"Tang Mystery 2" started, inviting Hong Kong veteran actor Paul Che to arouse heated discussions.
It is said that in the past two years, Liao Qizhi, Wu Mengda, and Wu Yaohan have passed away one after another, making the post-70s and 80s generations cherish these old Hong Kong drama bones that once occupied childhood memories.
Who is Paul Che? It is the "fat head" in "Wei Xiaobao" who is one meter nine meters tall and as thin as a pockmarked pole!
There are also fat dragons in "Death Examiner", robbers in "Rich and Happy Ghosts", and informants in "Agent Bean 2", which are really "old dragon sets"...
Paul Che is a typical actor who "flew to the forefront during the Hong Kong film boom", he had no connections, no resources, no education, but because of his unique appearance and recognizability, he was discovered by Tsui Hark.
However, Paul Che has not been able to get rid of the label of "ordinary person" in his life, although he was once famous, he was "beaten back to his original form" after 10 years of his debut, living by working 7 odd jobs, until he was in his 60s, he encountered the opportunity given by the mainland film and television industry ("Infinite Beyond Class" did a special feature of an old TVB drama), and reappeared.
According to Hong Kong media reports, "Infinite Beyond Class" gave a 6-figure price tag for the 63-year-old actor. Since then, Paul Che has taken on many film and television dramas such as "Tang Mystery 2", and social media has surged by 100,000 fans.
Perhaps Che Paul, who has been a security guard for many years, is really lucky and eats on his "face" when he was young. The old people withdrew from the circle, and relied on the audience's "memory killing" to eat another wave of dividends.
Paul Che: Half of his life acting to make a living, half of his life worked 7 kinds of odd jobs
"There is a big difference between an actor and a star, if anyone sees me called a star, I say sorry, I am not qualified, I am just a small actor. Your name is hanging on the dressing room door, you are the star, this door is only you can go in, I can't go in, we are doing makeup in a big shed, a very long table, and the makeup is made up there is the little actor. ”
Paul Che said in an interview:
"When I go to the film festival, I don't have any decent clothes myself, just an evening dress pants and a white T-shirt, it's actually very simple, I'm the one who goes over there to accompany me, you just walk the red carpet and find a place to sit..."
Listening to 63-year-old Paul Che is like watching a little person talking about some world-famous book. It's the real little guys, not the inflated stars who think they stand center stage.
He gives people a sense of coldness and calm, but he also has truth and sobriety - the sobriety of ordinary people, such a state is rare in the mainland entertainment industry.
If you have experienced the ups and downs of his life, you will indeed be very sober.
At the age of 20, he was working as a dresser in the parking lot of a commercial television station, and was suddenly discovered by Tsui Hark to appear in the movie ("Type 1 Danger").
He has worked with Liu Xiaoqing, Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, and also played supporting roles for Stephen Chow, Chen Xiaochun and Lizi.
Because of a lot of dramas, Paul Che quit his original job and became a full-time actor.
But with his pattern and vision at that time, he couldn't see the future, TVB couldn't support him, this TV station was going downhill, and even the serious protagonist was difficult to sustain, let alone a trick actor like him? He just happily squandered the fame, fortune, and happiness that being an actor brought him, until he was in his 40s, TVB was unwilling to take even 2,000 yuan "annual salary", and was expelled on the grounds that "he could not renew his contract".
He had to find a temporary worker for 300 yuan a day, he worked as an insurance agent, building maintenance, repaired air conditioning, worked as an electrician, brushed the park toilet, worked as a vegetable market manager, such temporary workers did 3 types at the same time, in order to maintain the life of his wife and children.
Of course, Paul Che also made a fortune, and when he was 20-30 years old, he had the illusion that he was on fire and would have no worries about food and clothing in the future.
So learn from others to buy sports cars, drink, make friends, but enjoy too much, but the money is not saved, and when I am in my 40s, I sober up and find that when the actor's contract is not renewed, I really have nothing...
40-50 is the most difficult period for Paul Che, his granddaughter died in an accident, his mother died and there was no money for a funeral, fortunately, the media still paid attention to him, the newspaper published a fundraising account, and the public donated 30,000 yuan to him.
In the ten years after losing his job, Paul Che was cold and no longer liked to talk, but after receiving donations, he began to talk again, because he felt the warmth of society, he also began to volunteer and donate to others.
