In 1994, in a village in Wuhu City, Anhui Province, a family was building an ancestral hall in a lively way.
At this time, the eighty-year-old father suddenly called the brothers aside and said that he wanted to tell them something.
"I'll tell you something, don't get excited when you hear it."
"What's the matter, Dad?" The two brothers said at the same time.
"Today's ancestral hall is to be built, and your half-brother must also be added, that is, Jackie Chan."
"What", the two brothers looked at each other: "Is it the big star Jackie Chan now?" ”
"Yes, not many people know about this, and you two should not be silent."
The brothers, who have been farmers for more than fifty years, know for the first time that the international superstar Jackie Chan is actually his own brother.
Jackie Chan is a well-known Chinese film and television actor, why did his two older brothers become farmers all their lives? Why is that?
This has to start with their father Fang Daolong.
Displaced
Fang Daolong was born in 1914 in a rural village in Wuhu, Anhui Province, because of the chaotic life and the ruthlessness of the war, Fang Daolong was forced to start his exile at the age of 7.
After Fang Daolong left Anhui, he went to Shanghai and Nanjing, and later because of a chance accident, Fang Daolong became a spy. Because his father taught him a little kung fu when he was a child, he was a good player when he was a secret agent and was deeply trusted by his superiors.
During this period of working as a secret agent, Fang Daolong lived a period of worry-free life, and during this period, he married and had children, and had two sons, Fang Daolong named them Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng.
When the eldest son was 7 years old, Fang Daolong's wife died, leaving him alone to take care of his two young sons. In desperation, Fang Daolong sent his two sons back to his hometown in Anhui and let his grandparents take care of him.
Not long after, Fang Daolong was dismissed from his military post because of the failure of his mission, and then fled all the way to Hong Kong.
In order not to let others find out that he was a fugitive suspect who was being hunted down, he changed his name and surname, and became Chen Zhiping. When he first arrived in Hong Kong, Fang Daolong could only beg on the street because he was not familiar with the place, and later after being introduced by the local villagers, he entered the US Embassy in Hong Kong as a cook.
At the same time, Fang Daolong's first two sons did not have a good life in their hometown of Wuhu, Anhui.
After Fang Daolong sent Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng back to their hometown, the brothers did not live a stable life. Grandparents are old, unable to go outside to earn money to support the brothers, coupled with the perennial war, the family has no farming and no food, the brothers rely on the help of blind dates to survive.
Fang Shide and Fang Shilong
Soon after, both grandparents died, and the brothers were left alone, so they could only start begging and supporting each other to grow up.
While working as a cook in Hong Kong, Fang Daolong met Chen Lili, who was also in exile here. The similar encounters between the two made them have a chat topic, and slowly they both fell in love with each other, and soon the two came together.
In 1954, Chen Lili gave birth to a son for Fang Daolong, named Chen Gangsheng, that is, Jackie Chan.
Jackie Chan was particularly naughty when he was a child, loved to fight and make trouble since he was a child, did not study well, and was forced to drop out of school after the first grade of primary school because he was too naughty.
Shortly after he dropped out of school, Mr. and Mrs. Fang Daolong moved to Australia because of their work transfer, and Jackie Chan was sent to Hong Kong to learn stage makeup and stage performance skills at the Chinese Drama Academy opened by Yu Zhanyuan.
In the 11 years since then, Jackie Chan has lived alone. Because of his good talent and diligent study, Jackie Chan soon made a name for himself in the drama academy.
In a Peking Opera performance, Jackie Chan's performance "Seven Little Blessings" composed of Yuan Long, Yuan Tai, Yuan Hua, Yuan Biao and others gained attention and began to emerge in performance.
In 1971, after Jackie Chan completed his studies at the Drama Academy, he began to work as a martial artist, and in the same year, he participated in the martial arts film "Chivalrous Girl", officially starting his acting career.
After that, Jackie Chan participated in excellent martial arts films such as "Flying Dragon Fierce General" and "Police Story", and gradually played a big game in the Hong Kong film industry.
In 1995, Jackie Chan successfully entered the Hollywood market with the movie "Red Fan District" and became a famous international superstar.
Fang Daolong's life of fame because of his son has gradually improved, but as he gets older, Fang Daolong begins to miss his two sons who are far away from his hometown in Anhui.
Father and son meet again
When I put two young children in my hometown, I really didn't fulfill my obligations as a father, and now that I am older, I want to see how my children are doing.
Later, Fang Daolong began to write letters to his hometown, hoping to find his two children.
At this time, Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng had grown up, although the family was destitute, but the brothers were hard-working people, and under their own efforts, they also married and had children one after another.
Although they no longer have to suffer from hunger, the only thing the brothers have in mind is their old father who does not know where he is.
Fortunately, his brother Fang Shide was looking for a job as a postman in his hometown, and the letter sent back to them by his father happened to be seen by him.
Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng, who learned that their father was still alive, were very happy, so they immediately wrote a reply to their father.
In 1982, Fang Daolong, who was almost seventy years old, suddenly said to Jackie Chan that he was homesick and wanted to go to his hometown in Anhui to see, and Jackie Chan did not think so much, so he let his father go back.
What Jackie Chan didn't know was that his father went back not only because he was homesick, but also wanted to go back to meet his two brothers.
Finally, after a few days of wandering, Fang Daolong finally met his two sons in Guangzhou, who had been separated for more than thirty years. At the moment of meeting, the two sons' complaints about him for so many years all disappeared, and the three of them hugged each other to hide their faces and cry.
After calming down, Fang Daolong and his two sons talked about their experiences outside the country over the years, including taking another wife and giving birth to a son.
But what Fang Daolong did not give to his two sons was that their younger brother was the current big star Jackie Chan.
