June 22, 2022, Step Chow
In Chinese culture, this is a very special age; in people’s memory of Stephen Chow, this is a very sudden age.
Why, I suddenly became 60 years old...
He is too different from a public figure. It has been too long since he last appeared in the public eye.
It was March 2021. He wore a black dress and appeared at the funeral of Wu Mengda .
His hair is gray and his body is hunched. The sad atmosphere is surrounded by him and it is difficult to dissipate.
" Stephen Chow is so old."
The " Tang Bohu " who talks and laughs in the flowers, the "Yin Tianchou" who endures humiliation, the "Ling Lingqiu" who is arrogant and wanton, and the " Zhou Xingxing " who is funny, all fade in their memories, leaving behind a stone monkey walking in the yellow sand with a golden hoop -
He has achieved success and fame, but he is always lonely.
Nothing can make people feel the passing of time, ruthless and cruel.
It has been a long time since I was a person, but he is actually saying goodbye to you.
One day you will suddenly find that Stephen Chow is no longer the previous Stephen Chow, the movie is not the previous movie, and the world is not the previous world.
And you are not the one you used to be.
The years are so hurrying, and they never wait for people to digest the sadness, even if he is the king of comedy.
May you be truly happy.
Someone once told Stephen Chow: "If you do the action twice, you will repeat yourself."
Stephen Chow disagreed: "Is that so? I don't think it."
The man replied again: "It's dangerous if you don't think it's."
This is the plot in the 1997 movie "Happy Events in Family", and it is also the panic that always accompanied Stephen Chow's heart.
, or in other words, some evidence that implies his heroic age many years later.
The " Big Journey to the West " series in 1995 pushed the 33-year-old Stephen Chow to the top ranks in the Chinese film industry, even if Stephen Chow's original intention was just -
want to make a good love story.
In 2013, "Hoursey of the West·Subduing the Demons " directed by Stephen Chow was released. The same Journey to the West theme will naturally be compared.
Stephen Chow himself believes that if he remakes "Journey to the West", he will tell a good story of "fighting monsters". Just as I was patting, it became "love".
"The movie has no love, it seems that it won't work." He said, as if he was talking about himself.
is just this work that embodies his personal emotions. After its release, it has a mixed reputation. It is inevitable that some people say that this is a "money-making work" in which Stephen Chow has exhausted his talents and earned his old capital.
The world is always noisy when evaluating anyone.
Stephen Chow had heard it and responded lightly: "Every day is facing this state of having enough talent and having no way to think of things. I couldn't think of it a long time ago."
Later, he released " New King of Comedy " in 2019 replicated the plot from 20 years ago, but it was no longer as glorious as it was back then.
In 1999, "King of Comedy" finally topped the top Hong Kong box office in 1999 with a market economy of .
. 20 years later, this "New King of Comedy" failed to hit the Spring Festival period with a box office of 400 million yuan, and even the 4.7 billion yuan box office of Wu Jing's "The Wandering Earth" did not reach the 4.7 billion yuan box office.
In response to this, Stephen Chow responded: "I have experienced all the sweet and sour things in life, but in fact I have been out of date."
Stephen Chow was promoted during the promotion of "The New King of Comedy"
In fact, the news that caused trouble in recent years is always related to money.
In November 2020, Stephen Chow's former girlfriend Yu Wenfeng went to court with him, demanding to recover his investment of HK$70 million to make a profit-sharing - because Stephen Chow verbally said that he would give her 10% profit for multiple projects, but Stephen Chow thought this was just a love word.
And in June 2021, the news that he was sued by a company for a contract and claimed huge compensation was aroused.
Facing all kinds of things, Stephen Chow kept silent, rarely explained, just attended silently or sued toughly.
Money has become a rare controversy in his life for this taciturn superstar.
Once in an interview, he responded to this question: "What is your attitude towards money? "
" said Stephen Chow, "I definitely hope to make more money. ”
He paused and said, “First of all, you must do your own thing well, and making money is a supporting role. "
Stephen Chow values money, perhaps because he was too poor when he was a child.
In the movie "Kung Fu", there is a " Pig Cage City ". In Stephen Chow's shot, it is cramped and poor, but it is hidden.
In the real world, such a scene is where Stephen Chow lived as a child - the poor district of Kowloon, Hong Kong.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the economy of Hong Kong in China took off, welcomes There is a wave of immigration.
Soon, she was defeated by reality: she had no money to study, and her work required guarantees to join the company.
In desperation, she married an immigrant from Ningbo, Zhejiang, and gave birth to a son in 1962.
She named her son Stephen Chow based on the sentence "Xiongzhou Wu Lin, Jun Cai Xingchi" in "Preface to the Palace of Tengwang" - Stephen Chow.
When he was a child, Stephen Chow
The stable days did not last long. After marriage, the two often quarreled and soon parted.
The year when his parents divorced, Stephen Chow was 7 years old. He and his sister and sister followed their mother and lived in a poor area that was forced to be redundant.
After the divorce, Ling Baoer took three children and worked two jobs. The family squeezed into a narrow wooden house and slept on a bunk bed.
When he was a child, Stephen Chow (second from left) and his family were
At that time, Stephen Chow lies by the window and looks across from the opposite side. On the floor, those urban life that laughs, scolds, and is extremely real.
has a neighbor who has learned the excellent skill of hitting cockroaches. You can take the life of cockroaches without slippers. At that time, Stephen Chow followed him, looking at his majestic figure, and thought he was a hero.
The scene was integrated into the future movie " Yangtze River No. 7 ", revealing the resilience of life in hardships in poor life.
Stills from "Yangtze River No. 7"
And Stephen Chow met the first real idol in his life when he was nine years old.
Because his family is poor, Ling Baoer chose a dilapidated cinema. The environment is dark, but Stephen Chow's eyes are shining.
At a certain moment in the movie, Stephen Chow suddenly burst into tears, "I decided to be Bruce Lee."
He started practicing kung fu and added a new profession to his dream: martial arts coach.
Stephen Chow and his idol "Bruce Lee"
Just for Stephen Chow at that time, dreams were expensive.
The tuition for martial arts practice costs more than HK$100 per month. He has to make money by working during the summer vacation, and he can only study for 3 months in the end. It was not until he could no longer pay the tuition, that he realized that the confidence of his dream was actually money.
So he bought a sandbag and prepared to learn by himself. When practicing
, he deliberately practiced with only one hand. He thought that even if this hand was ruined, he could still save the other one.
When his hands were as rough as an old man, he was finally drunk by Ling Baoer who could not bear it.
When I was a child, Stephen Chow (right)
But Stephen Chow thought of a new solution. He found the principal and proposed to open classes and accept apprentices in the school. He felt that his martial arts had reached a certain level and needed to do something for his classmates.
just finished listening to his words with a expressionless face, and then vomited: Go out.
He was thinking about opening up his martial arts temple, but he had to hit walls one after another. The school was his first stop to fail.
When he was in elementary school, Stephen Chow attended Union Primary School located on Prince Road. This is a Christian church school with a notoriously rigorous school spirit.
The teachers at that time were all old-fashioned, and their favorite was corporal punishment.
Stephen Chow had a bad grade when he was a child and was unique. He was "no eyes to see (no eyes to see), and he would have a headache for those kind of students when he saw it."
He once imitated Bruce Lee in school and kicked off the class mark on the classroom door, so he naturally had to be punished.
