As a famous magic master in Sichuan, Xiao Tian was once known as the "godfather of magic" in Chengdu and had a high reputation in the industry. At 5:30 a.m. today, Xiao Tian died at the Shehong County People's Hospital at the age of 68 due to ineffective treatment for advanced lung cancer.
This afternoon, Xiao Tian's old partner Teacher Ye confirmed the news of his death to the Chengdu Business Daily reporter. "His only last wish is that the magic script "Fish Illusion", which was written seven years ago, can be put on the stage, but unfortunately!" According to Teacher Ye, at present, the body of Teacher Xiao Tian has been transported from his hometown shehong back to Chengdu, where he worked for decades before his death.
◎ Once accepted Gu Tianle as an apprentice
Xiao Tian, whose original name was Xiao Qianfu, was born in Suining. In the early years, he mainly pulled Erhu in the Shehong Opera Troupe, and later learned magic from the magician Li Dengcai in the troupe. Xiao Tian was the first person to "go to the sea", and in the late 1970s, he left the group to pull a group of people to perform in various places. Magic can not change life, Xiao Tian only has to change his career, he once did the supply and marketing section chief of a certain anti-theft equipment factory in Xichang, but the real money is still after going to the Liangshan area Puge County MSG factory, this MSG factory was producing chicken essence At that time, this new product is chicken essence, which is now Haoji chicken essence. Xiao Tian can speak the Tao, brain work, and is arranged to do marketing work. In an interview with the Chengdu Business Daily reporter before, Xiao Tian said: "At that time, I felt that I should open sales channels through advertising, and suggested that the factory take 40,000 yuan to advertise, and as a result, I opened the market through a series of activities, and our chicken essence was simply sold crazy in Yunnan at that time." ”
Xiao Tian was proud of the spring breeze in those years and earned hundreds of thousands of dollars. Later, he went into business on his own, and within a few years he went bankrupt. When he was the poorest, he only had 10 dollars on him. Fortunately, a friend helped him to perform erhu and magic at night, and he earned tens to hundreds of yuan each time. Xiao Tian found that at that time, there was no large magic trick, and the magician brought a magic bag to the scene and performed some small magic tricks, so he made his own magic table and other props to try to make the magic show bigger. The first performance was when a friend introduced him to a party, and he received a 1,000 yuan appearance fee, "I was smiling so hard that I couldn't keep my mouth shut." After that, Xiao Tian began to pay attention to packaging himself, printing color business cards and posters that he came up with. Xiao Tian, who has become famous, has also begun to recruit apprentices, many of whom are celebrities who have attracted media reports, and the reports of Korean magician Kim Woo-woo and big star Gu Tianle worship master Xiao Tian have made him a hot magician.
◎ The last wish is to put "Fish Illusion" on the stage
Last year, Mr. Xiao approached the media and said he wanted to create 10,000 pots of flowers around the statue of Chairman Mao in Tianfu Square in 2016, at the age of 69. Asked about Xiao Tian's last wish yesterday, Teacher Ye revealed that he only had one wish: he hoped to put the magic drama "Fish Illusion" written ten years ago on the stage. "At that time, before Liu Deyi's death, the script had been written. At that time, Liu Deyi had found sponsorship and was preparing to start, but unexpectedly he died of illness, and the script was also delayed. "I didn't expect that this delay was seven years," this magic drama, pouring all his energy, in addition to the thrilling magic of magic, he also integrated into The rich national cultural characteristics of Sichuan. He was in his hospital bed, and the most he talked about was this magic drama, and he didn't know when he would be able to realize this wish. Because of the custom, Teacher Ye did not return to Chengdu with his wife's body, but stayed in his hometown of Shehong. It is understood that Xiao Tian's ashes will be buried in the suburbs of Chengdu. Chengdu Business Daily reporter Ren Hongwei
In 2005, Korean magician Kim Woo Woo visited Xiao Tian as his teacher.
Original title: Chengdu "Magic Godfather" Xiao Tian died once taught Gu Tianle to change magic