Jackie Chan's place in martial arts films is there for all to see, and his kung fu comedy not only allowed him to gain a foothold in the film industry, but also ushered in a new era of Hong Kong cinema
But many people may not know that in fact, as early as Jackie Chan's big brother, there was already a person who combined action and comedy, and this person was Fu Sheng
As Zhang Cheli's son, Fu Sheng's fame is earlier than Jackie Chan, when Jackie Chan was still running the dragon set, Fu Sheng had already debuted as "Bruce Lee's successor", and the kung fu comedy routine also had a slight rudimentary shape in his performance, and even some people said at the time that if he did not die young, Jackie Chan might not have been so fast
However, it is such a kung fu superstar, at the age of 29, he died unexpectedly in a strange car accident, his wife gave birth to a daughter for him four years after his death, why did the Shaw generation of stars finally end up with a young death, today let's take a look at the short life of this kung fu boy
Fu Sheng was born in Hong Kong, is a rich family's son, his father Zhang Renlong in the business world is the founder of the New Territories General Chamber of Commerce, in the political circles is a former member of the Legislative Council, and later by the Hong Kong British government awarded the title of "Justice of the Peace", such a family situation can be said to be rich in money, power and power, it is reasonable to say that he was born with a golden spoon, he should live that kind of life of fine clothes and jade food, but Fu Sheng has a stubborn temperament from a young age, brave and fierce, although his father has the heart to cultivate him, but he can not stand the youthful vigor of the youth
He dropped out of school before he graduated from middle school, his father hated iron and steel, and he expelled him from the house in a fit of anger, and at the same time put down harsh words, not allowing the family to give Fu Sheng a penny, in fact, he also wanted to force his son to learn to be self-reliant, at first Fu Sheng did not care about this, but later because the only pocket money on his body had been spent, the family no longer provided him with expenses, at this time he realized the seriousness of the matter, but the youthful temperament did not allow him to bow his head and admit his mistakes, so it was for the sake of livelihood problems. He began to step into the society to find a job, and successively worked as a decoration worker and a delivery man
But as the saying goes, where are the parents under the heavens who do not love their children, although Zhang Renlong does not care about him on the surface, but behind his back is still very concerned about Fu Sheng's living conditions, he privately found a very good friend, and asked him to come forward to let Fu Sheng go to the crew as a porter, and this person was the famous director Zhang Che at that time
Although every day is responsible for some of the dirty work of moving props and sending box lunches, but unexpectedly Fu Sheng did a good job, even Zhang Che was impressed by him, and later recommended him to become the first student of the Shaw Actor Training Class, but after returning from school, Fu Sheng did not immediately get Zhang Che's reuse, or while running the dragon set while working as a porter, because Zhang Che felt that this boy was very talented in acting, wanted to exercise him for a few more years, but did not expect the sudden death of kung fu superstar Bruce Lee, so that Zhang Che had to advance the plan, Because at that time, Shaw decided to create a "successor to Bruce Lee", and Fu Sheng was the lucky one who was selected
In 1972, he made his first appearance in the film "Hate Chain", playing a white teenager riding a bicycle, although there was only one shot, but it was also an official opening of his screen career
In order to quickly improve Fu Sheng's popularity, Zhang Che called his brother Jiang David to co-produce "Friend" with him, and then personally wrote "Fang Shiyu and Hong Xiguan", with his handsome appearance conditions and excellent acting skills, Fu Sheng began to become popular rapidly after this movie, and later participated in "Nezha", "Shaolin Five Ancestors", "Cai Li Buddha Boy" and other films, which made Fu Sheng a hot martial arts star at that time
His performance is extremely spiritual, flexible moves and funny expressions in that year has been quite a rudimentary form of kung fu comedy, and in order to be able to go to a higher level in the play, Fu Sheng also worshiped Liu Jialiang as a master, and systematically learned a lot of martial arts moves
Fu Sheng's popularity speed made Zhang Che also a little unexpected, so while praising Fu Sheng, Zhang Che even adopted him as a righteous son, which can be described as extremely pampered to him, when the brothers Dillon and Jiang David were most famous, they could only be disciplined in front of Zhang Che, but Fu Sheng could be unscrupulous in front of him, which shows how much Fu Sheng was favored in Shao at that time, in 1977 he starred in the role of Guo Jing in "The Legend of the Eagle Hero", and there was a chivalrous demeanor under the appearance of great wisdom and foolishness. After the film was released in Hong Kong, it received a good response and became Fu Sheng's masterpiece
From the children of rich families to porters to become popular stars, the young Fu Sheng grew up rapidly, in this process, he not only had a career in the sky, but also gained enviable love, Fu Sheng's wife is known as the "giant lung of the music world" singer Zhen Ni, the popular "Iron Blood Dan Heart" is sung by her
In 1974, Fu Sheng, who was filming in Taiwan, met Zhen Ni through Dillon's introduction, the two fell in love at first sight, and soon after they began to drag, one was a singer who was popular, the other was a popular movie star, Lang Cai's female appearance was the envy of others at that time, after three years of love, they officially married and became husband and wife under the witness of everyone, the wedding at that time was a sensation, even Shaw could not help but sigh, young, beautiful, famous, rich and everything was complete, at this time Fu Sheng can be described as a double harvest of family business
But at the same time, a huge disaster also followed, in 1983 Fu Sheng and his brother Zhang Zhensheng Brother Zhang Zhanpeng and movie star Wang Yu, driving to the Clearwater Bay set to shoot the location, on this way, they unfortunately had a car accident, the seriously injured Fu Sheng died the next day in vain, and the 29-year-old kung fu superstar fell, which made it difficult for many people at that time to let go
Later, about fu sheng's death, there were many supernatural rumors in the society, some people said that Fu stated that there were several cars, but on the day of the accident, the driver was a Porsche 911 that Zhen Ni gave him, and the license plate number was AD83, which was just the abbreviation of Fu Sheng's English name and the year of the accident, in addition, according to Fu Sheng's brother's later police records, driving to the set near the same day, he suddenly felt a gust of wind blowing into the car, and he found that his brother's two eyes were looking straight ahead. In the middle of the road, a dozen people in sportswear were waving at them, and then the car crashed uncontrollably into the mountain, and before he fell unconscious, he saw his brother waving goodbye to him in front of the road, and then left with the people in sportswear
At that time, this record made the police feel very strange, but some people said that this was a hallucination when Zhang Zhensheng fainted, but whether true or false, this news has become an established fact, after Fu Sheng's death, his wife Zhen Ni refused all interviews and put her mind on her career, and four years after her husband's death, Zhen Ni suddenly gave birth to a daughter for him, at first for the origin of this child, Zhen Ni did not mention a word, and later in 2012, she announced to the outside world that this child was the biological daughter of the late movie star Fu Sheng
It turned out that Fu Sheng, because he was a martial arts actor who was easily injured, chose to freeze his sperm in the United States, after Fu Sheng died
Zhen Ni thought about leaving a bloodline for him, so there was this child, a widow can do so much for her husband, enough to see her feelings for Fu Sheng, but unfortunately, Heaven is jealous of talent, Fu Sheng can no longer enjoy this love