Spring Festival Gala superstar Zhao Benshan: abandoned his wife and children, took care of his godmother until the end of his life, and called himself Chen Shimei

In 1999, Wu Qili disclosed the existence of "Little Dragon Girl", and Chen Gangsheng perfunctoryly said "I just made a mistake that all men in the world make".

In April 2017, it was revealed that Xiao Longnu committed suicide and was hospitalized. She made a living by picking up leftover leaves on the roadside. Jackie Chan, who is worth 5 billion, was unwilling to provide a penny of funding. How many fathers in the world can do this? Make such a choice?

In 2008, when Zhao Yufen got married, Zhao Benshan took out a dowry of 3 million yuan and also gave his daughter and son-in-law a mansion and a luxury car.

She is also an abandoned ex-wife, and she is also a daughter who is closely related by flesh and blood. Let’s take a look at what kind of story happened to Zhao Benshan.

1. The experience of "orphans"

Zhao Benshan was born in Lianhua Township, Kaiyuan, Liaoning in 1957. The living conditions at that time were difficult, his mother had insufficient breast milk, and his father ran a long way to give him Ask for goat milk to satisfy your hunger.

At that time, duojuan was still a low-level folk vaudeville act and would be rejected in big cities, let alone the Spring Festival Gala.

Although life was difficult, Zhao Benshan’s upbringing was very warm and his family was happy and harmonious. Zhao Benshan had been popular since he was a child.

Until he was 5 years old, natural disasters occurred in many places in the country. Zhao Benshan’s mother’s tuberculosis worsened and she eventually passed away.

In order to survive, his father fled with his two brothers and one sister, leaving behind the youngest Zhao Benshan. Zhao Benshan lived with his grandfather in his hometown. Unfortunately, his grandfather also died of illness not long after his mother left.

Seven-year-old Zhao Benshan was taken in by his blind second uncle. At this time, Zhao Benshan had no idea what happiness was. Being able to have enough to eat was already the greatest happiness.

The blind second uncle has trouble even taking care of himself. Zhao Benshan, who does not have a high stove, has to learn to cook and wash clothes. Washing clothes is very simple, because he only has a few clothes, and they are all The neighbor wears the rest.

The blind second uncle makes a living by playing the erhu and the suona, which is why Zhao Benshan plays the blind man so well. In "The Three Strings", Zhao Benshan played the blind fortune teller. With this work, Zhao Benshan came into his own. name, but little did he know that this was the real life that Zhao Benshan had to face at the age of 7.

Being self-conscious about warmth and coldness is the complaint of our generation, but it was the fate of the previous generation.

The second blind uncle had no education, but he understood the world better and taught him how to be pleasant and low-key. Therefore, Zhao Benshan has practiced many simple etiquette and customs in getting along with others since he was a child.

It is precisely because of this that the classmates are willing to get along with him and do not dislike him. Once Zhao Benshan went to the home of a classmate from the same town. The classmate's mother saw that he was covered in patches, so she asked his parents.

Zhao Benshan tearfully told this aunt about his family situation.

The classmate’s mother had a sore nose, patted Zhao Benshan on the shoulder, and told her that she would come to her aunt’s house often in the future. If she doesn’t dislike you, just call me mom. As long as there is food at home, you will not be hungry.

In 2020, Zhao Benshan’s 90-year-old godmother Zhou Yumei was bedridden due to illness. Zhao Benshan cut her toenails, sat by the bed and carefully served the elderly, treating her like her own mother. Zhou Yumei told reporters in an interview long ago that Zhao Benshan has never forgotten himself in these years.

He is a man who repays his kindness and grew up eating the food of hundreds of families. He is destined not to let his children become "orphans"

2. Poor and humble couples

Zhao Benshan joined the commune's literary and art propaganda team in 1974. He was 17 years old at the time, and the duo had not yet been "born" in the true sense.

After having a formal job, Zhao Benshan began to pay attention to his own image, with an afro, toad mirrors, and bell-bottom pants. Uncle Benshan was also a trendy boy of that era.

Zhao Benshan’s father rarely comes home. At the age of 18, he has enough food for himself and the whole family is not hungry. Zhao Benshan is smooth and articulate, and is more mature than many adults.

