What about Benchang You now, because he played the role of helping the public all over the country and sold his house in pursuit of art?

On 20 17, the old artist Benchang You posted a video on the social platform.

In the video, he said sadly:

"I have lived in a nursing home, and now the evening scenery is bleak, and no one cares."

It looked miserable, but the painting style suddenly changed in a few seconds, and the shocking feeling was cheated by this "old urchin".

"Shoes are broken, hats are broken, robes are broken ..." Whenever this familiar melody rings in the ear, the image of Benchang You's "Jigong" will come to mind.

So, what about "Jigong" who once brought me countless memories?

Why did he disappear after becoming famous overnight? What has he experienced in these years?

1933, Benchang You was born in Taizhou, Jiangsu. His family is not rich, but there are many children at home.

As the youngest child in the family, he has six sisters above him. As the only male in the family, Benchang You is naturally favored.

It's a pity that he was sickly since he was a child, just a medicine jar, which broke his parents' hearts.

But even if he sought medical advice everywhere, his health did not improve, and even if he was kept delicious, he was still skinny.

When Benchang You was six years old, a monk came here to beg alms, met him by chance, looked at him a few times and said to his parents:

"I'm afraid the child won't live to be 13 years old. Unless he converts to Buddhism, this matter can be solved. "

The parents were frightened by the monk's words, so in order to ensure their son's smooth growth,

Six-year-old Benchang You was sent to Fazang Temple in Shanghai to learn from her teacher.

That is, since then, Benchang You's health has gradually improved. Not only is he getting better, but his body is getting stronger and stronger, which is really incredible.

Just entering the temple, he wants to continue his studies. As a teenager, Benchang You had excellent academic performance and a very flexible brain.

Besides reading, his favorite thing is listening to storytelling. After school, he went to the bookstore to listen to stories. What impressed him most was the story of living in Jiangnan.

He never tires of hearing this joke and even writes down all his lines. When he got home, he would improvise for his parents, and everyone laughed from ear to ear.

When he grew up, my sister began to take him to the movies. At that time, Chaplin's pantomime was very famous, and the child star Shirley Deng Boer was also deeply loved by the audience.

Benchang You watched the strange performances in the film, and he yearned for the performing arts more and more.

At that time, his dream was to become an actor.

195 1 year, Benchang You, who graduated from high school, successfully entered the Nanjing Art Troupe. Here he officially stepped onto the stage of dreams and embarked on the road of art.

Benchang You is the most active one in the group work. He is the last one to leave every rehearsal. Every performance, even if he is unwell, he tries his best to leave the best side to the audience.

With this momentum, Benchang You got the opportunity to enter the Shanghai Theatre Academy in the second year of joining the League, where he was exposed to real performances.

I also gradually understand that to be a good actor, you must have a sense of mission. An actor who can hide himself behind the role is a really good actor.

From 65438 to 0956, after graduating from college, Benchang You was assigned to work in Peking Opera Theatre, and he started his walk-on career.

And he can't get the leading role, not because he is incompetent, but because he doesn't want to compete with others and doesn't like to pull relationships with others.

He has his own principles and is never disturbed by fame and fortune. For him, as long as the play is good, every role deserves to be treated with care.

Even if he is a walk-on, he will read through the script and figure out the characters thoroughly. Even if he has no lines, he is full of scenes in the corner where no one is there. This is his insistence on art.

When rehearsing the drama Thunderstorm, he never played a serf, but Benchang You read 19 books for this role.

At the end of the play, he had a chance to appear. It was just a tearful photo, but it was unforgettable.

His performance is known as "the most classic walk-on".

1966, 33-year-old Benchang You was forced to leave the theater and began to live in the countryside for ten years, so the golden age of his life was not spent on the stage.

The reality left him only sand and scorching sun. In those years of decentralization, he worked as a locksmith, built houses and collected wheat.

He loves to perform, and occasionally he will perform in the fields for a while, and the enthusiastic villagers will watch it with relish.

At that moment, he told his story in the twilight, and the whole person came to life.

After going to the countryside, Benchang You returned to the theater, still playing a walk-on.

But he has been trying to perform, and because of his admiration for Chaplin, he also fell in love with pantomime.

However, pantomime is not very popular compared with dramas with affectionate voices. At that time, Benchang You didn't have many audiences and didn't make much money.

But truly talented people will shine one day, and opportunities are always reserved for those who are prepared.

