"The bitter sea turns over love and hate, it is difficult to escape fate in the world, blind dates are unapproachable, or I should believe that it is fate." 」
Stephen Chow's life, from being born in a poor family, to entering the Hong Kong film and television circle, from a dragon set, to a well-known and famous actor, to the final director. From scratch, he was still alone. And what about those shadows that he left in the past half of his life, and his story?
First, "the first time to love" - Luo Huijuan
Everything should start from his first love, Ms. Luo Huijuan.
Some people say that "Journey to the West to Descend the Devil" is a love letter written to her by Zhou Xingchi.
In 1988, Zhou Xingchi starred in "Ade is also crazy" and met Luo Huijuan, who was already famous for her excellent acting skills in "Book of Swords and Vengeance". At that time, Zhou Xingchi was just a small dragon set, and the cooperation between the two was also temporary. After all, in this movie, Luo Huijuan is the heroine, and the cooperation with The Dragon Set is only a few scenes in a few shots.
But it is worth mentioning that in this movie, Zhou Xingchi gave his first kiss on the screen, and it was Luo Huijuan who played the scene. Perhaps at that time, the two young hearts had developed a good feeling for each other. At that time, Zhou Xingchi was still a young teenager and was very simple about everything.
This year is also a turning point in Stephen Chow's life, after filming "Ade is crazy", he then starred in the movie "Thunderbolt Pioneer". This drama finally allowed Zhou Xingchi to get rid of the dragon suit and officially embark on his own star path.
The entertainment industry has always been cruel, and Zhou Xingchi has a second cooperation with Luo Huijuan with the first appearance of "Thunderbolt Pioneer", only this time, he has become the male protagonist. The TV series "Gestapo" has become the starting point of the love between the two.
This time, Luo Huijuan is still the heroine, and Zhou Xingchi sparked during the shooting process. Due to fate, the feelings of the two quickly warmed up and walked together. It was only at that time that the Hong Kong entertainment industry, announcing the love affair for them, was almost a disaster, if it was discovered and reported by the media, then their careers could only stop here.
Therefore, in the public eye, the two have always been clear about the relationship, but the insiders in the circle are very clear about the relationship between the two. This quiet underground love affair was hidden for three years.
First love is the purest feeling in everyone's life, the feelings at this time are not a little impurity, ignorant years, two people stumble, painstakingly make each other happy. When Hua passed away, I can still feel the beauty of that heartbeat in retrospect.
Also in this relationship, Zhou Xingchi and Luo Huijuan are very attentive to each other.
At that time, communication was not as convenient as today, and Zhou Xingchi, who was filming in the United States at that time, inquired around to solve the lovesickness, just to buy a big brother, so that he could call Luo Huijuan. It is also because Luo Huijuan often takes time to accompany her after shooting, and the relationship between the two is very good in the eyes of others, and she is one of the golden children in the Hong Kong circle at that time.
As long as Zhou Xingchi is filming, Luo Huijuan often runs to the crew to visit the class when she is not busy, and when Luo Huijuan is filming, Zhou Xingchi drives to pick up. In 1990, the two went to Macau together to watch fireworks, happy New Year's Eve together, and later went to Canada for a vacation together, staying for half a month.
Suddenly remembering Zhou Xingchi's friend Tian Qiwen's complaint after many years: "He is not romantic at all, sending flowers, gifts, and rings has never been done, let alone watching fireworks and traveling."
In fact, these romances have been done on Luo Huijuan's body.
Although it was an underground romance, most of the insiders in the circle at that time still expressed their blessings and were very optimistic about the pair of heavenly and earth-made Biren. But I don't know when the intersection line between the two began to gradually distance themselves.
In 1990, a "Gambling Saint" was popular all over the country, making this unique style of gambler genre movie popular all over the country. This also made Stephen Chow's career go all the way up, and the following year, among the top ten high-grossing movies in Hong Kong, Stephen Chow alone took over all the top five movies and reached the peak of his career.
But the world is inherently impermanent, and when heaven opens a window, it closes a door. Zhou Xingchi's work, which is booming, has also become more and more numerous, so that his emotional life has slowly been snubbed.
Luo Huijuan in life is actually a woman who pays great attention to her family and hopes to have a small family of her own. In the past, when my career was still in its infancy, I could still use the phrase "dream" as an excuse. At present, Zhou Xingchi is already a bright star, and several films have made him famous. But because of this, he gathered less with Luo Huijuan and left more.
