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Text | Xiao Chu
"Seeing him rise tall and banquet guests, seeing his building collapse..."
It is appropriate to use this sentence to describe Zhou Yunfa.
In the early years, Chow Yun-fat can be said to be in the limelight, and few people can compete with it.
Its image of "God of Gamblers" is even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
From "God of Gamblers", "Gambler" to "Macau Vice" trilogy. Chow Yun-fat can be said to have used his half-life acting career to interpret himself as a deeply rooted "gambling god".
But after the official announcement of the movie "Don't Call Me God of Gamblers", Zhou Yunfa was ridiculed by the group.
Make bad movies, fried cold rice, eat one piece for a lifetime, and start selling feelings again.
How did the former "son of Hong Kong" fall to the point where it is today?
How did Chow Yun-fat step by step down from the altar?
01 Jade in Cheng
Like most veteran Hong Kong stars, Chow Yun-fat's life before becoming famous was extremely difficult, even hard.
Chow Yun-fat was born in a poor village on Lamma Island in Hong Kong, and there were three other brothers in the family at a time when material scarcity and everyone was in extreme need.
As the saying goes, "half-old brats eat poor old people", you can imagine how hard Chow Yun-fat's childhood was.
As the head of the family, Zhou's father has no responsibility and responsibility. The burden of the family all fell on Zhou's mother.
How easy it is for a woman to feed so many mouths waiting to be fed, waiting to eat.
The days of hunger and full meals run through Zhou Yunfa's entire adolescent years.
To add insult to injury, Zhou's father became infected with gambling habits, which left the family already struggling to support a bunch of foreign debts.
When Chow Yun-fat grew up a little, Chow Yun-fat began to drop out of school at the age of 15. Lighten the burden on the family and supplement the family.
It's a pity that the hopeful Zhou Yunfa soon came to the beating of society.
Because of his young age and lack of academic qualifications, Chow Yun-fat can only do low-cost hard work
During this period, in order to make a living, he worked as a hotel waiter, a shoe shine boy, a postman, a car washer....... It can be said that in order to live, Zhou Yunfa tasted the five flavors of red dust.
Such days are very difficult, but even more bitter is a life with high foreign debt and no prospects.
But Zhou Yunfa, who has no way out, can only continue to work like this.
Until Chow Yun-fat was 18 years old, Hong Kong TVB opened an artist class. Chow Yun-fat ushered in an important turning point in his life.
This interview can be said to be Yin Ziyanhong, including many future movie queen superstars.
But now they are just ordinary people with dreams.
At that time, the interviewer who interviewed Chow Yun-fat was called Chung King Fai, according to him, "The first time I saw Fa Zi, I liked him. ”
I have to say that Zhong Jinghui's vision is indeed vicious.
In fact, when someone else treats something as a job and you see it as a lifesaver.
Naturally, it stands out from the rest.
Chow Yun-fat, who graduated from the training class, signed a TVB.
But it could not be reused, and it could even be said that there was no sense of existence, and Chow Yun-fat began his dragon set career.
The life of running a trick as a background board is naturally very difficult, but for Zhou Yunfa, who has been living at the bottom of society since he was a child, this kind of struggle full of hope and seeing the future is exactly what he desperately needs.
With such hard work, Chow Yun-fat soon got the opportunity to perform.
The successive broadcasts of the two dramas "Jianghu Kid" and "The North and South" in 1975 made Zhou Yunfa successfully enter the eyes of the public.
It also brought highlight moments to the subsequent Chow Yun-fat's acting career.
02 fame and fortune are both gained, and word of mouth is gradually lost
In 1980, "Shanghai Beach" was born, and then it became popular in the Asia-Pacific region.
How popular is this show?
In the streets and alleys of that time, you can see young people wearing black coats and white scarves everywhere.
People rushed to imitate what Chow Yun-fat wore in the play.
Even years later, "On the Beach" has been remade several times, starring Sun Li and Huang Xiaoming. However, pearl jade is in front of it, and it is difficult to surpass.
