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There are two Lee Shau Kee in Hong Kong, one is Xu Ziqi's father-in-law, a billionaire real estate tycoon!
The other is actor Lee Shau Kee, who has played a supporting role all his life.
Known as one of the "Four Evil Men" by the Hong Kong media, "Ji Ge" was once a member of the 13th Taibao of Ciyun, and later changed his ways to enter the entertainment circle and created many classic villain roles.
It is said that the entertainment industry has been working hard for many years, and Lee Shau Kee has also made a lot of money, but he was poor in his old age, and he died without children and daughters!
Before his death, his only last wish was to tell his wife to "not alarm Gu Tianle"!
What happened to Lee Shau Kee before he died, and what kind of relationship did he have with Gu Tianle?
After watching the tortuous experience of actor Lee Shau Kee, it only makes people sigh that life is "the same name is not the same life"!
01. Why did Lee Shau Kee embark on the road of "Ancient Confused Boy"?
Lee was born in 1949 in Tsz Wan Hill Estate in Hong Kong, which at the time was one of the most chaotic places in Hong Kong.
Like many ordinary families of that era, parents were running for their livelihoods every day and had no time to discipline their children.
As a teenager, Lee Shau Kee often wandered the streets and met Chen Shenzhi, Cat Boy and other "jianghu brothers".
The young people's flesh and blood, coupled with the prevalence of Hong Kong's "ancient puzzle boy" culture at that time, fights became their daily routine.
Lee Shau Kee once recalled that when you look at me unfavorably, when I see that you are not pleasing to the eye, you say that you will fight, and there is no need for too many reasons at all.
In the streets of Hong Kong in the 1960s, such fights and firefights were not uncommon, and brothers such as Lee Shau Kee and Chan Shen-chi formed the "Thy Wan Shan Thirteen Tai Bao", which ran rampant!
Chan was the eldest brother of Lee Shau Kee, who later used the name Mao Zhaohua and was a well-known figure in Hong Kong's "H Gang".
The role played by Wu Qixian in the movie "The Thirteen Taibao of Ciyun Mountain", as well as the prototype of the priest in "Ancient Puzzle Boy", is Chen Shenzhi.
Later, the fighting ability of these teenagers was favored by the gang "14K" at that time, and directly pulled them into the gang.
Lee Shau Kee followed the days of "collecting protection fees" for several years.
The eldest brother Chen Shenzhi once recalled: Don't look at Li Shau Kee, who is tall and tall, in fact, he has the least courage when fighting, often stands at the back, and is ready to fight but run at any time.
However, this person's tall and large figure is still pulling the wind when he walks outside, and the little brother around him is also afraid of him, and At that time, Li Shaoji seemed to be the style of "big brother of the jianghu".
02, yin and yang mistakes have become one of the "four evil people" on the screen
Every day of being a "gu puzzle boy", you have to worry about it, and every day you wake up, you don't know if you will die on the street?
This also led to Lee Shau Kee's relationship with his family is not good, and even his brothers and sisters will call the police when they see him.
Over time, lee shau Kee, who was depressed, became infected with the vice of gambling and sucking.
As the drug addiction grew, Lee Shau Kee cheekily borrowed money from the family, and his angry father directly kicked him out of the house.
In 1973, the eldest brother Chen Shenzhi was seriously injured by being cut down, and after being discharged from the hospital, he thought about various things, and he decided to change his ways and return to righteousness.
Chen Shenzhi had a great influence on Lee Shau Kee's life, and after he changed his ways and returned to justice, he also persuaded Lee Shau Kee to return to the right way!
At this time, Lee Shau Kee was already accustomed to this kind of "fast money" life, and in the face of Chen Shenzhi's persuasion, he only had to stop for a while and return to his old business.
Until 1976, when Lee Shau Kee's father died, 27-year-old Lee Shau Kee had no face to see the last side of his father, leaving great regrets in his heart.
During that time, Lee Shau Kee began to get bored with life, thinking that he was useless and powerless, and he wanted to end his life in a negative way.
But when he came to the rooftop and looked at the traffic below, Lee Shau Kee still didn't have the courage to jump.
Ben San's age, except for stealing Lee Shau Kee, has no ability to make a living,
But no matter how big the stealing ability is, it will not escape the day of being caught.
In 1977, Lee Shau Kee was arrested and imprisoned, and the younger brother who used to follow him ran away, and none of the former colleagues who used to call him brothers and brothers ever took care of his life and death.
Lee Shau Kee was very hurt in his heart, and he was the most righteous in the gang, and he couldn't imagine that he had "struggled" for many years and ended up with nothing.
