There are only three regrets, Gao Xiumin and Li Zhengchun are dead, and they will never be seen again. There is also one, Guo Tiecheng, who plays Erkui, and the regret does not appear.
Speaking of Guo Tiecheng, many people thought he was Zhao Benshan's apprentice at first, because he often appeared in Zhao Benshan's early works. In addition to film and television dramas such as "Directors for Men and Women", there is also the well-known Red Sorghum Model Team 1997 at the Spring Festival Evening.
First, the creative background of Red Sorghum Model Team
Cui Kai and He Qingkui are the authors of "Red Sorghum Model Union", and Cui Kai collected "The Story of Farmer Model Union" from Dalian. The prototype is a garment factory in Pikou, Dalian, and the chairman is a local old lady. She organized a team of peasant models. Of course, that model team is different from this one in the sketch.
This sketch should undoubtedly belong to the main theme attribute, reflecting the new face of rural development. Such a theme is easy to pass the examination, but there is a problem that it is not easy to produce comedy effect, because it lacks contradictions and conflicts, and conflicts and misunderstandings are almost essential elements of comedy, so Zhao Benshan, a model team of Red Sorghum, is not satisfied with the script.
This is really very difficult for Cui Kai. He accepted a propositional composition on the Spring Festival Evening of the first year (1996), which was about new rural technologies such as soilless culture. An agricultural science expert told Cui Kai all afternoon, but he didn't understand how soilless culture could be integrated into the sketch. Finally, he wrote a musical sketch "Crossing the River" in a different way, but unexpectedly it became a classic of Pan Changjiang.
Therefore, in Cui Kai's view, "Red Sorghum Model Team" is a continuation of the theme of crossing the river, but it cannot be continued in the design of the baggage. In the end, we can only find the contradiction between the model team and the designer, so as to set off the conflict of "foreign land", and it is natural for Zhao Benshan to shout out a Huang Hong-style line: "I think the laborer is the most beautiful person!"
Zhao Benshan's dissatisfaction with "Red Sorghum Model Team" is precisely because the sketch is not well designed and performed. While he was struggling, a rescuer, He Qingkui, came.
He Qingkui was not very famous at that time, but he has demonstrated his strength. During CCTV's preparations for the Spring Festival Gala, he was often asked to help design the package. He Qingkui is always popular, and Gao Xiumin had a big fight with him before the Spring Festival Evening of 1994. Think about it, too. Other people's sketches have a lot of baggage, and the effect is good. The Spring Festival Evening went up, but Gao Xiumin's sketches were not given greater competitive pressure by He Qingkui.
1997 During the Spring Festival Evening, He Qingkui wrote a novel "A Bright Future" to Gao Xiumin, which tells the story of the old people in the countryside loving each other, with Gao Xiumin and Wei Jian as partners.
Facing Zhao Benshan's problems, He Qingkui offered to help him design his luggage. The most classic one is that whether a cat walks in a straight line depends entirely on the mouse.
Finally, He Qingkui's name appeared in the column of sketch writers. In addition, in the supporting role of the Red Sorghum model team, many actors from Gao Xiumin were added.
Second, people familiar with the model team of Red Sorghum
There are at least fifteen characters in this sketch, not counting dancers, and it is the largest sketch in Zhao Benshan. There are also some people who were unfamiliar at that time and are familiar now.
First of all, say a familiar name, the composer in the sketch, Yao Ming. This, of course, was not Yao Ming, the later "little giant" and president of the Basketball Association, but Yao Ming, a composer who had just become popular at that time.
Yao Ming's classic works include Talking about Singing Faces, Qianmen Love Big Bowl of Tea, etc. He is also the composer of the sequel to Journey to the West. As a Liaoning native and a graduate of Shenyang Conservatory of Music, he composed music for Zhao Benshan's sketches, which can be regarded as the help of fellow villagers.
Zhao Benshan is not much to say. At that time, Fan's teacher attended the Spring Festival Gala for the third time. Before that, he played the role of secretary and driver respectively. This time, he became a fashion designer like a big coffee show. To tell the truth, this role is definitely not what Fan Wei is good at, so his performance is not so brilliant, and there is a feeling of "enough".
From the perspective of 1997 Spring Festival Evening, Mr. Fan is far less impressive than the dancing "Chili". "Chili" not only dances well, but also looks very spicy!
Wang Xiaoyan, a famous dancer of Jilin Dance Company, plays the role of "Pepper", whose masterpiece is "Beauty of a Big Girl". You must be familiar with it. "The big girl is beautiful, the big girl beckons, and the big girl walks into the green gauze account." Probably because of this work, He Qingkui found her and invited her to perform Zanthoxylum bungeanum in the Spring Festival Evening.
Taking this as an opportunity, Wang Xiaoyan later appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala many times, but they all returned to their old jobs.
From the present point of view, there are two acquaintances besides Zhao Benshan and Fan Wei in Red Sorghum Model Team.
One is the "Goose Raising" major in Zhao Benshan. This little beauty is called Wang Hongmei. Maybe people prefer to call her "Little Man". She plays Ding Xiaoman, the second daughter-in-law of Liu Laogen in Liu Laogen.
Interestingly, Ding Xiaoman called Lilac "Auntie" in Liu Laogen, and Wang Hongmei did call Gao Xiumin "Auntie" in reality. She is the daughter of Fourth Sister Gao Xiumin and takes good care of her family. Therefore, when Wang Hongmei became an actor in Gao Xiumin, he filmed "Holy Lake" in Xiumin, Gao Qingkui.
Another well-known person is Guo Tiecheng, the actor of Liu Erkui in Liu Laogen. In those years, he appeared in Zhao Benshan's sketches and TV dramas, and became popular after Liu Laogen. Liu Laogen's playing Erkui is one of the highlights of the play.
At that time, it was estimated that many people thought Guo Tiecheng was Zhao Benshan's apprentice. In fact, he is also an actor in Gao Xiumin, and he played one of the main roles in The Holy Lake.
Shengshui Lake is a good TV series and the representative work of He Xiumin's team. The actors are almost all from Gao Xiumin, and even Zou Dejiang is in the middle. So these actors have little cooperation with Zhao Benshan. Wang Hongmei returned to Liu Laogen 3 until He Qingkui cooperated with Zhao Benshan again, but Guo Tiecheng didn't come back.
Third, the follow-up of "Red Sorghum Model Team"
"Red Sorghum Model Team" is a good sketch, which combines the main theme and funny, and the song and dance at the end is also a stroke of genius, which is very excellent.
But for Zhao Benshan, this sketch is as inadequate as three whips. He needs a more perfect script, and He Qingkui obviously has this ability. So from the beginning of this sketch, Zhao Benshan and He Qingkui started close cooperation, and the following year, they launched the New Year greetings, and the year after next was yesterday, today and tomorrow.
For He Qingkui, he is the biggest winner of the Spring Festival Evening sketch circle from 65438 to 0997. Zhao Benshan's sketch won the second prize, and Gao Xiumin's A Bright Future won the third prize.
That is to say, He Qingkui has the strength to become famous at one fell swoop. What he needs is a powerful partner, so he persuaded Gao Xiumin, who didn't want to be a supporting role, to form an iron triangle in the second year and cooperate with Happy New Year.
After that, it will of course be Liu Laogen.