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Half a bowl of clear water shines on the dry, a spirit rune destiny ghost god.
Step on the yin and yang bagua steps, and hold a wooden sword in your hand to slash the demon soul.
Lin Zhengying's zombie movie is the memory of how many people's youth.
However, his path to shadow is not smooth, what kind of story is hidden behind this?
What was his relationship with Bruce Lee and Hong Jinbao?
How did this legendary "Zombie Dao Leader" come about?
One
In 1952, Lin Zhengying was born in Hong Kong, and his original name was Lin Genbao.
There are six siblings in the family, and he is the third in line.
My parents made a living by packing food, so the family was average.
In the same year, Wu Yusen was still living in the slums.
He and Lin Zhengying both came from a hard life.
A few years later, both men shined.
One became a famous director, and the other was the "originator of zombie films".
It's just that on this road to fame, there are mud, thorns, thousands of gullies...
Young Lin Zhengying dropped out of school after two years of studying at Xinyi Primary School.
In 1963, at the age of eleven, Lin Zhengying joined the Spring and Autumn Drama Academy in Hong Kong, where he studied under the famous Peking opera artist Pink Chrysanthemum.
He became brothers with Luo Jiaying, Hui Tianci, Zhong Fa, Dong Wei, Meng Hai, Qian Yuesheng and others.
Perhaps Lin Zhengying did not expect that many years later, he would run across the film industry with these division brothers.
At that time, Hong Jinbao participated in the movie "The Beginning of Man".
Hong Jinbao, Jackie Chan, Yuanhua, these big names all inherited from Zhan Yuan.
Yu Zhanyuan and Pink Chrysanthemum's disciples, after a few years, almost supported half of the film and television circle.
After half a year of training, Lin Zhengying debuted on stage and starred in the play "White Beach".
During this period, Lin Zhengying laid a solid foundation and laid the groundwork for future events.
I thought that the Peking Opera career would be long, but it only lasted for five years.
Under the introduction of friends, Lin Zhengying turned to the development of the film circle.
In 1969, at the age of seventeen, Lin Zhengying joined the Shaw Film Company, where he worked as a dragon and tiger martial artist.
The so-called Dragon and Tiger Martial Artist is a series of "behind-the-scenes work" such as stand-ins, dragon sets, and stunts.
Sometimes, the camera flashes by and you can't see the face at all.
Maybe there are no lines, and you can smoothly "get a box lunch".
Because he is from the Peking Opera class, Lin Zhengying is quite flexible, and every action is at ease.
Petite figure, coupled with clean and neat movements, so Lin Zhengying has been a stand-in for many female actors, including Zheng Peipei.
In 1970, Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang and Liang Feng jointly founded Jiahe Company.
Lin Zhengying was invited and became a martial arts instructor.
At this time, Bruce Lee not only ate behind closed doors in the United States. After flying back to Hong Kong, Shaw Run Run Shaw, the owner of Shaw Brothers Film Company, deliberately frustrated Bruce Lee's sharpness when he threw an olive branch.
Whoever had thought that Bruce Lee was extremely sensitive, the cooperation would be ruined.
Zou Wenhuai, the owner of Jiahe, who cherishes talents, took advantage of the situation to sign Bruce Lee.
At this point, Lin Zhengying became Bruce Lee's "royal martial arts guide".
Although in the film, there is not much drama. However, his performance and pursuit of art made Bruce Lee deeply admire.
The following year, the movie called "Big Brother Tangshan" was launched. Once it was broadcast, it subverted people's perception of action movies.
The martial arts instructors of the film are Lin Zhengying, Chen Huiyi, and Han Yingjie.
Such a box-office blockbuster movie is estimated that Shaw did not expect it in his dreams.
In this film, Ah Ying, played by Lin Zhengying, was also invited by Bruce Lee.
During the filming, the tacit cooperation between Lin Zhengying and Chen Huiyi greatly satisfied Bruce Lee.
Lin Zhengying is particularly good at targeting, that is, the party who was beaten in kung fu films. Chen Huiyi, on the contrary, is quite familiar with the side that hits the target.