This shows the influence of Chow Yun-fat.
This drama also established Chow Yun-fat's status in the circle.
Chow Yun-fat has also risen from "Fa Boy" to "Fa Ge", which can be seen in its popularity status.
Zhou Yunfa was even more red and purple, and various scripts and films smashed towards him like snowflakes. All popular actresses also rushed to cooperate with Chow Yun-fat.
Chow Yun-fat became a kind of representative of their status in the circle.
However, no Tai Tai Lai, Tai Ji and No. When something happens to the extreme, it will usher in his opposite.
While Zhou Yunfa gained fame and fortune, his reputation gradually collapsed.
First, in 1989, Chu Zhonghong was a guest in "No Defense Tonight" and complained about Zhou Yunfa.
Later, Maggie Cheung also confided in Zhou Yunfa's frivolous behavior in the show.
After the program was broadcast, Chow Yun-fat's image was affected, and he had to explain it to the audience.
The explanation given by Chow Yun-fat is: "No matter which female star I work with, I treat her as a wife." ”
I don't know if the star aura is too good, or the halo effect is too long-lasting, for Zhou Yunfa's explanation, the public lightly exposed the matter.
Compared with Zhou Jie, who is also accused of "taking advantage of actresses", Zhou Yunfa can be described as lucky.
Zhou Yunfa, who learned the "lesson", also began to move towards another path of things.
03 "Workplace Bullying"
When filming "Tiger Out", he cooperated with Chow Yun-fat was Li Zhi, a newcomer who was only 20 years old at the time and had just entered the entertainment industry.
For this newcomer little sister who has just entered the circle, Zhou Yunfa has no predecessor style, let alone manly demeanor.
When filming the scene, both Lizhi and the crew said that they could shoot with a stand-in or a misplaced one.
Chow Yun-fat insisted on going on stage in person, and said that only by going on stage in person would he have a better performance experience.
The development of things to this point can also be said to be Chow Yun-fat's seriousness and dedication to acting.
Then what happened below can be said to be blatant "workplace bullying".
For Li Zhi, who is weak female and has no martial arts skills, Zhou Yunfa can be said to leave no room and is ruthless.
Being slapped, kicked flying, immersed in icy cold water by Xue's hair, and even the fight scene that was not originally there was temporarily added by the other party, this drama can be said to be Li Zhi's nightmare.
After the whole scene was filmed, Lizhi was beaten to the point of being seriously injured and hospitalized.
Later, Li Zhi was discharged from the hospital, and the crew specially held a finishing banquet for him.
As the male protagonist, Zhou Yunfa naturally attended the scene, but in the face of the object of his "accidental injury", Zhou Yunfa obviously had no guilt.
He excused whoever was thrown the most cake to be the most popular person in the audience.
Together with Zeng Zhiwei, he pasted the cake on Li Zhi's face.
The originally glamorous Lizhi was instantly embarrassed.
In the face of such a malicious "joke", Li Zhi, who has no status, can only choose to swallow his anger and quietly hide in the background to clean himself up.
Fortunately, Senior Leslie Cheung sensed Li Zhi's sadness and comforted him warmly for a long time.
And the two culprits laughed.
In addition to having no grace for Li Zhi, when facing other inland actresses, Chow Yun-fa's words are not very respectful.
At the 2001 Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony, Anita Mui, who was also the host, asked Chow Yun-fat on the side, "What do you think of mainland female stars?" ”
Chow Yun-fat replied, "Obedient, willing to do anything." ”
Then he added the phrase "pick up the grape" meaningfully
The audience burst into laughter.
Anita Mui on the stage was also very embarrassed, and she didn't know how to answer, so she quickly changed the topic.
At that time, there were all kinds of scandals about Zhang Ziyi and Jackie Chan, the most famous of which was Zhang Ziyi reaching out to pick up the grape seed on Jackie Chan's mouth.
Although, there are some things that are done, don't be afraid to say them.
But judging others by one's actions is really unfair.
