Text | Zhao Jingxuan
In 2009, Zhao Benshan finally experienced what is called "ghost door pass".
Zhao Benshan was lying on the cold hospital bed, he didn't know what his situation was, nor did he know what the situation was outside, he listened to a lot of people coming and going, but the voice was very small, it seemed, he was afraid of hearing it, but the more he couldn't hear it, the more he panicked, Zhao Benshan, who was already a bit out of breath, said: Bad, this time I'm afraid I can't survive.
"My situation is very, very bad, and I only listen to the outside shouting who is the family? The family has not yet arrived..."
Zhao Benshan's serious illness was an acute disease of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and he himself seemed to feel something, vaguely heard the voice of Tang Jianjun (Zhao Benshan's disciple, xingsi), and quickly shouted over, and he immediately arranged 3 things:
The first thing: it's a big and small matter at home.
The second thing: it was the ex-wife's account.
The third thing: it is the matter of all the disciples, tell them that they cannot be scattered, that if you scatter you are nothing, and if you do not disperse, you can still be looked upon.
Tang Jianjun cried and agreed.
In the end, it was the old Zhao Fu who had a deep relationship, and later turned the crisis into safety, and also wrote this "ghost door closed" experience into the sketch.
The Spring Festival Gala in 2009 was the 19th time that Zhao Benshan appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, Zhao Benshan took Xiao Shenyang and Ya Egg, partner Bi Fujian performed the skit "Not Bad Money", and people who were used to watching "Troika" and "Comedy Double Male" were suddenly stunned.
Why, there is no Fan Wei this year?
Why, there is no Song Dandan this year?
This time, Zhao Benshan directly took his apprentice to the battlefield, and what was surprising was that he was very successful, Xiao Shenyang's "Scottish style" and Mao Mao's "brine eat salty" were refreshing, and Xiao Shenyang relied on "special performances" and imitation shows to become the most recognizable sketch actor.
Although Zhao Benshan temporarily put together a book and coughed at the beginning of his serious illness, this time, Old Zhao gambled right again.
However, I thought that Zhao Benshan was the return of the king this time, but I did not think that this time it was the end of the hero.
2009 was a turning point for Zhao Benshan's "Zhao Family Class".
Old partner Song Dandan gradually began the road of variety show mentor.
"Gold medal supporting role" Fan Wei also gradually opened the journey of the film emperor.
"Popular apprentice" Xiao Shenyang also gradually embarked on his own life path.
And Zhao Benshan had to take the "Zhao Family Class" all the way north, vowing to make "Country Love" into a winding and long rural drama.
However, in the "Zhao Family Class", there is no longer a phenomenon-level star like Xiao Shenyang.
Some people say that the "Zhao Family Class" will eventually decline, is it really exhausted?
01
Just after the National Day in 1957, a baby boy was born in a small rural area in Kaiyuan, Liaoning, and at this time, the father of the baby boy, Zhao Deren, was worried about something, and he was famous.
Because there is no culture, Zhao Deren, who does not know a few characters in Douda, does not know what to change his name, and he feels that rural people who want to survive must rely on the mountain to eat the mountain, then call it "Benshan".
In this way, Zhao Benshan grew up with a poor family to the age of 5, and this year his mother died of tuberculosis, a poor family, even more unlike a look.
Someone came to persuade Zhao Deren: Find another daughter-in-law, do you think this is still like a family?
Zhao Deren looked at the children in this room: Forget it, it is easy to find another child who is "bullied", and if you are poor, you will be poor.
However, Zhao Deren also felt that it was not a way to live like this, so he learned to "go north" with others, wanted to have land, had grain, and then picked up Zhao Benshan and them.
As a result, there was no news of this trip, and Zhao Benshan directly lived the life of an orphan.
As soon as his father went away, Zhao Benshan lived with his grandfather.
Grandpa passed away, Zhao Benshan no longer had to rely on, there was only one relative in the family,
There is only the blind second uncle.