Stephen Chow adapted this experience into "Falling School Veyron". In this film, he is a "peerless master" with great martial arts skills, secrets, and admired by everyone, giving his breath to himself when he was a child.
went to middle school. Stephen Chow's dream did not stop, but became more and more intense.
His middle school deskmate Li Jianren recalled such a past -
Stephen Chow often practices boxing in the classroom and also treats Li Jianren as a "meat target". "One day Xingzai can beat me until he cried, which means that his boxing has been practiced."
Li Jianren was later promoted by Stephen Chow and played the role of Ruhua in many movies
He went to the restaurant to sell snacks, pushed a cart to sell shrimp dumplings , and rode a bicycle to sell newspapers in Tsim Sha Tsui, just to make money to buy Bruce Lee's souvenirs.
At this moment, he met a friend of his sister Zhou Wenji, a young man with a melancholy in his eyes - Tony Leung .
Stephen Chow and Tony Leung
Tony Leung are only 5 days younger than Stephen Chow and have similar fate trajectories.
He and his sister live with their divorced mother. After finishing high school, they work as a deliveryman in their aunt's supermarket. Sweat mixed with tears lingered in front of them, and they couldn't see the long road in front of them.
Two teenagers keep warm with each other, and by chance, a new exit was found under .
Tony Leung and Stephen Chow
In 1971, in order to cultivate performing artists, the Hong Kong Radio Broadcasting Corporation began to establish a wireless artist training class.
Tony Leung recalled that at that time, Stephen Chow "daydreaming all day long" and often advocated that he would apply for the wireless art training class together. "Stephen Chow made me feel that there were a lot of things to learn in the actor training class, so we took the exam at the same time."
In 1981, 19-year-old Stephen Chow pulled Tony Leung to sign up, but a dramatic turn happened to these two people. After the exam for
, Stephen Chow had to go downstairs to check if there was an admission letter in his mailbox every day. He didn't have an elevator at home, and he didn't know how many times he had run.
It was not until Tony Leung called him and said he had been admitted that Stephen Chow knew that he had lost the election.
After answering the call, Stephen Chow plunged into his room and covered his head with a quilt. Later, someone asked Stephen Chow why he failed to be elected, and he said, "I also want to ask the examiner, but he didn't tell me. In fact, there is no need for him to tell me. If it doesn't work, it won't work."
Tony Leung and Stephen Chow
Later, Stephen Chow's neighbor, also a student of the tenth session of the wireless training class, Qi Meizhen could not bear to see such a hard-working boy being buried, so he took the initiative to mention Stephen Chow to the training class teacher at that time: "I have a friend, can I let him come in and learn something."
In 1982, the 20-year-old Stephen Chow took the exam twice in a row, and finally entered the wireless training class and became a student of the 11th session. The same period as him include Tony Leung, Wu Zhenyu, Ouyang Zhenhua and other mainstays in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the future.
The first thing these people who came to the training class had to face was a life of several years of extravagant life.
Under the shadow of being betrayed, you can only see the stars.
Some students in the 11th issue
In the 1999 movie "The King of Comedy", Yin Tianchou played by Stephen Chow is a little supporting actor who loves acting.
There is a book "Actor's Self-cultivation" next to him. He often puts a book by his bed, and seizes all the shots to show himself. Even if it is a scene of death for a second, he has to add some scenes and add more shots.
He is not rewarded for the generous reward, "It is enough to have a lunch box"; he also has the pride of being unwilling to be ordinary, "You can call me a supporting role, but can you not add the word 'dea' in front"...
He will still be on the set, and the food in his hand is overturned, pointing at his nose and scolding: "You are a pool of shit."
Yin Tianchou, who shouted "I am an actor", was ridiculed for being persistent and clumsy because of his sincerity.
The movie is called Stephen Chow's semi-autobiographical work. He himself said, "The King of Comedy can be said to have told me all my experiences back then. The plot is fictional, but the feelings are real."
In the spring of 1982, Stephen Chow's first experience of playing a supporting role was in the TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", with only one shot.
In September of the same year, in " Su Qier ", he became the "Standle B" again, standing behind Michelle to "hold the scene".
In the 1982 TV series "Su Qi'er", the 20-year-old Stephen Chow
Then December, in the TV series " Falcon ", which starred in the first TV series " Falcon ", he still played a supporting role in the drama and became "Police C". He had no name, only a few scenes, flashed by.
It is worth mentioning that Tony Leung also starred in this drama, playing Andy Lau's girlfriend's younger brother.
Because of his outstanding performance in this drama, Tony Leung was quickly transferred to the drama department and has since embarked on the path of a formal actor.
Stephen Chow and Andy Lau
In 1983, the 21-year-old Tony Leung starred in three TV series as the protagonist, and collaborated with big names such as Zhou Runfa and Li Siqi. At the same time, 21-year-old Stephen Chow is still wandering around the supporting role. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which was broadcasted this year, caused a huge sensational effect because it was introduced to the mainland two years later, and became a peak in martial arts dramas.
In this drama, Stephen Chow worked diligently to play the role of "Cannon Fodder", but fortunately there was an "important shot".
In the seventh episode, the character played by Stephen Chow was given to "Mei Chaofeng" to practice. According to the script requirements, he was going to be beaten to death by "Mei Chaofeng".
Stephen Chow felt it was unreal, so he designed the action of resistance himself, "I designed it to block the first palm with my hand, and I fell to the ground and died until I got the second palm."
He ran excitedly to discuss with the assistant director, thinking that he could have more shots in this way, and the best of both worlds.The assistant director didn't finish his words and threw a sentence: "Hurry up and shoot, don't talk so much."
In the final film, the camera swept across Stephen Chow's "nearly dying" face. In less than a second, his face was filled with horror.
This supporting actor who is obsessed with every shot has become obsessed with acting.
In 1983, Stephen Chow in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"
Wu Zhenyu - this classmate in the same training class as Stephen Chow, also played a gatekeeper Jin soldier in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". He had a few lines that were very unpolite to Yang Kang . In addition, he also played a disciple of the Beggars' Sect, and his "scenes" were much heavier than Stephen Chow.
He once recalled that the teacher always praised Tony Leung for his relaxation, and Stephen Chow was thinking about practicing Kung Fu.
Wu Zhenyu talks about Stephen Chow
However, as humble as "Yin Tianchou", he could welcome the ridicule of the world. At that time, Stephen Chow could not even hear the ridicule, "I never felt better than others."
In the next five years, the only character Stephen Chow encountered with a name was in a children's program, and the character's name was "Black Zombie".
In 1983, 21-year-old Stephen Chow was selected into "430 Shuttle Chow" -
This is a children's TV program broadcast by TVB TV stations in the 1980s every day at 4:30 pm. Stephen Chow became one of the hosts of this program.
Stephen Chow (first 30 Shuttle Chow) in "Four-30 Shuttle Chow (first right)
is different from the children's program host in the public's impression. Stephen Chow is not friendly or cute. He is careless and a fierce "Brother Xingzai". When he sees children who are obedient and do not know how to fight for, he will even call them stupid.
He doesn't want the children to become obedient like assembly lines. Later he said, "When they are impatient, they will be impatient, and getting along with each other is more important than being honest."
It was also at this time that "430 Shuttle Machine" was facing restructuring, and a new interesting part of " Black and White Zombie " was added: the host interprets the story under the comic-like screen to convey some life principles to the children.
