preface
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the entertainment circle is a big dyeing vat with a mixture of fish and dragons, where countless men and women compete for fame and profit, for a popular opportunity to fight openly and secretly.
And in this Vanity Fair, there is a special person.
She wears a wide black dress all day, a pair of splint slippers in winter and summer, her speech is direct and vulgar, her appearance is not trim, but she holds great power in the entertainment industry, black and white, and is recognized as a big sister in the Hong Kong and Taiwan showbiz circles.
This woman is Qiu Likuan, who is known as the "first female hooligan in the entertainment industry".
Qiu Likuan (middle)
01. The woman behind Faye Wong
In 1995, Na Ying broke off the contract with Taiwan's FuMao Records Company, and the news spread wildly.
Na Ying was the first mainland female singer to sign a contract with Hong Kong and Taiwan, when she released her first solo album "For You to Think twilight", which has already emerged with her singing voice.
At this time, the company wanted to follow the mainstream aesthetics of the market at that time and let Na Ying change to the jade girl route.
However, Na Ying herself is a big grinning, straight-tempered Northeastern girl with a high-pitched and powerful voice, and she really can't accept the small family jasper person created by the company.
The two parties had a dispute over this, and neither of them would back down, and Na Ying directly proposed to terminate the contract with the company.
Na Ying's actions also angered the company's top management, and at one point wanted to hide Na Ying.
Na Ying, who was in trouble, had to dial the phone of her friend Faye Wong, who knew that this matter could only be solved if Faye Wong's agent helped.
At that time, Faye Wong's agent was Qiu Likuan.
Na Ying and Qiu Likuan
If there was no Qiu Likuan, there would be no Faye Wong and Na Ying today.
In 1992, Faye Wong was still a tepid little artist abandoned by the agency, but fortunately she was discovered by Chen Jiaying and later became acquainted with Qiu Likuan.
At that time, Chen Jiaying and Qiu Likuan partnered to open an agency entertainment company, looking for suitable artists.
After hearing Faye Wong sing, Qiu Likuan signed her as soon as he slapped her on the head and said on the spot:
"I want to make her the 'diva of the singing world.'"
Qiu Likuan's sentence is not an empty phrase.
In the years that followed, Qiu Likuan tailored an acting route for Faye Wong, covering everything from packaging to publicity, and even composing and writing lyrics for her.
In the end, under Qiu Likuan's countless painstaking efforts, Faye Wong was really praised by her as a song recognized by everyone.
Qiu Likuan's preference for Faye Wong can only be said to be a single favorite.
After learning that Faye Wong's friend Na Ying was in a termination crisis, Qiu Likuan made a phone call to the top management of Fumao Records and asked Na Ying's company to sign the termination contract in direct and rude language.
At first, Fumao Records wanted to argue for himself, but Qiu Likuan didn't have so much patience and just asked Na Ying's secretary to give her the contract, and Fumao didn't dare to say anything more.
In the end, Qiu Likuan signed Na Ying to his company and made a song according to her wishes, and the song "Conquest" made Na Ying popular all over the country.
It was also under the vigorous operation of Qiu Likuan that there was a classic picture of Na Ying and Faye Wong singing "Meet Ninety-Eight" on the spring evening of 1998.
In addition to paving the way for Faye Wong, Qiu Likuan's public relations skills are also first-class.
As an agent, Qiu Likuan showed extraordinary strength, she was like a thick mountain in front of Faye Wong, covering up all gossip for her and supporting her at all times.
When Faye Wong fell into the media rumors of "suicide for love", Qiu Likuan directly preached in front of the media:
"Suicide and murder, we pick and kill!"
As soon as this sentence came out, all the gossip media in the circle couldn't help but tremble in shape, and no one could withstand the pressure brought about by the big sister's first joke.
When Li Yapeng divorced Faye Wong, he once posted on Weibo: "What I want is a family, and you are destined to be a legend." ”
Qiu Likuan, who saw this, just sneered, and then replied on Weibo:
"She was already a legend before she got married, right?"
Faye Wong and Qiu Likuan have achieved mutual success, and over the years, the two have maintained a deep relationship like relatives.
Qiu Likuan is the one who took Faye Wong to the peak of her career and helped her hold her back.
02. The big sister in the showbiz circle
In addition to achieving Faye Wong, Qiu Likuan is also famous in the circle for his pride and righteousness.
There are many artists in the circle who evaluate Qiu Likuan in this way: she is a person with a bad mouth, but her heart is very soft.
Although Qiu Likuan was always dressed in black on weekdays, he did not look scrupulous and smiling, and when he handled things, he did not go around in circles or speak empty words, and always revealed a kind of "killing and making decisions" of ability.
However, as long as it is an artist who has dealt with her, she knows that Qiu Likuan is a person who adheres to justice and has an ancient heart, and when he encounters some unfair things, he will also ask her for help.
