From the departure of Cao Yunjin and the kneeling of Xiao Shenyang, what are the methods of governing disciples of Guo Degang and Zhao Benshan?

Born in the wilderness

Zhao Benshan, like Guo Degang, both worked their way up from the common people, sweating and gritting their teeth every step of the way.

Zhao Benshan lost his mother when he was six years old, and his father also left him and disappeared. The neighbors in the street took pity on the child and fed him one person at a time.

In the 1970s and 1980s, poor people had few books to study, and Zhao Benshan, who was hungry, could not farm.

In order to support himself in the future, Zhao Benshan learned the art of playing sanxian from his second uncle since he was a child.

Later, 17-year-old Zhao Benshan joined the commune propaganda team and formally learned various musical instruments and traditional folk plays from the troupe.

Guo Degang was born more than ten years later than Zhao Benshan. In 1973, the year before Zhao Benshan entered the Commune Theater Company at the age of 16, Guo Degang was born.

The art of cross talk in Tianjin is so advanced that if you buy two steamed buns on the street, the shopkeeper will talk to you about it. In such a strong atmosphere, Guo Degang fell in love with cross talk since he was a child. Father Guo saw that his son always went to Tianjin Hongqiao Club to listen to cross talk, so he simply sent him to learn storytelling when he was seven years old.

Crosstalk is all about basic skills, so Guo Degang got up at four or five o'clock every morning and went to the Ziya River to practice the exercises every day for ten years.

But at that time, whether it was Zhao Benshan, who was playing a small role in the theater troupe, or Guo Degang, who practiced martial arts every day, they all just pursued their careers out of love.

At that time, they did not think too much about whether the future was promising or not.

Facts have proved that as long as you work hard with determination, there is nothing impossible in this world.

Finally in 1982, Zhao Benshan received the first opportunity in his life.

At the time of family planning, the director of Tieling Mass Art Museum went to the countryside for interviews, trying to find a suitable script to promote family planning. I asked people around me and learned that there is a book in Tieling called "Throwing Three Strings", which is liked by the people and is in line with the purpose of publicity.

In this way, 25-year-old Zhao Benshan was recommended to the curator.

The story tells that in a mountain village in northern Liaoning, there was a superstitious aunt named Liu who refused to let her daughter-in-law have an abortion because she wanted to have a grandson. So, the aunt's daughter used her mother's superstitious fortune teller to educate her mother. Finally, Aunt Liu agreed to have her daughter-in-law undergo an abortion in response to the call for family planning.

Zhao Benshan plays the role of a blind fortune teller in it. Because he studied with his second uncle since he was a child, Zhao Benshan is familiar with the daily conditions of a blind man.

The most important prop in the play, the Sanxian, is also Zhao Benshan’s specialty.

As soon as this play was staged, it quickly became popular in the Northeast with its humorous language. For more than six months, Zhao Benshan performed more than 100 performances in Northeast China, almost every three days.

At that time, a newspaper commented: "The speaking, reading, singing and acting all showed extremely high skills and were so lifelike that they almost looked real."

"Throwing the Three Strings" He was widely loved in the Northeast. In 1987, Jiang Kun took his performance team to Tieling to visit the countryside. After watching Zhao Benshan's performance of "Three Strings", he immediately decided to recommend him to the Spring Festival Gala.

In this way, after surviving the bleakest days, in 1990, Zhao Benshan took the lead in becoming popular nationwide with his sketch "Blind Date" on the Spring Festival Gala.

In the same year, 17-year-old Guo Degang was still working hard. In the Beijing Art Troupe, Guo Degang served tea and water all day long, doing odd jobs, doing the most work for the lowest salary, and was not even qualified to touch the stage.

Unable to pay the rent, the landlord banged on the door outside, while Guo Degang crouched inside, afraid to show his anger.

After many years like this, Guo Degang had no choice but to pull Li Jing and Zhang Wenshun, who was also unsuccessful, to found the "Beijing Crosstalk Conference".

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Guo Degang was breathing heavily and stood on the roadside shouting at passers-by. There were only a few scattered people here, but the theater was a little warmer than outside. Most of the time, there are not as many people in the audience listening to cross talk as there are in the backstage.

Later, when recalling those days, Guo Degang, who had always been fearless, could not help but sigh: "Sighing loudly, with blood and tears every step of the way."

Until Hou Yaowen, a famous cross talk artist, saw it Guo Degang's cross talk, he accepted Guo Degang as his disciple despite all the opposition, and the mainstream cross talk circle finally accepted him, a young boy from out of town.

Guo Degang was finally seen by the public.

In 2004, Kang Dapeng and Guo Degang hit it off and planned to create a "crosstalk special on the verge of being lost" to promote traditional culture.

Guo Degang injects new vitality into traditional cross talk, integrates current people's livelihood issues into his jokes, expresses the voices of the people in a playful and scolding way, and has a stronger sense of resonance with the audience.

Sure enough, the show was very effective. Countless people listened to cross talk because of Guo Degang and walked into the theater. The show was sold out.

2. Scattering leaves

In the six years after 2004, Guo Degang and Zhao Benshan established a firm foothold in their respective fields.

On the one hand, Zhao Benshan has long been famous for his performance on the Spring Festival Gala stage. On one side, Guo Degang's cross talk theater was packed to a packed house, and the talk show host did both.

After establishing a firm foothold in the comedy industry, it is difficult for a single tree to stand alone. If you want to become an Ivy League in the comedy industry, it is time to branch out and grow your momentum.

At this point, the originally overlapping fate trajectories of Zhao and Guo slowly began to diverge.