Stephen Chow (first right first)
When he heard this news, Stephen Chow suddenly realized that the opportunity had come.
He specifically asked the director team to add new things to the plot outline within half an hour of filming, sometimes funny and sometimes sensational, making the whole link full of entertainment and fun.
He said: "I liked that period, but because I didn't have any acting at that time, it was so miserable. Although "Black and White Zombies" is not a formal drama, it is also a drama. I created the role according to the body movements and character personality I learned from the training class."
Stephen Chow, who plays the black zombie,
, just like this, he was like a fish in water in children's programs and gained rare recognition.
At that time, there was even an issue of newspaper that specifically said that Stephen Chow was only suitable for being a children's program host and not as an actor.
Stephen Chow read this newspaper, carefully cut down the page that commented on him, and posted it on the head of the bed.
He knew that there was a fire in his heart that never went out.
"The front is pitch black and you can't see anything";
"Not it, it will be beautiful after dawn".
Stephen Chow once used this passage to describe the six years before becoming famous:
"Others think you can't do it, but you just went to study it and were completely trapped in it. I feel very lonely, but also very romantic... I have studied the performance so hard for 6 years."
The famous Hong Kong producer Wong Bai-ming recalled such a past event-
At that time, Stephen Chow, who was still up and down in "430 Shuttle Machine", once went to "New Art City Pictures Company" to recommend himself and wanted to play a role. June 22, 2022, Step Chow In Chinese culture, this is a very special age; in people’s memory of Stephen Chow, this is a very sudden age. Why, I suddenly became 60 years old... He is too different from a public figure. It has been too long since he last appeared in the public eye. It was March 2021. He wore a black dress and appeared at the funeral of Wu Mengda .
His hair is gray and his body is hunched. The sad atmosphere is surrounded by him and it is difficult to dissipate.
" Stephen Chow is so old."
The " Tang Bohu " who talks and laughs in the flowers, the "Yin Tianchou" who endures humiliation, the "Ling Lingqiu" who is arrogant and wanton, and the " Zhou Xingxing " who is funny, all fade in their memories, leaving behind a stone monkey walking in the yellow sand with a golden hoop -
He has achieved success and fame, but he is always lonely.
Nothing can make people feel the passing of time, ruthless and cruel.
It has been a long time since I was a person, but he is actually saying goodbye to you.
One day you will suddenly find that Stephen Chow is no longer the previous Stephen Chow, the movie is not the previous movie, and the world is not the previous world.
And you are not the one you used to be.
The years are so hurrying, and they never wait for people to digest the sadness, even if he is the king of comedy.
May you be truly happy.
Someone once told Stephen Chow: "If you do the action twice, you will repeat yourself."
Stephen Chow disagreed: "Is that so? I don't think it."
The man replied again: "It's dangerous if you don't think it's."
This is the plot in the 1997 movie "Happy Events in Family", and it is also the panic that always accompanied Stephen Chow's heart.
, or in other words, some evidence that implies his heroic age many years later.
The " Big Journey to the West " series in 1995 pushed the 33-year-old Stephen Chow to the top ranks in the Chinese film industry, even if Stephen Chow's original intention was just -
want to make a good love story.
In 2013, "Hoursey of the West·Subduing the Demons " directed by Stephen Chow was released. The same Journey to the West theme will naturally be compared.
Stephen Chow himself believes that if he remakes "Journey to the West", he will tell a good story of "fighting monsters". Just as I was patting, it became "love".
"The movie has no love, it seems that it won't work." He said, as if he was talking about himself.
is just this work that embodies his personal emotions. After its release, it has a mixed reputation. It is inevitable that some people say that this is a "money-making work" in which Stephen Chow has exhausted his talents and earned his old capital.
The world is always noisy when evaluating anyone.
Stephen Chow had heard it and responded lightly: "Every day is facing this state of having enough talent and having no way to think of things. I couldn't think of it a long time ago."
Later, he released " New King of Comedy " in 2019 replicated the plot from 20 years ago, but it was no longer as glorious as it was back then.
In 1999, "King of Comedy" finally topped the top Hong Kong box office in 1999 with a market economy of .
. 20 years later, this "New King of Comedy" failed to hit the Spring Festival period with a box office of 400 million yuan, and even the 4.7 billion yuan box office of Wu Jing's "The Wandering Earth" did not reach the 4.7 billion yuan box office.
In response to this, Stephen Chow responded: "I have experienced all the sweet and sour things in life, but in fact I have been out of date."
Stephen Chow was promoted during the promotion of "The New King of Comedy"
In fact, the news that caused trouble in recent years is always related to money.
In November 2020, Stephen Chow's former girlfriend Yu Wenfeng went to court with him, demanding to recover his investment of HK$70 million to make a profit-sharing - because Stephen Chow verbally said that he would give her 10% profit for multiple projects, but Stephen Chow thought this was just a love word.
And in June 2021, the news that he was sued by a company for a contract and claimed huge compensation was aroused.
Facing all kinds of things, Stephen Chow kept silent, rarely explained, just attended silently or sued toughly.
Money has become a rare controversy in his life for this taciturn superstar.
Once in an interview, he responded to this question: "What is your attitude towards money? "
" said Stephen Chow, "I definitely hope to make more money. ”
He paused and said, “First of all, you must do your own thing well, and making money is a supporting role. "
Stephen Chow values money, perhaps because he was too poor when he was a child.
In the movie "Kung Fu", there is a " Pig Cage City ". In Stephen Chow's shot, it is cramped and poor, but it is hidden.
In the real world, such a scene is where Stephen Chow lived as a child - the poor district of Kowloon, Hong Kong.
In the 1950s and 1960s, the economy of Hong Kong in China took off, welcomes There is a wave of immigration.
Soon, she was defeated by reality: she had no money to study, and her work required guarantees to join the company.
In desperation, she married an immigrant from Ningbo, Zhejiang, and gave birth to a son in 1962.
She named her son Stephen Chow based on the sentence "Xiongzhou Wu Lin, Jun Cai Xingchi" in "Preface to the Palace of Tengwang" - Stephen Chow.
When he was a child, Stephen Chow
The stable days did not last long. After marriage, the two often quarreled and soon parted.
The year when his parents divorced, Stephen Chow was 7 years old. He and his sister and sister followed their mother and lived in a poor area that was forced to be redundant.
After the divorce, Ling Baoer took three children and worked two jobs. The family squeezed into a narrow wooden house and slept on a bunk bed.
When he was a child, Stephen Chow (second from left) and his family were
At that time, Stephen Chow lies by the window and looks across from the opposite side. On the floor, those urban life that laughs, scolds, and is extremely real.
has a neighbor who has learned the excellent skill of hitting cockroaches. You can take the life of cockroaches without slippers. At that time, Stephen Chow followed him, looking at his majestic figure, and thought he was a hero.
The scene was integrated into the future movie " Yangtze River No. 7 ", revealing the resilience of life in hardships in poor life.
Stills from "Yangtze River No. 7"
And Stephen Chow met the first real idol in his life when he was nine years old.
Because his family is poor, Ling Baoer chose a dilapidated cinema. The environment is dark, but Stephen Chow's eyes are shining.
At a certain moment in the movie, Stephen Chow suddenly burst into tears, "I decided to be Bruce Lee."
