In recent years, palace fighting dramas and Qing palace dramas have been very successful and are favored by audiences of all ages.
But to talk about the originator of the palace fight drama, it must be the 2004 Hong Kong version of "Golden Branch Desire", with a Douban score of 8.9 points, which is undoubtedly successful for this TVB Taiwan Celebration drama of that year.
Speaking of "Golden Branch Desire", we have to mention the two bosses in the play, Hua Dan - Li Zi and She Shiman
It is the wonderful interpretation of the love-hate love and hatred of these two TVB pillars in the play that has created the success of this drama, which still makes fans talk about it.
Mention Li Zi and She Shiman, in addition to the label of the big beauty, presumably the old fans who are familiar with them know that this pair of "little wrongdoers" are actually iron porcelain, and they are a pair of very familiar and good girlfriends outside the play.
Girlfriends? Isn't it a "love enemy"?
Yes, that's right, the love enemy in the play, the good girlfriend outside the play.
From Zhao Min Zhou Zhiruo in "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", to Yu Ying'er Chun in "Golden Branches Desire", and then to the spring equinox Ji Mingfeng in "Fire Dance Huangsha", Li Zi and She Shiman mostly play the role of love enemies, but they are actually girlfriends for many years outside the play.
Today, let's walk into the "plot" life of these two Hong Kong-style beauties.
01
In terms of popularity, Charmaine She's acting career is undoubtedly more brilliant than Li Zi.'s
However, this is not only the favor of the goddess of luck, Ah She, who has the title of "Desperate Three Ladies", has not had a satisfactory experience when he was young.
Charmaine She can be said to be a late bloomer.
Born into a merchant family, She Shiman's family was very good when he was a child, but unfortunately this happy life did not last long, and She Shiman's father died unexpectedly.
As the pillar of the family, the death of his father suddenly made the originally wealthy family become tight.
As a child, I was so embarrassed that I couldn't even watch a movie.
At the same time, the death of her father also brought a heavy blow to her mother, looking at her mother who washed her face with tears all day, little She Shiman suddenly realized that she was the eldest child in the family, and she could not fall.
So she always comforted her mother: "Mom, are you scared?" It doesn't matter, if you're scared, I can sleep with you. ”
Since then, the sensible Charmaine She has fulfilled this promise every night, accompanying her mother through one night after another without a father.
The dead are gone, the living are like this.
The haze of life did not affect Charmaine She's fortunes in her career.
In 1997, the 22-year-old Charmaine She returned to Hong Kong after studying in Switzerland, and coincidentally participated in the Hong Kong sister pageant, and the fledgling Charmaine Sheh finally won the third place with her outstanding performance.
"I think it was lucky for me to take the third place, and the champion may be a young grandmother"
She said in a later interview.
Indeed, it is from this Hong Kong sister third runner-up that this newcomer who has not received any training as an actor began to enter the film and television circle.
At that time, TVB attached great importance to the cultivation of Hong Kong sisters, and would tilt most of the resources to Hong Kong sisters.
For She Siman, who was a blank piece of paper at that time, it was like the front and back of a coin, there were opportunities and challenges.
She stood up to the aura of Hong Kong sister and won the heroine of "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" in one fell swoop, and cooperated with Huang Rihua, Shao Meiqi and other big coffee.
I thought I could make a name for myself with this drama, but She Shiman, an acting white, couldn't catch the plays of other actors at all.
Childish acting skills make her controversial, for her performance in the play is also a scolding, a large number of viewers do not buy the "Hong Kong sister" account, diss she has no acting skills, chicken cub voice.
Later, recalling the time when he first filmed, Charmaine She confessed that it was very hard.
Because his personality is strong, and he bears the laurel of Hong Kong sister, he always wants to show the best side to the audience, so that when he was young, She Shiman often secretly cried and held back crying.
In the later memories of many big celebrities, it was mentioned that when She Shiman was scolded by the director to the point of exhaustion, she forcibly held back tears and still insisted on finishing the scene before leaving.
