Li Guolin's dream when he was a child was to become a policeman.
I never thought that one day after entering the show business circle, I have been playing the "bad guy".
In 1954, a baby boy was born in a police quarters in Hsieh Fei Road, Hong Kong.
As he grew older, he rarely saw his father at home.
On the island of Hong Kong, Where land is scarce, Lee's childhood and his father's career are firmly tied.
When he was in elementary school, he attended the Ordnance Factory Street Police Officer Elementary School, a primary school dedicated to the children of police officers.
There is a classmate named Ren Dahua, and the two people have frequent contacts.
The students' parents are both policemen, which gradually affects Li Guolin's three views.
Wearing a neat and straight police uniform like his father was his childhood dream.
It's just that fathers have other visions for their son's future.
Whatever you do, just don't be a cop.
After graduating from elementary school, his parents sent Li Guolin to a Salesian English school.
Later, he transferred to the Anglican Church of St. Mary's Church Moh Ching Yao Secondary School.
In 1974, Li Guolin graduated from high school with 5 excellent grades.
Li Guolin, 20, officially told his father that he wanted to apply for the police academy and become a police officer in the future.
The father learned of his son's idea and vigorously opposed it.
A lifetime as a police officer in Hong Kong has no day out, and if you are not careful, you will face many dangers.
In the father's vision, the son should be engaged in financial work.
At this time, Hong Kong was in the early stages of economic take-off.
If you can work in the bank, starting from the staff step by step, you will definitely have a good future.
But it is clear that Li Guolin does not approve of his father's idea.
Since my father did not agree to be a policeman, he had to find another way out.
So he and four other friends enrolled in the TVB Artist Training Course.
This training course was officially launched in 1971, mainly to train entertainers for TVB.
Li Guolin went to apply for the exam with the attitude of trying.
In the end, the other four friends did not pass, and he was the only one who was successfully admitted.
He told his father the news.
The father actually did not object, because he was not familiar with the entertainment industry, he wanted his son to break in.
In that training class, there were Du Qifeng, Liu Shiyu and Pan Jiade, who later became directors.
There is also TV actor Huang Xingxiu.
At that time, the training cycle of the training course was not long, and it was held every three months.
The course is also part-time, only in part-time time.
Nowadays, looking back at many film and television dramas filmed in Hong Kong, netizens always say that even if they are supporting roles, they are full of drama.
This is all thanks to many actors, all from the TVB Artist Training Class.
In the training class, the first is the basic training of acting.
Each student should create a sketch according to his own characteristics, and then interpret it according to the prescribed situation.
After the completion of the first phase of training, it will be time to enter the second phase of training.
This stage is mainly to rehearse fragments of classic masterpieces.
From Molière's comedy to Dumas's La Traviata,
Through the imitation training of famous works, students' performance foundation is strengthened.
The third stage of training is to extract different clips from TV series on various themes filmed by TVB.
Then it's up to students to practice and develop their ability to adapt to different subjects.
After these trainings are completed, you can go directly to the company to perform an internship.
Finally, students create their own performance clips and take the final graduation exam.
Once you successfully graduate, you can become a signed artist of TVB.
However, the fourth training course attended by Li Guolin is far from being so complicated.
After theoretical training and practical performances,
In 1975, the 21-year-old Li Guolin officially entered the crew.
The first TV series he participated in was called "Qing Palace Residual Dream".
The first time I participated in the role of the dragon set, in the crew, in fact, it was work.
It was the golden age of Hong Kong's television industry.
Almost every day, new TV series or movies are filmed.
Therefore, after Li Guolin came out of the training class, he did not worry about having no work at all.
In 1975, he joined the crew of "Qing Palace Residual Dream".
Since the TV series is a series, in the following filming, he played a dragon set in the play.
Although most of them only work in the crew, some shots do not necessarily appear later.
But it was through the early basic exercises that he forged the basic skills of his performance.
During this time, he filmed one after another.
The roles he took over were basically supporting roles, but Li Guolin did not refuse to come, and what to play.
Because film and television dramas are fast-moving consumer goods, many viewers have forgotten after broadcasting.
