In 2004, amid the opposition, why did Hou insist on accepting the excluded disciples?

On June 23rd, 2007, Degang Guo and Yu Qian participated in a program of Anhui TV Station. Half an hour before the start of the program, I got the news that Master Hou died of a sudden heart attack. He was in great pain. He wants to go back to Beijing immediately to do his filial piety for Master, but he can't leave Anhui TV Station. He choked back his grief and said to the program group, I can watch all other programs, but I beg you not to make me say cross talk. Really can't.

After the recording of the program, he and Yu Qian flew to Beijing, and the past of He Hou came to mind along the way.

In 2003, Degang Guo participated in the National Crosstalk Competition organized by Beijing TV Station, and he showed his elegant demeanor on the stage. As a judge of this contest, Hou praised it again and again on the stage. After the game, Hou specially took his old partner to the small theater to watch the performance. The more I look at it, the more I think it's a talent. He said to Shi Fukuan nearby, "Xiao Shi, look at this child. This cross talk has a great feeling and state on the stage. Listening to his voice, so loud, is really rare! Moreover, the child's Liu Huo (crosstalk terminology, referring to singing skills) is particularly good, and Liu is like everything. What is rare is that he has an accent and a high note. The fly in the ointment is that he is a little short. "

Later, I moved the idea of accepting as a disciple.

It happened that Yu Qian, the partner, was the apprentice of the later partner. After the cross talk competition, and established a real connection. One day, Hou called Yu Qian. He said to Qian, "I have a child here who has studied with me for several years and is going to be an apprentice recently." Will you ask Degang Guo? If they want, they will worship together. "

Degang Guo was ecstatic when he learned that he would accept himself as a disciple. He has suffered too much over the years. He went to Beijing three times to enter the mainstream audio industry, but no unit wanted him, and no crosstalk in the mainstream audio industry was willing to accept him as an apprentice. So that he had to fend for himself, and together with Zhang Wenshun and Jing Li, he founded the "Beijing Crosstalk Conference" to make a living. However, due to the poor management of the Beijing Crosstalk Conference, he couldn't even pay the rent for a while, and his wife Hu Zhonghui divorced him. Later, he married Wang Hui, a famous drummer in Tianjin Jingyun. In order to support the Beijing Crosstalk Conference renamed Deyun Society, Wang Hui sold his car and jewelry to avoid the collapse of Deyun Society.

Although Deyun Society has not closed down, it can only be said that it is "surviving". I didn't make any money and was squeezed out by my peers. But Degang Guo didn't give up. He has always wanted to make a difference in cross talk. When Hou, a cross talk master and vice chairman of the Chinese Quyi Artists Association, proposed to accept him as an apprentice, it was nothing more than great recognition and encouragement for him.

As expected, when the news spread that he was going to be an apprentice, there was a voice of opposition in the cross talk circle. Even Hou's apprentice advised Hou to be careful, but Hou Tairen was kind. He said to the opponents, "He knows much more about traditional cross talk than we do. Our cross talk team should be expanded, United and give children a bowl of rice. "

On June 6, 2004, he officially became Hou's apprentice.

With Hou's protection, fewer people dare to provoke. Hou is also very concerned about this apprentice. He introduced the performance to him, and let the Beijing TV station, which has a good relationship with him, promote Degang Guo. When Deyun Society encountered difficulties, he also took out 50,000 cash to help Degang Guo tide over the difficulties. At that time, I was unwilling to take Hou's hard-earned money. Hou said to him, "Deyun Society is not your own. It is a platform for cross talk artists and audiences to face each other, and it belongs to all cross talk people. We can't let cross talk find us. "

For the performance on the stage, Hou is more strict. On one occasion, Degang Guo's father was ill in hospital, and Degang Guo was out of shape during the performance because he was worried about his father. After stepping down, Hou criticized him: "As an actor, no matter how many setbacks and difficulties there are under the stage, as long as he steps onto the stage, he can only put the audience in his heart. This is the minimum artistic virtue. You remember it for me! " Hou was worried that he didn't understand, and added: "Gangzi, think about it, the audience is the most affectionate." You give them laughter, and they will take you through life. Gangzi can only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach. "

Didn't let Hou down. In 2005, Degang Guo was famous all over the country for his real skills. However, Degang Guo is also in trouble. He "vilified" CCTV host Wang Yang in a cross talk. Wang Yang felt insulted and sued Degang Guo. In the face of Wang Yang's lawsuit, naturally many people want to see jokes, and they want to see how Master Hou will face this problem. But what everyone didn't expect was that Hou loved it so much. When he was a guest on a program, he said that the lawsuit between Wang Yang and Degang Guo, no matter who wins or loses, will enhance Degang Guo's popularity, and said that "Wang Yang himself makes fun of others, don't others care about him?" He said that with Wang Yang's temper, he would not fight Degang Guo, but would fight Li Degang and Zhao Degang in the future.

