Inherit the classics and create the future" Grassroots star Li Yugang, who stood out from "Avenue of Stars", successfully achieved a counterattack in life with a song "New Concubine Drunk".
The beautiful artistic conception in the lyrics and the conversion of male and female timbre in the singing tone made "The New Concubine Drunk" popular all over the country for a while, and also made Li Yugang the first male singer in China to attract attention for "anti-string".
However, as his fame grew, Mr. Li seemed a little carried away when he was surrounded by many accolades and applause. In this fluttering atmosphere, he actually said something that was shocking.
This not only angered Mei Baojiu, the son of "Master Mei Lanfang", but even made the entire Chinese pear orchard community angry. So, what did Li Yugang say back then? How deep is the grudge between him and Mr. Mei Baojiu?
Even when Mr. Mei died, he didn't forgive him!
Although born into an ordinary family in Gongzhuling, Changchun City, Jilin Province, Li Yugang's childhood was still full of hardships. At that time, he didn't even have his own name when he was born, and it wasn't until after he went to school that his parents found someone to name him - Li Yugang, which was considered very loud at the time. β
In 1996, Li Yugang, who had excellent results in the college entrance examination, was admitted to the literary and artistic directing major of Jilin Academy of Arts as he wished, but the high tuition fees put him in a predicament.
After leaving a note for his parents, Li Yugang carried 200 yuan and embarked on the road of part-time work without hesitation. That year, he was only 19 years old.
After leaving his hometown, Li Yugang arrived in Changchun for the first time. However, as a high school graduate, he has no academic qualifications, background, and connections, and all he can find is a job that is nothing more than chores, washing dishes, and serving dishes.
This kind of life is not what Li Yugang wants, and he thinks that working for others may not have a way out for the rest of his life. Therefore, after much deliberation, he decided to go to the south alone in search of new development opportunities.
Li Yugang opened a housekeeping company in Shenzhen, but due to his lack of management skills with a high school education, the company eventually went bankrupt after barely maintaining itself for two years.
Li Yugang's life was extremely difficult, it is said that "the people take food as the sky", under the torture of poverty, it is not terrible to have no place to live, but what is terrible is the life of "eating the last meal without the next meal", which makes this young man who lacks life experience almost collapse.
However, "when God closes a door for you, he always opens a window for you," he said when he happened to work at an electronic video store in Shenzhen, which he later recalled as his happiest time.
Li Yugang not only does his duty in his daily work, but also finds time to learn singing skills in male and female voices, pop ** and opera. In order to add an income to himself, he would come to *** to sing at night.
Studying during the day and practicing at night made his life hard but fulfilling. Li Yugang firmly believes that opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, as the famous saying goes.
In a *** performance, he was originally arranged to sing "For Whom" with a female singer, but the female singer did not appear for a long time. In desperation, Li Yugang decided to use the reversal of his male and female voices to complete the show alone.
Sure enough, this performance not only won full applause, but also allowed Li Yugang to inadvertently discover his unique "male voice and female singing" performance style. So, Li Yugang, who had the best dream, began to explore on this road, and finally in 2006, he successfully completed the most important "gorgeous transformation" in his life.
In 2006, carrying the hope of the whole family, Li Yugang stepped onto the stage of "Avenue of Stars". On this stage that brings together all kinds of high-energy players, Li Yugang has successfully completed the perfect conversion of bass and soprano with his own strength, which can be called a clear stream in China.
In the next competition, he was even more unique, perfectly integrating the classic track "New Concubine Drunk" with his unique "male dress" image, which amazed the audience.
As soon as Li Yugang appeared, the audience and guest judges were shocked by his stunning image. On the stage, he is difficult to distinguish his gender and has a bewitching posture, which successfully attracted everyone's attention.
In the whole performance, his acting skills were outstanding, almost achieving the effect of "confusing the real with the fake", making it difficult to tell whether he was a man or a woman. His performances are so good, even more feminine than women, that they are unforgettable.
Nine years of hidden no one knows, a song of heaven moves the world"γAt that time, Li Yugang was only 28 years old, and this untrained folk singer, with his unique voice and outstanding performance skills, became a blockbuster and won the third place in "Avenue of Stars".
Since then, Li Yu has just started his acting career, signed a company, released records, and gradually entered the public's attention and became the focus of attention.
Heavy makeup on stage, are you a man or a woman? In the face of this questioning, Li Yugang did not fight back, because he firmly believes that he has strong fan support. However, the support of this fan group made him a little carried away, which eventually led him to irreparable trouble.
