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Recently, Andy Lau has been busy promoting the movie "Sneaking", which starred him and Peng Yuyan and Lin Jiadong, and we all know that his friendship with Lin Jiadong lasted for 20 years.
But we don't know why their friendship, which spanned 20 years, lasted so long, and was there no conflict between them?
You must know that Andy Lau is Lin Jiadong's boss! It stands to reason that it is difficult for a boss and an employee to become friends, let alone become old friends for 20 years.
In this regard, at the recent meeting of the movie "Sneaking", someone asked Andy Lau how he maintained the friendship with Lin Jiadong, and why did it last for 20 years?
This question is too simple and too common for Andy Lau, because whenever he cooperates with Lin Jiadong or attends any event together, he has answered similar questions.
However, this answer still made many people who didn't know the truth completely see Andy Lau's "real character", and also completely understood why Lin Jiadong was willing to follow him for 20 years.
Under Andy Lau's narration, we learned that he and Lin Jiadong met around 2000, this year, Lin Jiadong signed a contract with Andy Lau's film and television company and became an artist under him.
After that, Lin Jiadong, who has acted in TVB TV dramas for many years, began to move to the film industry, and the next year, he partnered with Andy Lau to star in the movie "Love Jun Like a Dream".
He also won the "Best Supporting Actor Award" at the Academy Awards for the first time with this film, and it stands to reason that Lin Jiadong's next road as an actor should be smoother and smoother.
But it backfired, at this moment, Andy Lau's company was forced to dissolve because of a lawsuit, and its artists all terminated their contracts and left, but Lin Jiadong did not leave alone.
Andy Lau has always kept this incident in mind, he vowed that even if he can't be the boss in the future, he will take Lin Jiadong with him and make him popular, Andy Lau thinks so and does so.
He took into account that Lin Jiadong had acted in TV series for too long, and the way of acting had been "dramatized", and it was difficult to act in a good movie, so he suggested that he spare 3 years not to film, and he would bear the salary for these 3 years, and all Lin Jiadong had to do was to empty himself.
Lin Jiadong trusts Andy Lau very much, and obeys Andy Lau's words, seeing this, Andy Lau completely regards Lin Jiadong as a friend, and after seeing that he is already capable of making movies, he immediately asked him to film.
Therefore, since 2003, we will find a very magical phenomenon, that is, in the movies starring Andy Lau, we will see Lin Jiadong, who often plays a small supporting role next to Andy Lau.
Although staying by Andy Lau's side, Lin Jiadong is easy to be ignored, Andy Lau also knows this, but he also knows that he can't leave this friend, he can only take the initiative to let go when Lin Jiadong has the ability to "fight alone".
Andy Lau's sentence "This friend can't be lost" has made Lin Jiadong's next acting career always filming, and he has more and more scenes.
In 2010, seeing that Lin Jiadong already had the ability to "fly solo", Andy Lau invested and let Lin Jiadong serve as the producer, which contributed to the successful release of the movie "Fighting in the Ring".
The results of this movie are very good, and it also won the "Best Film Award" at the Academy Awards that year, which proves that Andy Lau's judgment is correct, and Lin Jiadong does have the ability to "fly solo".
Therefore, in 2012, as soon as Lin Jiadong's contract with Andy Lau's company expired, Andy Lau decided not to renew his contract and let him break out alone.
After that, Lin Jiadong's acting career has indeed entered an upward period, and in 2013, he has already played the leading role in the movie "Storm" starring him and Andy Lau.
What's even more brilliant is that in 2017, Lin Jiadong successfully portrayed one of Hong Kong's most notorious thieves in "The Tree Moves the Wind", and his performance was widely acclaimed, once again confirming his super shaping power of "both good and evil".
The most important thing is that this role also helped him win the "Best Actor" trophy at the Academy Awards, and when he reached the top, he did not forget Andy Lau's support, and has been thanking Andy Lau for not leaving him behind.
Although in Lin Jiadong's eyes, Andy Lau helped him more, but for Andy Lau, Lin Jiadong meant a lot to him, and it was Lin Jiadong's unconditional support that made him realize the importance of friends.
