Author|Nanshan
Editor-in-charge|Xiang Evening
The 93-year-old cross talk master Yang Shaohua is on the hot search again.
is already so old, he is still selling goods with his son Yang Lun.
Many people therefore questioned whether Yang Shaohua volunteered to engage in live broadcasting, he is in his nineties, famous and rich.
Why do you have to fight so hard?
However, there are also many people who believe that there should be no problem of being persecuted by their children.
Because at the beginning of the year, he was also exposed by his granddaughter:
In July last year, Yang Shaohua was hospitalized for high blood pressure. But after being discharged from the hospital, he not only ate a lot of fish and meat every day, but also smoked and drank all the time, and his family couldn't control it if they wanted to.
And this is not the first time Yang Shaohua has been hospitalized because of high blood pressure, every time he is hospitalized, he also says that he wants to live a healthy life, but he often forgets after being discharged from the hospital.
Therefore, with Yang Shaohua's character, his children can't force him.
Why is the old man so "dead", is there another hidden reason for "enjoying happiness"?
Self-tasting bitterness
There is a sentence in the novel "Stars in the Deep Sea": "Life is like a cup of tea, it will not be bitter for a lifetime, but it will always be bitter for a while." ”
But Yang Shaohua's life should have been bitter for more than a while.
Yang Shaohua was born in a poor family in Beijing in 1931, and his father died when he was a child.
In order to survive, Yang Shaohua and his mother picked up waste paper and coal cores together, and his greatest wish at that time was to have enough to eat.
When he was 13 years old, Yang Shaohua's brother introduced him to Xidan Shoe Factory as an apprentice, because he would not starve because he would take care of the food there.
The apprentice life is very hard and harsh, when Yang Shaohua learned to make leather shoes, in order to straighten some waste nails, he often smashed his hands red and swollen, but poverty doomed him to accept.
If there was anything that made him feel that his life was a little fun in addition to being poor, it was listening to cross talk.
Next to the Xidan Shoe Factory is the Qiming Tea House, where famous artists such as Chang Baohua and Yu Zhide often perform.
When Yang Shaohua was making shoes, he couldn't help but eavesdrop on the cross talk of the tea house, and he couldn't wait to run to the tea house after work.
After listening to it a lot, he not only developed a strong interest in cross talk performances, but also became familiar with Su Wenmao, Chang Baoting and other cross talk masters at that time.
However, indulging in cross talk also brought him some trouble.
The master who taught him how to make shoes felt that he was "not doing his job" all day, so he fired him.
After being resigned, Yang Shaohua simply went to the Mingyuan Tea House to work as a handyman.
Not only can you make money, but you can also listen to cross talk for as long as you want, killing two birds with one stone.
However, Chang Baoting didn't think so, he felt that Yang Shaohua was simply "idle", so he said to Yang Shaohua: "You might as well learn cross talk." ”
Under Chang Baoting's "enthusiastic Zhang Luo", Yang Shaohua worshipped Guo Rongqi as his teacher and began to systematically learn to speak cross talk.
However, it is said that at that time, because Yang Shaohua's family was too poor, he couldn't come up with the money to serve tea to his master, so his identity was not recognized by his peers.
Although his life was difficult and he was ostracized by his peers, Yang Shaohua did not give up learning to speak cross talk.
After 4 years of hard work, he was finally able to perform on stage.
However, before he could break into the hall, because of the current situation, many opera gardens and tea houses collapsed, and Yang Shaohua lost his job again.
To add insult to injury, Yang Shaohua was already married and soon had children, and he needed to support his family.
In order to make a living, he moved to Tianjin and worked as a fitter in Tianjin No. 1 Steel Rolling Factory.
Although he entered the factory and had a formal job, Yang Shaohua's life was still as poor as ever.
Retirement is fame
In the steel mill, Yang Shaohua quickly became the literary backbone of the trade union in the factory because he could speak cross talk.
When there was an event in the factory, he was there twisting Yangge and dancing, and talking about cross talk.
However, the situation of full-time performances is not every day, most of them are busy for a while before and after holidays, so Yang Shaohua's work on weekdays is mainly to do chores.
He was able to embark on the road of a professional cross talk actor, mainly thanks to a make-up stage.
At that time, Mu Xianglin of Tianjin Nankai Quyi Troupe was in a bad state and was in frequent situations when performing on stage, so Yang Shaohua took the initiative to come on stage to help him save the stage.
What happened next was pretty straightforward.
The leader of the Quyi Troupe fell in love with Yang Shaohua and transferred him to the Nankai Quyi Troupe.
Although he entered the quyi troupe and had an iron rice bowl, Yang Shaohua had four children to raise at that time, and his pitiful salary was not enough at all.
