【Author:Lu Nan】
She was one of the most popular "martial arts actresses" in Hong Kong in the 1980s and 1990s, and was on a par with Hu Huizhong, Hui Yinghong and others, and a demolition scene made her almost ruin her acting career.
She never had a scandal during her time in the show business circle, but she almost lost her reputation because of a statement from her husband.
Li Saifeng, who was once known as the "angel of martial arts", how did he have a life of ups and downs?
In 1965, Li Saifeng was born in An ordinary family in Hong Kong, with a total of three children, and she was the third oldest.
My mother had never read any books, and she could only help others do chores on weekdays, and most of the family's living expenses were supported by my father selling breakfast.
Although life is poor, it is barely able to cope with the cost of the family's subsistence and children's schooling.
However, Li Saifeng's childhood did not have many good memories.
When li Saifeng's parents divorced when he was 7 years old, a complete family was torn apart.
The collapse of the family gave her her the first parting, and her father took her to Taiwan.
The life of relying on his father is not easy, in order to live, his father has done his old business, getting up early every day to sell soybean milk and fritters.
The young Li Saifeng naturally understands the difficulty of life, starting from the age of 9, every day he will get up at four or five o'clock in the morning to help his father fry fritters.
And to learn and help his father fry fritters, tired to doze off and accidentally burned by the oil, for a long time, the original white and fat Li Saifeng did not take long to thin like a bamboo pole.
Later, her father married another woman not long after, and although her father still loved her, she never had a sense of belonging in her heart.
At that time, the only thing that made her happy was dance.
Li Saifeng, who was in elementary school, developed a strong interest in dance, but eventually only studied for three months before her father brought her back to Hong Kong.
In 1978, Li Saifeng's father took her back to Hong Kong to visit her mother and brothers.
The mother saw that her original white and fat daughter was so thin, she was in tears of pain.
She clutched Li Saifeng's hand tightly, and no matter how hard she tried, she had to keep the child by her side, and it was impossible for her husband to bring her daughter to the remarried family.
Li Saifeng, who returned to her mother's side, is also very sensible, and she can't bear to see the burden of the whole family fall on her mother, so she used her summer vacation time to work in the factory from the age of 13.
Li Saifeng's mother was very traditional in her thinking and was very patriarchal.
She saw that her daughter could already make money, so she said: "Why don't you come out and make money, it is useless for girls to read so many books." ”
But Li Saifeng didn't think so, she had to finish her books no matter what, and she would rather work part-time after school to save tuition for herself.
In 1979, 14-year-old Li Saifeng did not expect that the dance skills she had only learned for three months would change her life this year.
On October 10, the school held a double ten festival celebration, although it is often said that the next minute of the ten years of work under the stage, but Li Saifeng, who has only studied for three months, also signed up.
Because of this dance performance, Li Saifeng was favored by Hong Kong TVB producer Siu Hsien Fai.
After the performance, the director ran over to Li Saifeng and said, "Are you interested in filming?" Your image fits a good fit for one of our plays. ”
Li Saifeng: "Huh? I haven't filmed it. ”
Xiao Xianhui: "Your image is really too suitable for our play, and the appearance is earthy enough." ”
Li Saifeng: "..."
With the idea of making money, Li Saifeng inexplicably entered the show business circle.
In 1979, "The Home of Earth's Grace in the Pearl River" hit a peak in ratings as soon as it was first broadcast, and at that time it was also known as the masterpiece of Asian television.
This TV series is Li Saifeng's debut work, which cooperates with popular actors Dong Biao, Bao Qijing and other old drama bones.
She played the teenager Yang Yaman in this drama, although she was only a supporting role, but it also gave her acting career a good start, and also got a nickname of "Aman".
After filming a TV series, Li Saifeng went back to obediently study, and later was pulled to shoot "The Great Complaint".
It is also because of the TV series "The Great Complaint" that Li Saifeng met her Bole Xu Xiaoming.
Xu Xiaoming began to learn traditional Chinese martial arts when he was 9 years old, and he has also been a martial arts instructor as a martial artist, which has a lot of weight in the industry.
After visiting Xu Xiaoming, under his introduction, Li Saifeng officially signed a contract with Asia Television.
In 1984, Li Saifeng starred in the series of TV series "Drunken Boxer No Scruples", under the tutelage of Xu Xiaoming, her martial arts actions in this movie were beautiful and neat, and her sweet appearance was also deeply popular.
It is precisely because of this drama that Li Saifeng has since established the status of Atv's head of ATV.
This year, she was not yet 20 years old, and the star path was unlimited.