Then the next second to switch to the identity of Hong Kong sister, keep smiling to the audience to do publicity, open a press conference, which is really not easy for a newcomer.
But Shehman was not overwhelmed by this vicious remark.
If everyone says that she can't do it, then she must prove to the public that she can.
Therefore, she began to read the newspaper at home every day, train her voice and tone, learn from the old drama bones, and hone her acting skills.
And took a lot of scenes, when the scenes were heavy, even 24 hours a day she was filming.
At that time, she thought: "As long as she works hard enough and works hard enough, she will definitely have a place for me in the acting world." ”
Opportunity always favors those who are hard working and prepared.
In 2003, She Finally came across a play that proved her acting skills, "Di Nu Hua".
It is worth mentioning that when filming this play, She Shiman also accidentally fell, resulting in a long mouth being pulled open.
The doctor also advised Charmaine She: "The cobwebs inside your mouth have been broken, if you want to leave no scars after the operation, it is best to rest at home for a month." ”
However, at this time, She Shiman really wanted to prove himself too much and did not follow the doctor's advice.
In order not to affect the filming of the crew, she resolutely chose to use makeup to cover the wounds on her mouth, and still insisted on filming in the crew.
A piece of hard work and a harvest, She Shiman's efforts were not in vain and wrongly paid.
The following year, she was fortunate to be shortlisted for TVB's "My Favorite Actress" competition with "Emperor Girl Flower", but unfortunately, the final winner was Zhang Keyi.
But this is a great encouragement for She Shiman, and the shortlisting means that she has acting skills, as long as she continues to work hard, she can one day stand on the podium.
At this time, Charmaine She has gradually gained a foothold in TVB. When confronted with the media, ask: "Is there a time when it is particularly hard?" ”
She Siman, who has always been optimistic, also admitted that there was indeed a time when it was not very pleasant.
And the love affair with Chen Haomin, who was famous at that time, also became the focus of attention.
This specious gossip relationship, which She Shiman later recalled, actually strengthened his desire to go to a higher level in his career.
02
Compared with Charmaine She, Li Zi's family origin should be much better.
She came from an acting family, her grandfather was the "father of Hong Kong cinema" Lai Minwei, but unfortunately, after the death of her grandparents, her fathers competed for family property.
Li Zi's father was kicked out of this family property battle early because of his son, who suffered from meningitis, poor hearing, and poor eyesight.
Li Zi's family of four, who lost the competition for family property, had to move from a mansion of more than 2,000 feet to a small house of less than 20 square meters.
Sharing a small toilet with dozens of families, Li Zi also began to understand the hardships and difficulties of life from this time.
My father worked at a gym, and my mother worked as a truck driver to make ends meet.
However, the income is still not enough to make ends meet, but also because the parents and teachers are running around for their livelihood, there is no one at home, so that Li Zi and her brother who stay at home are often bullied by others.
Perhaps it was this period of interdependence that made the relationship between Li Zi and her brother become very deep.
Seeing the hard work of her parents and the difficulties behind them, Li Zi also hopes to reduce the burden on her parents and make some modest efforts.
Li Zi went to perform stage plays as child laborers, hoping to earn a salary for the family so that her parents could work less hard.
Born in an acting family, Li Zi naturally has a very human talent and outstanding appearance.
When Li Zi went to a fitness club to find her father, she was lucky to be discovered by a star scout and entered the show business circle in one fell swoop.
Fourteen-year-old Li Zi, as soon as she entered the industry, starred in "Happy Ghost Summer Vacation" supervised by Huang Baiming.
And with her performance in the film, Huang Baiming was impressed by her, so she asked Li Zi if she would like to sign a contract with herself and become a real artist.
At that time, Li Zi agreed to Huang Baiming's proposal without thinking.
And in order to help the family reduce the burden, Li Zi resolutely decided to give up her studies and devote herself to the show business circle.
