There have been many votes on the Internet to select Jin Yong's most popular male characters, and Ling Huchong is often the first one, although Ling Huchong in the original book is not a hero or hero in the traditional sense. He acted promiscuously, informally, drunk, gambling, and unobstructed, and just appeared on the scene, under the attraction of a burst of wine, drank the wine gourd of the little barking gourd to the sky, and also kicked the treacherous villain Qingcheng Sixiu down the stairs and sarcastically said, "Dog bear wild boar, four beasts of Qingcheng."
Lu Songxian played this uninhibited, free-spirited, freedom-yearning, unusually frank, and serious character. His Ling Fox Chong has indeed been confirmed as a screen classic in the past 20 years, and even many viewers have identified "Lu Songxian has never made Fox Chong again". When I was a child, I was particularly obsessed with Jin Yong's martial arts world, a pirated copy of Jin Yong's complete collection had to be turned over several times every winter and summer vacation, and "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" was my favorite. It is different from Qiao Feng, who is a hero admired by everyone, and unlike Yang Guo, who is a paranoid and stubborn rebel prodigal son, fox Chong is full of various small shortcomings of human nature, which fascinates me deeply. When I saw the TVB version of the TV series, I felt that Lu Songxian's interpretation of Ling Huchong seemed to be a character in the book who entered reality.
Stills from "Laughing at the River"
"In fact, everyone is Ling Fox Chong, because everyone once hoped to have a happy family and life so simply." But ling hu chong found in the process of growing up that the jianghu was not a fairy tale he imagined, my master was originally like this, the jianghu was like this, everything was very hypocrite. The big boss is so sinister, not as serious as my brothers, he has not experienced it. This is the same in reality, people will find that there are so many hypocrites when they enter society, and the good people I thought were, wow, they wanted to hurt me, and the poor people I thought were helping me. Lu Songxian sighed, "So everyone is Ling Hu Chong, everyone will like Ling Hu Chong, everyone wants to be Ling Hu Chong." Everyone knows that I don't necessarily have Qiao Feng or Yang Guo. Although Ling Hu Chong is a fictional character, "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" is very realistic. ”
In "Smiling Proud of the River", ling fox chong's love is a clue throughout the story. Whether Ling Hu Chong loves Yue Lingshan or Ren Yingying, my friends and I often argue about this. Friends watched the CCTV version, thinking that Ling Huchong always loved the little master sister the most, and was more grateful to Ren Yingying, but I felt that Ling Huchong, played by Lu Songxian, fell in love with Ren Yingying at first sight and had a deep love. Remember that there was a detail in the TVB version that was criticized by some fans, so that Fox Chong saw the true face of Ren Yingying, his heart fluttered, and he kissed it. For this treatment, Lu Songxian told me: "That is a man's basic desire for a woman. And he never had this desire for little master sister and for Yi Lin. ”
In Lu Songxian's view, Ling Huchong's feelings for Xiao Shi sister are closer to Qingmei Zhuma's playmate, but in the process of growing up, he has always felt that the other party will become his wife, mistakenly thinking that this is love, but in fact, they don't have much idea about each other; with Yi Lin, it is out of the righteousness of the Wuyue Sword Sect alliance, "Ling Hu Chong Ming knows that Shi Jie is a monk and will not bother her", so his interpretation of Ling Hu Chong is only good for Yi Lin as a brother who must take good care of his sister, without any love. The audience's reverie, "only because He Meidian acted too brilliantly, making this role too cute." From the initial obsession with the little master sister Yue Lingshan to the deep love for the saint Ren Yingying, Lu Songxian's grasp of the relationship between Ling Huchong and several women is very delicate, because it is very close to the true portrayal of the emotional changes in the hearts of ordinary people, thus winning the audience's understanding and resonance of Ling Huchong's "empathy and farewell".
Unlike Zhang Wuji, who was always hesitant and indecisive among several women, Ling Hu Chong had never dragged the slightest mud after recognizing his heart. However, to my surprise, Lu Songxian's own favorite Jin Yong novel is "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon", which stems from his preconceived impression of Zhang Wuji, who he saw On the screen as a child: "At that time, Qiu Guan, that is, Zheng Shaoqiu, was too handsome. But when it comes to his favorite characters, he also admits that he has "special feelings" for Ling Fox Chong, "because he is closer to his own personality."
"Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" is a work created by Jin Yong in the later period, and it is also one of the few that does not set a specific dynastic background. Jin Yong once commented that Ling Huchong was a natural "hermit" and had no interest in power. He is not a hero who sacrificed himself to die like Guo Jing, nor is he like Feng Qingyang, who was forced to retire because he was discouraged. Ling Hu Chong is a hermit who is born uninhibited and pursues freedom and individuality like Tao Qian.
"Compared with "The Book of the Dragon Slayer in the Heavens" or even "The Divine Eagle Hero", the emotional line in "Laughing at the River" is not the first, basically it is gently carried over." Lui Songxian shared with me his understanding of the work. He believes that the plasticity of the story of "Smiling Proud of the River" is very low, so that Fox Chong is not like Zhang Wujie, and his life has experienced so many ups and downs. The world of "Laughing At The River" is not as rich and complex as "The Legend of the Eagle Hero". But Jin Yong put Ling Huchong at the center of the conflict between the "right" and "evil" factions in the jianghu, and through him exposed the true face of people wearing hypocritical masks and having ambitions. Lu Songxian laughed and said that his version of Ling Hu Chong's presentation was "won back after 9981 difficulties." This is the role of his career that has had the greatest disagreement with the director. At that time, the crew felt that Ling Huchong should have a heroic style, and hoped that Lu Songxian could shape this image like the male protagonist in traditional martial arts films. The martial arts instructor even designed a stop-motion for him, requiring him to pose at the end of the fight to appear more bossy. But Lu Songxian insisted that Ling Hu Chong was not a big hero, "He never wanted to be a big hero, didn't like to compete for a position in charge, just wanted to be a very ordinary person, could not ask about the world, would rather drink and chat with a group of people who are pig friends in everyone's eyes, giggling and laughing." Therefore, he is always a very casual way of playing, casually pointing his sword at the ground after the fight.
Stills from the TVB version of the TV series "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu". Lui Songxian's role of Ling Hu Chong has become a classic memory
There is a scene where Ling Hu Chong and Xiang Qingtian have just rescued Ren I Xing, and Ren I Xing's father and daughter and Xiang Qing Tian are discussing how to deal with dongfang undefeated and regain the position of Sect Leader. Lu Songxian specifically asked himself not to need dialogue, just find an angle to stand by the window and watch them. Producer Lee Tim-sung approached Lui Song-hyun the next day, hoping that he would be able to enter the center of the picture and join the dialogue, but Lui Songxian refused, he felt that Ling Hu Chongli had no interest in dealing with this, and these discussions about the dispute between the rivers and lakes had actually made him feel impatient.
Aquarius Lu Songxian, who does not like rules and regulations, says that Ling Fox Chong is completely his own performance, almost effortless, and extremely relaxed. He was the first student admitted to the Theatre Programme at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and drama educator and television producer Chung King Fai was his teacher. "Teacher Zhong Jinghui taught us that in fact, every role, no matter how good the actor (to perform) can not erase the traces on the body to completely become another person. Everyone performs differently, I am Lu Songxian Jia Ling Fox Chong, maybe I have more elements suitable for Ling Fox Chong than others, which makes a classic. ”
Playing Ling Huchong, for Lu Songxian, was not a choice that brought a leap forward change to his career at the time, but unexpectedly became his most unforgettable classic interpretation 20 years later.
ATV "First Student"
Audiences familiar with TVB Jin Yong dramas often wonder why Lu Songxian did not have a fire? Talking about the past, Lu Songxian seems to be light-hearted, and he is not as excited as to talk about his transformation into the mainland market after he turned to the mainland market, and he is more excited about the opponent scene with Yu Hewei in the TV series "Family Feud". "Maybe you will say that I have not been a big hit, but I am also content with myself, follow my heart, have not made much effort, sit and wait for such a good opportunity, which is actually very satisfying for me." 」
It can be said that it is the opportunity and personality that have created the birth of the classic screen image of Lu Ban Ling Fox Chong.
Despite his parents' divorce, Lui still had a smooth and happy childhood. Born in Hong Kong to a well-off family, he participated in school-organized drama performances as a child and was also praised, but he did not strive for this as a dream at the time. With no intention of continuing his studies after graduating from secondary school, he was introduced by his mother's friend to work as a multi-year government engineering surveyor in the Tsuen Wan district.
