"Money doesn't matter to me at all."
If others say this, it may mean to sell reputation, but Zhou Yunfa is particularly reasonable to say it.
Don't have children, donate 5.6 billion naked.
As Huang Xiao said, he has long seen through wealth.
Looking at the entire entertainment industry, I am afraid that no one is more worthy of the word "sober" than Zhou Yunfa.
Chow Yun-fat photo
Children from poor families head their heads of household early.
This sentence is the true portrayal of Chow Yun-fat's childhood.
He was born in 1955 on Lamma Island, Hong Kong, to a seafarer father and an unemployed mother.
From a young age, Chow Yun-fat, who came from a poor family, knew to lighten the burden on his parents, and from the age of 10, he began to work odd jobs everywhere to earn money.
The Zhou family has a total of four children, and the family's economic conditions are already very difficult, but Zhou's father also contracted the vice of gambling.
In order to gamble, he sold almost everything of value in the family.
Chow Yun-fat's childhood memories are filled with his father's angry roar and his mother's sad cry.
Interview with Chow Yun-fat
It is precisely because of this that the young Chow Yun-fat hates gambling very much.
It's just that at this time, he didn't expect that he would one day be famous for the title of "God of Gambling".
Due to the early death of his father, the family lost its breadwinner.
Therefore, Chow Yun-fat chose to drop out of school after graduating from junior high school.
In order to make ends meet, he could only work as a variety of temporary workers, desperately working to earn money.
In those years, he saw too many white eyes, was met with a lot of cynicism, and experienced the bitterness of the world.
Chow Yun-fat's childhood photos
Once, when Chow Yun-fat was working as a car washer in a car dealership, he saw a brand new Rolls-Royce.
The first time he saw such a luxury car, he couldn't help but touch the steering wheel, but unexpectedly this scene was seen by the owner.
Immediately, the owner threw him out of the car and taunted him for not being able to sit in a Rolls-Royce for the rest of his life.
This sentence pierced into Zhou Yunfa's heart like a knife.
From this moment on, he vowed that he would rise to the top in the future and wash away today's shame.
In 1973, Chow Yun-fat ushered in a life-changing opportunity.
That year, the TVB artist training course was open to the whole society, and if you can successfully graduate from the training course, you can become an actor.
So, Chow Yun-fat participated in the interview with the mentality of giving it a try.
Although he did not have any acting experience, he performed badly in the interview, but the judge at the time, Zhong Jinghui, felt that he was a creative talent.
So he tried his best to get rid of the crowd and left Zhou Yunfa in the training class.
Chow Yun-fat also became classmates with Wu Mengda, Ren Dahua and others.
This year, he was 18 years old, and acting was not his dream, but a job to make ends meet.
During this period of the training class, Zhou Yunfa also fell in love with acting completely.
TVB admissions poster
He was still young and willing to work hard, and after graduation, Chow Yun-fat was signed by TVB.
Thus began his acting career.
When he first entered the entertainment industry, Chow Yun-fat was just a nameless rookie actor.
He runs around the major crews, sometimes just to win a trick role.
Chow Yun-fat will not give up any opportunity easily, as long as he can act, he is willing to do anything.
Swallowing 12 eggs alive, jumping into a deep pit, playing a dead man... He is willing to try any scene.
From no one to overnight fame, Chow Yun-fat has persisted in the entertainment industry for 8 years.
Chow Yun-fat stills
During this period, he also starred in many TV series such as "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Reincarnate", but none of them caused too much splash.
In 1980, the crew of "Shanghai Beach" found Chow Yun-fat and invited him to play the role of Xu Wenqiang.
That year, everyone remembered the personable, affectionate and righteous Xu Wenqiang, and Zhou Yunfa's name was frequently mentioned.
A still from "On the Beach"
Since then, his career seems to have opened.
In 1986, Chow Yun-fat won the first Hong Kong Film Award in his life with the role of Little Pony in "The True Color of Heroes".
This film not only broke the historical record of the Hong Kong box office, but also gave Chow Yun-fat a place in the Hong Kong film industry since then.
"The True Color of Heroes" stills
Also this year, Zhou Yunfa had a double harvest in love and career, and he married his current wife Chen Huilian.
Photo of Chow Yun-fat's interview
Chen Huilian is the daughter of a wealthy Singaporean businessman Chen Shoulin, with a well-to-do family and a kind heart.
Initially, because she had a similar name to her ex-girlfriend, Chow Yun-fat noticed the girl.
After many contacts, he was gradually moved by Chen Huilian's gentleness and kindness.
In June 1987, the two held a grand wedding in Singapore.
Chow Yun-fat and Chan Hui-lian
Many people wonder, why did the handsome and dashing Chow Yun-fat choose the plain-looking Chen Huilian?
In this regard, he said, the inner beauty of his wife attracted me more.
Prior to this, he had already had a failed marriage, so Chow Yun-fat learned from the past and approached the relationship with great caution.
In order to reassure his wife, he took the initiative to hand over the financial power, and his wife paid himself some pocket money every month.
Chow Yun-fat said: "My wife is the best gift God has given me. ”
After marrying Chow Yun-fat, his wife Chen Huilian has been standing behind him and silently supporting him.
She took care of him in life, took care of everything for him at work, and took the initiative to take on the duties of assistant and agent.
Without the support of his wife Chen Huilian, Chow Yun-fat's career would not have been as smooth as it is today.