At that time, she only had one idea, filming can make more money, she herself gave up her studies for acting, but her brother could not worry about tuition fees and study well.
She Shiman took on many plays in order to hone her acting skills, but Li Zi took over many plays in order to earn more money for her brother to study, and she also took on many plays like She Shiman.
In order to shoot these scenes, Li Zi also suffered a lot for this.
Perhaps the experience of childhood in a family of four squeezed into a house of less than 20 square meters made Li Zi's character tough and tolerant a lot, and also made her more able to bear hardships than ordinary people, insisting on not giving up lightly.
Not only can you spend the night on the wooden boards spliced together on the set;
He was also able to fall off his horse and continue to shoot without a word.
There have been too many similarities between Li Zi and She Shiman, they are all the same tenacity, and they all have their own faith in their hearts to support them step by step in the show business circle.
Although hard work, although hard work, but Li Zi received so many dramas, there are also many bad films, so that some people who do not know the inside story always point to Li Zi and say: "You have lost the face of your grandparents." ”
Whenever she sees such comments, Li Zi's parents are very distressed about their daughters, all in order to reduce the burden on the family, Li Zi is willing to take over everything.
But perhaps these criticisms still stinged Li Zi's heart, and when choosing the script and role later, Li Zi was a lot more cautious, afraid of being pointed at the spine and being said to have lost her grandparents' face.
Finally, in 1996, Li Zi finally proved her acting skills to everyone through the role of "Honan Sister-in-law" in "Ancient Puzzle Boy", and picked up the face she had lost little by little.
And Li Zi also rose all the way because of her popularity as a stutterer, and even when she walked on the streets of Hong Kong, some people called her Honan sister-in-law.
Even Cecilia Cheung said that "hong Kong is more beautiful than me only Li Zi", which shows that Li Zi at that time, whether acting skills or beauty, left a place in the eyes of the audience.
03
In 2000, Li Zi and She Shiman, who also belonged to the ascending period, met.
Sister Hua's first collaboration was the 2001 edition of "Dragon Slayer in the Sky".
The first cooperation, the two became love enemies in the play.
Li Zi, who dressed as a man, played Zhao Min's heroic posture and shuangshuang, while She Shiman played Zhang Zhiruo, who was hidden and black, and the rivalry between the two won unanimous praise that year.
But it is said that the role of Zhao Min at that time has been hesitating between She Shiman and Li Zi.
Or She Shiman heard that it was Wu Qihua who played Zhang Wujie, and Wu Qihua and her mother are friends, and Zhao Min and Zhang Wuji in the play have kissing scenes, she is afraid of embarrassment, and has been hesitating whether to play Zhao Min.
It was her hesitation that Li Zi offered herself to play Zhao Min by herself, and the director thought that it would be OKAY, so She Shiman naturally became the actor of Zhou Zhiruo.
Unexpectedly, Li Zi's Zhao Min was widely praised in the broadcast of the series, and even Li Zi's Zhao Min image once overpowered She Shiman's Zhou Zhiruo, and was once rated by the audience as "there is no Zhao Min after Li Zi".
The timeline came to 2004, and the second collaboration between the two was the aforementioned classic drama "Desire for The Golden Branch", the originator of this palace fight drama can be said to be the biggest climb in the acting careers of Li Zi and She Shiman.
In the play, She Shiman plays the calm and introverted Er Chun who is kind at heart, and Li Zi plays the appearance of a white lotus, but is actually a green tea Yuying.
It is worth mentioning that She Shiman also lost a mooncake advertisement that was going to follow because of a scene that harmed Yuying, played by Li Zi.
Because her role in Er Chun is really terrible, advertisers are worried that it will affect the sales of mooncakes.
In this regard, She Shiman also said: "This is the end of playing the bad guy. ”
She Shiman, who used to be spat on by everyone for his acting skills, finally proved his pure acting skills to the public through his own efforts.