He started practicing kung fu and added a new profession to his dream: martial arts coach.
Stephen Chow and his idol "Bruce Lee"
Just for Stephen Chow at that time, dreams were expensive.
The tuition for martial arts practice costs more than HK$100 per month. He has to make money by working during the summer vacation, and he can only study for 3 months in the end. It was not until he could no longer pay the tuition, that he realized that the confidence of his dream was actually money.
So he bought a sandbag and prepared to learn by himself. When practicing
, he deliberately practiced with only one hand. He thought that even if this hand was ruined, he could still save the other one.
When his hands were as rough as an old man, he was finally drunk by Ling Baoer who could not bear it.
When I was a child, Stephen Chow (right)
But Stephen Chow thought of a new solution. He found the principal and proposed to open classes and accept apprentices in the school. He felt that his martial arts had reached a certain level and needed to do something for his classmates.
just finished listening to his words with a expressionless face, and then vomited: Go out.
He was thinking about opening up his martial arts temple, but he had to hit walls one after another. The school was his first stop to fail.
When he was in elementary school, Stephen Chow attended Union Primary School located on Prince Road. This is a Christian church school with a notoriously rigorous school spirit.
The teachers at that time were all old-fashioned, and their favorite was corporal punishment.
Stephen Chow had a bad grade when he was a child and was unique. He was "no eyes to see (no eyes to see), and he would have a headache for those kind of students when he saw it."
He once imitated Bruce Lee in school and kicked off the class mark on the classroom door, so he naturally had to be punished.
Stephen Chow adapted this experience into "Falling School Veyron". In this film, he is a "peerless master" with great martial arts skills, secrets, and admired by everyone, giving his breath to himself when he was a child.
went to middle school. Stephen Chow's dream did not stop, but became more and more intense.
His middle school deskmate Li Jianren recalled such a past -
Stephen Chow often practices boxing in the classroom and also treats Li Jianren as a "meat target". "One day Xingzai can beat me until he cried, which means that his boxing has been practiced."
Li Jianren was later promoted by Stephen Chow and played the role of Ruhua in many movies
He went to the restaurant to sell snacks, pushed a cart to sell shrimp dumplings , and rode a bicycle to sell newspapers in Tsim Sha Tsui, just to make money to buy Bruce Lee's souvenirs.
At this moment, he met a friend of his sister Zhou Wenji, a young man with a melancholy in his eyes - Tony Leung .
Stephen Chow and Tony Leung
Tony Leung are only 5 days younger than Stephen Chow and have similar fate trajectories.
He and his sister live with their divorced mother. After finishing high school, they work as a deliveryman in their aunt's supermarket. Sweat mixed with tears lingered in front of them, and they couldn't see the long road in front of them.
Two teenagers keep warm with each other, and by chance, a new exit was found under .
Tony Leung and Stephen Chow
In 1971, in order to cultivate performing artists, the Hong Kong Radio Broadcasting Corporation began to establish a wireless artist training class.
Tony Leung recalled that at that time, Stephen Chow "daydreaming all day long" and often advocated that he would apply for the wireless art training class together. "Stephen Chow made me feel that there were a lot of things to learn in the actor training class, so we took the exam at the same time."
In 1981, 19-year-old Stephen Chow pulled Tony Leung to sign up, but a dramatic turn happened to these two people. After the exam for
, Stephen Chow had to go downstairs to check if there was an admission letter in his mailbox every day. He didn't have an elevator at home, and he didn't know how many times he had run.
It was not until Tony Leung called him and said he had been admitted that Stephen Chow knew that he had lost the election.
After answering the call, Stephen Chow plunged into his room and covered his head with a quilt. Later, someone asked Stephen Chow why he failed to be elected, and he said, "I also want to ask the examiner, but he didn't tell me. In fact, there is no need for him to tell me. If it doesn't work, it won't work."
Tony Leung and Stephen Chow
Later, Stephen Chow's neighbor, also a student of the tenth session of the wireless training class, Qi Meizhen could not bear to see such a hard-working boy being buried, so he took the initiative to mention Stephen Chow to the training class teacher at that time: "I have a friend, can I let him come in and learn something."
In 1982, the 20-year-old Stephen Chow took the exam twice in a row, and finally entered the wireless training class and became a student of the 11th session. The same period as him include Tony Leung, Wu Zhenyu, Ouyang Zhenhua and other mainstays in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the future.
The first thing these people who came to the training class had to face was a life of several years of extravagant life.
Under the shadow of being betrayed, you can only see the stars.
Some students in the 11th issue
In the 1999 movie "The King of Comedy", Yin Tianchou played by Stephen Chow is a little supporting actor who loves acting.
There is a book "Actor's Self-cultivation" next to him. He often puts a book by his bed, and seizes all the shots to show himself. Even if it is a scene of death for a second, he has to add some scenes and add more shots.
He is not rewarded for the generous reward, "It is enough to have a lunch box"; he also has the pride of being unwilling to be ordinary, "You can call me a supporting role, but can you not add the word 'dea' in front"...
He will still be on the set, and the food in his hand is overturned, pointing at his nose and scolding: "You are a pool of shit."
Yin Tianchou, who shouted "I am an actor", was ridiculed for being persistent and clumsy because of his sincerity.
The movie is called Stephen Chow's semi-autobiographical work. He himself said, "The King of Comedy can be said to have told me all my experiences back then. The plot is fictional, but the feelings are real."
In the spring of 1982, Stephen Chow's first experience of playing a supporting role was in the TV series "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", with only one shot.
In September of the same year, in " Su Qier ", he became the "Standle B" again, standing behind Michelle to "hold the scene".
In the 1982 TV series "Su Qi'er", the 20-year-old Stephen Chow
Then December, in the TV series " Falcon ", which starred in the first TV series " Falcon ", he still played a supporting role in the drama and became "Police C". He had no name, only a few scenes, flashed by.
It is worth mentioning that Tony Leung also starred in this drama, playing Andy Lau's girlfriend's younger brother.
Because of his outstanding performance in this drama, Tony Leung was quickly transferred to the drama department and has since embarked on the path of a formal actor.
Stephen Chow and Andy Lau
In 1983, the 21-year-old Tony Leung starred in three TV series as the protagonist, and collaborated with big names such as Zhou Runfa and Li Siqi. At the same time, 21-year-old Stephen Chow is still wandering around the supporting role. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which was broadcasted this year, caused a huge sensational effect because it was introduced to the mainland two years later, and became a peak in martial arts dramas.
In this drama, Stephen Chow worked diligently to play the role of "Cannon Fodder", but fortunately there was an "important shot".
In the seventh episode, the character played by Stephen Chow was given to "Mei Chaofeng" to practice. According to the script requirements, he was going to be beaten to death by "Mei Chaofeng".
Stephen Chow felt it was unreal, so he designed the action of resistance himself, "I designed it to block the first palm with my hand, and I fell to the ground and died until I got the second palm."
He ran excitedly to discuss with the assistant director, thinking that he could have more shots in this way, and the best of both worlds.The assistant director didn't finish his words and threw a sentence: "Hurry up and shoot, don't talk so much."
In the final film, the camera swept across Stephen Chow's "nearly dying" face. In less than a second, his face was filled with horror.
This supporting actor who is obsessed with every shot has become obsessed with acting.
