In 2000, a night show in the northeast, a funny thing happened -
A 20-year-old actor on the stage was performing hard, but the audience began to order wine, and bottle after bottle was sent to the stage, which means "tipping" the actor.
Say it is a "tip", do not drink it, otherwise something may happen.
The actor drank 7 bottles in a row, really can't drink anymore, but the stage still keeps coaxing beer, helplessly he laughed and quipped: "Which big brother sent this?" Whoever gives me another wine and lets me drink it will throw a hundred dollars. ”
Unexpectedly, the audience listened, but it was more energetic, and the "big brother" who ordered the wine took out a thick pile of hundred-dollar bills directly from his pocket and fell in front of the actor, staring at him with his eyes hooked.
The actor had to quickly find a remedy: "Brother, I made a joke, the money was taken back." ”
If you don't make jokes, you have to keep drinking.
That night, the actor drank more than 20 bottles in one breath, drank too much, went to the toilet to vomit, and then drank after vomiting.
Later, this actor became famous overnight through the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and he was Zhao Benshan's 25th apprentice: Xiao Shenyang.
At the same time, at a cultural festival in a county town in the northeast, the crowds were crowded, and a two-person comedy was being performed on the stage.
A costumed beauty stepped onto the stage, and she looked forward to her posture and sang a song to win the full house.
Then a small black skinny man appeared and flirted with this beautiful woman with vulgar words.
The beauty was very angry, and picked up the little black thin man like a little chicken cub, and the little black thin man left the ground with his feet off the ground and made an innocent expression, and the audience immediately broke out into thunderous laughter.
Many years later, this little black skinny man was "a household name", and he was Zhao Benshan's 32nd apprentice: Song Xiaobao.
Song Xiaobao and Xiao Shenyang have too much in common.
They are all born in 1981, all of them dropped out of school early to break into society, they are all two-person actors, they are all Zhao Benshan's beloved disciples, and they all became popular through the Spring Festival Gala. (Remarks: Song Xiaobao for the Liaoshi Spring Festival Gala)
However, after becoming famous, more than ten years have passed, and now Xiao Shenyang has fallen to the ground, with no drama to film, and in the variety show, selling miserable vomit "bitter water".
On the other hand, Song Xiaobao filmed his directorial debut "Diary of a Fortune", a large number of stars in the circle came to help, and also declared to the outside world that "I am serious about being a director", and his career is getting more and more prosperous.
The two completely different fates now, in Pi Ge's view, are actually not strange, because this result has long been written on the day of "worshiping the master".
First, external reasons
Song Xiaobao and Xiao Shenyang "worship the master" are hidden behind the mystery
1. Differences in the way of fame
The growth trajectory of the two people looks similar on the surface, but careful analysis shows that it is diametrically opposed.
Let's first look at the small Shenyang that fires first.
Xiao Shenyang dropped out of school at the age of 13, he first followed his mother everywhere to sing the duo, and then entered the Tieling Folk Art Troupe to study, and also got the help of Yan Xuejing's husband Lin Yue.
At the age of 19, Xiao Shenyang met his current wife Shen Chunyang, the two of them were in love with each other, and although Xiao Shenyang suffered a lot along the way, it was generally smooth.
When Xiao Shenyang met Zhao Benshan in 2006, he was already a "horn" on the stage of the two people, and he and Benshan were ostensibly a master-apprentice relationship, but in fact it was more like a cooperative relationship.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2006, Benshan began to take him to participate in various performances, before the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2009, he had already attended the Tianjin Spring Festival Gala, and also participated in "Country Love 2", participated in the 2008 CCTV Spring Festival Gala program selection, it can be said that Zhao Benshan did his best to make him fire.
After the performance of "Not Bad Money", Xiao Shenyang became the most profitable young artist in that period, and the limelight was directly approached by Master Zhao Benshan, and he also starred in Zhang Yimou's film.
Let's look at Song Xiaobao's fame process.
Song Xiaobao also dropped out of junior high school, but he was not so lucky to get guidance from a senior person.