So the uncles and aunts at home began to worry about Zhao Benshan’s life events. After hearing this, Zhao Benshan said with a blank face: Isn’t this great for me?

Seeing that Zhao Benshan is now handsome and responsible, my aunt was somewhat selfish and prepared to introduce her maternal cousin to Zhao Benshan.

Ge Shuzhen is one year younger than Zhao Benshan. Her parents died when she was young and she lives with her uncle. The uncle and aunt felt that the two of them were connected by the same fate and would definitely take care of each other and be able to get closer.

Zhao Benshan ran out of ideas for a while, so he ran to ask his godmother. Godmother: This is a good thing. You have reached the age of starting a family. If a girl is willing to follow you, you can have fun secretly. Bar.

In order to prepare for Zhao Benshan’s wedding, the godmother even gave Zhao Benshan all the money she had and the cloth stamps and food stamps she had accumulated for many years.

One is 19 years old, the other is 20, living in a broken brick house. Zhao Benshan married Ge Shuzhen back home.

As soon as the wedding banquet was held, Zhao Benshan walked out of the house carrying an ax. Not only was his wife who had just entered the door confused, but the neighbors were also surprised. Not long after, Zhao Benshan returned home carrying firewood and whispered in a low voice. He told his wife: "When we live together in the future, we will definitely need firewood."

Ge Shuzhen was still a little angry at first, but when she heard these words, her heart suddenly warmed up.

The two gave birth to their daughter Zhao Yufang in the second year of their marriage. In 1982, they were blessed with a son. The son had a bad heart when he was born and was deaf and mute. As the saying goes, "A bad name is easy to raise." ", so he named his son Zhao Tiedan.

3. Abandoning the First Wife

In the 1980s, the Jilin Provincial Folk Art Troupe was established, and the duo officially took to the stage with their arias, and some "vulgar and sour" arias were cut out.

In order to provide medical treatment for his son, Zhao Benshan followed his blind uncle to perform everywhere. As long as he paid for it, he could sing for as long as he wanted, including weddings and funerals.

Zhao Benshan also participated in the first rural opera performance in Liaoning. Later, Zhao Benshan became more and more popular and joined the Tieling Folk Art Troupe. His stage became bigger and bigger.

In 1987, Zhao Benshan met another "harlequin", this person was Pan Changjiang. The two performed "The Blind Man Turns Out the Light" on the stage. Zhao Benshan, who was using a cane, became a big star in Liaoning. .

In 1988, the branch venue of the Spring Festival Gala came to Harbin. At that time, the director of the branch venue wanted to show the characteristics of the place, so he invited Zhao Benshan. CCTV also interviewed Zhao Benshan. The entire Northeast knew the news about Zhao Benshan’s Spring Festival Gala. .

Unfortunately, Zhao Benshan's program was ultimately unsuccessful. It was not until 1990 that Zhao Benshan put the revised "Blind Date" on the Spring Festival Gala stage and won the first prize of the Spring Festival Gala program, becoming the most popular show of the year. comedian.

In the past few years when Zhao Benshan was reaching the peak of his life, his wife Ge Shuzhen had been taking care of his children in his hometown. Zhao Benshan would send money to his family. In the 1990s, she had saved more than 200,000.

But she was not willing to spend a penny. She also worked as a dishwasher in a hot pot restaurant. Her monthly salary was only 150 yuan. She was not willing to buy even a new dress and used it all for her son. Bought medicine.

The two of them got together less and separated more. They didn’t even have time to spend together during the Spring Festival, and they no longer had the same topic. Zhao Benshan faced the vast sea and the sky, and the unattractive Ge Shuzhen completely fell in love with Zhao Benshan. Lost value.

In 1991, he filed for divorce from Ge Shuzhen, cruelly leaving behind his 11-year-old daughter and an eight-year-old deaf-mute son. Perhaps in the years since Zhao Benshan left home, she had anticipated this " Arranged Marriage" ending.

Talking about his ex-wife, Zhao Benshan: She is a dark, strong, hard-working and good wife.

