Recently, TVB actor Huang Jiandong and a group of stage drama celebrities went to the home of teacher Zhong Jinghui to pay respects to the New Year, and later exposed a recent photo of the party at that time on his personal social account.
The 82-year-old Zhong Jinghui is obviously very respected by his apprentices and sits firmly in the C position in the group photo. A rare reunion with his apprentice, he was in a good mood and showed his trademark smile to the camera.
A few years ago, Zhong Jinghui had suffered from cancer and once had to suspend all his work and recuperate at home. Looking at his rosy face and full of energy now, it is estimated that his body has recovered very well.
Most viewers should know Zhong Jinghui through a series of film and television works he has starred in. For example, the grandfather in "Sweet Grandpa", the villain in "Apostle Walker", and of course, the sinister and cunning Master Gao Jin in "Young God of Gamblers".
What many people don't know is that Zhong Jinghui is called a "drama master" by the outside world, and many celebrities are his students.
Zhong Jinghui was born in a well-off family, and has a cheerful personality and loves sports from an early age. During a chance stage performance in middle school, he fell in love with acting and aspired to be a great actor.
In order to realize his dream, at the age of 24, Zhong Jinghui went to the United States alone to study theater, and eventually received a master's degree in fine arts from Yale University. It was the fifties when illiteracy was everywhere, and Zhong Jinghui was actually a master's student, so you can imagine how high his learning ability is.
After returning from his studies, Zhong Jinghui taught at the university. After that, when TVB opened, the executives invited Zhong Jinghui to join.
In view of the fact that TVB has just been established and there is a great shortage of people who can act, Zhong Jinghui suggested that the top level set up an artist training class to cultivate talents, and he helped to serve as a mentor for the training class.
Zhong Jinghui, who has rich experience in acting management, also did what he said, and in just a few years, he helped TVB cultivate a large number of new people with great potential, and these new people are not lacking in future big stars.
According to media reports, Zhou Runfa was almost brushed off during the interview that year, but fortunately, Zhong Jinghui saw the pearls and resisted the pressure to let him enter the training class to study.
There is also Wu Mengda, who is also a student of Zhong Jinghui. In 2017, Zhong Jinghui's 80th birthday, "Uncle Da" not only appeared to wish the teacher a happy birthday, but also kissed Zhong Jinghui on the spot.
However, Zhong Jinghui did not stay in TVB to teach, and he left after the training class was on track a few years later.
In 1983, Zhong Jing was once again invited to serve as the founding dean of the newly established Acting Academy.
During his time as the principal of the Acting Academy, he also taught a lot of acting talents. Student Zhu Yin once publicly thanked him, saying that when he joined the entertainment industry, he was less than 18 years old, and it was Zhong Jinghui who helped sign a contract to shoot advertisements. It can be said that without Zhong Jinghui, there would be no Zhu Yin now.
Despite his outstanding acting skills, Zhong Jinghui is over eighty years old and has a serious illness, and his health is obviously not as good as before. To this end, after the contract with TVB expired in 2018, he rarely took on the role again.
In other words, the last TV series that Zhong Jinghui filmed for TVB was the "Soprano Under the Cow" broadcast earlier, and he was the soul of the play.
In fact, this drama was filmed very well, but unfortunately, because of the scandal of the heroine Huang Xinying, TVB almost hid it in the snow. Although it was later broadcast normally, many people resisted not watching because of Huang Xinying, which eventually made the reputation and ratings of the series very general.
The last work is presented to the audience in this form, I don't know if Zhong Jinghui feels pity?
Zhong Jinghui's regrets in life are not limited to this. According to media reports, Zhong Jinghui dedicated his life to drama, resulting in no time to fall in love, and he is still single.
Fortunately, Zhong Jinghui has a lot of good apprentices, and everyone often comes to visit him on weekdays, so that he will not be too bored. Finally, I wish the elderly a happy, healthy and long life in the days to come!