Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie "Haunted by Ghosts" (1987).
Wang Xiaofeng's appearance is not very beautiful, and she, Xia Wenxi and Ye Tong formed another female landscape in the Hong Kong film industry in the mid-80s of the 20th century.
They are mavericks, they are still dazzling and charming compared to those contemporaries, they are still the focus of attention, and they use their own characteristics to create their own era.
Wang Xiaofeng's life background is quite similar to that of Lin Biqi, the 2nd actress of the Hong Kong Film Awards, who has been fighting on the streets at a young age and is an out-and-out little sister.
But after all, she was born beautiful and in good shape, and she was quickly entered the entertainment industry by star scouts, and the star road is also smooth, from the "Fuxing series" to the "zombie series", she was featured in the popular films of the year, but most of them were vase-style supporting roles.
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie "The Wrong Mandarin Duck" (1985).
Looking at it now, Wang Xiaofeng has not made many movies compared to other actresses of the same era, but she is very good at seizing the opportunity, and the first time she played the heroine in the movie "The Wrong Mandarin Duck" (1985), she won the Best Actress Award at the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1986.
The year after Wang Xiaofeng was sealed, she was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress for a thriller "Christmas Eve" (1985), and her figure also appeared in the "Mr. Zombie" (1985) won at the Academy Awards this year.
Wang Xiaofeng in the movie Mr. Zombie (1985).
All peers are envious, but also have to admit that she is an excellent actress, and her rhythm in front of the camera is different.
【Wayward "bold girl"】
Wang Xiaofeng was born in 1962 and is the youngest of her siblings. Because of her favor, she has been very willful since she was a child and is so strong in competition.
From left: Anita Mui, Wang Xiaofeng, Chen Baiqiang, Zeng Zhiwei
After school, she often quarreled with others and sometimes skipped school. She has a prominent personality, a stubborn temper, and is very bold.
At the age of 15, Wang Xiaofeng began to live independently and worked in a fast food restaurant. After earning a plane ticket, she flew to Canada alone to study, living a part-time life, washing dishes, cleaning parks, and doing everything.
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the interview show "Undefended Tonight"
This living environment has enabled her to cultivate the spirit of hardship and independence. Her motto is: "Work hard and be a strong person in life." ”
After returning to Hong Kong, Wang Xiaofeng engaged in the garment industry and became self-reliant. She dares to act, has a kind of arrogance that is not afraid of heaven and earth, and is hearty and better than men.
She can drink, never admits defeat, and when others challenge, she always lifts the glass and drains it.
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie "Haunted by Ghosts" (1987).
Once, she went to a disco dance in a hotel and sat alone in the corner drinking wine. A "foreigner" came to her and asked her to dance, but she refused.
After the "foreigner" invited him again and was rejected, he couldn't help but become embarrassed and angry, and turned around and left after saying a foul word.
Before he could take two steps, Yu Xiaofeng had already grabbed the ashtray on the table and smashed it on his head. The "foreigner" was smashed in the head and went to the hospital for several stitches, and Wang Xiaofeng was expelled from the hotel.
Images of Wang Xiaofeng and Lin Qingxia in the movie "Psycho" (1989).
After this incident, she received the title of "Heroic Girl".
[From "Ghost Queen" to Hong Kong Film Queen]
In the early 80s of the 20th century, Wang Xiaofeng stepped into the Hong Kong entertainment industry. Although she does not have that kind of flowery and moon appearance, her facial features look very coordinated together, and with a tall and slender figure, she has a charm.
Image of Wang Xiaofeng and Qian Xiaohao in the movie "Mr. Zombie" (1985).
This shape is very suitable for being an actor, because it is malleable and not afraid of being stereotyped.
She first appeared on the screen and played the mistress of a police detective in the horror film "Crazy Ghost" (1984), which immediately attracted the attention of the film industry.
In 1985, Wang Xiaofeng filmed a horror comedy "Mr. Zombie", in which she played an amorous female ghost, giving people an ethereal, elusive beauty.
Wang Xiaofeng and Qian Xiaohao in the movie "Zombie Rebirth" (1986).
