In the special 10 years on the mainland, model operas have become an indispensable part of the lives of ordinary people, and whether you like them or not, you must watch them according to regulations and learn the revolutionary spirit in them. As a representative of the model drama at that time, Qian Haoliang was scolded by others.
Qian Haoliang has loved opera since he was a child, and he is also very able to endure hardships, and when he was very young, he followed his father to go south and north to make a living. When he grew up, he began to learn singing skills from teachers everywhere.
At that time, many people around him said that he was stupid, he could sing opera, just be able to sing, anyway, laymen can't understand it, so why bother to apprentice everywhere? But Qian Haoliang doesn't think so, he sings not only to support himself, but more because of love, he really loves singing.
Loved, talented, and willing to endure hardships, it is difficult for such Qian Haoliang to become famous. After continuous hard training, Qian Haoliang's skills became more and more exquisite, and he successfully entered the China Peking Opera Company.
At that time, the courtyard was rehearsing "Red Lantern", and the protagonist Li Yuhe was played by Qian Haoliang's master Li Shaochun, but just in case, the troupe would generally find a B corner, and when Li Shaochun couldn't play on the stage, and under Li Shaochun's recommendation, Qian Haoliang successfully won the B corner.
At that time, Li Shaochun's health was not very good, and he fell ill every once in a while, which also gave Qian Haoliang a lot of opportunities to appear on stage, and then he gradually became well-known to the audience.
On this day, the theater was going to perform "Fa Zidu", but because the leading actor was suddenly ill and could not play, the head of the troupe found Qian Haoliang, because he usually learns everything and knows everything, he has also sung this play, and now there is a temporary shortage of people, so he is naturally the most suitable candidate.
As expected, Qian Haoliang, as a substitute, did not disappoint the head of the regiment, not only won a full house, but also attracted Jiang's attention.
In 1966, when the mainland officially entered a special era, in order to carry out ideological education activities nationwide, Jiang set his sights on the model play, and achieved some ulterior motives by changing the old version of the model play.
However, the process of change was not very smooth, and many old artists refused to cooperate, which made Jiang very angry and decided to give them a little color to see, and by the way, he made an example of the monkey.
Soon Li Shaochun, Zhang Dongchuan and other artists of the older generation were labeled as "cow ghosts, snake gods", not only copied several times, but also often criticized, the tortured people are not like ghosts, but at this time Qian Haoliang chose to stand on Jiang's side.
I don't know if he was frightened by what happened to others, or if he had a great pursuit of power in his bones, under the guidance of Jiang, Qian Haoliang once held great power and dominated the life and death of others.
In order to cater to Jiang, he began to carry out all-round reform of the model play, which is not necessarily bad from today's point of view, but under the special background of the times at that time, Qian Haoliang's behavior was no less than a "traitor", so he was shamed by many people.
But after many years, when talking about the past events, Qian Haoliang said that he never regretted adapting and participating in "Red Lantern", and the real model drama is not as simple as everyone hears.
Maybe this is true, but we can't deny that in that era, there were many good model actors who were persecuted, and they didn't even have the right to live because they didn't cooperate with the adaptation, but some model actors seized the opportunity to climb up step by step by shouting slogans and persecuting colleagues, such as Liu Qingtang.
In fact, before 1966, Liu Qingtang was a good actor who was down-to-earth and hard-working, and not afraid of hardship, so many people regarded him as an idol.
Liu Qingtang has been learning to dance since he was a child, perhaps because God appreciates food, he is particularly talented in dance, and has shown his face in many large-scale public celebrations.
In the 50s of the last century, the mainland was preparing to establish the Central Dance Troupe, and it happened that ballet troupes from Eastern European countries came to the mainland to tour, and they conquered many people with their beautiful dancing, including Liu Qingtang.
After the tour, the mainland hired the actors from the ballet troupe to stay and teach ballet, and Liu Qingtang was the first to sign up, but the other party didn't want to accept it. Because Liu Qingtang was already an adult at that time, his bones had all grown, and he could not meet the flexibility requirements of a ballet dancer at all.
But Liu Qingtang didn't give up, and finally went in under his soft grinding and hard soaking, but it was the tail of the crane. Liu Qingtang was not discouraged, he knew where his shortcomings were, so he practiced with the big guy on his back every day, and he was still practicing when everyone else was resting.
In the time since, Liu Qingtang has plunged into ballet, because of the solid foundation laid since childhood, his physical fitness is better than that of other male actors, especially the two arms, which can easily hold up the actress, and slowly, Liu Qingtang walked from the inconspicuous small role in the corner to the middle of the stage.
Just when everything was developing in a good direction, in 1966, under the special background at that time, the Central Opera and Dance Theater was put on the hat of "admiring foreign and flattering foreigners", and many outstanding students and teachers in it were also labeled as "cow ghosts and snake gods", but Liu Qingtang was an exception.
I don't know if he was brainwashed, or he was also eager to use this opportunity to make his life to a new level, Liu Qingtang seemed to be a different person, extremely radical, there was no distinction between right and wrong, good and evil, and even criticized the vice president of the theater inhumanely, so that the other party committed suicide in humiliation.
But Liu Qingtang did not feel guilty because of this, but thought that the other party died well, and continued to increase the strength of criticism after that, and killed all kinds of "bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods". Because of his outstanding performance, he soon rose in the ranks, and even became the director of the local revolutionary committee and the secretary of the party branch.
The greater the power in his hands, the more arrogant Liu Qingtang becomes, relying on the support of someone behind him to be unscrupulous, as long as anyone upsets him, he will immediately raid and criticize whoever he is. In that special time, Liu Qingtang didn't know how many people he had persecuted, and at this time he had already become unrecognizable, with no distinction between right and wrong, good and evil.
But fortunately, this dark time will eventually pass, and those who have made great mistakes during this period have also been punished by the law. And after everything settles, whether it is Liu Qingtang or Qian Haoliang, even if they have made a lot of contributions in their own industry, they cannot offset the sins they have committed.
To this day, there are still many people who can't let go of the hurt they suffered in this "disaster", mistakes are mistakes, not all mistakes are worthy of forgiveness, those who wantonly hurt others under the banner of a special era, no matter how many years have passed, will be burdened with infamy, but I don't know if they will regret their original decision if they see the ending in advance.