The lonely life in the iron window made him feel a lot of emotions, and the most missed and most sorry was his parents and relatives.
In addition, after the "big brother" Chen Shenzhi withdrew from the jianghu at this time, he has been committed to persuading his former brothers to quit drugs and become a person again!
Upon learning that Lee Shau Kee had been arrested and imprisoned, Chen Shenzhi came to persuade him.
Lee Shau Kee, who had already realized that he was sorry for his family, was determined to start over under the sincere advice of his eldest brother Chen Shenzhi.
In 1981, Lee Shau Kee entered the entertainment industry under the recommendation of Chen Shenzhi and starred in his first film "Dangerous People".
Playing a gangster villain, it is not contrary to say that he is "the true color".
The life in the crew is monotonous and boring, but also subject to people, of course, there is no freedom to be a "gu puzzle boy", after a period of work, Lee Shau Kee simply returned to his previous life.
Chen Shenzhi was very angry after hearing this, and it was a stinky scolding to find Li Shaoji, when he was a teenager, when he was a gang, he went astray, and when he was still in the gang at the age of thirty, he was willing to degenerate!
Chen Shenzhi knew that the biggest obstacle for the gang brothers to return to the right path was that it was difficult to support themselves without a skill.
So he helped Lee Shau Kee introduce the work, and it just so happened that director Lin Lingdong wanted to make a film about prisons, and Chen Shenzhi introduced Lee Shau Kee to Lin Lingdong.
In 1987, Lin Lingdong's "Prison Storm" began to take shape, and Lee Shau Kee was the consultant for this film.
At that time, the Hong Kong film industry blew up a wave of "gang movies", and with his tall and burly body advantage, Lee Shau Kee ushered in his own film era.
The villain big brother he plays is simply a microcosm of his previous life, so Lee Shau Kee does not feel any difficulty.
Over time, Lee Shau Kee performed his own style, which won more and more audiences and directors' recognition.
Because of the image of the "fierce god and evil spirit", he and Cheng Kui'an, He Jiaju and Huang Guangliang were named the "Four Evil Men of Hong Kong Films"!
03. The acting career has moved from "peak" to "decline"!
In 1988, 18-year-old Gu Tianle was sentenced for "theft", during which he entrusted his friends to take care of his girlfriend, but he did not expect that his girlfriend and friends turned around and were together.
Gu Tianle, who was deeply hurt, was dead to "brotherly love" and was even more self-conscious in the face of his parents.
After his release from prison, Lee Shau Kee, who had had a similar experience, advised Gu Tianle to change from evil to righteousness, and also used his own example to illustrate.
Fortunately, Gu Tianle listened to his words and began to enter the entertainment industry to develop his career, otherwise the entertainment industry would have lost a "superstar".
In 1995, Lee Shau Kee played the classic character "Blowing Water Base" in the "Ancient Puzzle Boy" series of movies.
Unexpectedly, "Ancient Puzzle Boy" was very popular, and zheng Yijian, Chen Xiaochun and other starring actors were in a mess, and The fame of Ji Ge also started.
The role of "Blowing Water Base" was an important turning point in Lee Shau Kee's film and television career
After that, he starred in "Gambler 1999" as Card King, cooperating with Andy Lau, Zhang Jiahui and Zhu Yin, and his career rose steadily.
He also played Choi Ri-ki in the action cop TV series "Across the Sea".
At the same time as making films, Lee Shau Kee also served as consultants, producers, screenwriters, planners, directors and other work of many "gangster movies", and became more and more popular in the film industry.
Since 1999, Lee Shau Kee and comedy master Stephen Chow have broken through the traditional big brother image and become more funny and more colorful.
The classic clips of "eating pee cow balls" and "dancing in white veil" were filmed at this time, and these changes made Lee Shau Kee's play road wider and also made Lee Shau Kee more popular.
After 2000, the Hong Kong film industry began to decline, and there were fewer and fewer "gangster themes" and fewer and fewer roles suitable for Lee Shau Kee.
Idle Lee Shau Kee thought about doing some business, taking the savings saved from previous filming, Lee Shau Kee threw his brain into the business.
Who knew that in those years, there was a financial storm, and Lee Shau Kee's investment lost a fine light.
In order to live, he had to re-take the drama to make money.
In 2005, Lee Shau Kee starred in the costume comedy "Concubine Laugh" with Wong Wan-jun and Wong Wan-ling, in which he played Wu Zhuangyuan.
