Speaking of the most famous child stars in the entertainment industry in recent years, it must be Shi Xiaolong.
After Shi Xiaolong grew up, he was criticized by many people and felt that he was "long and disabled".
Over the years, he rarely appeared on screen. Even if there is no drama to shoot, his net worth is still hundreds of millions, and the villa is fragrant. Where did Shi Xiaolong's money come from?
Shi Xiaolong began filming at the age of 4, appeared frequently on the screen since he was a child, and became a well-known child star. Many veteran actors can only play his supporting roles.
Being able to achieve such results at a young age, in addition to their own efforts, naturally they are inseparable from the blessing of the background.
Sitting on an equal footing with Hong Jinbao, Xiang Huaqiang also had to give up three points, how strong was Shi Xiaolong's background?
Born in 1988 in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, Shi Xiaolong, whose original name was Chen Xiaolong, has lived in the land of martial arts since childhood.
His father, Chen Tongshan, was the principal of a martial arts school and one of the Eighteen King Kongs of the Shaolin Temple, with superb martial arts. Chen Tongshan is proficient in more than 20 kinds of traditional Shaolin routines and various instruments, especially black tiger fist.
Xiaolong's parents are big bosses, business tycoons involved in various industries, and their families are well-off. He can be said to be a typical rich second generation.
As soon as Shi Xiaolong learned to walk, he often followed his father Chen Tongshan to the Shaolin Temple to worship the Buddha. Chen Tongshan has been very strict with Shi Xiaolong since he was a child, and the daily devil-style training has made Shi Xiaolong suffer a lot of suffering that others can't imagine since he was a child.
In 1990, the two-year-old Chen Xiaolong was introduced by his father to become a lay disciple of the Shaolin Temple. His master was the 30th generation of Shi Yongxin, so he was given the dharma name Shi Xiaolong.
Shi Yongxin is the abbot of the Shaolin Temple. The abbot is of a high status, and many stars rush to visit. With this layer of relationship, Shi Xiaolong's status is naturally much higher than that of his peers.
For example, Hong Jinbao and Wang Baoqiang, although Shi Xiaolong is younger than them, if arranged according to generations, Shi Xiaolong can indeed call them brothers and sit on an equal footing with them.
When it comes to Shi Yongxin, his biggest controversy is that he runs the Shaolin Temple as a company, which greatly exerts its commercial value.
Shi Xiaolong learned martial arts from Shi Yongxin since he was a child. Under the guidance of his father and his brother, he studied hard and practiced diligently, whether it was wind and rain, exposure to the hot sun, or the severe cold of March 9, he insisted on practicing.
I have to say that he is indeed a good material for martial arts training. He learned the traditional routines of Shaolin Tong Arm Fist, Drunken Sword, Drunken Fist, Shaolin Stick, and Wuxing Fist.
In 1992, he participated in the Zhengzhou International Shaolin Martial Arts Festival in Zhengzhou, China, and won two outstanding awards: Shaolin Tong Arm Fist and Luo Han Stick.
Shi Xiaolong has a high-status father named Wu Dun. At that time, Wu Dun was very fond of Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen, and had the idea of adopting them as adopted sons, but then something happened, and only Shi Xiaolong was the only one who successfully recognized him as a "dry father".
At that time, in the Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions, almost everyone knew about Wu Dun, and everyone had to give a few thin noodles.
Wu Dun, known as the ghost of the jianghu people, born in 1949 in Taipei, Taiwan, is a famous film and television figure in Taiwan, and the president of Taiwan Changhong Film and Television Co., Ltd.
It is reported that Wu Dun had earlier joined the largest bamboo gang in Taiwan, was the chief protector of the Taiwan bamboo gang, and was also the brother of its leader Chen Qili.
Wu Dun's influence in the film and television industry is great, and it is he who brings Shi Xiaolong into the entertainment circle. Wu Dun's status in the entertainment industry is even higher than that of Hong Kong's "big boss" Xiang Huaqiang, so Xiang Huaqiang also has to give up three points to Shi Xiaolong.
