On June 30, the official account of Chen Xiang's 6:30 released a memorial video, officially announcing that Ying Baolin, known as "Uncle Mei", passed away on the same day at the age of 82. The news quickly topped trending searches after being released, and countless netizens who grew up with the works left spontaneous tributes. Everyone was reluctant to part with this old man who brought daily joy to millions, and his sudden departure filled many audiences with unexpected regret and heartache.

6月30日，《陈翔六点半》官方账号发布悼念视频，正式官宣“妹爷”应宝麟于当日离世，享年82岁。消息一经公布迅速登上热搜，无数陪伴着作品长大的网友自发留言悼念，大家都舍不得这位给无数人带来日常欢笑的老爷子，他的离去让不少观众心里满是猝不及防的惋惜与心痛。

As a national first-class actor, Uncle Mei is a widely recognized powerful veteran performer in the industry. In his early years, he starred in many classic works such as The Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The Lucky Star Piggy and The Gate of Zhengyang, yet he never gained widespread public fame. It was not until he was 71 that he set aside his pride and joined the fledgling short-video team. He dedicated over a decade to a field that many professional actors looked down on back then, portraying a host of vivid, down-to-earth ordinary people that struck a deep chord with audiences, unexpectedly becoming the most beloved "National Grandpa" across the internet.

作为国家一级演员，妹爷是业内公认的实力派老戏骨。早年间他就参演过《天龙八部》《福星高照猪八戒》《正阳门下》等多部经典作品，却始终没有被大众广泛熟知。直到71岁那年，他放下身段加入刚起步的短视频团队，在当时不少专业演员都瞧不上的领域深耕十余年，把一个个鲜活接地气的市井小人物演得深入人心，意外成了全网最受欢迎的“国民大爷”。



In the past two years, Uncle Mei gradually faded out of the camera to rest and recuperate due to health issues, and audiences had been silently praying for his speedy recovery. No one expected the sudden sad news. What makes people even more emotional is that it was less than two months after his old partner "Aunt Wu" Wu Yanjie passed away due to illness. In just dozens of days, two core veteran actors of Chen Xiang's 6:30 passed away one after another, plunging the entire team and long-time fans into deep sorrow.

近两年因为身体原因，妹爷逐渐淡出镜头安心休养，观众们一直默默祈祷他能早日康复。谁也没想到噩耗突然传来，更让人唏嘘的是，距离他的老搭档“吴妈”吴艳杰因病离世还不到两个月，短短几十天里，《陈翔六点半》的两位黄金老戏骨接连辞世，让整个团队和老观众都陷入了深深的难过之中。



Yet less than 24 hours after Uncle Mei's passing, two disgraceful incidents of chasing clout with the deceased occurred one after another. Some self-media bloggers seized on the detail in director Chen Xiang's tribute that "Uncle Mei loved to have a couple of sips of Baijiu in his lifetime" to make a fuss. Without any official information as proof, they claimed with absolute certainty that Uncle Mei died from excessive drinking, making up a false cause of death just to gain views and traffic by exploiting the deceased.

可就在妹爷离世还不到24小时，两桩令人不齿的逐丑乱象接连出现。有自媒体博主拿着导演陈翔悼念文中“妹爷生前爱喝两口白酒”的细节大做文章，在没有任何官方信息佐证的情况下，就言之凿凿编造出妹爷因酗酒过量离世的虚假死因，靠消费逝者博眼球赚流量。



Former team member Qiuqiu released two tribute videos, sharing old clips of Uncle Mei wearing a nasal oxygen tube and Aunt Wu in a hat after chemotherapy. Her sincere remembrance moved countless netizens to tears, but some malicious netizens twisted it as "riding on the deceased's popularity and eating human blood steamed buns". Worse still, many people harshly criticized actors Maotai and Runtu for not speaking out publicly immediately, creating an absurd situation where "you get scolded whether you post a tribute or not", which made many netizens feel deeply chilled.

前团队成员球球发布两条悼念视频，放出了妹爷戴鼻氧管、吴妈化疗后戴帽子的旧片段，真情流露的怀念看哭了无数网友，却被部分恶意网友曲解成“蹭逝者热度吃人血馒头”。更有甚者，对着没有第一时间公开发声的演员毛台、润土大肆指责，一时间“发了被骂，不发也被骂”的荒诞怪象，让不少网友直呼寒心。

These bottomless rumors and unwarranted speculations were quickly denounced and resisted by sober netizens. People have called out that no one should sully a veteran artist who dedicated half his life to bringing joy to others with the filth of traffic, and more kindness and respect should be shown, so that Uncle Mei, who devoted his whole life to performing, can rest in peace without disturbance.

这些毫无底线的造谣与无端揣测很快就被清醒的网友集体怒斥抵制。大家纷纷呼吁，别用流量的脏水去玷污一位给大家带来半辈子欢乐的老艺术家，多留一点善意与尊重，让为表演奉献了一生的妹爷，能安安心心地走完最后一程。

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