He Baosheng, who played "Lin Pingzhi" in the 96 version of "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", once let go of himself when he was young.
Gambling, drag racing, clubbing, bubble beauty, is not one left behind.
However, in 2005, he suddenly changed his way of life, directly became a monk and converted to Buddhism, and lived a dashing life of traveling all over the world.
What is it that makes this former "playboy" escape into the empty door?
When Ho was born in Hong Kong in November 1967, his family was not too wealthy.
Because compared with the later "mall crocodile", his father has not yet ushered in the golden age of his career, but only runs a small hardware factory.
But when he debuted, when a magazine went to interview and shoot, the He family was already quite rich.
This can be seen from the magazine magazine's publication at the time, which described his family:
It turned out that his home was a separate three-story house, each floor was about 1,000 feet, and He Baosheng lived with his parents, grandfather and sister, which was very spacious. Before stepping into the big house, you must pass through a large garden, but the garden has more than 9,000 feet, and because the place is wide, there are not only all kinds of flowers in the garden, but also a swimming pool. and a few hanging chairs dedicated to sunbathing, a large fish pond with more than 100 koi carp, and a game room dedicated to game fun....."
He Baosheng has been very naughty since he was a child, and he was called "Hundred Weary Stars" by his parents.
When he was young, he was even more rebellious, ran away from home, and was later sent to Canada to study.
It is rumored that after he grew up, He Baosheng could not escape the "promiscuous life" of the rich second generation, and his friend Lu Songxian revealed that he tasted all the vices that should be infected and should not be infected:
"At that time, He Baosheng often wore bright and beautiful brand names, drove different styles of luxury sports cars in and out of the crew, and the activities after the end of work every day were friends racing, drinking, and making girlfriends... He Baosheng's favorite thing to do was to gamble, and he had to gamble every night, and later simply moved the casino to his home. Never go out every morning without gambling a few, and once lost over 100 million worth of shares in one night. ”
But according to He Baosheng's response, these media reports are suspected of exaggeration, for example, he once lost more than 100 million shares worth more than 100 million yuan in one night, but in fact, it was only hundreds of thousands of yuan to gamble.
Prostitution was also denied.
As a rich man, He Baosheng's entry into the entertainment circle was purely an accident.
Originally, he took a "design course" in Canada and planned to become an interior designer after graduation.
Unexpectedly, after graduating, I returned to Hong Kong, and when I was at a KTV party with friends, I sang a song in my mouth, which happened to be photographed by "BaoYiXing Records" and signed him.
After that, he entered the TVB Artist Training Course and thus entered the industry.
Before graduating from the training class, he was already favored by the producer of Entertainment News Eye and appointed as the location host of the show.
He Baosheng (left), Zhang Guorong (middle), Zhou Xingchi (right)
In 1992, 11 days before the release of the New Year film "Happy Family", he interviewed Zhang Guorong and Zhou Xingchi.
That is, in the same year, He Baosheng released two consecutive records "Between Men and Women" and "Midsummer Feelings", but the response was mediocre.
The reason is that after learning the identity of He Baosheng's rich man, many people think that he entered the entertainment industry just to play tickets, including the top personnel of the record company.
Therefore, the record company did not bother to plan the route and publicity for him, and He Baosheng could only pay for the installation fee himself, which was 100,000 yuan.
On a certain day in a certain month, the top management of "Baoyixing Records" also said to him: "Don't think that by being open to the media, you can get justice, people will only say behind your back that you are a loser." ”
There are even media reports that the record company "broke up" the couple of Ho Po Sang and Ho Wing Lin.
Fortunately, the "music scene" does not welcome Ho Po Sang, but TVB executive Zeng Lizhen admires him very much and lets him participate in the TV series.
TVB Star Factory, no discrimination.
Even though his waist was entangled, He Baosheng also started by running a dragon set.
For example, in the TV series "Burning Years", he played the role of "Captain Li Shuwei" who only left the country for more than 10 seconds.
In the promotion of his nobleman Zeng Lizhen, he directed, supervised and produced "I Love Tooth Rubbing Su", playing "Ling Yunjia".
He Baosheng is very angry, because he has always wanted to prove to the outside world that he did not come to the entertainment industry to play tickets before entering the industry.
He used this to spur himself on, and strived to change the image of the "loser boy" in the eyes of the public, saying in many interviews with the press: "I have an independent personality and self-support, and I must learn from Li Ka-shing to get rid of the image of a rich boy." ”
In 1994, He Baosheng was finally able to pick the beam and play the male number one "Zhuo Yihang" in "White Haired Witch".
In the original work, Zhuo Yihang was born as a famous disciple, his grandfather was Zhuo Zhonglian, the governor of Yungui who had just left his post, and his father was Zhuo Jixian to Hubu Shilang, who was also the first disciple and new leader of the famous "Wudang Sect".
It can be said that it is quite consistent with He Baosheng's real-life identity.
In the TV series "Fate Turns Qiankun" with a Douban score of 8.0, he played the male Number One "real estate developer administrator" Zheng Haoran.
In the TV series "Dumpling Queen", he played the male number one "Yu Zifeng" and played with chen Songling, the former "short-haired goddess", which is really a good match.
Of course, the most well-known in the mainland is the "Lin Pingzhi" he played in "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu". Through filming this drama, He Baosheng also became close friends with Lu Songxian, who played the protagonist "Ling Fox Chong".
The reason why He Baosheng is reused is actually closely related to his identity and image.
As a star-making factory, TVB has never lacked handsome men, but it is still very rare for a young man like He Baosheng to have the temperament of a rich man and a combination of sunshine, elegance, gentleness, beauty and cleanliness.
However, after filming "Jigong" in 1997, after He Baosheng and TVB had a dispute over contract issues, he was no longer popular.
