What did Li Yugang do at the beginning? Why did he get angry with Mei Lanfang's descendants?

I think this question should be "Why did Li Yugang make Mei Lanfang's descendants angry?" The word "angry" is somewhat ambiguous. Li Yugang angrily denounced Mr. Mei Baojiu, a descendant of Mei Lanfang. This story is a bit long. In short, touching porcelain comes first, and the attitude is not sincere.

Mr. Mei Baojiu has made great achievements in Peking Opera. At that time, the old man was already an old man, and ordinary things would not bother him. However, when Li Yu just became famous, fans, relatives and friends who supported him hung up slogans such as "Mei Lanfang before, Li Yugang after". After learning about it, Mr. Mei Baojiu found that Li Yugang is a singer who sings pop songs, not a person who specializes in Peking Opera. Such contrast and inexplicable "inheritance" will naturally make Mr. Mei unhappy.

The only connection between Li Yugang and Beijing Opera is probably that a little Beijing Opera singing is added to popular songs. The popularity of Beijing opera is indeed not as good as before, but traditional culture is traditional culture, the essence is still there, and the character is still there. A singer of pop songs came to Beijing Opera to rub the heat, and his slogan was similar to flaunting himself with Mei Lanfang's fame. If you don't let others know in advance, no one will be happy (of course no one will agree).

The cause is probably such a cause, but what makes Mr. Mei Baojiu even more angry is Li Yugang's sentence, "On behalf of the profound Mei school art, I would like to show it to the national audience ..."

This should be a big party. Li Yugang has always said that he hopes to have the opportunity to personally explain to Mr. Mei Baojiu that he has absolutely no intention of offending Peking Opera, but only uses another way to make Peking Opera known to everyone. But at the party, I didn't know whether I was really nervous or intentional. I actually said something like "I represent Mei School art". You can imagine the anger of the old man in Mei Baojiu. He left on the spot and they never met again. Until the death of Mr. Mei, Li Yugang should have never really apologized in person.

The story is something like this. Later, in many public occasions, Li Yugang will sincerely express his apology, but whether this apology is sincere or just an apology to the audience depends on what you think.