People who know about this must be at least 30 years old. 20 years ago, Andy Lau worshiped the face-changing master Peng Denghuai as a teacher, which caused a sensation in the country for a time. At that time, no one may understand why a king of the music industry and showbiz would want to learn to change his face, and it was not a whim, and Andy Lau knelt down to pay homage to Peng Denghuai and worshiped the teacher one by one. Since then, the two have become a master-apprentice relationship. But after the matter had been fermented for a while, there was no more news.
Recently, the son of Guo Gangtang, the prototype of the movie "Lost Orphans", has been found, Andy Lau took a video and expressed his blessings, and the words were very moving, and they all felt a little choking from him. Why has such an artist with affection and righteousness and both virtue and art not mentioned his master Peng Denghuai once in the past 20 years? It was as if the kneeling of 20 years ago had only happened on that day, and it was like the two of them had made a joke with us.
At the Spring Festival Gala in 1998, Andy Lau and Peng Denghuai were invited to perform. At that time, after the show between the two of them, Andy Lau first performed "Great China", followed by Peng Denghuai's "Pear Garden Style". Andy Lau was quickly attracted by Peng Denghuai's performance and had been standing at the exit of the stage to watch. When Peng Denghuai returned to the dressing room after performing, his assistant told him: Andy Lau wants to see you, and he has been waiting for a long time.
In fact, Peng Denghuai had already discovered Andy Lau when he performed on stage, and seeing his reluctance to leave for a long time, he may be interested in changing his face. However, he did not immediately let Andy Lau in, but said to the assistant: You let Andy Lau wait for a while. Ten minutes later, the assistant came and asked him if he was okay? Peng Denghuai said: "You go and tell him to wait two more minutes." In fact, Peng Denghuai has concerns, he feels that these big stars do not really want to learn. Until after the meeting, he did not promise Andy Lau.
The following Mid-Autumn Festival, Andy Lau and Peng Denghuai met again in Shanghai. This time, Andy Lau solemnly made a request to the other party to worship the teacher. But this Peng Denghuai still did not believe him and did not agree. Before leaving, I made a remark: I will have a performance in Hong Kong next month, and if you have the sincerity to worship the teacher, come back to me at that time. The next month, Andy Lau, who was doing concert promotion abroad, learned that the other party had arrived in Hong Kong, and he immediately flew over, and Peng Denghuai accepted him.
We only saw the picture of Andy Lau visiting The Teacher through the news, but we don't know how he learned afterwards. In an interview, Peng Denghuai said that Andy Lau was very perceptive and learned to change five or six faces in two or three days. So why is there no follow-up report? I think so, it was Andy Lau who wanted to protect Master. Because of the matter of worshiping the teacher, the outside world has been rumored that Peng Denghuai received 400,000 yuan from the other party to worship the teacher, which not only attracted insults, but also risked being expelled.
Anyway, during that time, this matter was boiling over, although Andy Lau said to him: "If this is really the case, I will support you for a lifetime!" "But there is still no way to stop the gossip. With the passage of time, no one will talk about this matter later, and the biggest reason is that Andy Lau hid the skill of changing his face, at most in private, he changed it to his family or friends, and would not change his face in public, so as not to be taken out by some unscrupulous media to make a fuss.
Over the years, Andy Lau and Peng Denghuai are still in a mentor-apprentice relationship, and the two also meet occasionally. Including in 2019, when Peng Denghuai accepted apprentices again, Andy Lau also personally recorded a blessing video for him. The so-called "one day for the teacher for life as a father", an artist with high emotional intelligence like Andy Lau cannot put the master aside. However, in order not to bring trouble to Master, this relationship has been hidden by him for so many years.