"He's a very miserable person and will always work, so you have to be very patient with him."
This was a sentence that Luo Huijuan said in an interview later, but unfortunately Zhou Xingchi did not know it. As a girl, it is not easy to accept underground love that cannot be disclosed, and the gradual gathering of less and more life has also made her uneasiness more and more intense. On the eve of the breakup, Luo Huijuan once seriously revealed her heart to Zhou Xingchi: "I have had a vision of marriage since I was a child, and I want to be a good wife and mother, you marry me!"
And Zhou Xingchi, who was full of vigor and unprecedented career splendor, did not have the idea of getting married, and after listening to this sentence, he only replied to Luo Huijuan with five words: "Are you shen menstruating?!" ”
Zhou Xingchi took the marriage request as a joke, the sentence "Shen Jing Disease" deeply injured Luo Huijuan, and she chose to turn away and leave, and the two broke up peacefully.
In 2008, Luo Huijuan, who had been with Liu Zhimin for ten years, entered the palace of marriage. Luo Huijuan realized her wish to have a home, and also became two parallel lines with Zhou Xingchi, and there was no possibility of intersection. Until 2010, Luo Huijuan was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. Perhaps fate tricked, the day of diagnosis is June 22, which is also Zhou Xingchi's birthday.
In 2012, at the age of 45, Luo Huijuan was tormented by pain and died forever. At this time, Zhou Xingchi's new work "Journey to the West" has just been released, and Xingye did not go to Juanmei's funeral, but hid his love in the movie.
2. "Zixia and the Supreme Treasure" - Zhu Yin
Time back to the 90s, after the breakup, Zhou Xingchi's career went all the way up, and when filming "Truant Veyron 2", he met Zhu Yin at that time. Coincidentally, the two also have a kiss scene in the play. But in the last scene, it was because Zhu Yin had been laughing at the scene many times. In the end, the film only played this clip, which did not affect the plot, but became one of the classics in the history of the screen.
Since then, the two have still had a relationship because of the drama, and they are still underground. Later, Zhou Xingchi recommended Zhu Yin to director Liu Zhenwei as the heroine of the movie "Journey to the West".
At the beginning, Liu Zhenwei was not very optimistic about Zhu Yin, worried that the crew she entered because of Zhou Xingchi would have an impact on the shooting. But after booting up, looking at Zhu Yin, who is very serious about everything and has remarkable acting skills, this puts her heart into her stomach.
Zhu Yin's acting skills in "Journey to the West" are superb, and later, "Zixia Blink" has become one of the classic shots in film history. She interprets Zixia's innocence and infatuation perfectly, and the sincerity in her eyes cannot be interpreted by "acting skills".
At this time, Zhu Yin and Zhou Xingchi have been in love for three years, and in this "Journey to the West", the story of Zixia and Supreme Treasure still makes countless people cry many years later. In reality, just like the ending of Zixia and the Supreme Treasure, they did not end well. "Zixia" seems to have become "Qingxia" after the breakup, and that innocence disappears with the end of this relationship.
The reason for the breakup, some media reported that it was because Zhou Xingchi cheated on Mo Wenwei, who was also filming in "Journey to the West", and was even bumped into by Zhu Yin on the spot. Shortly after the report was issued, Karen Mok came forward to respond and denied the incident.
But Zhu Yin and Zhou Xingchi broke up has become a foregone conclusion, and in the three years they were together, whenever it was mentioned whether they had a romantic relationship with Zhu Yin, Zhou Xingchi always denied it.
After the breakup, Zhu Yin focused all her attention on her career. She was no longer the little girl who looked at Zhou Xingchi's eyes with starlight, and she was judged to be two people before. In 2015, director Liu Zhenwei once again invited Zhu Yin to play the role of the Zixia Fairy in "Yueguang Treasure Box", recreating the classic Zixia Fairy on the screen.
Third, "the order of appearance is really important" - Karen Mok
After breaking up with Zhu Yin, "Journey to the West" was released, when the film was not ideal at the box office at that time because of its advanced intentions and core. Zhou Xingchi's newly established Color Star Film Company at that time was even more bankrupt, and his career also encountered setbacks at the same time, which made Zhou Xingchi very disappointed at that time. Mo Wenwei, who also participated in the filming of "Journey to the West", accompanied Zhou Xingchi and did not give up, allowing him to transfer that loss to Mo Wenwei.
