In 1979, Wu Mengda played Hu Tiehua in "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" and quickly became popular. At this time, Zhou Yunfa was still running tricks.
After becoming popular, Wu Mengda floated and began to wander around the casino, and in less than a year, he lost and owed 300,000 gambling debts.
Wu Mengda asked friends in the circle to borrow money, but no one was willing to borrow, his friend Du Qifeng felt that he "couldn't support the wall with mud", and it was Zhou Yunfa who made him angriest the most.
At this time, Zhou Yunfa had become popular with the role of Xu Wenqiang in "On the Beach", Wu Mengda thought that with the original friendship, Zhou Yunfa would not see death and not be saved, after all, when Zhou Runfa was miserable, it was Wu Mengda who took him in, and even let Zhou Yunfa wear the underwear he didn't wear.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yunfa used a sentence: Don't borrow, lend you don't have to gamble to send him.
In 1980, Wu Mengda owed 300,000 gambling debts and declared bankruptcy. Since the company did not allow the existence of bad artists, Wu Mengda was hidden by the snow.
The days without drama to film were not good, because he also needed to provide for his family.
In 1976, Wu Mengda married 24-year-old beauty Mi Lili and gave birth to twin daughters. Although Mi Lili saw Wu Mengda's indulgence, she couldn't do anything, and this powerlessness lasted for many years, because Wu Mengda had two girlfriends.
Some people also advised Mi Lili to divorce, but she always felt that Wu Mengda was very talented and looked forward to his shining day.
The depressed Wu Mengda once thought about committing suicide, but he survived thinking about his family. During the TVB training class, he was very talented, ranking in the top five in the class and serving as the class president.
In the next four years, he immersed himself in studying "The Self-cultivation of Actors" and worked hard to improve his acting skills. This book flashed in "The King of Comedy" a few years later, in "The King of Comedy", Stephen Chow played Yin Tianqiu, holding the book to cover half of his face, I don't know if it was a coincidence or intentional.
Wu Mengda's turning point occurred in 1989.
He filmed "If Love in Heaven", which won Wu Mengda his only award: Best Supporting Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
At the scene of receiving the award, Wu Mengda ignored Zhou Yunfa who congratulated him and let Zhou Yunfa touch a nose of ash.
Afterwards, director Chen Musheng told him: This role was won by Zhou Yunfa for you, if it were not for him, with your "bad record" at that time, I would not have used you.
Wu Mengda, who knew the inside story, regretted it and went to thank Zhou Yunfa. Zhou Yunfa explained: At that time, if you give money, you will also gamble, and you will not really stand up.
It is better to teach people to fish than to teach people to fish, and Zhou Yunfa is really thinking about him. Understanding Zhou Yunfa's painstaking heart, Wu Mengda hugged him and cried, grateful to Zhou Yunfa.
Also in this year, Wu Mengda met the second woman in his life, Lu Shaoci and gave birth to a daughter. At that time, Wu Mengda was still in marriage with Mi Lili, so he couldn't give Lu Shaoci a marriage, and the two had been living together.
However, in the end, it was not Lu Shaoci who accompanied Wu Mengda, but Hou Shanyan. In 1994, Wu Mengda fell in love with Hou Shanyan at first sight again, and this time he planned to take it in.
And Mi Lili also felt that the four people in the marriage were too crowded, so she proposed to end the 18-year marriage.
Wu Mengda turned around and married Hou Shanyan, gave birth to a daughter, and did not give birth to his only son until Wu Mengda was 51 years old.
However, Wu Mengda has always felt ashamed of his ex-wife and ex-girlfriend, and has always been at ease with them, so after marrying Hou Shanyan, he has also been supporting three women and five children.
Later, some people said that Wu Mengda was under great economic pressure, so even if he was not in good health, he had to insist on filming to earn money.
However, according to insiders, before his death, he had already distributed the property in his last words, and the property was rich and not embarrassing, so there were no cases where several women and children competed for property. Wu Mengda can also rest assured.
