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Stephenchi . The name
is equated with the four characters "King of Comedy".
He used his works to mix from " Xingzai " to " Xingzai ", which has become a memory of a generation.
He was funny and laughing in front of the screen, winning applause from movie fans.
, after being played, he was criticized by his colleagues as a "stingy and ruthless villain."
greed for money, selfishness and indifference have become his tags.
Is Stephen Chow really such a shameless person?
Who can understand the sadness he has been going through?
Only after looking at Stephen Chow’s life did you realize that the core of comedy is a tragedy.
01
Like most old Hong Kong stars, Stephen Chow was born in a poor family and his original intention of entering the entertainment industry was to make money.
There is a sister on the top and a sister under the bottom. The whole family lives in a shanty town in Hong Kong. They live in wooden houses and sleep in bunk beds with bunk beds. The living environment is quite difficult.
Many years later, Stephen Chow filmed " Kung Fu ", and based on his childhood memories, he created a dilapidated but full of fireworks shanty townhouse.
When he grew up, he always missed his time living in the shanty town and lamented that he had experienced a lot there.
But when he was young, he didn't understand the four words "poor family background". He only knew that he wanted something fun and delicious.
When I went shopping with my parents, the young Stephen Chow always cried and wanted to buy it when he saw the toy.
Zhou's mother looked at the money for buying vegetables in her pocket and flatly refused Stephen Chow's unreasonable request.
The unsensible Stephen Chow cried constantly. Zhou's father felt distressed and advised Zhou's mother to buy a toy for her child.
weeks old mother was instantly furious. The whole family couldn't afford to eat, so where did they get the money to buy toys? She had a big fight with Zhou's father, and the couple had a big fight. In the end, the matter ended with Zhou's mother beating Zhou Xingchi.
There are many trivial matters in marriage. Zhou’s father and mother always quarrel, causing chaos in the family.
During the repeated quarrels, their relationship was gradually wiped out and they divorced in 1969.
The three children all live with Zhou’s mother, and the family’s life is getting harder.
At that time, Stephen Chow was only seven years old. He could not understand his mother's hard work, but instead felt angry because he had no toys toys to play with.
So he secretly took fifty dollars from his mother's wallet.
In the sixties and seventies, this was a huge sum of money, enough to make Zhou's mother collapse.
Zhou's mother turned her home upside down like crazy, crying and complaining about herself.
really couldn't find the money. Zhou's mother called all her relatives and friends and begged them to borrow money in a low voice, otherwise the mother and son would starve to death.
The little Stephen Chow saw his mother's "crazy" look and was always glad that he was not discovered. But when talking about this many years later, he regretted it and hated his young self.
In Stephen Chow's childhood memory, his mother is strict and loving.
No matter how hard life is, Zhou’s mother has no hardships and supports their interests and hobbies very much.
At that time, Bruce Lee was popular all over the world, and Stephen Chow was inevitably fascinated by Bruce Lee.
Stephen Chow spent all his pocket money on posters and photos of Bruce Lee and posted them all over the room.
week old mother couldn't understand her son's behavior of buying "a pile of waste paper", but she didn't interfere too much. Instead, when Stephen Chow proposed to learn "kung fu", she bought him a sandbag.
Their lives in a small house the size of a palm, and they will touch the wall if they turn around.
Zhou's mother hung the sandbag on the dining table for the convenience of Stephen Chow's boxing, and the whole family sat under the sandbag for dinner.
Stephen Chow, who loves martial arts, always finishes his meal quickly and starts practicing boxing.
The three women in the family just watched him practice boxing while eating, and sometimes they smiled and said "instructions".
Stephen Chow took this matter forward many years later and said with great emotion: "It is inconvenient to place sandbags at home, but my family has never said too much and supports me unconditionally."
With the support of his family, Stephen Chow began to "practice hard".
After watching all martial arts movies, Stephen Chow chose to practice " Iron Sand Palm ".
He found a pot of mung beans, then inserted his hands into it, and finally stir-fryed the mung beans.
From the current perspective, it is difficult to understand how Stephen Chow did it.
In short, he did it, relying on his "reckless" spirit.
Of course, Stephen Chow is not a fool. He only practices his right hand, afraid that something unexpected will happen, and he still has one hand to use.