We had been separated for two years before the divorce, and I still dare not say anything, for fear that she might take some medicine or something.

When Zhao Benshan filed for divorce for the first time, Ge Shuzhen cried without saying a word.

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Later, Ge Shuzhen also accepted the reality, so please give me 100,000 yuan. Zhao Benshan did not mistreat his wife and daughter financially. When he divorced, he paid his wife a lump sum of 250,000 yuan, a car and a three-bedroom house. This was all Zhao Benshan's property at the time.

Zhao Benshan also said with shame: I am Chen Shimei's second brother, and I have been such a "stain" in my life.

4. After the death of his son, he fell in love with his colleagues for a long time

In 1992, Zhao Benshan once again appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage, performing "I Want to Have a Family", the heroine of this sketch It's Huang Xiaojuan, an actor who looks similar to Ma Lijuan.

After recording the Spring Festival Gala, Zhao Benshan rushed to Daqing to perform, but unexpectedly got into a car accident midway.

At that time, Zhao Benshan was divorced and had no relatives, so with the help of a friend, he called Ma Lijuan, an old colleague from the Tieling Art Troupe.

While Ma Lijuan was taking care of Zhao Benshan in the hospital, sparks quickly sparked. It was obvious that both of them admired each other, and the car accident brought them together.

Shortly after Zhao Benshan was discharged from the hospital, the two held a wedding in Shenyang.

Afterwards, Zhao Benshan not only appeared on the Spring Festival Gala consecutively, but also participated in the filming of many rural dramas.

Zhao Benshan, who was so popular that he even left such a rumor in the world: After passing Jiayuguan, if you have anything to do, just come to Zhao Benshan.

He was so famous, but he did not protect his son. Zhao Tiedan died suddenly of a heart attack in 1994

After their son died, Ge Shuzhen and her daughter cried to death. Zhao Benshan learned that After hearing the news of his son's death, he hurriedly asked for leave and returned to Tieling.

After taking care of his son's funeral, Zhao Benshan hurried back to the Spring Festival Gala crew. However, this year, Zhao Benshan was exposed as being a "big name" and absent from the Spring Festival Gala. This must have something to do with his son's death.

5. Same father but different destiny

After her son passed away, Ge Shuzhen fell seriously ill and it took her half a year to recover. Ge Shuzhen had no education and was not good at talking. In order to support her daughter's education, she ran a street vendor and worked as a handyman. She kept all the money Zhao Benshan left for her daughter to go to college.

After the divorce, Ge Shuzhen never said a bad word about Zhao Benshan. Her daughter Zhao Yufang also often contacted her father. At the wedding of Zhao Benshan and Ma Lijuan, Zhao Yufang also sent a wedding blessing. She secretly pulled Zhao Benshan aside. :Dad, I wish you and your aunt a happy wedding and a long life together.

Zhao Yufang also reminded Zhao Benshan to give herself a little brother as soon as possible. This is also her longing for her biological brother.

With her daughter’s blessing, Ma Lijuan gave birth to a pair of twins after the Spring Festival in 1997. Zhao Benshan flew back to Shenyang non-stop as soon as he finished recording the Spring Festival Gala.

Zhao Benshan loved the twins very much, and in order to avoid the media, Ma Lijuan took Zhao Yinan and Zhao Yihan to live in Singapore, where they studied in the most luxurious aristocratic school.

In 1999, Zhao Yufang was admitted to a local foreign language school with excellent results. Ge Shuzhen accompanied her daughter until she graduated from college. During the period of accompanying her, Ge Shuzhen opened a restaurant. Ge Shuzhen, who was not good at management, quickly closed the restaurant.

After graduating in 2003, Zhao Yufang was admitted to a public institution and worked in the local public security bureau. Looking at her daughter's busy but stable life, Ge Shuzhen finally felt a lot more relaxed.

In this year, Zhao Benshan took a major step forward and established Benshan Media, which was the original provincial art troupe. Then he established Benshan Art College, which is now the Liaoning University Art College, under Zhao Benshan’s name. The entertainment industry has been among the top 30 cultural enterprises in the country for the past 10 years, which is in line with the saying "After passing Shanhaiguan, you will find Zhao Benshan."