Also in this year, Wu Mengda and Stephen Chow came together and jointly created an era of comedy.
In fact, as early as 1983's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", Stephen Chow and Wu Mengda both appeared, but Stephen Chow was still a small character at that time, starring in a small soldier, Wu Mengda was slightly better, playing Elder Peng of the Gang.
From "He Comes from the Rivers and Lakes", the two began to play a father and son. In fact, the difference between the two is only 9 years old, but due to the difference in appearance, the "father and son" of the two has lasted for many years.
The father-son model of "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Beggar" arrogant and domineering elite Fan's son and cowardly father has been continued in many dramas.
In the 90s, there were many films on the theme of gambling. After the great success of Chow Yun-fat's "God of Gamblers", Stephen Chow and Wu Mengda cooperated in only 37 days to shoot "Gambling Saint", and the film was very popular, winning the box office championship of Hong Kong films in 1990.
The nonsensical performance of the two contracted almost half of the comedy movies of that year.
From Xingzi to Xingye, Wu Mengda has also become a "golden supporting role", he has never starred in a movie, but he is indispensable in the film.
If Stephen Chow is a flower, Wu Mengda is a green leaf, the two achieve each other, if anyone is missing, those classics will be greatly reduced.
There is no banquet in the world, no one would have thought that two close friends would die of old age, and 2001's "Shaolin Football" also became the last movie the two cooperated.
Only they know why they are evil.
Later, they were not without opportunities to cooperate, it was said that Wu Mengda was arranged in "Kung Fu", but Wu Mengda did not star, and it was rumored that Wu Mengda was dissatisfied with Stephen Chow's salary.
As for the later "Journey to the West 2" and "Mermaid", Wu Mengda missed it because his body had not yet recovered.
But no matter how rumors are in the market, the two have never said a bad word about each other.
Wu Mengda even said in an interview that if he had the opportunity to sit down with Stephen Chow again, he would want to talk about the past.
But he then said that his status is different now, and his wealth is very good in all aspects, but I don't know if he is happy or not.
Only confidants will care about whether the other party is happy or not.
Stephen Chow's gray hair, barely raised corners of his mouth and deep and slightly sad eyes all tell of his unhappiness.
In this world, there are many uneasy intentions.
Maybe time is really running out, just like although Uncle Da and Uncle Da are in the world, they can no longer regain the intimacy of the past because of all this. It is reminiscent of a pang of sadness.
And in the last issue of Wu Mengda's variety show in 2020, he still made a wish: as long as he is not dead and Stephen Chow has not retired, they still have the opportunity to cooperate. Unfortunately, this cooperation did not wait.
On February 27, 2021, Wu Mengda died of liver cancer at the age of 69.
And it is rumored that the old friend and partner Stephen Chow, who have not interacted with each other, came to mourn, and the wreath sent by him was written with four big words: Forever remembered!
Since then, the yin and yang have been separated, and it is difficult to find a soulmate, and I will only miss it in the future.
The years flow slowly, and the peak era of Hong Kong cinema that brought us endless laughter and tears, leaving countless memories of youth, only remained in the memories.
"The Wandering Earth 2" used CG to restore a scene of Han Ziang, played by Wu Mengda, which made us cry.
Once in the first part of "The Wandering Earth", Wu Mengda said: The Wandering Earth gave him the greatest respect, he has acted in a lifetime of drama, only this movie can be mastered.
did not deliberately play ugly, nor was he "Xingye's best partner", just Han Ziang.
Wu Mengda made a wish before his death to make an autobiographical movie, with himself as the protagonist and Stephen Chow and Andy Lau as supporting roles.
Although he is one of the few people who is famous for playing supporting roles, who wants to be a supporting role if he can be the protagonist?
Life is a process of withdrawal, death is not the end of life, forgetting is.
Bye! Uncle Da