"You are a wonderful flower blooming on the underworld."
This sentence is Feng Xiaogang's evaluation of Zhao Benshan when he was the guest of honor.
In fact, the original award speech was, you are an artistic wonder on the black soil, but the meaning was forcibly tampered with by Feng Xiaogang.
Although these two sentences are only a few words apart, the meaning behind them is very different.
However, Zhao Benshan is not a vegetarian, and when he came to power, he directly touched Feng Xiaogang's face, but it actually looked like he reached out and touched Feng Xiaogang's face, and he was not too "presumptuous".
Although Feng Xiaogang is also a famous director, in front of the experienced Zhao Benshan, in fact, he can only "swallow his anger".
On Zhao Benshan's body, there are a lot of labels, and there are even words that "out of Shanhaiguan, find Benshan if you have something".
There is no doubt that as a sketch actor or a film and television actor, Zhao Benshan's characters are very successful.
But behind his success, in fact, the help of nobles is indispensable.
An opportunity for the Spring Festival Gala
If the biggest reason for Zhao Benshan's popularity, it is actually the Spring Festival Gala.
In 1990, it was Zhao Benshan's first appearance on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and this was also the most critical step for him to succeed in the future.
At that time, with the sketch "Blind Date", Zhao Benshan successfully appeared in everyone's sight, and many people remembered this very down-to-earth character.
It can be said that it is also because of the Spring Festival Gala that Zhao Benshan has a fixed audience base and lays the foundation for his future career.
In the next 20 years, basically as long as there is a Spring Festival Gala, you can see Zhao Benshan's figure, and the combination of him and Song Dandan's "white clouds and black soil" has made him even more famous.
And all this, the most important thing to thank is "Jiang Kun" who brought Zhao Benshan on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and he can be regarded as Zhao Benshan's Bole.
In August 1987, Jiang Kun was the head of the China Radio Rap Troupe, and Zhao Benshan was an actor in the Tieling Troupe, and he was a very famous figure in the local area.
When Jiang Kun led the rap group to Tieling for a performance, he thought it would be well received, but the result was the opposite.
Some people in the audience who watched the performance directly said that this is not as good as our teacher Benshan of the Tieling Troupe.
In this way, Zhao Benshan's name appeared in Jiang Kun's ears for the first time.
At that time, Jiang Kun was actually very interested in Zhao Benshan, and wanted to know what kind of sacredness could make people praise him so highly.
It is said that Jiang Kun and more than 20 people from the performance troupe went to watch Zhao Benshan's performance together, and they were all laughed and fell to the ground, which is enough to see Zhao Benshan's ability.
After watching this performance, Jiang Kun had an idea in his heart, and asked Zhao Benshan for a tape, which was a video of his performance, Jiang Kun decided to recommend Zhao Benshan to the Spring Festival Gala.
It was also this opportunity that made Zhao Benshan appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, and also made the national audience recognize this sketch actor.
After that, Zhao Benshan successfully became the "king" of the sketch track, and all the sketches he participated in were basically popular.
Now in the 70s, 80s and even 90s, who hasn't seen Zhao Benshan's sketches?
On TV at that time, even if it was not the Spring Festival Gala, there were still many TV stations that would broadcast Zhao Benshan's sketches.
His success is also inseparable from the "backer" behind him: Jiang Kun.
However, although Bole is not common, once Bole appears, the most important thing is Maxima's own ability.
And Zhao Benshan's success also has a lot to do with his own strength.
Behind the strength
You must know that although Jiang Kun is Zhao Benshan's Bole, what he likes is actually Zhao Benshan's skills.
Before he went to the Spring Festival Gala, his fame in the Tieling Troupe was already very big.
And what he should be most grateful for is his blind second uncle.
In fact, when Zhao Benshan was very young, he was already living alone, and no one cared about him at home, although he said that he had a second uncle, but the second uncle was blind, and life was actually very difficult.
It can be said that Zhao Benshan's childhood can be regarded as growing up eating hundreds of family meals, and he may go to Aunt Wang's house today and Uncle Li's house tomorrow.
But his second uncle has a lot of ability, whether it is playing strings, playing boards or singing, his second uncle can do everything.
Under such circumstances, Zhao Benshan was greatly affected, and his second uncle can be regarded as his enlightenment teacher in the field of sketches.
Under the teaching of the second uncle, Zhao Benshan learned the two-person turn, and with this skill, he successfully entered the propaganda team in the village, which can be regarded as a mixed meal.
By chance, Zhao Benshan got a chance to play a sketch, and the role he played happened to be "blind".
For Zhao Benshan, this is actually not a difficult thing, because since he was a child, he has been familiar with his second uncle, and he has a very accurate grasp of some of the behaviors of the blind and some details.
It is precisely this kind of life experience that makes Zhao Benshan appreciated by Li Zhongtang.
Steps forward
With the sketch "The Blind Man Lights the Light", Zhao Benshan's blind role has made many people remember deeply, and Li Zhongtang is one of them.
In the 80s of the last century, Li Zhongtang was a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the director of the art museum, and his social status was very high.
By chance, he saw Zhao Benshan's performance of "After the Judgment of Bao", which also made him have a good impression of Zhao Benshan, and even thought that the two of them had hope.
It can be said that Li Zhongtang is a noble man in Zhao Benshan's fate.
At that time, Li Zhongtang happened to have a script called "Falling the Three Strings" that needed someone to interpret it, and the protagonist in the play was a blind man, and it was actually very difficult to find an actor who could play the blind man very well, after all, this was not quite the same as ordinary character design.
If you act a little bit more dramatically, then the response will actually be very poor.
At this time, Li Zhongtang remembered the blind role that Zhao Benshan had played, so he had the mentality of giving it a try and asked him to learn the script of "Falling Three Strings" within three days.
In fact, for any actor, three days to present a complete sketch is very stressful.
And Zhao Benshan was under such pressure, he performed this sketch perfectly, and also received a lot of praise, after that, Li Zhongtang recognized Zhao Benshan as his righteous son, which was very helpful to his career.
After the performance of this sketch, Zhao Benshan's reputation in the Northeast became bigger, and even when Jiang Kun heard Zhao Benshan's name later, it was because Zhao Benshan participated in Li Zhongtang's script that he had the opportunity to become famous.
It can be said that Li Zhongtang is actually a very important watershed for Zhao Benshan's career and family.
Born at the grassroots, he stepped onto the stage of the Spring Festival Gala with his own skills, and the kind of ordinary people who "change their lives" in him is actually the reason why many people like him.
In fact, there is a lot of controversy in him, but it is undeniable that the happy emotions brought by his sketches are real.
Information sources:
Xi'an Evening News "Jiang Kun is Zhao Benshan Bole? At that time, the discerning talent recommended this mountain on CCTV" December 17, 2012
Shenzhen News Network "Zhao Benshan's family history was picked up, and the mysterious godfather turned out to be him! I really didn't expect it" 2016-08-08
Northeast News Network "Revealing the History of Zhao Benshan's Fortune: From Poor Orphan to Cultural Rich" 2012-05-30
CCTV "[Lao Liang Story Collection] Zhao Benshan's Enlightenment Teacher is the Second Uncle of the Blind" 2013-07-08