In 2023, the Forbes China Top 100 list of outstanding craftsmen will be launched, showing many traditional handicrafts and craftsmen in long-standing industries, covering traditional skills such as calligraphy, painting, quyi, carving, and cross talk.
In addition, there are also several well-known celebrities on the list, such as Liu Xiaolingtong, Guo Degang, Feng Gong, etc. They are not only craftsmen of traditional skills, but also public figures who have attracted the attention of the people.
To be on such a list is both an affirmation and an honor for them. After the list was announced, Guo Degang even shared relevant content on his social platform, which showed that the list has a very high gold content.
Among the many cross talk celebrities, only Guo Degang is among them, which further confirms his outstanding status in the cross talk industry.
Feng Gong is a famous sketch artist, many years ago, his and Zhao Benshan's sketches were the highlight of the Spring Festival Gala, and now, although the quality of the sketches has declined, Feng Gong's unique sentence "Audience friends, I want to die to you" still touches the audience.
Heartstrings. Now, Guo Degang is not only on the list, but also his name is ahead of Feng Gong, so it's no wonder that he is proud and shared.
Whether it is Guo Degang's strength, skills, fame, or his promotion of the cross talk industry, he is worthy of such honors.
In the cross talk industry, the mentor-apprentice relationship is seen as crucial, and even a trend-keeping group like Deyun Club places a lot of emphasis on this tradition. However, it was this kind of cultural norm that made Guo Degang almost in a desperate situation.
In 1995, penniless, in order to find a way out, he embarked on a journey to Beijing and joined the Beijing Federation of Trade Unions Art Troupe. However, in the fiercely competitive Beijing, he could only barely make ends meet on a meager salary.
In 2003, when the epidemic swept and Beijing's entertainment venues were closed, Deyun Club, which relied heavily on offline performances for profit, was on the verge of bankruptcy. At this critical moment, Guo Degang made a decision - "participate in the reality show".
He lived in a transparent box for 48 hours, and his every move was watched. This ** Even the current Guo Qilin can't bear to look back, not because of embarrassment, but because of distress.
Guo Degang later became famous, but this experience became a stain on him, as everyone knows, it is not a shameful act to give up his dignity to make a living in order to survive. After the crisis in 2003, Guo Degang began to emerge.
In 2006, he held his first solo comedy show, and made an astonishing 22 consecutive returns, creating a legend in the industry. Guo Degang's success is based on a solid foundation of cross talk, long-term precipitation and accumulation.
However, during this period, Deyun Club also experienced a series of twists and turns, and the contradiction between Cao Yunjin and Guo Degang reached its peak.
Although Guo Degang cultivated some problem students, which almost discredited him, he also helped young people such as Yue Yunpeng and Qin Xiaoxian become popular, and their success revitalized the cross talk industry that had fallen into a trough, and even gave birth to Deyun Club girls.
Fandom craze.
In the early years, Guo Degang's cross talk style was significantly different from the mainstream cross talk, the mainstream cross talk paid attention to tone and wording, while Guo Degang's cross talk often had only a general framework, that is, he could tell the same cross talk content.
Same taste. In addition, Guo Degang's cross talk often involves some rather "cheesy" jokes, and even informality and moral norms. However, it is this kind of "vulgarity" that gives Guo Degang's cross talk a unique style.
When he became famous, he also suffered all kinds of criticism from his peers and was labeled as "non-mainstream". There have been colleagues who directly brought a voice recorder to the performance of Deyun Club, and as long as there is an inappropriate sentence, the recording will be reported to the relevant departments.
However, Guo Degang did not deliberately alienate himself from the entire industry, and after Deyun Club gradually grew, he still worked hard to repair his relationship with the mainstream.
Before the opening of Tianjin Deyun Club, Guo Degang invited many celebrities in the cross talk industry to hold a grand banquet to express his sincerity, but few people came.
When Nanjing Deyun Club opened, there were even abusive words against Guo Degang on the wall of Deyun Club, which hung for days and nights, but Guo Degang could not do anything.
This is just a superficial rejection, and all kinds of small actions in the industry have made him suffer a lot.
Fortunately, Guo Degang survived, and now Deyun Club has become a giant in the cross talk industry, and Guo Degang is also injecting new vitality into his peers in his own way.
In Guo Degang's comedy program, there are many cross talk actors from all over the world, representing different cross talk schools. As a person who has come over, Guo Degang can empathize with these actors who still insist on performing cross talk in the face of difficulties.
When he heard the young man in a long shirt say "I worked for four years and lost more than 4 million", Guo Degang's eyes seemed to be reliving his hard years, and the distress at this moment was something that Guo Degang could not perform.
If it weren't for Guo Degang, the impact of the epidemic on the cross talk industry would be enough to make many outstanding cross talk actors give up the road of cross talk performance.
If it weren't for Guo Degang, the cross talk trend on the screen might never have been so prevalent, and it would never have been recognized by the audience.
Guo Degang, a non-mainstream figure, has become the most influential inheritor in the cross talk industry, although what he does is still controversial, although he once put down the dignity of the cheongsam in order to gain a firm foothold in the cross talk industry, but now.
In addition, he has been reborn, not only making Deyun Club the most well-known cross talk group, but also promoting the spread and development of cross talk art and attracting more talents to join the industry.
In the contemporary development of traditional art, which has almost been abandoned, Guo Degang has made great contributions to the reform and transformation of traditional cross talk. Looking back now, Guo Degang deserves to be on the top 100 outstanding craftsmen in China.
His status in the rivers and lakes does not need awards to prove, and it can even be said that Guo Degang's inclusion in the list shows the fairness of the list. Finally, what do you think of Guo Degang's cross talk?
How do you evaluate Guo Degang for becoming a representative of the cross talk industry and appearing on the Forbes China Top 100 Outstanding Craftsmen list?Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section.