Li Shaoji, one of the thirteen taibao of Ciyun Mountain, was interviewed in his later years, and the big brother of the rivers and lakes who used to reprimand the storm, but in his later years he was so desolate that eating became a problem, so what kind of legendary life did Li Shaoji have, and how did he get to this point?
Gangster character Lee Shau Kee
Lee Shau Kee was born in 1949. At that time, Hong Kong was in the post-war recovery stage, the social order was extremely chaotic, and the triad was rampant. Due to the family's poor economic situation, Lee Shau Kee's parents were busy with their livelihood all day and had no time to take care of Lee Shau Kee's education.
When the teacher informed Lee Shau Kee's parents that Lee Shau Kee was fighting at school and was lawless, and asked his parents to help with education, all they could think of was to simply and rudely beat Lee Shau Kee and scold him.
And this discipline is already too late. In fact, Lee Shau Kee, who grew up in a slum, has long formed a rebellious and perverse character when he was accustomed to gambling, drug addiction, bullying and other chaos since he was a child, coupled with being often bullied and beaten by bad young people on the street.
The rough discipline of his parents and teachers made him even more rebellious, so Lee Shau Kee, who was only 11 or 2 years old, dropped out of school and mixed with his friend Chen Shenzhi.
Although Chen Shenzhi is thin and small, he is extremely ruthless, his mind is also very flexible, and he is moral, so he is regarded as the eldest brother by Li Shaoji. They fought with people on the streets for territory, grabbed protection fees, and when they met the opposite family, they drew machetes and rushed straight up to slash and kill, gradually attracting more people to join.
In the end, thirteen young gangsters established the "Thirteen Taibao of Ciyun Mountain" group, and this small group with an average age of only about fourteen years old made a great name in Ciyun Mountain with its courage and not afraid of death.
Among them, the tall Li Shaoji fought the most bravely, and was nicknamed "Gao Fei" by the people in the rivers and lakes, and he was the second-in-command of the thirteen taibao of Ciyun Mountain.
Later, the increasingly famous Thirteenth Taibao of Ciyun Mountain was favored by Chen Zhonghua, the leader of the triad, and was absorbed into the well-known triad organization 14K.
With a large organization as a backer, Lee Shau-kee and his partners have flourished in the rivers and lakes. They often carry weapons and fight with other underworld organizations, and sometimes, even the police directly cut them. At that time, one of the rules that Lee Shau-kee believed in his heart was that as long as he made a knife, he must see blood.
Being arrested in prison is a common occurrence, but Lee Shau-kee is not afraid. Because when he first entered the industry, the seniors on the road told Lee Shau-kee that when he met his opponent, he must decisively take out the knife, and he must not hesitate, but he must also pay attention to avoid the key points and try to cut the opponent's hands and feet.
Because even if someone is caught, he will only sit in prison for three to five years, and he can still mix when he comes out. If you hack someone to death, you may be sentenced to death, which is not cost-effective.
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The prodigal son turned back
He is the famous "Gao Fei" in the gangsters, and Li Shaoji, one of the thirteen taipo of Ciyun Mountain, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, but he was suddenly imprisoned for theft. What's the story behind this?
For more than ten years, Li Shaoji has always grasped this measure, cutting people without hurting each other's lives. Moreover, Lee Shau Kee also taught his brothers in this way.
Who knows, Lee Shau Kee and his brothers did not hack people to death, but one of them was hacked to death by his opponent. Lee Shau Kee saw his brother fall in a pool of blood and lost his breath. When the deceased's parents came to collect the body, Lee Shau Kee and other brothers were by their side, wanting to help.
But the two old men angrily drove away Li Shaoji and the others, and scolded Lee Shauji and his party for taking their sons and letting them send black-haired people to white-haired people. For the money and gifts brought by Lee Shau Kee, they also threw them out, and threatened to call the police if they saw a few more people approaching.
Lee Shau Kee's heart was suddenly strongly stimulated, and he deeply remembered that this was how his family threw out the money and gifts he brought back, and also said that he would call the police if he saw him again.
A strong sense of sadness surrounded Lee Shau Kee, and he suddenly had no direction, not understanding the meaning of the current day of licking blood at the knife's edge.
In order to escape the bitterness of reality, Lee Shau Kee contracted drugs. The former mighty "Goofy" soon became skinny due to drug addiction and no longer had any combat effectiveness.
And in about the same time, his eldest brother Chen Shenzhi was secretly calculated, and only one breath was left to be injured. Although Chen Shenzhi later retrieved a life from the ghost gate, he has since become discouraged by the rivers and lakes and has also become an addict. Some of the other brothers were imprisoned or transferred to other gangs.
The thirteenth taibao of Ciyun Mountain fell in an instant. Lee Shau-kee suddenly became a lonely soul and wild ghost with no source or return.
A few years later, Lee learned of his father's critical illness, but he felt that he had no face to see his father, and his family did not want to see him. As a result, Lee Shau-kee not only did not see his father for the last time, but also failed to attend the funeral.
