On November 1, 2022, "Second Master Guan" Lu Shuming died suddenly of a heart attack. At this time, although "Third Master Zhang" Li Jingfei did not know, he suddenly suffered three serious cerebral hemorrhages and kidney failure. Many people say that it is "telepathy" between their brothers. So, what's going on here?
To talk about the friendship between Li Jingfei and Lu Shuming, we have to start with the filming of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in 1990.
Before that, Li Jingfei had been working as an actor in the Hebei Drama Theater, although he also had the opportunity to perform on stage, but he had been unknown, and only participated in the war film "Destruction War" in 1986.
According to Li Jingfei's recollection, in 1990, the crew of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" selected actors across the country. Since Zhang Fei's role is very important, all the directors of the director team have to make a decision. After layers of selection, there were finally more than 30 people competing. Among them, actor Zhang Xinyuan, who had already played Zhang Fei, and actor He Wei, who played Jin Kailai in "Garland Under the Mountain", became the hottest candidates at that time. But the chief director Wang Fulin saw the appearance of the two, and still felt that there was a gap with Zhang Fei in his heart. Just when he was hesitating, assistant director Yu Yehua recommended Li Jingfei to him.
Yu Yehua was the director of "Breaking the Attack", Li Jingfei was a drama actor at that time, although Yu Yehua did not communicate with him much, but he was deeply impressed by his appearance. Therefore, he vaguely felt that Li Jingfei should be more in line with Zhang Fei's appearance.
Soon after, assistant director Wang Gui'e called Li Jingfei and told him to go to Beijing to audition. Li Jingfei has no bottom because he participated in relatively few performances. He always felt that there were so many excellent actors in Beijing, and this kind of good thing could not fall on him, so he politely rejected Wang Gui'e.
Not long after, Li Jingfei received another call from Wang Gui'e. Wang Gui'e said, you still have to come, you try it first, you didn't try your best, don't regret it; Try it, isn't that better.
With the encouragement of Wang Gui'e, Li Jingfei left for Beijing.
When Li Jingfei finished putting on makeup and stared at the copper bell with big eyes in front of the directors, everyone had a score in their hearts. Wang Fulin later said that when he saw it at that time, he couldn't help but marvel in his heart: Isn't this Zhang Fei who "has a leopard's head and eyes, and a swallow's jaw and tiger whiskers"! Subsequently, he invited Li Jingfei to audition for "Three Gu Maolu". Li Jingfei entered the play very quickly, and in a short period of time, he showed Zhang Fei's recklessness to the fullest, so he decided on Li Jingfei on the spot.
However, after the filming of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" began, Li Jingfei found that the role of "Zhang Fei" was too difficult to play. Because whether it is Liu Bei, Guan Yu or Zhao Yun, they all highlight a positive characteristic, and the character portrayal is also complete. And as one of the protagonists, if he does not show his specific positive image, then he will be reduced to a small supporting role in playing soy sauce. Therefore, when he participated in the study class, he worked very hard, read the script again and again, and carefully pondered the character image and psychological portrayal of Zhang Fei's character. In the end, he realized that if he wanted to play Zhang Fei well, the key was to play a "love" word in place. In this way, it can not only reflect Liu Bei's benevolence and Guan Yu's righteousness, but also complete his righteous and sentient image.
Of course, Li Jingfei also had times when he retreated. He found out shortly after filming that his acting skills were the most unsatisfactory among several important actors. So he was so frustrated that he even had the idea of leaving the crew.
At that time, Lu Shuming, who played Guan Yu, found that Li Jingfei was in the wrong mood and cared about him. Coupled with the fact that both of them are bold and cool people, Li Jingfei soon shook out the burden in his heart.
Therefore, Lu Shuming and Sun Yanjun, who played Liu Bei, often told Li Jingfei drama to help Li Jingfei analyze Zhang Fei's detailed movements and plot. With their help, Li Jingfei benefited a lot. Therefore, the three simply married and became brothers outside the play, and lived in a dormitory with the consent of the director.
Li Jingfei has a lot of martial arts, and he also worked the most hard when he practiced horseback riding with Mongolian coaches. Although he fell off the horse and was injured several times, he gritted his teeth and continued to insist, in order to play Zhang Fei well and never regret it for the rest of his life.
