Text|Aomori
Editor|Zhouzhou Film and Television Entertainment Review
When it comes to celebrities, everyone can think of them as radiant and "rich".
There are not only "big luxury cars, big bie wild", but also "abalone and sea cucumber for meals, and glow-in-the-dark wine".
Once upon a time, the salary of 2.08 million a day on the yin and yang contract of an actor was exposed, which made netizens shout:
"It's poverty that limits my imagination!"
"208" has become synonymous with some celebrities who are not worthy of virtue but have ultra-high appearance fees.
But some celebrities are not only not so rich, but they are even poorer than the average person in old age.
It is no exaggeration to describe the situation as "miserable".
Chen Honglie
It's not a new thing for ordinary children to exchange their lives for money, but have you ever seen a young master from a rich family do this?
Hong Kong actor Chan Hung Lie is one of them.
He was born in Hong Kong in the 40s to a wealthy family.
His surname is Zhou, and each of the 11 brothers and sisters in the family has a servant to take care of him.
This son-in-law can say that he doesn't do anything, and he doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking.
But I was obsessed with acting.
When he was 19 years old, he joined the southern training class of the Shaw Brothers, a Hong Kong film and television company at the time.
starred in a lot of old martial arts movies.
For example, Zuo Lengchan in "Smiling Proud Jianghu" and Sun Qinghua in "Golden Branch Desire" are all classic characters.
He only has a salary of 200 yuan per month.
Many people may not have an idea of Hong Kong salaries in the last century.
Let's put it this way, the salary of an ordinary clerk in the 60s was also about 300 yuan.
In the 70s, it had reached 1,500 yuan per capita.
Although it is 18 times that of the continent at the same time, it earns more and spends more.
So in the meantime, Chen Honglie's salary can only be a drop in the bucket.
Relying on such a meager salary, he later married the famous actress Pan Yingzi.
But the marriage didn't go on forever.
After the divorce, he also resold jeans for a period of time when he had no drama to film.
Before dying of a heart attack, he continued to work at the age of 70.
Work more than 10 hours a day.
The donkey of the production team has to rest and eat some grass.
But Chen Honglie, who is so old, burns himself like a "man made of iron".
Mo said that he had long exceeded the working hours stipulated by law, and even if he was replaced by someone younger than him, he could not withstand such a toss.
In the end, his body was overwhelmed and he fell directly to the ground.
A busy life ended in a hurry.
What's even more excessive is that after Chen Honglie's death, the family did not receive a single compensation from the film and television company.
He went like this with a generation of "proud sons of the sky".
Gu Minghua
Gu Minghua, who was born in 1964, only began to enter the entertainment industry in the early 90s.
first won the "Best Newcomer Award at the Academy Awards" with "Mong Kok Racecourse".
The following year, Stephen Chow's "Domestic Lingling Paint" in the "Public Security Ah Tou" made him even more popular.
His outstanding performance brought him fame and love.
After meeting and marrying his wife, he welcomed a daughter.
Originally, this small family could have gone on smoothly.
But he could never have imagined that this laid the groundwork for his tragic fate in the future.
The peaceful life ended when the daughter was ten years old.
That year, the beloved daughter was diagnosed with "glomerular inflammation".
The whole body is edema, and it is necessary to take steroid medication for a long time, not to mention the cost of other medical treatments.
This can make Gu Minghua carry a heavy medical burden from then on.
I thought this was a major blow, but then my wife suffered a car accident.
Originally, she was a dancer, but she couldn't dance anymore because of the sequelae.
Even striding is a problem.
Incapacitated, she had to take care of her children at home.
The burden of supporting his family all fell on Gu Minghua alone.
Gu Minghua, who has worked for his family for a long time, works day and night.
caused his own body to begin to deteriorate.
When he was 16 years old, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and had to stop work to recuperate.
Because it has not been publicized, it has been speculated by the outside media to be a "strange disease".
Who doesn't say a word when he sees it: the sky has no eyes.
Such a good person who cares about his family and never abandons him will not be happy.
May there be no sickness in this world, and this family can return to a state of harmony and beauty.
Zhang Hongjie
Zhang Hongjie, who is nearly eighty years old this year.
Since the 1991 version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he began to enter the showbiz as a crew member.
has been acting for decades, and most of them are local dramas and family dramas.
With the role of "Niu Dasheng" in "The War of the Old Niu's Family", he became popular.
Later, "Zhang Laocun" in "My Land, My Home", and the male protagonist "Lao Mi" in "The Marriage of Lao Mi's Family".
All kinds of down-to-earth roles and superb acting skills have also saved him a wave of "audience popularity." ”
Not only was he officially awarded the title of "National First-Class Actor", but he was also known as "China's First Village Chief".
After decades of ups and downs with his wife, there has been no lace news.
This is an old artist who can be called "both virtue and art" in the real sense.
However, in his later years, he suffered from "family misfortune".
He had three children, two daughters and one son, with his paralyzed wife.
After the son and daughter got married, they had all kinds of burdens.
Gnawed old in turns.
The eldest daughter was married to a lazy man, and she accidentally broke her bone and broke her leg when she went out to support her family.
My husband still plays games on his mobile phone at home every day.
Zhang Hongjie was helpless.
But the second daughter and the youngest son are pure "red-eyed".
Seeing how sad his life was when his father paid for his eldest sister, he also ran in front of him and began to cry.
Whether it is buying a car or a house, or losing money in business, when a child is sick, he opens his mouth to "ask for money".
The other elderly people were overjoyed when they saw their children calling them.
But Zhang Hongjie frowned when he saw it, and he was miserable.
After such a round of "blood sucking", Zhang Hongjie's decades of filming savings have to be sucked dry.
