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The red rabbit said things
Red Rabbit Says Things
Preamble:
Cross talk, as a traditional art form, has a long history in China.
And when it comes to cross talk, how can you not mention Hou Baolin? This well-known name is almost a household name.
However, behind the aura of this name, there is a story that makes people sigh.
The Hou family, a once dominant cross talk family, how did they get to where they are today?
Born in Kusane, Shiratekike
Hou Baolin was born in 1917 in a poor family in Tianjin.
His parents died early, and he was adopted by a family surnamed Hou at a young age, hence the name "Hou Baolin".
The adoptive parents' family was not wealthy, so Xiao Baolin had to beg for food and pick up rags to supplement the family.
Despite the hardships of life, he has a big dream - to become a cross talk actor.
This dream sustained him through the long and dark years and eventually became his lifelong pursuit.
At the age of 16, Hou Baolin took the famous cross talk artist Zhu Kuoquan as his teacher and began his cross talk career.
At that time, he often performed on flyovers, brothels and other places, accumulating experience bit by bit.
It wasn't until 1940 that he first got a taste of fame and began to perform on the same stage with various masters.
At that moment, he really felt the joy of his dream shining into reality, and at the same time strengthened his determination to continue on this path.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Hou Baolin was hired as a special actor on the radio station with his solid acting skills and extensive mass base.
His cross talk career ushered in its first peak.
At this stage, Hou Baolin has transformed from an unknown street artist to a highly sought-after cross talk celebrity.
He used his own efforts to prove that a person from the grassroots can also break out of the world.
The catastrophe of the Cultural Revolution has started again
In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broke out.
As a celebrity in the music industry, Hou Baolin was naturally not spared and was sent to Jilin to work in the queue.
The turmoil lasted for a full decade, and Hou Baolin's career was interrupted.
In that special era, he faced not only a setback in his career, but also a threat to his life.
But even in dire straits, his love for cross talk has never waned.
Fortunately, there is no endless road.
In 1976, the Cultural Revolution ended, and Hou Baolin returned to the cross talk stage.
His unique performance style and sharp language once again conquered the audience.
It was also during this period that his two sons, Hou Yaowen and Hou Yaohua, began to emerge in the literary and artistic circles.
However, no one thought that these two sons, who inherited the mantle of Hou Baolin, would embark on completely different life paths in the future.
The torch was passed on, and the brothers parted ways
Hou Yaowen has been fond of cross talk since he was a child, and he performed on stage at the age of 12, and later performed around under the stage name of "Little Brother", in order to get out of his father's halo.
With his own efforts, he quickly made a name for himself in the cross talk world.
In 1983, Hou Baolin and Hou Yaowen joined hands on the stage of the first Spring Festival Gala, and the father and son were on the same stage, and they were happy.
This scene has become a classic moment in the history of cross talk, and it also indicates that the Hou family's cross talk will usher in another heyday.
In comparison, Hou Yaohua is much inferior.
He did not start out as an artist, but as a factory worker.
It wasn't until 1988 that he starred in his first movie "The Stubborn Master", which can be regarded as officially entering the showbiz.
Since then, the development has also been tepid, and he has been living in the shadow of his father and younger brother.
Perhaps it is this huge contrast that sows the seeds of brotherly discord in the future.
One is radiant and the other is eclipsed, such a gap is difficult not to make people resentful.
In 1993, the news of the arrest of the well-known singer Xie Dong for drug abuse shocked the entertainment industry.
Surprisingly, it is rumored that Xie Dong is the illegitimate son of the Hou family.
Writer Wang Shuo took the opportunity to publish a public article, questioning the Hou family's refusal to lend a helping hand to Xie Dong in his most difficult time, especially Hou Yaohua.
This incident caused quite a stir at the time.
This revelation undoubtedly cast a shadow on the Hou family and made the relationship between the two brothers even more tense.
One avoided it, the other was filled with righteous indignation, and this turmoil became the last straw that crushed their feelings.
Brothers' walls, inheritance turmoil
In 2007, Hou Yaowen died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 59.
His death not only made the entire cross talk world mourn, but also set off a legacy storm in the Hou family.
In the eyes of outsiders, this should have been a time for the family to unite and tide over the difficulties together, but Hou Yaohua's actions are despicable.
Only half a month after his brother's death, Hou Yaohua transferred all his millions of savings, and also occupied his younger brother's mansion and antique calligraphy and paintings.
Because Hou Yaowen did not leave a will before his death, the distribution of these properties was once in a stalemate.
And Hou Yaohua's approach is tantamount to falling into a well, which not only broke the hearts of his nephews and nieces, but also let the world see his true colors.
In the face of money, he abandoned family affection and morality, and the former "brother" has become a strange and terrifying image.
Wang Shuo spoke out again, scolding Hou Yaohua for being brazen and ingenious, and even put down cruel words: "The Hou family used to ask for food, what kind of wealthy family is Hou Yaohua pretending to be here?" Hou Yaohua avoided talking about these accusations.
In fact, in the eyes of the world, he has changed from an unknown "second child" to an out-and-out "villain".
He used his own behavior to tear up the face of the Hou family with his own hands, and also ruined his future.
Eventually, the estate dispute went to court.
It wasn't until 2010 that the case was settled, but the results were a big surprise.
Hou Yaohua claimed that he was only "temporarily escrowing" Hou Yaowen's property in order to pay off the debts owed by his younger brother during his lifetime, and Hou Yaowen had no balance in his account.
Such rhetoric is not only difficult to convince the public, but also makes people question his character greatly.
How can a man who can betray even his closest relatives expect him to have any affection for others?
Deyun rises, and the Hou family declines
Hou Yaowen's proud disciple Guo Degang publicly questioned Hou Yaohua's claims.
He said that the gift money and calligraphy and paintings he gave to Master alone were worth more than 600,000 yuan, but now they are gone.
But Hou Yaohua still did not respond positively, and the matter was over.
In fact, in this dispute, perhaps the most injured are Hou Yaowen's disciples.
Not only did they lose their beloved Master, but they also had to watch Master's hard work being taken for themselves by their own brother, a pain that only they could experience.
In recent years, the Deyun Club founded by Guo Degang can be described as a banner in the cross talk industry, and he himself is a household name.
On the other hand, Hou Yaohua, although he still claims to be "authentic", his reputation has been discredited by various bad deeds, and it is difficult to make great achievements.
In the face of the rise of Deyun Club, the Hou family has become a negative teaching material, and their decline is precisely because they deviated from the original intention of cross talk, got lost in Vanity Fair, and finally went to the road of self-destruction.
Epilogue:
Hou Baolin spent half his life to build the cross talk kingdom, but in the end it was buried by his sons.
This is not only the decline of a family, but also a reminder to all entertainers: when people are proud, they must remember the words humility and gratitude.
Only by stopping at perfection can we build a long-lasting business.
The story of the Hou family can't help but make people sigh: if there is no virtue as the cornerstone, no matter how bright the star journey is, it will eventually fall.