He is obsessed with martial arts, does not study and practices all day long, and practices his hands until they are as rough as the old man.
Zhou's mother looked at her son's childish face, then looked at his palms that were covered with gullies like an old man, waved her hand and scolded, "No practice anymore!"
"Little obstacle" cannot destroy Stephen Chow's "martial spirit". He plans to open classes at school to accept disciples.
Stephen Chow has been naughty since he was a child, and his academic performance is at the end of a crane. The principal has always been unwilling to pay attention to him, and he is unwilling to touch the principal's bad luck. The two of them have no trouble in the well and they are still in peace.
Stephen Chow suddenly came to the door, which surprised the principal.
Stephen Chow considered himself the best in martial arts in the world at his age, and told the principal eloquently that he would like to start a class and accept disciples.
Principal raised his eyes and said, "Go out."
Stephen Chow's "martial arts dream" died in his student days.
02
It is impossible for people to live under the shade of their parents all their lives. Seeing their mother's increasingly curved back, Stephen Chow suddenly realized that he was the only man in the family and wanted to become the pillar of his mother and sister.
At the beginning, Stephen Chow would follow his grandmother to set up a stall and sell along the street to make a living.
I was hoarse all day long, and I still couldn't make much money and I had to be cold-eyed by customers.
From this time on, Stephen Chow truly realized how difficult it is to make money, and began to regret his ignorance when he was young.
Life has to continue. Stephen Chow, who has no skills, can only apply for a summer job, do some unskilled jobs such as selling newspapers and selling snacks in restaurants, and is tired and unable to make money.
At a young age, he has suffered enough of life.
But in interacting with all kinds of people, Stephen Chow has a more three-dimensional understanding of human nature, laying the foundation for his subsequent creation.
Stephen Chow didn't want to be a newspaper boy all his life, so he began to come into contact with the entertainment industry.
In 1980, Stephen Chow signed a contract with Li's TV station. The following year, he participated in the first TV series in his life, "When I Mature", playing a supporting role who didn't even have a name.
At that time, TVB in the Hong Kong circle was the dominant one, so Stephen Chow called his friend Tony Leung to take the TVB training class.
How handsome is Tony Leung? He was picked out by TVB without any accident, but Stephen Chow failed the exam.
Fortunately, Stephen Chow had a good relationship with Qi Meizhen , and through her introduction, he entered the TVB 11th night training class.
finally graduated, but Stephen Chow still didn't film the show, but was sent to host a children's program.
Stephen Chi learned to use children's thinking and speaking to mobilize the atmosphere on the scene, and the performance of the program was pretty good.
Although Stephen Chow doesn’t hate children, he thinks that children’s innocent hearts are very cute.
But this "cute" is not enough to make him give up "being an actor".
So, on the premise of sticking to his current work, he began to try filming and play supporting roles in major crews.
983's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Stephen Chow played a soldier, a cannon fodder that had no lines and was killed by the protagonist with one blow. Stephen Chow, who shot all the scenes in
, was very unwilling to accept it and sighed that he didn't even have the chance to say lines. He felt that even if he only had one or two lines, he was confident that he would speak very well, but unfortunately he had no chance to perform.
What surprised Stephen Chow was that he saw reports about himself in a newspaper.
In the most inconspicuous page of the newspaper, the author commented on Stephen Chow with extremely spicy remarks, which was quite unceremonious.
But for Stephen Chow, it is rare for him to get attention if he is unknown, even if this "focus" is a remark that slandered him.
Stephen Chow cut this spicy comment and posted it in the most eye-catching part of the room to motivate himself: don’t get such comments in the days to come.
During the unknown period of Luka, Stephen Chow rarely got a film contract, and most of the time he was in a state of no drama to shoot.
When you are at home, Stephen Chow will choose to sleep more and rest well to build a good spirit for the rest of his work.
At the same time, he will use his spare time to read books and listen to music, thinking about what kind of movies he wants to shoot and what style he wants to form.
Just like that, Stephen Chow spent his nameless era in thinking and constantly trying.
03
988, Stephen Chow won the Golden Horse Male Supporting Award and the Golden Star Male Supporting Team for his outstanding performance in " Pili Pioneer ". At this point, he is no longer a little supporting role that no one cares about, but a well-known and powerful actor.
