In 2018, at the awards ceremony of the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards, a seventy-year-old lady with an ordinary appearance but could not hide her kindness was ushered in.
Netizens don't understand why such an ordinary old woman can walk on the podium, because everyone has never seen the movie she acted in, and they don't even know what her name is.
However, when Jackie Chan kindly helped her adjust the microphone, he was destined to have an unusual identity for this old woman.
So who is she, and what did she stand on the podium of the Academy Awards?
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Night of the Golden Statue
Every year, the Hong Kong Film Awards are full of big names, and some new actors are always looking forward to being able to stand on the podium, which will mean that their future will be smooth.
Especially many beautiful actresses in the entertainment industry will stage a famous scene of competition on this night, and everyone is racking their brains to dress up, for fear of falling behind.
However, among this group of sexy and beautiful actresses, there is a septuagenarian lady who seems out of place.
Although it can be seen that she has been carefully dressing herself, the inferiority complex that comes from ordinary people in her body is still clearly visible.
Since the award ceremony was live-streamed, many netizens didn't understand why she was able to appear here, maybe she was just an ordinary staff member.
There's nothing wrong with her being an ordinary staff member, but she's also the winner of the "Professionalism Award" for the night.
This award is specially set up for those who work behind the scenes of film crews, unless they are particularly prominent, otherwise there is no chance to stand here.
As the old lady slowly came to the center of the stage, the audience burst into thunderous applause, as if everyone felt that she deserved to win this award, and her eyes still carried a sense of intimacy.
As the applause fell, Jackie Chan hurriedly walked to the stage and kindly helped the old lady adjust the microphone, and then said:
"I was abroad, and when I found out that it was Pauline who was going to win the award, I flew back immediately to give her the award!"
It is not difficult to see how high the status of this woman named Pauline has in the eyes of Jackie Chan, and not only Jackie Chan, but also king-level figures like Tony Leung, Andy Lau, and even Leslie Cheung all look at her like this.
Her real name is Yang Ronglian, and her identity is just an ordinary tea worker in the crew.
Seeing this, some people may have doubts: Can you get the professionalism award just by serving tea and pouring water? And Jackie Chan personally presented her with the award? This is also outrageous!
On the surface, it may seem like a tea worker is really just a simple job, but if you can do this job in a meticulous way and persist for decades, it is extraordinary.
Yang Ronglian is such an existence, so her appearance will make all superstars feel that they deserve it...
Decades of tea workers
In the fifties of the last century, Yang Ronglian, who was born in Xinhui, Guangdong, was born in Xinhui, Guangdong, and because of the large number of children in the family, she did not get the opportunity to study as a girl.
In order to help her parents share their worries, Yang Ronglian had to enter the society early to work, and has always lived at the bottom of the society.
As Yang Ronglian's age continues to grow, her parents also married her very early, and the other party is also a man from a poor family.
The impoverished life has not changed because of marriage, and although Yang Ronglian and her husband went to work in Macau, where the salary is higher, they still live in the dust.
In 1968, Hong Kong entered an era of rapid development, and Yang Ronglian also followed her husband to Hong Kong to develop in this year, and the way they used was smuggling.
Without any identity certificate, it means that Yang Ronglian and her husband can't find a stable job, and the constant migration has not brought great changes to their lives, but it has gradually stabilized Yang Ronglian's heart.
For 34 years, Yang Ronglian lived in a small "coffin room" with her husband and children, and she was afraid every day because she had no identity certificate.
It wasn't until 1989 that a friend introduced Yang Ronglian to the crew, which gradually improved her life.
There are various professional roles such as actors, directors, and photographers in the crew, and naturally there are also miscellaneous roles.
After all, they are all so-called high-end people, in order to make a good film as soon as possible, they have no time to care about the trivialities in life, and what Yang Ronglian is responsible for is serving tea and pouring water in the trivialities.
This job seems simple and light, but in fact, it tests Yang Ronglian's mentality and ability.
How many people should I prepare a special water bottle?
Which celebrity likes to drink which flavor of tea?
When will you not be disgusted when you hand the water cup to the other person?
This is not only as simple as sending a cup of tea, but also a lot of people are sophisticated, and Yang Ronglian, who doesn't know a single big word, can be said to have suffered a lot at the beginning.