He went to the hotel as a dishwasher, lived in a small hotel for 3 yuan a day, the salary was only 320 yuan a month, and as a result, at the end of the month, the boss only gave him 200 yuan, and he could only bear to accept it.
Song Xiaobao's learning to turn between the two is also a coincidence.
When he was 19 years old, the two transferred the crew to perform in their county, Song Xiaobao ran to the stage to dance with the actors, and the actor Jiao Xiaolong saw that he was a malleable talent and accepted him as an apprentice, and he embarked on the road of the duo to perform.
After becoming a two-person actor, Song Xiaobao is not a role, or by practicing himself to play a clown to get applause, in 2007, when he became Zhao Benshan's apprentice, Xiao Shenyang of the same age had already followed his master in and out of major TV stations to perform, and also showed his face on TV, and Song Xiaobao had no sense of existence.
After Xiao Shenyang was on fire, Zhao Benshan next wanted to win the red wang Xiaoli.
In the 2010 Spring Festival Gala, he took Wang Xiaoli to perform the sketch "Donation" at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, and also used Xiao Shenyang as a supporting role, and although Wang Xiaoli also became famous, he was unable to replicate the miracle of Xiao Shenyang because of his age and appearance.
In 2011, Song Xiaobao, who had survived for 4 years, finally waited for the opportunity, and Zhao Benshan took him to the Liaoning Spring Festival Gala together to perform the sketch "Blind Date".
The local station is naturally no better than CCTV, but he still seized the opportunity to leave a deep impression on the audience with humorous lines, although the influence is far less than Xiao Shenyang's "Not Bad Money", but it can also be regarded as a hall of elegance.
A year later, Song Xiaobao finally waited for the highlight moment of his life like his brother Xiao Shenyang- the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in the Year of the Dragon, and Master wanted to take him to perform together.
In the second rehearsal scene with makeup in the CCTV No. 1 Studio Hall, Zhao Benshan and Song Xiaobao and other actors participated in the scene appeared, and the name of the sketch was not exposed, but the story should tell a misunderstanding caused by a good person and a good deed, and the baggage of Song Xiaobao's on-site performance was also very sufficient.
Perhaps it was Song Xiaobao's bad luck, this year's old Zhao's sketch "broke the sky" and was killed, on the grounds that it was "not suitable for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala stage".
Therefore, this year's CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Old Zhao did not appear, and the glory of the 22nd time could not continue to be staged.
However, this year, Old Zhao still took Song Xiaobao to the Liaoning Spring Festival Gala again to perform the sequel "Blind Date 2", and Song Xiaobao's comedic characteristics were completely established. After the Spring Festival Gala, he also starred in the TV series "The 22nd Marriage Rule" with his sister Huang Shengyi.
In 2013, Song Xiaobao re-performed the sketch "The First Snow", which was killed by CCTV a year ago, at the Liaoning Spring Festival Gala, but Zhao Benshan's role was replaced by Wang Xiaoli.
This year, Song Xiaobao also participated in the Spring Festival Gala of Jiangsu Satellite TV with his master Zhao Benshan, performed the sketch "Rich", and played a thief who was "forced to steal money", full of jokes, and Song Xiaobao's fame was further strengthened.
In 2015, in the first season of "Happy Comedians", Xiao Shenyang and Song Xiaobao cooperated on the stage, but after a few episodes, Xiao Shenyang withdrew from the competition on the grounds of scheduling conflicts.
Song Xiaobao singled out the beam of Zhao Jiaban, and the outside world began to rumor that the two had a brother dispute, and finally Song Xiaobao lost to Shen Teng in the "comedian", although he did not soar to the sky, but also steadily stepped onto a new level.
In 2016, Song Xiaobao performed the sketch "Eating Noodles" at the Spring Festival Gala in Liaoning, and the clip of him eating horseradish made everyone lean forward and backward, Song Xiaobao was completely on fire, and the following year he received nearly 20 variety shows, and it was rumored that his daily salary was as high as 800,000.