Later, he and a friend signed up to study drama at the Hong Kong Arts Centre for three months, and a teacher who returned from the United States used games to teach classes, which made the two feel amused and enjoyable. The teacher saw that they were studying seriously and encouraged them to apply for the newly established Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. It is the first and only public institution in Hong Kong dedicated to the training of performing arts talents, with a four-year tuition fee of HK$5,500 a year. When the teacher's mother supported Lu Songxian to get a higher diploma, he was finally admitted, but his friend fell behind the list, and finally went to the drama industry to do behind the scenes.
Lu Songxian
Students who graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts majoring in drama were expected and paid attention to by the entire Hong Kong entertainment industry from the beginning. Because all the stars in Hong Kong before were either from TVB and other artist training classes, or were selected through rookie competitions such as Hong Kong Sister. "Everyone was wondering if there was any mistake, when the star still has to go to college for four years, but also look forward to what kind of model these students come out." 」 According to the school's official website, Lui Songxian is the second graduate of the Drama Major of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1989, and the first graduates are some film and television or drama actors who have already performed, and do not need to study basic classes, and can graduate after three years of study.
"The first class had 13 students and we were 12. Later, there were transfer students who came in, such as Xie Junhao, who was inserted in our second year, and he was also an experienced and older student. Lu Songxian recalled that this campus time is still very clear, "because the first batch of graduates are older, four or five years older than us, many people choose to do behind the scenes after graduation, but we have received more attention, because they are more handsome, young, and more suitable for development in the TV and film industry, so there are TV stations immediately after graduation." "However, more of the first two graduates still choose to develop in the drama industry, or prefer art research, or choose to study abroad." In addition to himself, only Chen Guobang, Mo Jiayao and Huang Zhenzhen in Lu Songxian's class are engaged in the film and television industry, "the next session is more, there are Chen Jinhong, Liu Yucui, Liu Yali, Guan Baohui, Zhang Jincheng and so on."
Although Lui Songxian had hoped to become a drama actor in his heart, the reality of Hong Kong in the 90s made him finally choose to enter the film and television industry. "First of all, hong Kong's professional drama troupes only have two, the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre and the Sino-British Theatre, which may not be able to enter, and the income is not high; secondly, at that time, Hong Kong's entertainment industry had many opportunities, and it was also a relatively beautiful time." In May and June, there was still some time before the official graduation, and two drama troupes, ASV (Asian Television) and TVB came to the school to publicize the company's situation, hoping to recruit graduates to enter their own companies. Lu Songxian still remembers that he also went to meet with TVB at that time, but after entering the office, the staff in charge did not look at himself from beginning to end, and was always busy with his work, only some indifferently told him how much money a month, and whether he signed or not. Therefore, he did not choose TVB in the end, but signed with his classmate Mo Jiayao to Chen Ziqiang's company.
Stills from Gunfire
Chen Ziqiang is a famous gold medal manager in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the last century, known as the "superstar pusher", and was responsible for more than 30 popular artists such as Jackie Chan, Jacky Cheung, Jet Li, Maggie Cheung and so on at his peak. Because of his outstanding appearance and professional background, Lui Songxian was very optimistic when he debuted, and in the early 90s, he played the male lead in the first film "The King of Fighters" and was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
But at that time, Hong Kong films were already in decline, and Debao Company, which released "The King of Fighters", collapsed before the film was finished. Coupled with the fact that the film circle is already full of talents, all of which are first-line stars such as Andy Lau and Liang Chaowei, "a newcomer, unless there is a particularly good opportunity, it is very difficult to insert it." At that time, the Hong Kong television industry showed a thriving scene and was more eager for talents. So under the recommendation of Chen Ziqiang, Lu Songxian signed a contract with Asia Television in 1990 and soon became the first student of Asia Vision.
"It shouldn't be that I seized the opportunity, but that the company found a good opportunity." Lui Songxian is very frank. TVB and ATV, Two of Hong Kong's free-to-air television stations, have been fighting in the dark for more than four decades since the 1960s. The early 1990s was a period of fierce competition between the two stations, which also led to the birth of EXCELLENT WORKS SUCH AS TVB's "I Am Kind", "Big Time", "Trilogy of Heaven and Earth", "Criminal Investigation Files", and ATV "I Have a Date with Spring", "I Have a Date with Zombies", "Interpol" and so on.