In the more than two weeks since the release of "Big Brother Tangshan", the box office has reached 3.5 million Hong Kong dollars, directly breaking the box office record of Hong Kong films at that time.
In addition to Bruce Lee's wonderful performance, it is naturally indispensable to Lin Zhengying's flowing martial arts actions.
In 1972, Zou Wenhuai hit the iron while it was hot and launched the movie "Jingwumen".
The martial arts director of this film is still Lin Zhengying.
Chen Zhen, played by Bruce Lee, is famous overseas.
The cooperation of these two people can be said to be seamless and impeccable.
For the pursuit of martial arts, Bruce Lee does not lose to anyone.
Since Lin Zhengying can serve as a martial arts instructor, he naturally has superior skills.
But to become an omnipotent "zombie leader", that is the story of more than ten years later.
In 1973, "Dragon Fight Tiger Fight" was filmed methodically.
Bruce Lee deliberately asked Jiahe boss Zou Wenhuai to transfer back Tonying, in his words: "Without Lin Zhengying around, I'd rather not turn on the computer."
The burden of this martial arts instructor fell on Lin Zhengying's body again. After some of his guidance, the film "Dragon Fights Tiger Fight" became one of the world's top ten kung fu films.
Hong Jinbao also has a good performance in this film.
What is more interesting is that Jackie Chan played the role of dragon set in the film, which made Bruce Lee beat up.
At that time, he had not yet become popular.
As for the double who turned over, it was Yuanhua, one of the Seven Little Blessings.
Lin Zhengying and Yuan Huawan did not expect that when they were about to reach the peak, they "lost their footing" and fell.
Suppose Bruce Lee did not die, and then developed in Hollywood. Lin Zhengying is still serving as a martial arts instructor, and by then, he will inevitably reach the top ahead of schedule, and perhaps his fate will be rewritten from now on.
Two
More than ten years after Bruce Lee's death, Lin Zhengying had a bumpy road and played small roles.
Such as thugs, merchants, swordsmen, killers...
His career was hindered, but his love was singing all the way, and god did not treat him thinly.
In 1983, Lin Zhengying and Zheng Bingbing married.
After marriage, the two had a son, Lin Jiayao, and a daughter, Lin Shiwa.
In the same year, Lin Zhengying starred in "Five Lucky Stars of Strange Schemes" and served as the action director of the film.
With this film, Lin Zhengying won the Academy Award for Best Action Director.
After Bruce Lee left, Lin Zhengying joined Hong's class and was promoted by Hong Jinbao.
In fact, Lin Zhengying and Hong Jinbao have known each other for a long time.
In addition to the teacher Pink Chrysanthemum, he also worshiped Yu Zhanyuan as a teacher and trained with Qixiaofu.
Therefore, with Jackie Chan, Hong Jinbao, Yuanhua and others, they all belong to old acquaintances.
In 1985, Lin Zhengying starred in the movie "Mr. Zombie".
It was this film that set off the frenzy of Hong Kong zombie films.
Speaking of this film, there are too many stories behind it, and it has also changed the fate of many people.
In addition to Lin Zhengying, it is liu Guanwei, the big director of this film.
Liu Guanwei was a photographer in Hong Jiaban and later wanted to change careers to directing. After consulting Hong Jinbao's opinion, this "Mr. Zombie" came out.
Fame and fall are often just a moment. Liu Guanwei took the risk and almost ruined his directing career.
At the beginning of filming, in addition to setting up in the Jiahe set, the set will also be filmed in other cities.
The photography team has two shifts, each with 12 hours. Shooting for more than two weeks, Lin Zhengying did not have much rest.
At first, the boss invested 4.5 million. By the time I was halfway through the shoot, it was already spent.
Director Liu Guanwei could only helplessly take another million from the boss.
It didn't take long for a million to be spent. In the end, the total investment of the entire film reached 8.5 million, and it was filmed intermittently for 120 days.
He Guanchang and Hong Jinbao both predicted that the film would lose more than 2 million yuan.
At that time, almost no one was optimistic...
After the release of the film, the box office reached more than 20 million, ranking in the top five of the annual box office.