When they fell in love, Stephen Chow was 33 and Karen Mok was 25. At that time, because it was suspected of interfering in Zhu Yin's relationship with Zhou Xingchi, the rumors of "third parties" were exposed. But Karen Mok's personality was straightforward, and he immediately denied the incident, and the two broke out in love, also after Zhou Xingchi and Zhu Yin broke up for a period of time.
After falling in love, the two collaborated on many works. After "Journey to the West", "God Eater" made Zhou Xingchi win the box office championship again, diluting the bad influence of "Journey to the West" at that time.
In the film, Karen Mok's shape can be described as impressive, and Zhou Xingchi also implicitly expressed his inner world at that time in the film. Since then, both of their careers have flourished, and Karen Mok has also become one of the most representative actresses in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Throughout the 90s, Karen Mok became a regular partner in Stephen Chow's films and also made cameos in Shaolin Soccer. The two were in love for four years, when Zhou Xingchi publicly said in front of the media that Karen Mok was the only woman he wanted to marry.
At this time, Zhou Xingchi, like Luo Huijuan at that time, wanted to have a family of his own. Proposed the idea of marriage to Karen Mok and hoped that she would devote more time and energy to the family after marriage. And Mo Wenwei, who grew up abroad, naturally could not accept being a housewife and godson at home, and she naturally could not accept it. Therefore, after filming "Counting Dead Grass", he chose to go to Taiwan to develop.
Karen Mok's career in Taiwan has grown by leaps and bounds, and in the production of Lin Xi and others, classic songs such as "He Doesn't Love Me" and "Love in Hiroshima" that are widely known so far have been revealed. In 1998, Karen Mok and Stephen Chow collaborated again on the film "The King of Comedy" and sang the song "Love of Love". But after that, the two announced their breakup, but after the breakup, the two still maintained a very good relationship, maybe this is the person who has loved, how to give up the strange road.
Fourth, "brave to pursue love" - Zhong Liti
After breaking up with Karen Mok, Zhou Xingchi's love life also became pale. At this time, another gorgeous beauty broke into his sight - Zhong Liti. In "The King of Destruction" and "Nine Pin Sesame Officers", there is a figure of Zhong Liti. Zhong Liti was at the peak of her debut at that time, and she was also a lively and lively person in the Hong Kong circle, the only drawback was that she could not speak Cantonese.
But in the face of Zhou Xingchi, who has a "tyrant on the set", she should be scolded a lot, right? Not really! Zhou Xingchi showed little patience, not only did not embarrass her, but instead gave her hand-in-hand guidance. More scenes and shots were arranged, allowing her to appear in front of the camera a little more.
With the guidance and careful cultivation of Zhou Xingchi, Zhong Liti's career has continued to improve, and her value has soared. And Zhong Liti herself is also a more hard-working person, Zhou Xingchi once said bluntly about the language problem, said that Zhong Liti's learning ability is very strong, from just entering the crew a Cantonese sentence can not say normal communication only took a short time.
Perhaps, Zhong Liti, who was straightforward and self-motivated, gave Zhou Xingchi a bright color at that time. The two are still filming love, and when they become more and more acquainted, they are photographed shopping and eating together. When the outside world has been rumored to be the topic of "star master or explosive new love", this relationship suddenly ended.
"Zhou Xingchi is good at everything, that is, machismo is too heavy." Zhong Liti once commented on Zhou Xingchi. At that time, when the two were in full swing, Zhou Xingchi also applied for immigration to "Canada", but he was rejected many times. Zhong Liti also said that she is a Canadian household registration, and the problem of immigration can be solved when the two get married.
Just such a beautiful woman, facing not an ordinary man, but the future king of comedy. Zhou Xingchi obviously did not agree with this way, and because of this incident, the two gradually drifted apart. This relationship is also like the sand blown by the wind, dissipating.
Fifth, "more than ten years of companionship is finally an emptiness" - Yu Wenfeng
At this time, a fan appeared in Zhou Xingchi's life, and she was Yu Wenfeng.
Yu Wenfeng's origin is not simple, her father is Yu Jingbo of the "former Kumagaya Group" family in Hong Kong. At first, I was a fan of the film, and after many contacts, I gradually developed into friends. At the end of 1998, after the two were photographed intimately by the media, they appeared as "legitimate girlfriends".