According to the seniority arrangement of "cranes in the sky, dragons in the sky", Deyun Society has many disciples, but there are news reports of XXX leaving Deyun Society every year, not to mention Cao Yunjin, who dealt the biggest blow to Guo Degang. , the departure of He Yunwei and others.

Behind Zhao Benshan, the Zhao family class, which had more people than Deyun Society, rarely heard of news that its disciples had left, causing uproar in the city.

One of the reasons is that Guo Degang has a very strong personality. This does not mean that he is not good to his apprentices. When he accepted Yue Yunpeng with a soft heart, he said: "As long as I have a bite to eat, you will not be hungry." ."

This "gang" refers to how one behaves. He once said: "Through all the hardships, one must hate evil as much as one hates him." Because he has experienced being rejected by the traditional cross talk club, Guo Degang always has a tendency to start a new business. Be fierce.

This cruelty is not only towards traitors, but also towards apprentices. The cross talk world values ??tradition, and this is even more true when it comes to Guo Degang.

Since 2004, when Guo Degang became famous in the cross talk circle, he followed the unwritten rules of the cross talk circle and erected a memorial tablet to his ancestor Dongfang Shuo at the backstage of Deyun Club. fragrant.

The tribute fruits and incense in front of the tablets must be replaced strictly according to the rotation list. Rumor has it that once it was Guo Qilin's turn. Due to negligence, he forgot to change the tribute fruit. When Guo Degang found out, he severely criticized him in public and even deducted the performance fee.

This is true for my own son, let alone my disciples. When going out to perform and eat, sit according to seniority, and be polite when speaking and doing things. If you cross the line without paying attention, you may be kicked out.

It is reasonable to find the original source of purity, but in such an atmosphere, the disciples of Deyun Society will inevitably be in fear all day long.

The Zhao family class has relatively relaxed rules. The only requirement is to be a good person. Every time before accepting a disciple, Zhao Benshan will say: "I will say ugly things first. To be my disciple is first of all Be a good person. If any of you have problems as a person, I will clean up the family without mercy."

Except for a few disciples who joined the club early and are close to each other, few of them can see Guo Degang. Several sides. Zhao Benshan, on the other hand, was more easy-going and loved these disciples like his own children. When his apprentice and his wife quarrel, Zhao Benshan will mediate.

Zhao Benshan also paid off more than 200,000 gambling debts for his apprentice Liu Xiaoguang, helping him to change his ways and turn around.

Secondly, compared with Zhaojiaban, Deyun Club has few opportunities to get ahead.

Students from Deyun Club rarely have the opportunity to appear on stage. Even if they do have the opportunity to appear on stage occasionally, it is just for experience and they are not eligible to receive performance fees.

Because Deyun Club stipulates that you must be proficient in and perform more than 30 crosstalks before you can receive performance fees. Generally, it takes two or three years for newcomers to join the club to meet this standard.

Disciples cannot go out to take private jobs without declaring, and the declaring process is quite cumbersome, so many mature actors still retain their roles at NT$150.

There is a piece of news on the Internet. It is said that Guo Heming, a former disciple of Deyun Club, calculated that from 2012 to 2013, his average monthly salary was calculated at 2,800 yuan.

“Are you willing to work in a company for about seven to eight years and still earn the minimum wage? Moreover, you are faced with starting a family and starting a business, and you are faced with buying a house and a car.

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Finally, in 2014, he chose to leave Deyun Club and found a job performing at the Temple of Heaven Park. By selling storytelling recordings, he also bought a house in Beijing.

Even Meng Hetang, a rising star of Deyun Society, said: "Master said he wins one award every year, and I rank above 60. ”

The Zhao Family Class has Liu Laogen’s big stage, “Country Love”, and various variety shows for two people to perform on the stage, so there are relatively more opportunities to get ahead.

Finally, in terms of management .

Deyun Club often recruits newcomers, and few bring artists into the club. Zhao Benshan is different. The members of Zhao's class are either selected from the top talents of Benshan Art Academy and folk art troupes, or through participation in " "Zhao Benshan Cup" Two-person Grand Prix, choose the winner.

Newcomers need a long time to train, many people can't bear their temper and leave naturally, but those who join the Zhao family class with skills are looking for opportunities. Naturally, he is also willing to follow Zhao Benshan to seek opportunities.

In addition to following traditional family laws and attaching great importance to etiquette, Guo Degang rarely personally cares about his disciples. This is different in Zhao's class. Zhao Benshan relied on the strategy of supporting the weak and suppressing the strong to maintain the balance of the team.

It was rumored that after the Xiaoshenyang fire, he was ignored by Zhao Benshan for a period of time. Xiaoshenyang later knelt down to admit his mistake. , I hope the master can forgive me.

Another time at a party, Xiao Shenyang was scolded by Zhao Benshan on the spot because he refused someone else's request for a photo. Not only that, after the scolding, Zhao Benshan also ordered him to hold it. Jiu went to apologize to the other party.

For the less famous apprentices, Zhao Benshan would even modify some plots in TV series such as "Ma Dashuai" and "Country Love" to increase the apprentice's exposure on various media. The program will also bring apprentices along.

3. Who is better and who is worse?

After all, there is no one who is better or worse between Zhaojiaban and Deyun Club. , it can only be said that Zhao and Guo have different priorities. Guo Degang only wants to use Deyun Club to complete the second revival of cross talk, while Zhao Benshan’s idea is more simple, that is, everyone has work to do and everyone has food to eat.

Fortunately, both of them have realized their own ideas. Because of Guo Degang, cross talk came to life, and because of Zhao Benshan, the two came out of the Northeast.

Guo Degang and Zhao Benshan stood on the loess. On the ground, tradition has been revitalized, the two banners of folk art have been raised, and countless laughter has been brought to hundreds of millions of Chinese people.