Now whether he is acting or having fans, his mentality is very stable: if there is a job to do, he will do it well, because this opportunity may not come again in the future. If you don't have a job, you can live in peace.
If he happens to win an honor (such as being nominated for a work at the age of 60 and attending a film festival), he will no longer easily believe in pie in the sky.
He would tell himself that the red carpet belonged to someone else, you don't dream, just do your duty well.
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Before Paul Che, I had not looked at an actor from this perspective: an actor is really just a profession, not a tool for fame and fortune. The salary of an actor may not be able to support a person's family.
The actor really becomes a "cultural worker", or he is a "work" in his own right, whether he will appear on the stage again depends on whether people remember him or not...
Paul Che recently opened a mainland social media to tell his life experience, which immediately attracted the attention and support of many people.
"Mr. Paul Che, your acting career spans multiple periods and genres... Your contribution to Hong Kong cinema is unquestionable. ”
"Mr. Che, you will come to the mainland to develop, and the mainland will give you enough respect and space to expand your acting skills. You have good character, good acting skills, and Mandarin and 6. ”
Among netizens, there are also those who have witnessed the security career of Paul Che. In 1992, at the Shangri-La Hotel, Shenzhen, a painter had been a colleague with Paul Che, and the two wished each other well!
When Paul Che returned to the film and television industry, he didn't meet all "good words".
In "Infinite Beyond Class", he invited newcomers to play "Luding Ji" as an "old drama bone", which encountered an embarrassing cold. Because the little fresh meat also has to "mix resources" through variety shows, there are too many old Hong Kong drama bones with resources such as Wu Zhenyu, Hui Yinghong, and Zhao Yazhi, and Paul Che can't be ranked.
Some people also say that Paul Che is at most a trickster, how to become an "old drama bone" and an artist when he is old.
When it was compared with Liao Qizhi, some people said that "they can't speak the same day."
But some people say that Paul Che is indeed a small actor on TVB's industrial assembly line, and he is not as famous and high-status as others, but he has also tried, and his standard Mandarin is a witness, and he deserves respect.
Half of his life is sweet for the rest of his life, and Mr. Che is a "witness" of late maturity
No matter what others say, Cha Paul is still Che Paul.
Maybe he doesn't have high achievements in a golden supporting role like Liao Qizhi, or maybe he just took advantage of a "special actor" who is easy to remember, these are subjective judgments, and only one point is objective: Paul Che is an actor who "witnessed the decline of TVB and the rise of mainland film and television".
He came to the limelight at the age of 20, made a fortune on TVB at the age of 30, was unemployed and did odd jobs at the age of 40, went bankrupt to receive social assistance at the age of 50, and was recalled by the industry at the age of 60 due to the childhood memories of mainland netizens.
Paul Che is also a representative of "ordinary people" among actors, and his life has no halo and no shaking hands. His character is good and good, and he has encountered opportunities and temptations when he was young. In middle age, he struggled to make a living, lost something that could not be regained, and only matured when he was old, and began to become transparent and free.
He is really "most people", and he has exchanged the hardships of life for transparency - the so-called forty is just an ideal in reality, and people often go to fifty to not be confused, and sixty to know the destiny of heaven.
Paul Che, who has no education and has tasted the flavor of life, now begins to know the truth of "casual encounter, rejoice, peace and gratitude".
Whether it is the red carpet or variety shows, he considers himself a "runner".
He is grateful for every job opportunity given by others, and he knows his duty.
He dreamed of coming to the film studio in 1988, and now he has come true, happily sitting like a child on a stone pier in the doorway.
He went to a small village in the northeast to film, learned for the first time what "tunzi" is, knew about burning pits and firewood stacks for the first time, and smiled like a northeastern master with wheat.
He has magazines to shoot, and in his early years he was said to be ugly and strange, but after the baptism of time, he has become a skeletal artistic sense and a unique gentleness.
He posted photos with Yang Zi's children, one eye is full of youth and happiness, and the other eyes are full of depth and thought.
The years have turned him from an absurd strange young man and a low-level worker to a vicissitudes and wise grandfather.
Although it was ruthlessly abandoned by the industry, it was finally remembered by fans. Although I have suffered a lot, I have tasted a little unexpected sweetness at the end of my life.
Who said that such a life is not the success of ordinary people?