In order to fight with TVB, ATV recruited a group of directors and producers from TVB. Because ATV was very weak at that time, there was no so-called star sought after, and generally Hong Kong people were artists who chased TVB, so ATV decided to hold a group of newcomers, selected six men and six women, called twelve constellations, to see how many people can come out. The "twelve constellations" include six lives: Lu Songxian, Chen Jinhong, Zhang Jiahui, Lin Zuhui, Mok Ka Yao, and Luo Songhua; and six dans: Kwan Wing Ho, Wan Qi Wen, Liu Jinling, Yuan Yongyi, Tan Wenjie, and Chen Heng.
Soon, in 1990, Lui Songxian attracted attention for starring in atELV's office political drama "Heroes in Central", and he was partnered with Miss Asia wu Qili and others. "I'm a man, shooting with a bunch of Miss Asia, so I got a lot of attention, and everyone knew Lu Songxian as a person." However, the hard work behind this almost dissuaded Lu Songxian, and after the first day of work, he could not help but reflect on whether he had entered the wrong line: he began shooting locations at 6 p.m. until 5 a.m., went back to rest and then took the morning shift from 6 o'clock to two or three o'clock in the afternoon, and then it was until 5 a.m., and it lasted for a week.
Stills from Heroes of Central
He then collaborated with Wan Qiwen on the second TV series "Cello and Point 38", a story of the relationship between the police and the gangster's daughter, which became one of the classic dramas of ATV in the 90s. By 1991, after the broadcast of "The Winner is King", Lui Songxian completely gained a foothold in ATV and established the status of the first student of ATV.
"Winner is King" was the highest-rated drama at ATV in the early 90s, with a high rating of 21 points when it first aired, and a 25-point rating in the finale, breaking the law of low ratings of ATV inertia. Inertial ratings refers to a special consumer behavior in the Hong Kong television industry. Because TVB monopolized the Hong Kong TV circle for many years, many viewers chose a fixed model for free TV channels and were not easy to change, which led to the 1980s, when the wireless peak program ratings reached 30 to 40 points, the second-place ATV ratings were rarely more than 10 points.
Lui remembers that in the early 1990s, TVB often gathered a large number of fans waiting for the artist to appear, but ATV rarely saw this situation. But with the broadcast of episodes such as "Cello and Point 38" and "Winner is King", fans began to appear at the door of ATV. "The fans appeared at the door, and everyone was still curious about who they were waiting for, it turned out that they were waiting for Lu Songxian." I am the first artist with fans waiting for ATV, and I am slowly becoming the first student of ATV. ”
Interestingly, although Lu Songxian was later familiar to the public because of his role as Ling Huchong, at first the industry felt that his appearance was too contemporary, and few people invited him to shoot costume dramas, and he basically participated in fashion dramas. "They all say I look like Japanese." Lu Songxian laughed. When he first debuted, the media commented that he was like Sanada Hiroyuki, and when Takuya Kimura became popular throughout Asia, he said that he was Takuya Kimura of Hong Kong. "Anyway, I'm just like a Japanese, and no one likes to ask me to take pictures of costumes." He even joked that his popularity may have been the Japanese trend set off at that time. Hong Kong is generally Hotachi and likes to chase Japanese stars.
Stills from "Cello and Point 38"
It was not until the eve of leaving ATV in 1994 that producer Yang Shaohong found Lu Songxian to make a cameo role in "Green Blood And Blue Sky Yang Family General", only to find that his ancient costume appearance was also quite eye-catching, so in the second "Blue Blood Blue Sky Pearl Flag", he was asked to play a villain role. This began Lu Songxian's costume acting career.
During this period, TVB also came to dig corners, but Lu Songxian did not want to step out of his comfort zone for a while. As a popular student of ATV, he feels that there are many friends here, the environment is not so complicated, compared to the rumored high-intensity, competitive TVB, it seems that it is good to stay in ATV. It was not until 1995, when the contract expired and TVB sent another invitation, Lui Songxian agreed to sign in to TVB with a partial contract (that is, according to the series for TVB filming, this contract artist can have more freedom), and thus had the opportunity to participate in "Smiling Proud of the River".
