Lee Kwang-fu, it's a legendary name. He came from a famous wealthy family in Beijing, and went through a lot of debts in his family, and later relied on his unremitting efforts to achieve a career in the drama, film and television industry, and was known as the "gold medal supporting actor". Today, at the age of 77, he is still dedicated and passionate, and his pursuit of performing arts has never stopped.
1. The "rich second generation" who grew up playing gold bars
Li Guangfu was born into a wealthy family in Beijing, and his father was a very successful businessman. Li's father was determined to make a fortune since he was a child, and left home to go to Europe when he was a teenager, and gradually became the president of a chamber of commerce with his ability and courage, and his position was prominent. However, the good times did not last long, and a political turmoil almost cost Li's father his life and was sentenced to death. Rescued by his wife, after Li's father returned to China, he was constantly kidnapped and blackmailed by bandits, and he was displaced.
After these tribulations, Li's father was able to settle down and establish his own rubber factory and brewery. At this time, Lee Guangfu was also born. Because the family has accumulated a lot of wealth, Li Guangfu grew up completely surrounded by money. I remember one time, Xiao Li Guangfu couldn't stop crying, and his mother simply took out a whole box of gold bars for him to play stacking, and this picture is still vivid in my mind today.
Li's father was very fond of Li Guangfu and specially renovated a house for him as a playground. Li Guangfu's favorite place to go is the nearby "China Children's Theater", where he can sit all day watching others rehearse, and is full of curiosity and yearning for the fights, killings, and singing and dancing performances on the stage. Lee Kwang-fu has shown a passion and talent for acting since he was a child.
It can be said that under the very wealthy family environment and the care of his parents, Li Guangfu enjoyed it to the fullest, and this childhood of "growing up playing with gold bars" had a profound impact on his later outlook on life and values.
Second, the rich second generation becomes the negative second generation
However, the good times were short-lived. A sudden political turmoil made the Li family pauper. The most regrettable thing is that when Li Guangfu was 11 years old, his father, the pillar of their family, unfortunately passed away. The original home with a few properties was left with a small annex. Her mother's collection of jewelry and antiques was sold, and the family's fortune plummeted.
Surrounded by money since he was a child, Li Guangfu, who had no worries about food and clothing, experienced the hardships of life for the first time. Watching his mother work day and night, Li Guangfu knew that he had to have a skill. At the age of 11, he plucked up the courage to find his mother, asked for the registration fee of the Beijing People's Art Theater, and began his dream of becoming an actor.
At first, the country's environment for the literary and artistic circles was very harsh, the audience was scarce, and no one cared about the performances. Although Li Guangfu was admitted to the theater of his dreams, he did not get the opportunity to actually perform, so he could only keep studying and turn over the books in the library. For more than 10 years, he has been paired with some innocuous small roles, and has not been substantially promoted.
3. The pursuit of art
Until the 80s of the 20th century, with the changes in the social environment, the drama, film and television industry began to flourish, and Li Guangfu also ushered in a turning point in his career. In the drama "Teahouse", he performed on the same stage with many big names for the first time, although it was only an embellishment of small roles, Li Guangfu never entered the play. After being stopped by the director many times, the director said impatiently: "The people who eat on the roadside are better than you, don't you have any life experience?" This sentence woke up Li Guangfu.
As a result, he began to observe the living conditions of passers-by everywhere he went, and communicated with the locals wherever he went, and this rich life experience soon improved his acting skills. Li Guangfu also deliberately wrote a 3,000-word biography and handed it to the director, which successfully brought his small supporting role to life and left a deep impression on the audience.
In his 40-year drama career, Lee has accumulated a wealth of life experience, and has studied each role to integrate himself into the role. He even devoted himself to studying medicine for 3 years, just to play the role of a doctor. These efforts were not in vain, and at the age of 58, Li Guangfu successfully transferred to the TV circle and began his second spring.
For an actor who has entered middle age, it is not easy to transform at this age. But Lee's passion for acting has never waned, and he can vividly interpret different personalities, whether it is a father or an ancient literati. The experience and knowledge accumulated over the years have made him a unique charm to play as an old artist. Even at the age of 77, Li Guangfu still regards acting as his life, and infects his younger generations with his old and strong mental state.
Fourth, my greatest pride is my son
When it comes to Li Guangfu's proudest thing, it has to be his son Li Yi. Li Yi also followed Li Guangfu's path as a child star when he was a child, but at the age of 11, Li Guangfu decisively stopped his acting career and warned him: "What an actor wants to fight for is culture, if you want to be an actor, go to study social sciences, and come back after graduation."
Li Yi followed his father's advice, gave up his dream of stardom after high school, and entered China University of Political Science and Law to study. After that, he went to the United Kingdom for further study and became an excellent lawyer after returning to China. Rather than forcing his son to inherit his own business, Lee Kwang-fu gave him maximum autonomy in life, an enlightened approach to education that later proved to be very correct.
After Li Yi switched from the legal profession to the business world, he successfully founded his own company, with assets of 100 million yuan. As a father, Li Guangfu is not only proud of his son, but also sees the shadow of his father's entrepreneurship from him. He was relieved to say that his son had fulfilled the dream of two generations, which was the proudest thing in his life.
Epilogue:
Li Guangfu's life can be described as ups and downs, experiencing the painful ups and downs from a wealthy family to poverty, and also experiencing the hardships of his acting career from a nobody to a successful film and television actor. But Li Guangfu was not disturbed by these, and still smiled and performed vivid screen roles, transforming the bits and pieces of life into the nutrition of performance.
The 77-year-old Lee is still passionate about acting and infects younger generations with the spirit of growing old and strong. He used his life to practice the life creed of "live to be old and learn to be old". At the same time, Lee Kwang-fu is also a very humble and wise father, he gave his children the greatest autonomy in life, and finally cultivated excellent business heirs, which is the most glorious achievement in his life.