The whole story of Degang Guo and Zhou Libo's feud: "South Coffee" can't compete with "North Garlic" in the end.

Speaking of Degang Guo and Zhou Libo, although they are both masters of "eating by mouth", they are recognized as maintaining a rival situation of "Northern Guo and Southern Zhou" because one is in Beijing and the other is in Shanghai. However, because of Zhou Libo's "garlic coffee theory", the two began to have a confrontation for several years, and they didn't like each other until Zhou Libo was arrested in the United States and quit the entertainment industry.

So, how did the feud between the two men happen, and what was the deep-seated reason? That has to start with the history of their respective fame.

On January 18th, 1973, Degang Guo was born in a dual-income family in Tianjin. Because he was busy, his father put young Degang Guo in the theater of Hongqiao Club when he went to work, so little Degang Guo grew up in the "ocean of art". Degang Guo Jr. has made rapid progress in cross talk performance because he was a little gifted at performing folk art since he was a child. He studied storytelling at the age of seven and cross talk at the age of nine, and has been instructed by many famous cross talk artists including Yang Zhigang.

Young Degang Guo has an ambition: to become a famous crosstalk performer. Although this wish finally came true, what he didn't expect was that the realization process of this wish was so difficult.

Many people know that Degang Guo was once a "northern drifter", but what many people don't know is that it is difficult for others to drift once, but he has drifted three times. The first two times, he tried to join a professional crosstalk performing group, but both ended in failure. In 1995, Degang Guo, an aspiring young man (the invincible Xiaoqiang), drifted north for the third time. This time, he started from the bottom, singing for various troupes and doing odd jobs.

Those days should be the most embarrassing period of Degang Guo's life. In order to survive in Beijing, he once walked 22 kilometers in the second ring road of Beijing in the middle of the night, just because he had no money to take a taxi home. When he has no money to buy food, he can only cook the flour into a paste and have a chat with the onion sauce. Once, Degang Guo couldn't even pay the rent because the boss was in arrears. When the landlord came to collect the rent, he could only hide in the corner of the room and didn't dare to make any noise until midnight.

At the same time, his marriage also suffered misfortune. Degang Guo's first wife was Hu Zhonghui, a student in the crosstalk class of Tianjin Hongqiao Club, and they got married in 1994. However, the relationship between them deteriorated rapidly because of the failure of Degang Guo's business and the sale of the wedding room. In 1996, Hu Zhonghui gave birth to his son Guo Qilin, and their marriage came to an end. The son was raised by Degang Guo's parents.

After Hu Zhonghui's divorce, Degang Guo met his current wife, Wang Hui, but their marriage was not smooth sailing. Because Degang Guo had almost nothing at that time, Wang Hui's parents didn't agree with them. Thanks to Wang Hui's infatuation and elopement with Degang Guo, they finally made a couple.

In this difficult period, Degang Guo has not been decadent. He has been practicing the basic skills of cross talk, insisting on creating cross talk jokes whenever he has the chance, and at the same time making friends with some well-established colleagues in Beijing, and gradually expanding his strength and influence. Moreover, these tragic experiences in Degang Guo's early years did not bring him all pain, but became the source of classic materials for his cross talk.

In 1996, Degang Guo, Zhang Wenshun, Jing Li and others founded the Beijing Crosstalk Conference, which was the predecessor of Deyun Society. But at the beginning, it can only be described as empty, and the audience of each performance is sometimes less than 1, which is less than the number of actors. In 2, Degang Guo met Yu Qian, a good partner of his life. The two of them partnered for the first time and performed the cross talk "Tie the Doll" in the open square in the suburbs of Beijing.

In the history of Degang Guo's fame, there are two famous people, one of whom is Yu Qian, whose family is well-off, and the typhoon is calm and natural, and his acrobatic skills are excellent, which complement each other with Degang Guo's playful tricks. Most of the time, Degang Guo's burden was caused by Qian's "praise", and the audience generally reflected that "only Yu Qian can hold Degang Guo".

Another noble person is his current wife, Wang Hui. She not only eloped with Degang Guo for love despite her parents' opposition, but also has always been a loyal fan of Degang Guo. In order to support her boyfriend's career, she gave up her career, studied cross talk with him, and even sold her family property and car for him.

With the support of Wang Hui and Yu Qian, Degang Guo's crosstalk career has gradually improved. In 23, the Beijing Crosstalk Conference was officially renamed Deyun Society. In 24, Kang Dapeng, the host of Happy Teahouse on Beijing People's Broadcasting Station's Literature and Art Channel, discovered Degang Guo and his Deyun Society. After the audio of their cross talk was broadcast on Beijing Literature and Art Broadcasting, it caused a sensation throughout Beijing.