Whenever Qiu Likuan could help, she rarely refused, always using the resources and connections at hand to help.
She has been in the entertainment industry for many years, helping people all over the entertainment industry, and is also known as "Qiao Shi Tianhou".
In 2005, Lin Chiling was invited to perform in Las Vegas, but who knew that she was grounded in a hotel.
This activity, which began with a performance, actually asked her to accompany the rich merchants with wine.
In a hurry, Lin Chiling called Qiu Likuan for help.
Qiu Likuan agreed without saying a word, and even found the local Chinese gang and finally rescued Lin Chiling.
In 2012, Huang Xiaoming suffered a lot of grievances because of the film position, Qiu Likuan called the film director, scolded the director, and finally won his rights.
In 2014, Xiao Jingteng caused a lot of turmoil because of the title of "Rain God", and some people even sent him dead rats and threatening letters.
After Qiu Likuan learned of this, he publicly rebuked these people on Weibo: "If you are sick, go to the doctor." ”
Later, Qiu Likuan herself was intimidated, but she did not care about it.
Qiu Likuan's chivalrous style has made her gain a lot of thanks.
In 2006, Lin Zhiling couldn't help but burst into tears when she attended the celebration banquet of the movie "Father and Son", saying that Kuan Jie was her savior and that Kuan Jie was the hero in her heart.
Huang Xiaoming later planted a grateful kiss on Qiu Likuan's face at qiu Likuan's birthday party and told everyone that Qiu Likuan was his sister.
However, Qiu Likuan himself did not take helping others to heart, only saying that "helping others is the basis of happiness, and there is nothing particularly great." ”
Because of this, she is very respected in the Hong Kong and Taiwan showbiz circles, and whoever sees her must call her "wide sister".
Everyone in the show business circle knows that "Wide Sister" is powerful, has many resources and wide connections.
As everyone knows, such a figure has also been "forced onto Liangshan" to this day.
03. Born with chivalrous liver and guts
When she was young, the "wide sister" was not as strong as it is now, only 48 kilograms.
She has a slightly heroic face, and people from the entertainment company once wanted to sign a contract with her to let her take the path of a cute person.
However, Qiu Likuan had a dream of being a singer, and then he really started to "sing on behalf of people".
Who knew that fate did not care about her dreams, and before she could sing the fame, her vocal cords had a small knot and needed surgery.
After getting this result, Qiu Likuan immediately gave up his dream of being a singer in front of the stage and stepped into the film industry instead.
At that time, her idea was also very simple, since she could not take this road, she could also break through other roads, and the mountains did not turn around, maybe it would be dark and clear.
I have to say that Qiu Likuan, who is full of courage, chose the right path.
Qiu Likuan (second from right)
When she first stepped into the film industry, she had the honor of entering Zhang Meijun's crew.
Director Zhang Meijun can be said to be the leader of the Chinese film industry at that time, and he cooperated with Lin Qingxia in the early days of film works such as "Qingqingyuan Shangcao", which was well received by many people in the industry.
After Qiu Likuan entered Zhang Meijun's crew, she learned a lot of professional skills and knowledge about the film with him, which became the basis for her later filming of "Big Tail Perch".
However, it is sad that director Zhang Meijun was suffering from cancer in his prime and did not have the money to receive hospital treatment.
The kind-hearted Qiu Likuan could not bear to see him suffer from all his illness, so he traveled from place to place for him, and collected NT$400,000 as medical expenses.
At that time, Qiu Likuan only earned 8,000 Taiwan dollars for a play.
No one knows how she, who is equally embarrassed, managed to get so much money in a short period of time?
Directed by Zhang Meijun
Unfortunately, the money collected by Qiu Likuan did not save the life of director Zhang Meijun.
Fortunately, Qiu Likuan's kind deeds attracted the attention of Zhu Yanping, the big director at the time.
Zhu Yanping included this kind little girl into his crew and took her to the film industry.
In that era, although the Hong Kong and Taiwan showbiz circles were booming, the Hong Kong and Taiwan gangsters were also fierce, and they would not only demarcate the territory and collect protection fees, but also extend their hands into the entertainment circle.
Because of the intervention of gangster forces, at that time, chaos in the hong Kong and Taiwan entertainment circles was breeding, and there were often cases of gangsters escorting actors to the crew to act.
Even a big director like Zhu Yanping, before he met Qiu Likuan, the first half of his life was spent with a gun on the door of his head.
Director Zhu Yanping (middle)
At that time, although Qiu Likuan looked thin and weak, he was arrogant but timid.
Once, when their crew was filming on the set, they were suddenly surrounded by a gang of gangsters, who held that they had guns, and they were arrogant and unkind to the crew.
At this time, in order not to cause trouble, Zhu Yanping hurriedly took out a cigarette to make a point, who knew that Qiu Likuan broke out and said to him:
"Afraid of something, maybe they're just wearing guns, who knows if it's water?"