In "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", they compete for Zhang Wujie, and in "Golden Branch Desire", they compete for the favor of the emperor, and at the same time fall in love with the imperial doctor Sun Baiyang.
Perhaps the two cooperation is a "love enemy", so that many viewers began to imagine that they are also intolerable in life.
The great success of "Golden Branches", the two sisters were both shortlisted for the TVB after-view competition that year.
She Shiman's Er Chun can be said to be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and before the award ceremony, Ming Pao Weekly also called She Shi Man and asked:
"Who do you think will win this time, and how sure are you that you will?"
The Hong Kong media has always loved to catch the wind and the shadows and exaggerate.
At this juncture, he especially likes to create some news, and sure enough, an ordinary dinner between Charmaine She and TVB executives was also said by the media to want to "go through the back door" to get the back door.
After She Shiman denied this, he also ignited the fire to Li Zi, who had to say: "Then I will also go to invite the boss to dinner." ”
In the end, Li Zi took the back of the eye and said to the camera: "I have worked hard for 18 years, and finally achieved some results, I have not lost my grandfather and my mother's face, and I can raise my eyebrows for my family!" ”
A few words are enough to show that in order to prove the name of her film family descendants, Li Zi has made quite a lot of efforts, and this time, she has done it.
In an interview at the end of the ceremony, someone asked She Shiman: "Will you be under pressure to compete with Li Zi in the same period?" ”
She said: "Competing for the same award with the same play in the same year, even if I say there is no pressure, the newspaper will say I have." But I am happy for Her when Li Zi won the award, and I hope to become her one day. ”
This shows that She Shiman and Li Zi did not have the discord as the media said before, and they actually admired each other.
Perhaps the characters are portrayed too successfully, and the life and death in the play make the audience mistakenly think that they are fighting like this in life.
With the success of "Golden Branch Desire", TVB decided to take advantage of the victory and chased after it, and gathered his classmates to star in "Fire Dance Yellow Sand".
This is the third collaboration between Li Zi and She Shiman.
The twin Hua Dan, who has been playing love enemies, finally played a true sister this time.
Unfortunately, this time the cooperation did not continue the glory of "Golden Branch Desire", the ratings were not good, and it did not stir up much splash in the market.
At the same time, it also became the last drama of the two to cooperate.
After this, in the year when Li Zi filmed "Pearls", her brother was killed in the lower half due to a car accident, which also made Li Zi have the idea of retiring from the circle to take care of her brother.
Li Zi and Li Baby
Long before, my brother, who returned from school, began to open a skin management center in Hong Kong, and it was very well run.
Later, in order to take care of her brother with limited mobility, she gradually stopped working in business, took over her brother's company, and finally quit the entertainment circle and returned to her family as a businessman.
Soon after, he entered the palace of marriage with the other half of his life, and gave birth to three daughters for him, while marrying and teaching children, while running a business.
Li Zi's life has not been as smooth as imagined.
Every opportunity would come to her side with the challenge, fate would joke with her again and again, she could always face the difficulties, and underneath the seemingly delicate appearance, there was a strong heart.
After Li Zi withdrew from the circle, the era of the two competing for glory was finally over.
Charmaine She continued to stay on the screen, and has filmed good dramas such as "Phoenix Quartet" and "Forensic Pioneer".
In the year of the most desperate fight, She Shiman filmed more than 100 episodes of TVB TV series a year, so some people called her "Desperate Three Ladies", which is really worthy of the name.
After the contract with TVB expired, Charmaine She did not renew the contract, but signed a contract with TVBC, which TVB cooperated with mainland companies.
She said: "TVB's opponents have almost all been filmed, there is no spark, I want to go out and see how big the world is." ”
She Shiman, who moved to the mainland, did not stop his progress because of the non-standard Mandarin.
She worked hard to learn Mandarin, figured out the role, and finally conquered the audience on the mainland with her excellent acting skills.
In 2018, with the popularity of "Yanxi Raiders", Charmaine She's acting skills and popularity were once again recognized by the public.
