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Li Guolin, may 9, 1954, was born in Hong Kong "Lee Shek Peng family".
His father is Li Fuzhao, who is known as the godfather of Hong Kong stocks.
The "Li Shipeng" family has a great beginning, it is the head of the old four major families in Hong Kong.
Belonging to the real famous and prestigious family, the top of the giants, their family wealth and power, after several generations of accumulation, have long become astronomical.
Maybe everyone is relatively unfamiliar with the name Li Shipeng and doesn't know how powerful he really is, so we have to mention He Dong, who belongs to the same old fourth family in Hong Kong. Ho Tung is the eldest brother of the gambling king Ho Hung-sun's grandfather, and he was also the first rich man in Hong Kong.
However, unlike the He family, which is often active in the public eye, the Li family, whose family businesses and talents are spread across the business, politics, finance, judiciary and education industries, are very low-key.
And this low-key family style also affected Li Guolin's life.
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In 1960, 6-year-old Li Guolin reached the age of elementary school. Unlike other children of the same social status and economic conditions, Li Guolin did not want to go abroad or attend an aristocratic school, but chose an ordinary JC primary school.
Because his father, Li Fuzhao, had been a JC for a while. His father wore a police uniform and had his hands behind his back, which left a very deep impression on the young Li Guolin, and also planted a JC dream in his heart.
Although the Li family style is rigorous but also enlightened, Li Guolin originally thought that his dream would definitely get the support of his family, who knew the fate, but he made a small joke with him.
In 1971, Li Guolin graduated from secondary school and prepared to apply for the Police Academy. (Hong Kong's academic qualifications are slightly different from those of the mainland, and Hong Kong's Secondary Five is equivalent to the mainland's senior year.) There is no senior year in Hong Kong, and you can enter the university at the end of the second year of high school. ）
But his father, who had always been responsive to his needs, resolutely refused him this time. It is not that Li Fuzhao does not like his son to do JC, but in the environment caused by force majeure in that year, the risk that Hong Kong JC had to bear was too great. Whose parents can bear that kind of worrying day?
However, in the eyes of Li Guolin, who is young and vigorous and has a strong sense of justice, this is obviously incomprehensible. He was depressed and depressed for several days, but Li Fuzhao was still unmoved, and finally, Li Guolin, who had been lying at home for several years, could not stay still.
In 1974, with the mentality of trying it out, Li Guolin applied for the TVB Artist Training Class and became the fourth batch of students. Maybe it was heaven that destined him to eat the actor's bowl of rice, and he actually hit the first place in one fell swoop. Coincidentally, this training class has produced a lot of old drama bones, and some have become big directors in the circle.
And it was at this time that Li Guolin met someone who had a deep influence on him in the future- Du Qifeng.
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Du Qifeng began to work in Hong Kong TVB in 1972, and has a deep understanding of film and television works, and in the process of being a classmate with him, Li Guolin, who inherited the family's economic acumen, was keenly aware of business opportunities.
So when it was close to graduation, Li Guolin partnered with friends and started a special team. Because of the large market demand, the team business was very hot at the beginning, and the supply exceeded demand. Li Guolin even made a stunt stand-in for Andy Lau. But gradually, the shortcomings of this industry were also revealed.
It was during a filming of flying car stunts, Li Guolin's role was to open the car door while calling, and as a result, his hand was accidentally caught by the car door, if it were not for the fast reaction of the actors in the same group, he might not be as simple as being injured.
This experience of hanging his life on the line made Li Guolin feel uneasy and had the idea of disbanding the team, and soon after, he witnessed an accident with his own eyes, which made him completely determined.
In 1975, Li Guolin, who began to concentrate on acting, received his first role, a small dragon set in "The Residual Dream of the Qing Palace". Subsequently, he took over a number of film and television works, in which he played supporting roles.
In the 1980s, Li Guolin, who had not been debuting for a long time, was already a well-known green leaf in the circle, and invitations came pouring in. But just when his career was on the rise, his life suffered one blow after another.
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In the early 1990s, Li Guolin's father died of illness, and this bad news shocked the Li family.
As the eldest son of the Li family, Li Guolin also has to face countless trivial matters every day in addition to grief, which makes him have no intention of working. Then, because he was a little distracted and illiterate when he was young, his girlfriend at that time went to court with him because of a money dispute.
But what kind of family is the Li family? Lee Kwok-lin's eldest uncle, Lee Fook-shu, is a member of the Hong Kong Municipal, Legislative and Executive Council, the second uncle, Lee Fuk-sun, is the first Chinese judge of the Hong Kong High Court, and his cousin Lee Kwok-neng is the Chief Justice of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal.
In the end, the matter was dismissed by the woman, but Li Guolin was not able to withdraw from the whole body. Things were confusing back then, the two sides had their own opinions, and now it is even more difficult to distinguish between right and wrong. But this inexplicable matter has become a stain that Can't be washed away on Li Guolin's body.
Although TVB did not ruthlessly abandon him, it also suggested that he go out to avoid the wind, which is equivalent to "exile" in disguise.
In this way, Li Guolin went abroad and went to Malaysia.
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The days in a foreign country made Li Guolin think a lot and grow a lot.
In Malaysia, Li Guolin also received a call from his first girlfriend. At that time, the two were separated because of misunderstandings, and now at the lowest point of Li Guolin's wind evaluation, she did not care about the previous suspicions, and expressed the greatest understanding and support for Li Guolin, which made Li Guolin deeply moved, and the two people also reconciled.