After the film was released, it became the first place in the top ten high-grossing films in Hong Kong that year.
Newspapers at the time commented that Wang Xiaofeng was the most beautiful, cute, and ghostly female ghost on the screen since the beginning of the movie.
For a time, there was also a boom in making zombie movies on the treasure island, and the sales rate was very high.
Image of Wang Xiaofeng and Chow Yun-fat in the movie Ghost Bride (1987).
Wang Xiaofeng made zombie films such as "Christmas Eve", "Zombie Rebirth" (1986), "Everyone Get Rich/Zombie Rebirth" (1986), and "Ghost Bride" (1987).
Her mechanical movements that confuse people and ghosts are designed to be novel and interesting, and her female ghosts not only have ghost aura, but also aura.
Therefore, with her resentful and subtle and deep eyes, she was praised as the "Queen of Ghosts".
Wang Xiaofeng in the movie Mr. Zombie (1985).
Naturally, Wang Xiaofeng not only plays a female ghost, she fully showed her excellent acting skills in the realistic comedy "Wrong Point Mandarin Duck" starring for the first time.
The story of the film is: two couples Xiaobao and Jenna, Dahao and Jin Jin, due to conflicts, have a showdown in the same bar, and finally decide to break up separately.
One day, Xiaobao and Jin Jin met unexpectedly, and out of sympathy for the same illness, the two got married.
Wang Xiaofeng and Er Dongsheng in the movie "The Wrong Mandarin Duck" (1985).
After marriage, Xiaobao found out that Jin Jin was pregnant, and pushed her to the ground in anger, but fortunately did not miscarry.
Later, the two reconciled. Da Hao heard that Jin Jin was pregnant and came to entangle, and happened to be bumped into by Xiaobao.
Xiaobao did not know the truth and angrily scolded Jinjin, causing her to run away in anger. Xiaobao loves Jin Jin deeply, and after many searches, he finally found Jin Jin in the hospital.
Wang Xiaofeng and Er Dongsheng in the movie "The Wrong Mandarin Duck" (1985).
Jin Jin, played by Wang Xiaofeng, delicately expressed her subtle psychology and personality traits, leaving a deep impression on the audience.
"Mandarin Duck at the Wrong Point" is Wang Xiaofeng's first time as the heroine, and it is the film's male protagonist Er Dongsheng who recommended her to use her boldly.
At that time, Er Dongsheng had not yet changed careers behind the scenes, and he was still a handsome martial artist who was famous on the big screen.
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie "The Wrong Mandarin Duck" (1985).
However, at this time, he has quite deeply realized how constrained he is to be an actor, and being an action actor is basically equivalent to being side-eyed with "developed limbs and simple mind" engraved on his forehead, so he intends to change his career to be a director.
In fact, in the second year of playing the leading role in "The Wrong Mandarin Duck", Er Dongsheng officially announced his change of career with a winning and controversial "The True Story of the Crazy Man" (1986) as his directorial debut.
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the interview show "Undefended Tonight"
The film "Mandarin Duck at the Wrong Point" made Wang Xiaofeng win the Best Actress Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 1986. In the same year, Wang Xiaofeng was also shortlisted for Best Supporting Actress at the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards for "Christmas Eve".
When receiving the award, Wang Xiaofeng modestly said that this award is not her personal merit, nor does it mean that her acting skills are so good; But she also doesn't think she won the award by chance, because she worked hard to make this film.
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie "The Peacock Prince" (1988).
By 1987, the zombie film craze subsided, and Wang Xiaofeng himself began to hate playing female ghosts, believing that such roles were not artistic, and hoping to act in more literary films.
She is not bound by the title of "queen of the film", and does not emphasize not being a heroine, as long as the script is good, supporting roles and guest appearances are all acted, with the aim of honing her acting skills in practice and enriching and improving herself.
Image of Wang Xiaofeng and Lin Zhengying in the movie "Fantasy Supreme" (1991).
After winning the award, she successively made literary films such as "The First Fifteenth Month" (1986) and "Confused Love" (1986), as well as comedies such as "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers 2: Soldiers Divided into Two Roads" (1987) and "Gongzi Amorous" (1988), which sold a high percentage of the country.
