text | Wang Zhenyi
editor | Sun Dasheng
In the Chinese entertainment industry, Nick Cheung and Guan Yonghe , Julian Cheung and Anita Yuen , Zhang Jin and Cai Shaofen, Liu Qingyun and Guo Aiming are all role models for couples. Their love story and the way they get along make countless young men and women who stumble on the road of love believe that there are still people in this world who are worthy of knowing and staying with each other.
Compared with love, there is also friendship in life. It is said that the entertainment industry is a vanity fair. Everyone wears a mask to live their lives, and it is impossible to have pure friendship. Thinking about the friction between Yin Xiaotian and Bian Xiaoxiao , Yin Xiaotian felt the pain of being stabbed by his good brothers Li Chen, Du Chun, etc., so that his career declined sharply. Just recently, Liang Jingru also experienced the pain of being stabbed by "good sister" Fan Weiqi . Before she publicly acknowledged her divorce from her husband Zhao Yuantong, Fan Weiqi told the outside world through her agent: "Such a good friend, I have vaguely heard about it! I knew they were getting divorced two years ago, but did I know anything about it later? You won't know until you sign." Fan Weiqi confirmed the divorce rumors between Liang Jingru and Zhao Yuantong in just a few words, which made Liang Jingru very embarrassed.
It can be seen how terrible it is to accidentally make friends in the entertainment industry. However, even so, there are still people in the entertainment industry who manage friendships that are enviable, and people can't help but sigh: This world is worth it. When counting the examples of friendship in the entertainment industry, the friendship between Lin Jiadong and Andy Lau is undoubtedly the envy of many people.
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Before he met Andy Lau, Lin Jiadong had a long journey in the entertainment industry. When he was 21 years old, he wanted to be an actor. He took the TVB art training class twice before passing the exam. When he thought that as long as he worked hard and studied hard, he would have a lot to achieve, the teacher in the art training class said to him: "You look good." No, you can only rely on your own efforts." The teacher's words seemed to have magic power. After graduating from the art training class, he spent 7 years playing small roles, playing roles without lines or names. Even the director of the company laughed at him as " The big egg powder that can never be fished out." But his classmates have become famous.
Fortunately, Lin Jiadong did not give up. He still worked conscientiously in filming and constantly improved himself. By chance, he participated in the filming of the TV series "A Thousand Miles of Love", where he met Wan Ziliang . At that time, Wan Ziliang's career was booming and his acting skills were also well recognized. So Lin Jiadong ran around for Wan Ziliang, helping him carry boxes and luggage, because he wanted to learn from Wan Ziliang. What Lin Jiadong did to Wan Ziliang was seen by the crew and other colleagues, and they scolded him for "wanting to be popular and going crazy." However, Lin Jiadong didn't care about these comments. He knew what he was doing. Later he said: "I just want to be famous." If you want to perform seriously, everyone will know who Lin Jiadong is on the day the series airs. "
In fact, in the early days of getting along with Wan Ziliang, Wan Ziliang was not optimistic about Lin Jiadong and even called him stupid many times. But Lin Jiadong was not unhappy about this but was very happy. In his opinion, "If he didn't pay attention to you, how could he scold you? What's so uncomfortable about being looked down upon? It's uncomfortable when people can't see it!" In the end, Lin Jiadong The attitude of humbly learning and the spirit of not being afraid of hardship still moved Wan Ziliang, and Wan Ziliang recognized this little brother.
Stills of Lin Jiadong's "Blue Blood Sword"
Slowly, Lin Jiadong's career improved. He successively starred in "Hedong Lion's Roar", "Blue Blood Sword", " Guangchanglong ", " Golden Suit Four Talents ", etc. drama, he finally qualified to play the leading role. When he appeared in the TV series "Tea is Hometown Strong " in 1999 at the age of 32, he ushered in the peak of his TV drama career. In one fell swoop, he won the TVB 33rd Anniversary Taiwan Celebration Award "My Favorite TV Character" at the Qian Xinghui Awards Ceremony and became a popular TVB actor.
