In 2007, Zhou Xingchi brought Xu Jiao to "Lu Yu You Covenant" to promote the new movie "Yangtze River No. 7".
Before the end of the interview, a short film "Our Story" produced by fans was played on the spot, and the protagonists were a father and son.
After the film was broadcast, Zhou Xingchi and Xu Jiao were greatly touched and applauded.
The producers and directors of the short film were on the scene, and they couldn't help but love their idols, and they wanted to take a group photo on stage, and Zhou Xingchi also fulfilled their wishes.
The man on the far left in the photo is the director of the film, named Lu Zhengyu, who is also the protagonist we want to talk about today.
Slightly fat, slightly shorter, slightly longer hair, mediocre features, such Lu Zhengyu, regardless of appearance and temperament, is too inconspicuous.
But later, he had multiple titles, comedy genius, online micro-film pioneer director, and star master successor.
To be more specific, the executive director of "Mermaid", the screenwriter of "Journey to the West", the director of "Hip Hop Quartet", and the director of "Peerless Master".
The phrase "Oh! Ha! Who is ~ sent ~ you came to me..." I believe it should be able to immediately arouse everyone's memories.
All along, the number of imitators of Zhou Xingchi is innumerable, but Lu Zhengyu is definitely the most special one.
He not only has a performance style similar to Zhou Xingchi, but also is favored by Zhou Xingchi, has cooperated together, and is favored by the outside world as a successor.
However, to this day, the audience remembers the web drama director, it seems that dapeng, called beast Yi Xiaoxing and other people, Lu Zhengyu's fame is much smaller, in recent years there have been no more works out of the circle.
Some people say that he is exhausted, and some people are curious, with the full support of Xingye, why can't he get up?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="14" >, grassroots guys' movie dreams</h1>
In the 1980s and 1990s, the major cinemas in Hong Kong played either Jackie Chan's kung fu films or Stephen Chow's nonsense comedies every day, attracting audiences to want to learn martial arts and imitate nonsense comedy.
Lu Zhengyu, who is in a small county town in Hunan, is also affected by it, fantasizing about being the male protagonist in the movie all day long, holding a stick to the house to uncover the tiles, and his partners are running east and west in the streets, and everywhere they go, chickens and dogs jump, and there is no peace for a moment.
Like Zhou Xingchi, Lu Zhengyu was born in the grassroots, and when he was a child, he lived with his parents in the tube building, the kitchen and bathroom were communal, as long as someone cooked, the whole building was wafting with the smell of rice.
The same who quarrels, the people of the whole building hear it for the first time, and there is no secret between people.
Later, his parents thought that their son was too noisy and sent him to learn martial arts, which fulfilled his wish to become a hero.
Kung Fu is indeed very handsome, but when he really practiced, Lu Zhengyu realized that he did not have talent in this area.
When he waited for the university entrance examination, he considered his family situation, did not dare to apply for art school, but filled in the volunteer preparation step by step, was admitted to Hunan University of Technology, and studied multimedia design, which is a bit related to movies.
The direction of fate seems to be getting farther and farther away from the dream in my heart, but in fact it is slowly approaching.
During his sophomore year, Lu Zhengyu had his first digital camera, and he pulled up his roommate and remade "Infernal Affairs" together.
Lu Zhengyu played the role of Liang Chaowei, and other roommates played Andy Lau, Huang Qiusheng, Zeng Zhiwei and other people, due to limited conditions, they could only shoot frame by frame, and after filming, a semester passed.
Although it seems childish and stupid, several young people enjoy it, and frequent scheduling, mirror operation, and editing are also exercising Lu Zhengyu's shooting ability, and the actual operation can be much more useful than the knowledge on the book.
After Lu Zhengyu edited the film, he uploaded it to the Internet and made a small fire, which was called "the strongest infernal remake in history".
This made him feel confident and strengthened his dream in his heart, and he will definitely make a comedy movie that everyone applauds in the future like Stephen Chow.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="74" > second, the first close encounter with the idol</h1>
After "Infernal Affairs", Lu Zhengyu did not continue to take the remake route, the remake is a remake after all, picking up people's teeth and wisdom is not a strength at all, and the popularity is only an accident, and the original can be long-lasting.
In 2006, Lu Zhengyu made two short films, "Mo Xiaobai's Diary of a Water Monster" and "Master", of which "Master" won the "Beijing University Student Film Festival" Outstanding Drama Short Film Award.
But it doesn't mean that it will be achieved overnight, and the road to the goal is still very long.
After graduation, Lu Zhengyu became a north drift like many people, living in a simple rental house, living a tight life, and all kinds of unsmooth work.
He was first accepted to a new media company, but it didn't take long for the company to go out of business.
In order to make a living, he could not stop, and immediately went to find his next job, editing annual meeting videos or shooting wedding videos for some companies to earn a small income.
