Recently, the fire movie "Ip Man 4" is being screened, and Bruce Lee, played by Chen Guokun, has been praised by the daughter of the Buddha, Li Xiangning.
"Chen Guokun is very similar to his father, and he has almost revived the image of his father."
Chen Guokun was obsessed with Bruce Lee when he was a child, because after watching Bruce Lee's "Jingwumen", "Tangshan Big Brother", "Raptors Across the River" and other movies, he began to imitate Bruce Lee, and when he was 10 years old, he changed his name to "Xiaolong".
Chen Guokun's "Shaolin Football" style
Perhaps, he didn't know at all that before the age of 10, Bruce Lee's dream was not a movie star or a kung fu superstar at all.
But in the background of the times and the wave of society, whether a person is willing or not, fate will always be so tricky.
It is no exaggeration to say that it was because bruce Lee starred in a movie when he was 10 years old that his fate was completely rewritten!
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Bruce Lee's father, Li Haiquan, was a famous Cantonese opera uglitter and a young student. In the 1920s, he performed classic songs such as "Jinmao Rat", "Wild Crossing Luhua", "Luotong Sweeping North" and other classic songs in the "New Zhonghua Class"; in the 1930s, he was mainly famous for "bad shirt plays" such as "Martial Ugly", "Net Towel Edge", "Erhua Noodles", etc.; in the 1940s, he was with Liao Xia'an, Ban Ri'an, and Ye Fu weak and became the "Four Famous Uglys of Cantonese Opera".
Bruce Lee's father, Li Haiquan
Now we hear that these "names" on Li Haiquan's head may be thunderous and admirable, but we don't know that in that era, whether it was a horn or not, it would be despised, let alone a "harlequin"?
At the beginning of 1940, Li Haiquan's wife He Aiyu became pregnant, Li Haiquan asked friends, and the whole family moved to the United States, only hoping that his child could be born in that place.
On November 27, the Li family gave birth to a baby boy, and Li Haiquan named it "Li Zhenfan" - Zhenxing Gate, Guangzong Yaozu!
"It's okay to be a lawyer, judge, or doctor, and the Li family really can't be despised anymore!"
After getting their U.S. green cards, the Li family, who have crossed the ocean, may never be exposed to drama again, but they have been exposed to movies.
In 1941, Bruce Lee, who was still in his infancy, was carried by his parents and made a cameo appearance as a baby girl in "Golden Gate Girl" directed by Wu Jinxia (a famous Chinese director).
"Three years old to see old?" Sometimes you can see a person's life from infancy!
Stills from "The Golden Gate Girl"
Bruce Lee, who was "electrocuted" for the first time, did not stay in the United States for several years, and soon the family moved back to Hong Kong.
In 1946, Bruce Lee studied at St. Mary's College in Cano. Other students do exercises, he dances cha-cha dance; other students speak Cantonese with round words, he speaks Chinese mixed with literature and white...
The out-of-place Bruce Lee was ostracized and bullied by his classmates.
In 1949, Bruce Lee changed three schools at the same time: from DXN School to La Salle College to St. Francis Xavier's College.
The unusually depressed Bruce Lee wanted to escape all this, but there was no way.
Young Bruce Lee
While Li Haiquan fantasized about his son 'Zhen Fan' when he grew up and became a lawyer or doctor after successful study, he was preparing to make a movie with his peers - singing is too difficult, and he really doesn't want to do much-despised drama anymore!
Ironically, although Bruce Lee was born into a family of theater and never sang a day of drama, he was admitted to the University of Washington in 1960 to major in theater.
Fate is uncertain, and everyone is beyond the control!
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One day in 1950, Bruce Lee, who had another fight with his classmates at school, returned home with a gray face.
At this time, his father was discussing with Feng Feng (Feng Baobao's father, also a famous Cantonese opera artist, and later turned into a director and actor) to adapt Yuan Buyun's comic "Xiao Lu Xiang" into a movie, when he was having a headache with the problem of small actors, after seeing Bruce Lee, Feng Feng immediately decided to let Bruce Lee play.
