When it comes to Zhao Benshan, there should be only few people in China who don't know his name! Zhao Benshan can be seen as the dean of the sketch world. He has participated in the stage of the Spring Festival Gala for 21 consecutive years, bringing a lot of joy to the audience. Until 2011, he chose to quit the stage of the Spring Festival Gala due to health reasons. Despite Zhao Benshan's withdrawal from the Spring Festival Gala, netizens still hope to see him on the stage of the Gala. News about his reappearance at the Spring Festival Gala has been circulating on the Internet and it seems that his popularity still hasn't waned. Even though Zhao Benshan is now retired, he is popular behind the scenes as well, with the likes of Xiao Shenyang and many more being the handle of today's comedy scene. Today, we're talking about Zhao Benshan's apprentice, who goes by the name of Guan Xiaoping, and he's the only apprentice to be fired by Zhao Benshan.
Guan Xiaoping was also a two-man actor before he apprenticed to Zhao Benshan. He wandered around for years, but he never became famous. Zhao Benshan agreed that Guan was also good, so he accepted him and publicly praised Guan, showing that he was a favorite impersonator of himself. Zhao Benshan also respected Guan Xiaoping and not only gave him all the things a day to perform on the Liu Laogeng Stage also made him participate in his own TV series, especially giving him the role of Zhao Si in Country Love 1 and playing many roles. But Guan Xiaoping, who had a good career, was suddenly removed from Zhao Benshan. Not only did he not have the chance to perform on the Liu Laogan stage, he even replaced the role of [Zhao Si] with Liu Xiaoguang.
In this regard, Guan Xiaoping also said that he suddenly received a notice from the panel one day, and the panel said that he was temporarily leaving because there were too many actors. Guan Xiaoping, who had just received this notice, was also blindsided. He provided feedback to the panel, but there was no response, so he had no choice but to accept this fact and choose to leave. Guan Xiaoping, who left Zhao Benshan, also developed well. He has acted in many movies and TV dramas, but they are not very well known, so hardly anyone remembers his name now.
It's worth noting that Guan's daughter, Guan Sihui, once performed a one-woman show on a variety show, "The Princess of China," which was recognized by all the lecturers and had the additional title of "Northeastern Chinese Princess. The daughter's achievements are of course inextricably linked to her father's teaching, but on the other hand, Zhao Benshan's daughter has basically nothing to show for her achievements. It seems Guan Xiaoping was once removed from Zhao Benshan, but he still deserves credit for teaching his daughter.