In 1993, the 4-year-old Shi Xiaolong did not expect that his trip to Taiwan to perform martial arts would determine the direction of his life.
In that year, he accompanied the Shaolin Temple delegation to perform martial arts performances at the Taipei Indoor Stadium, which opened the eyes of more than 10,000 spectators, even more popular than star concerts.
In the auditorium, a director also watched the performance. He patted his thigh and suddenly had a plan in his mind.
This director is Zhu Yanping.
Zhu Yanping is going to go home to call Wu Dun, the boss of Changhong Film and Television Company, and ask him to quickly sign the Kung Fu monk. As a result, when I got home, I saw a very cute kid on TV. In the commercial, he said, "Master, you want to taste it."
This cute kid is named Hao Shaowen.
Zhu Yanping patted the thigh again, and now, Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen, the two children have a good character and a martial art. If the film is not popular, it will not work.
Zhu Yanping contacted the film and television producer Wu Dun and asked him to sign both children. Wu Dun quickly found the address of the Shaolin Temple Wushu Group and also contacted Shi Xiaolong’s father. But it was rejected by others.
It turned out that people learned about Wu Dun's background, he was a leader of the Bamboo Union Gang, and he had been in jail for 6 years... How did they cooperate in the end? This must start with Wu Dun.
一、
Wu Dun was born in November 1949. His parents were born in Tongling, Anhui, and he came to Taiwan with Chiang.
In Taiwan at that time, the high-level political situation was turbulent, and the bottom level was chaotic. Two million military-industrial families came to Taiwan with Chiang. These people from other provinces were squeezed out and resisted by the people of the province.
The godfather of Zhulian Gang, Chen Qili, is a child from another province. Once he arrived in Taiwan, he often fought with children from his province. In order to avoid being bullied, he joined the gang and eventually became the godfather of the Zhulian Gang.
Wu Tun was not tall when he was a child, but he was very strong, like a round ball, referred to as a jumble ball.
Chen Qili was angry and resisted because he was bullied by the students of the province. Wu Dun is different. Even if the natives do not bully him, he will take the initiative to bully others.
In 1965, 16-year-old Wu Dun joined the Bamboo Union Clan. At that time, he was not very familiar with Chen Qili.
In 1967, 18-year-old Wu Dun met Chen Qili and later recognized Chen Qili as his eldest brother.
In 1970, Zhulian helped Chen Ren to swallow the casino gold. A younger brother found Chen Ren and called Chen Qili’s house to do it. Chen Qili was not at home, but Wu Dun answered the phone. He said Of course I do!
So Chen Ren was stabbed three times by the younger brother of the Zhulian Gang. After the incident, Chen Qili was arrested and imprisoned. Wu Dun blamed himself and felt that this was his responsibility.
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In the days without Chen Qili, the members of the Bamboo Union were bullied by other gangs. Wu Dun participated in many battles, and was called "ghosts and sorrows" by the people of the rivers and lakes because of his reputation for being cruel.
At that time, the 21-year-old Wu Dun was originally admitted to the political work cadre school, but because Chen Qili was in jail, he had no intention of studying and dropped out.
After leaving school, I did a lot of work. Later, at the instigation of my friend Lai Huizhong, I made a gang movie together.
At that time, there was a very inspirational underworld member named Wu Zhenghui. He was admitted to the university in prison and was awarded by Lao Jiang.
Due to Jiang’s praise, Wu Zhenghui became an IP.
Wu Dun met Wu Zhenghui and gave some money to buy the rights to the adaptation. The movie's name is "The Prodigal Son of Jinbang Wu Zhenghui".
In this way, Wu Dun entered the movie circle.
Wu Dun did not expect that it was such an accidental opportunity that made him a leader in Taiwan's entertainment industry.
二、
At that time, Wu Tun was actually just a soy sauce player, and it didn’t help except to sign the copyright. What are you busy?
But Qixian Film Company still gave Wu Dun an olive branch.