Switched to TVB
Unlike the public perception, although TVB has produced several classics of Jin Yong martial arts dramas in the 90s, it only belongs to the production ranks of conventional dramas in the planning of the station. "Perhaps different from the culture of the mainland and Taiwan, Hong Kong paid more attention to modern drama at that time than the costume drama and martial arts drama in China's historical background." Compared with the mediocre response in Hong Kong, "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", what made Lu Songxian more popular in Hong Kong at that time was the police film "Outlying Islands SPECIAL Police". Looking at me with some surprise, he explained: "Gu Tianle's "Eagle Hero" is also a very regular tvb series, and it does not say that everyone knows Gu Tianle after broadcasting. He really caught fire after starring in "Criminal Investigation Files 4". In fact, it wasn't until he later arrived in Taiwan and the mainland that He realized that "Smiling Proud of jianghu" had brought him a very high reputation outside Hong Kong.
The so-called conventional definition refers to the conventional production relative to the annual investment in the production of Taiwanese dramas. Recalling the Jin Yong drama that was constantly remade that year, Lu Songxian said that this was "because Jin Yong is a very good rating guarantee, and TVB has bought the copyright, and if it is bought, it will be filmed." Usually, TVB's regular champion ratings are between 30 and 40 points, while the ratings champion of large-scale productions will break through 50 points or even 60 points, and most of these popular dramas are fashion dramas and police films. The highest rating of "Smiling Proud of jianghu" in Hong Kong was only 35 points, but his 1998 starring role in "Island SWAT" once hit a high rating of 43 points.
Stills from "Outlying Islands SWAT"
When Lui Songxian transferred to TVB, it was also during the famous "double package case" period in the history of Hong Kong television. In 1994, TVB bought the Taiwanese version of "Bao Qingtian" to be broadcast, and ATV also followed the trend to buy the copyright and competed with wireless to broadcast at the same time. This led to the two stations decided to rush to shoot "Bao Qingtian", and in 1995, TVB invited Dillon to star in "Bao Qingtian", which was popular regardless of cost. ATV invited Jin Chaoqun to shoot "New Bao Qingtian". This vicious competition made the Hong Kong audience at that time have a black face for as long as two years, no matter which station they change to.
Probably because the first student of ATV who jumped ship is still quite topical, TVB invited Lu Songxian to play the male protagonist of the "Fake Amber" unit of the "Bao Qingtian" series. This was a large-scale word-of-mouth drama in that year, and the publicity cost was also large, and the special introduction of Lu Songxian and Huang Rihua was also specially produced during the Taiqing period. Lu Songxian still thinks back to this day, and still feels that he was really lucky, and he was able to get this opportunity in the case of many people competing within TVB. Participating in "Bao Qingtian" has further opened up Lui Songxian's popularity in Hong Kong. "Hong Kong is very strange, many people who watch TVB don't like to watch Asian TV. I've already counted a miracle that TVB viewers also know that ATV has a first student named Lu Songxian, but he may not have seen my work, but he just knows this person. But when it came to TVB, they were very happy and thought that you had finally come over and I could watch your play. So the fans will also increase. ”
Stills from "Bao Qingtian"
This appearance made Lui Songxian appreciated by executive producer Lee Tim-sheng. Li Tim-sheng has remade almost all of Jin Yong's long-form works, including "The Legend of the Eagle Shooter" (1994), "The Condor Hero" (1995), "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" (1996), "Tianlong Babu" (1997), "Deer DingJi" (1998), "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" (1999) and "Green Blood Sword" (2000). However, getting the role of Ling Hu Chong, in Lu Songxian's view, is both an accidental and inevitable result.
"Mr. Li Tiansheng did not deliberately have to find Lu Songxian to shoot Ling Fox Chong. At that time, TVB's small students were just a few, and they would not suddenly choose a new person without a small student. He may just think that Gu Tianle is so handsome and more suitable for Yang Guo, Chen Haomin may be more suitable for Duan Yu, Lu Songxian looks like he may be good at playing Ling Huchong, so let Lu Songxian play it. Lu Songxian said that at that time, TVB students would actually take turns to participate in Jin Yong dramas, "And it was not our turn to think about what drama to take." Now everyone's positioning of me seems to be a lifetime of Ling Fox Chong, an unbreakable classic. But there was no such statement at the time. ”
However, at this time, Lu Songxian, who jumped to Andy Lau's art company, although he can also star in some roles in TVB regular dramas, he can rarely really participate in internal large-scale productions. First of all, he is not a signed artist that TVB is strongly supported, he signs a ministry cooperation, and one film is counted as one. In addition, Lu Songxian himself is not "obedient" enough, and does not like to participate in various social interactions, and gradually began to be a little silent.