Many directors make films with many thrilling actions, and when looking for actresses with tough personalities, they often think of Wang Xiaofeng.
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie Blood Rose (1988).
During the filming of "Heroic Good Man" (1987), she jumped from the second floor, fell and injured her waist, and still has dull pain from time to time.
During the filming of "Blood Rose" (1988), she insisted on not looking for a substitute in order to be realistic, and as a result, she suffered multiple injuries.
In one scene, a springboard bounced up and hit her in the head, bleeding profusely, and was taken to the hospital for five stitches.
Without waiting for her injuries to heal, she continued to devote herself to filming.
From left: Lin Qingxia, Wang Xiaofeng, Li Meifeng, Wang Zuxian in the movie "Psycho" (1989).
Everyone who has cooperated with Wang Xiaofeng to make films has great admiration for her professionalism of being willing to endure hardships and dedicating herself to filming good dramas.
It is precisely because of this that she can gain a foothold in the Hong Kong entertainment industry full of newcomers.
【People become more mature】
Wang Xiaofeng has had many boyfriends, and she claims to have been in love "a hundred times".
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie "Fantasy Supreme" (1991).
Because of her straightforward and stubborn personality, she likes to go her own way, and she often has to lose her temper and drop things when things don't go well, so the boyfriends she talks about have fallen apart one after another.
She once had a boyfriend as a teenager, who was poor and a waitress in a restaurant.
Wang Xiaofeng is devoted to her boyfriend and is ready to get married before the age of 30.
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie "A Thousand People Beheaded" (1991).
Unexpectedly, her boyfriend was a liar, he defrauded Wang Xiaofeng of his salary for several months, and then disappeared.
This left a big shadow in her heart.
After entering the film industry, Wang Xiaofeng said with emotion that men are unreliable, it is best to rely on themselves, put aside emotional affairs for the time being, and then talk about marriage after the age of 30, and first concentrate on their favorite careers.
Although Wang Xiaofeng is willful, she is a well-known "filial daughter" in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. After receiving her salary every month, she gave it to her mother, leaving only a little pocket money for herself.
Her mother also cared about her and often made something delicious to nourish her body.
In 1987, Wang Xiaofeng spent 1 million Hong Kong dollars to buy a house in Happy Valley in Hong Kong, and specially brought his father and mother to live with them, so that they could spend their old age comfortably.
The money for buying a house is paid in installments and paid over ten years. This was also her biggest personal asset at that time.
In the past, Wang Xiaofeng spent a lot of money. Today, she has changed that habit, paying attention to saving everywhere, and sometimes seeing her favorite fashion, she is reluctant to buy it at a slightly higher price.
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie "Haunted by Ghosts" (1987).
With the growth of age and the hardening of life, her temper has also changed greatly, becoming more and more gentle, and she will tolerate when things happen. People who know her well say that Wang Xiaofeng is more mature.
At the end of the 80s of the 20th century, big and small stars in the Hong Kong entertainment industry have started business to pave the way for themselves.
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie "Fantasy Supreme" (1991).
Wang Xiaofeng was asked if he also planned to develop into the business world. She categorically said that she would never because she was not a businessman.
She added: "I'm afraid I can't stand the stimulation of the eroded book. We make hard money as actors, and if we lose money in business, it hurts! ”
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie "Haunted by Ghosts" (1987).
【Suffering from depression and almost killing her husband】
After entering the entertainment industry, although her star path was smooth, her feelings were quite bumpy, but although she was defeated repeatedly, she lost many battles, and finally she found a peerless good man Xu Lixin as her husband.
When Xu Lixin and Wang Xiaofeng first met, they were still an unknown little employee. He fell in love with Wang Xiaofeng at first sight and vowed to give her the best life with his own efforts.
Wang Xiaofeng and Xu Lixin had an interesting wedding invitation back then
The news of Wang Xiaofeng's marriage caused a lot of turmoil in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, and many people were curious about who her husband was, but they did not hear the exact news.