After that, Lee Shau Kee also followed the trend to "work" in the mainland, and showed his face in nightclubs and online drama live broadcasts.
As I got older, I was able to get fewer and fewer job opportunities.
04, after the scenery of middle age, but in his old age, he was depressed
In 2015, after the 66-year-old Lee Shau Kee suffered a stroke, he could no longer travel back and forth to shoot, he lost his financial resources, and his life was very embarrassing, and he could not even pay the rent for a while.
Three years later, Lee Shau Kee was diagnosed with liver cancer again, which undoubtedly made his old age worse.
After falling ill, Lee Shau Kee had no money for surgery, and even had to rely on his neighbors for food, but he still did not open his mouth to people in the entertainment industry.
The first half of Lee Shau Kee's life is also wonderful, and the second half of his life is slightly bleak. After falling ill, he refused to accept assistance easily, so that he was poor.
It can be seen that Lee Shau Kee, who has been preaching righteousness all his life, is also very ambitious in his old age, and he once said such a sentence: People in the entertainment industry are not as good as the jianghu brothers.
But there is one person who is an exception, Gu Tianle knew about Lee Shau Kee's recent situation, did not say anything about finding a doctor to help him with surgery, and then Gu Tianle often contacted Lee Shau Kee to help him.
The reason why Gu Tianle did this was that in addition to the grace of persuasion at that time, there was also his own kindness.
After Gu Tianle was elected president of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association, he often provided help to those old actors, and when Lu Haipeng entered the hospital to do heart bypass surgery, it was Gu Tianle who advanced 200,000 yuan for him first, and the operation could be arranged in time.
And over the years, Gu Tianle has been doing charity, accumulating more than 100 schools, and is a true charity master!
Chen Shenzhi, a former friend and "big brother", also often came to visit Li Shaoji to play back and forth for him and provide help within his ability.
In addition to the help of Gu Tianle and Chen Shenzhi, There is also a "nobleman" around Lee Shau Kee, who is indispensable, that is, his girlfriend Qiu Qiaozhen, who has been in love with him for 30 years.
After being diagnosed with liver cancer, he also squeezed into a small apartment with his girlfriend who had been in love for 30 years, and his girlfriend did not abandon Lee Shau Kee, who was suffering from cancer, but took on the responsibility of taking care of him.
When he and Qiu Qiaozhen met, Lee Shau Kee was at the peak of his career, and he did not worry about eating and drinking at all in several plays a year.
Although 12 years younger than Lee Shau Kee, Qiu Qiaozhen is very responsible, and 30 years of getting along have made them relatives.
Because of his illness, Lee Shau Kee had spent all his savings, and for a time he could only rely on applying for CSSA to live, and Qiu Qiaozhen did not give up.
In 2019, although the operation was successful, Lee Shau Kee had a premonition that his body was not as good as a day, and looking at his girlfriend who had accompanied him for 30 years, he wanted to leave something for her.
Therefore, under the circumstances of life embarrassment, Lee Shau Kee is not ready to continue treatment, and he begins to think about his girlfriend's future.
After getting married in Hong Kong, Lee Shau Kee was afraid that after his death, Qiu Qiaozhen did not even have a place to live, so the two discussed getting a license to get married and applied for public housing.
70-year-old Lee Shau Kee and 58-year-old girlfriend Qiu Qiaozhen, just like this, officially married, but a wish.
All this is also thanks to Chen Shenzhi's help, and everything is arranged for them in advance, including paper registration, finding a lawyer, witnessing marriage, applying for public housing, and so on.
There is also a speculation on the Internet about Lee Shau Kee's marriage, which is to "rush the joy", but after only 3 months of marriage, Lee Shau Kee died!
Before his death, Lee Shau Kee specially explained his wife's will: it has added a lot of trouble to Gu Tianle, don't alarm Gu Tianle anymore, the funeral is simple!
After Lee Shau Kee's death, Chen Shenzhi helped with the follow-up matters, and finally let the old friend go with dignity.
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Looking back on Lee Shau Kee's life experience, it can be described as a twist and turn!
When he was young, he went astray and was confused for more than ten years, and his feelings with his family were also diluted in the mud.
Fortunately, there is a "big brother" Chen Shenzhi to pull a hand, only at the age of 30 on the right track, since then stepped into the show business circle to break out of a career.
When the middle-aged career became popular, he met a red confidant who had joined hands for a lifetime, and could share happiness and suffering, all the way to the end of his life.
In his later years, he was discouraged, and he had the thoughts and help of Gu Tianle, and his life was even unfortunate and lucky!