Chow Yun-fat and Chan Hui-lian
And Zhou Yunfa is also very considerate of his wife's sacrifice, and every time he goes home, he will prepare a small surprise for the other party.
Even when traveling abroad, he insisted on sending postcards every day and calling his wife two or three times a night.
Screenshot of Chen Huilian's interview
Many people wonder, why do two people who are so loving have no children of their own?
This brings us to an accident.
Shortly after their marriage, Chen was diagnosed as pregnant by a doctor.
In order to welcome this little life, Chow Yun-fat and his wife made a lot of preparations.
Not only was the baby room set up in advance, but many clothes and toys were purchased.
However, during a daily physical examination before the child's death, the doctor announced a bad news.
The child died of suffocation because of the umbilical cord around her neck, and the doctor recommended that she immediately undergo a laparotomy to remove the baby.
Pregnant in August, but was told this bad news at the last moment, Chen Huilian felt that the sky was about to fall.
After learning the news, Zhou Yunfa also rushed to the hospital to accompany his wife as soon as possible.
In order not to let the media disturb his wife, Chow Yun-fat even stopped all work and left Hong Kong overnight with his wife.
Even so, Chen Huilian was still hit quite a lot, and her body and mind almost collapsed.
It took her seven years to recover from the grief of losing her child.
After seeing his wife go through such a huge torture, Chow Yun-fat made up his mind and decided never to have children again.
He didn't want his wife to go through such torture again.
Screenshot of Chen Huilian's interview
In fact, for Chow Yun-fat, making this decision is not easy.
He himself is very fond of children, and every time he meets a guest actor in a movie, he will patiently accompany the child to play.
Every time he sees a small fan at the event site, he will also stop and take a photo with the other party.
Chow Yun-fat and Wang Shiling
He has the ability to be a good father, but fate does not favor this man.
Someone asked Zhou Yunfa, will there be regrets about having no children and no daughters in his life?
And he simply replied: "Let the sad thing pass".
How can there be no regrets in a person's life, compared to children, Zhou Yunfa hopes that his wife can be healthy and healthy.
Even though he has no children, Chow Yun-fat has spent the rest of his life accompanying his wife.
He said that the wife is like a mirror of herself, and when she sees the other person, she seems to see herself.
On days when he is not filming, he stays at home with his wife almost every day, even if he does nothing, as long as he can hear the other party's voice, Zhou Yunfa will feel at ease.
Maybe that's the greatness of love, no matter what the future holds, I just wish I had you by my side.
In Hong Kong, if you want to bump into a celebrity, try your luck in a luxury store.
But if you want to meet Chow Yun-fat, then you have to go to the wet market and subway station.
Unlike most celebrities, Chow Yun-fat in life is extremely low-key, he never loves luxury goods and refuses to spend lavishly.
Riding the bus, visiting the market with my wife... He lives like thousands of ordinary people.
There are even places where he is simpler than ordinary people.
Chow Yun-fat and his wife
Chow Yun-fat has no brand-name clothes, and his clothes are all purchased in affordable shopping malls, most of which are only a few hundred yuan.
He said: "I don't like name brands, for me, clothes just need to be comfortable. ”
And the shoes he wears most often are a pair of slippers worth 15 yuan.
Chow Yun-fat photo
In order to buy the slippers, he also bargained with the boss at the stall.
Even though it has now entered the 5G era, Chow Yun-fat has not yet used a smartphone.
Before that, he had been using old Nokia mobile phones, with only the most basic functions such as calling and texting.
It wasn't until his wife got a new phone that he received the old phone that was eliminated by his wife.
Screenshot of Chow Yun-fat's interview
This is probably the first such a down-to-earth actor in history, and Chow Yun-fat's friends even used "slamming the door" to describe him.
No one could have imagined that such a person who was extremely frugal to himself would be able to make the decision to "donate 5.6 billion naked after death".
5.6 billion, not a small number, as soon as this news came out, it shocked the entire entertainment industry.
In the interview, sister-in-law Chen Huilian revealed that the two have established a charitable foundation, and the follow-up procedures are also being processed.
Screenshot of Chen Huilian's interview
Zhou Yunfa's decision to donate naked was not groundless, and it was already foreshadowed ten years ago.
More than ten years ago, during a filming break, actor Ren Quan asked Zhou Yunfa:
"Why do you act so hard and earn so much money for who to spend?"
At that time, Zhou Yunfa replied lightly: "I only keep these money temporarily, it does not belong to me." ”
For this sentence, many people are puzzled.
Now, this question has finally been answered, I am afraid that at this time, Zhou Yunfa has long been ready for naked donation.
Zhou Yunfa believes in Buddhism, he believes that people cannot have money forever, after all, when you die, you can't take a penny with you.
So why not leave money to those in need?
This may also accumulate some merit.
Donate 100%, this is the decision of Zhou Run and his wife after discussion.
Photo of an interview with Chow Yun-fat and his wife
When many stars are trying their best to hype themselves, Chow Yun-fat has long been an ordinary person. For him, acting is just a profession, and life is his own.
He likes the fireworks of the world, the noise of the streets and alleys, and the free life.
On his sixtieth birthday, Chow Yun-fat did not choose to hold a birthday party with great fanfare, but celebrated with his wife around cake in a small restaurant.
For him, plain is happiness.
Now 67 years old, Chow Yun-fat has already realized his dream - to become a happy ordinary person.
With no children and no daughters in his life, and after his death he gave his entire wealth, he was truly sober on earth.