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Entertainment has no boundaries
Entertainment has no boundaries
First, the originator of Shanghai style Qingkou people send "laymen to see the excitement"
As a member of the Shanghai Repertory Theatre, Zhou Libo has shown an extraordinary talent for language since he was a child. He is good at on-the-spot reactions, witty and humorous, and is especially good at imitating a variety of vivid voice tones. On stage, he can change his face in an instant, from a little old man to a little girl, from an aunt to a young man, flowing smoothly and with a variety of voices, winning the applause of the audience.
With this unique acting talent, Zhou Libo quickly became a popular student at the Shanghai Repertory Theatre. In 1989, he pioneered the new form of cross talk performance "Shanghai Style Qingkou" in the troupe, which perfectly combined the local language of Shanghai with the elements of Xiyan, which became all the rage. People affectionately call him "the originator of Shanghai style Qingkou".
In the following years, Zhou Libo's fame grew like a snowball. Shanghai hailed him as "the brightest pearl in the crown of drama". In 1994, he simply flew solo and became a solo artist, famous in Shanghai and even East China, known as the "Shanghai Rap King".
With his sharp language skills and comedy talent, Zhou Libo began to enter the country. From hosting personal shows to major galas, and then to the TV stage, his acting career can be described as thriving. Especially when the program "Weekly Libo Show" hosted by him won huge ratings across the country, Zhou Libo became a well-known top comedy star in one fell swoop.
At that time, Zhou Libo brought his family and returned the beads, enjoying the pinnacle achievements of his career and the fame of all eyes. No one would have imagined that this king, known as the "master of the comic world in Jiangsu and Zhejiang" and with a high reputation among his peers, would eventually fall into the situation he is in today.
Second, the star journey is bumpy, and the wife is separated
Until 2005, Zhou Libo's career was still booming. But this year was the beginning of a turning point in his life. The first is that there are constant family conflicts. The relationship with his first wife Zhang Jie has almost completely broken down, and the two often quarrel, which eventually led to an agreed divorce.
Zhou Libo believes that Zhang Jie is vicious and lacks maternal love, and is not suitable to continue to be his son's mother. In contrast, he found warmth and solace in his new love, Hu Jie. Hu Jie's meticulous care of Zhou Libo made this Xiyan master, who was over half a hundred years old, rely on her quite much.
So in 2006, after Zhou Libo and Zhang Jie divorced, they quickly married Hu Jie, who was 30 years younger than him, as a loving couple. However, this marriage with a huge age gap is also destined to not last.
3. Moral Slippage The true character of people
Just during Zhou Libo's newlywed honeymoon period, a surprising thing happened. On the eve of the Spring Festival in 2007, Zhou Libo got drunk in a high-end club in Shanghai. He was drinking with some old friends, and at first glance his assistant reported that his father-in-law had come to the clubhouse to see him.
Father-in-law? See what he does? Although Zhou Libo has divorced Zhang Jie, his relationship with his father-in-law is not good. This old man from a retired worker's family has always had a grudge against Zhou Libo, a son-in-law who eats by mouth, and has belittled his profession several times in private, which made Zhou Libo sulk.
Seeing his father-in-law suddenly break into the club that day, Zhou Libo got drunk, poured a handful of oil on the fire, and finally vented all the grievances in his heart.
"What are you here to do? Zhang Jie has cut off relations with you, we are divorced, what are you still caring about me?" Zhou Libo scolded. Then he actually beat his father-in-law and beat the old man in his seventies and eighties.
This scene attracted the attention of others in the club and stopped it, but Zhou Libo was already unforgivable. The next day, this family scandal spread in the circle. Zhou Libo, as a well-known artist, openly beat his in-laws, which is simply speechless.
This incident seriously damaged Zhou Libo's public image. Although he publicly apologized afterwards, the voices of public condemnation have risen one after another. Some people pointed out that he was of poor character and morals.
The aftermath of the incident did not subside. In 2008, in order to seek justice for her ex-husband, Zhang Jie publicly disclosed an astonishing inside story: for many years, Zhou Libo relied on her income to pay off debts and used her to repay millions of her debts.
For a while, the artist industry was completely disappointed in this former comedy king. Zhou Libo's character and professional ethics have been questioned and spurned. Public opinion was in an uproar, and his reputation in the industry was almost completely lost. But this is just the beginning, and more eye-popping is yet to come.
Fourth, arrogance and blasphemy culture
Zhou Libo, who is gradually declining, does not seem to know this. On the contrary, as he grew older, he gradually became arrogant and empty-sighted.
In 2009, Zhou Libo publicly belittled the famous cross talk actor Guo Degang in an interview, causing controversy. He not only ridiculed Guo Degang's jerky language, but also boasted to himself, "I am the predecessor of Little Shenyang".
This extremely conceited remark caused strong discontent in the circle. Although Guo Degang's language is relatively blunt, the core of his cross talk is very thick, representing the essence of traditional culture. Zhou Libo lacks basic respect for this.
In the following years, Zhou Libo's arrogant behavior was repeatedly staged in the entertainment industry. In 2015, he forced a female guest to admit that he was her father in the form of "moral kidnapping" on a talent show, and was scolded by many viewers.
In 2016, he once again belittled the Spring Festival Gala, a traditional Chinese cultural festival, in an interview, and boasted that "there is no cow in the Spring Festival Gala". In just a few years, the former king of comedy has completely lost himself and has become an arrogant and empty-eyed "out-of-fashion artist".
As his career became more and more declining, Zhou Libo's life gradually fell into decadence. In 2017, it was even reported that he was arrested in the United States - possession of guns, drug use, and completely became a prisoner.
In the following years, Zhou Libo, the former top star, has basically become a taboo in the film and television industry in China. No matter what he does, it will be difficult for him to regain his former glory. Facts have proved that this "point of no return" is a foregone conclusion.
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Looking at Zhou Libo's entire life trajectory, he has long been doomed to failure. At the beginning, he was just a small person from the grassroots who chased fame and fortune on the comedy stage with his ability. As his fame grew, Zhou Libo began to lose himself, become arrogant, and leave his moral bottom line and conduct behind.
Not only did he repeatedly do evil in his career, but he also behaved immorally in family life: he beat his in-laws, abandoned his wife and children, and even used his young lover to escape debts. These dirty deeds were exposed one by one, making him almost unpopular in the circle.
The most disappointing thing is that Zhou Libo never seems to have a basic respect for the essence of Chinese culture. He not only ridiculed fellow artists, but also belittled traditional cultural festivals like the Spring Festival Gala many times. It is really sad and ridiculous that a clown who is from the bottom and eats with "lip service" is so disrespectful and open-mouthed.
As the saying goes, "if you work hard, you will bring disaster in vain". Zhou Libo was eventually imprisoned for serious violations such as drug abuse and gun possession, and plummeted from the peak of his life. Now even if he reappears, he is no longer interested in the circle, and he is doomed to a tragic end of "collapse".
This once glamorous comedy star can now only become an excellent negative teaching material. His fall once again confirms the eternal truth that no matter who you are or how high your status is, as long as you deviate from the most basic moral integrity, you are doomed to pay a price. Only by maintaining the basic bottom line of being a human being can we truly gain a foothold in this society.