Zhao Benshan's current situation can be described as a betrayal of relatives, he has appeared on the Spring Festival Gala 21 times, but in the end he was rejected by everyone.
In the past, he deceived others to buy crutches, but now he was "betrayed" by his own **, and his apprentices stayed away from him, and even Fan Wei, a good old man who had a very good relationship with him, also announced that he would cut off relations with him.
The Northeast tycoons once dominated one side, why are they in such a situation now? What factors caused the people around him to drift away?
Perhaps the answers to these questions can be found from Zhao Benshan's life.
Zhao Benshan let Fan Hong after the first cooperation with Fan Wei in 1995.
In fact, with Fan Wei's ability, it is only a matter of time before he becomes popular, but the emergence of Zhao Benshan has accelerated this process.
This is their first time working together and co-starred in the sketch "Uncle Niu Tigan".
The first time the two worked together was a great success, and Zhao Benshan saw that Fan Wei had great potential, so he quickly introduced him to his team.
Since then, they have become high-profile "partners" on the stage. Subsequently, they collaborated on many works such as "Three Whips", and Gao Xiumin, who later joined, further consolidated the team, and the three of them made a breakthrough in their careers with the sketch "Selling Abduction".
The three subsequently collaborated many times, and they formed a solid "iron triangle" among the people, and no one could shake their status.
People thought that their friendship would last forever, but unexpectedly the news came that the relationship between Zhao Benshan and Fan Wei had broken down.
In the eyes of outsiders, they are regarded as an iron triangle of equal strength, but Zhao Benshan always thinks that Fan Wei is the little brother he "promoted" in his heart, so the remuneration for the performance naturally cannot be half of his share.
I heard that after the performance at that time, it is said that when the three of them distributed the remuneration, Lao Zhao took out a little from a very thick pile of money in front of Fan Wei, and then took out 50 banknotes from this point and gave them to Fan Wei.
Lao Zhao's actions made people, whether it was Fan Wei or others, inevitably unhappy.
Gao Xiumin was at a loss at the moment, and he was very indignant about this kind of salary commission. As a straightforward woman, she pointed out on the spot that Zhao Benshan's commission was too harsh.
Zhao Benshan's expression suddenly turned blue after hearing this, and Fan Wei tried to resolve the situation, but he had a slight grudge against Zhao Benshan in his heart.
Zhao Benshan's behavior is really chilling, he is only willing to let others bear hardships with him, but once he earns money, he doesn't take others seriously.
Fan Wei's heart was full of dissatisfaction, and Zhao Benshan became more presumptuous, Fan Wei's anger had made him no longer able to tolerate Zhao Benshan.
Although Fan Wei knew that Zhao Benshan did have kindness to him, he did not fall out with Lao Zhao publicly, but stayed away from Lao Zhao on the grounds that his children were going to school in Beijing, and took this opportunity to open up his acting career.
Fan Wei had in his heart, "Can't afford to provoke and can't hide?" Such an idea, but Zhao Benshan is a cautious person, and he thinks that Fan Wei is a treacherous person.
After the filming of "Mr. Kanto" was completed, Zhao Benshan finally couldn't hold it back, and openly mocked Fan Wei for not being grateful. When Fan Wei heard this, he expressed his dissatisfaction on the spot, he said: "I haven't settled accounts with you yet, you only admit money and don't admit affection, what qualifications do you have to accuse me." ”
The two men began to point fingers at each other in public, an act that brought their tensions to a climax, and it took decades of Cold War before they finally shook hands.
Fan Wei and Zhao Benshan may still have dissatisfaction with each other in their hearts, but as they grow older, they may feel that it is no longer necessary to care about each other.
In the end, Lao Zhao and Xiao Fan reconciled, while Gao Xiumin, the third person in their iron triangle, was never able to reconcile with Zhao Benshan, and even died until his death. What happened between them?
Gao Xiumin's contradiction with Zhao Benshan is that she is dissatisfied with Zhao Benshan's shameless style of asking for money and being unkind.
Gao Xiumin believes that the three are not only partners, but also friends. After Audio-Technica became famous, her hometown wanted to pay to invite her and Zhao Benshan to appear in the sketch, but Gao Xiumin, who had a bold personality, directly refused the organizer's remuneration and said that Zhao Benshan would not receive an honorarium.
After hearing this, the organizers were naturally overjoyed. Although they were indeed not ready to be paid, at the celebration banquet, when Zhao Benshan saw that the performance was about to end and no one had come to pay the honorarium, he decided to ask Gao Xiumin about it. Gao Xiumin insisted that she had promised not to ask the organizers for payment.
