“Jiaojiao”, formerly known as Zhang Yujiao, announced on the social platform on February 7 that she will officially withdraw from Benshan Media. She said that she had endured grievances for several years, and she could finally relax. “I am no longer silent, and I am going to fight back.” Zhang Yujiao said that her marriage failed, and the hardships of life made her no longer her dream, but she firmly believed that “evil will be rewarded with evil, and all causal relationships are arranged by God.”
Later, Zhang Yujiao broke the news in the live broadcast that her ex-husband and Zhao Benshan partnered in business and invested tens of millions on the Liu Laogen stage in Changchun, and eventually went bankrupt. All the valuable wines, furniture, tables and chairs on Liu Laogen’s big stage belonged to her ex-husband, but now they can’t get it back.
Zhang Yujiao said that her ex-husband did not accuse Zhao Benshan because she worked in Benshan Media and did not want to make her sad. But she didn’t have any chance in Benshan Media for three or four years, “I tell you, as an actor, I am very aggrieved!”
She shouted, “I’ll be the first person to have sex with you, Zhao Benshan,” and said that she would work hard to get everything that belongs to “us” back.
Zhang Yujiao joined Benshan Media in 2009, and her performance on the Liu Laogen stage was once very popular, with more than 3 million fans. But she later disappeared from the stage, and it was only recently that it was announced that she had given birth to twins, but she was divorced.
Zhang Yujiao pointed out that her ex-husband divorced her reluctantly in order to prevent her and her children from being burdened by debts. She bluntly said that it was Zhao Benshan who destroyed her marriage and made her career hidden.
Zhang Yujiao once said on social platforms that she decided to leave Benshan Media three years ago, but Zhao Benshan secretly manipulated the fate of others. She said, “I won’t accept my fate, and I won’t let people step on it again and again!”
On February 10, all the videos Zhang Yujiao disclosed and released were deleted. She shared the short video on Weibo again, and shouted to Zhao Benshan from the air: “I don’t believe in evil, you delete one, I’ll change another! You can block my N-year stage career, but you can’t block mine. Backbone and personality!”
Zhao Benshan has yet to respond to this, and Benshan Media has not made any news.
According to the information, Benshan Media was established in 2003 with a registered capital of 125 million yuan, which is jointly held by Benshan Holdings Co., Ltd., Ma Lijuan and Zhao Benshan. Ma Lijuan is Zhao Benshan and his wife.
On December 28 last year, the renamed Benshan Media affiliate “Liaoning Folk Art Troupe Co., Ltd.” underwent an industrial and commercial change. Zhao Benshan stepped down as the legal representative and was taken over by An Shoushu. At the same time, Zhao Benshan resigned from the position of chairman and general manager.
On December 30, “Zhao Benshan’s resignation as the legal representative of Benshan Media” was pushed to the hot search, which caused heated discussions among netizens. Some netizens commented: Zhao Benshan is afraid of tax evasion and is going to jail!
In recent years, negative news of “Benshan Media” has spread frequently. On July 13, 2020, Benshan Media (Hainan) Co., Ltd. was placed on the list of serious violations by local authorities, and was subsequently cancelled in February 2021. Zhao Benshan holds a 40% stake in Benshan Media (Hainan) Co., Ltd. and is the company’s second largest shareholder.
Zhao Benshan told the media in 2010 that he would spend 1.3 billion to build the Boao Film and Television Base in Hainan and build the Liu Laogen stage. But on March 10, 2021, the relevant person in charge of Benshan Media (Hainan) told the mainland Red Star News, “The film and television base and the Liu Laogen stage have not been repaired at all.”
Zhao Benshan’s Shenzhen store has also been exposed to close the store. On November 8, 2020, some netizens in the industry broke the news that the Liu Laogen stage in Shenzhen will be closed, and there is no plan to continue operating. On the one hand, affected by the epidemic, Liu Laogen’s big stage has been unable to make ends meet, and it is unsustainable; on the other hand, because of the “two-person performance”, the form of performance is no longer favored by the audience.
Zhao Benshan is famous for his vulgar and vulgar performances. Most of his sketches ridicule farmers, the disabled or the disadvantaged, so he has been criticized by public opinion.
In 2000, after Jiang Zemin, the then top leader of the Communist Party of China, discovered Zhao Benshan’s vulgar skills through the “Spring Festival Gala”, this autumn, Jiang’s hardcore and “strategist” Zeng Qinghong personally summoned Zhao Benshan, and asked him to use comedy to show Zhao Benshan in the “Spring Festival Gala” in 2001. He clearly expressed his attitude towards Falun Gong. Zeng Qinghong said to Zhao, “This is what Chairman Jiang meant, only success is allowed, not failure!”
Zhao Benshan, Fan Wei and Gao Xiumin performed a sketch “Selling Abduction” that slandered Falun Gong on the “Spring Festival Gala” in 2001. Since then, Zhao Benshan has been designated as the “Skip King” by the Jiang faction, and he must attend the Spring Festival Gala every year. No matter how well he performs, the title of “Sketch King” can only belong to him. After that, Zhao Benshan and others continued to take the initiative to curry favor with Jiang Zemin.
Zhao Benshan has a close relationship with the former secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee, Bo Xilai, who once stood for him in a high-profile manner. In November 2007, the “Yilishen” illegal fund-raising case was exposed. The incident involved 1.13 million farmers and was defrauded of tens of billions of dollars. Zhao Benshan was the spokesperson of “Ant Power God”, but he was not implicated under the protection of Bo Xilai.
After the Chongqing incident broke out in February 2012, Zhao Benshan was revealed to be one of the core figures in the coup plot of Bo Xilai and Zhou Yongkang, and was listed as the “Minister of Culture” after the coup. When Bo Xilai was arrested, Zhao Benshan also lost his power and began to miss the “Spring Festival Gala” every year.
Zhao Benshan started from Tieling, Liaoning Province. For decades, Zhao Benshan’s family history is closely related to Bo Xilai and Wang Lijun. There is a complex exchange of interests between them, and Zhao and Wang Lijun have a very good personal relationship.
After Bo Xilai stepped down, Zhao Benshan’s scandal was repeatedly raised by the official media, and he once became one of the bellwethers of the collapse of the CCP Jiang Zemin’s forces. The official media pursued him fiercely, and continued to expose his various scandals. The mouthpiece Xinhuanet repeatedly and high-profile hype that Zhao Benshan had many “confidantes” and had close relationships with many actresses. Song Zuying et al. Song Zuying was one of Jiang Zemin’s mistresses.
Gao Xiumin and He Qingkui received bad revenge in 2005 after concocting and performing the skit “Selling Abduction” slandering Falun Gong in the “Spring Festival Gala”. Zhao Benshan’s physical condition also deteriorated.
In fact, not only do many folks dislike the vulgar sketch actor Zhao Benshan, but Hong Kong media has disclosed that some high-level CCP officials also do not like Zhao’s performances, and even express disgust for his vulgar performances appearing in the “Hall of Grace”.