First Bloom - Once, Li Yugang tried to develop in a low-key manner after becoming famous, but his enthusiastic fan base made it impossible for him to remain silent. As Li Yugang's masterpiece, "The New Concubine Drunk" is named "new" because it successfully adapted Mei Lanfang's classic play "The Drunken Concubine" into a modern one. β
Li Yugang became famous in China, and his fan group shouted the slogan "Mei Lanfang in the front, Li Yugang in the back". At this time, the domestic Peking Opera was in a downturn in the "decline period", however, the popularity of "The New Concubine Drunk" made many young people have a strong interest in this quintessence.
This phenomenon made the famous Peking Opera master Mr. Mei Baojiu feel very gratified, and he believes that Li Yugang has been working hard to spread Peking Opera and doing what he has been doing.
As time passed, Mr. Mei Baojiu found that Li Yugang was not what he thought. Under the enthusiastic pursuit of fans, Li Yugang felt that he was already an important person, and even slogans for fans"There is Mei Lanfang in the front, and Li Yugang in the back", which he gladly accepted.
However, what angered Mr. Mei Baojiu the most was when Li Yugang's fanatical fans vigorously promoted it on the Internet"Li Yugang is the contemporary Mei Lanfang"But Li Yugang did not respond to this.
Under the combined effect of a variety of factors, Mr. Mei Baojiu believes that Li Yugang's performance is not a real Peking Opera, and the "anti-string" skills he shows are not difficult, and only ordinary people need to practice properly to master them.
As the successor of the "Mei School" of Peking Opera and the son of Mr. Mei Lanfang, Mr. Mei Baojiu has always insisted on keeping a low profile, and he believes that if he wants to become a "contemporary Mei Lanfang", he needs to go through a long period of accumulation and hard work.
After hearing the criticism of Mei Baojiu's predecessors, Li Yugang did not examine his own behavior, but insisted in public: "What I sing is not just Peking Opera, but a kind of 'Peking Opera' that is unique in pop music!" β
This passage led to a complete breakdown in the relationship between Mr. Mei Baojiu and Li Yugang.
originally thought that Mr. Mei Baojiu and Li Yugang would never intersect again, but the dramatic reunion of the two on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala surprised Li Yugang. His opening remarks directly angered Mei Baojiu, who left the stage angrily without even participating in the performance.
On the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, Peking Opera is naturally indispensable as a treasure of traditional culture, but the new generation of young people is more inclined to appreciate Li Yugang's opera performance style that integrates popular elements.
Therefore, under the ingenious planning of the leaders of CCTV, they decided to let Mr. Mei Baojiu, the representative of the Peking Opera "Mei School", perform on the same stage with Li Yugang, showing the collision and integration of two completely different forms of opera performance to meet the aesthetic needs of audiences of different ages.
On the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, which is broadcast live on TV by billions of Chinese around the world, every program on stage is crucial. For the sake of the overall situation, Mr. Mei Baojiu and Li Yugang decided to put aside their previous suspicions and work together.
However, when it was Li Yugang's turn to take the stage, his opening remarks made Mr. Mei Baojiu directly angry, and even caused dissatisfaction among the entire "pear orchard circle" in China. He said: "Hello everyone, I represent the broad and profound art of the 'Mei School'.
When his introduction ended, the audience reacted so strongly that even the experienced host was helpless. After hearing this, Mr. Mei Baojiu left angrily, and it was not until the assistant reminded Li Yugang that he knew that the old man had left.
In an interview, Mr. Mei Baojiu said that the reason why he was angry was because as Mei Lanfang's son, he didn't dare to claim to represent the Mei faction.
He questioned how a folk singer without any theatrical foundation could claim to be a representative of the "Mei School".
Mr. Mei Baojiu once lamented that his father, Mr. Mei Lanfang, had devoted his life to the promotion of Peking Opera art. In the Peking Opera industry, every link requires actors to invest a lot of time and energy to learn and master.
It can be said that the artistic charm of Peking Opera requires the actors to show on the stage, and behind this is their hard work and dedication for ten years.
Mr. Mei Baojiu once recalled that Mr. Mei Lanfang not only created a unique one"Plum pie"Peking Opera is a performing art, and he also relied on his personal strength to save the declining Peking Opera. "
In those days, my father's performance even crossed the ocean to the United States, and a ticket cost $15, but it was still full, and it was hard to find a ticket! "At that time, as the youngest in the family, Mei Baojiu decided to take her father's"Testament"Inherited in its entirety.
The representative of the art of the Mei School should be a person who has been professionally trained and recognized, not just a person who can just claim to be. This is the reason why Mr. Mei Baojiu resolutely opposes Li Yugang's self-proclaimed representative of the "Mei faction."
Since Li Yugang and Mr. Mei Baojiu completely fell out, Li Yugang's acting career has been greatly impacted. In the pear orchard sector of Chinese mainland, he was also isolated.
He paid a heavy price for his youth, and although he knew the reason why the old man was angry, he never bowed his head to the old man before he died, admitting his mistake or apologizing.