In the era when there was a lack of stars in domestic entertainment, 63-year-old Andy Lau went into battle and starred in the action movie "Route Crisis", in order to save his ex-wife and daughter who were trapped on the plane, he became a killing god.
In the 43 years since his debut, some people say that Andy Lau is an all-round artist in film and television songs, and some people say that he is a tough guy with a small face, but not many people know that he is still a good man who "loves investment" in the entertainment industry, and even gave up many opportunities in order to stick to the bottom line.
There are many artists in the Hong Kong circle, all of whom have received the favor of Andy Lau.
Fat cat Zheng Zeshi failed to invest in a film company, and after going bankrupt, Andy Lau helped him solve the problem of survival, not only lent him money, but also actively helped him find acting opportunities, which gave him the courage to start again in the entertainment industry.
Lan Jieying was described as a crazy woman by the Hong Kong media when she was most depressed, Andy Lau reached out to her and directly took out 100,000 yuan in cash to subsidize her.
When director Xu Anhua was preparing to film "Sister Peach", because there was no star platform and the content of the movie was not explosive, no one was willing to invest at all, and when it was difficult, Andy Lau took out an investment of 30 million yuan, and personally served as the male lead, and sent director Xu Anhua to the Venice Film Festival.
"To learn is to teach people, to earn to give", this sentence is Andy Lau's motto, he believes that people are impossible to be trapped by life, as long as there is a life-saving straw, a piece of driftwood, you can regain your strength, he helped others, but also passed this sentence to more people, so that the torch in the hands of more people, endless.
Zhang Weijian invested in real estate in his early years, but he lost all his money, and it was Andy Lau who helped him get through the difficulties.
In addition to these intersecting people, Andy Lau spares no effort to help newcomers.
In 2005, the "Asian Super Star Guide" program was launched, which was an investment campaign launched by Andy Lau to help new directors, and Ning Hao, a director who did not have any works at that time, was one of them.
At that time, Andy Lau found Ning Hao and directly gave him an investment of 3 million yuan, only saying that he believed that he had the potential to make commercial films, and after the money was in place, he didn't ask the other party what he wanted to shoot, let alone put pressure on the other party on the subject matter, giving him free creative space.
Under Andy Lau's wholehearted trust, Ning Hao filmed "Crazy Stone", which became popular with many powerful actors such as Guo Tao and Huang Bo in one fell swoop, and won many awards.
Many years later, Ning Hao also passed on this kindness to others and funded director Wen Muye to shoot "I Am Not the God of Medicine", creating a classic movie.
Andy Lau's good man behavior has always been based on the country, he had the opportunity to develop in Hollywood, but because of the insult to China in foreign scripts, he directly refused to act.
In 1997, when Hong Kong returned to the motherland, the Spring Festival Gala threw an olive branch to Hong Kong artists, and the very little salary made many shrewd artists scoff, and only Andy Lau was willing to take the stage.
In 2006, Andy Lau attended the Japan Song Club because of contract problems, and the organizer asked him to sing Japanese songs, but he refused, music has no borders, but singers have nationality.
In the vanity fair of the entertainment industry, businessmen only care about whether they will lose money on their investments, celebrities only care about whether they can become more famous, and even charity galas, nominally offering love, are actually busy raising their popularity and collecting appearance fees.
Only Andy Lau, in that impetuous world, he did not look down at the sixpence all over the ground, but looked up at the moon in the sky.