In 1983, Stephen Chow in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"
Wu Zhenyu - this classmate in the same training class as Stephen Chow, also played a gatekeeper Jin soldier in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". He had a few lines that were very unpolite to Yang Kang . In addition, he also played a disciple of the Beggars' Sect, and his "scenes" were much heavier than Stephen Chow.
He once recalled that the teacher always praised Tony Leung for his relaxation, and Stephen Chow was thinking about practicing Kung Fu.
Wu Zhenyu talks about Stephen Chow
However, as humble as "Yin Tianchou", he could welcome the ridicule of the world. At that time, Stephen Chow could not even hear the ridicule, "I never felt better than others."
In the next five years, the only character Stephen Chow encountered with a name was in a children's program, and the character's name was "Black Zombie".
In 1983, 21-year-old Stephen Chow was selected into "430 Shuttle Chow" -
This is a children's TV program broadcast by TVB TV stations in the 1980s every day at 4:30 pm. Stephen Chow became one of the hosts of this program.
Stephen Chow (first 30 Shuttle Chow) in "Four-30 Shuttle Chow (first right)
is different from the children's program host in the public's impression. Stephen Chow is not friendly or cute. He is careless and a fierce "Brother Xingzai". When he sees children who are obedient and do not know how to fight for, he will even call them stupid.
He doesn't want the children to become obedient like assembly lines. Later he said, "When they are impatient, they will be impatient, and getting along with each other is more important than being honest."
It was also at this time that "430 Shuttle Machine" was facing restructuring, and a new interesting part of " Black and White Zombie " was added: the host interprets the story under the comic-like screen to convey some life principles to the children.
Stephen Chow (first right first)
When he heard this news, Stephen Chow suddenly realized that the opportunity had come.
He specifically asked the director team to add new things to the plot outline within half an hour of filming, sometimes funny and sometimes sensational, making the whole link full of entertainment and fun.
He said: "I liked that period, but because I didn't have any acting at that time, it was so miserable. Although "Black and White Zombies" is not a formal drama, it is also a drama. I created the role according to the body movements and character personality I learned from the training class."
Stephen Chow, who plays the black zombie,
, just like this, he was like a fish in water in children's programs and gained rare recognition.
At that time, there was even an issue of newspaper that specifically said that Stephen Chow was only suitable for being a children's program host and not as an actor.
Stephen Chow read this newspaper, carefully cut down the page that commented on him, and posted it on the head of the bed.
He knew that there was a fire in his heart that never went out.
"The front is pitch black and you can't see anything";
"Not it, it will be beautiful after dawn".
Stephen Chow once used this passage to describe the six years before becoming famous:
"Others think you can't do it, but you just went to study it and were completely trapped in it. I feel very lonely, but also very romantic... I have studied the performance so hard for 6 years."
The famous Hong Kong producer Wong Bai-ming recalled such a past event-
At that time, Stephen Chow, who was still up and down in "430 Shuttle Machine", once went to "New Art City Pictures Company" to recommend himself and wanted to play a role.
The producer in charge of reception coldly threw him an registration form, and Stephen Chow obediently filled it out, and there was no further information.
Huang Baiming said that this form did not reach any of their senior bosses. The same treatment as Stephen Chow was also the Maggie Cheung who had just debuted.
Stephen Chow and Maggie Cheung
It is like the fighting spirit tempered by Sun Wukong in the alchemy furnace, and it is also like the forbearance of being pressed under the Five Fingers Mountain. Stephen Chow never gave up. He wanted to make a real movie of his own.
Stephen Chow plays the brother of the "rogue tycoon" Wan Ziliang in the play. Outside the play, Wan Ziliang really treats Stephen Chow as his younger brother.
Stephen Chow and Wan Ziliang
are on the set. Wan Ziliang often advises Stephen Chow on his acting skills. If he films all night, he will also use a car to take Stephen Chow home.
Stephen Chow is grateful and always talks about Wan Ziliang with respect.
Stephen Chow talked to Huang Zheng Wan Ziliang
His career showed vitality, and the dawn before dawn began to slowly show.
In 1988, at the age of 26, he participated in "The Metropolis" and collaborated with Adam Cheng and Liza Wang and . He was also invited to star in " Fighting Clan " and partnered with Ng Nah and .
Stephen Chow and Liza Wang
Later, he was appreciated by director Lee Xiuxian and invited him to play his new drama. There was a young character missing in the drama, and Stephen Chow had no reason to refuse.
The movie is " Pili Pioneer ". Stephen Chow won his first Best Supporting Actor with this movie.
Since then, a name called Stephen Chow appeared on the narrative book of the Chinese film industry, opening a chapter of great significance.
This year, 27-year-old Stephen Chow opened the door to "nonsense comedy".
At that time, Stephen Chow took on the costume martial arts drama "The Great Hero". The director and screenwriter of this drama was Li Lizhi , who was later called Stephen Chow's official director.
Li Lizhi and Stephen Chow
hit it off and decided to add some funny things to the play. Stephen Chow not only takes on the interpretation of jokes, but most jokes were also created by the two.
The son of the leader of the rivers and lakes can lie on the chair of the Grand Master and drool and practice the "Immortal Art", and then he can die infinitely and resurrect infinitely.
In this drama, the audience felt the power of nonsensical comedy for the first time: it doesn’t know the meaning, and there is no reason. Stephen Chow uses funny actions and intriguing plots to create pure and long-lasting happiness.
, and all of this is just a dangerous move Stephen Chow gave himself -
"I can't guess what the audience would scold me for being crazy, but I think it doesn't matter. I would rather be scolded for thousands of years than not react at all after the show. I just want to fight this way and put the 'nons' to the end."
Facts prove that Stephen Chow took the right trick.
Stephen Chow's words in the play "Sit down, drink a cup of tea, and eat a bag" became the oral speech of the people of Hong Kong during that period.
Stephen Chow, who took the wrong sword, finally broke out a smooth road.
As long as you don’t die, you will always have a chance to explore a way out in the dark, just like the live streaming and sales platform that has been transformed into a popular education platform. Only by keeping one's strength and keeping one's low will we welcome the accumulation of strength and strength.
If people don’t have dreams, what’s the difference between them and salted fish?
Not long after, Li Lichi wrote "He comes from the Jianghu". Because of his outstanding performance in "The Great Hero", Stephen Chow was selected to play the cousin of the male lead Wan Ziliang - this is the third time that Stephen Chow has become Wan Ziliang's younger brother.
Stephen Chow's later golden partner Ng Mengda became Stephen Chow's father in this drama.
At that time, Stephen Chow was still a new girl, but Wu Mengda had been struggling in the entertainment industry for many years, so if the two came up with new ideas, Wu Mengda would volunteer to persuade the producer and director.
This is the beginning of the two's official collaboration. "He comes from the Jianghu" once set a new record for TVB's ratings. It was later rated as one of the five most popular TV series in the history of wireless TV. However, Stephen Chow's achievements in the TV industry have ended here.
Stephen Chow and Ng Mengda
In 1990, the 28-year-old Stephen Chow left TVB and moved to the film industry. That year, he made 11 movies, for the sake of success and for the movie itself.
In " Hope your husband Jackie Chan ", he and Ng Ng partnered for the second time. Ng Ng even fell in love with Stephen Chow for a time. "For more than 10 years of filming, the only opponent that made me really do fake dramas is Stephen Chow. Day and night, no one can be ruthless, especially when he is so funny and so handsome."