The other party said: As long as you fix the actor problem, it's fine. Wu Dun asked: What's the problem with the actors? The other party said: The actors we talked about before are often taken away by other crews, so you just need to take it back.
Wu Dun but he accepted it in one fell swoop. This is better for him.
At that time, there were triad scenes in all walks of life in Taiwan, and the film and television industry was no exception.
Wu Tun went to work on the first day and confirmed the announcement with the actors for the next day. As a result, no actor showed up the next day. It turned out that they were all snatched away by other crews. After Wu Dun knew about it, he was furious, and immediately led a group of brothers with katana, drove over and snatched the actor back.
At that time, when filming in Taiwan, I was looking for a "text production" and a "wu production". The text production was the real job production, and the Wu production was specifically to solve this kind of grabbing. The actor's problem...
Later Wu Dun became the ace Wu producer in the Taiwanese film and television industry. He never took the initiative to rob others, and no one dared to rob his actors.
Taiwan director Cai Yangming. After cooperating with Wu Tun for many movies, he said to him:
If you are interested in movies, I will teach you. You can Combine this civil and military production into one.
After that, Wu Dun studied the process and technology of film production under Cai Yangming.
By the way, let’s introduce Cai Yangming. He is 10 years older than Wu Tun. He once served as deputy to great director Zhang Che and is well-known in the Taiwanese director circle. Later, the popular idol drama "Meteor Garden" was directed by his son Cai Yuexun.
Cai Yangming also has an apprentice named Zhu Yanping, who later became the same as Wang Jing. Speaking of which, Wu Dun and Zhu Yanping are still brothers.
Many years later, the two produced more than 100 films together.
Wang Jing, Zhu Yanping
After learning from Cai Yang's name, Wu Dun, a dual system of civil and martial arts, became more famous.
Director Zhang Che, Bao Xueli, Liu Jiachang and other directors went to Taiwan for filming, and called for Wu Dun. In 1989, Wu Dun produced nearly 100 films.
After making money, Wu Dun also does some business part-time. Opened Nanchang teaLou, also opened a record company with director and singer Liu Jiachang.
In 1983, Taipei hosted the Asia-Pacific Film Festival. During the rehearsal period, Wu Dun was chatting with Liu Jiachang. As a result, the reckless Kung Fu superstar Wang Yu came and slapped Liu Jiachang arrogantly.
Wu Dun is a friend and wants to fight Wang Yu.
Where did Wang Yu know at that time that the man who was not tall, had an unbelievable appearance, and had a bad temper was Wu Dun, a "ghost in trouble" of the Zhulian Gang.
After learning of the name, after practicing Kung Fu, the wealthy and famous Wang Yu had to seek compensation from the veteran of the Zhulian Gang, and apologized to Wu Dun at the Tianjilou restaurant.
At that meal, the leader of the Bamboo Union Gang, Chen Qili, also participated.
In this year, the writer Jiang Nan (not the Jiang Nan who wrote "The Boy Here") serialized "The Biography of Jiang Jingguo" in the California Tribune. The book exposed many scandals about Chiang Ching-kuo and was enthusiastically sought after by melon-eaters in the overseas Chinese circle, but Jiang Ching-kuo was on his back.
According to information, the Jiang family in Taiwan gave Jiangnan a large sum of money. They wanted to seal up and rewrite or delete some of the most popular dramas that had not been published. As a result, Jiangnan received the money and did not follow suit. .
So Jiangnan provokes a murderous disaster.
And the gang leader Chen Qili received this assassination mission that would put him behind bars in the future.
三、
On September 16, 1984, Wu Dun would have a wedding with his girlfriend of four years. More than 800 wedding invitations were posted, and General Jiang Weiguo, the second son of old Jiang, was invited to come to witness the marriage.
As a result, the wedding did not happen.
Two days before Wu Dun’s marriage, in the Nanchang restaurant he opened, a staff member hiding a revolver was seized by the police and Wu Dun was confessed.
