Nowadays, there may be too many variety shows on Li Chengru, his wind evaluation is no longer as good as before, everything has a degree, the evaluation of small fresh meat is good, the spur of traffic stars is also good, once or twice everyone feels addicted, but every day hanging on the mouth is annoying.
But there is no way, Li Chengru never expected others to like him, he has been this kind of personality since he was a child, the country is easy to change, the nature is difficult to move, the mouth is not covered is his lifelong characteristics, this can not be changed until death, for this he has indeed offended many people.
However, if everyone thinks that Li Chengru will only scold people, it is a big mistake, in fact, Li Chengru is a "fool", the reason why he constantly criticizes this phenomenon is because he loves this industry too much, and he hopes that this industry can be good. He is not trying to make a splash or to rely on the old and sell his seniority in front of young people.
Li Chengru's love for this industry is not only reflected in his criticism and encouragement of actors, but also in his promotion of peers or juniors.
Many people may not know that many well-known actors have achieved extraordinary achievements with the help of Li Chengru.
Take actor Dong Yong, for example, there may not be many people who know him before "Six Groups of Serious Cases", and he can play the male number two in this phenomenal police and bandit theme work, and the first one to thank is Li Chengru.
Li Chengru and Dong Yong met during the filming of "Qingming on the River Map", and Dong Yong once ridiculed his position in the crew at that time: "At that time, Zheng Xiaoqiu was "male number one", and Li Chengru was "anti number one", and he was the male number 48 in this play. ”
It can be seen that Dong Yong at that time was not the main actor in the film, and the role was very small.
However, in the background, Li Chengru observed Dong Yong, he found a trait in this young actor, that is, down-to-earth, hardworking, although there are not many lines, the role is not very important, but Dong Yong will still be very focused on preparing his own lines, and when there is no his own scene, he will watch other actors shoot very seriously.
Through communication with Dong Yong, he learned that this young man was a graduate of the drama school, a martial arts student, that was not good, Li Chengru was born in the Liyuan family, he knew very well that the martial arts students of the drama school were all born from hard practice kung fu. Look at this young man, who is nearly one meter and eight meters tall, and the waist plate is particularly straight, which leaves a very good impression on Li Chengru.
Li Chengru also came out at the age of 13 to learn art, so he admired the spirit of these drama school children who could bear hardships and stand hard work, and by the end of the play, Beijing had already started the preliminary work of "Police Storm", and Li Chengru had already determined that he would play the male number one in the play.
Before leaving, Li Chengru said to Dong Yong: "Whether you are willing to go with me or not, I can't guarantee that you can get more than you would in Hangzhou, but you will have a bigger stage to show yourself, you will have more opportunities to hone your acting skills, and you will also have more opportunities to cooperate with those excellent directors and actors."
Dong Yong also trusted Li Chengru very much, and he gave up the three-thousand-yuan film remuneration here, and followed Li Chengru to Beijing with his bag on his back. However, at that time, the roles of this play had already been decided, and they were all arranged by the director himself.
Li Chengru began to do the work of a director: "This person I brought back from Hangzhou, the director you must use, must use."
In the end, Li Chengru persuaded the director that Dong Yong played an important role in "Police Storm", and through this play, Li Chengru had a deeper impression of Dong Yong. Without any protection, running, jumping, fighting, he did it himself.
After this play, Li Chengru finalized the preliminary work of "Six Groups of Serious Cases", and he said to Dong Yong: "In the last play, you are male number five, and in this play I want you to be the male number two, which you have won yourself." ”
So Dong Yong successfully starred as the male number two Jiang Han, in order not to live up to Li Chengru's spare efforts to promote himself, he was very the set, in a chase scene, the thief climbed down the stairs from the second floor window, and Dong Yong jumped out directly from the second floor window, the scene broke out of warm applause, and Dong Yong also squatted and injured his leg for this shot.
The filming process of "Six Groups of Serious Cases" was extremely hard, but it successfully opened dong Yong's acting road, after which he starred in many classic TV drama works such as "Black Hole", "Absolute Control", "No War in Peking", "Marshal Peng Dehuai" and so on, so he also became a "police professional household" and "tough guy professional household" in the eyes of the audience.