Once he accidentally broke his arm, but the salary had not yet come, he could not go to the doctor, had to ask for help from his family, had to endure the pain for a night, the next day the family money came, he went to the hospital.
Some things, at the time did not feel bitter, and when I look back on it in hindsight, I can't help but feel sorry for myself.
In 2007, Lu Zhengyu, as a fan representative, cut a short film to pay tribute to Xingye's "Yangtze River Seven", which is the opening scene.
That was the first time Lu Zhengyu had close contact with an idol, and he was very excited, and he said it over and over again with his friends and family after he went back.
Star Ye said at the time that "the film is very well made", although someone told him that it was just the program flow or out of courtesy, but don't take it too seriously.
But Lu Zhengyu didn't care, firmly believing that this was true.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="75" >3. Why question Lu Zhengyu's talent? </h1>
Perhaps stimulated by idols, Lu Zhengyu went much smoother on the road of acting behind.
In 2008, Lu Zhengyu won another award for his micro-film "Return to Glory".
In 2009, a sitcom "Hip Hop Quartet" successfully set off a craze for online dramas, becoming the first online drama in China with a hit rate of over 100 million, "Never Expected" and "Di Si Men" were all released later.
"Hip Hop Quartet" Lu Zhengyu filmed five seasons in one breath, and he was also a screenwriter, director and starring in three layers of identity, and his strength and talent were evident.
In the play, whether it is a hairstyle, lines, casual actions and eyes, or funny scenes, you can see the shadow of Zhou Xingchi everywhere.
Lu Zhengyu is indeed imitating Zhou Xingchi, but not so clumsy.
In 2010, Lu Zhengyu's inspirational comedy film "A Dog's College Life" was originally arranged to be released on the Internet, and through the efforts of investors, it was successfully released in theaters.
Although this film did not make Lu Zhengyu catch fire again, he was fortunate to be appreciated by the assistant director of "Journey to the West" and let him audition for a role.
Lu Zhengyu went with a nervous mood, and when the other party called again, it was Zhou Xingchi who personally invited him to participate in the creation of the script.
With the idol not only close dialogue group photo, but also can be created together, Lu Zhengyu should be the luckiest fan, when the star ye's sentence "the film is very well shot", it is indeed true.
During filming, Lu Zhengyu asked Zhou Xingchi if he could play a dead body.
Zhou Xingchi did not agree, but arranged for him to play the "big fire" around Shu Qi.
In "The Mermaid", Zhou Xingchi directly promoted Lu Zhengyu to executive director, while playing Mr. Liao, the assistant of the male protagonist Liu Xuan.
Staying with Stephen Chow every day, discussing the script, designing the scene, this is really not a treatment that everyone can have.
Talking about the feeling of working with Zhou Xingchi, Lu Zhengyu replied: "It feels good! Star Ye is a very relaxed and confident person, next to him, I am not nervous at all, but also argue according to reason, just like this, you say a word to me, many lines and bridges come out. ”
In 2017, Lu Zhengyu's first comedy film in the true sense of the word, "Peerless Master", was successfully released.
Many people may not know that for this food-themed film, he began to plan the script from 14 years, spent a year to study food, and did his homework.
After the release of the movie, it gained 101 million, not too bad, but the evaluation was mixed, and Douban gave 5.9 points.
Audiences who like the film do not hesitate to praise Lu Zhengyu and praise him as a comedic genius.
Audiences who do not like the film think that it is a "smorgasbord of Stephen Chow movies", similar scenes in Stephen Chow movies can be seen everywhere, strictly speaking, plagiarism, and the story is old-fashioned, lacking in novelty, not like a movie, more like a collection of paragraphs.
A movie has such a polarized evaluation, and it is no wonder that some people will question Lu Zhengyu's talent.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="76" >4. Is it necessary for Lu Zhengyu to become Zhou Xingchi's successor? </h1>
To this day, some people still regard Lu Zhengyu as Zhou Xingchi's successor, but has he admitted it himself? Never seems to have.
The so-called successor may just be the wishful thinking of netizens and the media.
Lu Zhengyu worshipped Zhou Xingchi and imitated Zhou Xingchi, which is indeed true, but in all fairness, may he surpass Zhou Xingchi?
I believe that many people will shake their heads, and it is estimated that he himself has no confidence.
Whether it is a director or an actor, everyone has their own idol in their hearts, but the idol is just a benchmark for struggle, it is impossible and unnecessary to surpass the idol, act in their own plays, and live as themselves.
Idols are classics, laughter will be outdated, standing firm in the circle is not counted, standing for a long time is a winner.
Today's Lu Zhengyu does not seem to have stepped out of Zhou Xingchi's shadow, but being able to be favored by Zhou Xingchi shows that he is talented.
In the next life, he needs to get rid of the shackles of idols and create his own works in order to be recognized by the audience, otherwise he will only stand in the shadow of others all the time, and it is naturally difficult to catch fire.
A person who survives in the world is good to be himself, and there is no need to be the successor of anyone or who is second.