Text | Xinlan Shuhua
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preface
Jet Li is not guaranteed for the late festival? The former kung fu superstar, regardless of the advantages and disadvantages of the product, directly went to endorse the "inferior game", once relied on "Shaolin Temple" to become popular overnight, and was called the "Chinese Kung Fu Emperor" by foreign media, what did Jet Li do to make him fall down the altar step by step? Reduced to a situation where everyone shouts and beats!
The rise of kung fu masters
Li Lianjie was born in a martial arts family, and before entering the entertainment industry, he was a well-known martial arts champion in the martial arts industry. And he knows a lot of projects, boxing, gunfighting, knife skills, etc., can be called an all-round talent.
At a young age, Jet Li has visited more than 40 countries on behalf of the national wushu team, and has performed martial arts for Nixon, Kissinger and others. Nixon also threatened to hire him as his bodyguard, but the patriotic Jet Li declined his invitation.
In 1980, in order to promote Chinese martial arts, the State Council invited a Hong Kong film team to shoot "Shaolin Temple", and the famous and skilled Jet Li became the best choice.
As we all know, in the 80s, everyone's standard of living was generally not high, and a movie ticket sold for about a dime. And the movie "Shaolin Temple" set a box office of 160 million in China.
At the same time, the film also went abroad, setting box office miracles of 4 billion yen and 5.1 billion won in Japan and South Korea, respectively, and "Shaolin Temple" and Jet Li became popular in Asia.
But the huge success of the film did not bring Jet Li considerable income. At that time, it was in the early days of reform and opening up, the residual temperature of the planned economy had not retreated, and although Jet Li was the male one in "Shaolin Temple", his salary was only 1 yuan / day. Ironically, the Hong Kong people who played dead bodies at that time were paid as much as 50 yuan per day.
The huge gap made him very uncomfortable, but at that time, he was subordinate to the sports committee, and he could only silently swallow his anger about such a system.
The Hong Kong filming team struck while the iron was hot and tailored martial arts blockbusters such as "Shaolin Kid" and "North and South Shaolin" for Jet Li. After learning that Hong Kong actors are paid millions in salaries, Jet Li is determined to get out of the system and go to Hong Kong to develop.
When filming "Shaolin Kid", the heroine in the film was also Jet Li's senior sister Huang Qiuyan, and she was in love with Jet Li. The two continued to romance in and out of the play, and it didn't take long to tie the knot.
The wife is on the side, and the future can be expected. If the story ends here, Jet Li's life can be said to be perfect and complete. But fate does not stop at this generation of kung fu kings, let's continue to watch.
A stain that cannot be erased
In 1986, Jet Li directed and acted in a movie "Chinese Heroes" in Hong Kong, which was also the only work he directed in his life, but the film received a mediocre response.
Jet Li, who was frustrated, received an invitation from director Luo Wei at this time to shoot "The Dragon in the World" with Stephen Chow in the United States. In this movie, he meets the second most important woman in his life - Li Zhi, and he will also make the first mistake of his life that cannot be erased.
When Jet Li saw Li Zhi for the first time, he was shocked and couldn't help himself. He also said: "I am willing to do anything for her, even death!" Although he and Huang Qiuyan already had two beautiful daughters at that time.
In order to win a smile from the beauty, Jet Li decided to give up his marriage with Huang Qiuyan.
"Qiuyan, I'm in love with another person, let's divorce." Simple words, years of feelings were easily put down by Jet Li.
Who is Lizhi? At that time, she was named the "most beautiful woman in Asia" by the Hong Kong media, and almost became the legendary woman of the fifth aunt of the gambling king. Her angelic face and bumpy figure have made countless men in Hong Kong crazy, she can be called a peerless goddess, and even the kung fu king has fallen under her pomegranate skirt.
After Jet Li and Huang Qiuyan divorced, they did not marry Li Zhi immediately. Just because Li Zhi said, "If ten years from now, you still love me as you do now, then I will marry you." ”
In order to prove his loyalty and sincerity, Jet Li really waited ten years. After having Jet Li as a backer, Li Zhi withdrew from the film industry and turned to invest in the business world.
But her investment encountered Waterloo one after another, not only losing the salary obtained from many years of filming, but also owing tens of millions of foreign debts. At that time, she searched for friends around her, but no one was willing to lend a hand.
Only Jet Li and Yongsheng Company owed Huaqiang contracts for six movies overnight, and advanced 72 million yuan in advance to Lizhi to pay off the debt. Li Zhi finally understood the man's true heart for her.
As soon as the ten-year covenant arrived, Li Zhi and Jet Li walked into the palace of marriage hand in hand. But the outside is overwhelming with negative evaluations, "love and righteousness, less than the chest four or two", "only hear the new people laugh, where to hear the old people cry" and other news, which has also become the biggest stain on Jet Li's acting career.