But Zhao Benshan, who has gradually grown up, can eat more and more, which can be described as "half a size word, eating poor Laozi",
Where is this belly that the blind second uncle can feed, so Zhao Benshan is hungry and hungry to learn a "kung fu",
It is "full of water".
The so-called water is full, that is, Zhao Benshan will pour water for himself when he is hungry, boil porridge and put more water at home, and drink more water at school when his classmates are not paying attention, which is used to relieve hunger.
But this is not the way after all, one day the blind second uncle pulled Zhao Benshan and said:
Shanzi, you are also old and not small, just learn erhu, the most unfortunate we have to go to the street to beg for food also have a craft is not.
Zhao Benshan, who originally had a dim sum and was arrogant, also lost his temper, bit his teeth and learned to pull erhu with his second uncle, he did not think that Zhao Benshan was very talented, and it didn't take long to have a look, and suddenly liked various musical instruments: oh na, tambourine, hand jade, as long as he can bring sound, he can learn it.
And during this time, he was exposed to a skill that could change his life: two-person rotation.
Soon, what small songs, small hats, throwing handkerchiefs, and even musical instruments are playing very slippery, and one hand and three strings are even more fascinating.
In 1974, Zhao Benshan, who was only 17 years old, was directly favored by the commune's literary and art propaganda team and became a person who ate "public grain", the cattle were big, because the strength was too strong, and they were borrowed by various small troupes, the mountain was long, the mountain was short, and they all had to compliment the point, which made Zhao Benshan have some fame.
In 1981, I learned that the "First Rural Small Drama Tuning Performance" would be held in Liaoning after the New Year, and the whole Tieling was ready to go, and began to look for the script, looking for actors, and the result was that the script was found well, very good, the name was called "Falling Three Strings", but who were the actors looking for? Sad.
This actor is not easy to find, why?
First, to understand the instrument, can know three strings;
Second, to be able to sing and play, the two turn around;
Third, be able to imitate, because the character in the play is a blind man;
This Tieling found a large circle, someone recommended Zhao Benshan, the script to take a look, I le go, this is not a tailor-made character for themselves?
Northeasterners are originally a good imitation, and Zhao Benshan is even more genius in this regard, especially his second uncle Ben ben is blind, and Zhao Benshan, who has lived together since childhood, has learned it is simply the same!
In this way, rehearsing step by step, the next year Zhao Benshan directly played the blind Zhang Zhi in Liang Xiuliang and Cui Kai's pulling scene "Three Strings", and the one-handed play was amazing, and Zhao Benshan suddenly became angry.
Soon, Zhao Benshan was famous in Tieling, and he knew that there was a young man who had a smile, and the future was unlimited, and then he was directly transferred from the small troupe to the county troupe, but there was also a "genius" in the Tieling Art Troupe.
In 1983, Li Guyi sang a song of "great disrespect" on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, which directly caused a sensation, some clapped and applauded, some did not understand, this song is "Nostalgia".
At that time, there was no concept of popular music, and the birth of this song made all kinds of music from the south flourish, there were more singers, and the spring of popular music came.
And this popular element, the blow to traditional literature and art is huge, and at this time, the Tieling Art Troupe also really felt the pressure, to play something different, otherwise it will "finish the calf", so make a new script, become a hit, put on the agenda.
There is also a "genius" in the Tieling Art Troupe mentioned earlier, the small one is not tall, but "speaking, singing, dressing, dancing, and absolutely" can be taken out, and he is a first-class master, he is Pan Changjiang, who came to the troupe a year earlier than Zhao Benshan.
In 1987, Zhao Benshan and Pan Changjiang cooperated in "Blind Man Watching the Lights", the laughter is too frequent, the fire is not good, in Shenyang it has performed more than 500 times, an average of 4-5 performances a day, many of which have been seen many times, but every time they watch it, they will still laugh and their stomach hurts.
Zhao Benshan and Pan Changjiang have also become the most famous "turning stars", and the common people even call Zhao Benshan "the first blind in the world", while Pan Changjiang is "the first lame in the world", which shows the degree of popularity.
