In the past, TVB's star-making ability was very strong, and it has cultivated many big Hong Kong stars, especially the once representative "Wireless Five Tigers", although they have cooperated for a short time, they have become household names after "flying solo", especially Andy Lau and Tony Leung. Since the cooperation in the movie "Five Tigers Break Up", the five have never gotten together again, and rumors of discord have come and gone.
A few days ago, we were fortunate to see the "Wireless Five Tigers" reunited, but unfortunately it was "four missing one", and Tang Zhenye was missing. It is not difficult to see from the photo that this is a group photo of Chow Yun-fat, Huang Rihua and Miao Qiaowei when they went to visit the movie "Goldfinger", and it is only released now, obviously to cooperate with the promotion of the movie.
The filmmaker also released a video of the class visit, filmed two years ago, focusing on the friendship between Chow Yun-fat and Andy Lau for more than 40 years, the two were extremely enthusiastic when they met, and when Chow Yun-fat raised his mobile phone to take a selfie with everyone, he found that Andy Lau was not conspicuous and reminded him to stand taller, which is very intimate.
In the photo of the "Four Tigers" and Chow Yun-fat, Tony Leung's standing position is very intriguing, he seems to have been temporarily pulled over to take a photo with everyone, standing at the very edge, holding his hands behind his back, smiling a little reluctantly, while the other three people in the same row are close to each other. In other group photos, Tony Leung did keep a long distance from the "other three tigers", and Andy Lau put his hand on Huang Rihua's shoulder.
Looking carefully at the video of the visiting class, it is not difficult to find that Chow Yun-fat, Huang Rihua and Miao Qiaowei actually came mainly for their friendship with Andy Lau, and did not interact with Tony Leung.
Chow Yun-fat, Miao Qiaowei, and Huang Rihua have a very good relationship in private, they usually get together a lot, and they even climb mountains together, and Andy Lau has a very good relationship with them.
To get back to the point, why does Tony Leung seem a little "unpopular" on such an occasion?
We all know that Tony Leung is more introverted, not good at socializing, and doesn't like to socialize, so there are not many friends in the circle, and there are a few back and forth, if it weren't for Carina Lau's drive or work needs, he might be more immersed in his own world.
Tony Leung's frequent friends include Zhong Zhentao, Du Dewei, Jacky Cheung, Shangshan Shina, etc., and he also went to see Jacky Cheung's concert with Carina Lau, Zhong Zhentao and others a few days ago.
Judging from the intersection between him and the other four, he and the four can only be regarded as "general friends", and almost all of the intersections are due to filming. Except for "Five Tigers Break Apart", he has never worked with the four again. "Brothers' Life and Death Alliance", which was released in 2007, was precisely due to Tony Leung's absence, which caused a situation of "five tigers will be four without one".
Although Andy Lau and Tony Leung have had a lot of intersections, they are only limited to work needs.
In 2015, the "Five Tiger Generals" had a scene of "four missing one", which was the 25th anniversary of the marriage of Miao Qiaowei and Qi Meizhen, Andy Lau, Huang Rihua, and Tang Zhenye all came, and Tony Leung was missing, and Carina Lau took a group photo instead of him.
In 2020, Huang Rihua's beloved wife died of illness, Andy Lau and his wife, Miao Qiaowei and his wife all came to mourn, Tony Leung was not only absent, but also did not send a wreath.
From the above intersection, it can be seen that Andy Lau, Huang Rihua and Miao Qiaowei have the closest relationship, Tang Zhenye has a good relationship with the three, and Tony Leung has always been more like colleagues with them.
To sum up, Tony Leung and the other four people are not at odds, they are not very playful, as for the rumors that "Tony Leung was a traitor and caused the five to break up", in fact, Huang Rihua had already clarified during the interview that the five did not agree not to renew the contract with TVB, but they talked about it and did not reach an agreement, Huang Rihua is the "traitor" and the first person to renew the contract with TVB.
In fact, the "Wireless Five Tigers" was not a group at the beginning, but the five of them performed acrobatics together on the stage of "Happy Tonight", and the boss gave them a "team name", so it is normal for the relationship between the five to develop like this now.