At the Spring Festival Gala in 1996, Zhao Lirong and Gong Hanlin co-performed the sketch "Working Adventure" all over the country.
Among them, the line "court jade liquor, one hundred and eighteen glasses" became a household name overnight.
Zhao Lirong's "Working Adventure"
I just didn't expect that many years later, this funny line would become the key evidence to identify an international spy...
Lines and spies
In 2019, some netizens found a strongly inflammatory article while browsing Weibo.
The author of the article began by claiming to be a "northern Chinese native" and went on to publish many controversial views, many of which provoked confrontation between the north and the south.
Weibo screenshot
This netizen felt that the identity of the author of the article was very suspicious, so he asked a question in the comment area: Please say the next line of "court jade liquor".
As a result, the author of the article, who called himself "a native of northern China", could not answer, and explained that because he was older, he could not understand the question.
This anomaly immediately attracted great attention from netizens, because the sketch "Working Adventure" became popular all over the country more than 20 years ago.
Its line "court jade liquor, one hundred and eighteen glasses" has become a well-known classic, and the elderly are even more familiar with it.
Soon, enthusiastic netizens reported the suspicious person to the relevant departments, and the police immediately launched an investigation after receiving the report.
After investigating and analyzing the netizen's account information, posting time, posting content and other aspects, the police found that the netizen who claimed to be "a northerner of China" was indeed suspicious.
He has not been registered for an account for a long time, and the content of his posts is incitement to certain social events, and the posting time is more concentrated in the early morning hours.
These are typical characteristics of foreign forces when searching for online incitement.
In order to further confirm the true identity of the netizen, the police also sorted out his historical remarks on the Internet.
It turned out that this netizen had made some distorted historical facts in many forums, and its purpose seemed to be to sow dissonance between different groups.
Under the confirmation of various evidence, the police finally locked up the "netizen", which was a foreign spy who had been active on the Internet for a long time.
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The incident quickly caused an uproar online, with people condemning the spy's despicable acts.
At the same time, he also spoke highly of Mr. Zhao Lirong's work, but he did not expect that a well-known line would achieve the great cause of catching spies.
But what many people don't know is that although teacher Zhao Lirong is always very optimistic and open-minded on the stage, bringing us countless laughter, her later life was very hard...
Zhao Lirong's life was a bumpy life
Zhao Lirong, born in Tianjin in 1928, has formed an indissoluble bond with drama since she was a child due to her father's work, and was put on the stage when she was less than 3 years old, officially appeared on stage at the age of 6, and studied opera with a teacher at the age of 12.
In 1945, 17-year-old Zhao Lirong made her debut as a starring actor, so she became a hit, and after the founding of New China, she joined many troupes and starred in many popular classic roles.
However, behind the smooth development of her career is Zhao Lirong's ups and downs in life.
Her married life with her first husband Sheng Qiang was soon shrouded in shadows, and Sheng Qiang unfortunately died, leaving Zhao Lirong slumped.
After some psychological construction, she managed to re-establish the family, but the daughter born to her second husband died of cerebral palsy at the age of 11, and in 1984, her second husband also left her.
These successive grief blows made Zhao Lirong almost collapse.
Fortunately, Zhao Lirong was not crushed by these misfortunes, and on the stage, she always maintained a cheerful and cheerful image, keeping sadness to herself and bringing joy to the audience.
It is precisely because of this professional dedication and dedication to art that Zhao Lirong has created countless popular classic works.
Although she has passed away for many years, those familiar lines can still evoke the memories of the audience, and Zhao Lirong has spent her life highlighting what is called "sunshine on the stage".
This can be seen from the behind-the-scenes work of Teacher Zhao Lirong's late work - "Working Adventure"...
The story behind the scenes of "Working Adventure"
At the Spring Festival Gala in 1996, a sketch called "Working Adventure" came out.
This work tells the story of an old lady from the countryside Zhao Lirong who went to the city to find a job, and while working in a restaurant, the boss taught her the tricks of opening a restaurant, only to find that she was deceived, and the old lady left angrily.
Zhao Lirong, who plays the old lady, has superb acting skills, and her every expression and action is just right, plus dramatic language, which makes the audience hilarious endlessly.
As soon as this sketch was broadcast, it had a huge response among the audience, not only the elderly and children liked it, but also many post-80s and post-90s young people could memorize many of the classic lines.
With the line "court jade liquor, one hundred and eighteen glasses", he reported the capture of a cyber spy in 2019.
In addition, sentences such as "turnip meeting" and "boiled water mixed with two pots" have also become popular buzzwords, which shows the influence of this work across the ages.
However, behind this popular work is the great efforts of the 68-year-old teacher Zhao Lirong.
In order to portray the image of the old lady to life, Teacher Zhao devoted herself to rehearsals day and night, and did not dare to be careless.
Especially at the end of the performance, the director asked her to write down the words "authentic" in front of the camera, which was extremely difficult for her who did not know Chinese characters.
She first asked someone to write the strokes of these words to her, and then found a calligraphy master to guide her, and she practiced hard day and night.
For this short few seconds of footage, she plastered these words all over the walls and tables in her home, constantly imitating the practice.
What is even more admirable is that just before the performance, Teacher Zhao's knee unfortunately suffered a bone crack, and the doctor advised her to recuperate, but in order to present this work in the best condition, she continued to rehearse and participate in the performance despite the pain.
It is Mr. Zhao's dedication and dedication to art that will make this sketch a memory for generations to come.
In addition to "Working Adventures", in the spring evening of 1995, 67-year-old Teacher Zhao also brought the sketch "So Packaged".
During the performance, she made a mistake during a dance move and fell to her knees, but she immediately stood up and continued the performance, without revealing the slightest flaw, and finally completed it perfectly.
In fact, her knees were already red and swollen after she knelt on the ground, you can imagine the weight of the kneeling blow, but she didn't care just to present the best works to the audience.
In 1999, at the age of 71, she also performed the last Spring Festival Gala sketch "Veteran Out of the Horse".
Zhao Lirong has used her life to interpret what is the love and dedication to art, although she has passed away for many years, but that spirit lives on, and her works have become classics known to all ages.
Nowadays, every time she dies, major media will publish articles in memory of this great old artist.
epilogue
Teacher Zhao Lirong's life is full of hardships and brilliance, and she has used her life experience to compose a series of popular works.
She dedicated her life to the stage, so even though Teacher Zhao Lirong has passed away for many years, people still miss her very much.
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