A movie can make three child stars hit the Internet overnight! In 1994, the movie "New Shaolin Five Ancestors" written and directed by Wang Jing not only made Jet Li famous, but also made Xie Miao, Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen, three child stars emerge in the entertainment industry.
In the 90s of last century, various films bloomed in Hong Kong, among them, the film "New Shaolin Five Ancestors" stood out from it and quickly appeared in the audience's field of vision, and soon after its release in 1994, it was nominated for the Best Action Design Award at the 14th Hong Kong Film Awards and became a film and television masterpiece that the post-80s and post-90s loved to see.
And the story background of this movie is also very interesting, it is said that in the Qing Dynasty, the monks of the Shaolin Temple participated in the anti-Qing restoration activities, in order to resist the death of most of the monks in the imperial court, a large number of temples were also burned down by the government, and finally the five monks who survived retired to the mountains and forests to go to different things, they did not dare to reveal the name of Shaolin, so they named it "Five Ancestors Fist", and "New Shaolin Five Ancestors" is also compiled from this story.
In this movie, Hong Xiguan, a lay disciple played by Jet Li, hopes to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore peace to the Ming Dynasty, but because of Hong Xiguan's high martial arts, he was quickly suppressed by the imperial court, accusing his nine tribes, only one of them escaped by hiding behind the wall, and this "son" was starring Semyon.
Who is Semyon? How did he manage to appear in the public eye? Next, the editor will take you to understand the legendary Semyon.
First, Semyon, who retreated bravely
Xie Miao, born in Beijing, China in 1984, because he wore leggings in the dance class, so he was assigned to the martial arts class next to him, perhaps everything was arranged by fate, so that he has been moving forward on the road of martial arts since then.
In 1993, because the crew needed children who could learn martial arts, they came to the Children's Palace to select actors, and it was this audition opportunity that made Xie Miao appear in Wang Jing's sight, and finally starred in Hong Xiguan, the son of (Jet Li), Hong Wending.
Through this movie, Semyon's name also slowly appeared in major film and television works, and in 1994, he collaborated with Wu Mengda on "Peter Pan" and the famous Hong Kong star Chow Yun-fat collaborated on the popular "God of Gamblers 2" throughout China.
Unfortunately, in 2001, because of the comeback starring "Chizi Weilong", his study time gradually decreased, just as the so-called fish and bear's paw cannot have both, so did his studies and career, so after filming the TV series, he regrettably missed his favorite university.
Although he was not admitted to the university of his dreams, Semyon used his own efforts to learn from various martial arts masters.
In 2018, he participated in the hit movie "The Thirteen Generals of the Great Han Blood Battle in Shule City", and in November 2019, Semyon, a young man, won the Best Actor Award at the 3rd China Yinchuan Internet Film Festival for this film, and he proved with his actions that his efforts were not in vain.
As a child star with a martial arts background, although Xie Miao is not as popular as his companions Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen, the role of Hong Wending played by him is indeed deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
From elementary school to high school graduation, he has won countless awards, and at the same time won the titles of "Little Jet Li" and "Jet Li's successor" in Hong Kong, focusing on acting and not indulging in the entertainment industry, such a simple and happy life is really envious of Xiaobian.
And how did Shi Xiaolong and Hao Shaowen, who were in the same crew as Xie Miao back then, appear in the public eye? Let's take a look.
Second, Shi Xiaolong who insists on mixing circles
I believe that everyone has seen the funny movies starring Stephen Chow in their childhood memories, but because they are too young to understand, the role they prefer is Shi Xiaolong, almost all child stars only became popular when they were young, and gradually no one cared about when they grew up, even Shi Xiaolong, who was loved in his heart after the 80s and 90s, was no exception.
Shi Xiaolong, like Xie Miao, both of them were popular all over the country in the nineties, and similar growth experiences inevitably encountered the same situation during the transition.
Who is Shi Xiaolong? How did he become a child star loved by the public? It still has to start when he was a child.
Shi Xiaolong was born in Henan in 1988, and his family was the main reason for him to embark on the path of martial arts, because he was born into a martial arts family, and was taken by Chen Tongshan to Shaolin Temple to practice martial arts at the age of just learning to walk, and he was taught by Shaolin Temple abbot Shi Yongxin.
Chen Tongshan said that everyone may not know each other, after all, ordinary people do not pay much attention to this circle, but if it is mentioned that he is proficient in the seventh dan of the black tiger fist martial arts and has won the title of "Shaolin Eighteen King Kongs", he is still the vice president of the Shaolin Martial Arts Association.