Many people may not be appropriate to describe her as a red hit, in fact, before "Raiders of the Year", Charmaine She starred in the "Apostle Walkers" series.
Whether in TV series or movies, the image of the undercover police flower "A Nail" has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In Ah She's own words, "I often say that I am lucky, but in fact, no one is really lucky, otherwise I would shoot so many scenes to do what", it can be seen that She Shiman's efforts are worthy of her career success.
The success of the role of "Yanxi Raiders" and the popularity of "Yan yuntai" have made Charmaine She gain a firm foothold in the mainland film and television circle, and some people even say that "Charmaine She is the most successful hong Kong actor who went north".
In the interval between She Siman's filming in the mainland, Li Zi, the good sister of the "love enemy" at that time, has run the company to the listing and successfully transformed into an industrialist. She said: "I finally fulfilled my brother's dream. ”
04
In 2020, when "Yan Yuntai" was popular, Li Zi specially posted a call for She Shiman.
The caption is: This time, you have no love enemy.
Three accompanying pictures are attached: one is a still of "Yan Yuntai" and two are "Golden Branches Desire" that arouse many people's memories.
On Charmaine She's birthday, Li Zi and her daughter personally made a big rainbow cake for She Shiman.
She Shiman also posted a thank you to her friend, and Li Zi also sent birthday wishes.
Many people have fixed the identity of the two in the love enemy in the play, but as everyone knows, in fact, as the two who debuted at the same time, they have experienced many cooperations and have long become girlfriends in the circle.
Although their busy contact is less, the sisterhood has always been there for many years, which is the love enemy in the play and the good girlfriend outside the play.
When seeing the group photo of the two, the fans shouted ye Qinghui, as if the youth of those years of chasing dramas had returned.
Write at the end
The origins and successes of Hong Kong actors are generally the same, and from them, they can fully interpret the spirit and attitude of hard work, hard work, dedication, and never giving up.
She Shiman is like this, and so is Li Zi.
Years later, She Shiman recalled that she was very grateful to Li Zi, having such a good opponent, whether it is acting or receiving awards, there are people competing with you, which is a very good motivation for herself in the rising period.
She is the ghost horse maiden Zhao Min, and she is Zhou Zhiruo, who competes with her for Zhang Wujie;
She is Yuying with black and green tea in her belly, and she is the Erchun Little Lord who fights with her;
She is the spring equinox of fate, and she is The Ji Mingfeng who can abandon everything for the spring wind.
They have similar childhoods, similar experiences, and along the way, they support each other and achieve together.
Seemingly unrelated life trajectories, but full of each other's figures.
After 20 years of ups and downs, all the way to the same boat, they have finally drawn a different ending for their lives.
In fact, the friendship between celebrities is really not as complicated as the outside world thinks, although there is a certain degree of competition.
But Hong Kong's artists, especially the older generation of artists, once fought side by side under difficult filming conditions is unforgettable and precious.
Li Zi and She Shiman, one with outstanding appearance and one with excellent acting skills, still maintain interaction after many years, which can't help but make people sigh, two flowers bloom, each charming.
From the perspective of independent women, they are undoubtedly successful.
No matter what kind of life you choose, as long as you identify the goal, put your full strength into it, choose a circle to plunge into, the process of struggle will eventually shine, and the halo blessing of success will not be far away.
Today, Charmaine She is still single, but has a successful career, and Li Zi, as a successful businessman, has also gained her own happy family.
I wish these two love enemies in the play and good girlfriends outside the play to write a more colorful stroke in their future lives.
I believe that returning to the family is also a good home for female actors.
Let's look forward to the good news of Ah She!
Many years later, we will still remember Zhao Min and Zhou Zhiruo, who fought for Zhang Wujie's death;
In order to ascend to the throne, for the sake of Sun Baiyang's desperate Er Chun and Yu Ying, the legend about them will continue to be passed down.