Chow Yun Fat is definitely an iconic figure in hong Kong's showbiz industry, and there are not many actors in China who can break into Hollywood, and Chow Yun Fat is one of them.
And the image he created in his later years is also very good, riding the subway, wearing slippers, donating 5.6 billion yuan naked after his death, very close to the people and frugal, which is deeply liked by the audience.
But is this really the case with Chow Yun-fat?
He has fallen out with the director and producer many times, and was angrily played by the well-known producer Zhang Weiping, and turned his face with the famous director Wu Yusen.
Is his frugal and amiable 'human design' a forgery?
Zhou Runfa's success is still very inspiring, he was born in Hong Kong on May 18, 1955 to a very poor family, the family is so poor, Chow Yun Fat does not even have a decent slippers, can only use wire to wear slippers, can barely wear.
His dream was to have a brand new pair of white sneakers.
Later, Zhou Runfa came to the city to work, saw the traffic of the bustling city for the first time, and under curiosity, he touched a valuable luxury car Rolls-Royce, who knew that he was slapped by the owner.
And taunted: "Countryman, you can't afford to buy this car in your lifetime!" ”
But who knows, many years later, Zhou Runfa can not only afford to buy luxury cars, but also buy many cars as soon as he buys them.
It is better to deceive the white bearded public than to deceive the young and the poor.
Under the recommendation of a friend, Chow Yun Fat entered the TVB Actor Training Course (TVB), although there is a classic performance of "Shanghai Beach", but he has repeatedly failed when entering the big screen, once known as 'box office poison', even to the point where there is no drama to shoot.
At this time, Zhou Runfa finally met the noble wu Yusen in his life.
At that time, Wu Yusen was preparing to shoot "The True Colors of Heroes", so he invited Dillon, the big brother of the film industry, and Zhang Guorong, who was red and purple, and the role of Xiao Ma Ge was difficult.
When Wu Yusen proposed to ask Zhou Runfa, he was unanimously opposed by the top management of the film and television company, and everyone was afraid of the box office poison.
However, Wu Yusen felt that Zhou Runfa's interpretation was very expressive, which could perfectly reflect the righteousness of Xiao Ma Ge, so he tried to exclude public opinion, enabled Zhou Runfa, and increased the role of Xiao Ma Brother, so that this supporting role became the real protagonist.
Chow Yun Fat and Wu Yusen also took the righteousness and violent aesthetics of jianghu to the extreme, became a hit, and won the Hong Kong box office championship that year.
Zhou Runfa has also since shed the title of box office poison, and there are constantly good works appearing, and his reputation is getting bigger and bigger.
Wu Yusen was able to enable Zhou Runfa at the darkest time in his life, which can be said to be the 'Bole' in Zhou Runfa's life, but he did not expect that the two people who were so closely related actually had a day of falling out.
All of this is inseparable from Zhou Runfa's love of 'playing big names'.
Zhou Runfa loves to play big names, and was first blown out by the well-known producer Zhang Weiping, when Zhou Runfa was participating in Zhang Yimou's "Full of Golden Armor", and Zhang Weiping was the producer of this drama.
Many of Zhou Runfa's requirements made Zhang Weiping very dissatisfied.
Among them, Zhou Runfa asked the crew to provide a multi-functional motorhome, requiring office, cooking, sleeping, and toilet access.
Although the rent is as high as 5,000 yuan a day, Zhang Weiping thought that Zhou Runfa and his sister-in-law would live here, and in order to ensure the lives of the two, he also agreed.
But who knows that when the caravan enters the crew, Zhou Runfa will hardly use the caravan, he usually lives in a five-star hotel, and only when he goes to the toilet will he occasionally use the caravan.
To know that Zhang Yimou and Jay Chou were also solved in the bathroom of the studio, Zhou Runfa is really a bit wasteful to do so.
At that time, the filming location was in the Beijing International Club, where the house price was very high, and Zhou Runfa asked to rent more than one room, but seven of them, not only a lounge, but also a powder room, a director's communication room, a catering room, and so on.
Later, when the film needed to be promoted, Zhou Runfa, as one of the main actors, often did not come to promote, or was often late, which caused Zhang Weiping to be more dissatisfied, which was publicly exposed.
When Zhou Runfa was filming "Confucius", some people also exposed that Zhou Runfa played a big name, very luxurious, the crew obviously had a high-end hotel arranged, but Zhou Runfa still wanted a presidential suite alone, but when the presidential suite was rented, Zhou Runfa rarely lived.
At that time, the cost of 5700 yuan per day was 5700 yuan, and it cost 170,000 yuan more in a month.
Just because of Zhou Runfa's extraordinary treatment, he finally fell out with the former Bole Wu Yusen.
Wu Yusen has always wanted to shoot a large-scale production of "Chibi", for which he has been planning for three years, and his ideal candidate for Zhou Yu is Zhou Runfa, who originally thought that with his friendship with Zhou Runfa for many years, he could have a very pleasant cooperation.
But I didn't expect Zhou Runfa to 'open his mouth' and put forward more than 80 requests in one breath, and Wu Yusen was stunned to see it.
Not only the industry insiders were surprised, but even the insurance companies in the United States were surprised.
The film remuneration should be more than 3 times that of "Full of The City in the Golden Armor".
To be equipped with professional service personnel, medical personnel, chefs, etc., there must be more than a dozen service teams.
……
Although Wu Yusen very much hoped to let Zhou Runfa play Zhou Yu, the conditions proposed by Zhou Runfa were too harsh, and he could only give up this idea, and finally let Liang Chaowei play the role of Zhou Yu.
After the failure of this cooperation, Wu Yusen had an opinion on Zhou Runfa, and the two have not cooperated since then.
What is very puzzling is that just when Chow Yun Fat put forward harsh requirements for the crew, there is a big name and a luxurious side of life, the life he shows in Hong Kong is very frugal and approachable.
There are often people who shoot scenes of Zhou Runfa's life.
He does not like to drive a luxury car out, but often takes the subway alone; does not like to go to the big shopping mall, but often goes to the market to buy vegetables; the dress is also very simple, and the pair of slippers worn on weekdays is only 15 yuan.
And he's also approachable and very fond of his fans.
There is a big mother who wants to take a picture with Zhou Runfa, but the mobile phone has no battery, Zhou Runfa took the initiative to take the big mother to charge, and then completed the photo with the big mother, which made the big mother very moved.
Zhou Runfa also said that after a hundred years, he would donate 5.6 billion yuan of his property.
Approachable, frugal, and enthusiastic about charity, all these behaviors have made the audience very fond, but why does Chow Yun Fat repeatedly put forward such harsh requirements for the crew, living a luxurious life, playing a big name?
The performance of the two aspects is simply incompatible, which side of Zhou Runfa is real?
In fact, in response to the controversy of playing big names, Zhou Runfa also responded, saying that his contract is a unified template, whether it is Hollywood or Asia, it is such a contract.
Everything is said in the front, if you can meet the requirements of Zhou Runfa, the crew will hire Zhou Runfa, if you can't meet it, you won't hire, everything is determined by the market situation.
The money you earn by your own ability, you can spend it as you want, which is also understandable.
Do you think Chow Yun-fat is frugal or extravagant, and is he playing a big name?