Deceased: Leslie Cheung's circle

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"Spring should be fine, if you are still here..."

When this song sounded again in the headphones, an old man who had been gone for a long time had been gone for many years. Some people, we only know how to cherish after we lose, and slowly understand their value. And some things, looking back after a few years, can appreciate the preciousness of them.

When you think of Leslie Cheung, what do you think of? Is it the peerless face that has never aged? Or did you sing before falling asleep? Or Butterfly Yi, Caichen, Twelve Shao, Xu Zai, Ouyang Feng, He Baorong, Zhuo Yihang on the screen...

He has so many faces that before he died, he was still being attacked by the Hong Kong media for his avant-garde performance that transcended the times. However, after passing away, it has become an irreparable classic and is constantly commemorated.

In the past, people seemed to talk about him all the time, but now, younger fans know less about his roots. We seem to have been missing a perspective to see Leslie Cheung in life, what kind of circle of friends does he have? How does he behave? Why does he keep keeping us so obsessed?

The "older brothers" of a bunch of big stars

If Leslie Cheung is the first brother of mahjong in the entertainment industry in those years, I believe it is well deserved. The famous brand partners of that year were: Faye Wong, Carina Liu, Lin Qingxia, Wang Zuxian, Mao Shunjun, Shi Nansheng, Su Sihuang... My brother and Mao Shunjun once talked about the mahjong history of the two in a program: in a certain year, they played together for 7 days in a row. Every day when I wake up, I fight, and I go to sleep after fighting... (Therefore, the bridge between the two playing mahjong in "Family Happy Events" is definitely derived from life and comes from hand.) ）

So the origin of the nickname "brother", there is also such a version: when Carina Lau was playing mahjong at his house, she heard everyone call her brother (in fact, it was Mr. Tang) mistakenly thinking that she was calling Leslie Cheung, so she kept calling it like this, and the mahmen friends looked fun and didn't say anything about her, and slowly called more and more people. And he himself likes fans to call him that, so it has spread more and more widely.

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So, how does this brother get along with his friends?

Lin Qingxia read her own handwriting at the press conference of her new book "Inside the Window": In 1993, we filmed "East Evil and West Poison" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", at that time, we both lived in the Huijing Court apartment in Wan Chai, and always took the company's minibus to the set together. Once, during the ride, he asked me how I was doing, and before I could say a word, large tears rolled down, and after a few seconds of silence, he put his arm around my shoulder and said, "I will be good to you." "From that moment on, we became friends.

Mao Shunyun is the only girlfriend Leslie Cheung admits and proposed to him when he was young. Years later, Leslie Cheung was interviewed by Mao Shunjun and sat intimately on a sofa, chatting with time. Mao Shunyun said: "I had just returned from abroad, divorced and brought two children, it couldn't be worse. Leslie Cheung took me to the Mandarin Hotel for afternoon tea. He asked: Do you like it here? I said like. He called the waiter and said, "When Miss Mao comes here, the bill will be credited to my name." ”

2003 Anita Mui's dream concert, the last one.

After the song "Fanghua Peerless" made in heaven between the two -

Anita Mui: "People keep asking me, why are there no special guests at the concert? I'm definitely going to stay until tonight – my special guest and the only good friend in my life and in this circle – Leslie Cheung. ”

Brother: "Don't say that. You have a lot of good friends..."

Sister Mei: "Yes, but we are like a family..."

Brother: "Of course, it seems to be a family, but since Amei's first Red Hall concert until now, I have always sung here with her, and I think we have not changed in twenty years..."

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Baoyu and the artists

Although his brother mistakenly took over "Spring in the Red Mansion" with a three-level color when he debuted in his early years because he wanted to play Baoyu, and has always been ashamed of it, he is indeed more like Baoyu in the eyes of other writers and artists than his brother in the eyes of big stars.

Yishu's brother, Zhou Huimin's husband Ni Zhen's father, and Ni Kuang, one of the four great talents, even praised his beauty in the article from a man's point of view: Leslie Cheung stood on the stage, eyebrows and eyes, a smile, all have a strange charm, very charming. Not only is it more handsome, but it is also picturesque...

Li Bihua, a talented woman with a treacherous personality who is difficult to find photos on the Internet, wrote: One day, I saw Mr. Ni Kuang write about Mr. Leslie Cheung in the newspaper, saying that he had "picturesque eyebrows." Men praised men for using "eyebrows picturesque", and onlookers looked and looked, but felt that this was the most appropriate adjective. First, few people have used these four words; Second, no one can afford it. This time it's really good.

