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The shoes are broken, the hat is broken, the robes on the body are broken, you laugh at me, she laughs at me, a fan is broken.... Whenever I hear this song, everyone will think of the rich and the poor.
There are many people who have played Jigong, Zhou Xingchi, Zhang Mo, and Chen Haomin have all interpreted this role, but in the hearts of the audience, only You Benchang really put Jigong alive.
You Benchang has starred in "Jigong" 5 times and dedicated his life to this role. Although the image of JiGong is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, You Benchang himself has always been tepid.
There are many reasons for this, and today we will uncover the secret of You Benchang's lack of fire.
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You Benchang was born in 1933 in Taizhou, Jiangsu Province.
In that era, the old feudal parents liked to tell their children's fortunes. One day, a fortune teller came to their village, and You Benchang's parents held the baby and calculated.
It didn't matter, it scared My parents. The fortune teller was like a ghost, and the gods said suddenly, "This child has a short life, I'm afraid he won't live to be 13 years old." ”
Mom and Dad sat on the ground in fright, and quickly asked for a way to crack it.
The fortune teller said, "There is a way, depending on whether you are willing to give it up." ”
"As long as you can save your child's life, you will give up anything." You Benchang's parents said almost in unison.
"The child may be able to survive this calamity under the illumination of the Buddhist Gate," said the fortune teller, pointing his finger to the southeast.
After calculating his fate, You Benchang's body did not have any bad symptoms, but some things would rather be trusted than not. Therefore, when You Benchang was 6 years old, his parents followed his husband's wishes and sent him to the southeast direction - Shanghai Fazang Temple.
In this way, You Benchang gradually grew up under the influence of Buddhist culture and survived the 13-year-old life in peace.
Because his father liked to listen to plays in the teahouse, he often took You Benchang with him. Under the influence of the ear, You Benchang actually developed a strong interest in opera.
When he was in the 4th grade of primary school, You Benchang listened to a play of "Jiangnan Living Jigong" and learned it, and he quickly sang like a model with high understanding, which was also the first time he was associated with Jigong.
After graduating from high school, You Benchang entered the Nanjing Cultural and Labor Troupe.
Because of his outstanding performance, he was soon transferred to the Acting Department of the Shanghai Theater Academy for further study.
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However, opera sings well, not necessarily performs well.
Singing depends on the voice, and performance depends on the body. In the past three years, no matter how hard You Benchang tries, the results are still in the downstream.
But You Benchang has the strength not to accept defeat, and the more others say that he can't do it, the more he has to prove it to others.
Finally, kung fu pays off.
In the last exam of the play, You Benchang was sent to the Central Experimental Drama Theater with the first professional score.
However, in this hall-level drama theater that everyone yearns for, the five tigers, hidden dragons, masters are like clouds, and You Benchang is more or less inferior.
Coupled with the fact that he looks very bumpy, You Benchang is like a trapped house crab, there is no chance to show his fists and feet, only the share of running dragon sets.
Just ran like this for a few years, watching the opportunity to turn over, which cheng wanted to sweep across the land of China for ten years.
Thus the year of establishment to forty is not confused, You Benchang thus missed the golden age of an actor.
Ten years later, "a hundred schools of thought contend, a hundred flowers blooming".
Excellent literary and artistic seedlings sprung up like mushrooms after the rain, and You Benchang, who has been more than 40 years old, was pushed forward by the back wave of the Yangtze River and died on the beach, and there was no drama to play.
He had to continue to run the dragon suit, continue to play small roles that seemed insignificant to others.
However, in You Benchang's view, there are only small actors, no small roles.
So even if there is not a single line, he will seriously consult the information and interpret it in the best state.
At that time, who played what role was directly assigned by the superior.
You Benchang, who has run the dragon set for many years and accumulated rich performance experience, originally had many opportunities to play the leading role, but because he did not like flattery, and would not invite the leader to eat and drink for a role, he was gradually marginalized.
As time passed, You Benchang passed the age of 50, and the road of life was more than half completed, but he was still running the dragon set.
Everyone else felt sorry for him, but he laughed it off.
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In the early 1980s, You Benchang, who was more than half a hundred years old, suddenly became obsessed with pantomime.
Others laugh at him, you can't even play the main drama, what a mime. But only what You Benchang is looking for, he will definitely go all out. In those years, he flipped through various books and repeatedly pondered pantomime in the mirror.
In 1984, You Benchang was invited to the Spring Festival Gala and performed the pantomime "Shower", which won the full hall.