1984, in a pantomime performance, Benchang You was photographed by Huang Yihe, the general director of the Spring Festival Evening, and got the opportunity to be on the stage of the Spring Festival Evening.

That year, his mime sketch "Shower" also became a classic in many people's hearts.

No lines, no props,

He stood alone on the stage, facing the air, but he performed the actions of falling, undressing and turning on the tap vividly.

At that time, Benchang You finally had a name in the audience's mind.

And after running for 28 years, I finally ushered in my 80th role, and this time I finally became the protagonist.

But when the director first found him, Benchang You refused without hesitation, so what happened?

After decades of struggle, 52-year-old Benchang You is still a little actor, making a living by running around.

So, when he received a phone call from his wife, he was in a daze for a moment. At that time, he was still filming in other places, but his wife called and said:

"There are Shanghainese who want you to help the public. This is a protagonist. "

When Benchang You heard that he was going to play Jigong, he was very excited, but he didn't agree for the first time. But let his wife tell each other that he will think about it for a few days.

Just because he heard that his apprentice Yan Shunkai wanted to play this role, he was afraid that he would turn against him if he changed this role, so he didn't dare to take it rashly.

Afterwards just know, Yan Shunkai is a provincial television crew.

The role he played was done by Hangzhou TV Station, but it didn't conflict, so he accepted the role with peace of mind.

In order to play this role well, he really put in a lot of efforts. After reading many classics, he decided to work hard on dressing up first.

The original frock of the crew was clean and tidy, and Benchang You felt that it did not conform to the image of Jigong.

So he cut and sewed the clothes, only to change a new dress into a rag. As for the broken fan, he scraped it with steel wire himself.

In order to be close to the role, he deliberately staggered and painted his teeth black himself.

An unkempt image of Jigong is vividly presented to the audience.

In the filming process, Benchang You always attached great importance to depicting details, such as a scene in the script, that is, Ji Gong and a corrupt official are brothers.

He thinks this is very inappropriate. Jigong was crazy but had his own principles, so he revised the script.

Let people see the picture of Jigong making a scene in the Prime Minister's office and voicing grievances for the people. Jigong's character of being in charge of human right and wrong is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Later, there was a picture of Jigong stealing steamed bread. He thinks he is a freeloader, looks like Jigong and is a rogue, and this kind of stealing is likely to lead to bad children.

So he took the steamed bread and designed a magic trick to blow a copper plate in front of the stall owner.

The image of Ji Gong's cynicism and adherence to principles is thus shaped little by little.

In addition to being loyal to the plot, he is also very dedicated in the filming process. As the protagonist, he never enjoyed special treatment, but suffered a lot.

At that time, he had to conceive and study the script every day before shooting, sum up and reflect after shooting, and strive to improve it. He can only rest for four to five hours every day.

He was never vague about many shooting details. For example, in a scene, he was hit by a board and shot 12 times. I don't know how many times.

Even the actor who plays the chief is extremely distressed, but he still casually asks to continue. Although he had protective gear on him, he still couldn't stand up after the filming.

"Wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha is in the heart." In the play, Jigong often drinks and eats meat, but when people envy Benchang You for eating and drinking at public expense, he doesn't enjoy it so much.

When Jigong filmed it, it was in the hot summer. The elbow he bought the day before basically stinks the next day.

But when the director instructed him to eat elbow, he chewed it regardless and it looked delicious.

It was not until the director called for a card that he finally couldn't help spitting it out.

Later, this picture was written into the textbook of Nortel to encourage the next generation of actors.

Benchang You, who spent half his life making movies, didn't get much pay. At that time, he took 120 for an episode, and the director gave him 150 for the last episode.

The drama "Jigong" was filmed for eight episodes, and he only took 1000 yuan.

After the play was broadcast, it quickly spread all over the country. At that time, rubbing mud to save people became a trick that many children imitated.

The character of helping the public, punishing evil and promoting good has also profoundly influenced a generation.

But after the fire, Benchang You didn't continue dating like everyone else, but gradually became silent. Why?

At that time, Benchang You won the Golden Eagle Award for Best Actor directly for this drama.

Later, Jigong was successfully broadcast in Singapore, which also triggered a ratings boom.

When Benchang You visited Singapore on behalf of everyone, an overseas Chinese took his hand and said to him:

Hearing this, Benchang You was shocked. He didn't expect a small TV play to have such a great influence.