He invested in real estate in the early days and made a lot of money, and now has a commercial street in Zhengzhou.
Everyone may think that this person is really powerful, and this person who is praised by everyone is Shi Xiaolong's father, and some people will say: "Worship the Shaolin Temple as a teacher, the future martial arts path must be very broad", although it is said, Shi Xiaolong before becoming famous really suffered a lot.
At an age when he was carefully cared for by his parents, he was sent to the Shaolin Temple to practice martial arts, meditating, practicing in the morning, and practicing for several hours every day, in addition to being guided by his master Shi Yongxin, his father also supervised him every day.
Because the premise of practicing must press the legs, Shi Xiaolong cried bitterly every time he pressed his legs, after all, the pain of pressing the legs and stretching the tendons could not be endured even by ordinary adults, how could he not hold back from crying when he was a little older?
After several years of "devil" practice, Shi Xiaolong learned a variety of Shaolin stunts before he was five years old, including "Shaolin's Tongjian Fist, Shaolin Stick, Five Elements Fist, and Drunken Fist".
After hosting and his father's guidance, Shi Xiaolong cooperated with Lin Zhiying in "Laughing Lin Kid" when he was 3 years old and became a hit, and even Donnie Yen gave him a supporting role at the age of 7, you can imagine how popular Shi Xiaolong was in that era.
In fact, it is inevitable that Shi Xiaolong will be popular, why? Because his background is very strong, it is said that his background is so strong that even Jackie Chan can't afford to mess with him, now, let's talk about what background he has to make him stand out in the child star group.
As mentioned earlier, Shi Xiaolong has been practicing martial arts in the Shaolin Temple since he was a child, and his master is the host Shi Yongxin, this generation can be said to be quite high, even Sammo Hung has to respectfully call senior brother when he sees Shi Xiaolong.
Some people may ask, which star is Sammo Hung, how did he not know? I'll tell you now.
The Hong Kong film and television industry is full of talents, and Sammo Hung can be called a master-level figure, quite a few
Idols of the 80s and 90s.
His grandfather is a famous martial arts film director in Shanghai, and his grandmother is the famous martial arts movie star Qian Xiying in the last century.
Since Sammo Hung also loved martial arts, his grandmother sent him to learn martial arts, and Jackie Chan was Sammo Hung's junior brother at that time.
In the 80s and 90s of last century, Sammo Hung founded the Hung Family Class in Hong Kong, which began his own era of kung fu.
The second mountain is his father, who directly founded a film and television company in order for his son to develop well, it can be said that without his father, there would be no Shi Xiaolong, who was popular in Hong Kong at that time.
The third big mountain is Shi Xiaolong's godfather Wu Dun, Wu Dun, born in 1949, established Changhong Film and Television Co., Ltd. in the 90s and began to engage in the film industry, in addition to film and television companies, he is also the protector of a gang in Taiwan, once had a nickname "ghost to see sorrow" is terrifying.
The second place in the picture, counting from left to right, is Shi Xiaolong's godfather Wu Dun, the middle one is Shi Xiaolong's master Shi Yongxin, and the rightmost one is Shi Xiaolong's father.
Shi Xiaolong posted on May 21, 2018, thanking the person he is most grateful for in his life, his father taught him martial arts, the master took him to the mountain stage, and the godfather took him into the entertainment industry, without these three nobles, Shi Xiaolong may not appear in the entertainment industry so quickly.
But why did such a popular child star in the nineties remain in the state of no one in the entertainment industry until now? What happened to him in the past twenty years?
In 2000, Hong Kong films declined, the Chinese film industry was hit like never before, and Shi Xiaolong's fame was no longer as hot as before, but with the fame of that year, he also successfully won the role of Zhan Zhao in "Young Bao Qingtian".
Shi Xiaolong became a "martial arts star" with martial arts, and even many people thought that he was Jackie Chan's successor, and his father saw business opportunities from his son and used his son's fame to open a martial arts school.
But unfortunately, there was a death in the martial arts school opened by my father, which led to the death of four students in two years.
According to the reporter's interview about the death of a 7-year-old girl in a martial arts school, the taxi driver said: "This is not a big deal in the local area, this kind of thing often happens in martial arts schools", because of this matter, the school has been shirking responsibility, and naturally Shi Xiaolong became a scapegoat for his father.
As the saying goes, tiger poison is not eaten, but this father obviously does not think so, after this incident, Shi Xiaolong's career gradually declined, and because of the incident with He Jie, he was even less liked by people, and over time he slowly disappeared from people's field of vision.
