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After 2010, Li Yugang's prosperous road in the entertainment industry was suddenly interrupted, and his career began to fall into a trough. The main reason for the decline of his career is that after his success, his arrogance offended Mei Baojiu, the son of Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang, and caused him to lose his reputation.
Li Yugang could have become an opera innovator in the entertainment industry and achieve greater achievements, but his wrong actions cost him a terrible price. Now, he can't go back to the past, and can only continue to move forward in endless regret and reflection.
Li Yugang was born in Gongzhuling City, Changchun City, Jilin Province, a small town with extremely closed traffic and extremely backward economy. Despite their hard work, his parents were unable to provide enough for their children.
Li Yugang has been accompanied by "hunger" since he was a child, and studying hard cannot change his fate, because his family cannot afford his tuition.
In order to alleviate the financial burden on his family, Li Yugang chose to leave his hometown and work in the unfamiliar city of Beijing. Faced with a new environment and challenges, he tried his hand at a variety of jobs such as waiter, sales, and small store clerk.
Even though they have experienced encounters everywhere and running around all day long to make ends meet, they still live a life of eating and sleeping in the open.
Later, Li Yugang was introduced by a friend and went to a speakeasy to sing. Although the income is meager and the environment is harsh, it is already a relatively stable lifestyle for a "North Drifter" worker.
With his talent for female voice and opera, Li Yugang has won a small range of popularity in the bar, and has found his own world on the stage at night.
One day, an erhu player stumbled upon Li Yugang's performance and felt his potential, so he took the initiative to recommend him to a large dance hall. This provides a rare opportunity for Li Yugang to perform, learn and grow on a broader stage.
In this large dance hall, Li Yugang finally had the opportunity to appear on a bigger stage. He threw himself into the performance and quickly earned his place on the stage, which also laid the foundation for his future rise in the entertainment industry.
Although Li Yu's choice of this path was full of hardships at first, he did not give up and finally succeeded through strength and hard work.
In 2006, Li Yugang participated in the "Avenue of Stars" talent show, and with his wonderful interpretation of the Peking Opera "The New Concubine Drunk", he became famous and detonated the audience, and finally won the third place in the annual finals.
As a male singer, Li Yugang can successfully interpret female voices, and perfectly integrates traditional Peking Opera with popular **, breaking the audience's impression of opera and attracting a large number of young audiences.
With the help of this tailwind, Li Yugang quickly launched his first personal ** "The New Concubine Drunk". The response to this ** in the market was very enthusiastic, and the sales exceeded one million in one fell swoop, giving the record company an unexpected surprise.
Li Yugang, who quickly became popular at home and abroad, has greatly increased his popularity and successfully ranked among the popular new generation of singers. It can be said that this song "The New Concubine Drunk" directly made him famous in the entertainment industry and his career reached a new peak.
In 2011, Li Yugang successfully held his first solo concert in Seoul, South Korea, showing his unique artistic charm to overseas music fans and introducing the beauty of Chinese opera to international friends.
His efforts have built a bridge for cultural and artistic exchanges between China and foreign countries.
In order to cater to the preferences of young people, Li Yugang incorporated a large number of popular elements into works such as "The New Concubine Drunk", but this attracted criticism from Mei Baojiu, the son of Peking Opera master Mei Baojiu, who believed that his behavior seriously deviated from the essence of Peking Opera and destroyed traditional art.
Mei Baojiu initially admired Li Yugang's works, but later could not accept his changes and innovations in Peking Opera. As a result, the relationship between the two began to become delicate.
With the success of his career, Li Yugang began to inflate himself, calling himself a "contemporary Mei Lanfang", and claiming that his works were a continuation of the "Mei School of Art".
Mei Baojiu was clearly enraged, because he believed that Li Yugang's work had seriously deviated from the spiritual core of the Mei School of Peking Opera. Mr. Li's remarks caused relations between them to deteriorate rapidly.
Mei Baojiu expressed dissatisfaction with Li Yugang's arrogance and hype.
After that, Li Yugang's series of behaviors made Mei Baojiu very angry. For example, in one program, he claimed in his opening remarks that he represented "the broad and profound art of the Mei School", which made Mei Baojiu feel very unhappy and left the table angrily.
Li Yugang was originally expected to star in a film about Mei Lanfang's life, but under the strong opposition of Mei Baojiu, the director changed his mind. However, in the face of criticism, Li Yugang not only did not repent in the slightest, but continued to hype that he was the "successor of the Mei faction".
Some of Mr. Li's actions have caused him to lose his reputation in the industry. He could have won more recognition as an innovator of Peking Opera, but his blind self-confidence and arrogance caused his reputation among the Mei faction to fall to the bottom.
The grievances between him and Mei Baojiu made it impossible for the two to reconcile, and they did not get his forgiveness until Mei Baojiu's death.
After reflection, Li Yugang realized that he was too arrogant and confident, and this moth-like behavior had led him into the abyss of disrepute. He could have gained more recognition through his own strength and hard work, but he was in a hurry to gain the reputation of "the successor of the Mei faction", but because of his overconfidence, he became a stumbling block on the road of his life.
This incident provokes us to ponder whether a person's character should be equated with his artistic achievements. Li Yugang's artwork has brought joy to the public, which is his achievement.
His actions have also caused harm to others. Time will give the final answer to this question.
Li Yugang's life story is legendary, but it is also sad that he ultimately lost his hard-won success. We should not deny his full talent because of his mistakes, but we should not tolerate his hubris to hurt other artists.
The enlightenment of Li Yugang's story is: It is easy to become famous, but it is difficult to keep it. We must remain humble and stay true to our hearts in order to go further. While we sigh at his story, we should also draw strength from it and constantly improve ourselves.