The day before yesterday, the 40th anniversary of Andy Lau's debut, his personal account was broadcast live for the first time, and the number of viewers exceeded 100 million, breaking the platform record.
Andy Lau often shoots bad movies, his acting skills are average, and his singing is always said to be bad, but the magic is that he has been popular for 40 years and has almost zero bad reviews.
Looking back at Andy Lau's acting career, I see the persistence of an ordinary person.
If he can still be popular, it is because everyone has seen one thing: as long as he does not give up, life will not lose.
"Stupid man" Andy Lau
When Andy Lau was six years old, his family moved from the countryside to the city, and the family ran a grocery store that sold Cantonese food such as porridge flour.
He got up at three or four o'clock in the morning every day, pushed the omnivorous cart to fetch water, and worked until noon to go to school.
After school, he also helps with the shop, and doesn't have time to write homework until 10 p.m., until 12 o'clock. After 4 hours of sleep, follow up with the next day's work.
Andy Lau is poor and inferior. In order to improve his living conditions, at the age of 17, he applied for the Hong Kong Wireless Artist Training Class, and the interview form was issued to him by Huang Rihua, who was very popular at that time.
Seeing that even one of the ones who sent a form was so handsome, Andy Lau felt even more underwhelmed.
Singing is not good, dancing is also general, Andy Lau can only run the dragon set.
He played the thug behind Chow Yun-fat;
Played the little soldier next to Huang Rihua;
Also played a dealer (dealer) in the casino;
When Xu Anhua filmed "Run to the Fury Sea", the protagonist was originally Zhou Runfa, and Zhou was worried that the shooting in the mainland would affect the Market in Taiwan, so this opportunity fell to Andy Lau.
Andy Lau will not do anything else, but also learners hesitate. Zhou Runfa quickly advised him: "You are nothing, don't think about these, you must seize the opportunity." ”
The eldest brother mentioned the point, and Andy Lau seized the first opportunity.
After entering the wireless, Andy Lau and Huang Rihua, Miao Qiaowei, Tang Zhenye, Liang Chaowei, and called the "wireless five tigers".
Among the five people, Andy Lau is the least talented, and he also knows that he can't do it, so he rushes to do everything.
The company asked them to perform shows, let them play acrobatics, flip heels, and crush big stones in their chests.
Liang Chaowei's acrobatics are very strong, Huang Rihua is also good at flipping and fighting, only Andy Lau, none of them do a good job.
Once in a performance, Andy Lau was accidentally pressed under his third brother (Miao Qiaowei). I just threw up my tongue and almost broke my tongue.
As a result, he was also scolded by the third brother: "Who taught you?" Isn't it telling you to clench your teeth! ”
Acting is not good, singing is also frustrated.
Between the filming of the movie, Andy Lau had nothing to do in Hainan Island for 3 months, and he often followed another male protagonist of the film, Lin Zixiang, to sing on KTV.
Once, Andy Lau sang Lin Zixiang's "Minutes Need You", and because of the rough voice, everyone below laughed.
Andy Lau was not reconciled. After returning to Hong Kong, he practiced songs without any problems, and also recorded a few songs for Lin Zixiang.
Lin Zixiang did not expect Andy Lau to be so attentive, so he told him: "If you really want to develop, then I can help you." ”
Unfortunately, after trying to sing for a while, Huang Xia laughed at him: "I have never seen someone who writes love songs so stupidly."
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The long-term disapproval of the seniors has made Andy Lau very devastated.
He could only comfort himself with the spirit of A Q: I acted better than Aaron Kwok, danced better than Liang Chaowei, and looked more handsome than Jacky Cheung.
He even asked Huang Xia, "Can you not scold me so fiercely in the future when he comes to power?" ”
When he was confused, he also ran to the home of his former teacher and asked, should he be a very popular star idol who has a lot of people's love? Or be a very strong and well-sung actor?
In 1991, Andy Lau set up his own film company, but his luck in the mall was not very good, and the box office of several films he invested in was not satisfactory.
By 1995, the company owed more than $40 million.
There is no way, Andy Lau can only take the drama madly.
In 4 years, he made more than 100 plays and released dozens of albums. So others gave him a title, called "Asian Iron Man".
Huang Qiusheng, who has always had the "king of bad films", once joked: "I am the king of bad films, you go to see Andy Lau." ”
The evaluation is not good, and Andy Lau can only work harder.
In 2010, Xu Anhua's film "Sister Peach" was dubbed in the mainland version.
