I haven't been a big brother for many years, I just want to love it again
Many people have heard this song, but they are not familiar with the original singer Ke Shouliang, in 1992, he drove a motorcycle over the Great Wall, in 1997, he drove a car over the Yellow River Hukou Waterfall, he was the first Chinese to complete these two feats, but in 2003, ke Shouliang, who was only 50 years old, died young.
Ke Shouliang
After his death, Jacky Cheung paid for his funeral, Andy Lau and Wu Zongxian raised money to help him raise his children, and his funeral went up to more than 200 stars, which was enough to see how good his popularity was before his death.
One
Ke Shouliang belongs to half of the circle of the entertainment industry, when he first entered the entertainment circle, he was just a most bitter and tired Dragon tiger martial artist, doing the hardest work, getting very little reward, and he had no kung fu in his body, the dragon and tiger martial artist was just a glossy name, in the circle for 5 years, he was not weighed.
But fortunately, in the few years of entering the industry, he did not put down the motorcycle he had always loved, in a motorcycle stunt competition, Ke Shuliang won the first prize, and a director who had been sitting in the audience also happened to notice him, so he took the initiative to talk to Ke Shouliang and invited him to Hong Kong as an action director.
Ke Shouliang was born in Xiangshan, Ningbo, and later followed his parents to Taiwan, he grew up in Taiwan since he was a child, although he grew up watching a lot of Hong Kong films, but he was not familiar with Hong Kong, but at this time Ke Shouliang thought of his current situation in Taiwan, he still decided to fight, so when he set foot on the land of Hong Kong, he opened his legendary life.
At that time, there was no special effects technology, and many dangerous shots were done by stuntmen, and Ke Shouliang became an action director after coming to Hong Kong, and he worked for another 5 years.
In the past 5 years, Ke Shouliang has done the most dangerous work, completed many stunts in the film, because of his excellent skills and dedication, he has gained a good reputation in the circle, and he has also made many friends with a bold personality.
In 1982, Zeng Zhiwei's film "Best Partner" began filming, and Ke Shouliang waited for his first opportunity. In that era, action movies were very popular, and many scenes of jumping cars and jumping off buildings were completed by dragon and tiger martial artists, but there was a shot that was difficult to spoil director Zeng Zhiwei.
Zeng Zhiwei and Ke Shouliang
This shot requires the stuntman to ride a bicycle to break the glass, and then leap down from the 30-foot building, when Zeng Zhiwei looked for foreign stuntmen to complete this shot, but they were all rejected, you can imagine how difficult this shot is.
At that time, Ke Shouliang, as Zeng Zhiwei's good friend, promised him to complete this shot without saying a word, and zeng Zhiwei specially found two ambulances on the day of shooting, afraid of any accidents in the shooting, but did not expect that Ke Shouliang completed this shot once.
It is precisely because of this shot that Ke Shouliang became famous in the first battle!
Two
In 1984, Jackie Chan invited him to serve as a stunt director in his movie "Fast Food Truck", and many of Jackie Chan's flying car shots in the movie were completed by Ke Shouliang, and it was because of the cooperation in this movie that Ke Shuliang and Jackie Chan became very good brothers, and then he also became Jackie Chan's royal stuntman.
In 1986, Jackie Chan filmed the movie "Brother Dragon and Brother Tiger", which had a shot of Jackie Chan driving across the highway, and it was also Ke Shouliang who completed it for him.
As Ke Shouliang's reputation in the industry continues to rise, he has more and more shots in movies, many films have asked him for cameos, during that time he played a lot of big brother roles, although often some less important supporting roles, but also left a deep impression on the audience.
Also in the process of film shooting, Ke Shouliang and Andy Lau met, Ke Shouliang helped Andy Lau many times on the set, the two also had a very deep feeling, no matter how busy at that time, as long as Ke Shouliang had an important performance, Andy Lau would go to the scene to support him, and when Andy Lau participated in the program, Ke Shouliang would also quietly go to help his friends, in 1998, Andy Lau sang the song "Stupid Child" with Ke Shouliang and Wu Zongxian, in Andy Lau's mouth, he will always be the optimistic and kind little black.
Andy Lau, Ke Shouliang, Wu Zongxian
Later, in order to commemorate Ke Shouliang, Andy Lau specially released a song "Orphan's Tears", which was originally taught by Ke Shouliang to sing.
Three
In 1992, a British motorcyclist said that he wanted to fly over the Great Wall, and as soon as the news came to China, he was anxious to be Ke Shouliang, who was then serving as a stunt instructor, the Great Wall is a treasure of the Chinese nation, how can a foreigner be allowed to climb first? So he was determined to accomplish this feat before the British.