Zhou Yunfa's remarks also made several mainland actresses sitting in the audience embarrassed.
04 Get carried away
Throughout Zhou Yunfa's acting career, Zhou Yunfa's reputation collapsed and was eaten back, which was not formed overnight.
Chow Yun-fat and director John Woo met at each other's low point, and Chow Yun-fat at that time was deeply trapped in the title of "box office poison". It was director John Woo who insisted on appointing Chow Yun-fat despite everyone's opposition.
Chow Yun-fat also came out of the circle again with the role of "Little Brother Ma".
Director John Woo also gained fame and fortune for this film.
The two can be said to have achieved each other.
But during the filming of the movie "Red Cliff", the two who had a good relationship suddenly turned against each other, and director John Woo even broke the news that Chow Yunfa was "troublesome" and "lying" in an interview with the media
More bluntly, Chow Yun-fat: "Love can only be seen in movies." ”
It turned out that it was filmed in Chow Yun-fat. Before the filming of "Red Cliff", Zhou Yunfa suddenly sat down and raised the price, and the lion opened his mouth.
Faced with this situation, director John Woo is definitely unwilling. Therefore, Chow Yun-fat walked out.
The protagonist escapes on the spot, and the entire movie can be said to be half collapsed. Investors have also lost confidence and watched things turn around.
Fortunately, Liang Chaowei saved the scene and solved this crisis.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Weiping, the producer of "Full of Golden Armor in the City", also followed the news that Zhou Yunfa had a character problem.
Caused Zhou Yunfa to post an article shouting injustice, and ridiculed "what the hell is it to scold after making money", mocking the producer for putting down his chopsticks and scolding his mother.
This remark naturally attracted a counterattack from the producer, and he had many crimes in detail.
One of the most impressive is the Million Dollar RV.
During the filming, Chow Yun-fat claimed that his wife would come to visit the class and asked the crew to prepare an RV for his wife Chen Huilian.
Faced with this request, the crew agreed.
However, the prepared RV has been uninhabited, and even Chow Yun-fat himself is only used to use the toilet.
Millions of dollars were wasted in this way, so that the producers can be described as hating it. Bluntly said that he will not cooperate with Chow Yun-fat.
However, what really caused Zhou Yunfa's word-of-mouth backlash was 8 "naked donations"
05 Words and deeds are inconsistent
In 2008, Bill Gates, the former richest man, announced on the front foot that "all property will be returned to society after death,"
Later, Chow Yun-fat announced to the outside media that "he has reached a consensus with his wife to donate all his property naked after death"
As soon as this remark came out, it instantly aroused the public's good impression.
In addition, in recent years, a series of down-to-earth behaviors such as Zhou Yunfa's simple life, close to the people, taking the subway, and buying vegetables have been exposed by the media and netizens, and Zhou Yunfa's image has instantly become brilliant and great.
It is no exaggeration to say that Chow Yun-fat has become the representative of the great goodness in the world.
Even Zhou Yunfa also won the title of "Charity King of the Entertainment Industry".
Even Gu Tianle, who has been involved in charity and donated a lot to Hope Primary School, will be eclipsed in front of Chow Yun-fat.
However, it is such a "charity king" who has been exposed by insiders to do charity.
Actor Lin Xue said more bluntly: "Only Andy Lau and Koo Tianle are really doing charity." ”
Netizens who have also found that the people who have shouted the loudest slogans over the years have not actually taken any actual action for many years.
Whether it is the Wuhan epidemic or several other natural and man-made disasters in China, Zhou Yunfa has not been seen.
What is more ingenious is that netizens found that every time Zhou Yunfa shouted the slogan of "naked donation", it was during the announcement of new works.
summary
It is undeniable that as an actor, Chow Yun-fat is undoubtedly successful. He left us with many classic characters. It also left many viewers with memories of youth.
But as a celebrity, he should also pay attention to his words and actions.
We don't kidnap anyone morally, but charity is not a gimmick to gain fame and fortune.