In just a few months, Degang Guo and his Deyun Society became completely popular. By October 24, the tickets of Deyun Society could not be bought by the general audience, and they were all controlled by the scalper. At the same time, the cross talk audio of Deyun Society also spread all over the country through the Internet.

After nearly 1 years' experience in Beijing, Degang Guo has finally become a master of phonology and has his own fan group "Wire". Today, with the gradual decline of cross talk industry, Degang Guo and his Deyun Society have sprung up as the only miracle in the cross talk industry.

Zhou Libo, who is six years older than Degang Guo, was born in Huangpu District, Shanghai on April 22, 1967. His ancestral home is zhenhai district, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. Zhou Libo has a talent for funny acting since he was a child, which makes him stand out among children of his age. In 1981, Zhou Libo, who was only 14 years old, stood out among 2,8 applicants and was accepted by Yan Shunkai, a teacher of Shanghai Funny Troupe.

Shanghai in the 198s was the most prosperous time, and comic performances were very popular. The unique environment and his own talent made Zhou Libo famous very early. He began to perform at the age of 18, and soon became popular in Shanghai. He was once known as a young comedian with Qian Cheng.

However, fate doesn't seem to want Zhou Libo to be too smooth. In 199, shortly after he became famous, Zhou Libo fell in love with Zhang Jie, who was six years older than him and was married at that time. Because the woman's parents strongly opposed this marriage, Zhou Libo, who was only 23 years old, accidentally injured Zhang Jie's father in the dispute, resulting in his eye injury and was sentenced to 25 days in prison and forced to leave the stage.

After this misunderstanding and twists and turns, Zhang Jie married him under great pressure, and his father-in-law shook hands with him, but since then he has been unable to perform on stage. In these years, Zhou Libo has been overseas, through business and abroad, but he has always been concerned about performing arts.

The life accumulation and social experience of doing business and going abroad have also accumulated rich performing materials and new artistic breakthroughs for Zhou Libo. He has been looking for opportunities to focus on the new stage. In December, 26, after 16 years' silence, with the encouragement of Wang Rugang, Yan Shunkai and friends Guan Dongtian and Sun Xuchun, Zhou Libo finally made a comeback performance at Anfu Road Drama Salon.

At the end of 28, Shanghai-style Qing Kou's Thirty Years of Laughing and Talking, written by Zhou Libo, caused a strong sensation in Shanghai. It was hard to get a ticket, and it became more and more popular from more than 2 theater salons to more than 6 Lanxin Grand Theatre, and then from more than 9 Shaw Stage to more than 1,3 Meiqi Grand Theatre today. Then, his works "Laughing and Talking about Shanghai" and "I'm crazy about money" also quickly became popular all over the country.

As the founder of Shanghai Style Qingkou, Zhou Libo wore a small part, a proper suit, and a few bottles of mineral water. One person, one mouth and a reminder clip supported a performance. In his performance, there are both traditional gimmicks and fashion jokes; There are talk shows, talent shows and SMS interactions. He often integrates his life feelings into talk shows, and a few words can amuse the audience.

In 29, Zhou Libo began to enter the TV industry, and cooperated with Phoenix Satellite TV to create a TV talk show "One Week Libo Show", which was named as the most influential person in Asia by CNN. Zhou Libo's peak moment should be regarded as New Year's Eve in 211. "A Week of Libo Show One's Spring Festival Evening" was broadcast on Oriental TV for five and a half hours. Zhou Libo talked about people's livelihood with Shanghai style, and the ratings of that day were second only to CCTV Spring Festival Evening, which created the myth of personal talk show.

But the good times didn't last long. From here on, Zhou Libo's career and life began to decline. Although, in 212, Zhou Libo joined Zhejiang Satellite TV as the creative director and served as the "Dream Ambassador" of the "Chinese Dream Show" program. In 213, I worked with Li Yong as the host of CCTV's Dance Out of My Life, but the scenery is no longer there.

First of all, his married life. In 212, Zhou Libo divorced Zhang Jie, who had been suffering from the same hardships, and soon married Hu Jie, a "rich woman". His ex-wife Zhang Jie even revealed that Zhou Libo had a four-year history of drug abuse in Weibo because of a dispute over compensation, and during Zhang Jie's hospitalization, he hooked up with Hu Jie and forced Zhang Jie to sign a divorce agreement.

Secondly, he broke with "benefactor" Guan Dongtian. It can be said that Zhou Libo's rapid popularity is inseparable from Guan Dongtian, and after his popularity, Zhou Libo also has great respect for this eldest brother. However, after 21, news of their disharmony began to spread, and the two even broke up openly in media interviews. Zhou Libo even boasted that "the grace of soaking rice can't always be returned with abalone", which caused an uproar.