When people reach retirement age, he still has to run various crews at the age of seventy or eighty.
When I and my wife were sick, I didn't see anyone come to visit, and once I ran out of money, I was faster than anyone else.
When I said it, I sighed again and again, and I was sad.
Zheng Zeshi
I believe that when you see such a face, even if you can't call his name, you are familiar with the three points.
Although there were many stars in Hong Kong in the last century, such a characteristic appearance is really rare.
He is Zheng Zeshi, who is known as the "fat cat".
The family is poor, but he was born with a "wide heart and fat body".
Since you can't be a handsome guy with a weight of 200 pounds, you will go another way.
With his comedy performance, he still managed to win the position of the leading actor after 2 years in the industry.
For example, "Unmarried Old Bean" and "Why Have Me" are also full of cooperation with big names.
Among them, planning and writing by himself, directing and acting in "Why Have Me" made Zheng Zeshi's talent known to the world.
His nickname "Fat Cat" comes from the Tang adult of the same name he plays in the play.
In the play, the mother was bullied by hooligans, but the congenitally disabled fat cat bravely defended her dignity, and the scene reaped the tears of many audiences.
There are no big productions and big shots, but the ordinary and simple emotional expression is the easiest to move people.
So Zheng Zeshi was also out of the limelight when he was at the peak of his fame.
The salary even exceeded Chow Yun-fat at one time.
But the world is unpredictable.
In 1993, after a successful career, he partnered with a friend to open a film company.
But I don't want to, the Hong Kong film industry was on the verge of collapse in the 90s.
The invested film failed miserably at the box office after its release.
The partner took the opportunity to roll up the money and run away.
Zheng Zeshi not only didn't earn a penny, but all his belongings in the past were auctioned.
Since then, he has owed tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars.
What chilled him the most was:
The artists who have been focusing on their own company names in the past not only did not lend a hand, but also "wiped out" the relationship between the two parties.
Over the years, it has relied on Andy Lau's help to avoid living on the streets.
Now he is photographed by the media on the street, and he also has gray hair and a haggard face.
The weight has also shrunk a lot compared to when I was younger.
It's no longer what it used to be.
Zhang Shaohua
If you want to say that the most familiar old drama bone for mainland audiences has to be Zhang Shaohua.
She was born in drama and came into contact with the showbiz very late.
At first, he only played an old villain in the 90s TV series "The World of Immortals".
But it is rare for an actor with special positioning and excellent acting skills like her.
Gradually, there are more and more film appointments.
In "The Gate of the Mansion", Li Xiuxiang's mother opened the era of "professional mother" for Zhang Shaohua.
The protagonist "Ugly Niang" in "My Ugly Girl", and Mrs. Long in "Mother's Road".
It has left a deep impression on countless audiences.
But with such a conscientious old actor, people's evaluation of her is extremely polarized.
It turned out that she was revealed by an insider that in a special era, she led a group of people to raid the home of a woman named "Xin Fengxia".
Xin Fengxia is also a drama.
In the last century, it was "red through half the sky".
Premier Zhou has said:
"You can not drink tea for three days, and you can't see Xin Fengxia."
In the smashing, Xin Fengxia's home was destroyed in a mess.
The collection of Qi Baishi's famous paintings was also taken away.
His left leg was also broken by Zhang Shaohua's subordinates, and he was disabled ever since.
There was no more chance to take the stage.
waited until she was ninety years old, and never waited for Zhang Shaohua's apology.
As soon as this remark came out, it quickly caused an uproar.
Some netizens speculated that at that time, Zhang Shaohua could not continue to sing because of image problems.
Therefore, I am more or less jealous of an actor like Xin Fengxia who has singing skills.
Peers know their peers best.
The knee meniscus of Xin Fengxia's left leg is also the pillar that she can take the stage!
Regardless of how the matter is argued, the two parties have passed away.
No response can be given again.
Zhang Shaohua has been filming until his old age, and he has never had a good life.
Ups and downs rushed the crew to buy a house for his son.
I live in a rental house of several dozen square meters.
He was sick and in pain, lying in a wheelchair but his son was nowhere to be seen.
On the contrary, he recognized his godson in his early years, Yang Zhigang, who was also an actor.
He took good care of her before he died.
Some say that her son did not come to see her because she had donated all of his inheritance.
Not a penny was left for him.
This does not justify "unfilial piety".
In any case, the Si people are gone.
Human life is very long, and it is inevitable that there will be times when you are confused.
Zhang Shaohua gave his inheritance to the people of Wuhan, which can be regarded as a good deed.
In the face of an old man who has a miserable life in his later years, he still "pays lip service".
Leave a little more kindness in the world.
epilogue
After seeing the above circumstances, I can't help but sigh:
"The world has been up and down for decades, and how many desolate and fallen flower mounds."
Regardless of whether these old people are stars or not, decades of wind and rain have come all the way, and they have not suffered less.
is approaching the age of death, but they all end up like this.
It's really sad.
It also reminds us to cherish the people in front of us.
Be kind to the elderly, especially your loved ones.
After all, everyone gets old one day.
Heaven is a good reincarnation, and the sky forgives whom.
Treating them well is also a blessing for ourselves.
I hope you all live the rest of your lives in peace.
Some references:
1. Baidu Encyclopedia|Zhang Shaohua, Gu Minghua
2. Bilibili|The ugly girl Zhang Shaohua passed away! 55 years ago, he commanded his subordinates to injure Xin Fengxia, and he was still scolded until his death2021-03-29
3. Sohu|He is a famous actor, his salary is divided by his children, and he still works too hard to film with his sick wife when he is too old2023-09-17