It was also this year that Stephen Chow met Luo Huijuan - Miss Duan in his life.
Talented man and beautiful woman, falling in love is a matter of course.
They are in the rising period and dare not announce their relationship, so they can only hide their love on the streets where no one is around.
They hugged and kissed without telling the world, and rendered their love vividly in secret places.
, who was criticized by the world for being "ruthless and indifferent", received his warmest love for his girlfriend Luo Huijuan. Even Leslie Cheung said: "He is very loving to his girlfriend."
is hard to imagine that Stephen Chow has such a tender side.
, but this tenderness ended in 1990.
That year, with the support of famous director Wang Jing , Stephen Chow became a hit with " Gambling Saint ", and opened his own era of "King of Comedy".
's increasingly busy work has dispelled Stephen Chow's tenderness exclusively to Luo Huijuan.
Luo Huijuan, whose original family is not happy enough, is becoming increasingly insecure.
Her dream since childhood is to be a good wife and mother and have her own family.
Looking at her boyfriend who soared into the sky and became farther and farther away from her, Luo Huijuan mustered up the courage to say to Stephen Chow, "I want to get married." The answer
got was Stephen Chow's three indifferent words - "Mystery". The three words
hurt Luo Huijuan, making her disappointed with this relationship and this man.
Luo Huijuan only saw Stephen Chow's indifference and ruthlessness, but she didn't know that he had considered the relationship between the two.
When filming "The Gambling Saint", Stephen Chow once expressed his thoughts to his friend Liu Zhenwei : "I want to get married."
Liu Zhenwei laughed when he heard this: "How could you get married if you love yourself so much!"
Stephen Chow put away his usual carefree appearance and said seriously: "I really want to get married."
Liu Zhenwei was silent for a while and said: "If you really want to get married, as a friend, I support you very much. But you must think clearly that you are the time to 'fight' now, won't you really regret it?"
After hearing this, Stephen Chow thought of his mother and sisters at home, their earnest eyes, and their support and dedication to him.
Why do you want to be a home if your career has not been achieved?
He decided to make a move in his career first and put his feelings aside for the time being.
Wait until "The Gambler" exploded, Stephen Chow naturally put his energy and time into his career.
can fall into Luo Huijuan's eyes, and Stephen Chow's actions will change.
So, they ended with regret.
Luo Huijuan married another person, and she couldn't say she was happy or not. She died of cancer at the age of 45.
mentioned her, Stephen Chow sighed and said, "Ms. Duan is the person I care about."
But he couldn't tell this concern, he could only hide it in his works.
In " Journey to the West to Demons ", there is also a "Miss Duan". When she confessed to Tang Monk, she only got a sentence of "psychopathy".
A sentence that made Stephen Chow and Duan Huijuan resentful.
Compared to Stephen Chow's resentment on "Duan Huijuan", the world is even more resentful about Zixia Fairy Athena Chu.
When the two names of Stephen Chow and Athena Chu frequently appeared in the entertainment headlines of Hong Kong media, everyone realized that the throne of "Stephen Chow's girlfriend" had been replaced.
As "Stephen Chow's girlfriend", both Luo Huijuan and Athena Chu abide by Stephen Chow's iron rule - not to be public.
They can only be Stephen Chow's underground lovers and cannot stand in front of the stage to get his recognition.
Some people may say that Stephen Chow is a scumbag, but in fact he is more concerned about Athena Chu than anyone else.
No matter how intense the scandal evolved, he went against the opposition and tailored the role of " Zixia " for Athena Chu, presenting her as a first-line actress. The love between
Supreme Treasure and Zixia made the audience obsessed with it and became a memory of a generation.
didn't know that at that time, their relationship had already had a crisis.
" Big Journey to the West " was filmed later, and Stephen Chow saw the two people gradually drifting away, and he already had a premonition of "breaking up".
He didn't know how to regain this relationship, but just said to his friend Liu Zhenwei: "If there is a movie in the future, take care of A Yin more."
As his ex-boyfriend, this is all Stephen Chow can do.
The one who became the name of "Stephen Chow's girlfriend" after Athena Chu is Karen Mok . The two relationships between
are so close that the rumors of "Keren Mok interfering in Stephen Chow and Athena Chu" have emerged.