However, during this period, he also took over several classic plays such as "Chu Liuxiang" and "Shanghai Beach".
It's just that without exception, he's just a passer-by in the show, and no one will know who he is.
According to incomplete statistics, from his debut in 1975 to 1990, he has starred in nearly 60 film and television dramas.
Taking over the scenes more, Li Guolin has a new idea.
He wanted to form a stunt troupe to serve as a stand-in for the lead actor.
At that time, there were fights and other dangerous scenes in various types of TV series.
The lead actor cannot play himself because of a variety of factors, and in this case, he naturally needs a stand-in.
And Li Guolin just wants to form a special team of stand-ins.
At that time, there were many TV dramas shooting, and his team was quickly established.
Soon, he appeared in the stand-in scene of various TV series or movies.
For a time, he also worked as Andy Lau's stunt double.
Andy Lau also debuted from the TVB Artist Training Class, but six times later than Li Guolin.
At that time, Li Guolin liked to drag racing, and he and his team often took over the flying car scenes in movies and TELEVISION.
Compared with playing supporting roles in film and television dramas, the income of the stunt troupe is very good.
So much so that he thought he had broken a new path in the show business.
But as everyone knows, there is a greater risk waiting for him.
There was a time when a shot involved driving at high speed while answering the phone.
Before the official start of filming, Li Guolin conducted a test first.
He didn't think much of it at the time, and the speed was fast.
However, in the process, the door hit the obstacle and his hand was clamped hard once.
It was also the first time he had been injured since filming.
But he didn't learn from the injury.
Until one time a partner, a high-speed car flew down from a high place, and the car almost fell apart.
When the partner was rescued from the car, he was covered in blood, and even an eyeball burst out.
Only then did Li Guolin really understand that death was so close to him.
So, he did not want to take any more risks and decisively disbanded the stunt troupe.
Although many of the scenes filmed are still supporting roles, the actors are still much safer than being a stand-in.
Gradually, it became a big familiar face in the show business circle.
The audience can't remember the role he played, including his name.
However, because he appeared in various film and television dramas, he had the title of green leaf actor after a long time.
Moreover, he has also become a green leaf actor who is the head of TVB.
Li Guolin's acting skills have also slowly been sharpened.
Another significant feature is that after becoming a relatively well-known supporting role, many of the characters played by Li Guolin are villains.
Slowly, this almost formed an inertia.
Any character with a villain, the crew will find him.
So much so that even he himself may have forgotten that his dream was to be a policeman.
But the entertainment industry is a big dye tank,
Even though Li Guolin has not become popular in the industry for more than ten years, he will also be contaminated with some bad habits in the circle.
When he was young, Li Guolin was also very careful.
While in love with his girlfriend, he stepped on two boats.
For this reason, the girlfriend left Li Guolin.
He showed no remorse and continued to stir up trouble outside.
Soon, he was living with his new girlfriend.
But who expected that cohabitation would turn into a financial dispute, so much so that he was also sued for fraud.
The incident was very noisy, and there were many reports in the major Hong Kong media at that time.
Perhaps Li Guolin will feel that the drama that has been acting for so many years has not been popular.
But these vague and bad things pushed him to the cusp of the storm.
Although the court eventually acquitted him, he lost tvb contract.
Originally a supporting role, he had difficulty gaining a foothold in Hong Kong for a while.
In 1993, he had to leave Malaysia.
How he came to live during that period of life, many years later even he himself was unwilling to mention.
It wasn't until two years later, when TVB wanted to remake "Condor Heroes", that he had the opportunity to take over the scene.
At this time, the first girlfriend he had hurt did not dislike him, but returned to his side.
This greatly touched Li Guolin.
In 1997, at the age of 43, Li Guolin ushered in two major events in his life.
The first thing is that he and his girlfriend Angel have been separated and reunited for so many years that they have finally entered the palace of marriage.
The second thing, he played Hatsuma Chi in Huang Rihua's version of "Tianlong Babu".
As a result, Li Guolin also relied on the role of Hatsuma Zhi to become the childhood memories of many post-80s and post-90s in the mainland.