Life is like this, I don't know when, fate will lay an Easter egg for you.
And this Easter egg is not small, the next year You Benchang received an invitation to star in "Jigong", and for the first time in his life, he was promoted to the protagonist.
In order to shoot the role of Jigong, You Benchang only slept 4 hours a day on the set, and most of the time was spent thinking about the role. After each scene, he will constantly summarize and reflect.
There was a scene of torture, which was repeated more than a dozen times, and in order to pursue realism, You Benchang pleaded with the director to fight really. As a result, after filming this scene, You Benchang's ass did not dare to sit on the bench, and it hurt when he sat down.
There is also a scene of eating meat, which the crew bought a day in advance. The next day, when shooting, the heat of 39 degrees caused the piece of meat to have broken.
At that time, You Benchang found that the meat smelled when he ate the first bite, but the director did not shout to stop, he kept eating, until the director shouted the card, he ran to the side and pulled the meat out with his fingers.
Such dedication makes the director and actors can't help but be deeply admired.
This performance of You Benchang was later included in the textbook by the Acting Department of the Beijing Film Academy.
It is precisely because of his reverence for the actor that You Benchang has vividly played the role of Jigong and become an immortal classic.
After the launch of "Jigong", like "Journey to the West" and "The Legend of the Eagle Shooter", thousands of people are empty. The 52-year-old You Benchang exploded overnight, and various commercial performances and films were endless.
However, You Benchang, who had long despised fame and fortune, was not at all moved. Unfortunately, during that time, my wife was diagnosed with cancer again.
In order to take care of his wife, You Benchang refused many directors' offers.
In the following ten years, he did not shoot again, and disappeared from the screen before he became popular, which is regrettable.
In 1997, his wife's illness improved, and You Benchang resumed his acting career.
Only this time, he fell in love with drama again.
Drama itself is an industry that loses money and makes money, but because of love, You Benchang is at all costs.
In 2013, in order to rehearse the drama "Master Hongyi", You Benchang sold his house and lived a life without a fixed place to live. People said they couldn't understand it, but he said:
"Lying under the money and thinking about the problem is called the rich man; standing on the money and considering the problem is the rich man." If money serves your ideals in life, it is worth it! ”
This reminds me of another old artist, Chen Peisi.
At that time, he invested the money he had worked so hard to cultivate the land to make a drama. Yang Lan once asked in the program:
"You take one or two partners out for a cave show, come down, and easily earn hundreds of thousands." Now engaged in drama, with a large team, tired and not to mention the loss of money. ”
Chen Peisi: "Why do you make so much money?" ”
Yang Lan: "Buy a house!" ”
Chen Peisi: "What are you doing when you're done!" ”
Yang Lan: "Buy a car again!" ”
Chen Peisi: "What are you doing after you buy it?" A few rudders, how expensive the car is not four rudders. ”
Fuhua's society has nothing to do with them, they just want to keep their original intentions and polish each work with their hearts.
In a rehearsal, You Benchang accidentally fell into a fracture, and the doctor recommended conservative treatment, after all, the 83-year-old is not suitable for surgery, but he insisted on doing it, and 25 days after the operation, he went on stage with a plaster cast.
He said: Dying on the stage is the happiness of the actors.
Also in 2013, You Benchang set up an art troupe, recruiting students who love art, and the courses are almost free. He always smiled and squinted at the children to act, encouraging them not to give up.
Today's You Benchang is like an old naughty boy, often interacting with young people on social platforms.
Last year, he posted a second-shot video of singing a Jigong song on Douyin, which exceeded 3 million views in 24 hours, and after You Benchang knew, his expression was exaggerated: Scared to death of the baby.
He once said that the taste of life is a face of Ji Gong, do not be proud when you are in good times, and do not be pessimistic when you are in adversity.
So along the way, although it is not smooth, I do not feel lonely. He guarded his loneliness, was proud, and did not compromise with reality, but because of the ideal in his heart.
This is You Benchang, a simple, stubborn, cute old man.
"No worries, no worries, no worries, the world is hot and cold." This is Ji Gong's philosophy of life, and it is also a portrayal of You Benchang's life.
In 2009, You Benchang was ordained again.
The wine and flesh pass through the intestines, and the Buddha's heart remains, which is the realm of Jigong.
However, in the entertainment circle of paper drunken gold fans, but with a benevolent heart, cherish feathers, fear the profession, not arrogant, not kitsch, this is You Benchang's cultivation.
Now You Lao is 88 years old, but he still wants to sprinkle great love on the world like Ji Gong.