Stills from "Forgetting Love and The Young Master"
By the time of the filming of "The House of the Great Circle" in 2000, because of the problem of the role, Lu Songxian and TVB had a very unpleasant quarrel, so TVB chose not to renew the contract. "At that time, the TV station liked to be obedient and obedient, but I was rebellious and disobedient." Lu Songxian did not regret it, "Of course, I am not a random kind. From four years of studying in acting school, I know very well that a role is played out by me and not yours. I feel that this role is like this, even if it is wrong, I can take on this responsibility. ”
In 1999, Lu Songxian participated in the gangster film "Gunfire" directed by Du Qifeng. In this work that won the Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Film, he played a supporting male character who played a large number of roles, Ashin. It just so happened that Lu Songxian had just joined the Oriental Charm at this time, which was a listed company co-founded by Tan Yonglin, Chen Baixiang, Zeng Zhiwei, Jackie Chan and Mei Yanfang, and felt that "there are so many big brothers anyway", and the termination of the contract with TVB was "too lazy to manage", and took this as an opportunity to start entering the film industry.
"In Hong Kong, the tv circle is very clearly divided from the film circle, tv actors are TV actors, and movie actors are movie actors. Jumping from the TV circle to the movie circle, the audience needs to spend a lot of effort, a lot of time to accept you, because I want to buy tickets to watch movies, but TV I am used to watching you for free. No matter how popular you are, you have to go through such a process, including Andy Lau, Liang Chaowei and Zhou Runfa. In fact, don't say tv jump to movie, from ATV to TVB, it takes a process to wear away people's perception of you as an Asian TV artist. "Lui actually made a more challenging choice.
In 2000, the Hong Kong film industry was already a more difficult circle to enter and develop, the Hong Kong film industry was shrinking, and some people in the film circle claimed that Hong Kong films were dead. On the one hand, this is due to the Asian financial turmoil in 1997, which caused countless film investors to suffer heavy losses, on the other hand, the large wave of immigration before and after the return of Hong Kong to the motherland also caused the Hong Kong film industry to lose a large number of elites. Therefore, although "Gunfire" achieved a high box office and a good reputation in Hong Kong, so that Lui Songxian began to emerge in the film circle, but at this time, the production of the Hong Kong film industry became very small, so it was difficult for him to receive follow-up film scenes, and he could only shoot some videos and VCD works that were not recognized by the audience.
In the eyes of the public, Lu Songxian does not seem to seize his best ascent period, and even "does not do the right thing" to run to become a diving instructor, in addition to Making Fox Chong did not create an impressive role, but he has no regrets about it. After being invited to participate in the mainland TV series "Embroidered Lady Orchid" in 2005, he turned to the mainland market and "inexplicably came back".
In the face of a 30-year career, he talked with a sense of freedom and indifference: "You can say that my acting career is very smooth, you can also say that it is very flat, there is no big ups and downs, I have not tried to go to the bottom, and suddenly there is someone to help you." 」 Like Chow Yun Fat, Andy Lau, Chow Sing Chi, they are from the TVB art training class, they have all run the dragon set and suffered hardships, but I and Chen Haomin have not, and they are the male number one. ”
Lu Songxian always felt that he was a lucky person. Although the Competition in the Hong Kong film and television industry in the 1990s was also fierce, he recalled that he and his contemporaries Mok Ka-yiu, Chan Kam-hung, Cheung Ka-fai and Gu Tianle were five completely different types of actors. Today, the mainland market seems to be very huge, but the multi-platform and multi-channel competition, as well as the gathering of the same type of actors, a male actor wants to become popular, leaving a role that can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, more difficult than Hong Kong in the 90s.
The birth and popularity of "Smiling Proud of the River" is actually related to the identification and belonging of Hong Kong people to regional culture in the 1970s. With the beginning of Hong Kong's economic take-off in the 1970s, Western values were reassembled with Chinese traditions and local experiences, and this concept of cultural identity was basically established. This transformation is manifested in the film and television industry, as martial arts kung fu films and costume films begin to decline, and fashion dramas begin to emerge in large numbers.
Although there are seemingly voluntary choices, Lui seems to be more following the trend of the times to shift the direction of his career again and again. This is similar to making Fox Chong people in the jianghu, involuntary, and forced to be a prodigal son who evades and despises power in the vortex of power. The birth of Lü Banling Fox Chong, and his own fate as an actor, may be a personal choice and the trend of the times.
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