You may think that artists are all glamorous, but this is not the case, more artists have been busy all their lives, but their lives are still difficult.
The 61-year-old Car Paul has acted in many TV series on ATV and TVB, and has also appeared on the big screen frequently, but unfortunately, he experienced six lows around 40 years ago, and even he couldn't help but ask himself: "Is life black?" Thankfully, he never gave up hope for life.
He once cheated the company to earn extra money and was idle
Che Paul's original name was "Wu Mingcang", because he was not a reading material, he went out of social work after primary school, and worked as a bakery apprentice, theater driver, security guard, backstage technician and so on.
The most eye-catching thing from childhood to adulthood is definitely his thin figure like a bamboo pole, sunken cheeks, and a pair of large ears that are particularly prominent, giving people an image of a refugee.
However, because of such a peculiar appearance, he was photographed to join the development of the show business circle. In 1979, he was introduced by a friend to participate in his first film" Spider-man.
He joined Leigh's television in the 1980s, and successively took over the filming of "When I.Q. Matures", "Pair of Paste", and "Senior Joy", often playing roles such as laughter, strange people or adulterers.
Later, he was more favored by well-known electrical appliance brands, and formed a series of advertisements with another actor, Shi Jieqiang, to shoot a series of advertisements, which can be regarded as the rise of his career.
But anxious, he wanted to take this opportunity to perform in Southeast Asia to make a lot of money, in 1983, he deceived the company to take three weeks off to participate in the movie "Teppanyaki" in the Philippines on the grounds of "suffering from herpes and needing to go north for medical treatment", but he did not know that Ye Xuanwen, who did not know the inside story, revealed his whereabouts, which made Li feel dissatisfied and once left him idle.
In the same year, after broadcasting the "Everyone HAPPY" in which he had a role, he turned to the film industry, but unfortunately, he did not have money to hire an assistant at that time, and he carelessly forgot the itinerary, and as a result, he missed the shooting time, because of the integrity of the reason why no one was willing to look for him to shoot, and his career fell to the bottom.
In order to make a living, he tried to go to Shenzhen, Dongguan and other places to do business. It was not until 1997 that he was promoted by his friend Lee Tim-seng and returned to Hong Kong to join TVB filming.
Less than 2,000 annual salary determined to leave the nest
Just after joining wireless, he was arranged to play the classic role of "Fat Head" in "Deer DingJi", the image of bamboo poles, coupled with the strange expressions he often made some funny, which was deeply loved by the audience.
With this role, he began to play clowns in the play, and successively starred in the "Skinny Tiger" in Stephen Chow's movie "The Inquisitor", the "Big Nail" in the TVB drama "Anti-Black Pioneer", and the "Mr. Lü Qi" in "Green Blood Sword", all of which received good responses.
Unfortunately, this special appearance also limited his acting positioning, and he has been doing inconspicuous small supporting roles for 40 years since his debut.
In 2003, his career began to decline significantly, and the contract with TVB was also about to expire to negotiate salary, but TVB actually wanted to turn into a basic artist contract with him, calculating that the annual salary was only 2,000 Hong Kong dollars, which was no different from "being fired".
At that time, he could not accept this treatment at all, so he decided not to renew his contract with TVB, but after leaving wireless, it was the beginning of his real nightmare.
Lingxiao bao subsisted on handymen
In 2003, just as sarcos struck, he joined the army of unemployment and was exposed to the point of poverty. It is understood that he invested the savings saved for many years of filming, resulting in no return, and after applying for bankruptcy, he lived on CSSA.
In order to support his family, he could only work as a handyman everywhere, working as a security guard, cement worker, hospital handyman, follower and porter, etc., which can be described as a taste of human warmth and cold.
He had hoped to turn himself around by stepping into politics and running in the district council elections as an independent in 2007, but lost by only 90 votes.
At this time, two bad news came from his home.
The granddaughter was killed by the mother and died of illness and there was no money for burial
One day he was suddenly told that his 5-year-old granddaughter Li Jin'er was tragically involved in a car accident in Causeway Bay, and after being sent to the hospital, he confirmed that he was dead, and his life at that time could be said to have fallen to the bottom.
A few years later, Paul Che's mother died of illness in the nursing home, and he had no money to do things for his mother due to the lack of living at that time, and finally he could only raise his mother's funeral expenses through TVB.
The last three generations have been in the same house
Although his life is full of thorns, fortunately, he has a wife by his side. It is understood that he has experienced two marriages, both of which were married by Fengzi.
At the age of 19, he married his first wife, Puying Inday, and had a daughter, Wu Yinyin, but the marriage lasted only two years before they divorced.
Then he asked the Filipino maid Xiong Ailan to clean the house, and it didn't take long for the spark of love to be wiped out, the woman was unmarried and pregnant, and Che Paul was very responsible to marry her as the second wife.
After that, Xiong Ailan gave birth to a son, Wu Zhuowei, and became a good wife and mother, not only to take care of her son and husband, but also to take care of the family's large and small household chores, and this year's 29-year-old son Wu Zhuowei is also married and has children.
After watching his wife's efforts for so many years, Paul Che said that he was very guilty, it turned out that when the two were married, they did not hold a wedding because of their own living constraints, and when their father-in-law and mother-in-law died, he could not go to the funeral, so now he only wanted to compensate his wife single-mindedly.
He said that his biggest wish is to buy a diamond ring for his wife, although for the average family, buying a diamond ring is not an unattainable wish, but for the current car Paul, this wish is still difficult to achieve.
Supervisor of the wet market: I take care of everything big and small
In recent years, it has been pointed out that Paul is working as a supervisor in the vegetable market, handling complaints in the vegetable market, water and electricity, channel congestion, traffic control and other issues, and even thieves, the disappearance of the elderly and other incidents, he has to help solve, and the relationship with the neighbors is very close.
In addition, if there is a suitable role for him, he will never let go of the opportunity to make money, and he can also live a play addiction.
In 2019, he starred in the short film "The Old Man and the Dog", in which he played a cancer patient, which made him shortlisted for the "Best Actor" of the Taiwan Film Festival, and tasted the thrill of walking the red carpet.
The 61-year-old Che Paul and his son and daughter-in-law still live in an old and small house, and their lives are very simple. Usually, I often see him sharing photos of his two grandchildren, a look of making grandchildren happy, very content and optimistic.
People have three declines and six prosperity, no one has a smooth life, the most important thing is to grit your teeth at the low point, do yourself well, and hope that Car Paul can enjoy his old age in peace!