Wei Ji'an is a famous performing artist, who has appeared on the stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for 8 times, and his performances of a series of sketches such as "Rural Sound", "Mei Kai Twice", and "Laughing Is Harder Than Crying" have become classics.
In 1991, Wei Ji'an took the sketch "Rural Sound" to the Spring Festival Gala, although there were only a few simple words, but his "dude" made the national audience remember it vividly. The word "dude" was not coined by Wei Ji'an himself, and in his hometown of Longkou, it was a very common name, just like when we saw people shouting handsome men and beautiful women.
His phrase "dude" made him popular all over the country.
Wei Ji'an was born in 1956 in Zhuyounan Village, Longkou City, Shandong Province. He was the youngest child in the family. At first, the 1.8-meter tall man only knew that the 1.8-meter big man only knew that he would be a good laborer in the future, but did not expect to become an actor. In 1976, the Xinjiang Military Region Repertory Theatre enrolled students nationwide, and more than 1,000 students in Yantai actively applied for the examination. As a result, 20-year-old Wei Ji'an stood out and became the only student in Yantai to be admitted.
However, the Jiao dongfang dialect that later made Wei Ji'an famous became his nightmare at the time: to perform on stage, he first had to overcome the accent barrier. After 20 years of speaking Jiao Dongfang dialect, he suddenly wanted to change to Speaking Mandarin, which was really difficult for Wei Ji'an. At a time when others were already able to recite large passages, he was still struggling to correct the pronunciation of the four verses.
Wei Ji'an regarded himself as a "buddy" of his hometown in his life, he never wore sunglasses to cover himself when he went out, so he was often recognized by the audience, and everyone was willing to call him "Dude", he was always happy and happy. Everywhere he went, whether the audience asked for autographs or group photos, he met everyone's needs one by one. ”
After becoming famous, Wei Ji'an never wore sunglasses when he returned to his hometown, and his fellow villagers in Shandong were also looking for him for everything, such as doing business, looking for a job, going to university, etc., and Wei Ji'an was also very enthusiastic as always.
Everyone called him "dude", and he patiently signed his fellow villagers, very grounded, not the kind of person who forgets his roots when he becomes famous. Although Wei Ji'an likes the stage and likes the Spring Festival Gala, there is only one thing that will be more important, that is, to accompany his mother.
After Wei Ji'an went to Beijing to stabilize his development, he took his mother to live in Beijing. The next day, the couple took their mother to the Forbidden City to climb the Great Wall and climb the Fragrant Mountain to visit the Summer Palace, and the mother was happy and harmonious. However, the old people who are accustomed to living in the countryside finally can't stand the loneliness of the reinforced concrete of the big city and insist on returning to their hometown. After his mother returned home, Wei Ji'an was worried and often greeted by phone at the end of the three days. After a little spare time at work, Wei Ji'an was going to run home. I went back 11 times a year. In the end, his mother thought that he came home too often.
Before her mother died, she became seriously ill. At that time, Wei Ji'an's Spring Festival Gala program was entering the rehearsal period, and the performance task was very heavy. However, during the time when his mother was hospitalized, Wei Ji'an squeezed out time and ran back to his hometown to visit his mother 4 times. After her mother's condition stabilized, she flew back to Beijing non-stop and put into rehearsals. When the family called to inform her mother that her condition was once again worrying, Wei Ji'an was preparing a key rehearsal, which was directly related to whether the show could be on the Spring Festival Gala. Colleagues asked him if he could go back. Wei Ji'an wiped his tears and said, "The Spring Festival Gala is not this year and can fight for next year, there is only one mother!" ”。
He said goodbye to his colleagues and went straight to the airport, sitting on the plane and crying all the way home. The mother, who was dying in the hospital bed, said to Wei Ji'an in a weak voice that she must wait until the evening of Chinese New Year's Eve to watch her son's performance at the Spring Festival Gala. Wei Ji'an tearfully agreed.
The mother did not end up Chinese New Year's Eve. According to local customs, Wei Ji'an wholeheartedly kept filial piety at home for three days. It wasn't until a colleague who rehearsed together at the Spring Festival Gala called and asked him to come back to the show that Wei Ji'an left his hometown. "For the sake of the deceased, but also for the living", Wei Ji'an pressed the pain of losing his mother deeply in his heart, shouting "Dude" still smiling and grinning on the Spring Festival Gala stage, offering a small meal for hundreds of millions of viewers. But how many people know the pain of bereavement in the heart of this generous "guy"?
Such a famous filial piety like him is really worth learning. Like him, a man who has both achievement and filial piety is worth pursuing, not those small fresh meats that eat by the face, what do you think?