Although Andy Lau asked to be personally matched, he could only free up 8 hours of time.
Xu Anhua felt that the time was too short, and there was too much dialogue in the movie. On the other hand, she is also worried about Andy Lau's Mandarin.
On the day of the dubbing, Xu Anhua originally arranged for Andy Lau to get off the plane at noon, start recording at 3 or 4 pm, and expect to finish work at 12 o'clock that night and continue the next day.
By midnight, the staff present were exhausted. Considering that the progress had been exceeded, Xu Anhua wanted to stop here.
But Andy Lau would rather do it that day than delay it until tomorrow, regardless of whether he is tired or not, and the result is not completed until about 3 a.m.
Moreover, to Xu Anhua's surprise, the dubbing effect was surprisingly good. Andy Lau can not only modify the original dialogue, but also cooperate with the lip type without losing the original meaning of the plot.
In the same year, when Xu Anhua was filming the mv of "Orphan Tears", there was a shot:
Andy Lau ran to a waterhole, and the water immediately flooded his neck. Everyone was shocked, only Andy Lau was as calm as if he was fine.
He told others that when he was young, he often fell into the ditch in the village, nothing.
In 2015, when filming "Lost alone", in order to seek real effects, he was slapped by the extras more than a dozen times in a row, until his face was swollen.
At the scene, the actor who beat him said sorry to him in tears, but Andy Lau turned around and smiled and comforted people.
"Good man" Andy Lau
It's like a poor student with no talent, constantly working hard, improving a little bit every time.
In 2000, Andy Lau was named the most awarded Male Singer in Hong Kong by the Guinness Book of World Records.
In 2012, he won the Golden Horse Award and the Academy Award for Actor with the feature film "Sister Peach".
Andy Lau still maintains the appearance of an ordinary person.
Wang Baoqiang talked about two small things.
The first thing was that when he was filming "No Thief in the World", he saw Andy Lau for the first time and fell to his knees when he was excited.
As a result, Andy Lau also knelt down when he saw the situation and helped him up.
The second thing is that when he attended a film festival, he would not use the induction faucet of the men's toilet, and he did not know what to do for a while.
After Andy Lau who came out from behind saw it, he came over and took Wang Baoqiang's hand and put it under the faucet, and the water came out.
Andy Lau often helps others.
Hong Kong filmmaker Jiang Zhiqiang said: "In the Hong Kong film circle, Andy Lau is the person who 'borrows' the most."
Once, when Zhang Weijian invested in real estate, he unfortunately encountered a financial crisis, owed a lot of loans at once, and faced bankruptcy.
Desperate, he approached Andy Lau and asked if he could help him get through it.
Andy Lau did not say a word, not only immediately signed him to his company, but also wrote him a check.
Andy Lau told Zhang Weijian: "What you learn must be taught, and what you earn must be given to people." ”
When he was in danger, the help given to him by others allowed him to help other people in the same way.
In 2005, Ning Hao wanted to make a movie, but he didn't have the money. So he took his script "Diamond" and looked for investment everywhere.
At that time, Andy Lau launched the "Emerging Directors in Asia" program to select 6 young directors and fund them to make films.
Andy Lau found Ning Hao, gave him 3 million yuan, and told him: "Although the money is not much, but you can shoot what you want to shoot, I will not interfere."
As a result, there was "Crazy Stone", and this play also brought out Xu Zheng and Huang Bo, the two later "ten billion film emperors".
Andy Lau not only borrows money, but often lends himself out.
In 2010, director Xu Anhua wanted to make "Sister Peach", but because the theme was not popular, he could not find investment.
Because Xu Anhua was kind to himself when he filmed "Running to the Fury Sea", he immediately helped negotiate a 30 million investment and personally played the male lead.
Someone asked him: What should I do if the movie loses money?
Andy Lau said: "If you lose, you lose my remuneration, but I know it's a good movie."
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Today, Andy Lau, who has been debuting for 40 years, is 60 years old.
He is old, and Hong Kong's film industry is no longer as brilliant as it was then.
Worried that no one paid attention, before the live broadcast, Andy Lau hesitated for a long time.
Later, I heard that tens of millions of people were paying attention to him, which was reassuring.
Because he wants people to feel, "We Hua Tsai can still afford the traffic", he does not want to lose.
If there are still idols in the Chinese entertainment industry, I think Andy Lau is the most competent one, and I don't want him to lose.
Written by: Evergreen
Edit: Ono
Source: "Sister Peach", "Angry Sea Run", some image source network
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