After hearing this, Zhao Benshan stared at Gao Xiumin with an angry face, and then asked the assistant to call the organizer. After understanding the reason, the organizer could only immediately take out the honorarium for the commercial performance to Zhao Benshan.
Gao Xiumin also realized Zhao Benshan's true character for the first time, and she realized that friendship could not resist money after all.
She stood up for Fan Wei because of this, but Lao Zhao blamed Gao Xiumin for being troublesome, saying that without him, there would be no Fan Wei, and he had already given him money very well, and no matter how much he gave, it was reasonable. Here's why.
Gao Xiumin finally recognized Zhao Benshan's "concept of friendship", and his dissatisfaction with him was released in a three-person sketch "Heart Disease".
During the rehearsal of this sketch, Zhao Benshan repeatedly blamed Gao Xiumin for his lines, causing Gao Xiumin to be so angry that he almost went on strike and did not act.
Despite this, the three still had to present their works on the stage, but after **, Zhao Benshan immediately showed dissatisfaction and bluntly said that Gao Xiumin's performance was terrible, which led to the breakdown of the relationship between the two.
By the time the script for "The Water Deliverer" came out the following year, all the roles had been confirmed, leaving only the role of the actress undecided. Zhao Benshan originally wanted to find Song Dandan to star, but because the other party had already filled the schedule, he had to find another Gao Xiumin.
Gao Xiumin was deeply annoyed because she knew that the actress Zhao Benshan originally chose was not her. However, under Lao Zhao's pleading, she couldn't bear to watch him fall into trouble, so she had to hold her breath and play the role.
Gao Xiumin frankly asked to share the remuneration with Zhao Benshan after the performance, but Zhao Benshan did not reply. Gao Xiumin's long-standing resentment all erupted on Zhao Benshan at this moment, causing the two to break up again.
Until August 19, 2005, teacher Gao Xiumin died suddenly, and she and Zhao Benshan never had the opportunity to resolve the relationship between each other.
However, these two people are not the only ones who have experienced Lao Zhao's "turning his face and not recognizing people". At that time, Zhao Benshan and Huang Hong met in the Shenyang Quyi circle, and Zhao Benshan at that time was not as famous as he is now.
Huang Hong saw that Lao Zhao was unable to open the north and south markets due to a lack of works, so he spontaneously helped him write his works and survived the difficult period.
Huang Hong's works helped Zhao Benshan become famous, so from this point of view, it can be said that Huang Hong is Zhao Benshan's benefactor. However, Zhao Benshan did not have such an idea, he was planning how to replace Huang Hong's position.
At that time, Huang Hong and Song Dandan were fixed partners, and the long-term cooperation formed a kind of intimate relationship between them.
Later, due to development reasons, Song Dandan had to leave the stage and temporarily part ways with Huang Hong. This also provided an opportunity for Zhao Benshan, who took the opportunity to dig Song Dandan into his company.
Zhao Benshan knew that he had a special relationship with Song Dandan, but he also participated in the behavior of digging people's corners, and this kind of villain behavior made Huang Hong think that Zhao Benshan lacked noble sentiments.
Why would Zhao Benshan rather bear the blame and cooperate with Song Dandan, so that the two have evolved from old acquaintances for many years to peers in the circle who don't talk when they meet?
Although Zhao Benshan was among the Spring Festival Gala that year, the quality of his program was still unsatisfactory.
At the same time, Song Dandan and Huang Hong had already achieved great success in the field of sketches, but their partnership was abruptly interrupted at its peak, and it was this opportunity that provided Zhao Benshan with the opportunity to realize his dream.
However, Zhao Benshan cannot be compared with Song Dandan's popularity, the cooperation between the two is not perfect, and the difference in their status has invisibly added a lot of friction.
In particular, Zhao Benshan insisted on catering to the audience's tastes and changed his lines at will from time to time, which made Song Dandan, who was used to speaking lines, very dissatisfied, and it is said that they finally quarreled, and then Song Dandan withdrew from the Spring Festival Gala.
Can a selfish personality really be rewarded?
When everyone is most familiar with Zhao Benshan's apprentice, the first thing that comes to mind should be Xiao Shenyang.
In the 2009 Spring Festival Gala, Xiao Shenyang became popular with the funny lines in the play "Not Bad Money", so he also became one of Zhao Benshan's proudest apprentices.