When the gang saw Qiu Likuan and a woman, they were not afraid of the stage at all, and they couldn't help but admire her and took the gun and left.
Zhu Yanping, who was still terrified afterwards, kept complaining to Qiu Likuan: "Don't be so impulsive in doing things, I am the only son in the family." ”
Hearing this, Qiu Likuan couldn't help but reply, "I'm still the only daughter in the family." ”
Zhu Yanping saw that she looked like she was not afraid of heaven, and then she said that one day there was a gun on your head, and then you would know what it was to be afraid.
Who knew that shortly thereafter, this statement was really fulfilled, and a gang of gangsters really put their guns on Qiu Likuan's head.
However, at this time, Qiu Likuan's reaction could not help but make everyone present fall into shock.
She didn't blink an eye, and shouted at the person holding the gun, "If you have the ability, you will shoot me." ”
The man was also frightened when he heard Qiu Likuan's words, probably he had never seen such a crazy woman, and then he just took the person away sadly.
After this incident, the crew members called Qiu Likuan a protective umbrella and had a heartfelt admiration for her.
Qiu Likuan in his youth
Qiu Likuan's bold personality has made her make many friends, many of whom are gangsters.
But Qiu Likuan was also very measured, never learning to provoke these people, only occasionally drinking and eating together, and taking care of each other when there was something.
From the bottom of the entertainment industry all the way up, Qiu Likuan has made a lot of contacts, obtained a lot of resources, and also saved up capital.
Subsequently, she co-founded her own brokerage entertainment company with Chen Jiaying and officially established her own business empire.
It can be said that Chen Jiaying's hard-working career is full of hardships.
Fortunately, she has always retained her original chivalrous heart and always done good deeds.
04. Softness deep inside
Over the years, Qiu Likuan has always looked like he is going his own way and being arrogant everywhere he goes.
But everyone who knew her knew that Qiu Likuan had a weakness that no one could touch, and that was her son.
Qiu Likuan's son is not her own flesh and blood, but the orphan of Hong Kong star Pauline Chan.
In 2002, Chen Baolian jumped from a tall building and died of incense, leaving only her infant son.
Who the father of this child is is still an unsolved mystery, and the mother who uses Chen Baolian as a cash cow is not willing to adopt this child.
Seeing that this child was about to become an abandoned baby that no one loved, Qiu Likuan stood up and claimed to raise this child.
Qiu Likuan's words were never empty words.
Just like fulfilling the promise of winning the red Faye Wang, Qiu Likuan became a responsible mother.
In order to avoid media gossip, she resolutely returned to Taiwan from Hong Kong with her child and took good care of his food, clothing, shelter and transportation.
When the child goes to school, the eldest sister who has been in the show business for many years will also feel headaches for his academic problems, and even help his son write homework.
When the child is criticized by the teacher for her rebellious and disobedient learning, Qiu Likuan will even tuck herself into the somewhat narrow desk for her to accompany the child to study.
Like all mothers, Qiu Likuan devoted all his efforts to this child.
She will record the growth of her son, and show only the tenderness of a loving mother in front of her son.
In 2021, his 19-year-old son published a long article on his birthday in which he expressed gratitude to his mother Qiu Likuandao.
Qiu Likuan wrote in the lyrics to Faye Wong:
I don't want the empty city to love / Please give me your innocence / I don't want erotic palm prints / Make senseless sacrifices for it
From these lyrics, it can be seen that Qiu Likuan seems to be a strong and arrogant "female hooligan" with direct and vulgar language, but in fact, in her heart, it is infinite tenderness.
With the passage of time and the continuous growth of age, Qiu Likuan's focus is no longer on work, but more on spending time with his family.
Her mother was older, and Qiu Likuan didn't want her mother to worry about her body anymore.
The media once took a photo of Qiu Likuan "smoking", because she was afraid that her mother would cause misunderstanding when she saw this photo, Qiu Likuan bowed her head in front of the media for the first time and asked them to explain to her mother.
She often goes to the welfare home to volunteer, accompanied by children with deficiencies and diseases to do handicrafts and games.
Watching the children smile, this is the happiest moment for Qiu Likuan.
Today' Qiu Likuan has completely retired from the entertainment industry.
At this time, she had a simple dream, that is, to return to the countryside and farm and write.
Looking back on Qiu Likuan's life, the more she feels like a chivalrous woman who fights in the end of the world, in the chaos of the world, the sword and light sword shadow, happy to take revenge, and finally after the success of fame, she whisked away.
Just like the lyrics she wrote in "Night Makeup": To do whatever you want to be fine, I know it all and look down on the wind and waves of the world.
The reason why the world likes Qiu Likuan is not only because of her sense of chivalry and extremely real jianghu, but also because she represents the era of great personality in the entertainment industry.
In the circle that was once cheerful, more and more exquisite faces poured in.
They will write new stories, but I don't know if they will be able to write such a legend again.