In the 1990s, when the domestic entertainment industry was still in its infancy, the Hong Kong film and television circle had matured, and in the group that entered the mainland entertainment circle that year, the combination with the largest number of fans and the highest voice was the "Four Heavenly Kings", and now after 30 years, the Tianwang group has long been dissolved, we can say praise Andy Lau's acting skills and singing skills, evaluate Aaron Kwok's life gains and losses, and even put on the crown of "God of Song" for Jacky Cheung
But for Dawn, it's hard to define, Leon, a name that's been controversial in the entertainment industry
Born in Beijing in 1966, Dawn moved to Hong Kong with his parents at the age of 4, and at the age of 19, Dawn was discovered by local scouts, embarked on the path of singer, and in the same year participated in the Hong Kong Biquan Rising Star Competition, winning the championship
In 1986, the 20-year-old Dawn participated in the fifth singer selection contest and won the third place, when he sang the song "Absolute Emptiness" on stage, and his singer Cai Fenghua was banned for a long time due to speech problems, because of this move, Dawn received the attention of film and television industry directors
After the competition, Dawn was favored by Wireless because of his personal remarks and appearance, joined the wireless artist class to study, the first two years of his debut he did not have a fire, but in some mainstream movies to play soy sauce, and did not have a fixed role, until 1988, Dawn began to exert force, in a year to shoot three TV series, including "People on the Edge" and "Tianya Song Girl"
After receiving great attention, Li Ming also had a clear plan for the development of his personal career, he studied under the industry tycoon Dai Sicong, and with the help of his teacher, he smoothly changed the agency company and entered PolyGon in Hong Kong, debuting as an actor and a singer
In 1990, Dawn pushed out his first solo album, the name is also very simple to name it with his personal English name, "Leon"
The main song of this album "Meet in the Rain" has just been released and has received a response from many listeners, seeing the career fire, the next year Dawn launched his personal classic work album "Is Love is Fate"
After the album was released, it won the annual sales title in Hong Kong that year, and Dawn's official representative song "Sorry, I Love You" was also included
Because of the title of Prince of Love Songs, Dawn began to be invited by TVB to shoot the TV series "No Regrets in This Life" and received widespread attention from fans who love film and television dramas
In the history of Hong Kong, some people call 1991 the "first year of the dawn", just like the "first year of Stephen Chow" in the film and television status, no one can pass the dawn in 1991, so that the mantra that many Hong Kong people put on their lips later is that sentence: Do you think you are very hot? Are you on fire at dawn?
From 1986 to the 91 fire, Dawn only took less than 5 years, and this road some people have walked for ten years or more, it can be said that Dawn's debut experience is almost unrepeatable, and from the year of the explosion, Dawn has become an unshakable king-level player in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, so that in the later selection of the "Four Heavenly Kings", Dawn defeated li Keqin, a powerful singer known for his song king, with super popularity
In 1992, through the election of Hong Kong variety shows, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, Jacky Cheung and Li Ming officially debuted in a group to form the "Four Heavenly Kings" squad, which is also the most successful and only "phenomenon-level" group in the history of hong Kong's entertainment industry
It was also from that year that the top stars in China changed round after round, only the highest throne was the kings taking turns to sit in the throne, and the development route of the four of them also began to change, of which Dawn was more intoxicated with music, so after the rise of the foreign electronic music trend, Dawn partner Lei Songde made the first personal electronic music album "Leon sound", which was suddenly popular in China
After 1995, Dawn's personal path became clearly single-minded, and out of interest in music, he began to withdraw from major award ceremonies in China
After losing all commercial activities, Dawn's personal influence is also declining significantly, and after 98 years, only three of Hong Kong's "Four Heavenly Kings" can impress people, and the absent one is Dawn
In fact, on the whole, Li Ming has no shortcomings compared to Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and others, and even said to the public media in the early years: I am definitely not the 1st in the King of Heaven, but I will never be the 4th assertion
From here, we can see Dawn's self-confidence, because than the famous songs, Dawn has her own album album, even if he is more than and Andy Lau's acting skills, he is completely comparable in strength, even in the field of literary and art films, Dawn is more well-known than the three partners
There are many representative works in Li Ming's acting career, and the more classic literary and art films are the 1994 film "Urban Love" directed and filmed by Liu Zhenwei.
Wong Kar-wai's "Fallen Angel" in 1995
By the way, Li Jiaxin's appearance in this drama is really high
The movie "Sweet Honey", directed by Chen Kexin and starring Li Ming and Maggie Cheung, can be called the representative work of the King of Heaven
Similarly, there is the movie "Half Life"
It can be said that in the field of literary and art films, Li Ming's temperament, appearance and acting skills are very in line with the director's settings, so it is natural for him to become the absolute male protagonist in the field of literary and art films
After 2000, Dawn has completely faded out of the film and television song entertainment circle, compared with Andy Lau's connections, Jacky Cheung's classics, Dawn seems to be a bit unusual, the reputation is not high, but it is still the "Four Heavenly Kings" and even later some media in the ranking to make him the last place at the bottom
And for all this, Dawn is deaf and still has a low-key life, and he seems to prefer to be an ordinary person who is focused on his career than famous, because he has experienced it at his peak, but he is not happy
It's like the last time Dawn said in a media interview: There are two mes in this world, one is the dawn in your eyes, and the other is the dawn that I am doing myself
I don't know what you think of dawn's ranking among the four heavenly kings?