Actor: Thank you.

"Egg-laying rooster."

"Fighter among cocks, oh yeah!"

Near the film set.

Song Xunxun was gesturing in front, while Zhang Yuan was standing in front of a camera pretending to film.

"Stop!" Uncle Benshan stood up and made a pause gesture.

"No, your tone is too low."

“Got to move up, got to be excited.”

"Because of your character, she is excited at this time."

"They are getting paid and filming commercials, so proud..."

Seeing Uncle Benshan explaining the play to Teacher Dandan, Zhang Yuan leaned aside.

"After working with you for so many years, it's just two words."

"It's so tiring!" Song Xunxun complained with a smile.

After Song Xinxin came to the crew, Zhao Benshan took her to prepare for other work as soon as he finished the afternoon scene.

"You're just going to treat me to this?"

Teacher Song, holding a lunch box, complained.

But even though he complained, he was not picky and ate whatever he wanted.

"I'll treat you to a good meal later, but time is tight now."

Uncle Benshan didn't say anything nonsense.

Time is indeed tight.

Just like when filming "Curse of the Golden Flower", Zhang Yimou had to take into account the design of both the movie and the Olympic opening ceremony.

In addition to filming "Falling Leaves Return to Their Roots", Zhao Benshan also had to take care of another important matter.

Spring Festival Gala sketch!

Does the Spring Festival Gala need Zhao Benshan, or does Zhao Benshan need the Spring Festival Gala?

The early and late stages are different.

Some people and ordinary people have different views on this matter.

But after all, the title of pillar, at this time and at this stage, belongs to Zhao Benshan.

Zhao Benshan of the people of the whole country was even given this title.

While it brings honor, it also brings enormous pressure.

Because most people have a golden period of creativity.

Obviously, in the category of sketches, Zhao Benshan has reached the end of his golden age.

The cause was the sudden death of teacher Gao Xiumin.

In addition to losing a golden partner, they also lost teacher He Qingkui, with whom Gao Xiumin was treated as husband and wife, although they were not married.

As a screenwriter, He Qingkui participated in the writing of several works including "Red Sorghum Model Team", "New Year Greetings", "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow", "Hourly Worker", "Selling Crutch" and "Selling Car".

It can be said that half of the credit for Zhao Benshan’s peak period on the Spring Festival Gala went to this talented screenwriter who only had a junior high school education and once made a living by farming and selling vegetables.

After leaving He Qingkui, the quality of Zhao Benshan's works has obviously declined.

As a "sequel", "Talking Things" is obviously inferior to "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow".

"Planning", which is the "sequel" of "Talking about Things", is the "New Year's Eve dinner" that Uncle Benshan plans to serve to the audience during the Spring Festival Gala this year.

But whether it is "Planning", or the later "Torchbearer", "Donation", or "You, My Deskmate".

Compared with "Selling Crutch" and "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow", the quality has declined significantly.

Only the flash of inspiration like "We're Not Short of Money" makes people feel that the Spring Festival Gala sketches seem to have signs of a last gasp.

But Uncle Benshan, who is on the decline, can still crush most of his peers.

After all, he was going downhill from the Himalayas, so even if he rolled down, it would take him a long time.

When he was around, Zhao Benshan had the final say on when to set off firecrackers on New Year's Eve in most parts of the north.

Because the whole family, young and old, were sitting there waiting for Benshan's skit.

Only after watching it and feeling relieved will people set off fireworks and drive away the Nian monster.

From the perspective of public expectations, Zhao Benshan and Zhang Yimou are under similar pressure.

So Uncle Benshan asked Song Xinxin to come to the crew early so that she could rehearse with him on the set.

This is the fifteenth draft of the sketch and it is almost complete.

Initially, the work "Planning" was intended to introduce two new characters.

After finding Song Xunxun as a partner, Teacher Song suggested that the new characters still needed the audience to understand and be brought into the show, and were not as pleasing to the eye and close to the audience as the old characters.

After the two discussed, they restarted the "White Cloud, Black Soil Universe" again.

Since there are three actors in this skit, there are only two of them.

"You are not Lao Hou's apprentice."

"Come and cooperate with us for a while."

Zhang Yuan was drafted into the army.

Play the third party in the sketch, that is, the role of Teacher Niu Qun.

In the terms of crosstalk, it's about making people laugh and praising others, and he is the one who is making things worse.

"A fighter among cocks!"

Zhao Benshan pointed upwards with his hand: "An octave higher."

"Okay, okay, I'll do it again."

"Well, Xiao Zhang, please cooperate with me and show some emotion."

"Hey, Sister Dandan, no problem." Zhang Yuan is also good at getting close to people.

In less than an hour, she went from being Teacher Song to Sister Dandan.

Zhang Yuan responded and smiled.

Uncle Benshan's sketches are always full of golden lines.

The phrase "fighter among roosters" is so characteristic of the times.

The famous line of Bird mobile phone is "the fighter jet among mobile phones".

These are the tears of the times!