In mid-December 2007, Zhou Xingchi took his girlfriend Yu Wenfeng to take a late-night drag and view of the building in Causeway Bay. Xingye rarely took Yu Wenfeng's hand and gently and thoughtfully led her across the road, which was completely abnormal. In addition, Yu Wenfeng, who has always been slender, has a lot of blessings, and he sees a slight bulge in his abdomen, which seems to have another deep meaning to Xingye's move, and it is suspected that the two are close to good things, and there is no need to do superficial kung fu to pretend to be unfamiliar.
In the years since, the two have frequently been photographed by the media, and most of them have behaved intimately, so they have speculated that Zhou Xingchi, who is already a "star master", has spent half his life and finally found a home.
However, no one expected that in March 2010, the two suddenly broke up. The reason for this is that Zhou Xingchi's mother has been obstructing the relationship between the two, and the filial Piety Zhou Xingchi has not given Yu Wenfeng a name. This big lady sitting on countless wealth has always been unable to please Zhou Xingchi's mother, and finally under the intolerable situation, she left Zhou Xingchi and turned to the arms of others.
Why is it that Yu Wenfeng, who is so capable and able to make money, has never been able to favor Zhou Xingchi's mother? Because in the eyes of Zhou Xingchi's mother, Yu Wenfeng is too "peaceful", too strong, and cannot become Zhou Xingchi's virtuous helper. At this time, Zhou Xingchi was already middle-aged, and Yu Wenfeng was young, and there were too many hidden dangers in the marriage between the two.
In the more than ten years of interaction with Zhou Xingchi, Yu Wenfeng relied on the conditions of his family and his own sense of smell for business, joined Zhou Xingchi's "Xinghui" company as a director, and assisted Zhou Xingchi to invest in real estate, each of which paid more than 100 million, so Zhou Xingchi's net worth soared. Yu Wenfeng, who holds the financial power of Zhou Xingchi, after breaking up, used these "internal" information to take legal action and entered the High Court to recover 70 million commissions. And invited Lin Bingchang to collect the commission on his behalf.
6. "Grandpa love? --Zhang Xiaoqi
This case has been disturbed for many years, and finally ended in 2020 with Yu Wenfeng's defeat. Some time ago, 59-year-old Zhou Xingchi was photographed traveling with 17-year-old Miss Hong Kong Miss Zhang Xiaoqi, suspected of being "grandfather and grandson love". This news made the entertainment industry explode, but at the first time the scandal broke, Zhou Xingchi responded and denied the matter. However, the heroine of this matter, Zhang Xiaoqi, did not make a sound for a long time, which caused a lot of speculation.
Later, Zhang Xiaoqi attended a birthday party before being interviewed: he and Zhou Xingchi are just ordinary friends, at best, they have forgotten their friendship, and they are not the "grandfather and grandson love" rumored by the outside world. Privately, we often have wine tasting together. Why these words were not clarified when the scandal broke out, and it took so long to respond, the media and netizens believed that this was a hype launched by Zhou Xingchi.
Not to mention that Zhou Xingchi's assistant has long explained that this woman took the initiative to invite surfing, and Zhou Xingchi did not pay attention to her at all! So the photos that flow out are deliberately more suspicious.
epilogue
Looking back, the trust and good things that began at the beginning ended up being reduced to chicken feathers, and ending in such a messy way was nothing more than a red dust disaster after all. At this time, Zhou Xingchi was 58 years old, and one regret after another finally degenerated into the old age of facing life alone, those qianying that had appeared in his life, or Fanghua died early, or there was no longer an intersection. Those movies contain words that he can't say in reality, such as for his lover and for the world.
Chai Jing once asked Zhou Xingchi if he had the idea of being a father and a husband. Zhou Xingchi looked at the camera for a moment and slowly spat out a sentence:
In this world, people who can become artists are lonely. Stephen Chow is undoubtedly a talented artist who came out of nowhere in the last century, and most of the films he shoots have been written into the history of film and television dramas. But there is no one who can accompany him to his old age. People's encounters are destined to be caused by fate, and those love-hate entanglements are just red dust passers-by.
It is undoubtedly a gift from Heaven that a person can meet that confidant in one's lifetime. If not, it's just life.