Stephen Chow and Ng Junru
In 1991, "Fighting School Veyron" set a new record in Hong Kong movie box office with a box office of more than 40 million yuan.
At that time, Chow Yun-fat was interviewed and said, "Stephen Chow is so awesome, he is completely beyond me."
The former "Star Chow" became "Star Chow", and the unknown "dead supporting role" finally became a "king of comedy".
Stephen Chow and Chow Yun-fat
In 1992, the mainland began to reform the film system.
The " Tang Bohu's Autumn Fragrance " is well-known to mainland audiences. It was co-produced by the mainland and Hong Kong in such a situation. It is also Stephen Chow's earliest movie launched in mainland theaters.
Then, it is not good to go out. After the movie
was broadcast, mainland audiences expressed their inability to accept it. Some people also talked in the newspaper: "The film is seriously out of reality of life, the content is false and absurd, the actors' performances are superficial, the characters are completely distorted, and disgusting shots are everywhere, lacking the beauty it deserves." Mainland audiences who have been immersed in the propositional movie for too long cannot accept such funny nonsensical comedy, and cannot tolerate the absurd story of "speaking about history".
Although in 1993, the movie still ranked first in Hong Kong movie list with a box office of 40.17 million.
"Tang Bohu's Tiger's Autumn Fragrance" starring Gong Li and Stephen Chow
are indistinguishable from each other.
In 1994, Stephen Chow's "A Chinese Odyssey" started filming in Ningxia. This is also Stephen Chow's first high-cost investment movie, with a total investment of more than 60 million yuan in the first and second episodes.
What rewarded him was the terrible box office.
In February 1996, "A Chinese Odyssey" was launched in Beijing's theaters, with a box office of only about 200,000 yuan. In some provinces, film companies even only purchased the previous episode "html April Moonlight Box " and did not want the next episode "The Great Sage Welcoming the Birth" because no one was optimistic about it, "too noisy and boring."
After more than a year, people realized that not everyone can understand an excellent movie at once.
People soon understand that it is gold that will shine sooner or later - especially when it is purer, harder, and no matter how rewards are.
"A Chinese Odyssey" classic plot
At that time, no one expected that this movie caused a tsunami-level sensation in the classrooms of Peking University and Beijing Film Academy .
The students at that time deconstructed the video and gave it the academic title of " Postmodern Structuralism ".
Someone lamented the love in it: "There was once a sincere feeling in front of me, but I didn't know how to cherish it. I didn't start to regret it until I lost it";
Someone analyzed the aesthetic art of the movie: When Supreme Treasure kissed the reincarnated Zixia , Sun Wukong carried golden hoop , walking in the long yellow sand under the city tower, the music of " Love in Lifetime " sounded, this is the most heartwarming stroke in the movie, which makes people unable to help but move.
"A Chinese Odyssey" clip screenshot
With this movie, Stephen Chow established his position in the mainland film industry. In 1999, "A Chinese Odyssey" became a cultural phenomenon.
This year, Stephen Chow, who has been making movies for a full ten years, gave back to the first 37 years of his life - "The King of Comedy" was released.
At the end of the film, he said, "Actually, I don't have much talent for acting, I'm better off being an audience." This sentence seemed to have slapped the directors who boasted that he was a "genius".
"King of Comedy" clip screenshot
In fact, Stephen Chow never considered himself a genius from beginning to end. He always said that he "has this talent, but he won't have too many talent, but he just has a more sense of some things."
His success has never been a word "talent" that can be included, and it is also mixed with a lot of bitter tears.
And this is the beautiful dream Stephen Chow woves for the audience in the movie.
He gave all the little characters in the movie a fantasy that they can succeed with just working hard, and will never wake up.
In the 2001 " Shaolin Football ", he shouted: "If you don't have a dream, what's the difference between it and a salted fish?"
Then he stepped on his golden foot, shattered injustice, and kicked to success.
They have worked together in the 1992 New Year film "Happy Events in Family" for exactly 10 years.
This year, Stephen Chow was 40 years old and Leslie Cheung was 45 years old. One person achieved success and fame, and the other person’s heart disease was difficult to cure.
Stephen Chow and Leslie Cheung
On April 1, 2003, Leslie Cheung leap from the hotel, and there is no more gloriousness in the world;
On December 30, the "daughter of Hong Kong" Anita Mui died of cervical cancer , and he would never forget each other.
The deceased is gone, and the living is lonely.
From left to right: Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Stephen Chow
In 2003, Stephen Chow, who had been preparing for three years, officially started filming, injecting a needle into the withering film industry.
He used this movie to tell people that those heroes who once called the wind and rain in the world in the end just got out of grudges and became ordinary people.
He lets everyone learn to face life with a smile, and believes that the humblest salted fish will have a day to turn over, and success and fame will be just a passing cloud.
is just that movies can narrate like this, but life is not full of joy.
While laughing, there is also seriousness, and in the fun, it is all desolate.
From left to right: Ng Junru, Stephen Chow, Mao Shunjun , Leslie Cheung
Stephen Chow in the movie, everyone is holding the moon; outside the movie, he has been betrayal of his relatives several times.
" Tang Monk " in "A Chinese Odyssey" Luo Jiaying once publicly declared: "I think he is mentally perverted and is simply obsessed with it."
"Shaolin Football" Huang Yifei also cut off his mat in public and called him "Mr. Stephen Chow".
, who collaborated with Stephen Chow in " Gambling " and "Falling School Veyron" and other works, once said implicitly: "I am a real villain, Stephen Chow is a hypocrite." Director Johnnie To, who also collaborated with many times, also bluntly said: "It is okay to work with Stephen Chow to make movies, but there is no way to be friends."
The reason is that Stephen Chow is too serious in film production. His love for movies made him strictly paranoid.
Mao Shunyun once said: "In the past, we thought we would be good at being an actor, but Stephen Chow was not. At that time, I played with him, and he asked to change the script all day long. We often care about interpersonal relationships and so on. He ignored these things, and he just thought about how to make good movies."
When Stephen Chow and Mao Shunyun
, Stephen Chow was called the "superior director", and what he gave far exceeded the duty of an actor. For example, in "The Nine-Ranking Sesame Official", he was responsible for lighting art, even if the director and screenwriter were not named.
After becoming the director, his nitpicking attitude became even more important than before.
His requirements for his works are very detailed, from the early planning, script, to art, special effects, martial arts guidance, to later production, mix-up, and even whether a punch is a "bang" or a "bang" sound.
Stephen Chow himself said in an interview, "Everything can be a little better, and it will be much better if it adds up. Someone asked if it is necessary? I think there is, because it is a little better."
Such paranoid Stephen Chow deserves the audience, but is sorry for his friends.
When directing "Shaolin Football" on the set, Huang Yifei burst out eight beer bottles on his head in order to shoot the Tietou Gong shot, but Stephen Chow was still not satisfied. Until Huang Yifei was beaten by the bottle and fainted.
After he woke up, Stephen Chow did not ask about his health, but only said, "Can you start work?"
Later, even Wu Mengda, who had worked with him for a long time, was reported by the media to part ways with Stephen Chow, because he originally agreed to be Wu Mengda for "Kung Fu", but after Wu Mengda stayed for a good schedule, Stephen Chow stopped filming.
But Wu Mengda understands Stephen Chow. He said, "We know each other without the explanation from mother-in-law. That level is too low."