Since then, his choice of scripts has become more strict.

It is precisely because of this harshness that he finally has almost no drama to shoot. People only think that he is picky and too stubborn.

And those scripts that he rejected, without exception, became nameless dramas.

For the pursuit of art, Benchang You has his own principles, and his tricks are divided into three categories:

He once said, "I will never shoot works that are harmful to people. As long as I am worthy of the audience, I will shoot." "

Benchang You undoubtedly offended many people by sticking to the principle of not earning money. Since then, few people have asked him to act.

199 1 Just as his career was booming, his wife Yang was diagnosed with cancer. In order to take care of her, he resolutely quit the show business and gave up his beloved career.

He said, "I will take good care of her, or I will regret it."

He took his wife to see a famous doctor and even went abroad to see a doctor. After four years of anti-cancer struggle, my wife finally survived and recovered slowly.

Benchang You's wife was introduced by a friend. They met for the first time and went to see the sunrise. When the sun rises, the hearts of the two young people also burn.

Soon they came together. Whether they are rich or poor, their wives always support him. When they got married, they had almost nothing.

But Yang insisted on marrying him just because he said to her:

Facts have proved that Yang's choice is correct. From her hair to her gray hair, Benchang You never let her down. Their devotion to each other propped up this small family.

However, my wife's condition has just improved, and my daughter doesn't have to stop. The college entrance examination is coming, but Benchang You's daughter is clamoring to drop out of school.

He tried everything to dissuade him, but it didn't work at all. Everyone has his own way to go.

He finally respected his daughter's choice, and now the child is older and has become a writer.

After solving the problems of his wife and children, Benchang You can finally return to the stage. However, the road after his comeback is still very difficult.

1994, Benchang You gave up many films he didn't like and set up his own company. He practiced the art in his heart in his own way.

In 2002, out of his love for pantomime, he invested in filming Mr. You's Silent Smile, but no TV station was willing to buy it.

Pantomime has long been out of date, and not many people appreciate it now, so he got almost nothing this time.

Later, he made another film "Fan", but there was still no market and there was not much money left on him.

He said: "Actors don't come to this world to make a living, they always leave traces."

And this trace, of course, is not money and fame, but spiritual wealth left to future generations.

After losing money for two consecutive plays, Benchang You spent almost all his savings. People don't understand what he is still doing at his age.

He can only be able to shrug off, he felt:

"If money is used to realize a person's life ideal, it is very worthwhile."

At the age of 80, Benchang You sold his only house, set up a troupe, and began to rehearse the drama master Hongyi.

In order to play this role well, he also went to the summer camp of becoming a monk, shaved his head in Suifenhe, used his body to play, and named him Dharma.

People can't imagine how much energy 80-year-old Benchang You has devoted to this drama, from script, rehearsal to actor recruitment.

For this wonderful play, he never sleeps. He is more energetic than a 20-year-old.

However, in the first year of the premiere of Master Hongyi, only three performances were performed, but the venue fee and labor fee were nearly one million, and he still didn't make any money this year.

In the second year, the drama performance changed from three performances a year to 100 a year, and even gained recognition from foreign countries, and was invited to perform in the United States and Canada, which promoted China culture.

At the age of 83, he was unfortunately fractured because of rehearsal. Because of his advanced age and high risk of operation, the doctor suggested conservative treatment with traditional Chinese medicine.

However, as the performance day approached, it was too late for him to recover from illness, so he decided to have an operation. Less than a month after his recovery, he took to the stage with a bandage.

He once said: "It is a kind of happiness for an actor to die on the stage."

Now Benchang You is 88 years old.

When there is no drama, he often goes to school to teach children to play plays for free.

Because of his courses, some children got the special qualification of Tsinghua, some got out of autism, and some got on the stage of the National Centre for the Performing Arts.

Benchang You, who is old, is not behind the times, and it is not a problem to play with major social platforms.

The grandfather who shouted "Dear Doll" in the video made many people wet their eyes.

Benchang You has a close relationship with Jigong since he was a child.

"No annoyance, no annoyance, no sorrow, and the world is cold."

This is the way of life of Jigong and the portrayal of Benchang You's life.

After the ups and downs of his life, he lived a more transparent life.

He is not tired of fame and fortune, but lives for the ideal in his heart.

As long as the ideal does not die, he will always be young.