This drama directly frightened Jiang Kun at the grassroots level, because it was no better.
Jiang Kun went to Tieling to perform, the result was cold, backstage a question, the original audience felt that it was not as funny as Zhao Benshan.
Who is this Zhao Benshan? Inquire.
As a result, after watching the performance with more than 20 Beijing artists, they directly laughed out of tears, and Jiang Kun was even more convinced, directly and atmospherically recommended zhao Benshan Spring Festival Gala.
And Zhao Benshan was also scheduled to perform at the Harbin branch of the Spring Festival Gala in 1988, the whole Tieling shook, the program was sent to the recording tape, but until the end it was not broadcast, Zhao Benshan's dumplings were tasteless to eat, simply drunk and pulled down.
In 1990, Zhao Benshan finally entered people's vision with the sketch "Blind Date", although it was 2 years late, but talented people, giving him a fulcrum can pry the earth, Zhao Benshan finally found a platform that can make him famous in the world, and opened a sketch career of dominating the Spring Festival Gala.
02
Zhao Benshan is like a fish in the spring evening, inseparable from the foil of several "green leaves".
Otherwise, zhao Benshan, who is even more powerful, can't play on the spring night.
The first is Fan Wei, who is also the partner who has accompanied Zhao Benshan for the longest time.
When Fan Wei first cooperated with Zhao Benshan, he was still "the boy was handsome at that time", which was not at all the appearance of the "medicine box" later.
At that time, Zhao Benshan and Fan Wei had a sketch "Uncle Niu Tigan", the first trial, the second trial, the trial was not finished, why? Because the subject matter is too sensitive.
At that time, Zhao Benshan originally wrote the script very sharply, directly writing that the township government's Hu ate and drank, this thing is a little too targeted, did not dare to use, let Zhao Benshan change, no way to change to the later business owner, so weakened a lot.
However, it also made the stubborn old Zhao very unhappy.
It is said that Lao Zhao directly gave the program group an "Easter egg", and did not expose the "true bottom" during the final rehearsal, until the live broadcast, he directly said: "Things have not been done, put aside this to learn to rip eggs." ”
The effect is a lever, but it is also disliked by the program team.
However, at that time, Zhao Benshan was almost the laughing point of the Spring Festival Gala, and talented people were quite crazy.
And Fan Wei's sketch is actually taken out now, or very chewy.
"Red Sorghum Model Team" directly gave birth to the golden sentence: Cats can't walk in a straight line, it all depends on the rats.
Soon, Zhao Benshan and Fan Wei's two-person squad added a third person, Gao Xiumin.
The combination of 2+1 directly exploded with huge energy, of course, the so-called 2+1, in fact, 2+2.
Because as long as Gao Xiumin is pulled to "join the gang", it is equivalent to pulling Up He Qingkui, He Qingkui's creative ability, in the Chinese sketch industry does not dare to say the first person, at least it is also the top few.
In 1992, He Qingkui took Gao Xiumin to Shenzhen to participate in the sketch contest, and directly relied on two sketches to get back 25,000 yuan in prize money, which was a huge amount of money that year!
He Qingkui directly took Gao Xiumin to buy gold, and then also visited the international trade, Gao Xiumin was tired and could not move, He Qingkui changed shoes with her, without any regard for the eyes of outsiders, although the two people regretted not being officially married in their lifetimes, but no one doubted their feelings.
He Qingkui's creative ability, coupled with Zhao Benshang's performance, as well as Fan Wei's pretending to be stupid, Gao Xiumin's stupor, directly let one work after another snowball, fast and efficient output, "troika" officially formed!
In 1998, the sketch "Bye Nian", the three people cooperated for the first time, and the bull knife tried and succeeded.
After that, "Selling Abduction" was even more peak.
The back of "Selling Cars" continues to be invincible.
Even the work of "Heart Disease", which is a dog-tailed sable, is still because of the frequent golden sentences, reversals and reversals, making people want to laugh when they see it, "postpartum care of sows", "my heart, wow cool wow cool ah" let people still remember it after many years.