Stephen Chow said, "I want to find the most suitable actors. I am for the sake of 'thing'." For him, the matter of movies is always more important than people.
Stephen Chow and Ng Mengda
Stephen Chow's assistant Tian Qiwen once described him as a lonely old man in a martial arts novel.
In the past two decades, Stephen Chow has almost never appeared in the public eye, with only one exception, that is movie promotion. There seems to be only movies in his life.
When "Kung Fu" premiered in Cannes, he stood behind the big screen and no one listened. He stood there, watching the audience's reaction, and stood for two hours.
In 2013, the Shanghai International Film Festival invited Stephen Chow to attend. The organizing committee also specially prepared promotional materials for him in three directions: one is his actor's own achievements, the second is his box office results, and the third is his achievements after his transformation into a director. Whichever one is
, it is enough to be shining with golden light. But Stephen Chow was silent for a moment and said:
"Just use the five words 'movie worker'."
In "A Chinese Odyssey", Supreme Treasure once said love words to Fairy Zixia:
"If you want to add a deadline to this love, I hope it will be ten thousand years."
In 1988, when 26-year-old Stephen Chow was filming "Ade is Crazy", he met his first love girlfriend Luo Huijuan.
One is in the rising period of his career, running around on various sets; the other is thinking about getting married and having children, even if someone calls him "heartbroken".
After three years of love breaking out, Luo Huijuan refused to talk about the past, saying only, "Maybe three years is an extreme period of tolerance."
In 2012, 45-year-old Luo Huijuan passed away in Singapore due to pancreatic cancer. In the farewell video, she said, "Death is not terrible, but regret is the most terrible."
In 2013, "Journey to the West: The Demons" was released. "Miss Duan" in the movie said: "My dream is to marry a wishful husband." This is also Luo Huijuan’s dream.
Stephen Chow and Luo Huijuan
In the early years, he played in flowers and was full of scandals. Athena Chu, Karen Mok, Yu Wenfeng... The beauty of the pink girl comes and returns in his life, but he has no intention of lingering.
Now, he has achieved success and fame, but he feels sad and cannot get a table of good wine.
He stood behind the years, watching the people around him turn around in turn, some people are separated from life and some are separated from death.
From left to right: Karen Mok, Stephen Chow, Athena Chu
In February 2021, Ng Mengda died suddenly due to liver cancer.
At the funeral, Stephen Chow's elegiac couplet was hung closest to the portrait of Wu Mengda, and four big words stood quietly in front of Uncle Da: "I miss you forever."
misses those people, and those years.
Today, Stephen Chow is becoming more and more like the "lonely old man" in the other people's mouth.
He covered his gray hair with a hat and said, "I'm too lazy to dye it at this age." In his conversation with Jack Ma, he kept repeating, "There's not much time left."
has been alone until now, some people care about his feelings, and some people comment on his career.
In an interview, the host asked him if he had any plans for his future?
Stephen Chow was silent for a moment and smiled: "Do you think I still have a chance?"
seems to be talking about feelings, and also seems to be talking about something more loved, called movies.
If people don’t have dreams, what’s the difference between them and salted fish?
Not long after, Li Lichi wrote "He comes from the Jianghu". Because of his outstanding performance in "The Great Hero", Stephen Chow was selected to play the cousin of the male lead Wan Ziliang - this is the third time that Stephen Chow has become Wan Ziliang's younger brother.
Stephen Chow's later golden partner Ng Mengda became Stephen Chow's father in this drama.
At that time, Stephen Chow was still a new girl, but Wu Mengda had been struggling in the entertainment industry for many years, so if the two came up with new ideas, Wu Mengda would volunteer to persuade the producer and director.
This is the beginning of the two's official collaboration. "He comes from the Jianghu" once set a new record for TVB's ratings. It was later rated as one of the five most popular TV series in the history of wireless TV. However, Stephen Chow's achievements in the TV industry have ended here.
Stephen Chow and Ng Mengda
In 1990, the 28-year-old Stephen Chow left TVB and moved to the film industry. That year, he made 11 movies, for the sake of success and for the movie itself.
In " Hope your husband Jackie Chan ", he and Ng Ng partnered for the second time. Ng Ng even fell in love with Stephen Chow for a time. "For more than 10 years of filming, the only opponent that made me really do fake dramas is Stephen Chow. Day and night, no one can be ruthless, especially when he is so funny and so handsome."
Stephen Chow and Ng Junru
In 1991, "Fighting School Veyron" set a new record in Hong Kong movie box office with a box office of more than 40 million yuan.
At that time, Chow Yun-fat was interviewed and said, "Stephen Chow is so awesome, he is completely beyond me."
The former "Star Chow" became "Star Chow", and the unknown "dead supporting role" finally became a "king of comedy".
Stephen Chow and Chow Yun-fat
In 1992, the mainland began to reform the film system.
The " Tang Bohu's Autumn Fragrance " is well-known to mainland audiences. It was co-produced by the mainland and Hong Kong in such a situation. It is also Stephen Chow's earliest movie launched in mainland theaters.
Then, it is not good to go out. After the movie
was broadcast, mainland audiences expressed their inability to accept it. Some people also talked in the newspaper: "The film is seriously out of reality of life, the content is false and absurd, the actors' performances are superficial, the characters are completely distorted, and disgusting shots are everywhere, lacking the beauty it deserves." Mainland audiences who have been immersed in the propositional movie for too long cannot accept such funny nonsensical comedy, and cannot tolerate the absurd story of "speaking about history".
Although in 1993, the movie still ranked first in Hong Kong movie list with a box office of 40.17 million.
"Tang Bohu's Tiger's Autumn Fragrance" starring Gong Li and Stephen Chow
are indistinguishable from each other.
In 1994, Stephen Chow's "A Chinese Odyssey" started filming in Ningxia. This is also Stephen Chow's first high-cost investment movie, with a total investment of more than 60 million yuan in the first and second episodes.
What rewarded him was the terrible box office.
In February 1996, "A Chinese Odyssey" was launched in Beijing's theaters, with a box office of only about 200,000 yuan. In some provinces, film companies even only purchased the previous episode "html April Moonlight Box " and did not want the next episode "The Great Sage Welcoming the Birth" because no one was optimistic about it, "too noisy and boring."
After more than a year, people realized that not everyone can understand an excellent movie at once.
People soon understand that it is gold that will shine sooner or later - especially when it is purer, harder, and no matter how rewards are.
"A Chinese Odyssey" classic plot
At that time, no one expected that this movie caused a tsunami-level sensation in the classrooms of Peking University and Beijing Film Academy .
The students at that time deconstructed the video and gave it the academic title of " Postmodern Structuralism ".
Someone lamented the love in it: "There was once a sincere feeling in front of me, but I didn't know how to cherish it. I didn't start to regret it until I lost it";
Someone analyzed the aesthetic art of the movie: When Supreme Treasure kissed the reincarnated Zixia , Sun Wukong carried golden hoop , walking in the long yellow sand under the city tower, the music of " Love in Lifetime " sounded, this is the most heartwarming stroke in the movie, which makes people unable to help but move.
"A Chinese Odyssey" clip screenshot
With this movie, Stephen Chow established his position in the mainland film industry. In 1999, "A Chinese Odyssey" became a cultural phenomenon.
This year, Stephen Chow, who has been making movies for a full ten years, gave back to the first 37 years of his life - "The King of Comedy" was released.