At 12: 7 am on January 19, 217, American police stopped Zhou Libo's car in Leitington and found a colt mustang pistol and two bags of crack cocaine in the back seat. The police immediately arrested Zhou Libo and another man in the car, Tang Shuang. After Zhou Libo was arrested, his current wife, Hu Jie, immediately posted bail to the police and released Zhou Libo on bail.

However, because of the great influence of drug abuse and Zhou Libo's usually negative news, he didn't accumulate a good reputation, so the wall fell down and everyone pushed him. After his accident, the whole network cheered. Zhou Libo is no longer able to whitewash himself, and his status has dropped again and again. Until now, the Shanghai style has basically disappeared.

When Zhou Libo's remarks came out, they immediately caused an uproar, not only offending Degang Guo and his tightrope workers, but also offending all northerners, satirizing not only the habit of eating garlic in northerners, but also the northern culture, and provoking the already controversial differences in customs between the north and the south.

Later, the media asked Degang Guo about Zhou Libo's "coffee garlic theory", and Degang Guo himself never responded to this matter. But not responding doesn't mean not having an attitude. Later, in Degang Guo's new work "You Want to be Elegant" in the "2th Anniversary Series of Performing Arts in Degang Guo", one paragraph of "Elegance and Vulgarity" was considered as a public response to Zhou Libo's "Coffee and Garlic":

Degang Guo also said in an interview: "The elegance and vulgarity of the world can't be judged from the external form, elegance and vulgarity are inseparable, and drinking coffee means garlic. I can smell scum when many elegant people wear perfume. "

At this point, the feud between the two men began, and they were almost at loggerheads. They openly challenged each other in various media interviews, and the media were happy to fan the flames, further aggravating their contradictions and opposites. Until Zhou Libo was arrested in the United States and gradually retired, the situation of "Degang Guo in the north and Zhou Libo in the south" was completely monopolized by Degang Guo, and the feud was over.

Although the saying goes that the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy, many things can't be judged by the final result, we can still see the reason why Zhou Libo finally fell out of power by comparing the history of their fame and the beginning and end of this feud:

Zhou Libo became famous at the age of 18, but was sentenced to quit the stage at the age of 23 because of accidental injury. The prosperity after his comeback is only because he seized a good opportunity and his personal talent in language. However, the artistic form of Shanghai Style Clearing Mouth itself is relatively simple, lacking variability and performance, and the performance with the nature of current affairs commentary is difficult to exist as a mature artistic form for a long time.

Zhou Libo, as its founder, did not continue to study the development and changes of Shanghai-style Qingkou after he became famous. Instead, he was intoxicated with his brilliant achievements and was keen to participate in various variety activities, so that Shanghai-style Qingkou did not keep pace with the development of the times, and it was only a matter of time before he was abandoned by the public.

Degang Guo, on the other hand, has been groping in Beijing since he was 15 years old. When he was down and out, his wife and children were really separated. He didn't become famous until he was 31 years old, but even in the most difficult times, he never gave up studying cross talk and practicing basic skills day after day.

After he became famous, he didn't persist in exposing the media in exchange for popularity, but managed his Deyun Society wholeheartedly, trained new people, constantly injected fresh blood and varied art forms into his cross talk, and kept up with the pace of the times and the changes of audience's tastes at all times. Only in this way can the cross talk industry become increasingly depressed today, and the Deyun Society in Degang Guo still sprang up and even affected the whole world.

Degang Guo's famous history is full of hardships. When he first came to Beijing, he could hardly stand on his feet because no one took him in. Later, after the establishment of Deyun Society, he became famous after learning from Hou Yaowen. Therefore, Degang Guo was very grateful to his teacher Hou Yaowen, and after Hou Yaowen's death, he bravely supported his daughter Hou Zan and paid the debts for his master.

In family life, Degang Guo and his current wife are also model couples who support each other through thick and thin. Degang Guo, who rarely shows love in front of others, sends a message to wish his wife a happy birthday every year in Weibo. Although Degang Guo has been in constant trouble since he became famous, his friends around him, such as Wang Xiaofei, Morphy, Xiaogang Feng, Huang Jianxiang and Pan Changjiang, have highly praised him.

On the other hand, after Zhou Libo was arrested in the United States, the reason why he was applauded in an all-round way and pushed down by the masses was because his moral quality and his behavior and methods of dealing with people were too criticized.

On the moral level, Zhou Libo has been in prison, which means he has a criminal record in law. When he divorced his ex-wife, he was exposed to drugs. Although there was no real evidence, his image plummeted. But even this kind of bad influence failed to make him think about what he had done, and to some extent, otherwise he would not have gone abroad to commit crimes again.

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