Some people say that the original intention of the entrepreneurial team is to dream, and the ending is "uneven sharing of the spoils", and Zhao Benshan's "troika" also has a little meaning.
In this team, Zhao Benshan is a veritable No.1, with strength and fame.
Fan Wei, the old partner, but only responsible for pretending to be stupid.
Gao Xiumin, although he didn't talk much, there was a true god behind him, He Qingkui.
It seems that Fan Wei is a little weaker.
In fact, when Fan Wei said crosstalk, he was also standing outside the table and teasing, which belonged to the main actor, but in this entrepreneurial team, he belonged to the marginal figures whose fame, strength, and background were not as good as people.
And Zhao Benshan is absolutely dominant, whether it is the leading line distribution or the leading penny.
Fan Wei believes that his strength and popularity are no longer what they used to be, and they should have a better price.
Zhao Benshan believes that of course he must take the absolute head.
In 2005, Gao Xiumei suddenly died of illness, and the cooperation of the "troika" collapsed, and since then Fan Wei has gradually developed into film and television dramas alone, with the goal of being a film emperor. And Zhao Benshan's apprentices are too many, and they must "find food ruts" for the apprentices, so there is no more suitable thing to shoot rural dramas, so they concentrate on filming "Rural Love", one after another.
Among Zhao Benshan's partners, there is also a partner who is not "Green Leaf", that is, Song Dandan.
Song Dandan is strong, so in the cooperation between two people, it is a bit like the "mother and son" in crosstalk.
Whether it is "Hourly Worker", or "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow", or "Torchbearer", it can be seen that in the distribution of lines, Song Dandan is "not to be tolerated", which is very different from Zhao Benshan's consistent distribution mechanism, but strangely, Zhao Benshan has no opinion.
Before, Gao Xiumin complained to He Qingkui because of his few lines, and asked him to change the script, and He Qingkui said: "Sister, as long as you stand next to Old Zhao, you don't say a word, it is also full of drama, there is no need to add lines." ”
For their own position, everyone has a different understanding and different expectations.
After Torchbearer, the two never worked together again, perhaps because of the pressure, perhaps because of something else.
03
The partner scattered, walked, Zhao Benshan or that "sketch king"?
Not afraid, Zhao Benshan still has countless apprentices, a total of 9 batches, a total of 66.
With zhao Benshan's golden signboard, the value of these apprentices is also rising, the original performance of a few hundred yuan, and later can already drive a luxury car, change a new house.
And Zhao Benshan's business ability has also been released to the limit in those years, which is simply a business genius!
Zhao Benshan's "Liu Laogen Big Stage" has blossomed everywhere, making money and earning softly, and the scale of "Zhao Family Class" is getting bigger and bigger.
In April 2010, Zhao Benshan bought a private jet at a cost of 200 million yuan, and the maintenance costs alone were staggering.
In 2009, Xiao Shenyang became famous, and the commercial performances received countless results, with an income of more than 200 million, not counting endorsement variety shows and movies.
"Dachengzi" Cheng Ye even showed off his car on the video platform, worth tens of millions, and the license plate number was 8888, which was luxurious.
Zhao Benshan counts as: one person gets the Tao, immortals and chicken dogs. As long as they mix with him and eat and drink spicy, who doesn't want to become a disciple of Benshan?
Where did so many apprentices come from?
There are defectors, there are also poachers, and there are other skills but not two people to turn to practitioners, in short, are looking for a further platform.
Of course, there was also something that Zhao Benshan wanted but couldn't get, that is, Wei San.
In 2005, Wei San was already very famous in the northeast, and his duo turned VCD, which was almost a must-play program on long-distance buses, when Wei San had a very high status in Changchun, and vaguely had the feeling of being on an equal footing with Zhao Benshan in Shenyang.
In the Spring Festival Gala in 2005, Wei San and Sun Xiaobao played a skit with Li Yong, although the overall feeling was a bit "crotch-pulling", but the laughter was full, which also made Wei San famous in the hearts of the people in the country.