But no matter how the outside world comments, Jet Li no longer plays intimate scenes with the actresses in the play for Li Zhi, and Li Zhi has also washed out the lead and completely separated himself from Hong Kong's prosperous fame and fortune.
The two have been together for many years, and their love is better than Jin Jian, and it seems that they have to prove their love in person. But just when the outside world gradually stopped paying attention to their love story, Jet Li was exposed to a shocking scandal!
In 2007, Jet Li established a public welfare foundation called "One Foundation" in Singapore. The fund's slogan is: "Each person who donates 1 yuan a month can help those in need solve their difficulties." Jet Li used his star effect as a guarantee and received a lot of attention and support.
But at the time of the Ya'an earthquake in 2013, from the data disclosed by the "One Foundation", there was a crowdfunding amount of up to 130 million yuan, and Jet Li suddenly fell into a scandal in the name of public welfare, which was actually doing black money transactions.
For this matter, Jet Li himself never responded positively, but lightly said in an interview: "There is no problem with the One Fund that everyone said", and then it was gone.
And the host also asked him: "You set up a One Foundation to call on everyone to donate money, but you yourself live in a mansion of 100 million, how much money have you donated?" But Jet Li did not answer positively.
To this day, neither Jet Li himself nor the One Foundation official has made any explanation and data display on this matter. But the suspicion of the majority of netizens has never stopped, because Jet Li transferred the nationality of his whole family to Singapore, which is more like an act to cover up.
As a representative of Chinese kung fu, the superstar who broke into Hollywood with Chinese kung fu actually gave up his Chinese nationality. Jet Li explained that he immigrated to allow his daughter to receive a more advanced bilingual education, and went to Singapore to promote Chinese martial arts. In the eyes of the majority of netizens, this reason seems untenable.
According to Singapore's immigration policy, there is only one way Jet Li can quickly obtain Singapore citizenship: investment immigration. The amount of investment must be paid at least S$2.5 million, or 12 million yuan. And his "One Fund" was established just before he applied for immigration.
It can be seen that Jet Li's immigration and "One Fund" are carefully thought out and carefully planned, and the original intention is not pure. This can also understand why netizens have a worse and worse perception of him, and the scenes he filmed in the domestic market are no longer interested.
But Jet Li is still quite popular in the international market, and Wang Jing once revealed that Jet Li is an absolute big name in Hollywood.
But when Jet Li was filming the Hollywood blockbuster "The Expendables", he let his stand-in be blown up alive because of a momentary mistake.
Jet Li did not want to accept this offer at first due to physical reasons. But unable to stand the bitter invitation of his friend Stallone, he still agreed.
When filming an explosion location scene, Jet Li felt that his physical condition could not complete such a difficult scene, so he let the stand-in Liu Kun go into battle. But I never expected that there was an accident at the scene, and Liu Kun was killed on the spot.
After the incident, Liu Kun's family only received about 150,000 compensation from the company and Jet Li's personal help, so they rushed to the matter.
Jet Li is not serious about his own scenes, and the protection of the stand-in is not in place, so he has been criticized. And the good reputation he has accumulated in China for many years has also been left by his series of operations "Huo Huo".
A group photo sparked a heated discussion
Now Jet Li rarely appears in front of the screen, and the family portrait he posted on social platforms recently has caused heated discussions among netizens.
Li Zhi, who was once known as "a beauty rarely encountered in 50 years", is similar to her appearance when she was young. And the "goddess of kung fu" Huang Qiuyan, who was abandoned by Jet Li that year, looks properly maintained and her demeanor is still the same.
And Jet Li, who recently returned to China, has white hair, bulging eyes, and blank eyes. He appeared to be in a poor state of mind and seemed to be facing serious physical problems.
He was no longer able to make money by filming martial arts scenes, and accepted many domestic endorsement advertisements. But no matter how many filters are blessed, Jet Li's aging can no longer be covered.
Time is fair and irreversible for everyone. It is only a matter of time before the hero is late. But even if the superstar has "fallen", Jet Li's contribution to Chinese martial arts should not be underestimated.
epilogue
Due to the long-term shooting of action movies, Jet Li has a lot of pain. Coupled with the long-term suffering from hyperthyroidism, judging from his recent photos, not only his figure is blessed but his facial features have also changed. Compared with Donnie Yen, who was at the same time as him, it really can't be seen that the two were born in the same year.
Jet Li has done a lot of reprehensible things in his life in order to chase love and fame. And these things also made him lose the good reputation he had accumulated for decades, and fell into the situation where everyone is shouting and beating today. It's really a pity!