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In 2017, Gao Xiaosong asked Jackie Chan in a talk show: Jet Li's agent was killed, but do you all know who they are?
Jackie Chan did not shy away from saying: We all know who they are, but there is no evidence.
Then Jackie Chan said that before the end of his life, he would write down the dark side of the entertainment industry in a real-name manner, and would hand it over to a lawyer and publish it a hundred years later.
Although Jackie Chan did not explicitly say it, his words have clearly implied that in the Hong Kong entertainment industry at that time, there were many unseemly things happening.
Why was Jet Li's agent shot that year, and how dark is the Hong Kong showbiz industry?
Born in Beijing, Jet Li has loved martial arts since he was a child.
After being sent to a martial arts school for a while, his talent in martial arts soon became apparent, and he won almost all martial arts competitions at a young age.
Of course, talent alone is not enough, Jet Li usually practices very hard, but it is precisely because of this fight that more and more injuries on his body.
In 1979, in the martial arts competition of the National Games, Jet Li achieved extremely good results, and won 5 gold medals alone.
But after the competition, his body could no longer train in martial arts.
Although he did not give up, in order not to let himself become a waste, Jet Li still endured the pain and left the martial arts world.
In 1980, Jet Li got the opportunity to shoot "Shaolin Temple" by chance, and he did not expect that with this TV series, Jet Li became famous overnight.
After that, many directors threw an olive branch to him, and in the works he participated in shooting, they were highly recognized for their good performances and achieved good results.
With a small reputation in the show business circle, Jet Li has also been favored by the company.
After recruiting Jet Li to the helmet, Jet Li really has very good resources.
In the 5 years before 1988, both sides had a good cooperation.
In 1988, Jet Li and his wife Huang Qiuyan opened a martial arts training class in the United States.
There he met David Luo, who was also a Chinese, and he did not know that David Luo's father, Luo Wei, had always wanted to try something against him, but simply thought that he had made friends.
David Luo often gave Jet Li financial help, which made Jet Li, who was in trouble at the time, very moved.
After the two people became acquainted, Luo Wei finally got his wish and invited Jet Li to shoot "The Dragon at the End of the World".
This film made jet Li and David Luo more close, and even his own career allowed David Luo to intervene.
After gaining enough trust from Jet Li, David Luo began to act to achieve the ultimate goal of their family, encouraging Jet Li to sign a contract with Jiahe Film Company.
At that time, Jiahe's promise to Jet Li was very tempting, as long as Jet Li finished making 4 movies, he could get 6 million Hong Kong dollars.
Such a figure was naturally very satisfactory to Jet Li at that time, but as a result, the money he got was a half discount.
In fact, when Luo David approached Jet Li, he did not have good intentions, his father Luo Wei did his best to squeeze the actors in the circle, almost everyone knows, and his mother was a senior member of Jiahe.
However, if David Luo had not gained jet Li's trust, it is estimated that it would be difficult to deceive Jet Li into Jiahe.
The 6 million that was said to be good became 3 million, which made Jet Li, who worked hard and complained, finally broke out.
However, he was weak, so how could he compete with Jiahe?
The final result is not only that the money is not returned, but even the passport is seized by Jiahe.
Luo Wei made another condition that if Jet Li wanted to get his passport back, he would have to help him perform two more plays.
He knew that he would become a victim of capital, but Jet Li at that time could not find the confidence to refuse.
Just when he was in a dilemma, the mysterious Cai Ziming appeared.
Although he is a black and white person, cai Ziming's body is completely devoid of shrewd and cunning side, but full of righteousness, without any conditions for Jet Li to break the siege.
At that time, Cai Ziming was preparing to show his fists in the Hong Kong showbiz circle, and Jet Li was his most optimistic star.
After helping Jet Li, the relationship between the two changed from strange to familiar, with Cai Ziming as the backing, Jet Li's life seems to see the light.
At that time, Jet Li was helping Jiahe shoot Huang Feihong, proposing that Cai Ziming wanted to solve the problem through legal channels, but Jiahe directly chose to ignore it.
So Cai Ziming asked Jet Li to strike, which made Jiahe a little worried, especially after they wanted to use Zhao Wenzhuo to replace Jet Li and was denied by Xu Ke, so they could only choose to negotiate with Cai Ziming.
During the negotiations, Cai Ziming's attitude was very firm, and he agreed to let Jet Li finish the scene, but the premise was that Jiahe must apologize to Jet Li and dissolve the relationship with Jet Li after the end of the play.
Such a request Luo David naturally did not want to agree, Jet Li originally wanted to compromise when he saw the situation, but Cai Ziming gave him enough confidence and strength to finally let Jet Li regain his freedom.
On April 15, 1992, Jet Li and Cai Ziming had dinner together and talked about ideals.
At this time, Cai Ziming was already Jet Li's agent, and with such a strong family and quite a good relationship around him, Jet Li obviously relaxed a lot.
At that time, Cai Ziming had already made a recent plan for Jet Li and was ready to invest in a "New Dragon Gate Inn", and the male protagonist was naturally Jet Li.
But before this day could be reached, the accident arrived with lightning speed.
On the morning of April 16, Cai Ziming was suddenly shot, and the other side fired dozens of shots in a row, resulting in Cai Ziming being killed on the spot.
Obviously, this was a premeditated assassination, and Jet Li felt very scared in his heart and applied to the police for personal safety protection at the first time.
Even 9 months after Cai Ziming was shot, he still took multiple bodyguards with him when he went out, and his sense of prevention was extremely strong.
Because Cai Ziming and Jiahe had negotiated before being shot, the police naturally locked the suspected object of Jiahe.
However, after a series of investigations, Jiahe does not seem to be suspicious.
So the police began to investigate Cai Ziming's foreign connections before returning to Hong Kong, and found that he was involved with some forces in the Netherlands.
At that time, he made a guarantee in the transaction, but neither the buyer nor the seller finally got the benefit, and Cai Ziming naturally became the biggest suspect of all-you-can-eat.
So Cai Ziming's assassination may have something to do with them.
However, the police also did not reach an effective investigation conclusion, and in the end, the murderer was not found, and the assassination of Cai Ziming was gradually forgotten by everyone.
For Jet Li, Cai Ziming may have initially taken a fancy to his fame in the entertainment industry at the time and felt that it was profitable before reaching out to him.
But these things no longer mattered later, because Jet Li already felt that Cai Ziming was really good to him and really regarded him as a friend.
It's just that although Cai Ziming's death made Jet Li sad and guilty.
However, at that time, he had no power to compete with the other side. Therefore, his gratitude to Cai Ziming can only be buried deep in his heart, but he cannot return it with practical actions.
Later, Jet Li was lucky to meet the big man Yang Dengkui, and with the support of the other party's 30 million yuan investment, Jet Li had his own company, and his career was officially on the right track.
In 1993, Jet Li ushered in the peak of his career.
In that year, he shot 5 works, and the actresses he worked with were the top of the Hong Kong showbiz circle at that time.
In 1998, Jet Li set his sights on the Hollywood market, with a "Deadly Weapon 4", so that foreign directors changed their contempt for Chinese actors, and really took Chinese kung fu out of the country.
Later Jet Li became a famous martial arts star in the show business circle, which was also Cai Ziming's original wish.
Although he did not avenge Cai Ziming, Jet Li comforted Cai Ziming's spirit in heaven in this way and realized his original dream.
Because of the help of Cai Ziming, Jet Li was able to get out of the predicament and regain his freedom.
After having the ability, he actively invested in public welfare undertakings, gave back to the society everything he had gained, and worked hard to help everyone in need for himself and Cai Ziming.