Wei San's self-confidence was very strong at this time, and his time had arrived.
However, at this time, Wei San received an olive branch, that is, Zhao Benshan wanted to take him as an apprentice.
Wei San's two-person transfer skill should also be ranked among the top three among Zhao Benshan's many apprentices, and at present, in Changchun, wei San, who is very proud, has rejected Zhao Benshan's kindness several times in a row, and he wants to take his own Tongtian Avenue.
Later, Wei San did not wait for his brilliant moment, but gradually lost his influence, while Zhao Benshan's disciples were more and more, and there was no chance for him at all. Later, Wei San switched to Pan Changjiang, but Pan Changjiang also gradually declined, which did not help him much.
Wei San might regret it, but if the opportunity was lost, he wouldn't come again.
Among Zhao Benshan's apprentices, most of them are art throwers, and almost all of them are among the best, so they can take out one at random and put it on the "Liu Laogen Big Stage" in a city, which is also where Zhao Benshan's confidence lies.
Among these apprentices, there are two people whose styles are very similar, one is Xiao Shenyang and the other is Song Xiaobao.
Then again, many of Xiao Shenyang's signature actions are "copy" from Song Xiaobao, but Xiao Shenyang and Song Xiaobao were still very good buddies.
In the Spring Festival Gala of 2009, Xiao Shenyang became famous overnight, and that very flavorful "why" is Song Xiaobao's best trick in the small theater. Xiao Shenyang, who had just returned, saw Song Xiaobao, who was drinking alcohol, and said, "Brother Bao, do you hate me? ”
Song Xiaobao said, "Shenyang, I don't hate you at all, but I admire you very much, I just feel trance, how did you suddenly become red like this?" ”
Born at the wrong time, it is Song Xiaobao.
Just right, it is about Xiao Shenyang.
Zhao Benshan has so many apprentices, which one to push first, all need to be considered, and Zhao Benshan thinks more about who has a higher value.
Obviously, small Shenyang, which is balanced in strength, appearance and personality, is more suitable for being made into a star.
And Xiao Shenyang also competed for gas, and direct fire became a symbol of that year. And Song Xiaobao, can only rely on the Liaoning Spring Festival Gala to gradually rise, of course, this is the last word, the previous words are Zhao Benshan felt that Xiao Shenyang "is not here".
Xiao Shenyang has very high requirements for himself, what he wants is not the identity of a sketch actor or a two-person actor, when the local strength has taken off, the name of a "Benshan apprentice" cannot bind his ideals.
So, gradually you can see all kinds of crossovers in Xiao Shenyang, singing, filming, directors, hosts...
In short, the word "Honyama" is gradually drifting away.
Very similar to Xiao Shenyang's name, there is also a small Shen Long, who is Zhao Benshan's penultimate disciple, ranking 65.
With the blessing of the old Zhao platform, Xiao Shenlong's future is bright, not only the talk show is very good, but also his own special program, and there are many other performance opportunities.
But Xiao Shenlong suddenly fell in love with live broadcasting, and since then he has been out of control, although he still hangs the name of Benshan's apprentice, but he has been reduced from a star to an Internet celebrity. However, it also makes a lot of money on the outlet of live broadcasting.
In addition to the decent films that Dapeng can direct, there is also Song Xiaobao who seems to be able to carry the banner of the "Liaoning Folk Art Troupe", and it seems that although Zhao Benshan's disciples have great strength, none of them can reach the height of Xiao Shenyang.
After Zhao Benshan gradually moved away from the Spring Festival Gala, his influence became smaller and smaller.
In 2010, Guo Degang's "Deyun Society" had a storm in which He Yunwei, Li Jing, Cao Yunjin, and Liu Yuntian fled. For a time, Guo Degang's lack of control over the apprentices became a joke.
Later, on a show, Zhao Benshan and Guo Degang joked and directly asked Yue Yunpeng: "Child, why are you going forward?" ”
Yue Yunpeng said, "I won't go." ”
At this time, Zhao Benshan was full of spirit, and he used the traditional way of passing on the help belt + providing a performance platform + providing film and television drama opportunities + participating in variety show opportunities to firmly grasp the apprentices in his own hands.