And the urban girl's love mentor and cruel teacher Tai Yishu said this: Leslie Cheung is like this. When people see it in public, they will only be surprised: so beautiful! However, in addition to the decisive appearance, it is necessary to be really willing to work and have the right attitude to ensure a stable position, and truly intelligent people naturally understand this. Many people praised him: he was tired and arrived at the scene on time, without any complaints, what to do. Sometimes I find that he is so tired that his eyes are red, but he still rushes through the night, and finishes in time, and then returns to the team to make movies. You see, more than one good-looking face.

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And the uncle who kissed him in public at every turn, gave him the following eulogy: If someone asks me what is the beautiful son of the Chinese literati in this world, I will tell you: Leslie is! This son of Mr. Zhang Huohai, Zhang Lvping's younger brother, is really a "beautiful son of the world", he is really picturesque, his face is like a crown jade, and a face seems to be carefully carved by a skilled craftsman. And his success did not depend on a handsome face given to him by God, he grew and thrived in boos. His indomitability makes us admire very much, and he is an ordinary person who is not as resolute and stoic as him, and may have booed people early, but Leslie is not an ordinary person, he is proud, but at the same time amiable, his face is full of cheerful sunshine, we can't help but laugh happily with him when we see him...

In 2000, Leslie Cheung's Passion Concert, by the world fashion master Jean Paul Gaultier (Jean-Paul Gaultier) as the costume design of the whole concert, the concert did drama-style song arrangement, the overall styling concept is "from angel to devil" series of shapes. Paul Gaultier, on the other hand, said that from now on, he will never do any more styling for any Asian artist.

There is also a little joke told by Shi Nansheng, my personal favorite: one year, a group of friends were in Shanghai together. My brother heard out of nowhere that a French archaeologist's house had collected a lot of antiques and works of art, so he took everyone to visit. At the door, he arranged for a Thai man to hold a tray of champagne in the morning, and then each friend held a glass of champagne, paced softly, and visited the whole house under the explanation of a teacher who knew art history...

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The love and ruffianism of the noble prince

I don't know if it's the relationship between "Farewell My Concubine", there is a deep misunderstanding of my brother in the market, which is the so-called "weakness". In fact, he is the opposite in life.

Also during the filming of "Farewell My Concubine", the brother on stage entered the drama quite deeply, playing Yu Jilai is charming and affectionate. But there is such a past in the audience: at that time, Leslie Cheung was combed by an actress from the Peking Opera in China, who was often subjected to domestic violence, and her husband also sang Peking Opera and helped in the crew. Leslie Cheung usually doesn't say anything. At the finale banquet, the couple came to toast, and Leslie Cheung, who had drunk a few more sips, shot up, pointed at the man and said: "So-and-so, if you dare to hit her again, I will ask my friends in Hong Kong to clean you up!" ”

Although the people around recalled afterwards that there were a bunch of martial artists on the table at that time, if he really started to move, Leslie Cheung would definitely suffer a loss. But he stood up so manly.

Another thing is said by the famous director John Woo: "One year, Leslie Cheung went to Los Angeles to promote "Farewell My Concubine", my wife and I went to see him at a press conference, he was so happy, came to chat with us, but suddenly earthquake, Leslie Cheung immediately grabbed me with one hand and my wife's hand with the other, saying Master and Master don't be afraid, there is me. ”

Before that, Leslie Cheung had always been called John Woo and his wife, Master and Mother. John Woo was very poor before filming "The True Color of Heroes", borrowed a lot of money, and the director Fei Duo who earned it took it to pay off the debt, and Leslie Cheung had to ask every time he saw it: Do you want to help?

Xia Yongkang, the photographer who traveled with Leslie Cheung to five cities in the mainland to shoot the critically acclaimed photo album "Qing", told about the details that he will never forget: "Once outside, he said he wanted to buy me a cup of coffee, I said you don't go, what if everyone recognizes you!" He smiled and answered me, no problem because I am your friend. ”

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The past follows the wind, and the past is like yesterday. In 1989, when he said goodbye to the concert and completed a ceremony on the stage in tears, he said: "I hope that when you mention the singers of the 80s in the future, you will mention me a little." "In the prime of his peak, he left the strife of the entertainment industry and settled in Canada.

In the 1997 cross-concert, he used a pair of red high heels to leave the most stunning wound in the entire music scene. But after the concert, he opened a café called Your Love, and promised every fan who came to the concert that everyone could go to the store with the ticket stub of the 89 farewell concert to get a free cup of coffee in the store. But almost no fans are willing to change, and the menu in the store is often missing.

After many years, I found the "love for you" music on the streets of Chengdu. The music was low on, and someone himself quietly took the wheat and sang his song in a low voice. The boss was fiddling with the record player and the vinyl disc collection. The walls are his favorite red, and there are some collected photographs on the wall, which are his appearance from various periods.

Can't forget.

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