In this classic movie, Lin Zhengying is not only the main actor, but also the action director.
The box office hit was unexpected, but it was reasonable.
The screenwriters of the film are Huang Ying, Situ Zhuohan and Huang Bingyao.
Later, Huang Ying also wrote a novel called "Mr. Zombie".
The "ghost talent" Huang Ying is indeed a talent.
He also wrote Gu Long's "Six Plans of Horror", and at the same time, the novel "Shen Shengyi Series" signed and published by Gu Long was all written by Huang Ying.
However, after many years, Lin Zhengying, Huang Ying, Xu Guanying, these "three Ying" are all miserable endings.
The movie "Mr. Zombie" also gave birth to many classic lines.
For example, the squad leader played by Lou Nanguang, that sentence I am your captain Ah Wei!
This line is still a classic.
The film's best supporting actor, including Lou Nanguang. As for the other two, they are Lin Zhengying and Xu Guanying.
Only when nominated, Xu Guanying refused to accept the award on the grounds that he was the protagonist.
Li Saifeng's performance in the film, I don't know how many small fresh meats are killed in seconds.
And the "ghost queen" Wang Xiaofeng also became famous because of this.
With this film, Lin Zhengying laid the insurmountable status of the "zombie Road Chief".
It also directly led to the boom of zombie movies, and at this point, zombie movies have sprung up like mushrooms, and their quality is uneven.
That being the case, where should Lin Zhengying go after that, and what is the story of him and another woman?
Three
In 1986, Lin Zhengying collaborated with director Wu Yusen.
Starred in the action movie "Heroes Without Tears".
The family situation of the two people was so similar, and perhaps because of this, they hit it off immediately.
Although the film failed to achieve amazing box office results, both sides sincerely admired each other.
Later, Lin Zhengying starred in zombie-themed films such as "Zombie Family", "Shame Ghost", "Mr. Spirit" and so on.
However, in this type of film, the audience has been aesthetically tired.
Since the release of "Mr. Zombie", this wave of "zombie frenzy" has been enduring for a long time.
If you want to win favors, you must not find a way.
In the context of such a film era, another classic of Lin Zhengying came out.
And in addition to playing, he also brought a new person into the industry. A few years later, this newcomer became a "golden supporting role", and his status was no less than that of Hong Jinbao, Jackie Chan, Zhou Xingchi and others.
In 1989, "One Eyebrow Road Man" was released.
Lin Zhengying innovated, changed the zombie image of the past, and added Western elements.
The whole shooting process is also very arduous.
A total of one year of filming, the field staff worked more than 8 hours a day.
In his spare time, Lin Zhengying likes to play billiards in the "Puqingbo Building", and one of the young lads often mixes here.
Once a fight was seen by Lin Zhengying, and the young man bluntly said that he could run from Jordan to Mong Kok.
Lin Zhengying said, "You are in your twenties now, but when you reach your forties?" It is better to do something serious and come over and help with the fieldwork."
This young man is Lin Xue, who will become a film artist in the future.
In this movie "One Eyebrow Dao Man", he played the role of dragon set.
It can be said that Lin Zhengying is his nobleman, if there is no Lin Zhengying, Lin Xue's star path, what should it be?
Uncle Nine of the Iron Strikes, Apprentice of Flowing Water.
Qian Xiaohao and Lü Fang played the apprentices of Yimei Daochang in this film.
Lin Zhengying played a long eyebrow, performed a different style.
Especially the section on fighting with foreign zombies, I believe it shocked many viewers.
Of course, how can you get less than the "trouble squad leader" Ah Wei, who is also humorous in this film.
In fact, Lin Zhengying in the same year has been divorced from his wife Zheng Bingbing for one year, and the custody of the children has returned to Lin Zhengying.
In 1990, Lin Zhengying cooperated with his brother Dong Wei and participated in the movie "Exorcist Police".
As a director, Dong Wei especially hates films of this genre. But for the sake of work and enthusiasm, the final unremitting efforts have also achieved a good reputation.
The most amazing thing in the film is probably Wang Meihua.
The Ah Lian she played was indeed pleasing and was known as "Little Maggie Cheung".