Even if Karen Mok repeatedly proved himself, he said that his relationship began after Stephen Chow's relationship ended with Athena Chu.
The outside world still speculates their relationship with the most malicious eyes. Even today, thirty years later, some people still criticize Stephen Chow as a scumbag who cheats on him.
In fact, Athena Chu’s breakup has nothing to do with Karen Mok.
Athena Chu once talked about her past relationship in an interview: "You must fall in love with someone with the same values. If two people have different values, then their love is completely different from yours." When
said this, her eyes were full of helplessness.
She and Stephen Chow are like people from two countries.
Stephen Chow's family is poor and desperately wants to make money, and most of his time and experience are devoted to his career.
. Athena Chu wanted a boyfriend who could give her care in time, so she married Huang Guanzhong, a man who had to communicate with his wife when he was on variety shows.
They just want differently.
Whether it is Athena Chu or Luo Huijuan, they are all women Stephen Chow has loved deeply, and they have all become victims of his career.
The elderly Stephen Chow would say, "If I could start over, I wouldn't be so busy."
But the young Stephen Chow didn't understand. He let his work fill his life, so he lost his love and offended countless people.
04
Stephen Chow pays great attention to details in filming, and it can be said that he is very particular about it.
an ordinary shot. As long as he is not satisfied, he will reshoot a hundred times, be sure to shoot until he is satisfied.
For many celebrities who spend money to live, Stephen Chow’s approach is too harsh.
Countless people came out to say he was not good, and even Luo Jiaying stabbed him in the back: "He (Stephen Chow) is too greedy for money and has no friends in his heart."
Luo Jiaying said that he filmed two big talk about the Westward Journey, and only received one movie, criticizing Stephen Chow for being greedy for money;
Xiang Tai said that Stephen Chow was very stingy if he owed money;
Wang Jing said that he was selfish and had no good deeds and only loved money;
Many colleagues accused Stephen Chow of having a low EQ and being swearing on the set indiscriminately.
Stephen Chow went from "King of Comedy" to "a stingy and ruthless villain".
But is Stephen Chow really such a person?
He will do charity regardless of the reward, shoot SARS promotional videos, and donate money to the disaster area.
, even, he will donate bone marrow to patients with leukemia.
It is hard to say that Stephen Chow is a villain. He just loves money because of the hunger and coldness of his childhood.
Who doesn’t love money in life?
is just that he is too talented, too famous, and not sophisticated enough, which leads himself to stand under the target of everyone.
He loves his career too much and cannot allow a trace of "flaws".
This is probably why he and Wu Mengda got it.
Like Stephen Chow, Ng Mengda is also a cruel character who has to memorize the lines a hundred times and the camera has to be shot a hundred times.
When he first collaborated with Ng Man-tat, Stephen Chow was shocked by his "strengthening for excellence".
So when filming later, Wu Mengda was the first person to call Stephen Chow.
This is why the "golden partner" in the Hong Kong comedy industry.
They are in a similar mood.
It's a pity that they also got separated later
Outsiders speculated that the conflict between Uncle Da and Stephen Chow was related to interests - Stephen Chow's stinginess forced him to leave his best golden partner.
actually have very decent differences, but they stopped cooperating due to their respective developments.
The last time I parted, Stephen Chow was as polite and respectful to Uncle Da as always.
After many years of filming " Mermaid " and "Journey to the West 2", Stephen Chow's first call still hit Uncle Da's phone: "Hey, I have a show!"
It's a pity that Uncle Da's old body is no longer as old as before, and he cannot support Stephen Chow's works as before.
001's " Shaolin Football " became the best singer of this golden partner.
Uncle Da and Stephen Chow are both decent people.
There is no conflict between them, only the friendship between them fighting wars together.
Stephen Chow is a decent person. He has never responded to all kinds of negative news and dirty water poured by his peers.
He just said at a loss: "I don't know, why it suddenly became like this."
He didn't know how it evolved to such a situation. He was just filming seriously.
Some people slander and insult him;
Some people respect and love him.
Now Stephen Chow is full of white hair, enjoying the applause exclusively of the "King of Comedy".
But with a serious face, what is he thinking?
is the thorn along the way?
is the person who passes by in life?
is a regret that cannot be compensated in the past? Only he himself knows
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