Although Shi Xiaolong disappeared from the entertainment industry, his life has become very free, going abroad to learn more knowledge, broadening his horizons, although his reputation is not good after leaving the entertainment industry film and television industry, but such a free life may be what he yearns for the most.
Third, Hao Shaowen, who was ignorant of everyone
The meaty child in front of him was worth tens of millions when he was only 4 years old, and even the well-known big coffee Anita Mui fell in love with him that year, this child was Hao Shaowen, the partner who filmed with Shi Xiaolong that year.
Hao Shaowen was born in an ordinary family, because he has been very fond of laughing since he was a child, so the neighbors like him very much.
In 1993, 3-year-old Hao Shaowen accompanied his father to audition for advertising, but he did not expect to be accidentally favored by director Zhu Yanping, so in 1994, he co-starred with Shi Xiaolong in "New Oolong Courtyard" directed by Zhu Yanping, in which he played a little monk with a bald head and sunglasses.
"New Oolong Courtyard" is a classic nonsensical comedy, this comedy film can be said to have left a strong mark in domestic films, and won 200 million at the box office after its national release.
Hao Shaowen also became famous overnight with this movie and won praise from the audience.
Since then, many directors have come to him to make TV series and movies, and his salary has risen from 10,000 yuan that year to one million yuan.
In 1995, Hao Shaowen, Shi Xiaolong and Jin Chengwu co-starred in the action comedy "Chinese Dragon", in which he and Jin Chengwu played a pair of brothers.
Once on the show, was actually held by Jincheng Wu, who was originally the protagonist, Jincheng Wu abruptly became Hao Shaowen's supporting role, the reason is that Hao Shaowen is really too cute, indeed, the fleshy little face, the pleasing personality, changing to now being a cute baby blogger will definitely be able to gain the love of the masses.
Since Hao Shaowen became popular, he has filmed 21 dramas in just five years, bringing a lot of income to the family, and starred in "Crayon Little Student" with Wu Mengda and others in May 1995; starring in "Grandchildren's Love" with Lin Zhiying in June; In July, he starred with Shi Xiaolong Wu Mengda in "Invincible Fighting Star" and so on.....
Until 1995, Hao Shaowen and Shi Xiaolong participated in the award ceremony of the Academy Awards as the most popular child stars at that time, and they were only 8 years old to be able to stage to present awards to the famous kung fu superstar Jackie Chan, which is not something that ordinary people can have, which shows how popular he was in that era.
Perhaps the performance in childhood was so bright that although he participated in many works more than ten years later, he did not stir up any waves.
Until 2003, Hao Shaowen listened to his mother's advice and concentrated on studying, withdrew from the film and television circle that made him brilliant, and had a free time.
In 2008, at the age of 18, he was admitted to Tamkang University, but it was this year that his life changed dramatically.
The money earned from filming in his childhood was lost by his parents' investment and debts, and in desperation, he had to study while working, when he took advantage of the holidays like ordinary students to go to the shaved ice shop part-time to earn tuition.
A reporter once interviewed him and asked him why he has become so far, and he said: "Isn't it a proud thing that I don't steal or eat according to my own ability?" “
Now more than ten years have passed, Hao Shaowen, who has returned to the public's field of vision, has become a cargo anchor in the live broadcast room, and he has also been praised by netizens as "a clear stream in the live broadcast industry."
Although many netizens think that Hao Shaowen does not have a team in the live broadcast, Hao Shaowen himself said that he has a team, but he just doesn't like the very noisy way of selling goods, who can not like such a anchor with goods?
With such a modest attitude and close to the people's prices, Hao Shaowen soared to the top of the list of goods during this time, and even surpassed Luo Yonghao, who used to bring goods, for a while.
On January 9, Hao Shaowen returned to Taipei for the wedding, and saw him sitting with his wife Lin Ruining.
This wedding Hao Shaowen only arranged five tables of meals, he did not have a big wedding, just simply held a wedding ceremony, toasted tea to the elderly at home, and the two smiled.
Although Hao Shaowen has withdrawn from the film and television industry, his reputation has always been very good, and now he has become a family and a good career, so let's wish these two newcomers a long time.
They also appeared in "New Shaolin Five Ancestors", whether it is Xie Miao or Hao Shaowen, the former glory has passed, and cherishing the present is the most important thing.
Looking back at the life of child stars, there are ups and downs, many people actually can't be as open-minded as these three, never give up on themselves but keep working hard.
The harder you work, the luckier you will be, and I believe that they will eventually get better if they are full of positive energy.
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