In order to be able to recognize everyone's water glasses, Yang Ronglian specially pasted their names on each water glass, although she was illiterate, she could remember by looking at the shape.
When it comes to delivering water, you must wait until the other party is okay before sending it, and pay attention to whether the other party has something in his hand when handing the water, and whether he needs to help him unscrew the lid yourself.
All of this was memorized by Yang Ronglian, and she gradually fell in love with this job, and at the same time rose a determination to persevere.
Gradually, Yang Ronglian began to find more things to do for herself, not only to prepare tea according to taste, but also to prepare some delicious food.
If the crew starts filming at 9 o'clock, then Yang Ronglian has to get up at 5 o'clock to prepare the ingredients, so that the actors and crew can eat as much as possible before the start of filming.
Yang Ronglian no longer seems to be a simple tea worker, but rather she is more like a mother-like character, trying her best to take care of everyone in the crew.
Sometimes even the crew next door will come over to "beg for water", and everyone doesn't know why, as long as a cup of ordinary tea passes through Yang Ronglian's hands, it will become extremely sweet.
For Yang Ronglian, this is her professionalism, even if it is just a miscellaneous job, but if you do it, you must do your best.
There is always a sense of tension like "roaring gunfire" in the crew, but Yang Ronglian's existence is like the spring breeze in February constantly soothing everyone.
Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow, Jet Li, Andy Lau, Miriam Yeung, Aaron Kwok, Nicholas Tse... These glamorous big stars on the screen have all been cared for by Yang Ronglian, so no one only treats her as a miscellaneous person.
In fact, in order to save costs, many directors considered getting rid of the inconspicuous position of "tea" in the past, but it won't be long before they specially invited Yang Ronglian back.
The crew seems to be incomplete without Yang Ronglian, and everyone deeply agrees with this, so whether it is a director or a star, they have begun to treat Yang Ronglian as a "relative"...
Light in the dust
In 1995, when Liu Weiqiang was filming "The Man of the Troubled Boy in the Rivers and Lakes", he specially invited Yang Ronglian to make a cameo appearance as an elevator woman.
Maybe many viewers don't have any impression of this scene, but the stars will keep exclaiming when they see Sister Yang, and even have a sense of surprise that their mother suddenly became an actor, and everyone is sincerely happy for her.
Many people know that Yang Ronglian's family background is not good, especially since she has four children, if she is just a tea worker, she still can't improve her life.
So many directors are helping her in their own ways, and even Stephen Chow, who has always been strict, will specially invite her to play a cameo role.
For everyone's love and help, Yang Ronglian is also silently reciprocating in her own way, that is, sticking to her post and completing every water delivery work carefully and meticulously.
As time went by, Yang Ronglian also became a seventy-year-old lady, so many people asked her: "When do you plan to do it?"
In this regard, Yang Ronglian's answer is very simple: "As long as there are people who need me, I will continue to serve everyone!"
Firm words came out of the mouth of an elderly tea worker who has been in the industry for decades, and that professionalism was also vividly reflected at this moment.
Therefore, when the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards is about to open, Yang Ronglian will receive an invitation to win the award, and it has attracted the applause of countless superstars.
At the moment of winning the award, Yang Ronglian was still in disbelief, she felt that she was not eligible for this award, she just did some small things within her ability.
However, the entire Hong Kong film industry does not think so.
If a good movie is a machine, then the tea worker is also a pinion in it, it may not play a big role, but it is indispensable, and serving tea and pouring water is not working hard for the success of the movie?
Some people were born in Rome, relying on resources and nobles, and they can get honors like the Academy Awards by making a few movies casually.
But there are people who may have lived in the dust all their lives, and what they can do is to grasp the moment and forge ahead towards "Rome" step by step.
All roads lead to Rome, this sentence naturally has its truth, and Yang Ronglian finally stood on the podium of the Hong Kong movie "Rome" by virtue of the road of tea workers.
There will also be light in the dust, as long as the heart is oriented towards the path where the light is, then where is not the easy road?
Resources:
Douban movie: Yang Ronglian
CCTV: "Standing Ovation Why Middle-aged Female Tea Workers Can Compete for the Academy Award"
Sina.com: "Jackie Chan helps Sister Tea adjust the microphone and pay attention to the newcomer's attitude towards Yang Kelian"