Since then, he has performed sketches every year at the Spring Festival Gala, plus resident comedy variety shows, and has gradually become an actor that the audience is familiar with and loves.
When we compare, we find the difference between the two people.
The red of Xiao Shenyang can be described as "one step at a time".
In 2009, Chinese New Year's Eve night soared, then the peak fell, and he was still stuck in 2009's "Not Bad Money".
In contrast, Song Xiaobao's fire is "small fire slow stew".
After experiencing ups and downs, each step is steady and steady, and he has many impressive golden sentences, such as "Haiyan, you can grow snacks", such as "Rain and dew are evenly stained", and then "Look at your damaged color".
Leaving aside his acting style, these northeastern-style sentences are scattered throughout his performances over the years, which is enough to prove that his peak period is longer.
2. The difference in the way teachers and apprentices get along
There is also a big difference between Xiao Shenyang and Song Xiaobao's way of getting along with master Zhao Benshan.
Xiao Shenyang was Zhao Benshan's most proud apprentice, but the relationship between the two was not so harmonious.
As early as the Spring Festival Gala in 2010, there was some negative news in Xiao Shenyang.
Subsequently, Zhao Benshan often "knocked" Xiao Shenyang intentionally or unintentionally in an interview: "Don't feel that you are a character, it doesn't matter how big Master is, don't forget when you were coaxed offstage by the audience before." ”
For Xiao Shenyang's performance, Lao Zhao also deliberately made a subtraction: "Xiao Shenyang still lacks cultural heritage, and it is not necessarily a good thing to suddenly become a fire like this." ”
After 2012, Zhao Benshan gradually retreated, the development of Xiao Shenyang also began to move towards a more comprehensive stage, a few years ago people found that Xiao Shenyang changed his social media certification from "Zhao Benshan apprentice" to "artist", Xiao Shenyang then posted that he should not provoke the master-apprentice relationship, and also exploded foul language.
After that, he directed the movie "Raptor Across the River", and Zhao Benshan also attended to cheer up the apprentice, but the clear-eyed people could see that the two masters and apprentices had gradually drifted apart, and there was no cooperation in recent years.
On the other hand, Song Xiaobao may not be Lao Zhao's most proud apprentice, but he is one of the most loyal.
Xiao Shenyang and Wang Xiaoli in front of him had all been through the moth, and only he had been diligently accompanying the master.
Last year, Zhao Benshan and Song Xiaobao also participated in a live network program "Eat Well", and through the video we learned that Song Xiaobao lived in His master's house all year round, and even had a room reserved for him.
The two masters and apprentices were happy and harmonious in the small courtyard of the farmhouse, they made a table of good dishes, sat cross-legged on the kang to eat and drink, just like an ordinary pair of northeast fathers and sons, the affection of the strands could not be pretended.
Later, Song Xiaobao filmed his first film "Diary of Fortune", and Zhao Benshan also ran to the crew to visit the class and personally guided, which envied others.
Lao Zhao's support for the beloved disciple is also sparing no effort, not only personally writing the title of the film, but also sending the apprentices and apprentices to the crew to help, many well-known actors are also rushing to the fame of Lao Zhao to participate, "Fortune Diary" almost brings together half of the comedy circle.
Although Old Zhao is no longer as brilliant as it was then, it is still more than enough to support a Song Xiaobao, and song Xiaobao often follows Old Zhao, and he can absorb and improve himself more every day, which has a technical level and a human life level.
On the other side, although Xiao Shenyang's wings were hardened and he lacked the guidance of Master's experience, the road was getting narrower and narrower, and even a little crooked.
Therefore, from the two people and Zhao Benshan, in essence, Xiao Shenyang learned that it was only the "shelf" of Zhao Benshan's fire, while Song Xiaobao learned to be the "soul" of Zhao Benshan's fire, and took the True Scripture - to be a person before doing art, and naturally have more stamina.
Zhao Benshan's different attitude towards the two apprentices now will naturally subtly affect the future direction of the two.
However, as the saying goes, the master leads into the door, the cultivation depends on the individual, and how far you can really go after becoming famous depends on yourself.
