In 2000, Guangdong Television launched a large-scale long-form drama series "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang", with all Cantonese dialogue and grounded plot, which became a big hit as soon as it was broadcast, and the ratings climbed steadily. This drama can be called the spiritual food of Guangdong region, and it is the collective memory of Guangdong people. Four episodes are broadcast every Saturday and Sunday.
The happiest moment of Guangdong people every weekend was the time when the family gathered around the dinner table and watched "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang" while eating.
Spanning 20 years and thousands of episodes, this drama is a real longevity soap opera in China.
<h1>The soul of a soap opera</h1>
The real soul character of "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang" is the second brother "Kang Qizong" in the play, played by Guo Chang. Guo Chang is a pure northeastern Man, who followed his mother to live in Guangzhou since childhood, and joined Guangdong Television station to develop in the television circle after graduation.
In 2000, the hit "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang" was well known to the audience with the role of the second brother "Kang Qizong", so it quickly became popular. Because of his very profound grasp of the role of "second brother", the performance is natural and funny, coupled with a fluent Cantonese, he is called "Guangdong Zhou Xingchi" by mainland audiences.
His performance is naturally not pretentious, but it can accurately pinch the audience's laughter. It can be said that watching "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang" is to watch the second brother.
In June 2006, Guo Chang's stomach cancer recurred and he died in hospital. On the day of the farewell ceremony, the crowd spontaneously went to the funeral home to bid farewell to the second brother who had accompanied everyone for 6 years, and once the Guangzhou funeral home was burst. It can be seen how sorry everyone is about his departure.
On the spiritual hall, the hanging couplet reads: "Thousand Episodes of Legend Sigh Lost Soul Erlao Walk Slowly, Hundred Years of Covenant Regrets the Return of Guo Chang in Violation of oaths"
<h1>Looking for the second brother successor, Zhou Xiaopeng</h1>
Guo Chang's departure made the "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang" crew suddenly lose its aura, and the creation of the whole drama was basically written around the core character of the Kang family.
After Guo's death, the script was written at the time that the "second brother" went to Henan on a business trip. Because Guo Chang's performance is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, after the lack of this core character in the repertoire, the audience reacted very strongly, and suddenly lost the enthusiasm to watch. This response is most clear in the ratings.
Therefore, the crew looked around for the successor of the "second brother" and locked in Zhou Xiaopeng. Zhou Xiaopeng also said that he was also a northeastern Hanzi, with a similar figure to Guo Chang, and he also knew Cantonese.
In this way, Zhou Xiaopeng entered the crew of "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang" and revitalized the role of "second brother".
<h1>The original role was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the successor had no choice but to quit</h1>
Speaking of the role of "Kang Qizong", after several years of building, he has become an identity of Guo Chang. And Zhou Xiaopeng just began to take on this role, and also watched many episodes of "Outside" to make up lessons.
But the physical behavior of this thing is not forced to imitate the audience can be accepted. Excessively bluntly applied to oneself, but it caused the audience to resist. Many fans of "Outside" on the Internet have said that Zhou's performance is too deliberately imitating the prototype, resulting in a feeling of awkwardness.
In the face of online criticism, anyone can feel heavy pressure. After all, this is a soap opera that is more influential on Southern Television, and the most obvious sign of the decline in word-of-mouth is the decline in ratings.
In fact, Zhou Xiaopeng is also very helpless, after all, the role has been fixed, and the audience loves the "obscene and funny" "Kang Qizong". But performing a role does not mean that imitation can achieve the desired effect. Sometimes if the imitation does not work, it will have the opposite effect. Over time, the pressure is greater, and the performance in front of the camera becomes more and more out of shape.
In addition, his cooperation with the "second sister-in-law" Hu Yanfen is not in line with the film, and the actors from the north and south have very different understandings in terms of speculating on the role, resulting in different depths of the two sides.
The crew braved the negative opinions of the audience and forced Zhou Xiaopeng to resist the pressure to shoot for four months. However, the helpless public opinion reaction was too fierce, and Zhou Xiaopeng himself was discouraged and decided to give up.
In 2008, after the broadcast of "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang" 1361-1362 "Brotherly Feelings", Zhou Xiaopeng withdrew from the crew amid many dissatisfactions.
The role of the second brother Azong was also driven away by his family in the play and came to an abrupt end.
Objectively speaking, Zhou's acting skills are actually not bad, but Guo Chang's performance is too perfect, squeezing out the performance of the role, leaving almost no room for the successor to play. In this case, the succession is actually a wrong decision, giving people a deliberate imitation and a sense of rigidity and awkwardness.
<h1>Wait for the opportunity to erupt</h1>
After leaving "Foreign Daughter-in-law Local Lang", Zhou Xiaopeng wandered on the edge of the show business circle, desperately looking for opportunities to participate, and there were not many later works.
Because the appearance is not top-notch, most of the appearances are supporting roles and the like, giving people the impression of being forgetful. In the 2009 version of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", Zhou Xiaopeng played Chen Youyu.
In 2017, the "Monkey Ticket" cooperated with Wang Qianyuan, and the word-of-mouth response was also average. Because the coffee position is not high, not as calm as the head actor, often thanks to the director and producer to give the opportunity, every industry has a group of people who are not easy.
In 2020, "The Man in the Bureau" starring Pan Yueming and Zhang Yishan, Zhou Xiaopeng played Captain Wu, with eye-catching performances. There was a nice show at the banquet, full of tension.
In fact, in the show business circle, either take the idol route or take the acting strength faction, you need to seize the opportunity, and the opportunity is not everyone can meet. For Zhou Xiaopeng, his opportunities are not many, so it is even more necessary to cherish every rare photogenic time.
In 2020, Zhou Xiaopeng took an important role, the Sui Emperor in "Mortals of Yuanben". Although the cast at first glance, it is estimated that the quality of this drama is average, but the appearance time has increased greatly, and it is also a key figure in the play.
I hope that this powerful actor can get the favor of heaven and let his great instrument become a late success and become the second "Wang Qianyuan". The Chinese showbiz industry needs more mature and powerful acting schools to enrich their strength, so that we will not soak in "fresh broth" all day long.
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