The two sons also told Fang Daolong that he had married and started a family and had children, so that his father did not have to worry.
After a brief reunion, Fang Daolong hurried back to Hong Kong, telling the two brothers before leaving that he would often come back to visit them.
By the time Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng saw their father again, it was three years later. In 1985, Fang Daolong finally had the opportunity to return to his hometown of Wuhu, Anhui, after which he first went to see his late father and mother, and then stayed at his son's house for a few days.
After this, Fang Daolong would come back every few years to stay for a few days to relieve his homesickness
The two brothers learned the truth
In 1994, Fang Daolong, who was already eighty years old, knew that his health was getting worse and worse, and he might not be able to come back often in the future, so he wanted to do something for his family.
So he built a primary school for his hometown, rebuilt the ancestral shrine, and revised the family tree.
Don't change don't know, change a frightened. When their father revised the family tree, Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng learned that their half-brother was actually the big star Jackie Chan.
In the "Fang Family Tree", Fang Daolong wrote: Fang Daolong and the original match gave birth to two sons, Fang Shide, Fang Shisheng; in Hong Kong, there was a son Fang Shilong, son Fang Shumin.
After the matter was completed, Fang Daolong called the two sons aside and told them: "It is not easy for your brother to get to this day, you two try not to bother him, if there is anything to find me." ”
In addition to being shocked, the two sons also remembered their father's words and did not bother Jackie Chan.
Before Fang Daolong left, he left the two brothers' own phone numbers and told them: "I am old, and I may not come back often in the future, so if you have something to do, call me." ”
In fact, the two brothers, who had been ordinary people all their lives, never thought about who would improve their reputation or get more money, and after that the brothers never mentioned it or went to their big star brother.
At this time, Jackie Chan did not know anything about what happened in Anhui, and always shuttled through various vanity fairs in the entertainment industry.
Jackie chan
After that, Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng contacted their father by phone, and Fang Daolong never returned to Anhui.
But by 2001, his father's phone could no longer be called, which worried his two sons. Since we can't contact my father, my father will definitely find a way to contact us. The two brothers remembered their father's words and did not contact their younger brother Jackie Chan.
The two brothers hoped every day that their father would call him, but they never received a call from their father again.
In this way, the first wait is seven years.
During this time, the two brothers also wanted to go over and ask their third brother Jackie Chan, but they remembered their father's words and held back from contacting Jackie Chan.
When the two brothers heard the news of their father Fang Daolong again, it was February 26, 2008. It was not the father who called, nor the call from the third brother, but the news that "Jackie Chan's father died in Australia" appeared on TV.
Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng saw this news and were sad, they wanted to send their father on the last journey, but they could not contact Jackie Chan.
In desperation, the brothers can only turn to the media, hoping that Jackie Chan can see his two brothers' wishes to send their father on TV.
This is the first time that the brothers have disclosed their relationship with Jackie Chan in front of the media, for a time, the entire Hong Kong media is crazy rumors that Jackie Chan has two half-brothers, and some people say that these two people are hype, that is, they want to extort Jackie Chan to give them money.
How could the brothers, who were already in their sixties, stand up to others to say that. The two of them have been ordinary people for a lifetime, just like sending their own biological father on the last journey, how can it be so difficult.
As a result, the two brothers publicly accepted the media interview and said that the two of them would not ask Jackie Chan for a penny, but only wanted to send their father on the last journey.
Later, the two brothers Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng also went on a program called "Very Remarkable", on the program, Fang Shide said: My biggest wish in this life is to see Jackie Chan and take my father's ashes back to my hometown in Anhui.
Although they know that their father died in Australia and the funeral will be held in Australia, the brothers have not even gone out of China, even if they go to Australia, how do they know where their father's funeral was held, so they are eager to contact Jackie Chan.
For various media reports, Jackie Chan did not pay attention. But the day before the funeral, the brothers Fang Shide and Fang Shisheng received a phone call. On the other end of the phone, claiming to be a staff member of Jackie Chan's company in Beijing, five staff members would be sent to Wuhu the next day to accompany the two brothers to hold a ceremony to mourn their father Fang Daolong.
Hearing this, the brothers' hanging hearts only let go a little, even if they could not reach Australia to attend their father's funeral, it was considered that the two brothers had done filial piety to their father.
In fact, Jackie Chan did not respond publicly not because he did not believe in the identity of these two "brothers", on the contrary, he already knew that he had two half-brothers.
As early as 2004, Fang Daolong told Jackie Chan that he had two older brothers. Fang Daolong, who was already 90 years old at the time, knew that his body was deteriorating and might not be able to support it for long, so he called Jackie Chan to his side and told him his true origins.
"You are not surnamed Chen, but surnamed Fang, and your original name was Fang Shilong." As early as ten years ago, I carved your and your ancestral name on the family tree of my hometown in Anhui. ”
Not only that, Fang Daolong also told him: "He also has two half-brothers, and now he is in Wuhu, Anhui, if his two brothers really have any difficulties, let him definitely help them." ”
Therefore, in 2004, Jackie Chan would publicly state in the media that his son had changed his surname to Fang.
In 2013, five years after Fang Daolong's death, his ashes were returned to his hometown in Anhui, which was the first time Jackie Chan met his two brothers, but also the last time.
After Jackie Chan sent his father back to his hometown in Anhui, he held a simple ceremony and ate an Anhui family banquet, and the next morning, Jackie Chan hurried back to Hong Kong.
Later, a reporter visited Jackie Chan's two brothers and found that they still lived in bungalows in the countryside, and their lives were no different from before.
When the reporter asked why he didn't let Jackie Chan help you. The eldest brother Fang Shide said: "I now have a retirement salary, I also have children, and now that my children are married, I don't have any burden, so I don't have to bother him." ”