The wedding was forced to postpone, Wu Dun had to go to the police station to be investigated.
At this time, the keen Wu Tun has noticed that the police are planning a new round of "anti-black operations". He sneaked into the United States to seek refuge on the grounds of filming.
At the same time, Chen Qili also took people to the United States to assassinate the writer Jiangnan.
The two met in the United States.
Originally, Chen Qili took the other two to perform the task, but they both gave excuses. In the end, Chen Qili made an appointment with Wu Dun and Dong Guisen who happened to take refuge in the United States, hoping to get the ticket. , Can reconcile with the authorities and escape the crackdown.
Like Wu Dun, Dong Guisen is also a brother of the Bamboo Union Gang who committed crimes in Taiwan and came to the United States to avoid the limelight.
At 9 am on October 15, 1984, Liu Yiliang, a three-sided spy under the pseudonym Jiangnan, was shot in the middle of the eyebrow by Wu Dun, and Dong Guisen was shot twice in the chest and abdomen.
Jiangnan homicide case is written in the Wanxiaodao public account article "The Past of the Bamboo Union Gang Jianghu", so I won't write it in that detail here.
Later, Wu Dun and Chen Qili were imprisoned in Green Island Prison.
Wu Dun, Chen Qili
Regarding jail time, the eldest brother Chen Qili has more experience than Wu Dun. Because of the Chen Ren case, he spent 6 years in prison and was in jail. Li also met Li Ao.
How to pass the boring days in prison? This is a science.
At the beginning, Wu Dun read martial arts novels or played chess. He especially liked Jin Yong's martial arts, and later he was released as a producer. He bought all the film and television copyrights of Jin Yong's novels such as "The Legend of the Heaven and the Dragon Slayer", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "The Eightfold of Heavenly Dragons". It came out.
Although it is okay except for Jia Jingwen's Su Youpeng version of "Evening Dragon Slayer", the others are very bad.
Chen Qili saw Wu Dun being impetuous in prison, and said to him:
Do you know that we will be famous after we go out? If, like you, read martial arts novels every day, three months after you go out, if you have nothing to say or grow up, you will be forgotten by everyone, and you will be eliminated from the ranks of fame. Read the book well and have some connotations. When others come to ask you, you will have the level and content.
Wu Dun began to ask his family to send him ancient documents, such as the "Four Books", "Five Classics", "The Analects", "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" and so on.
At first, I couldn't read it. I only read one or two books in a box. Ask Chen Qili if he doesn't understand. When he was released from prison, there were only one or two books left in a box that he sent regularly.
Wu Dun has never been to a university, the prison is his university, and the godfather of the Zhulian Gang is his university professor.
Fourth,
In January 1988, Xiao Jiang passed away. After a hundred days, he received an amnesty. Chen Qili Wu Dun was later released on parole.
After being released from prison, as Chen Qili said, they became celebrities. Good multimedia interviews with them have aroused widespread discussion in society.
Wu Dun was the first person in Taiwan's civil and military dual system before he was imprisoned. After he was released from prison, he became famous. With so many film and television resources and gang background, people soon invested and followed He co-founded a film and television company.
The name of the company is Changhong Film and Television Co., Ltd.
In 1992, Wu Dun started filming the first film "Five Lakes and Four Seas" after he was released from prison, directed by Zhu Yanping.
In fact, since the early 1980s, the Hong Kong and Taiwan film and television circles have been dominated by the underworld. Zhu Yanping once revealed that he had made movies that were coerced by the underworld for nearly a decade.
Zhu Yanping became popular in the early 1980s. At that time, he cooperated with the comedian known as "Taiwan Chaplin" in many famous and popular movies.
It's not going to be popular, and it has become a cash cow.
First left: Xu can't
Xu can't be coerced by various film companies to make films. Of course, these film companies are all his mother underworld organizations.
Years later, Zhu Yanping recalled:
Xu can't often be shot with a gun to his head.