Why? Because this movie is a child laborer who is bullied by his boss, Bruce Lee is bullied by his classmates at school every day, and when he returns home, he reveals a fierceness that does not accept defeat, and the personality of this character coincides!
10-year-old Bruce Lee
Of course, Li Haiquan disagrees, although Bruce Lee has already starred in movies before, but those are all cameos, and in this movie, the role of the small actor is the protagonist with a lot of drama. More importantly, the school at that time explicitly forbade students to shoot movies.
Later, the screenwriter Yuan Buyun also came out to advise: shooting for a few days is over, the school is not good, change the name.
In this way, Li Zhenfan changed his name to Bruce Lee, and to this day, this name has become a cultural symbol.
When Bruce Lee was 10 years old, he already had a "murderous spirit" in his eyes.
In this film, Bruce Lee makes his first leading role. The child laborer he played, "Hosoji Xiang (Bear Child)", found that the factory plumber and his subordinates had been bullying and cheating all day, so they bravely stood up and exposed them.
Stills from "The Little Road"
But he himself is a brave and fierce little who roams the streets all day, and later under the advice of Lu Wei, a factory worker, he turned back and became a man again.
The movie is a silent film, but it is worth mentioning that the movie stars at that time, Feng Feng, Feng Jingwen, Yi Qiushui, Gao Luquan and other people all played Bruce Lee, and even Bruce Lee's father Li Haiquan also played a supporting role in this movie.
At the same time, Bruce Lee's later signature actions: wiping his nose, wearing sunglasses, waving and other gestures can be found in this movie.
Seeing this picture, which of Bruce Lee's later films can you think of?
After the film was released with unprecedented success, Bruce Lee was on fire!
But more tribulations are coming...
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Bruce Lee who returned to school after filming did not win applause, but instead he changed schools three times before and after making the film.
The teachers thought that he was "unlearned and unskilled", and his classmates chased him everywhere with "Thin Road Xiang" in their mouths every day.
Bruce Lee was hurt, but he also had the strength not to accept defeat - others beat me, and I could only be stronger than others to avoid being bullied.
At first, Bruce Lee learned tai chi with his father (Li Haiquan himself has a foundation in tai chi), but later found that it was not suitable at all when fighting.
In 1954, at the age of 14, Bruce Lee lost another street battle and was introduced to Ip Man's door.
Bruce Lee and Ip Man fought
At that time, Ip Man was in his twilight years, and after receiving Bruce Lee, he was not required to only learn Wing Chun. At this time, Bruce Lee showed a high morale and learning ability, in just a few years he has practiced Tai Chi (his father Li Haiquan has decades of Tai Chi achievements), Mantis Fist, Hong Fist, Shaolin Fist, Poke Foot, Jie Fist, White Crane Fist and so on.
A few years later, Bruce Lee was invincible!
In 1959, Bruce Lee went to the United States to study, and Ip Man repeatedly said: "We must guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and take it as our duty to carry forward traditional Chinese martial arts!" ”
After arriving in the United States, Bruce Lee played all kinds of masters, and hung up the sign of "Zhenfan Kung Fu Dojo" in his sophomore year.
In 1971, Bruce Lee, who returned to Hong Kong, starred in three films, "Big Brother Tangshan", "Jingwumen" and "Raptor Crossing the River", which set off a boom in kung fu films around the world.
Regrettably, on July 20, 1973, Bruce Lee died suddenly at the age of 32 as he was about to continue filming Game of Death. Although the hospital identified it as "cerebral edema", the true cause of Bruce Lee's death has been controversial.
Looking back, let's look:
If Bruce Lee had been born in the United States and not returned, perhaps he would have actually become a lawyer or a doctor.
If Bruce Lee's father had insisted on not letting him make a movie, perhaps his life would have been different.
If Bruce Lee hadn't been bullied in his infancy, would he have learned martial arts fiercely?
If Bruce Lee hadn't filmed "The Little Road" when he was 10 years old, would his fate have been rewritten?
There are no ifs, ifs, ifs
—— Make a dazzling firework, although it blooms briefly, but after all, it has been brilliant.
Okay.