It is not so much that Lin Jiadong is willing to follow him for 20 years, but rather that Lin Jiadong has given him the idea of staying alone for 20 years, which may be the "right way to open" friendship, and they will always emphasize that each other is more important.
It's no wonder that after going around for 20 years, even though Lin Jiadong has not been in Andy Lau's company for many years, the outside world has never doubted the friendship between the two of them.
There are even rumors that if you can't find Andy Lau, you can contact Lin Jiadong to try it, and he should be able to help you find Andy Lau.
Although this is just a joke, Lin Jiadong has refuted the rumors many times, but it shows how deep his friendship with Andy Lau is.
It is precisely because of this that they can continue to cooperate like this, even if Lin Jiadong is already a "actor", he is still willing to match Andy Lau and play some roles with fewer roles than him.
Of course, with Andy Lau's status and character in the circle, he is still qualified in front of Lin Jiadong, a little higher than him, and now he is 62 years old, and he can frequently serve as the male lead in various big-budget movies.
also benefited from the "good causes" he planted since he entered the industry, just like the story between him and Lin Jiadong, starting from his great help, then to mutual fulfillment, and finally developing to the point that the other party has the ability to repay him.
We all know that in the 2024 Spring Festival file in the near future, Andy Lau will bring another masterpiece "Mr. Red Carpet" starring him to meet us.
And behind this movie, there is a hidden past, which is almost 20 years of kindness, in 2005, the director Ning Hao, who was still a newcomer, was seen by some filmmakers with the children's movie "Green Meadow".
It was Andy Lau who took the initiative to contact him, and promised to give him money and let him make the movie he wanted, and it was in this situation that the movie "Crazy Stone" was born.
Don't look at Andy Lau just invested in a movie, he just took out 3 million, which is not a big deal for him, but as everyone knows, the 3 million that Andy Lau gave to Ning Hao is only a small part of his investment in many films.
In order to support new directors, he has planned and participated in many "newcomer support plans", Ning Hao is a newcomer he successfully supported, after "Crazy Stone", he became popular and completely galloped on the road of director.
However, just through the movie "Crazy Stone", Andy Lau supported not only Ning Hao, but also unknown actors Huang Bo, Liu Hua and others at that time.
What's more, this story of kindness that started with the movie has just begun, Ning Hao became famous for a while, he even followed Andy Lau's example, and also planned and participated in many newcomer support programs.
One of the most famous is the "Bad Monkey 72 Movie Project" led by him, which began in 2016, although it has only been 7 years since then.
But we can't underestimate the impact of this project on Chinese-language films, because many newcomers who have come out of this project have become the highest-grossing directors at the moment.
As we all know, Wen Muye, who filmed "I Am Not the God of Medicine", is a newcomer who came out of this project, and his second work "Miracle Stupid Child" also achieved good results.
Not only did the box office sell almost 1.4 billion, but this movie also helped Wen Muye win the "Best Director" trophy of the Hundred Flowers Award for Popular Films, it is no exaggeration to say that Wen Muye is already a famous director in the new generation of directors.
And the excellent director supported by Ning Hao, not to mention Wen Muye, this year's summer "dark horse movie" "All or Nothing", its director bid for the Olympics, is actually a general in Ning Hao's hands.
He is also a newcomer who came out of the "Bad Monkey 72 Transformation Film Project", and his first directorial work "Beneficiary" made him famous in the film industry and helped him win many directorial debut awards.
In fact, through Wen Muye and the Olympic bid, the two newcomer directors who are still rising, we should understand how successful Ning Hao's newcomer support plan is, and now the newcomers to be supported by this plan have surged to 19.
Therefore, we should be able to imagine how much influence this plan has had on Chinese films, and the biggest hero behind this plan is not himself in Ning Hao's view, but Andy Lau.
It was with Andy Lau's perfect demonstration that Ning Hao understood that after he had the ability, he had to do his best to help some newcomers, so that newcomers who were as confused as he was before would be saved, and he could also join him and help him support newcomers together.