Zhu Yanping only cooperated with Xu Wuye in a few dramas. Among them, Jackie Chan's "Mini Commando" starred in Jackie Chan, Xu Wuye was just a cameo.
He thought that if he didn’t cooperate with him, he would have time to rest. As a result, the time he could not allow was squeezed away by other companies.
In that four or five yearsXu Wuye has made 64 movies, an average of more than a dozen movies a year, and sometimes 9 movies a day. He didn't even have the freedom to meet his son.
In the end, Xu Wucai was fatal due to overdose of morphine. It can be said that he was a tragedy after the underworld took control of the entertainment industry.
How much Xu's death has to do with Wu Dun, Wan Xiaodao dare not determine, only knowing that Xu can not be related to Yang Dengkui, the boss of the Northwest Gang of the province. He also opened a film company and coerced Xu to not shoot. Many plays.
Xu Bulai died in July 1985, but Wu Dun had sought refuge in the United States a year ago and was later arrested and imprisoned in the Jiangnan case.
Therefore, I personally think that the unallowable death has nothing to do with Wu Dun.
In this episode, I actually want to say that after Wu Dun was imprisoned, Zhu Yanping's life was not easy. Before, there was Wu Dun who sympathized with brothers, and he was also covered by various gangs. Coercion filming.
五、
After Wu Dun was released from prison, Zhu Yanping was the director of the first film "Five Lakes and Four Seas".
To get off to a good start, Wu Dun invited six actors from Taiwan and Hong Kong to perform together, such as Tuo Zonghua, Qin Han, Deng Guangrong, Ke Shouliang, Wang Yu, Wu Ma, and so on.
Before Wu Dun was imprisoned, these actors were still very popular, but 6 years later, these 6 actors are all 400 years old. The film and television industry is no longer their era.
That is the era of "Double Mondays", plus Jet Li, Andy Lau, Leslie Cheung.
As a result, this first movie is not bad at the box office in Taiwan. After all, most of the producers and actors are Taiwanese, but they cannot even be sold outside Taiwan.
At that time, Hong Kong movies were very popular, and there were many Taiwanese movies of these outdated stars.
The first movie didn't make money, and the investor withdrew the investment. What should Wu Tun do?
For the second movie, Wu Dun borrowed 10 million Hong Kong dollars to go to Hong Kong, and asked Andy Lau’s agent Zhang Guozhong to shoot a movie "Twelve Young Masters on Temple Street" with a strong cast, Andy Lau and Lu Liangwei , Wang Zuxian, Ye Dexian, Wu Mengda, Zeng Jiang, Liu Jiang, Xiang Huaqiang, etc., almost covered the three generations of the most popular old, middle-aged and young actors in the Hong Kong film circle in the early 1990s.
Even Xiang Huaqiang came to support, showing Wu Dun's strength.
The final movie "The Twelve Young Masters on Temple Street" won the box office of 12 million Hong Kong dollars and ranked 29th in the box office that year. In the era of "Single Weekly Success" dominating the rankings, this result is not bad.
This play earned more than 1 million Hong Kong dollars. He immediately signed 10 popular actors in Hong Kong, each paying a deposit of 100,000, to catch Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung and Jacky Cheung. When one of them has a schedule, they will be combined to film together.
At that time, Lin Zhiying became popular in the music scene. Wu Dun immediately arranged for him to film with some popular actors in Hong Kong, or to be directed by Zhu Yanping, such as "Play Back School", "New Flow Butterfly Sword", "Nerve Knife and "Flying Cats" had a good box office at the time. While Wu Dun made a lot of money, Lin Zhiying also became popular.
六、
Time finally passed to 1993.
When Zhu Yanping discovered Shi Xiaolong, his father refused to sign because of Wu Dun’s underworld background.
What should I do?
You can’t use a knife to hold someone else to make a movie. After all, people in Shaolin Temple will have kung fu. Moreover, the activities that come to Taiwan are official cultural exchanges. Isn't it a death-seeking thing?
