1999 was an unforgettable year for TVB, a year in which ATV showed an unprecedented momentum driven by the "Whirlwind of Returning Pearls". Tvb's ratings champion "Song Shijie II" only received an average rating of 32 points, which was 3 or 4 points lower than the previous year's ratings champion.
Even a huge production like "Genesis" was not satisfactory in terms of ratings, "Legend in Deception" premiered on TVB on August 16 of the same year, when ATV was rushing to rush to broadcast "Huan Zhu Gege Sequel", and finally "Legend of Deception" had a rating of only 22 points and ended dimly.
Later, when the audience revisited the play, they found that it was a rare classic. The drama tells the story of the scheming Yu Zhongzheng (Zhang Jiahui) and his nemesis Gu Jing (Qian Jiale) who have been eating in the rivers and lakes by relying on thousands of tricks, and later under the elaborate design of Gu Jing's master (Liao Qizhi), they have overthrown qianfang kong (Luo Lelin), the boss of the qianzhuang, in the process, he also unveiled the identity of shaodongjiang Yulin (Xuan Xuan), who is the "first tooth in the world".
Slowly, Yu Zhongzheng and Jiang Yulin became a pair of rivals, and Yu Zhong, with the assistance of Jiang Yulin and the sworn party Gu Jing, used his innate talent of a thousand skills to successfully uncover one case after another of deception cases. In the end, it even overturned the grand conspiracy that He Yan (Liu Jiahui) had been contemplating for many years.
Twenty-two years after the show aired, how are the main actors doing now?
First, Yu Zhongzheng - Zhang Jiahui
Zhang Jiahui is a full-fledged police officer, discovered by Li Xiuxian in 1988, doing some behind-the-scenes work in Li Xiuxian's film company, and began to officially launch his acting life a year later, signing a contract with ATV in the same year. Although Leung also starred in dramas such as "Racecourse" during his six years at ATV, he could only play some humble roles most of the other time. But the most fortunate thing is to meet the love of his life, Kwan Wing Ho, during this period.
In 1995, Zhang Jiahui passed the TVB file, and at the beginning he did not have many opportunities, until the end of the 1990s, in addition to "The Legend of Deception", he successively starred in "The Legend of Deception", including "Four Talents in Gold" in 2000, "100,000 Tons of Love" in 2003 and "Doctor Tianya" in 2004.
In terms of movies, he basically only played some two-dozen-six roles in the early stage, since he followed Wang Jing in 1998, although there are many more scenes in the comedy route, sometimes even playing the main role, but most of them still play comedy small characters. It wasn't until 2009 that he won the Academy Award and the Golden Horse Award for the Throne of the Film Emperor with "Witness".
Second, Jiang Yulin - Xuan Xuan
When filming the play, Xuanxuan's female costume and men's clothing style were really handsome, and fully possessed the noble, talented and beautiful temperament of the "grandfather" of the big family. Debuting in 1991, she was known as the Four Great Huadan of Wireless with Cai Shaofen, Chen Huishan and Guo Keying in the late 1990s.
In reality, Xuanxuan graduated from Imperial College of Technology, is one of the highly educated female stars in the entertainment industry, and exudes an intellectual beauty temperament everywhere in her. Born in 1970, she is 51 years old, and in 2009 she fell in love with a foreign veterinarian, but broke up two years later and is still single.
Third, Yu Shi - Hu Feng ornament
In the play, Yu Shi, played by Hu Feng, is Yu Zhongzheng's father, honest and kind with rigidity and stubbornness, originally running a cotton business, he was mistakenly judged by Jiang Yulin's father to cut corners, so he felt that he could not raise his head and be a man in his life, but what he could not imagine was that he gave birth to a son who was the opposite of his own complete personality.
Born on January 18, 1932, he will soon be ninety years old, but now he can still jump and jump, he will open a concert in the Red Pavilion on June 19, continue to refresh his record as the oldest artist to open a concert in the Red Pavilion, and it is admirable that he still has such a good spirit at such an age.
Fourth, Gu Jing - Played by Qian Jiale
Qian Jiale debuted as a dragon and tiger martial artist, dropped out of school as a teenager and followed his brother in kung fu films, and later threw himself into Hong Jiabao's door, once broke his hand, broke his leg, and experienced countless dangers, he has always been a model of hard work in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
In addition to serving as a stuntman and actor, he later broke through his own small world in martial arts instruction and hosting. In 2012, he married Tang Yingying and had two daughters after marriage.
Five, nine pounds two - Yuan Qiongdan
In the play, Yuan Qiongdan dresses as a man as Jiang Yulin's scribe and shares the same sisterhood as Jiang Yulin. Yuen Qiong-dan is well known to audiences for playing a supporting role in Stephen Chow's films, once fell in love with Lin Zhengying for three years, and finally organized a funeral for Lin Zhengying as a surviving person, and in 2004 she married Wong Nai-yang, a wealthy businessman known as the glass king of Hong Kong, and became a well-known Kuo Tai.
Sixth, Jiang Shouyan - Zu Zunya
Born in Macau in 1947, Zu Zunia was a popular singer in Hong Kong in the 1960s, and once dominated the Hong Kong music charts for seven consecutive weeks with a song called "Here's a heart", a record that no one has yet been able to break, and later played some licorice roles mainly in TVB. He died of a heart attack three years ago, but slowly recovered under his wife's careful care.