The position also changed from male number one or male number two to supporting roles and even cameos.
For example, in the TV series "Forensic Records" broadcast in 1997, Dong Anfeng, a "senior laboratory technician in the forensic science department" played by He Baosheng, has been reduced to a supporting role.
He Baosheng also knew that he would not be reused, so he returned to the music scene and released the album "Baosheng Dance".
But the trend has gone, he participated in several movies "Pride in the Sky", "The King of Killers", "House of Death", but also in the film belongs to the role of playing soy sauce, the role is very small.
In 1999, he simply ran to "ATV" to shoot dramas, filming TV series such as "Hai Rui Dou Yan Song", "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Can", "The Love You Want", "Su Dongpo" and so on, which did not arouse too much splash.
It was at this time that he slowly faded out of the entertainment industry and turned the focus of his career to what he liked.
For example, invest in "beauty salons" and open "computer companies".
He Baosheng, who has a business acumen, also knows that in the case of the network at that time, he took some videos that taught people how to install the machine, use PS to change pictures, edit, etc., and burned videos of teaching and popular science on the VCD for promotional sales.
In addition, he actively participates in various scientific and technological activities.
For example, in the 2003 "Hong Kong Computer Festival - 10000 People Masonry Show", Ho Po Sang led more than 1,900 people to assemble more than 1,000 home computers on the spot in more than an hour.
In December of the same year, he also served as the IT Ambassador of the "Christmas IT Fair".
Just when everyone thought that He Baosheng was about to show his fist in the business field, the news of his renunciation suddenly came out.
In September 2005, He Baosheng was found shaving his head and wearing a monk's robe.
Later, after media investigation, he had completely escaped into Buddhism and became a monk at The Paulin Zen Monastery on Lantau Island, with the dharma name of "Daosheng".
As for why he became a monk, the common saying is that when filming "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", TVB licorice actor Wang Weitian, who played "Yue Buqun", talked about "Buddhism" in the crew, Lu Songxian and He Baosheng were fascinated, and later one became a vegetarian disciple, and one really left home.
In 2014, Lui Songxian was interviewed by Phoenix Entertainment, which seems to support this statement.
But in fact, He Baosheng's fate with "Buddhism" has been heard from a young age.
His mother was proficient in "Kanyu", commonly known as "feng shui", and according to a 1992 text interview with "He Baosheng with a Heart of Sunshine", his association with "Buddhism" began with a fear of the spirit body.
"I've been very afraid of ghosts since I was a child, and when I was a teenager, I still had to go to my father's room and sleep on the ground next to him so that he could hang down and pinch me. After returning to Hong Kong from Canada, my mother knew that I was afraid of ghosts and read the Prajnaparamita Sutra to me, and after reading it, I realized that I did not need to be afraid of the spiritual body, and I also found that many buddhist principles were very consistent with my own outlook on life, so I continued to read other Buddhist and explanatory books, and people became more and more cheerful. I have not yet joined the religion, and the idea of becoming a monk may not have a chance, but it is also very happy to maintain the status quo. ”
His second girlfriend, Fan Yimin, also hinted at He Baosheng's home in tvB's program "Big Boys Club" - "Heterogeneous Space" that he encountered a "supernatural event".
Moreover, He Baosheng's "renunciation" was not known to his family at first, but a reporter called to contact He Mother to learn about it.
According to He Baosheng himself, the reason why he immersed himself in studying Buddhism, quitting meat, tobacco, alcohol, and even "renunciation" was because his life was too rich and he did not feel happy in his heart.
But you think that's the end of it?
In fact, there is another theory about the rumor that He Baosheng was "a monk".
During the epidemic in August 2020, "Mai Bao" Mai Changqing and friends jointly established a joint venture of more than one million yuan to open a specialty store specializing in "Japanese Wagyu Beef" ingredients in Tai Hang, Hong Kong.
Originally, this was a gratifying thing, but because his friend Tang Baoru came to the scene, he offended Hong Kong netizens on the Internet, and the black history of Mai Changqing was turned over.
To put it simply, it was that Mai Changqing and He Baosheng were both small students supported by TVB, but for a period of time it was rumored that He Baosheng was bisexual. Seeing that He Baosheng has a net worth of tens of billions, Mai Changqing, who wants to take advantage, deliberately pretends to be gay to confess to him, and accompanies him as a friend, whether it is after eating or finishing work, the two have been together.
Although both had girlfriends on the surface at the time, the relationship was intriguing.
Until 1999, when Mai Changqing and his girlfriend Lin Zifeng, who had been dragging for a year, got married, He Baosheng's soul was greatly hit, so he ran out of the house and fled into the empty door.
In any case, He Baosheng's "renunciation" has become a fact, and for a long time since then, no news has been exposed.
The news about him again was that in 2008, a thief went to a reclusive temple to steal a gold chain, and happened to be touched and subdued by He Baosheng, which revealed his whereabouts.
After exposing his whereabouts, many media came to the door to want to interview, and He Baosheng repeatedly asked reporters not to take pictures: "I chose this quiet place to cultivate the Tao, because I did not want to be disturbed. ”
But later, he was tracked and photographed reciting Buddhist scriptures in a café.
He Baosheng, who consciously disturbed, finally left Baolin Temple and traveled all over the world.
From a rich man who was extremely popular to a "Daosheng" master who has now taken refuge in Buddhism, it is not so much that He Baosheng sees through the red dust and customs, but that he has lived according to his own wishes from beginning to end.
References for this article: "Langya News Network" - He Baosheng: The former bank grand young master is now hidden in the mountains and forests to convert to Buddhism "Oriental New Land" - Mai Bao opened a scolding war, and the more the black history was revealed, the more it was exploded when he dressed as hehe black chaff gold bran