What should I do?
Wu Tun, with his hands and eyes open to the sky, went around and quickly thought of a way.
It turned out that the Shaolin Temple delegation had been to Taiwan as early as 1991, and was warmly received by Chiang Kai-shek’s second son, Jiang Weiguo. Wu Dun had some friendship with Jiang Weiguo. As mentioned earlier, Jiang Weiguo almost became his witness.
Through Jiang Weiguo’s introduction, Shi Xiaolong’s father dispelled his doubts, but Wu Dun added four more weights:
First, director Zhu Yanping shot in the 1980s I have had the "Good Boy" series of films, which are also the movies of child stars, and the response has been good. This shows that Changhong Company is experienced;
Second, the film "Temple Street Ten" just made by Changhong Film and Television Company The Two Young Masters, "Playing Back to School", "New Meteor Butterfly Sword", and "Nervous Knife and Flying Cat" were all applauded and sold out. They were very successful, indicating that Changhong Company is capable;
Third, shoot Movies can promote Shaolin culture, isn't this also the purpose of Shaolin Temple's trip to Taiwan?
Fourth, the pay for a movie was 10,000 yuan.
The ten-thousand-thousandth households at that time are equivalent to the current multimillionaires.
Just like that, in July 1993, Shi Xiaolong signed a contract with Changhong Film and Television Company. The signing of Hao Shaowen didn't cost much trouble.
At that time, Wu Dun was already very experienced in film production. He knew that just looking for two kids in a movie would not be popular. In order to attract audiences of different ages, Lin Zhiying became a favorite. And Xu Ruoxuan found it, and at the same time they caught up with the old opera bone Qin Pei.
In this way, the first movie "Laughing Lin Boy" was released in April 1994. Then he shot "Xiao Lin Boy 2 New Oolong Courtyard" while the iron was hot.
Remember that there is a scene of Hao Shaowen demonstrating a chicken in "Xiao Lin Xiao Zi 2 New Oolong Yuan", because there is a "sexual organs cannot be exposed" in the Taiwanese film censorship law, and the film review officer failed this film Film review.
Wu Tun is not a dry food, and ran to quarrel with the filming officer. He said:
The 4-year-old boy drew a big picture on the chicken. Elephant trunk, where is it pornographic, it's obviously cute!
In the face of Wu Dun’s posture, the director hurried over to make a round and said to the filming officer:
It should be considered as appropriate, and things should not be so rigid.
then passed.
"Laughing Lin Boy 2 New Oolong Yard" won NT$260 million after its release in Taiwan, creating a box office miracle for Taiwanese movies, and Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen became popular across the Taiwan Strait and Southeast Asia overnight. Child star.
That year Wu Tun made more than 100 million Taiwan dollars.
At the celebration party, Wu Dun gave Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen 30 eachWith a bonus of NT$10,000, Shi Xiaolong was also accepted as a righteous son, and Hao Shaowen’s mother did not agree because of Wu Dun’s background in the Bamboo Alliance.
In the second year, the pay of Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen also increased, higher than that of some popular stars.
In the next five years, Wu Dun relied on these two children to fight the world and made a lot of money. Zhu Yanping also relied on their "gambling" film series with Hong Kong director Wang Jing Contend.
七、
Wu Dun’s Wulongyuan era, Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen collaborated on ten films, creating nearly 1 billion Taiwan dollars in Taiwan alone However, due to Zhu Yanping’s excessive repetition of the same comedy style of Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen, the audience’s aesthetic fatigue was fatigued, and the box office was ultimately depressed.
In 1997, after the filming of "Nezha vs. Monkey King", Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen, the pair of one man and one martial artist, was disbanded.
At that time, the Taiwanese film market was very bleak, and Wu Dun began to make TV series in the mainland.
