"If it weren't for the fact that your dad is Bruce Lee, don't say 2.5 million, you wouldn't even be worth 20,000!" --Chen Huimin
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Since the untimely death of a generation of superstar Bruce Lee in 1973, the film industry at home and abroad has been actively looking for a replacement for Bruce Lee.
From Hong Jinbao to Jackie Chan to the later Zhen Zidan and others have imitated Bruce Lee, but in the end they all failed.
Until Jackie Chan took a different path, combined with his own characteristics, created a new kind of film "kung fu comedy", and finally filled the gap of Bruce Lee's departure and became a new generation of kung fu superstars.
In the 1980s, Jackie Chan became popular all over Asia with masterpieces such as "Police Story", and the film remuneration was also rising.
At this time, Japanese filmmakers also took pains to find a replacement for Jackie Chan. But soon, they thought of a most suitable candidate, Bruce Lee's son, Li Guohao.
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At this time, Li Guohao had grown up and practiced martial arts from an early age under the teaching of his father. However, after Bruce Lee's death, Li Guohao returned to the United States with his mother, and it is obvious that moving him to shoot a drama obviously requires people to "match".
As Bruce Lee's old friend, Chen Huimin became such an intermediary.
Speaking of which, Chen Huimin's origin is not small, he was at the peak at that time, as a 14K gangster, double flower red stick, can be described as black and white two-way eat-all. He is also quite prestigious in Japan, serving as the leader of the Yamaguchi group.
Under Chen Huimin's arrangement, Li Guohao rushed to Japan with him to negotiate a contract with the film.
However, this made Chen Huimin unexpected, this trip to Japan, almost made him and this nephew against each other!
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After coming to Japan, the filmmaker did not say a word and offered Li Guohao a contract of 5 million yuan to shoot two plays, that is, a big contract of 2.5 million yuan for one play.
This is undoubtedly tempting for a fledgling newcomer.
In Chen Huimin's view, this signing of the contract has long been nailed down, the so-called negotiation is just a routine matter, will this nephew not agree?
Then, Li Guohao immediately punched Chen Huimin in the face without mercy!
It turned out that the Japanese filmmakers' wish was to hope that Lee Guohao would become the next Bruce Lee, imitating his father's acting style and classic moves.
To put it simply, in the eyes of the filmmaker, it doesn't matter whether you are Li Guohao or Wang Guohao, I only hope that you will play the role of "Bruce Lee".
However, Li Guohao, who was influenced by American culture since childhood and westernized his thinking, advocated personal independence and self-worth more, and was obviously unwilling to become a stand-in for his father.
Moreover, when Bruce Lee died, Li Guohao was only 8 years old, and in his memory, the vague image of his father remained only in the narration of others, Chinese the so-called "fatherly kindness and filial piety" was too far away from him.
"I don't act!"
Seeing that Li Guohao's attitude was so tough, the film merchants had to make concessions:
"Well, we don't ask you to imitate Bruce Lee in its entirety, it's always okay to imitate only a few signature moves, right?"
However, in Li Guohao's view, this is a matter of his own principle, even if he imitates a few actions, he is resolutely uncompromising.
Chen Huimin listened and looked displeased: "Your father is Bruce Lee, how many people are imitating him?" You are even more righteous as a son! "
Li Guohao remained unmoved.
Chen Huimin saw that he was still "stubborn", and immediately asked angrily: "Are we Chinese?" ”
As a result, Li Guohao sneered: "I am Brandon Lee, I am American!"
In his mind, he still identified himself as an American, Chinese the "moral kidnapping" of the national concept of the country, which did not work for him.
Li Guohao's words can be described as completely angering Chen Huimin's nerves, he was not polite, directly slapped the past, "Not your father, don't say 2.5 million, you are not even worth 20,000!" ”
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The signing of this contract broke up unhappily, and many years later, Chen Huimin recalled that the matter was still indignant, full of hatred for Li Guohao. Chen Huimin also revealed that when the signing was signed, the representatives of both sides present were dressed in formal clothes, only Li Guohao was wearing ripped jeans, and a red silk scarf was still placed in the pocket behind the pants, as if he was acting like a "non-my race". At the same time, Chen Huimin also felt very disdainful of Li Guohao's suspected homosexual status.
Of course, after all, the above is only Chen Huimin's one-sided words, and it is unknown whether there is "smuggling" in it.
In the end, Li Guohao could not wait for the opportunity to get rid of the aura of "Bruce Lee's son" and prove himself as a "brandon lee" in front of the world.
In 1993, Li Guohao participated in the movie "The Crow", during the filming of a gunfight, the prop gun actually shot a real bullet, Li Guohao was shot in the abdomen and lost too much blood, and his father died a bizarre death, only 28 years old, he died young.
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It is undeniable that for many "star second generations" living under the dazzling aura of their fathers, the fame of their fathers is too loud is a double-edged sword.
The advantage is that it can help you quickly take shortcuts with the fame of your father.com.
But the disadvantage is that the outside world will evaluate you more harshly, comparing you with your father, if you can't be blue, you are doomed to live in the shadow of your father for a lifetime. For those who have strong self-esteem and do not just want to eat by the identity of the second generation of stars, it is obviously difficult to accept.
On the other hand, for a "banana man" like Li Guohao, whether in the Western world or the Chinese world, it is difficult to find a real sense of identity and belonging, and his acting road is destined to be more difficult than his father.
Unfortunately, Heaven envy talent, if there is no shooting accident, what kind of achievements Li Guohao can achieve in the future is still unknown, but everything can only stay in the imagination...
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