The most important thing is that the newcomers that Ning Hao helps are not only in the plan, like Guo Fan, the director of "The Wandering Earth", he is not a newcomer who needs help in the "Bad Monkey Project".
But the copyright of the novel that he had to obtain for filming "The Wandering Earth", as well as many props for filming, were provided by Ning Hao, for which Guo Fan was very grateful.
But Ning Hao asked him to thank Andy Lau, so we saw a magical scene, that is, when "The Wandering Earth" was released in 2019, we found that the film specially thanked Andy Lau at the end of the film.
Although we didn't know at the time why Guo Fan would thank Andy Lau, he neither invested in "The Wandering Earth" nor starred in it, but as long as we understand the stories behind Guo Fan and Ning Hao, as well as Ning Hao and Andy Lau, we all understand.
I have to say that Guo Fan and Ning Hao have been friends for many years, they have some tacit understanding, and in the past two years, the two of them have taken action to "repay" Andy Lau with practical actions.
It is in this situation that we were able to see Andy Lau appear in the movie "The Wandering Earth 2" in this year's Spring Festival, and in the upcoming Spring Festival in 2024, Ning Hao has finally realized his wish for many years.
The upcoming "Mr. Red Carpet" is not only a cooperation between Ning Hao as a director and Andy Lau, but also a cooperation between him and Andy Lau as an actor, who calls him the main actor of "Mr. Red Carpet"!
What's even more surprising to us is that Guo Fan is already preparing for the movie "The Wandering Earth 3", which brings together the original cast of the first two films, that is to say, Andy Lau, but this movie will only be released in 2027, and it will take a long time!
The story happened here, we should be able to feel the reason why Andy Lau's career has become "popular", in addition to his excellent professional skills, it all depends on his good character.
has a good character, so that he has made trustworthy friends and some like-minded work partners, these people are Andy Lau's connections and confidence, and it is no wonder that the development of his career has not been affected by age at all, but there are more and more dramas.
Recently, in addition to the release of the movie "Sneaking" starring him, Peng Yuyan and Lin Jiadong, the movie "Goldfinger" starring his partner Tony Leung is also about to meet fans.
At the meeting of "Goldfinger", it is not difficult for us to find that the object that fans love to interact with and confess the most is Andy Lau, in contrast, Tony Leung is a little lonely.
Seeing this scene, we will not be surprised, because Andy Lau and Tony Leung are artists who debuted at the same time, and both of them were once members of the "Wireless Five Tigers".
Since their debut, they have competed a lot, but those who are familiar with the two of them know that the two of them are two diametrically opposed types of people who take different paths.
Tony Leung has been playing the male lead for less than two years since his debut, and he broke into the film industry early and began to win awards, he is a typical "talented player".
There is no film director who doesn't want to work with him, and the movies he participated in shooting often helped him win the "Best Actor" trophy, which Andy Lau is indeed inferior to him.
After all, 20 years ago, they had already competed through the movie "Infernal Affairs", obviously they both starred, and they both acted very well, and they were both shortlisted for the "Best Actor" award at the Academy Awards and the Golden Horse Awards.
But Andy Lau lost to Tony Leung twice, he won two "actor" trophies at once, there is no doubt that Tony Leung is really invincible in terms of awards, and even Andy Lau is his defeat.
But there is one thing Tony Leung wants to "admit defeat" in front of Andy Lau, that is, the audience's reputation, which is thanks to Andy Lau's bug-free character.
Compared with Tony Leung, who has always been low-key, in addition to filming and focusing on his acting career, Andy Lau has too many things to take care of.
With such a he, the road to acting is naturally getting wider and wider, and it is no wonder that some people think that Tony Leung won the trophy, while Andy Lau won the word of mouth, and the word of mouth is much more difficult than the trophy.
However, Andy Lau still won it by virtue of his strength, and his good reputation is still being enjoyed, in this case, no wonder Lin Jiadong is willing to follow him for 20 years, who doesn't want to?