In those days, Bird was a famous company and its mobile phone sales were also very impressive.

But after the advent of the smart phone era, this brand is no longer popular.

But it is not extinct.

Transsion mobile phones, which later became very popular in the African market and seemed to be the dominant force, are actually the spiritual disciples of Bird.

In the early days of Transsion, all the production, design, processing and packaging were done by Bird’s team and factory.

"Lay your own eggs and let others talk...where does this phrase come from?" After Song Xinxin finished speaking, he turned to ask his partner.

"Do you know what Internet buzzwords are?" Teacher Zhao replied, "Just follow your own path and let others talk."

"Dante, The Divine Comedy." Zhang Yuan said at this time.

"What eggs?" Teacher Zhao turned around and asked after hearing it.

"A rooster that lays eggs?" Teacher Song also interrupted.

"Dante."

Not the Dante from Devil May Cry.

“The great Italian poet of the Renaissance.”

"Come with me and let people talk about it." Zhang Yuan said word by word: "This is the original text."

Go your own way and let others talk... This was the QQ signature of many people back then.

Zhang Yuan had looked it up, so he remembered it clearly.

Dante is known as one of the three giants of the Renaissance, along with Boccaccio and Petrarch.

Engels praised it as a historical landmark marking the end of the feudal Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern capitalist era.

"You see, it's still the young people who are educated." Zhao Benshan gave him a thumbs up: "You are so talented!"

By the way, I praised him using a line from the new sketch.

"You're so talented." Song Xunxun looked at his old partner with his signature sidelong glance: "He is talented, not like you."

"Speaking of this line, why did you add a kissing scene for me?" Sister Dandan slapped the script.

"I'm so angry that I said that it makes it seem like I'm taking advantage of you." Zhao Benshan replied with a frustrated look on his face.

"Isn't this taking advantage?"

"I was acting a kissing scene with him." Song Xunxun said to Zhang Yuan, who had always been innocent, "That's called me taking advantage of him."

"I'd be embarrassed to kiss you."

Zhang Yuan crossed his arms and watched. The two of them didn't need to perform, just sitting there was a drama.

The so-called kissing scene really existed.

This is the origin of the line in the movie “Torchbearer”: “Stretch out your right leg and you’ll get a kiss. Remember, there are no dead ghosts.”

In the book, Song Xunxun hugged Zhao Benshan and kissed him on the cheek.

Zhang Yuan remembered that this was a famous scene.

This skit is about hype, and it is unethical hype.

"Once the paparazzi found out, every chicken, duck, geese, dog and cat in the county knew about it the next day!"

This time it's not just a hint, it's stated directly.

And the theme of this program is to satirize health products.

Heitu was also forced by Baiyun to imitate Wu Laoer's way of walking.

The character with cerebral thrombosis who trembled all over when he saw white clouds in "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" returned for a limited time, which can be considered a CALLBACK.

The irony is about those health products that claim to rejuvenate people and cure all diseases.

Just like the very popular Melatonin at that time, everyone who used it said it was good.

After eating it, the old man slept soundly. Later, I found out that melatonin was added to it...

But Zhang Yuan remembers that the most ironic thing was that when the skit "Planning" was performed that year, among those who laughed loudly in the audience of the Spring Festival Gala was the boss of Ant Power.

This was one of the most famous health products at the time, and it made a lot of money.

It is said that it can stimulate the cerebral cortex, making people excited, refreshed and younger.

Later, it was found that there was a small amount of sildenafil, which is the main ingredient of Viagra... How could I not be excited!

The key point is that this brand claimed to have spent 03 million to hire Zhao Benshan as its spokesperson as early as .

Then, less than a year after the skit was aired, the brand collapsed.

Zhang Yuan guessed that Uncle Benshan must have figured something out.

But it’s hard to say it out loud, and I still have to make money…

"Thank you for your hard work." After rehearsing for more than an hour, they called it a day.

Song Xunxun pulled Zhang Yuan aside and asked.

"Are you Hou Yaowen's apprentice?"

"Looks like he's quite talented. When he was performing just now, he could just pick up the book and go on. The size is pretty good."

"You flatter me."

"Why don't we change the cattle and let him take over?" Song Xun Xun joked, "Otherwise, no one will like to watch the three of us old guys."

"He looks so attractive to girls."

Zhang Yuan knew he was joking.

It is impossible for me to replace Teacher Niu Qun.

Because this program and this script were modified by Zhao Benshan for Niu Qun.

The original story was not like this.

But when applying this year, both of Niu Qun's programs were rejected by CCTV.

Later, Uncle Benshan met this person at an offline event. Seeing that he was depressed, he took the job of letting him return to the Spring Festival Gala.

The production process of "Selling Crutch" was shortened to give Pan Changjiang more time.

"Planning" modified the script in order to allow the cattle to come on stage.

This is why Zhao Benshan is respected wherever he goes and everyone respects him.

He's really up to something!
"It's also because of lard that you are blinded."

"He's a good actor, but he's getting involved in that." Song Xunxun couldn't help but complain a few words: "Does he have the ability to do this?"