Dong Yong himself also said: "Li Chengru is his guide, without Li Chengru there would be no Dong Yong today."
Another actor who was promoted by Li Chengru is more familiar to everyone, he is "Dao Brother" Liu Hua. In the early years, Liu Hua did not have such a great reputation later, when he told Li Chengru a story. At that time, he was preparing the TV series "Dashilar", although Liu Hua was also a Beijinger, but the difference between the people in the north city and the people in the south city was still very big, in order to learn the south city people in the film, he went to the south city to find a fruit stall owner to chat, he helped people watch the stall, and also sent cigarettes to others.
However, Liu Hua, who learned a good mouth of Nancheng tone, did not wait for the fire of this play, and even this play was kicked into the "dumping file" because it was not taken seriously, but it was hastily released at 8:30 every morning.
Li Chengru was very touched and bitter after listening to Liu Hua's story, and he promised Liu Hua on the spot: In the future, there will be a play in old Beijing, I must let you go, I will help you three times, and a dedicated actor like you will definitely have the opportunity to come out!
In the later Qianmen Louzi Jiuzhangjiu, a similar thing happened again, Li Chengru was identified as the male protagonist of the play, and he took the appreciation of the crew to "force the palace" director: If this play does not allow Liu Hua to act, then I will not act.
The director had no choice, so he asked Li Chengru a sentence: "Can he do it?" ”
Li Chengru said to the director: "He will definitely be able to do it, and he will definitely be brilliant, and no one will be more suitable than him."
In the end, Liu Hua got on this play and completed the role brilliantly, and as Li Chengru said, it was indeed very brilliant, although the play did not let more audiences know him, but his acting skills were recognized by people in the industry, including ning Hao, who was preparing to soar. Before he could use Li Chengru's second help, he became popular the following year through "Crazy Stone".
Li Chengru has always been a virtuous person in the film and television industry, which is known to many people, but the cooperation with Li Liqun is not strictly speaking, it is not a promotion, after all, Li Liqun was already very popular in Taiwan at that time, and after the focus of his career shifted to the mainland, he also took over a lot of scenes, and slowly began to be familiar with mainland audiences.
At that time, Li Chengru, as the lead actor and producer of "Several Autumn Coolness in Life", he had the highest prestige and decision-making power in the crew, and it was Li Chengru who was able to determine Li Liqun's "anti-number one" decision, although Li Chengru and Li Liqun did not have much contact privately at that time, but Li Liqun's acting skills Li Chengru was in his eyes.
When Li Liqun received the invitation of Li Chengru, he spent a night reading through the script, he found that the role of "Yu Wangcai" in the play is simply tailor-made for himself, this character is very interesting, very dramatic, the acting space is also very large, a very brilliant role, if you can get on this play for his own artistic career will be very helpful, his artistic attainment will be to a higher level, the evaluation in the industry will be greater improved.
So Li Liqun did not hesitate the next day and decided to take over the filming of this play. When he arrived at the scene, he met the producer Li Chengru, and his first reaction was to bow to Li Chengru and say: "Thank you producer for giving me this bowl of rice."
Logically speaking, Li Liqun's popularity in the film and television circle and Li Chengru are a level, he has no need to bow his eyebrows in front of the other party, but the reason why Li Liqun can do this is that he has the humility and low-key of the old artist, and has a grateful heart.
This point is actually easy to see from Li Chengru, although in front of the young actors, Li Chengru appears to be mean, but in front of his predecessors with higher qualifications and standards, Li Chengru is actually very modest, which can be reflected in his face when he faces Director Yang Jie and Teacher Dong Xingyao.
Li Chengru believes that in addition to performing his own plays and doing a good job in his own art, an artist should also bear a responsibility, that is, to respect the predecessors and promote the younger generations.
Because Li Chengru is very clear that the film and television industry belongs to these young people sooner or later, their growth is related to the future of this industry, and only by promoting and educating the next generation can the industry develop more healthily and well.
Therefore, Li Chengru is not a past actor who will only rely on "cursing" to make a splash, he is a very talented, love talent, thirsty for talents, and love and hate the old artist.