As the family business grew, Zhao Benshan needed help, so he persuaded his daughter Zhao Yufang to leave her job and join Benshan Media.

He felt that he owed his eldest daughter the most in his life. He suffered too much from his mother when he was young. Now that I am successful, I must let my daughter use the best in everything.

It’s just that Zhao Yufang has a very low-key personality and doesn’t like to appear in public. She prefers to work behind the scenes.

What worries Zhao Benshan the most is his little daughter. In 2005, Zhao Benshan took his 8-year-old daughter to the Liaoning Spring Festival Gala. In the following four years, Zhao Yihan only returned to China during the Spring Festival. Every time he returned to China, Zhao Benshan would bring her During her last local Spring Festival Gala, Zhao Yihan also became a veritable "Northeast Spring Festival Gala Princess".

Starting in 2014, Zhao Yihan returned to China and roamed the Internet with the title of "Society Your Football Sister". This is the result of the so-called "aristocratic education" abroad.

Zhao Benshan hopes that she can work behind the scenes with peace of mind like her sister. The rebellious Zhao Yihan put down his bold words during the live broadcast and said that he can make a career without relying on his father.

This allowed her to get acquainted with another rebellious and arrogant Internet celebrity on the Internet, namely Tianyou, a "abnormal product" of the Internet age. By relying on sensationalism and shouting, this Internet celebrity More than 20 million fans.

Zhao Benshan rarely interfered with his daughter's love affairs. He tried his best to support his daughter if she liked it. So Zhao Benshan also invited Tianyou to film a movie, but Tianyou refused. Dapeng's new movie asked Tianyou to collaborate on a promotional song, presumably to give Zhao Benshan face.

The arrogant Tianyou even criticized Jin Xing and Yang Mi on the Internet, saying bluntly that he earns 80 million a year from live broadcasting. What do you do to me?

In addition, Tianyou’s negative news was exposed one after another, and this Internet celebrity was officially banned. Zhao Benshan’s daughter Qiuqiu cried bitterly during the live broadcast many times when she mentioned her relationship with Tianyou.

In addition, Qiuqiu was also very high-profile in the early days. Netizens complained about his excessive spending. Qiuqiu even responded to netizens: It is normal for my family to spoil me with this condition. Unlike you, I don’t even think about spoiling it. Know how to get used to it.

Tianyou’s misdeeds ruined Qiuqiu’s live broadcast career. He still had to take care of his daughter. In 2018, Zhao Benshan persuaded his daughter to return to his base camp.

The reformed Qiuqiu also realized that only his parents really cared about him. Later, Qiuqiu also participated in many rural dramas of Benshan Media, including "Liu Laogen 4" which was aired last year, and returned to himself Changed his name to Zhao Jiaxuan.

In June 2021, Qiuqiu accepted the proposal of her new boyfriend, who was a returned master's degree. Qiuqiu also said: "Dad is very satisfied with his new partner."

Nowadays, Qiuqiu is broadcast live again, and the father and daughter are often in the same frame. Qiuqiu is no longer the rebellious character he once was.

In addition to Zhao Benshan’s love, Qiuqiu also has a good brother, he is Zhao Yinan, who is also a young man from Northeast China. Zhao Yinan has always been low-key and down-to-earth. He never wears famous brands and is always polite when communicating with others.

After returning to China, Zhao Yinan settled down to work at Benshan Media. Although Zhao Benshan was a director, the salary he paid his son was only 7,500.

Now Zhao Yinan has also founded his own company. Because he is a little obese, Zhao Yinan hopes to make friends with people with lofty ideals to lose weight together, so he established a number of weight loss agencies.

6. The Spring Festival Gala

Every year during the Spring Festival Gala, the audience has the highest voice for Zhao Benshan. During the Year of the Tiger Spring Festival Gala, tens of millions of fans call for Zhao Benshan.

He was once the guarantee of the Spring Festival Gala's ratings. It is worth mentioning that even if Zhao Benshan returns, will his sketches still arouse the excitement of young audiences?

This article was originally edited by Crazy Film and Television Circle

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