Its representative works include "Oolong Breakthrough", "Eternal Dragon Slayer", "Mr. Heroine", "Iron-toothed Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan III", "Diety Princess", "Tianya Mingyue Knife" and so on. After Jia Jingwen, Zhong Hanliang, etc.
吴敦、贾静雯
One day, Wu Dun once said to Jia Jingwen: You work hard. From now on, by this time next year, you will earn 50 million yuan. .
As a result, the news from the media is 吴敦50万包养贾静雯.
Later, when Wu Dun clarified the support, he said:
I haven't even touched her little finger! My brother Zhou Linggang asked me to take care of her! Naturally, I have to take care of her entrusted by a good brother. I have already recognized her as a daughter, and I will take care of her more in the future.
Zhou Linggang is a Taiwanese gold producer and a member of the Bamboo Union Gang.
On the 4th, 2007, the godfather of the Bamboo Union Group Chen Qili died of illness. At the funeral, various black and white celebrities came to express their condolences, including Jay Chou.
At that time, Jay Chou and Chen Chuhe starred in the movie "Slam Dunk" invested by Wu Dun.
After the movie "Slam Dunk" was released, it won both box office and word of mouth.
In 2008, Wu Dun took advantage of the heat to hit the iron, and asked Jay Chou and Lin Chiling to act together to make the action blockbuster "The Thorn Tomb".
Wu Dun, Jay Chou, Zhu Yanping
Walking by the river, there are no wet shoes, this drama is planted.
A total of 400 million Taiwan dollars was invested, and a large amount of money was borrowed from the bank. As a result, only 300 million was recovered, and the loss was 100 million Taiwan dollars. Wu Dun had to take real estate mortgage to repay it.
When the media asked him why he invited Jay Chou to star at such a high price, he said:
Because Jay’s talent and affection are priceless.
Jianghu brother is in a situation.
八、
Wu Dun's evening scene can only be described as "desolate".
"The Thorn Tomb" was a complete failure and Wu Dun's vitality was greatly injured.
In 2010, because of receiving an advertisement for Alyssa Chia, the appointment was dropped by Alyssa Chia, and the two fell out. Wu Dun declared that she would not interact with Alyssa Chia again.
In 2011, when the new drama "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" was launched, Wu Dun felt unwell, but he still reluctantly went to Seoul, South Korea for business, and eventually fainted in front of the hotel.
The attending doctor believed that his condition was urgent and he had to be intubated and oxygenated immediately, but Wu Dun insisted not to allow the doctor to intubate.
He said: Of those who have been intubated, few can get out of the hospital alive. What's more, I'm a tough guy, how can I see people through a pipe. Death is not terrible, but death must be "solemn"!
Finally, Wu Dun turned around the ghost gate and returned to the world.
At that time, he owed more than 71 million of the 80 million yuan borrowed for the filming of "The Thorn Tomb", but he was unable to repay it. Finally, his house was auctioned off by the court.
When interviewed by the media, he said: is nothing, life, just accept your fate.
then added another sentence: Let’s talk about it, the boat will be straight at the bridge head.
When the reporter asked about Zhu Yanping, he said: We haven't contacted since we finished filming "The Thorn Tomb".
On May 21, 2018, Shi Xiaolong posted a Weibo saying that the most grateful people are father, master and godfather Wu Dun.
After three months of filming, "New Wuhu Lake" laughs At the time, the producer was not Wu Dun, the investment was not Changhong Film Company, and Shi Xiaolong did not participate in the performance.
It is not difficult to see that the pair of Wu Dun and Zhu Yanping has been separated for many years.
In an interview with Zhu Yanping, he said that he had been coerced by the gang to film for 18 years, and these 18 years also included nearly ten years of cooperation with Wu Dun.
It turns out that he never used Wu Dun as a partner, just because he was intimidated?
Now, there is no news of Wu Dun. This ruthless man of "civil and martial arts" has also conquered the country and called the wind and the rain. In the end, he complied with Li Qingzhao's classic:
Three cups and two light wines, how can he be against him? Come late and windy!
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