Stills from Lin Jiadong's "Tea Is Strong in Hometown"
But after becoming famous, Lin Jiadong was not happy.At that time, in order to maximize profits, TVB asked him to film "Tea is Hometown Rich" one year after the filming of "Tea Is Hometown Rich". Lin Jiadong, who originally wanted to explore more performance possibilities, found that filming these dramas only requires patterns. His performance is very simple, and the role he plays is also very simple. Moreover, he also had to accept the workload of filming more than 100 episodes of TV series a year. Lin Jiadong found that he had become a stereotyped and routine performance machine, with no growth at all.
Faced with this trouble, Lin Jiadong went to Wan Ziliang to express his frustration. Wan Ziliang didn't say much, he just said to him, I will introduce Andy Lau to you. Lin Jiadong knew that it was time for him to leave TVB, and movies could become his future direction in life.
Lin Jiadong still remembers the scene when he first met Andy Lau. That day Wan Ziliang brought him to Andy Lau. Wan Ziliang said to Andy Lau: "This is a good friend of mine. If you have a chance to take care of him." Lin Jiadong also asked Andy Lau, "Can we cooperate?" "Liu Dehua answered him: "Okay, but filming is very hard, are you afraid?" Lin Jiadong shook his head seriously. Soon after, Lin Jiadong became an artist for Andy Lau's Hengtai Huanyu Co., Ltd. Many friends didn't understand that he left TVB and gave up a great career. They said he made a wrong decision. Sandra Ng even said that he was cutting his own way.
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After becoming an artist in Andy Lau's company, Andy Lau took him to star in the movie "爱君如梦". With his outstanding performance in this movie, Lin Jiadong was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. However, Andy Lau also found that Lam Jiadong's performance was too "television-y" and he had to make changes. So Andy Lau gave Lin Jiadong three years to wash away the "TV smell" from his body. During these three years, even if Lin Jiadong did not work, he would still pay him a salary every month, so that he did not have to worry about life problems.
Andy Lau was also very attentive to Lin Jiadong. He introduced Lin Jiadong to director Johnnie To . He said to Johnnie: "This is Jiadong, my good brother. If you have a chance, you can use him." Under the guidance of Johnnie To, Lin Jiadong I slowly got rid of my "TV smell".
But before Lin Jiadong completely changed his "television taste", Andy Lau encountered a career trough. That was in 2002, when Andy Lau and Mai Shaotang were in a lawsuit. Andy Lau owed a lot of money, and everyone in the company left him. Only Lin Jiadong was left in the entire company. Andy Lau asked Lin Jiadong, "What do you think?" Lin Jiadong replied: "If you want me to leave, I will leave. If you want me to stay, I will accompany you." It is undeniable that at this moment, Andy Lau truly recognized Lin Jiadong from the bottom of his heart. brother.
Fortunately, Andy Lau finally overcame this difficulty, and he also opened a new company. Lin Jiadong became his only contracted artist. He and Lin Jiadong appeared in various movies, "Infernal Affairs", " A World Without Thieves" They have appeared in movies such as "The Storm", so someone asked Lin Jiadong: "Do you feel that you have been living under Andy Lau's halo?" Lin Jiadong replied seriously: "This person who can make me willing to follow must be There is something extraordinary about him. I only have one word for him: 'I'm convinced'!" He said bluntly: "I learned a lot of good filming habits from Andy Lau. He has extremely high requirements for scripts and performances. These are priceless treasures. "He even said, "The rest of my life will be left to him."
Andy Lau was also happy for Lin Jiadong's progress. In 2008, Lin Jiadong starred in the movie "Ip Man" and was nominated for the "Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards." ", Andy Lau became a member of Lin Jiadong's family and friends group, and he said to him: "My family and I will cheer for you together!"
