Text | Li Xiaobai
Editor | Sun Dasheng
As the son of Hong Kong film industry tycoons Xiang Huaqiang and Chen Lan, Xiang Zuo is different from other rich second generations in that he is not obsessed with enjoying the material abundance provided by his parents. Instead, he has a greater pursuit. He wants to become a real actor and gain real recognition, rather than when others mention him, they emphasize that he is the son of Xiang Huaqiang and Chen Lan.
In order to gain this recognition, Xiang Zuo is willing to pay. For example, the movie "My Boxing Boyfriend" he recently starred in was released. In order to star in this movie, he underwent 6 years of hard training, but the reality is very cruel. He originally wanted to rely on this movie directed by Johnnie To to make a comeback. Xiang Zuo failed again. He is still the non-famous actor. So someone suggested that he become an idol, but he refused to become an idol. He said: "I think being an idol is too boring. It carries too much baggage and I can't do anything." He emphasized, "I don't like a life that is too pretentious."
Xiang Zuo really doesn't like a life that's too pretentious, whether it's emotionally or in pursuit of an actor's career.
Before Xiang Zuo married Guo Biting, netizens once thought that Xiang Zuo was very "heavy-minded" in relationships. The reason was that the person he was dating was either a married actress or a single mother , although he also had a relationship with a Jiao, Ying Caier has been rumored to have scandals.
In 2009, 25-year-old Xiang Zuo met Huang Wanpei, a 27-year-old member of the 2R group. At that time, Xiang Zuo thought that Huang Wanpei was his 100% girlfriend. For this girlfriend, Xiang Zuo loved him in every possible way, but the absurd thing was that Huang Wanpei at that time She is a married woman. She has a wealthy husband named Chen Jingxie in Singapore.
When Chen Lan learned the news, she naturally did not allow Xiang Zuo to be with a married woman. She publicly said to Huang Wanpei: "The most important thing in life is to understand your identity!" Faced with Chen Lan's straightforward dislike and Huang Wanpei didn't agree with it, and Huang Wanpei's response was very tough. She went directly back to Singapore to divorce Chen Jingxi. After such a general operation, Huang Wanpei and Xiang Zuo were in a relationship openly, and she had great potential to become Xiang Zuo's future wife. But how could Chen Lan let Huang Wanpei succeed so easily? She gave Xiang Zuo an order not to get married unless he became the best actor within 10 years. And because Xiang Huaqiang's ex-wife's name has the word "Pei" in her name, she thinks it would be unlucky if her daughter-in-law's name also has the word "Pei" in her name. Finally, in 2012, the two broke up, so Huang Wanpei continued to find a wealthy businessman in Singapore to marry herself.
Xiang Zuo and Huang Wanpei
originally thought that after driving away Huang Wanpei and educating Xiang Zuo on correct emotional concepts, Xiang Zuo would find a girl with an innocent family background. However, Xiang Zuo once again made Chen Lan very angry. This time, Xiang Zuo did not find a married woman. He found a single mother. In 2015, Xiang Zuo met Internet celebrity Wang Qiuzi . At that time, Wang Qiuzi had a two-year-old child, but she looked pure. , it is completely impossible to tell that she is a woman who has become a mother. Chen Lan was naturally dissatisfied that her son had found such a girlfriend. She publicly expressed her dissatisfaction with Wang Qiuzi many times, and especially hated Wang Qiuzi for taking Xiang Zuo's money to gamble in Macau. In the end, under Chen Lan's strong intervention, Xiang Zuo and Wang Qiuzi broke up. Wang Qiuzi was so angry that she called Xiang Zuo a coward on the Internet, "He listens to his mother in everything. I think the other party is ridiculous."
Xiang Zuohe Wang Qiuzi
Until she met Guo Biting in the reality show " The Most Beautiful Time ", Chen Lan was very satisfied with her, so she deliberately matched Xiang Zuo and Guo Biting. As a result, the two really became friends, from acquaintance and love to marriage. , all exposed to the public in reality shows.
Chen Lan is very satisfied with Guo Biting, and Xiang Zuo is also satisfied. During the show, you can feel the light in his eyes when he looks at Guo Biting.In addition to winning the beauty back, for Xiang Zuo, he gained unprecedented exposure, and the negative image caused by his previous "heavy taste" relationships was slowly reversed. It can be said that Xiang Zuo has become a A young actor outside the 18th tier has become a second tier actor. Although he has not yet had a representative work or a representative role, with his popularity, he and Guo Biting still squeezed out Li Dan and Kuroo Jiang's Bojue Travel Photography. advertise.
With such popularity, Xiang Zuo can be an idol with peace of mind, participate in more variety shows, receive more endorsements, and live a happy life. But he doesn't. He just wants to be an actor. He is also very honest and never avoids talking about his true inner thoughts.
Regardless of whether he was not popular before or is popular now, he has paid a lot to become an actor. As the son of Xiang Huaqiang and Chen Lan, he didn't have any special privileges when filming. When filming the movie "Hang Huaqiang", both Jet Li and Andy Lau asked him to get into their vanity van and have dinner with them, but Xiang Zuo didn't. , he squatted outside and ate lunch with the extras.
He has also appeared in Jet Li's "Fearless" and Andy Lau's "The Proud Eagle ". In these movies, his characters did not even have a name. But he didn't mind, he walked forward step by step.
Xiang Zuo was with Xiang Huaqiang and Chen Lan when he was a child
Seeing Xiang Zuo's persistence in movies, Xiang Huaqiang decided to help him. He made it clear that he would give Xiang Zuo three chances and let him play the leading role three times. He said to the outside world: "If These three opportunities were not successful, which shows that Xiang Zuo is not destined to be an actor. As we say in the industry, the final thing is whether there is audience connection. "But in 2016, he played the leading role of Lei Zhenzi in "Legend of the Gods". Failed. Now starring in "My Boxing Boyfriend", judging from the current trend, it has also failed. For him, there is only one last chance left. And in this last opportunity, Xiang Zuo still places most of his hopes on Johnnie To, because he has recently been filming Johnnie To's new movie, which is expected to be released in 2021. Can Xiang Zuo make a good comeback by then? Will Johnnie To make a bad movie again? Everything is unknown.
Stills of Xiang Zuo's "Legend of the Gods"
But what is certain is that no matter whether the third movie he stars in is successful or not, Xiang Zuo will work very hard. He is willing to accept such a challenge. He once weighed 240 pounds. In order to become an actor , he lost 90 pounds in one year and then learned to swim. He won second place in Hong Kong in the freestyle competition. When he started practicing martial arts at the age of 25, he could endure the pain and trained into a one-word horse in 9 months. He is not afraid of hardship, he is afraid of not being recognized. Fortunately, he has adjusted his mentality well now. He told the media: "I was anxious at first, but it's useless to be anxious. Just wait patiently. It will come when it should come." " Now he gradually understands the controversy caused by his parents' halo. He said frankly: "It's useless if you reject them unless you cut off the relationship, so why not learn from them and make good use of what they can give you. They may bring their own conditions and resources. They may put a lot of pressure on you and bring bad things, but there will definitely be good things about the second generation. I had a time when I was a teenager. , but now I think how to use the good and the bad."
For Xiang Zuo, being recognized is ultimately what he cares about most. If he fails for the third time, he will really become what netizens call a "poor guy who goes home to inherit his property."