In addition, Li Jingfei also has a nickname called "bib" in the crew. This is because he has to play the image of a "big man with a bad hair". Therefore, just applying makeup and sticking to the beard takes more than half an hour. Because he had to do more than ten hours a day without removing makeup, his beard and glue often made his skin irritated. The most uncomfortable thing is when removing makeup, you have to tear off your beard, and over time, the skin on both cheeks festers.
Of course, Lu Shuming also suffered from his beard as Li Jingfei. In order to play the "beautiful man" well, he also has to spend a lot of time sticking his beard every day. Especially in summer, when it is hot, the beard is uncomfortable on the skin, and you can't scratch it, and skin allergies have become the norm. The two "bearded brothers" are also very emotionally deep because of their empathy.
The most unfortunate thing is that due to the filming time of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" for 3 years, Li Jingfei and Lu Shuming's father died of illness during their filming. Since the crew has a plan for filming every day, if anyone leaves, the crew almost has to stop. In order to let "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" meet the audience as soon as possible, neither of them took leave to go home to mourn, but just hid their grief in their hearts and acted conscientiously.
In 1994, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" immediately became a national hit drama after it was broadcast on the Central One Set. Li Jingfei and Lu Shuming also became popular because of this and became actors very popular by the audience.
But no one expected that Li Jingfei and Lu Shuming, who debuted at the peak, fell into a bottleneck in their subsequent acting careers because they portrayed their characters too successfully.
For example, after Lu Shuming became famous, he couldn't receive a play for a long time. His friend Szczyngova introduced him to a role, which was in a play, as Wu Zetian as the face head. At that time, Lu Shuming was still very young, tall and handsome. But after he tried on makeup, people didn't make a decision right away, just asked him to go back and wait. As a result, he waited for months before he read in the newspaper that the drama had started filming. Later, Szczyngova called him to tell him, and he learned that when people saw his appearance, it was Guan Yu no matter how they looked, so he didn't use him.
The situation of Li Jingfei and Lu Shuming is similar, it seems that no matter who they play, there are traces of Zhang Fei. Li Jingfei also worked hard to make some adjustments and also became a national first-class actor, but he still made few TV series later, so his life was quite tight. But no matter how difficult it is, Li Jingfei has always refused to use Zhang Fei's image to participate in commercial performances and advertisement. He always felt that Zhang Fei was a rare hero in classical masterpieces, and he could not tarnish this role.
However, Li Jingfei's personality is not very good. Although he is hard-hearted, he has a violent personality, is a good drinker, and is a cynical and angry youth. Therefore, it is easy to offend people by speaking straight. This is similar to Lu Shuming's temper, and the two regard each other as confidants. Even if there is a dispute, the two do not account.
However, the bad is bad in drinking.
Li Jingfei is famous for his good wine, but in previous years, he had a stroke because of drinking. After treatment, he recovered. But not long after, he suffered another cerebral hemorrhage, which caused hemiplegia.
The already modest savings soon bottomed out. Coupled with the fact that there was no one around to take care of him, Li Jingfei's situation was very bad. After Lu Shuming learned of the situation, he went to visit him. Looking at his situation, he felt very sad, and immediately sent Li Jingfei to a nursing home in Xi'an for rehabilitation. It was also since then that Lu Shuming began to participate in commercial performances and take on advertisements... Anyway, as long as someone asks, he will take the work.
In fact, for a commercial performance, Lu Shuming can only get 30,000 yuan. Moreover, 30,000 yuan has to be distributed to managers and commercial performance companies, and there is not much money in hand. But he frequently participated in commercial performances under the banner of "Guan Gong", making many people look down on him and think that he was consuming "Guan Gong". But Lu Shuming never explained.
Later, Lu Shuming made some money, opened a nursing home by himself, and specially prepared a large ward with elegant decoration for Li Jingfei, so that he could spend his old age there.
It's just that I didn't expect that Lu Shuming, who looked at him very tough, actually passed away one step ahead of Li Jingfei. When Lu Shuming died, according to doctors, although Li Jingfei was not yet aware, he suddenly experienced three cerebral hemorrhages and severe kidney failure, and his physical condition was very bad. Thinking that Lu Shuming and Li Jingfei are brothers who "do not seek to be born in the same year and month, but to die in the same year and month" in the play, many friends who love them are very worried. I hope that Li Jingfei can get better as soon as possible, live a healthy and healthy life, and let Lu Shuming rest in peace in the spirit of heaven!