But is it so easy to fly over the Great Wall? In order to prepare for the leap and approve and other expenses, Ke Shouliang spent more than 3 million Hong Kong dollars, but the approval was beaten back again and again, but he did not give up, or continued to insist on the declaration again and again, and finally Ke Shouliang's sincerity impressed the veteran general Yang Chengwu, Yang Chengwu was the founding general, at that time he said to Ke Shouliang: "We must fly out the backbone of the Chinese and show it to the people of the world!" ”
On November 15, 1992, Ke Shouliang launched a chariot to fly over the 30-meter-long opening of the Great Wall Beacon Tower, and countless people cheered for him at the scene, and the sound resounded through the clouds, this leap over the Great Wall made him set a world record, and also made him a great hero in the hearts of a generation.
But despite the harvest of countless glory, Ke Shouliang is not satisfied, in 1997 Hong Kong returned, Ke Shouliang wanted to fly the Yellow River as a gift to the motherland, in his heart the Great Wall is the father, the Yellow River is the mother, he wants to through his two leaps, the Yellow River and the Great Wall are only linked together.
It turns out he did, but this time it wasn't easy!
The first thing to stop him is his wife Song Lihua, because flying over the Yellow River is too dangerous, Ke Shouliang's place to fly over the Yellow River was chosen at Hukou Waterfall, the distance between the two banks is more than 50 meters, the height reaches 30 meters, and the waterfall water is turbulent and more dangerous, and there is no possibility of survival if you accidentally fall.
His wife had a heart attack because of him, but Ke Shouliang still insisted on completing it, and he promised his wife that this was the last time to challenge the limit, and after completion, he would go back to be a director with peace of mind, hoping to arouse the concern of Chinese people around the world for building the motherland through this flight across the Yellow River.
In order to support Ke Shouliang, his wife took out all the family's savings, and even mortgaged the house for this, and his parents also took out all the money to support him, which also caused the family to have no financial resources after Ke Shouliang's death. But despite the scattering of family wealth, but the funds are still not enough, for this reason Ke Shouliang called Jacky Cheung to borrow money, did not expect to wait for him to open Jacky Cheung to know his predicament, and took the initiative to fund Ke Shouliang 500,000 yuan, and then Jacky Cheung also helped him spread news everywhere, for Ke Shouliang to pull a lot of sponsorship.
Ke Shouliang, Jacky Cheung
In addition, CCTV and Phoenix Satellite TV also gave great support, and more than 300 reporters from the two TV stations arrived at the scene on the same day to broadcast Ke Shouliang's "Amazing Yiyue" live. And Ke Shouliang's friends Andy Lau, Zeng Zhiwei, Jacky Cheung and others came to support the scene, and there were hundreds of millions of people on the scene and in front of the live broadcast.
On June 1, 1997, Ke Shouliang drove a white Mitsubishi chariot to fly over the Yellow River Hukou Waterfall in just 1.58 seconds, until he was unharmed from a pile of foam cartons at the scene and was helped up by the staff, the scene resounded with earth-shaking cheers, Ke Shouliang once again became "Asia's first flying man", and the live ratings of that day even surpassed the Spring Festival Gala that year.
However, this feat of Ke Shouliang has aroused the doubts of Internet trolls, but Ke Shouliang's leap over the Yellow River is definitely not just a simple step on the accelerator, he risked his life and lost his family to complete this feat, such patriotic feelings, not "for the sake of fame" a few words can stigmatize him, these two leaps have left a strong mark for his legendary life!
Unfortunately, in 2003, Ke Shouliang died suddenly due to asthma exacerbation, he was only 50 years old when he died, more than 200 stars participated in his funeral after his death, Hong Jinbao supported his soul, Zeng Zhiwei was the host of the funeral, many stars directly took money and put it on the table, silently giving Ke Shouliang's family support, Andy Lau, Wu Zongxian, Zeng Zhiwei also held a concert to raise funds for Ke Shouliang's wife and children.
Hong Jinbao, Zeng Zhiwei
Ke Shouliang's son Ke Youlun entered the singing world, Jacky Cheung has always been very supportive of him, and even when Ke Youlun's album was released, Jacky Cheung, as a senior in the music world, also came to the scene to support him, and when Ke Shouliang's daughter got married, Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau escorted his daughter to marry instead of him.
Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau sent Ke Shouliang's daughter to marry
Although Ke Shouliang's life was very short, this group of good brothers in his circle took his place to accompany his children to grow up, and his achievements in life were brilliant enough, at least now many people who hear Ke Shouliang's name after 7080 will remember his feat of flying the Yellow River.