When Lin Jiadong's ability became stronger and stronger, Andy Lau felt that Lin Jiadong should have greater development, so he He went to Lin Jiadong and said to him: "You have grown up and can't always be an actor." Andy Lau encouraged Lin Jiadong to set up a production company, and they just changed the way of cooperation.
When Lin Jiadong became independent, he decided to make a movie called "The Fighting Arena". Based on past experience, Andy Lau judged that the box office of this movie would not be very good, but he still invested 8 million in order to support Lin Jiadong, and Lin Jiadong also had a selfish motive for filming this movie. At that time, the outside world always said that Andy Lau had poor vision and always lost money when investing in movies. Regarding such remarks, Lin Jiadong was very angry. He wanted to prove to the outside world that Andy Lau's vision was not wrong. He said to Andy Lau: "I will not embarrass you."
Lin Jiadong did what he said. In 2010, "The Ring" was released, in It won four awards including Best Film and Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards. On the day of the awards ceremony, when Carina Lau and Jackie Chan announced that the best film was "The Ring", Lam Jiadong was so excited that he shed tears. After taking the trophy on stage, he excitedly shouted to Andy Lau in the audience: " Andy , here! "
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There is a saying circulating in Hong Kong today: If you want to find Andy Lau, go to Lin Jiadong. If you want to find Lam Jiadong, go to Andy Lau. This shows the deep relationship between the two. When Andy Lau's daughter was one month old, he only invited five friends in the industry. One was his godmother Dexian Ye, and the other three were Huang Rihua, Miu Qiaowei, Sammi Cheng, and Lin Jiadong became One of these five people. It can be said that Lin Jiadong and Andy Lau were friends and relatives at this time.
Stills from Lin Jiadong's "A Big Tree Catches the Wind"
In the end, Lin Jiadong also used his results to prove to the world that Andy Lau was not wrong about him. In 2016, Lam Ka-Tung starred in the "King of Thieves" Ji Zhengxiong in the movie "The Big Tree Calls the Wind". The Hong Kong Film Critics Society commented on him: "He played an uneasy, suspicious, deep and scheming gangster in a profound and three-dimensional way, paying equal attention to thieves' nature and humanity, and layering "Rich and particularly meticulously captures his guarded and cold personality, his use of and distrust of his old brothers, and his unflappable control of this dangerous man whose identity has disappeared." In 2017, with his wonderful performance in this movie, Lam Jiadong defeated Tony Leung Ka Fai , Ng Chun-yu , Shawn Yue, and Simon Yam to win the Best Actor at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards. Lin Jiadong has been waiting for this honor for 30 years.
After appearing on the award stage, he said: "In acting, it really doesn't matter age or appearance. You really have to work hard to do the role well." But more importantly, he expressed his gratitude to Wan Ziliang and Andy Lau. Afterwards, he said emotionally in an interview: "I am willing to spend half my life repaying my kindness to Hua Zai. The kindness of knowing and meeting him will never be forgotten." At that time, Andy Lau, who was injured after falling from a horse, learned that Lam Jiadong had won the award. He couldn't hide his joy and posted on his official website: Congratulations to the Best Actor! Congratulations to Jiadong, I see your hard work, and so does the film industry! Proud of you...
After achieving such good results, Lin Jiadong rarely stayed awake in Vanity Fair. He said that he did not need to feel that he was great, "Just like many people think that Andy Lau has fame and money, so he no longer needs to work hard in acting. , but we are not going to enjoy the flashy illusion, but to stay awake and stay true to the original intention of acting." When the director praised him as a rare actor who is punctual and never late, Lin Jiadong joked: "Andy Lau is great. I would rather skip breakfast early in the morning and arrive at the set in time, so what qualifications do I have to take my time?"
In Jiadong Lam and Andy Lau, the public can clearly feel that the two cherish their friendship. They make progress together and are grateful for life. This is undoubtedly a sharing. The power of good friendship.
hopes that everyone can gain true friendship!