In 1985, with the help of her mentor Xu Xiaoming, Li Saifeng and ATV terminated their contract and transferred to Jiahe, becoming the first actress to sign a contract with Jiahe.
At that time, martial arts actresses were scarce, in order to praise Li Saifeng, the company let her and Jackie Chan work together to make the moving film "Weilong Detective".
Based on this movie, Li Saifeng officially opened the glorious period of "Martial Arts Queen".
In 1987, at the age of 22, Li Saifeng took over the action film "Angel Action".
This Hong Kong-Japan co-production action film co-starred Li Saifeng and Hideki Xicheng, who is popular all over Asia.
Also starring the famous Japanese actress Yugali Oshima and the famous Hong Kong actor Fang Zhongxin.
Later, he continued to shoot "Angel Action: Fire Phoenix Wild Dragon" and "Angel Action 3: Witch Doom".
These films have also become the classic masterpieces of Hong Kong-made action films of that era.
The "Angel Series" also made Li Saifeng soar, making it a first-line "martial arts actress" status.
As a result, she was also named "Martial Arts Angel".
In 1988, Jiahe launched the "Overlord Flower" series of movies based on "Angel Action".
For a time, Li Saifeng, Hu Huizhong and Hui Yinghong instantly became the iconic figures of Hong Kong martial arts actresses.
With the arrival of fame, a crisis is also lurking unconsciously.
Li Saifeng has a very sassy personality, doing everything herself, never using a stand-in for filming, and the dangerous and difficult martial arts scenes have always been her signature.
In her heart, she felt that as a martial arts actress, if everything was done by a stand-in, then what was the meaning of her existence?
But there is an old saying that the so-called often walk by the river, where is the reason for not getting wet shoes?
In 1989, Li Saifeng co-starred with Lu Liangwei and Hu Huizhong in "Demon Hunting Heroes".
There was a scene in which she, Lu Liangwei and Hu Huizhong jumped from the second floor during the explosion.
Only to see the three people between the electric light and flint rushed to the window and jumped, Lu Liangwei took the lead in falling due to his weight, and Hu Huizhong in the air was vaguely wrapped in fire, and then looked at Li Saifeng who fell at the end, the whole person had been wrapped in flames, and had become a "fire girl".
It turned out that due to the mistakes of the staff, the explosion was too early, resulting in a large area of burns on Hu Huizhong's face, and it took a year to recover.
The most tragic was Li Saifeng, the nerves of the whole body were burned numb, and he could not feel the pain until the hospital was medicated.
Later, when it came to the issue of compensation for the accident, Li Saifeng gave up the company's compensation and only symbolically asked for a part.
When the elderly boss stood in front of her and begged in a low voice not to sue them, Li Saifeng softened.
She thought to herself: This old man is old, he is still young, this one should get better after the robbery, or forget it.
The shooting accident made her heart palpitate, since the accident, Li Saifeng is no longer as hard as before.
In the past, she did everything herself, and then as long as there was an explosion of the scene, she would repeatedly confirm it, and if she could use a stand-in, she would try not to personally fight.
She described her martial arts career in one sentence: "Every banknote I earn carries a thick blood and sweat." ”
Since then, Li Saifeng has appeared less and less on the screen.
In fact, it is also forgivable, life in the world is only for a full bite, and then what is the use of showing off the name?
Later, Li Saifeng reduced the shooting of martial arts scenes and various action movies.
In 1993, after Li Saifeng and "Overlord Flower" Hu Huizhong filmed a "Thief Family", they were almost in a state of silence, and put their bodies and minds on dance.
After fading out of the show business circle, Li Saifeng was completely immersed in traditional Chinese arts and dance, and opened her own dance workshop in Hong Kong.
In 1995, 30-year-old Li Saifeng ushered in her first marriage.
She was particularly well protected from the relationship, and almost no one knew that she was in love and married.
In fact, before this marriage, Li Saifeng and director Liu Guanwei had a relationship.
Just as the so-called show meets soldiers, talents match beautiful people, Li Saifeng had feelings for each other during the filming of "Mr. Zombie" with Lin Zhengying.
However, with the transformation of Li Saifeng, coupled with the gathering of less and more, the two separated not long after they were together.
In 1996, Li Saifeng and her husband visited Xu Xiaoming abroad, where they also met Luo Qiren.
It turned out that Luo Qiren was filming a movie called "Five Elements Warrior" at that time, Xu Xiaoming happened to be the action director of that movie, Xu Xiaoming also greeted at that time, asking Luo Qiren if he could let Li Saifeng enter Hollywood.