Xiao Shenyang originally had a bright future, but after becoming popular, he did not appear on the stage as a comedian. He turned to filmmaking, making more than a dozen films in three consecutive years, but each one was unsuccessful.
The audience walked into the cinema, expecting to see Xiao Shenyang's consistent comedy style, but were disappointed to find that his new work no longer had the same humor and funny as before.
Zhao Benshan reminded Xiao Shenyang many times during this time, but he didn't listen at all, Xiao Shenyang at that time already thought that he had the ability to independently break through in the entertainment industry, and ignored the master's advice.
Xiao Shenyang and his master Zhao Benshan gradually drifted apart, until once on an interview show, Zhao Benshan said that even if he had a performance, he would no longer use Xiao Shenyang. After learning of this, Xiao Shenyang quietly changed his Weibo signature from "Zhao Benshan's apprentice" to "artist".
In the following days, Xiao Shenyang gradually lost the popularity accumulated in the past and returned to the big family of Zhao Jiaban.
However, at this time, there were already many members of the Zhao family class who had resentment towards their master Zhao Benshan.
Zhao Si initially complained privately that the master gave him too little money, but now Zhang Yujiao openly clashed with Zhao Benshan, which seems to mark the gradual decline of Zhao Benshan's prestige.
How can this situation be distributed so fairly, Zhao Benshan was in the limelight at the beginning, and the first batch of apprentices who followed him initially did get benefits, which led to more people being willing to become Zhao Benshan's apprentices.
Zhao Benshan demanded that his apprentices hand over 70 percent of their income after the performance, which made many apprentices dissatisfied because they felt that their hard-earned money had been siphoned off, but they had not received any benefits. This happened after the number of apprentices increased.
The apprentices gradually began to break away from Zhao Benshan, and they even did not hesitate to insult their master in the live broadcast in order to make money.
Of course, these people have been very restrained until Zhang Yujiao made the matter public, which angered Zhao Benshan. In the end, Zhang Yujiao not only did not make a profit, but got into trouble because she was open-mouthed.
Fame and fortune disputes, prosperity in the world, and rebellion and separation, this is the end of Zhao Benshan's life for many years.
Zhao Benshan's mentor-apprentice relationship can be said to be a business model, in which Zhao Benshan pushes his apprentices to make money by giving them fame, but this model obviously does not have longevity.
When you see this, you have to think, why are Guo Degang and Zhao Benshan, as masters, completely opposite in word-of-mouth? They are all masters, and they are all very famous.
From this point of view, the number of Guo Degang's rebels is obviously much smaller than Zhao Benshan's, which shows that Zhao Benshan has problems in educating students.
In a certain show, Guo Degang once stood on the stage and asked Zhao Benshan for advice on how to keep his apprentices. But now it seems that the situation is just the opposite, and Zhao Benshan may need to ask Guo Degang for some things.
Both Benshan Media and Deyun Club were founded in the form of mentors and apprentices, but there are significant differences in nature. Most of Guo Degang's followers have worshiped him since childhood, and they have a deep emotional foundation with him.
Although many members of Deyun Club left, only Cao Yunjin completely turned against him.
Almost all of Guo Degang's apprentices were taught by him personally, and then they became popular, and these apprentices maintained a relationship with him, and their kindness to Guo Degang was as deep as a spring.
Most of Zhao Benshan's apprentices were recruited halfway, and they themselves have talents, so there is no need for Zhao Benshan to teach them uniformly. However, this also leads to the question of whether there is a real emotional connection between them?
There is no doubt that their relationship is more about trading interests. Once Zhao Benshan can't create more benefits for them, they will show their true colors.
If the grass platform team does not have the love of master and apprentice, it is like an old boy on the street, although he is loyal on weekdays, but once he encounters trouble, he will go to the empty building.
Lao Zhao's indifferent attitude seems to have been revealed, but is it the master's unkindness that causes the apprentice to be unfilial, or is the apprentice not grateful but blames the master? Everyone has their own opinion.
After Wang Dana's role in "Country Love" decreased, many netizens began to speculate that Zhao Benshan might have to quit the stage. This rumor circulated until the end of 2021, until Zhao Benshan publicly announced that he was going to quit Benshan Media.
As a person born at the grassroots, Zhao Benshan has reached today's status with his own ability, which few people can compare.
Although his glory has passed, it is undeniable that he has brought many joys to countless people.
The elderly Zhao Benshan has become the current situation, which is completely created by himself, and he is conceited of cause and effect, and the fruits he planted will eventually have to be borne by himself. Don't be too greedy, give and gain.