Her husband, Xu Lixin, was not very rich when he married her in 1991, and after she finished filming "Emperor of the Border City" (1995), the couple immigrated to the United States in 1995, at this time to catch up with the emerging wave of the IT industry, and he seized the opportunity to develop rapidly, becoming a billionaire in just ten years.
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie Blood Rose (1988).
At this time, Wang Xiaofeng already has a pair of children, and her husband is capable and good to her, according to the words, she should have everything, she should be very happy and happy, but she suffered from depression at the age of 35, or a manic type, when the onset of the disease is light to fall and scold people, the heavy is to commit suicide or even want to kill.
The reason why Wang Xiaofeng's depression was suddenly obvious was because her friends died during that period, which made her very painful and sad;
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie "Haunted by Ghosts" (1987).
In addition, when she married Xu Lixin, not many people blessed her, on the contrary, she thought that she was escaping reality, and chose such a man who was not very outstanding at that time, and the people around her were basically sneering at her;
Then, from Hong Kong, the death of her mother came again, which hit her hard, which made her depression more and more serious, and the whole person seemed to explode at any time.
Wang Xiaofeng in the movie Zhong Kui in Jeans (1991).
Don't say that it was that era, even today, people still have some "other eyes" for depressed patients, either directly treating them as crazy or attributing the cause to personality defects.
As early as the period when the two were in love, Xu Lixin felt that Wang Xiaofeng was a sensitive and fragile girl, although her life looked enviable after becoming famous, but early contact with social reality left a lot of unspeakable pain in the deepest part of her heart.
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie Blood Rose (1988).
Wang Xiaofeng is very lucky to have a good husband. From the beginning, her husband persuaded her to go to the doctor, and then assisted the doctor to persuade her to accept the fact and cooperate with metallurgical therapy, even she herself could not accept it at first, with her strong personality, life is so beautiful, how can she be depressed?
In those "hellish dark days", Wang Xiaofeng tried to commit suicide many times, thanked her husband, and failed; I also tried to kill my husband, thanks to my husband, unsuccessful.
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie Blood Rose (1988).
She knows her own problems and does not want to continue to drag her family to file for divorce, thanks to her husband, the attempt failed.
Later, she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital for treatment, but at first did not admit her illness, until under the patient's patient enlightenment, she gradually opened her heart and accepted and actively cooperated with the treatment.
After two years, Wang Xiaofeng finally survived.
Wang Xiaofeng and her husband Xu Lixin
In 2003, Wang Xiaofeng's peerless husband made headlines in major newspapers as a peerless good boss: Xu Lixin contacted Gateway Chairman Waite and lobbied him to acquire eMachines.
An agreement was reached in March 2004 for Gateway to acquire eMachines for $290 million, including $30 million in cash and 50 million shares of Gateway (valued at $260 million).
Wang Xiaofeng and her husband Xu Lixin
Mr. Xu made a profit of $129 million from the deal, and he gave more than half of it to the company's 140 employees, from management to warehouse workers, earning an average of more than $500,000 each.
Regarding the dividend event, Xu Lixin is very humble to say that he still occupies the largest share, and the achievements of eMachines are the result of the efforts of all employees, and they deserve to share all this.
Stills from the movie "Hilarious Gladiator" (2011), Wang Xiaofeng (right) and Xue Kaiqi
Of course, the peerless good husband and peerless good boss must be another face in the mall. But family is his and her biggest harbor.
Until 2010, Wang Xiaofeng, who gradually recovered from his illness, returned to shoot "Funny Gladiator" (2011) at the invitation of Zeng Zhiwei after 15 years of absence from the entertainment industry, but at this time, Wang Xiaofeng's popularity was already incomparable with that year, and did not attract much attention and topics, and since then he has officially closed the mountain and focused on behind-the-scenes work.
Wang Xiaofeng (left) and singer Lu Shan in March 2022
After experiencing so many ups and downs, 60-year-old Wang Xiaofeng and her husband Xu Lixin support each other, love each other, do public welfare together, and add brilliance to each other's lives together.
Wang Xiaofeng's image in the movie "Psycho" (1989).
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