Even after the release of the film, the audience mistakenly thought that Maggie Cheung was playing the role, but did not know that the two looked 90% similar.
In the two years since, Lin Zhengying has starred in nearly twenty zombie films.
Among them, "Tantric Veyron", "Zombie Supreme", and "Exorcist Daochang" are all excellent works.
At this time, there are already many zombie-type movies, the major directors are poor, and the old frenzy is gone.
In 1995, ATV hired Lin Zhengying to star in the TV series "Zombie Road Chief" with a high salary of one million Hong Kong dollars.
The release of this TV series helped ATV win the highest ratings.
At that time, Lin Zhengying inadvertently captured the heart of a woman.
During the filming of the play, "Pomegranate Sister" Yuan Qiongdan was secretly in love and fell in love with Lin Zhengying, who has a strong personality.
In fact, in private, Lin Zhengying is a person who says one thing and is just right, which is exactly the opposite of the image on the screen.
Because of this, many people did not dare to approach him.
But Yuan Qiongdan fell in love with Lin Zhengying's cold and serious, and he was deeply unable to extricate himself.
After filming, she took the initiative to send Lin Zhengying home, but unexpectedly, Lin Zhengying said: "I have feet and I will go."
In the face of such a refusal, Yuan Qiongdan did not give up.
There is a scene in the film that is a kiss scene, originally Lin Zhengying wanted to find a stand-in, but in the end he personally went into battle.
After several NG attempts, it still does not perform naturally.
At this time, Yuan Qiongdan was anxious, hugged Lin Zhengying's head, and came to a "textbook" kissing scene with the momentum of the wind and rain.
After the continuous pursuit of "Pomegranate Sister", Lin Zhengying was completely moved and decided to be with her.
Later, when the two people did not shoot, they would go to the food stalls, drink morning tea together, and grow flowers and plants at home.
The days passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was a year...
In 1996, Lin Zhengying, Meng Hai, Wen Songxian, Yang Gongru and Yin Tianzhao joined forces to create "Zombie Daochang II".
In this film, except for the role of Black Rose, which is not very pleasing, the interpretation of the rest of the characters is blameless.
The show has 50 episodes, each 40 minutes long, and the plot is compact and does not drag at all.
In total, it is divided into six stories, namely the ghost queen, the flying ghost, the lamp moth fighting the fire, the drama class wronged soul, the reincarnated spirit child, and the great demon god.
Lin Zhengying and his disciple Meng Hai starred in zombie films, which is not the first time.
As early as the movie "Tantric Veyron", the two had a cooperation.
Whether it is Lin Zhengying or Meng Hai, I am afraid that I did not expect that this drama would be the final cooperation between the two.
In 1997, Lin Zhengying was scheduled to shoot "Zombie Road Chief III", but was told that he had suffered from liver cancer.
Knowing that his time was short, Lin Zhengying stayed in isolation and proposed to Yuan Qiongdan to break up.
In fact, Yuan Qiongdan knows about liver cancer, but she respects Lin Zhengying's choice.
When Lin Zhengying was leaving, he said: "I am not by your side, you have to take good care."
Later, Lin Zhengying was hospitalized, and he felt that his illness was terrible, and he did not even want to see his daughter.
As an actor, he wants others to see his brilliant and beautiful side, not his current sick appearance.
On November 8, 1997, Lin Zhengying passed away.
On the day of the funeral, Hong Jinbao, Qian Jiale, Wu Ma, Chen Huiyi, Zhong Fa, Qian Yuesheng and 10 other people helped their spirits.
It is said that Jackie Chan was also present at the time.
On the day of the funeral, Yuan Qiongdan was filming "True Feelings". After the leave arrived, she wore a linen and filial piety, her eyes were already crying red, and thanked the guests as a surviving person.
The following year, "I Have a Date with a Zombie" was released. In fact, this TV series is a tribute to Lin Zhengying.
Decades have passed in a hurry, and Lin Zhengying's zombie films are still unsurpassed.
Because in people's minds, no one can replace this role.
He will always be the righteous and awe-inspiring "zombie leader" with kind eyebrows.