However, at that time, Li Saifeng was pregnant, and it turned out that she was going abroad to give birth, so Luo Qiren exchanged phone calls with her and had the opportunity to cooperate again.
In 1997, Li Saifeng attended the press conference of "Five Elements Warrior" held in Hong Kong as a special guest.
Seeing that she was alone in attendance, Luo Qiren asked about her husband, only to see Li Saifeng immediately burst out of the basket of tears.
After the press conference, I learned that Li Saifeng and her husband had broken up.
The two began to get acquainted, and from time to time they would exchange ideas on the phone.
Li Saifeng also admires this man's educational background, and her dedication to traditional Chinese dance also makes Luo Qiren very appreciative.
But what Li Saifeng didn't know was that this man would be a nightmare in her life.
When Li Saifeng and Luo Qiren met again in 1999, her son was two years old.
Luo Qiren did not care about her having a son, and then launched a crazy pursuit of the lost Li Saifeng, and the relationship between the two also warmed up with time.
Subsequently, the two became lovers and began further interaction.
In 2001, Li Saifeng married Luo Qiren, the prince of the Luo family, a well-known toy dealer in Hong Kong.
After marriage, Li Saifeng, with the help of Luo Qiren, devoted herself to promoting the cause of traditional Chinese dance.
Later, Luo Qiren asked Li Saifeng to bring traditional Chinese dance into the Luo family's song and dance troupe in Denver.
Whether it is a heart or a business, it is unknown, but the giant is a shura field after all.
In 2004, Zong Tianyi, who graduated from the Beijing Academy of Performing Arts, came out of the school and joined Roche International Performing Arts Company.
At the first meeting, Luo Qiren was very appreciative of Zong Tianyi and recognized him as a son on the spot.
To Zong Tian's surprise, the man sitting opposite would soon push him into the whirlpool of public opinion.
In 2007, Luo Qiren announced that he was divorcing Li Saifeng, and took the opportunity to scold her for misconduct with her son.
Li Saifeng did not have any response, so Luo Qiren revealed the details to reporters, saying that he personally bumped into Gan's son Zong Tianyi "trying on pants" in the closet.
Li Saifeng saw the situation and issued a 4,000-word long text angrily reprimanding Luo Qiren for having an ambiguous relationship with Wang Xiaoli, the head of the troupe.
Zong Tianyi was also expelled from the troupe without notice.
Interestingly, at this time this "dry son" took advantage of this to start promoting his new song.
As the momentum grew, the marriage began a lawsuit abroad.
The final result is that Li Saifeng lost the case, how easy is it on other people's land?
After winning the case, Luo Qiren was even more ruthless, and afterwards published a book condemning Li Saifeng, which discredited him.
What makes people feel even more chilling is that Wang Xiaoli, who had a scandal with Luo Qiren, filed another complaint against Li Saifeng and asked him to apologize.
As for whether Li Saifeng apologized, it is unknown, but the farce can be regarded as a slight subsidence.
At this time, Luo Qiren, who had previously said that he was innocent with Wang Xiaoli, suddenly changed his mouth and admitted that he might marry Wang Xiaoli in the future.
Later, the muzzle of public opinion was aimed at Luo Qiren, but whether it was scolding Li Saifeng or supporting her, this was no longer important to her.
The truth of the matter is still a mystery for outsiders, and for Li Saifeng, there is no need to stand up and respond, she is already an outsider.
Think of a generation of "martial arts actresses" debuted for twenty years, almost zero scandals in the show business circle, but after she retired from the circle for many years, she was discredited by her husband.
For this marriage with Luo Qiren, Li Saifeng sighed: "The giants are not so fun, I have felt it, not as good as you think." ”
After two marriages, Li Saifeng, who was already disappointed in love, decided to be alone and take her son away from the public eye.
Today, she has long settled in Shanghai and has become a fan of Yang Liping and Venus.
In order to watch Yang Liping's performance, he sweated profusely and recognized Venus's dance.
Now 56 years old, Li Saifeng devotes herself to dance and tourism, and the culture and traditional arts of the motherland are more worth exploring.
Compared with love, she now loves traditional dance and the great rivers and mountains of the motherland.
She debuted at the age of 14, worked in the show business for nearly 30 years, was seriously injured and disfigured, met scumbags and entered the giants, all of which has become a thing of the past for her.
Time is fleeting, and although the Iraqis are old, Li Saifeng, the "angel of martial arts", has at least occupied a place in the glorious era of Hong Kong films.