Simply put, this guy was played.

They contribute manpower, effort and money, thinking that this will get things done.

But the better you do, the more abundant the fruits will be, and the more eye-catching they will be.

In the end, even though he donated all his money, the local government investigated and determined that there was no problem with his finances.

But the reputation of this veteran Spring Festival Gala performer is still notorious.

Even to the point of being penniless.

He wanted to return to the stage, especially the Spring Festival Gala stage.

I looked for Feng Gong, but it was useless.

The program was cancelled repeatedly because of its reputation problem.

At this time, only Zhao Benshan dared to stand up and use him and support him.

Song Xunxun's criticism of this matter was not something he said casually.

She is so qualified!
Because her biological father is the secretary of the Capital Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

Her brother is a high-ranking official in Jin Province.

Song Xunxun speaks carelessly and directly, always acting like a patriarch because he is confident.

After finishing their work, Zhang Yuan had to continue filming in the evening.

Because she had helped and was familiar with the job, Song Xunxuan did not take a rest, but stood aside and watched him shoot.

Thinking that others are helping me, as a senior, I can also give some advice, which can be considered as repaying the favor.

But upon closer inspection, I realized that they didn't need me at all.

"You can do it!" Teacher Song said, pulling his arm during the break in the shooting.

"The lines and performance are all good."

"It's not easy for you to reach this level at your age."

"Of course he has the talent. Even Zhang Yimou asked him to act in a movie." Uncle Benshan introduced.

"Ah, which one?"

"Just the latest one."

"That's you!" Song Xunxun finally realized it.

"Then you are a big star, I thought you were a young actor who just debuted."

Song Xunxun is like this. Not only does she not recognize people, but she also speaks in an impolite and rude manner.

"Compared to you, I've just debuted."

"Hehehe...you are quite good at talking, kid."

"Brother Zhang Yuan, would you like some water?" The supporting actress Zhang Di handed him a cup of hot tea.

"Thank you, no need to bother, I'll just let my assistant do it."

"Eh!" Song Xinxin said with a straight face: "The girl means well, why are you so ignorant?"

"Do you like him very much?" Song Xunxun asked directly.

"No..." Zhang Di walked away with a blushing face.

"Is there something going on between you two?" Zhao Benshan also started gossiping.

"You two seniors, please stop talking nonsense. It's okay for me. I'm a girl and I still have my dignity."

"I feel like she's been looking at you in a strange way lately."

How can that be right?

I just threw myself into your arms yesterday, and it almost brought harmony to my life.

"Come on, as long as nothing happens, we'll pretend we don't know." Zhao Benshan winked at him.

"You are always so dishonest."

"Hahahaha, I like your personality!" Seeing that he dared to retort, Song Xunxun clapped his hands in joy.

Beep, beep... A few people were chatting when the cell phone in Teacher Song's pocket rang.

The man picked up the phone immediately.

"Hello." The voice was quite soft when speaking to the person on the other end of the phone.

Zhang Yuan had good hearing and vaguely heard the voice of a little girl on the phone, calling for her mother.

"Teacher Dandan has only one son, Batu." Zhang Yuan felt strange.

"Oh, right." He remembered again.

Song Xinxin has a stepdaughter, who was brought up by her husband.

He became quite famous in later generations. "The Knight" starring Zhang Ziyi and "Eternals", one of the Marvel series, were both directed by this director.

Speaking of which, Song Xunxuan is a very impulsive person.

I got married three times in total, two of which were flash marriages.

Like Yingda, he is not that flashy, but the result is not good either.

"Ah?" Sister Dandan's face changed as she listened.

"How did that happen?"

"It's okay, I'll ask for you, don't worry."

Zhang Yuan seemed to hear the crying tone of the little girl's voice on the phone.

"What's wrong?" Zhao Benshan asked.

"Child stuff."

Having said that, Song Xinxin made another call.

"Hey, Director Lin, I heard from Xiao Zi, why did you change the cast this time?"

Zhang Yuan frowned.

its not right!
It seems that she is not talking about her stepdaughter.

Director Lin?

Xiao Zi...sounds familiar.

"What? How did it become like this?"

“Ouch… Ouch…”

Teacher Song, who had been very straightforward when talking to him and Zhao Benshan before, was now sighing.

He showed a rare look of helplessness.

"To be able to make this veteran in the film and television industry who has an excellent family background helpless..." Zhang Yuan seemed to have unraveled a thread.

He probably figured out what it was.

"Sister Dandan, are you in trouble?"

After she put down her phone, Zhang Yuan took the initiative to approach her and asked.

"Hey, being an actor isn't easy." She suddenly sighed.

"Please tell us in detail, maybe we can help you solve it."

"Even if you can't solve it, you'll feel better if you talk to someone." Zhang Yuan persuaded.

"You're a good kid." Song Xinxin touched his shoulder and said, "Okay, let's talk."

"Did you know that I acted in a TV series?"

"It's called "Home with Kids"..." (End of this chapter)