Is crosstalk performer Zhao an apprentice of Ji?

Zhao Yan is Ma Ji's apprentice, and also a very famous master-apprentice partner.

Zhao Yan, born in April of 195 1, has reached the age of enjoying family happiness. So he chose to return to his family and basically stopped performing.

Zhao Yan has been particularly fond of Peking Opera since he was a child. When he jumped the queue in Heilongjiang, he became a cultural star of the Construction Corps because he sang model operas such as The Red Lantern. Later, in an accident, he was injured. After half a year's illness, Zhao Yan fell in love with cross talk, and became attached to Ma Ji because of the stand-up cross talk Ode to Friendship.

Later, Zhao Yan was transferred to the Central Radio Rap Group. As it happens, Ma Ji also worked in the group. Ma Ji appreciated Zhao Yan's talent, so he accepted him and gave his partner Tang Jiezhong to his apprentice Jiang Kun. He and Zhao Yan became partners.

After the death of Mr Ma Ji in 2006, Zhao Yan faded out of people's sight. However, to our surprise, Zhao Yan, as a judge of the first cross talk sketch contest of 20 18 CCTV, brought us many wonderful comments, especially the cross talk of Dr. and Mrs. Jiao Tong University, which is difficult to learn. Zhao Yan said that their performance was just like reading a text, and there was no life. This evaluation is very fair and just, and celebrities should be famous!