As the old saying goes: "The love of mortals, the poor think of change." ”
For the sake of his children and his family, Yang Shaohua had to try his best to find a way to make money to support his family.
After thinking about it, the best way he could think of was to find a way out in the amateur cross talk world in private.
After that, Yang Shaohua started his own road of "abandoning the ground" to talk about cross talk.
When it comes to cross talk, it all depends on his mouth to please people, he has to talk about everyone first, and then ask for money after he is happy, so Yang Shaohua can't make money every time.
When he was unlucky, not only did he not make any money, but he was also taken to the police station for interrogation because of the crowd.
In those years, Yang Shaohua relied on this method to barely maintain the entire family.
Life was hard, and his career did not improve.
After arriving at the Quyi Troupe, he first praised the cross talk master Ma Sanli, and later partnered with Ma Sanli's son Ma Zhiming.
During the cooperation with Ma Zhiming, the two cooperated in the performance of "Quit Smoking", "Geographical Map" and other programs, which were deeply loved by the audience, and Yang Shaohua also became a little famous.
It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, and the pair broke up within three years.
After the gang broke up, Yang Shaohua "once returned to the pre-liberation period" and returned to the state of being nameless again.
has the ability but has never been able to make a name for himself in the cross talk world, and the money he earns is only enough to live, Yang Shaohua finally "made up his mind" at the end of the 1980s.
He handled the "sick retirement" in the unit, and "Beipiao" went.
I have to say that his choice this time was very wise.
Because after he arrived in Beijing, he not only received assistance from Hou Baolin from all sides, but more importantly, he met Zhao Weizhou.
You must know that without Zhao Weizhou, Yang Shaohua may not be popular, or he may not be popular so quickly.
Out of appreciation for Yang Shaohua, Zhao Weizhou tailored the script "Dead Wood in Spring" according to his characteristics.
In 1991, 60-year-old Yang Shaohua became an instant hit with "Dead Wood in Spring".
However, becoming famous does not mean that Yang Shaohua has embarked on the road of "happiness" since then, and there are no worries.
Happiness comes at a price
has not been famous for two years, and Yang Shaohua broke up with his partner Zhao Weizhou again.
Some people say that the two broke up because of disagreement, and some people say that it was because Yang Shaohua wanted to support his son Yang Yi.
No matter what the real reason is, it is an indisputable fact that Yang Shaohua has been praising his son Yang Yi since 2003.
The breakup with Zhao Weizhou, compared with the previous one with Ma Zhiming, has little impact on Yang Shaohua's career.
After partnering with Yang Yi, Yang Shaohua and his son co-created and performed many works loved by the audience, such as "Sunset Red" and "Brain Teaser".
Also in 2003, the cross talk "Meat Rotten in the Pot" performed by the two also won the first prize of the second CCTV "Welcome Song Cup" National TV Crosstalk Competition.
However, although Yang Shaohua can make his son gain a firm foothold in the cross talk world, he has taken great pains.
Not only did he go to praise his son when he was over seventy, but he also broke the unwritten rule of "not accepting his son as an apprentice" in the cross talk world.
But the power of the individual is not worth mentioning in the face of the torrent of the times.
Since 1996, cross talk has gradually declined in China.
Seeing that cross talk is becoming more and more "promising" in China, Yang Yi began to switch to film and television dramas and became a director.
And Yang Shaohua supported his son's career, and also participated in the filming of many film and television dramas, the most famous is the TV series "Yang Guang's Happy Life".
With his blessing, Yang Yi soon became a young generation of cutting-edge comedy directors.
After becoming famous for more than ten years, with Yang Shaohua's continuous "efforts", his children and grandchildren are doing well.
He was finally in his seventies, and he could breathe a sigh of relief.
It was then that he began to run wildly on the road of "happiness".
Maybe it's because he has been poor for too long and is too ruthless, and after he can "enjoy the blessings", Yang Shaohua's way of treating himself is to eat and drink.
His favorite thing is to meet up with three or five friends and have a drink together.
No meat is missing, and the wine must be 50 degrees or higher.
Of course, there is no shortage of cigarettes, and it is said that he often smokes one after another.
Such a day may seem very comfortable, but it is not without a price.
Probably since 2000, Yang Shaohua began to enter the hospital every now and then, the most famous of which was probably the one in July last year.
epilogue
It stands to reason that Yang Shaohua is now in his nineties and has high blood pressure and other diseases, so he really shouldn't be so "indulgent" in life.
But everyone has their own way of life, and we shouldn't use our own ruler to measure others.
Perhaps Yang Shaohua's attitude of "enjoying well" is one of the reasons for his longevity.
Hopefully, the veteran artist will be in good health and continue to bring joy to the audience who like him.
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