With such a powerful background, it is no wonder that Shi Xiaolong was able to become popular all over the country. It is precisely because of the existence of these three major backers that in the early years, Shi Xiaolong's acting career was smooth sailing, and there was never negative news.
In July 1993, Taiwan Changhong Film and Television Company signed a contract with Shi Xiaolong. In the same year, he starred in his first film "Laughing Forest Boy", thus officially entering the show business circle.
There are two memorable children in the film, one is the little Zhengtai who is cute, and the other is a very chubby fat boy. Both of them were cute, especially Hao Shaowen, who was like a little adult, very mature in talking and chatting, but chubby and looked cute.
Hao Shaowen and Shi Xiaolong have also collaborated on many classic movies, such as "Ten Brothers", "Nezha vs. Monkey King", "Dragon in Shaolin" and so on.
In the dual context of his father and "dry father", Shi Xiaolong quickly mixed in the circle.
In 1994, Shi Xiaolong co-produced the movie "Laughing Forest Boy II: The New Oolong Courtyard" with Hong Kong film stars Wu Mengda and Zheng Shaoqiu, which mainly tells the story of three grotesque disciples of the Oolong Courtyard fighting wits and courage with the heavenly demons.
The film set a box office record of 200 million in Taiwan. With superb acting skills and outstanding skills, Shi Xiaoyi suddenly became the top child star at that time.
Although Shi Xiaolong has a strong background, he acts very low-key and never shows off. He is a person who knows how to precipitate himself, and has not been filming, but also strengthens his learning from time to time.
While the film and television industry continues to develop, Shi Xiaolong has gradually shifted his focus to the mobile TV industry. He has also starred in many TV series, such as "Young Bao Zheng", "Water Moon Cave Heaven", "Young Huang Feihong" and so on.
As Shi Xiaolong grew and his acting career narrowed, Chen Tongshan began to explore other ways to make money, such as founding a number of martial arts schools and film and television companies in the name of Shi Xiaolong. Chen Tongshan was accused of being a wolf father and used Shi Xiaolong as a cash cow.
In 2003, after filming "Water Moon Cave Heaven", Shi Xiaolong decided to go abroad to study film and television production, but he did not expect that when he returned from school, his position in the entertainment circle had long been gone.
In the years when he studied abroad, it was the invasion of the Korean Wave, and the market was full of "beautiful teenagers". With a tough guy temperament, he does not conform to the public aesthetic, and he does not have much resources and attention.
In 2009, Shi Xiaolong returned to show business and returned to the big screen with the help of "Ip Man 2". His figure is no longer as dexterous and light as when he was a child.
Played Zhen Zidan's apprentice in the film, because of his thick appearance and a little obesity, netizens ridiculed him and rated him as "the first of the top ten long-disabled child stars"
In 2010, when Shi Xiaolong was filming "The Legend of the KnifeMan", he Jie in the play had an affair with He Jie in the play, whether in the play or outside the play, He Jie took special care of Shi Xiaolong, and was also photographed by the media holding hands to eat and go shopping, and the outside world once spread the news that the two lived together.
But the two sides did not go public, and the relationship did not last long. It is said that He Jie proposed to break up, the specific reason is unknown.
As Shi Xiaolong grew older, his attention became less and less.
There was no breakthrough in filming, and Shi Xiaolong had to turn his focus to variety shows and connect multiple programs at once, but he did not expect that his assistant drowned in the show.
In the face of this heavy blow, Shi Xiaolong returned to his original intention and continued to strive to become an action director with the goal of shaping the classic and constantly expanding into new areas.
As the only heir of Chen Tongshan, Shi Xiaolong is naturally very valuable, in addition to some money accumulated as a child, he still earns it through investment. He was called "the walking renminbi" by many netizens.
It can be said that the current net worth of Shi Xiaolong has exceeded 100 million. Although he was not very famous, he still lived a rich life.
Today, Shi Xiaolong has only faded out of the front of the screen, but he has not really left the entertainment industry, just turned to the background and learned how to be a director.