However, after only 5 years, Li Guolin ushered in one of the biggest lows in his life.
At that time, Li Guolin's daughter had just been born for more than half a year.
But when he became a father, he suddenly fell in love with stock speculation.
Every day, I will stare at the stock, watch it while eating, and even go to the toilet and sleep, and stare at the stock.
Because many people in the circle are speculating in stocks, Li Guolin is also eager to try.
So he tried the bull knife, and he didn't think that he would earn tens of thousands of yuan in a day.
This made Li Guolin very happy.
Filming is very hard, I can't make so much money in a day, and it seems that I have found a new career later.
As a result, he threw more and more, and he couldn't hold back more and more.
However, the good times did not last long, and his entire wealth was not only firmly trapped in the stock market, but also adrift.
In the end, the house he had bought to provide for his parents was sold by him to pay off the debt.
Suddenly, he was back into poverty, and there were still more than 2 million foreign debts that had not been repaid.
Friends advised him, if not, don't hold on, file for bankruptcy.
However, Li Guolin felt that he could not do this.
Just at this time, someone introduced him to singing and making quick money.
So he studied with people for a few months, and then he took the stage to perform.
With the four songs of "Eleven Brothers", "Old Joy Like a Dream", "Silence is Gold" and "Ask Me", he began to perform every day.
Acting in a thousand fast money, during that time, Li Guolin often sang himself until he could not catch his breath.
Relying on this, it took three years for him to gradually pay off the debt.
In retrospect, he thought the stock was a sugar-coated trap and dared not touch it again.
And what touched him the most was that just after he had nothing,
The wife does not abandon, has been around silently accompanied and supported herself.
In 2009, he played Ma Yuanzhen, the eunuch in "Palace Heart Plan".
For this role, he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Thousand Stars Awards.
This is also the final nomination for the award that he has been in the industry for more than thirty years.
Since then, with the role of Lu Zhenguang in Forensic Pioneer III, he has been nominated for this award again.
As he grew older, the frequency with which he took over film and television dramas also decreased greatly.
Especially as his daughter grows up day by day, he appears in front of the camera less and less.
For him, the merits of the entertainment industry are no longer important, and it is best to enjoy the joy of the world.
Since his debut at the age of 21, Li Guolin has almost never played a real protagonist.
A big factor in this is related to the fact that there are too many people engaged in the performing arts profession in Hong Kong.
Especially since the 1980s, although Hong Kong's film and television industry has ushered in rapid development,
But because the market capacity is limited, especially when various types of films are developed to the extreme,
Whether it is a new actor or an old actor, their respective identity positioning is basically firmly tied.
Once an opportunity is missed, there is less and less hope for great success.
Although most actors in this industry, can only silently do green leaves and foils,
But it does not prevent them from honing their respective acting skills in decades of acting careers.
So, many people watch Hong Kong movies and TV programs,
Even some inconspicuous supporting roles are often portrayed as three-dimensional and plump, with flesh and blood.
And Li Guolin belongs to one of these many golden supporting roles.
Therefore, in the face of many chaos in the current entertainment industry,
Li Guolin posted a long post on Weibo on August 14.
He believes that the traffic in the entertainment industry is now dominant,
As a result, many new generation actors and artists who rely on this popularity have forgotten yide.
I have forgotten the principle of being a person before making a play.
He believes that in addition to professional knowledge, actors must learn to be human and understand their own country.
Only by knowing one's own nation and loving one's own country is the quality that all practitioners must have.
In Li Guolin's view, being content to be a person and being able to engage in his favorite profession is already very lucky in itself.
Today, Li Guolin, who is 67 years old, will also participate in some activities and share some recent developments on Weibo.
Sometimes, he also posts photos of his wife and daughter on Weibo to share his old age with netizens.
Some time ago, on his birthday, friends sat around to spend his birthday with him.
Playing a role well, even after many years, can make the audience remember you, even if it will never be popular, it is also very happy.
Just like many years later, many netizens are still calling him Hatsuma Zhi.
This is also the audience's best affirmation of his acting career and acting skills.
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