Editor: Xiao Yi
He is Andy Lau's benefactor!
Although he is only 1.47 meters tall, his physical defects have not prevented him from becoming a popular figure in the Hong Kong film industry.
He is the Hong Kong tycoon Teddy Robin.
In February this year, 79-year-old Teddy Robin won another Academy Award, proving his strength to the world.
Why does Teddy Robin have such a height disadvantage, but he still becomes a generation of bosses, and what kind of legendary story has he experienced?
Childhood accidents
Teddy Robin's childhood life was originally beautiful, but a sudden accident changed his life.
In 1945, Teddy Robin was born in Guilin, Guangxi, formerly known as Guan Weipeng, and his parents were ordinary local workers.
However, this happy and warm family atmosphere was soon broken by a tragedy.
Two-year-old Teddy Robin fell and broke his spine during a play, and although his parents took him to the doctor in time, his condition still did not improve.
In addition, due to the limited medical conditions at that time, a variety of germs entered the body, which eventually led to bone tuberculosis.
Teddy Robin's condition is undoubtedly a heavy blow to this family that is not wealthy.
However, the parents did not give up on treating Teddy Robin, they heard that the medical conditions in Hong Kong were relatively better, so they did not hesitate to go to Hong Kong to seek medical treatment.
Doctors in Hong Kong told them that there was hope for Teddy Robin's condition, but that they would have to stay in the hospital for three years.
The doctor's words gave the couple hope, they immediately agreed to the doctor's request, and the child was hospitalized, and in order to earn money for the child's treatment, the couple began to work in Hong Kong, fortunately, their persistence was not in vain.
After three years of treatment, Teddy Robin's condition finally improved significantly, after which Teddy Robin underwent an operation to remove bone marrow.
The doctor told them that because of the particularity of the condition, Teddy Robin could only be anesthetized locally, and the operation was extremely dangerous, with a success rate of only 2%, but for the sake of Teddy Robin's future, his parents still signed the operation sheet with tears in their eyes.
Fortunately, the operation was successful, and Teddy Robin survived, but because of the sequelae left by the operation, Teddy Robin's back has been lumped, and his height has stayed at a height of 1.47 meters.
The disadvantage of height makes Teddy Robin extremely inferior, and in order to avoid the strange eyes of others, he often locks himself in his room, unwilling to come out to socialize.
Over time, his personality also became gloomy and gray, but with the encouragement of his parents and friends, Teddy Robin finally came out of the haze.
He gradually accepted his physical defects and began to face life positively and optimistically, and this attitude towards life made him soon find new hope in life.
Pursue your musical dreams
After graduating from high school, Teddy Robin successfully joined Hong Kong Li's Voice Radio with his hard work, and starred as a naughty and cute child in a radio show.
This performance made Teddy Robin interested in theatrical performances.
In the 60s of the last century, rock music was deeply loved by young men and women in Hong Kong, and rock songs were played on the streets and alleys.
He also wanted to start his own band, and in order to accomplish this, Teddy Robin began to learn singing and musical instruments from the teachers around him.
In 1966, Teddy Robin finally got his wish, and together with a group of friends who also loved music, he formed the band "Playboy", in which he served as the lead singer.
This is also the first Chinese rock band in Hong Kong, which is of great significance to the Hong Kong music scene.
The band is also popular with young people in Hong Kong, and in just five years, the band has released more than 20 albums, and its fame has been soaring.
And Teddy Robin also became famous because of this, and after that, Teddy Robin was invited by the TV station to shoot the movie "The Price of Love" and served as the leading actor in it.
This is a work created specifically for Teddy Robin, which tells the love story of the hunchbacked male protagonist "Wusheng" and the blind girl.
Although this is Teddy Robin's first time filming a movie, because the character image is very close, Teddy Robin's performance is also very sincere and moving.
Not only did he have an outstanding performance in the movie, but he also sang the title song of the same name of the movie, and the movie received a very good response as soon as it was released.
The success of this work made Teddy Robin feel a sense of accomplishment as an actor, and as he grew older, the members of the band began to go their separate ways. It's hard to get together.
Teddy Robin disbanded the band and began to go all out into the film and television industry.
Achieve excellence
Teddy Robin's transformation proved to be a success!
With a love for the art of film, Teddy Robin decided to go to Canada alone to study filmmaking, and after several years of hard work, Teddy Robin has achieved success.
In 1979, Teddy Robin returned to Hong Kong and participated in the production of the movie "Pointing Soldiers", although the movie did not have any popular stars, but Teddy Robin still pushed the film's fame to the peak with his hard work.
As soon as the film was released, it earned 3.5 million at the box office, becoming the top box office in Hong Kong at the time, and Teddy Robin became famous in the film industry.
After that, Teddy Robin struck while the iron was hot, and from 1980 to 1981, he successively launched three movies, "Savior", "Mountain Dog" and "The Story of Hu Yue", all of which received good responses.
While these films were successful, Teddy Robin was involved as executive producer, and he wanted to continue his film career as a creator.
So, soon after Teddy Robin, he withdrew from the original company and established the New Art City Film and Television Company with Zeng Zhiwei, Tsui Hark and others.
In 1982, Teddy Robin launched his first film "Caiyun Song" supervised by Xinyi City, which was also Andy Lau's first work.
At that time, Andy Lau was still a newcomer to acting, because of his outstanding performance in the film, Andy Lau gradually became famous, and this kindness made Andy Lau respect Teddy Robin very much.
Teddy Robin was not complacent because of the rise in fame, he continued to contribute his own strength to the Hong Kong film industry.
In 1983, Teddy Robin directed the film "I Love Night Fragrance" for the first time as a director, for which he was nominated for the Best Director Award.
After entering the 21st century, perhaps because of age, Teddy Robin gradually reduced his film production, and just when everyone thought he was going to retire because of this, this year he returned to the public eye again with the movie "4 Shots 4 Families".
Although Teddy Robin is now 79 years old, his cinematic skills have not diminished, and the film has also won Academy Award honors.
Although Teddy Robin has a height disability, he still faces the world with a positive and optimistic attitude, and has worked hard to create the success he is today.
In today's impetuous era, Teddy Robin can still dive his heart and bring excellent film works to the audience, which is also the reason behind his ability to be respected by countless people.