In 1962, Fan Wei was born in Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, in an ordinary working family. With three children in the family, it has brought a heavy burden to the parents, and neither Fan Wei nor his sister and brother have much education.
However, Fan Wei's parents found out that Fan Wei had a strong interest in cross talk since he was a child, so when he was 16 years old, they put in a lot of hard work and finally sent him to the door of Shenyang cross talk performance artist Chen Lianzhong.
Despite his poor family, Fan Wei's enthusiasm for learning the art of cross talk has never diminished. Like an old scalper with endurance, he worked diligently day and night to learn performance skills from Chen Lianzhong's master and apprentice, and was finally admitted to the Shenyang Quyi Troupe.
Since then, he has kept in mind the teaching that his parents often admonished him that "children from poor families should be in charge of the house early", and he is full of desire for the ideal of getting ahead.
During his days in the Quyi Troupe, Fan Wei studied art very hard and created a number of excellent sketches, and won some well-known newcomer awards.
Although these awards were not lofty at the time, they made Fan Wei famous in the circle, laid the foundation for his future success, and more importantly, it was because of the achievements at this stage that he met the person who changed his life - Zhao Benshan.
During this period, in another ordinary worker's family in Shenyang, a young man named Zhao Benshan was born. Zhao Benshan's family background is mediocre, and he has lacked discipline since he was a child, but when he learned acting skills from his second uncle, he showed excellent acting talent.
In 1982, he became an overnight fame with his outstanding performance in "Wrestling the Three Strings", and his role as a blind man was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, making him a household name.
Fan Wei and Zhao Benshan were both exceptionally good in their rookie years, but they didn't work together at the time. They each fight for their ideals and work hard for their careers. However, not long after, Zhao Benshan met the noble person in his life - Teacher Jiang Kun.
Jiang Kun was impressed by his simple comedy talent when he saw Zhao Benshan's performance for the first time, and enthusiastically recommended him to China Central Radio and Television.
In just two years, Zhao Benshan is as energetic as a chicken, and he has performed thousands of performances in a row. With this tenacious and unyielding spirit, in 1989, Zhao Benshan finally made a major breakthrough, he appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala of Liaoning TV Station, and became a household name overnight.
At this moment, the life tracks of Fan Wei and Zhao Benshan are about to intersect......
In 1990, Zhao Benshan planned to rehearse a new sketch "Tax Yuan" with the well-known sketch actor Gao Xiumin. However, an actor is needed to co-star in the script, but Zhao Benshan has no way.
At this moment, he remembered Fan Wei, whom he met in Shenyang, so he took the initiative to call him: "Is it Fan Wei?" I'm Zhao Benshan, I have a role here, I think it's very suitable for you......."
Fan Wei received a call from Zhao Benshan and instantly felt overjoyed, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! He is worried that there is no stage to show his skills, and Zhao Benshan's invitation is undoubtedly a gift from God.
So, Fan Wei agreed without hesitation.
In this way, Zhao Benshan, Gao Xiumin and Fan Wei teamed up for the first time and began to shoot "Tax Yuan". Zhao Benshan created a humorous, simple and simple local image in the performance; Gao Xiumin has become a fashionable urban, delicate and intellectual white-collar worker; And Fan Wei played the role of an honest, amiable and amiable peacemaker.
The three of them cooperated tacitly and cooperated seamlessly, and bursts of cheers and applause continued to be heard at the scene.
In the more than ten years since then, the duo of Zhao Benshan and Fan Wei have appeared at some important galas almost every year, and their sketches have also appeared on important stages such as the Spring Festival Gala one after another, bringing unforgettable wonderful moments to the audience.
For example, in the sketch "Selling Abduction", Fan Wei played a simple, honest farmer, but was ruthlessly deceived by the cunning squire played by Zhao Benshan; In the second year, he wanted to learn to be smart, but he fell into Zhao Benshan's new trap again and was deceived embarrassed.
The two talked to each other on stage, sometimes you came and went, sometimes they flirted and scolded, and those classic quotations have been widely circulated so far, making countless audiences unforgettable for life.
In Zhao Benshan's sketches, Fan Wei abandoned his previous elegant and gentle image, and instead created a simple and unpretentious, typical image of the people, which was deeply sought after and loved by the audience.
Success and fame seem to be within reach, and dreams no longer seem to be out of reach, however, at this time, a sudden change turns everything upside down.
Just when the cooperation between Zhao Benshan and Fan Wei was in full swing, suddenly an incident happened that completely changed the trajectory of their fate. Fan Wei began to gradually leave Zhao Benshan's side, reducing the opportunity to perform on the same stage, which made the outside world speculate - what happened between the two? .
Fan Wei's departure sparked various speculations in the entertainment industry, and rumors spread for a while. Some people say that it was because Fan Wei wanted to steal the show too much and wanted to be in the limelight, which angered the teacher Zhao Benshan who led him to his debut.
Some people also say that Zhao Benshan is jealous of Fan Wei's limelight, and the little family is angry and unwilling to cooperate anymore; Some people also broke the news that it was because Zhao Benshan was too stingy when distributing the remuneration that Fan Wei couldn't bear it and chose to leave.
For the latter, insider He Qingkui broke the news of a surprising thing. Once Zhao Benshan, Fan Wei and Gao Xiumin did 7 performances together, and Zhao Benshan received a total of 420,000 yuan in remuneration, but only gave Fan Wei 7,000 yuan.
Gao Xiumin, who was on the side at the time, saw it in his eyes, frowned and persuaded Zhao Benshan to give more, but he didn't expect Zhao Benshan to respond confidently: "He was brought out by me, don't talk about making money with me, you want to make money somewhere else."
Gao Xiumin was very dissatisfied after listening to Zhao Benshan's words, so he told Zhao Benshan that he had given Fan Wei 15,000 yuan. But he didn't expect Zhao Benshan's reaction to be even stronger, his face was gloomy, obviously feeling jealousy and anger, he immediately accused Gao Xiumin: "You give so much, how can I give it in the future?" ”。
He Qingkui's revelations undoubtedly put Zhao Benshan on the cusp of public opinion. Although he brought out Fan Wei, Zhao Benshan's remuneration for him was indeed too meager, which aroused strong dissatisfaction and doubts from the public.
However, in fact, Fan Wei did not leave Zhao Benshan because of money, according to Fan Wei's own explanation, his departure was more influenced by his wife Yang Baoling.
Fan Wei's wife's constant chatter day and night made him decide to leave Shenyang and go to Beijing to develop. At this time, Zhao Benshan was extremely reluctant, he didn't want to lose this "apprentice" he had cultivated single-handedly.
In his opinion, Fan Wei is "stiff wings and want to fly solo", therefore, the master and apprentice had a conflict, and the relationship fell into coldness for a while.
The two went from having nothing to talk about to having nothing to say, and their relationship changed from an intimate partnership to a strange relationship, as if they were stuck in a frozen period like a Cold War.