Lee Shau Kee, who was in disarray, went to the top floor and wanted to jump off to end this hopeless life. However, when he really stood on the edge of the roof, Lee Shau-kee was frightened again, and he did not have the courage to jump.
Lee Shau-kee, who did not dare to die and had no means of livelihood, began to steal and was quickly arrested by the police. On a Chinese New Year's Eve night in 1977, Lee Shau Kee saw an incomparably lonely moon through the barred window, unspeakable pain deposited in his chest, and suicidal thoughts rose again.
Fortunately, soon after, the former eldest brother Chen Shenzhi appeared, and he was like a ray of light, re-illuminating Lee Shau Kee's life.
It turned out that Chen Shenzhi was taken into a drug rehabilitation center earlier, and after hardships, he finally successfully rehabilitated drugs, and since then he has changed his mind, believes in Christianity, and specializes in public welfare work to help people get rid of drugs.
Chen Shenzhi released Lee Shau Kee on bail from prison, patiently assisted Lee Shau Kee to quit drug addiction, and introduced Lee Shau Kee to a job as a miscellaneous job in the film crew. Although this job does not earn much, Lee Shau Kee finally has a sense of steadiness and peace of mind.
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Bleak old age
From a rebellious teenager, to a big brother in the rivers and lakes, to a lonely prison, and then to become the "Hong Kong film wild king", Lee Shau Kee's life can be described as legendary. So, where will the end of his life be?
Although Lee Shau Kee has withdrawn from the rivers and lakes and is no longer a big brother, his gangster temperament is still very sufficient, and director Lin Lingdong took a fancy to this unique temperament and invited Lee Shau Kee to join the ranks of actors and make movies with him.
Lee Shau Kee has since stepped into the film and television industry, playing villains, thugs and other roles in various film and television dramas, and is famous, and often plays negative roles Ho Ka Ju, Cheng Kuian and Huang Guangliang are known as the "four evil men" in the Hong Kong film industry.
In 1995, Liu Weiqiang filmed a series of movies in which Zheng Yijian, Chen Xiaochun and others played the underworld characters with morality, and his life was full of blood and excitement, and it was popular all over the country for a while. Lee Shau Kee, who played the gangster big brother in his true colors, also shined and was well known to more fans.
In addition, Lee Shau Kee actively seeks transformation and is no longer limited to villain roles. In Stephen Chow's movie "God of Food", he completely put down his identity as a big brother and made a major breakthrough, and the scene played by him of a goose head wearing a scarf running enchantingly on the beach is one of the most classic pictures in the entire movie.
Subsequently, Lee Shau Kee became Stephen Chow's royal supporting role, and he has appeared in classic films such as "The King of Comedy" and "The King of a Thousand Kings".
And Lee Shau-kee has accumulated a lot of wealth after years of exploration and rolling in the film and television industry. He and his friends started a film company called "Jianghu People" and produced many classic films.
After starting the company, Lee Shau-kee, who was born in the underworld, was also very moral, helped many people in the film and television industry, and generously lent money to friends in the circle.
For the popularity of the Confused Boy series, although Lee Shau Kee is very happy, he has always been worried that these films will have a bad impact on teenagers, especially afraid that teenagers will take the wrong path he has taken in ignorance.
Therefore, after Lee Shau-kee had his own company, he specially shot many underworld series of works, and arranged a tragic ending for each underworld big brother as a wake-up call.
Within a few years, Hong Kong films went into decline, and Lee Shau-kee's film and television company did not survive. When he turned to business, he was defrauded by his partners of a large amount of money, and later encountered the financial turmoil in Hong Kong, and all his savings were wiped out overnight.
In his later years, Lee Shau Kee had a difficult life, and he could not even pay for food. But all the friends in the former film and television industry have disappeared, and the "friends" who borrowed 200,000 yuan from him also refuse to pay back. Only the younger brother he befriended in his early years still came to visit him and often helped him in his life.
The brothers themselves were not prosperous, but the people still adhered to the righteousness they believed in when they were young, and they used the money they had saved to buy food and daily necessities for Lee Shau Kee.
After Lee Shau Kee fell ill, they repeatedly visited him and persuaded Lee Shau Kee to receive treatment. The eldest brother Chen Shenzhi has always been by Li Shaoji's side and never gave up.
The only insider who came to his aid was Gu Tianle. After learning that Lee Shau Kee was seriously ill, Koo Tianle immediately provided him with financial assistance and took the initiative to help him contact a doctor. Lee Shau Kee also successfully underwent surgery.
Unfortunately, less than half a year after the operation, the cancer spread, and Lee Shau-kee passed away. Before dying, he repeatedly told his wife to follow the funeral and stop bothering Gu Tianle. At the same time, Lee Shau Kee also entrusted his wife to express his gratitude to Koo Tianle again.
A generation of stormy figures, just like this, walked off the stage of life, and its ending seems to correspond to the gangster movies he filmed, and it is difficult for those who mix rivers and lakes to have a good ending.