In 1995, Li Guolin returned to TVB, and after experiencing the great fall in his life, he will soon usher in the peak of his life.
In 1997, Li Guolin married his girlfriend, and at the same time, he also took over one of the most classic roles in his career - Hatsuma Zhi.
In "Tianlong Babu", Hatsuma Zhi's positioning is a villain, and some friends who have not seen it may not understand, how can a villain be loved by so many people?
In fact, Hatsuma Chi, who calls himself a little monk, is positioned as a villain, but he has never harmed people's lives from beginning to end, and it is more appropriate to say that he is a fool than a bad person.
While other characters are busy falling in love, busy hating the country, and jumping back and forth between the positive and the negative, the little monk Hatsuma Chi is very single-minded, and his goal has always been only one - to pursue higher and more exquisite martial arts.
On this road, Hatsuma was diligent. He traveled thousands of miles from Tubo to the Shaolin Temple, and chased Duan Yu for a long time. Although he is clever and arrogant, he also guards his own bottom line, which can be called a "clear stream" among villains, and he has also made a lot of jokes and contributed a lot of memes.
For example, every time he had to preach that "there are few people in this world who can fight with the little monk", but every time he appears, he will almost collide with those people, and then be punched in the face at the speed of light.
For example, one second he was still talking wildly, but the next second he was frantically asking the protagonists for help because he did not know water.
Such a fierce but not evil, and even somewhat cute villain, who can not like it?
Of course, the success of the role of Hatsuma Zhi is absolutely inseparable from Li Guolin's exquisite acting skills. In fact, it is not only the role of Hatsuma Chi, Li Guolin has also contributed many impressive villains.
For example, Ma Yuanzhen, the chief eunuch of the great treachery and evil in "Palace Heart Plan".
The ambitious Shen Gongbao in the "List of Conferred Gods".
In addition to the villain, he also played a number of positive roles such as lawyers. But interestingly, he has a nickname on TVB - the king of defeat. That is to say, as long as it is the lawyer he plays, fighting a lawsuit is a loss, which is really called "dumb and cute".
But what is ironic is that Li Guolin actually has a very "cute" side in real life.
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In 2001, Li Guolin's wife became pregnant. At this time, Li Guolin, whose career and life have reached its peak, is a bit fluttery.
His brain was hot, thinking that his father made a fortune in stocks, so could I also try it?
As a result, his attempt was good, and before he could eat much, he caught up with the financial turmoil of 2002, lost the tens of millions of dollars he had accumulated over the years, and owed millions to the bank.
And this year, his daughter was just born, it was the time to use the money, not only could he not get a penny, but also had to be chased every day, almost even the house left to him by his father had to be sold.
Some people may ask, the Li family is so rich, will it be a few million?
Yes, the Li family is rich, but Li Guolin insists on doing things alone and never spending a penny on the family, even if his friends suggest that he apply for bankruptcy, he does not agree, but chooses debt restructuring.
In order to repay the debt, Li Guolin, who is an old woman, did not accompany his daughter well, ran around every day, kept filming to earn money, and even put down his body and went to the cave to sell and sing on stage.
It took several years to pay off all the debts. After paying off the debt, Li Guolin's pace of filming slowed down, and he began to shift the focus of his life to his family and began to concentrate on accompanying his family.
Later, someone asked Li Guolin if he would enter the stock market again, after all, people, where they fall, they must get up from where they fall.
But Li Guolin kept waving his hand: don't touch it, don't touch it in this life, the stock is too terrible.
07
In 2020, Li Guolin and the former "Tianlong Eight Parts" actor group appeared on "Ace to Ace" together, playing Hatsumo Again, triggering a wave of memory killing.
When the audience sighed that "streamers are easy to throw people away", it is inevitable that doubts will arise in their hearts:
Why is it that teacher Li Guolin, who has a prominent family lineage and has 46 years in the film and excellent acting skills, has never played a leading role in TVB's life?
To say that he is not red, but to find him to do green leaf drama, is one after another, to say that other people's character is not good, but he did not choose to jump ship in the most decadent years of TVB.
So, is he really unable to pick up the girder?
This is not the case.
First of all, Li Guolin is an actor, he is not a star, and he is not an artist. What he values is not a play, what kind of coffee he is, how much traffic and exposure this drama can bring him, and how much money he can make. He is enjoying the process of filming itself, so bringing money into the group or something, not to mention.
Secondly, the TVB talents of the 90s are full of talents, which can be called fairy fights, and its artists have explosive appearances and excellent acting skills. Its representatives are the wireless five tigers, and later the four major Hua Dan and the five big students. Under such fierce competition, it is normal that Li Guolin cannot take the position.
Finally, although TVB was lonely later, at that time, Li Guolin was also older, which obviously did not conform to the mainstream market of the king of appearance, and naturally he could not catch any starring roles.
However, Li Guolin is not here, in his heart, as long as the money earned from filming is enough to support his family, as long as the audience loves to watch him act.
Today, the 67-year-old Li Guolin is still active in the public eye, occasionally sending out WB and DY, occasionally interacting with fans, but the most is to post his wife and daughter on social platforms and share his happy old age with everyone.
In fact, compared with most of the rich and powerful, Li Guolin's life is really not magnificent, but ordinary also has ordinary wonderful, this old drama bone of virtue and art, with a lifetime for all the fans who pay attention to him, interprets such a truth:
In this life, peace, health, and happiness are the greatest happiness.