At the end of the film, he said, "Actually, I don't have much talent for acting, I'm better off being an audience." This sentence seemed to have slapped the directors who boasted that he was a "genius".
"King of Comedy" clip screenshot
In fact, Stephen Chow never considered himself a genius from beginning to end. He always said that he "has this talent, but he won't have too many talent, but he just has a more sense of some things."
His success has never been a word "talent" that can be included, and it is also mixed with a lot of bitter tears.
And this is the beautiful dream Stephen Chow woves for the audience in the movie.
He gave all the little characters in the movie a fantasy that they can succeed with just working hard, and will never wake up.
In the 2001 " Shaolin Football ", he shouted: "If you don't have a dream, what's the difference between it and a salted fish?"
Then he stepped on his golden foot, shattered injustice, and kicked to success.
They have worked together in the 1992 New Year film "Happy Events in Family" for exactly 10 years.
This year, Stephen Chow was 40 years old and Leslie Cheung was 45 years old. One person achieved success and fame, and the other person’s heart disease was difficult to cure.
Stephen Chow and Leslie Cheung
On April 1, 2003, Leslie Cheung leap from the hotel, and there is no more gloriousness in the world;
On December 30, the "daughter of Hong Kong" Anita Mui died of cervical cancer , and he would never forget each other.
The deceased is gone, and the living is lonely.
From left to right: Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Stephen Chow
In 2003, Stephen Chow, who had been preparing for three years, officially started filming, injecting a needle into the withering film industry.
He used this movie to tell people that those heroes who once called the wind and rain in the world in the end just got out of grudges and became ordinary people.
He lets everyone learn to face life with a smile, and believes that the humblest salted fish will have a day to turn over, and success and fame will be just a passing cloud.
is just that movies can narrate like this, but life is not full of joy.
While laughing, there is also seriousness, and in the fun, it is all desolate.
From left to right: Ng Junru, Stephen Chow, Mao Shunjun , Leslie Cheung
Stephen Chow in the movie, everyone is holding the moon; outside the movie, he has been betrayal of his relatives several times.
" Tang Monk " in "A Chinese Odyssey" Luo Jiaying once publicly declared: "I think he is mentally perverted and is simply obsessed with it."
"Shaolin Football" Huang Yifei also cut off his mat in public and called him "Mr. Stephen Chow".
, who collaborated with Stephen Chow in " Gambling " and "Falling School Veyron" and other works, once said implicitly: "I am a real villain, Stephen Chow is a hypocrite." Director Johnnie To, who also collaborated with many times, also bluntly said: "It is okay to work with Stephen Chow to make movies, but there is no way to be friends."
The reason is that Stephen Chow is too serious in film production. His love for movies made him strictly paranoid.
Mao Shunyun once said: "In the past, we thought we would be good at being an actor, but Stephen Chow was not. At that time, I played with him, and he asked to change the script all day long. We often care about interpersonal relationships and so on. He ignored these things, and he just thought about how to make good movies."
When Stephen Chow and Mao Shunyun
, Stephen Chow was called the "superior director", and what he gave far exceeded the duty of an actor. For example, in "The Nine-Ranking Sesame Official", he was responsible for lighting art, even if the director and screenwriter were not named.
After becoming the director, his nitpicking attitude became even more important than before.
His requirements for his works are very detailed, from the early planning, script, to art, special effects, martial arts guidance, to later production, mix-up, and even whether a punch is a "bang" or a "bang" sound.
Stephen Chow himself said in an interview, "Everything can be a little better, and it will be much better if it adds up. Someone asked if it is necessary? I think there is, because it is a little better."
Such paranoid Stephen Chow deserves the audience, but is sorry for his friends.
When directing "Shaolin Football" on the set, Huang Yifei burst out eight beer bottles on his head in order to shoot the Tietou Gong shot, but Stephen Chow was still not satisfied. Until Huang Yifei was beaten by the bottle and fainted.
After he woke up, Stephen Chow did not ask about his health, but only said, "Can you start work?"
Later, even Wu Mengda, who had worked with him for a long time, was reported by the media to part ways with Stephen Chow, because he originally agreed to be Wu Mengda for "Kung Fu", but after Wu Mengda stayed for a good schedule, Stephen Chow stopped filming.
But Wu Mengda understands Stephen Chow. He said, "We know each other without the explanation from mother-in-law. That level is too low."
Stephen Chow said, "I want to find the most suitable actors. I am for the sake of 'thing'." For him, the matter of movies is always more important than people.
Stephen Chow and Ng Mengda
Stephen Chow's assistant Tian Qiwen once described him as a lonely old man in a martial arts novel.
In the past two decades, Stephen Chow has almost never appeared in the public eye, with only one exception, that is movie promotion. There seems to be only movies in his life.
When "Kung Fu" premiered in Cannes, he stood behind the big screen and no one listened. He stood there, watching the audience's reaction, and stood for two hours.
In 2013, the Shanghai International Film Festival invited Stephen Chow to attend. The organizing committee also specially prepared promotional materials for him in three directions: one is his actor's own achievements, the second is his box office results, and the third is his achievements after his transformation into a director. Whichever one is
, it is enough to be shining with golden light. But Stephen Chow was silent for a moment and said:
"Just use the five words 'movie worker'."
In "A Chinese Odyssey", Supreme Treasure once said love words to Fairy Zixia:
"If you want to add a deadline to this love, I hope it will be ten thousand years."
In 1988, when 26-year-old Stephen Chow was filming "Ade is Crazy", he met his first love girlfriend Luo Huijuan.
One is in the rising period of his career, running around on various sets; the other is thinking about getting married and having children, even if someone calls him "heartbroken".
After three years of love breaking out, Luo Huijuan refused to talk about the past, saying only, "Maybe three years is an extreme period of tolerance."
In 2012, 45-year-old Luo Huijuan passed away in Singapore due to pancreatic cancer. In the farewell video, she said, "Death is not terrible, but regret is the most terrible."
In 2013, "Journey to the West: The Demons" was released. "Miss Duan" in the movie said: "My dream is to marry a wishful husband." This is also Luo Huijuan’s dream.
Stephen Chow and Luo Huijuan
In the early years, he played in flowers and was full of scandals. Athena Chu, Karen Mok, Yu Wenfeng... The beauty of the pink girl comes and returns in his life, but he has no intention of lingering.
Now, he has achieved success and fame, but he feels sad and cannot get a table of good wine.
He stood behind the years, watching the people around him turn around in turn, some people are separated from life and some are separated from death.
From left to right: Karen Mok, Stephen Chow, Athena Chu
In February 2021, Ng Mengda died suddenly due to liver cancer.
At the funeral, Stephen Chow's elegiac couplet was hung closest to the portrait of Wu Mengda, and four big words stood quietly in front of Uncle Da: "I miss you forever."
misses those people, and those years.
Today, Stephen Chow is becoming more and more like the "lonely old man" in the other people's mouth.
He covered his gray hair with a hat and said, "I'm too lazy to dye it at this age." In his conversation with Jack Ma, he kept repeating, "There's not much time left."
has been alone until now, some people care about his feelings, and some people comment on his career.
In an interview, the host asked him if he had any plans for his future?
Stephen Chow was silent for a moment and smiled: "Do you think I still have a chance?"
seems to be talking about feelings, and also seems to be talking about something more loved, called movies.
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