For me, Hou is definitely "protecting calves." He doesn't want his apprentice to be ruined by some messy things outside. He frankly believed in Degang Guo's artistic morality. He bluntly said: "Anyone who can succeed in his career bit by bit will not be easily proud, because he knows the hardships and difficulties here."

Facing the master who loves him so much, he never thought that their mentoring relationship only lasted for three years, and he never thought that he would die at the age of 59.

Shortly before Hou died, Hou called and said that he was going to stay at his house for one night. Degang Guo was surprised because it had never happened before. He hurried to Hou's home and took him to his own. That night, Hou and Chang talked all night, which was the only long talk between master and apprentice. That night, Hou Xiang told his life experience and admitted that two marriages had hurt him. He experienced many sorrows and grievances in his life. I feel that Master's life is not easy. After being strong, she never shows her inner weakness in front of others.

That night, Hou Xiang told many stories about the phonological circle and discussed with him the future development of Deyun Society. He offered to give lectures to students of Deyun Society. It is also planned to let Hou be the artistic director of the "Lost Traditional Crosstalk Special Session" and "Endangered Songs Special Session" organized by Deyun Society.

But who would have thought that on June 23, heaven and man would be separated forever.

On the day of Hou's memorial service, mourners walked to Hou's body one by one according to the process, put a flower on it and bowed away. When it was Degang Guo's turn, he put the flowers away and looked at the dead master with tears in his eyes. He grasped the coffin with both hands and refused to leave. The staff came forward several times to pull him away.

What Degang Guo didn't expect was that the master had passed away, and someone wanted to hack him. I loved to drink cola sour plum soup before I died, and later I offered a bottle of cola sour plum soup when I worshipped. So some people say, I'm glad Hou "left". Degang Guo did not respond to the outside controversy.

Although Degang Guo didn't want to respond, many people still didn't let him go, and more controversy surrounded him. Because of Hou's sudden death, he bought a villa with a loan of more than 3 million yuan, which is not a small expense for the two daughters of Hou's two ex-wives. Even the bank sued two daughters and real estate developer Hou. Finally, the bank, the real estate developer and Hou's two daughters reached an agreement: return the villa to the developer first, and then repay the loan owed after the sale.

In order to help the host family, Degang Guo bought the villa at a price higher than the market price, and spent nearly 30 million yuan. Hou's two daughters still have a lot of money after paying off the villa loan, and the rest goes to Hou's two daughters.

Degang Guo's behavior at that time let him scold a dog blood spray head. Some people say that he is a fake debt of gratitude and really invests, saying that the villa will increase in value by more than 30 million in the future. Degang Guo still hasn't responded to these unfriendly voices.

It was not until many years later that some media asked him that he had caused himself a lot of trouble in the dispute over Hou's legacy case. Did he ever regret it? Degang Guo said frankly, "I don't regret it. In fact, it is said that it has nothing to do with me, and I will not share my pants in the end. I just think I should tell you what I saw truthfully, so that I can be worthy of Master. As for the consequences and troubles, I don't care I have been used to it for so many years, maybe I am like this. " He once told his friends privately that he did it in return for their kindness. For those who know the inside story, Degang Guo did it out of kindness. He is defending the last dignity of his master.

Even now, Hou has been dead 13 years, and Hou's memorial tablet has been enshrined in the backstage of Deyun Society, with a bottle of coke that Hou likes to drink next to it. 13 years, on the first and fifteenth day of each month, Deyun Society will give incense to Hou, and will also take its disciples to worship collectively when there are large-scale performances.

In order to express the memory of Master Hou, in 20 19, a special performance was held in the North Station Theater to commemorate the 5 th anniversary of following the teacher/KLOC-0. On the day of the performance, he said emotionally: "Many predecessors in the music industry have helped me, all of them are my masters, including the earliest storytellers, Mr. Gao and Mr. Jin, and Mr. Yang who later taught me cross talk, but they have never formally worshipped the teacher. The only person who really kowtowed to the teacher was Mr. Hou on June 18, 2004. "

To me, Hou is "the only noble person" in his life. But he has also become a noble person of countless children, and he has made many poor children rely on cross talk to change their fate. When Yun-peng Yue was excluded from Deyun Society, he insisted on staying in Yun-peng Yue, just as his master told others to give him a bowl of rice, and he told those who wanted to get rid of Yun-peng Yue to give Yun-peng Yue a bowl of rice.

This kind of inheritance is rare and valuable.