Second, internal reasons
Objectively speaking, xiao Shenyang and Song Xiaobao's performance style is not too elegant, Xiao Shenyang is playing a woman, and Song Xiaobao is squeezing his eyebrows and making eyes.
But the two have different personalities, which lead to different fates.
Xiao Shenyang has a fiery personality and is untamed.
When he filmed "The Surprise of the Three Guns Shooting" that year, he was exposed to friction with Sun Honglei.
Later, when participating in the variety show, he and the host Zhang Dada were frightened in public.
His last outing was at a celebration party in January 2018, when he wanted to amuse everyone with his humor, and as soon as he took the microphone, he deliberately yelled in a somber voice: "Good evening!" ”
The audience looked at each other one by one, and Deng Chao made a frightened expression.
Xiao Shenyang thought he was very humorous, and then said viciously with a dark face: "I scared you to death!" You are all sleepy, don't play with your mobile phone, can't you clap? ”
He wanted to play a cold-faced smiley craftsman, but he didn't expect that in addition to continuing to be cold, the field was more embarrassing.
Xiao Shenyang then began to look for a remedy, but the atmosphere was still sinking to the extreme.
This awkward atmosphere is actually a portrayal of Xiao Shenyang's career.
He has self-esteem, and even some high,000 years later, he stopped playing a woman as a clown after "Not Bad Money", but unfortunately, after leaving his comfort zone, he could no longer make fun of the audience.
He participated in "Happy Comedians" and also directed and acted in "Not Bad Money 2", but many times this attempt is a hot brain, and in the end, only he is embarrassed.
And he has a thin foundation, participated in several seasons, and each time he is hastily withdrawn from the competition after a few episodes, which is disappointing.
Last year, when he participated in the "I Am an Actor Season 3", he announced that he would no longer appear in the sketch in the future, and even criticized the creative routine of "happy head and sad tail" in the sketch, the reason is correct, but Xiao Shenyang himself can't even do a "happy head" in the past ten years, how can you laugh at other people's "sad tail"?
And for these years of his own waste, Xiao Shenyang said lightly, "They all blame me for being too greedy."
Striking hard at others and making promises to himself, Xiao Shenyang's style of doing things also determined his short-lived.
Let's look at Song Xiaobao again.
Song Xiaobao is inferior and sensitive.
Two examples can be proved.
The first is this year's Spring Festival file, Song Xiaobao's "Fortune Diary" cast is very strong, you can go to the theater line, but he finally chose to take the network to release, compared to Jia Ling's courage, he has some inferiority.
Moreover, many sections of "Fortune Diary" are also based on Song Xiaobao's early experience, through this film you can see his inferior inner world, and many things in the film are also very touching, this kind of reflection and calmness is not available in Xiao Shenyang.
The second example is the final of that year's "Happy Comedians", after Song Xiaobao won five consecutive championships with his cheap performance, and was also criticized for his low performance.
Song Xiaobao is also very concerned about other people's opinions.
In one episode, Shen Teng performed Chaplin's mime and won the full hall, and on the final stage, Song Xiaobao seemed to have acted in a mime sketch "Life" in order to prove himself.
For a two-person actor, not speaking performance is almost self-destructive martial arts, but he is using actions to punch the face of the doubter, and in the end, Song Xiaobao still regrets defeat, but wins everyone's respect.
Song Xiaobao's performance is not advanced, but he has self-knowledge, he is using non-advanced performance to amuse the audience, harvest enough audience, and then make a new attempt in a limited space, perhaps can not be as popular as Shen Teng, Jia Ling, but also do step by step, climbing steadily.
In the end, Pi Ge felt that whether Xiao Shenyang continued to perform sketches in the future, he should put down his own purity and do things in a down-to-earth manner, what he lacked was the self-knowledge and calm and humble mentality.
And Song Xiaobao's caution and conservatism have helped him in the past, and the future may bind him, hoping that he can be braver, show a little desperate courage, and his comedy career can go to a higher level in the future.
Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: A Chicken
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