#精品长文创作季#
Author|茼蒿
Editor-in-charge|Xiang Wanwan
What makes a meaningful life?
Everyone will have different opinions and interpretations, but no matter what the answer is.
The process or outcome of our pursuit of a goal can bring a sense of accomplishment and happiness, which is meaningful to us.
Mr. Cai Lan has always pursued a more meaningful life, and he is constantly exploring more possibilities in life without setting limits for himself.
So he has made great achievements in many fields, all of which are amazing.
Now 82 years old, he can eat happily and have tea with three or two friends, but he still feels that his life is meaningful and beautiful.
So Cai Lan said: "No matter what stage of life you are in, try to learn, experience, travel, and eat good things as much as possible, life will be better, it's that simple." ”
01
Cai Lan is dealing with the "aftermath"?
Cai Lan's wife Zhang Qiongwen fell in early 2023 and died suddenly, which had a huge impact on Cai Lan.
At that time, he was eager to save people, but he couldn't help his wife up, but he fell and injured himself, causing a fracture of the femoral bone powder, so he has been recuperating well since last year.
This year, his health improved, and he sold all the assets of Kowloon City.
After disposing of all the collections and giving them to the destined people one by one, the old house where he and his wife had been living began to be renovated.
It is unknown whether they will come back to live in it after the renovation is completed, and they may sell it, and they will want to find a house facing the sea again.
A few days ago, Cai Lan moved to live in a high-end hotel in the bustling area of Hong Kong, and many people began to frequently ask on the Internet, is Mr. Cai Lan not long alive and dealing with his own affairs?
Cai Lan shot back domineeringly: "I will only live longer than these rumors." ”
At the same time, he also asked those who cared about him not to worry about his physical problems, because he spent 500,000 yuan to hire 8 employees to take care of himself.
There are drivers, nannies, nutritionists, massage technicians, personal assistants, secretaries, family doctors, etc., who will take care of their daily life.
Although Cai Lan is now old, he should have wine, meat, cigarettes and tea every day.
If anyone reminds him more, he will ask the other party to leave, Cai Lan's attitude towards life is that happiness is the most important thing.
02, Cai Lan has become the dream of most people
Chua Lan was born in Singapore in 1941.
His father worked in film and was a poet.
Influenced by his father, Cai Lan has liked to watch movies since he was a child, and has read countless films, as long as he talks about the content of the movie, he can immediately say the title.
At the age of 14, Cai Lan came to the DPRK in interest and wrote a film review for "Madhouse", which was published in Singapore's "Nanyang Siang Pao", which received a good response.
also got the first manuscript money, and since then Cai Lan has an additional hobby is writing.
Two years later, Cai Lan was invited by Shaw Brothers Film Company to become the selection manager of the film selection in Japan because of his extensive viewing of the group of "films", and thus formed an indissoluble bond with the film.
After that, he studied at the Department of Cinema and Directing of the Nihon University Yishu Faculty of Directors, and studied while working.
At this time, he knew that if he wanted to live more calmly and easily in the future, he had to put in more effort than ordinary people.
Therefore, he went to Chinese school in the morning and English school in the afternoon, and he has maintained an amazing amount of reading.
When he is tired of reading, he will tell himself: reading books is a dialogue with the ancients, and although they are dead, they are still teaching you.
With this mindset, he kept reading every day.
After graduating, he moved to Hong Kong, where he worked for Shaw Brothers for a long time, and worked as a producer for films in Southeast Asia's largest studios such as Golden Harvest, during which he supervised films such as "Food Truck", "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother", "Lucky Star Shine", "City Hunter", "Thunderbolt", "A Good Man", "Serious Crime Unit" and other well-known films.
Cai Lan has paid a lot and gained a lot in the days when he was running around for the movie.
But he thought back to the first half of his life, as if he preferred to watch movies rather than make movies, and he wanted to make some changes.
In 1980, Cai Lan began to write, and he likes travel and food, specializing in food classics and travelogues.
At first, he wrote columns in Oriental Daily and Ming Pao, and later wrote essays and food review columns in Next Magazine and Apple Daily.
When writing about food, he must be a fan of food, so Cai Lan will run all over the Vietnamese streets of various countries for a bowl of authentic Vietnamese beef noodles, just to taste the taste he ate when he was a child.
He read Jin Yong's novel, the food written in the novel is not in real life, he was stunned to develop it, and Jin Yong was full of praise when he tasted it.
With his dedication to food, Cai Lan not only wrote, personally researched, and searched everywhere, but also hosted various food programs:
For example, "Cai Lan Sighs for Famous Dishes", "Cai Lan Taste", "Cai Lan Food Fashion", "Cai Lan Asia Yile Ye", etc., and has also served as the general consultant of "A Bite of China".
There are also food-related books, such as "Cai Lan Food Map", "Cai Lan Wine Tasting", "Must-Go Restaurants in Life" and so on.
He also opened a food court and a gourmet restaurant, studied all kinds of delicious sauces, made the most of his food research, and shared one exquisite authentic delicacy after another.
In addition to film producers, foodies, and writers, Cai Lan is also a host.
He hosted a food show, and also co-hosted the TV program "No Defense Tonight" with his friends Huang Zhan and Ni Kuang, which invited various celebrities in Hong Kong to talk about many untold stories, and the show also set a record for the ratings of a TV program in Hong Kong at the same time.
If you don't make a sound, it's a blockbuster.
Cai Lan has made every hobby in his life to the fullest, and every one has achieved extraordinary results.
Even if it is a variety of beauties, he can accompany him all the way and harvest all the way.
He once joked that he didn't change much a year, and it was rumored that he had dated a total of 61 beauties.
So his friend Ni Kuang said of him: "Although the Wei and Jin dynasties are romantic, they are still not as good as them." “
Jin Yong commented on Cai Lan: "Knowledgeable, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, wine and wealth, eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, literature and movies, I know everything." In movies, poetry, calligraphy, gold and stone, and the way of food, it can be said that it is first-class mastery. ”
03, "I've lived, so I'm not afraid of dying", healed many people
Cai Lan, Jin Yong, Huang Zhan, and Ni Kuang are known as the four great talents of Hong Kong.
Time passed, and the three of them had gone to the crane immortal, leaving Cai Lan alone, although he had experienced the death of several friends, Cai Lan was not afraid.
When he was younger, Cai Lan encountered strong air currents on the plane, and the Australian man sitting next to him was very scared and nervous, and he closed his eyes and grabbed the handle.
And Cai Lan was leisurely sipping red wine, not nervous at all.
After the plane rushed through the air current, the man next to him calmed down and asked him unconvinced: "Aren't you afraid of death?"
Cai Lan replied: "Because I have lived." “
After hearing Cai Lan's answer, the man no longer dared to provoke.
We can still learn a lot about Cai Lan's philosophy of life, before the New Year every year, he will open Weibo for a period of time, accept questions from netizens, and he will answer them one by one.
Behind each answer, we will see Cai Lan's principles of doing things, which can also heal the hearts of many people.
He has always adhered to the creed of life: to be a man with hard work, filial piety to parents, punctuality, and good to friends, which can probably maximize happiness.
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