extremely high requirements for his acting skills, and every expression and action must be pondered repeatedly until he reaches the state of perfection.
Many of his classmates did not agree with his rigorous attitude towards work, and they often joked: "This is what we do, why should we be so serious?" However, Guo Donglin has never slackened in the slightest, and has always had strict requirements for himself.
After graduating from school, Guo Donglin successfully stepped into the Beijing People's Art Theater and officially embarked on his professional journey. In the early days, he often played small and insignificant roles, but he threw himself into them and did his best to portray the distinct personality of each character.
As time passed, the audience gradually became impressed by his superb acting skills. In 1991, Guo Donglin made a cameo appearance in the hit TV series "The Story of the Editorial Department", although it was only an inconspicuous small role, his round face left an indelible impression on the audience.
Someone praised: "You look so blessed!" Guo Donglin listened to it, laughed heartily, and frankly admitted that he had indeed not yet made a name for himself in the entertainment industry.
In 1993, this "overflowing with blessings" actor finally appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala for the first time with the sketch "Market Sketch". When he learned of the director's invitation, he was so excited that he even burst into tears.
For him, the stage of the Spring Festival Gala is undoubtedly the pinnacle of his life that he dreams of.
Two years later, Guo Donglin once again found the director of the Spring Festival Gala with his new work "Something You Say", although there was only one chance to compete, he did not give up lightly.
Sure enough, his wonderful performance won the favor of the director, and since then he has become a frequent guest of the Spring Festival Gala.
In 2005, Guo Donglin and Niu Li co-starred in the sketch "Manly Husband", in which the two played a loving couple, and the scene cooperated tacitly, making the audience mistakenly think that they were a real husband and wife.
Niu Li's straightforward personality and Guo Donglin's humor form a perfect complement.
In 2008, Guo Donglin and Zhou Tao's "News People" won high praise from the audience. The acting skills of the two actors have reached the level of superbness, and the audience can't help but applaud their performances.
In this way, Guo Donglin climbed to the peak of his life step by step with his excellent acting skills, and became a high-profile first-line well-known actor, winning the love of the audience.
Whenever he sees his figure reflected on the screen, there will always be endless pride and satisfaction in his heart, because all this is his unremitting efforts and hard sweat.
Guo Donglin's career journey can be described as smooth sailing and climbing, but just as he was sweeping the country, an unexpected storm suddenly hit and threw him heavily into the coldness of reality.
Back in 2017, Guo Donglin blurted out the line "Nine cheats out of ten Henan people" in the sketch "Take Money" created by himself.
At this moment, he only hoped to use exaggerated words to enhance the humor of the sketch, and never foresaw that such words would cause an uproar.
However, in an instant, this unthoughtful sentence set off a monstrous wave in the Internet. Many Henan compatriots came forward and strongly condemned Guo Donglin's personal attacks and regional discrimination against the people of Henan in public.
The torrent of public opinion is like a surging counter-tide, sweeping towards Guo Donglin. He panicked, and only made a public statement, trying to clarify that the sentence was only to add laughter, and there was no malice or discrimination.
However, no matter how hard he tried to explain and communicate, the anger of public opinion could not be quelled.
A Henan lawyer resolutely submitted a lawsuit to the court, demanding that the TV station and Guo Donglin apologize to all the people of Henan and compensate each person for one yuan for moral damages.
In the face of this sudden storm, Guo Donglin was afraid that he would fall into trouble again due to an unintentional mistake, and every time he went out, he was walking on thin ice and feeling uneasy.
Some radical Henan people, as soon as they found him, scolded him in the street, turning their hateful gaze into a sharp sword and stabbing at him.
Still others have even suffered from the cynicism of relatives and friends.
This made Guo Donglin feel helpless and painful. Why should just an unintentional remark bear such heavy criticism and accusation? He began to regret his remarks, but no amount of justification helped.
In order to calm public opinion, Guo Donglin had no choice but to temporarily fade out of the public eye and bid farewell to the bright stage of CCTV. He moved to a small local theater, but the audience's eyes were still full of vigilance and suspicion, and some even openly rebuked him.
In an instant, Guo Donglin fell from a high-profile star to a regional discriminator who everyone shouted at, which undoubtedly brought him great blows and damage.
He began to reflect on himself, to see if he was really at fault.
Just when Guo Donglin's acting career encountered a bottleneck and was forced to leave the stage temporarily, his mother's earnest advice was like an alarm bell for reproductive health care, ringing in his ears all the time.
Whenever my mother called and asked, "Son, when will you let my old bones see the day you enter the palace of marriage?" Guo Donglin fell into a speechless silence.
In fact, in the mother's concept, marriage and family are undoubtedly the most important things in a man's life. However, today's Guo Donglin, except for the trough of his career, is penniless, let alone building a family.
Whenever he thought about it, he felt deep remorse and remorse.
recalled a family gathering many years ago, Guo Donglin was in a very happy mood at that time, because he had just appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala for several consecutive years with his superb acting skills.
However, at this grand banquet, his mother suddenly asked him in public whether he had established a relationship with his partners Niu Li and Zhou Tao.
Faced with his mother's questioning, Guo Donglin could only shake his head helplessly and deny it. At that moment, Guo Donglin felt embarrassed and ashamed. He looked around and saw that his siblings had already started a family, but he was still the bachelor in the family.
Since then, the eldest brother and the second brother have often matched him and introduced all kinds of beauties to come on blind dates. However, for some reason, Guo Donglin is always hesitant, and the other party often leaves out of disappointment.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Guo Donglin is over half a hundred years old, and his mother's expectations are still not realized. Whenever he thought of this, he would always drink a cup and fall into deep self-remorse.
His mother's words of encouragement were still in his ears, and he knew that his mother just cared too much for himself, and longed to enjoy the happiness of his children and grandchildren in his lifetime.
However, at this moment when his career is at a low point, does Guo Donglin still have enough courage to pursue marriage events? His heart was full of contradictions, and in a trance, he seemed to see his mother's disappointed gaze, which made him even more panicked and hesitant.