There is a trick to tame people.
In fact, what is more important is that Zhao Benshan has a unique understanding of the two people's turn.
He deeply knows that this kind of former "lower nine streams" will never come to the table if they do not abandon some of the dross, so he resolutely claims to the outside world that he must do "green two-person turn", and even uses "Who takes Benshan to the Spring Festival Gala" to enhance the "elegance" of the apprentices.
However, according to the videos of some small theaters, it can still be seen that these apprentices are still playing in the small theaters, and they dare to say anything.
It is undeniable that Lao Zhao has made extraordinary contributions to the transformation of the two people.
04
There are so many apprentices, if you want to maintain it all the time, you can only shoot TV series.
He Qingkui's departure has stretched the strength of the screenwriter under Lao Zhao's hands, and it seems that only the filming of "Country Love" can maintain the heat, at least the heat of the north.
"Country Love" is too arrogant, 13 films were filmed in 15 years, so you can apply for Guinness.
Not to mention, this big IP has a very good market in the north, especially in the countryside, and everyone likes to watch it.
"Village F4": Guang Kun, Zhao Si, Liu Neng, Wang Laoqi.
Xie Guangkun, who is notoriously "annoying", is also a thorn in the head, and belongs to the "expert of finding trouble".
Zhao Si, the twitching little face, the devil's dance steps, directly let him crown the crown of "Nicholas Zhao Si".
Liu Neng, with his little hat, took small steps, and said that the bumps and bumps were impressive.
Wang Laoqi, it seems that the sense of existence is not high, but it is expensive in simplicity, watching rural dramas, is not simple.
The characters in it, each with their own personality characteristics, are still outstanding.
However, when more than a dozen films were filmed, when the audience watched, they always felt that something was missing.
Perhaps, it is the connotation.
It seems that people's evaluation of the "Zhao Family Class" is more that if there is no platform for Zhao Benshan, nothing can be done.
This may be the dilemma faced by most of the "Zhao family class".
Don't they have the power? Of course not!
In 2003, Tang Jianjun was the first "Two-Person Transfer Competition" held by Zhao Benshan, and he directly won the first place with the two-person transfer and talk show.
How can there be no strength?
However, when the former "jungle grass" became "Zhao Jiaban", more and more to cater to the audience's taste and more and more absolute, and gradually gave up the "singing" on which the two people turned to survive.
Dozens of apprentices, as well as countless apprentices, have supported the great "Benshan Media", and Zhao Benshan's company has become a billionaire capital predator under the dedication of the apprentices, but the vast majority of the apprentices can only become ordinary migrant workers.
Everyone wants to be Xiao Shenyang, even if it is Song Xiaobao, but most of them are a screw in this huge machine.
Xiao Shenyang acted, directed movies, became a host, participated in cross-border singers, accumulated a lot of contacts for himself, and it was increasingly difficult to be in the same frame with his brothers.
And more "Zhao family class" can only act in rural dramas, say the passages that everyone loves to hear in the small theater, or earn some tips for doing live broadcasts, but it is difficult to stir up the changing entertainment circle.
In 2019, Zhao Benshan's 22nd female apprentice, who is also the fat girl of Yang Shulin's daughter-in-law, was tried because of the case of selling counterfeit drugs, during which she said that because she had no culture and did not know that it was a fake drug, she broke the law. Prosecutors responded: No culture does not mean no conscience.
In fact, when the members of the "Zhao Family Class" began to commercialize and rushed to monetize, then they were doomed to decline.
However, it is certain that Zhao Benshan, who commented that Guo Degang did not discipline the apprentices enough, gradually lost control of the apprentices, and these were obviously what Old Zhao did not expect at first.
Guo Degang said: Artists fight to the end, or fight culture, no education is not afraid, but can not be unlearned. In this entertainment circle where the update iteration is as fast as lightning, if you want to eat a long meal, you have to talk about accumulation and precipitation.
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