"The red rope sticky rice is still there today, and I don't see the ghost catchers of that year."
After Uncle Ying's death, the zombie movies in Hong Kong films seem to have come to an abrupt end.
As a child of a poor family, he has known from an early age what the real background of the city of Hong Kong is.
In 1952, a child named Lingenbao was born.
The older generation has a deep obsession with the family and the succession,
His name from an early age illustrates this.
As the third eldest in the family, Lin Zhengying did not receive more care.
Because soon, the family had three more brothers and sisters.
Parents who help people cook for a living, support six children, and the pressure of life can be imagined.
When he was a child, Lin Zhengying only attended primary school for two years.
The same goes for his other siblings.
Their parents could not afford to read, they could write their own names, they could read a few words, and they could gain a foothold in the city.
Before the age of 11, how Lin Zhengying spent it, no one knows,
At the age of 11, he entered the Spring and Autumn Drama Academy.
It doesn't matter whether you learn to play or not, what matters is that when you leave home, you will have one less mouth to eat.
This drama class is called the Fan Class. The class owner is a famous pink chrysanthemum.
Pink Chrysanthemum was famous in her early years, and she was born in Daomadan.
When he was still in Shanghai, he starred in China's first heroine movie "Female Hero Li Feifei".
It was also in 1925, the film investment company Tianyi, the predecessor of Shaw Enterprises.
After opening the Spring and Autumn Drama Academy, her apprentices all performed at the Sixth Theatre in Hong Kong.
Initially, the drama class was only for girls.
It wasn't until 1962 that pink chrysanthemums broke with convention.
Therefore, in the second year, Lin Zhengying, Qian Yuesheng, Dong Wei and others can successfully enroll.
Learning to play is very difficult, the key is that the older generation of artists still adhere to the tradition of playing apprentices in the past.
Dong Wei, who enrolled with Lin Zhengying, was beaten by his master at every turn.
So much so that he would always be afraid of Master in the future.
Another apprentice, Meng Hai, couldn't stand it.
Conspiring with other classmates to leave school.
Subsequently, the two men were tricked back by The Master with sweet words,
Naturally, he was beaten again.
However, Yan Shi is a high disciple.
Although the master is strict, once the student has completed his studies, he will achieve something.
Those who continue to stay and sing are either famous Hua Dan or famous Wu Dan.
Those who entered the film industry have almost all become famous martial arts instructors.
Lin Zhengying and Dong Wei both became martial arts instructors in the rest of their lives.
However, when he first began to learn drama, Lin Zhengying still sang on stage.
After half a year of rigorous training, he stood on the stage of the drama for the first time.
At that time, the performance was "White Beach".
In this way, Lin Zhengying thundered and sang Peking Opera for 5 years without moving.
If he doesn't change careers, he may also break through in the field of theater.
However, in Hong Kong at that time, film and television dramas were developing rapidly.
Traditional stage performances are gradually being replaced by movies in major cinemas.
In 1969, Lin Zhengying officially entered the Shaw Film Company.
He has a theatrical background, and he has also sung plays, and when he entered the company, he was a martial arts instructor.
In fact, when his master Pink Chrysanthemum first came to Hong Kong, he also worked as an action director for movies.
Shaw's film "A Thousand Charms" shot by Shaw Film Company in the 1950s and 1960s,
The gong frame of Peking Opera is guided by pink chrysanthemums.
At that time, the lead actor Lin Dai also spent half a month learning the figure of Peking Opera under the guidance of Pink Chrysanthemum.
Therefore, Lin Zhengying's entry into Shaw Film Enterprise is also a natural thing.
After entering the industry, in addition to being a martial arts instructor, because of his small stature, he often used to act as a stand-in for actresses in the film.
Two years later, Lin Zhengying jumped ship.
Jiahe Film Company invited him to serve as a martial arts instructor.
However, at this time, Jiahe has just been established for more than a year, and in the highly competitive industry, it is not yet known how the future development will be.
But many of the timings are often in the blink of an eye.
Just as he joined Jiahe, Bruce Lee returned to Hong Kong to make films.
In the movie "Big Brother Tangshan", Lin Zhengying not only served as an assistant martial arts instructor,
At the same time, he also played Ah Ying in the film.
At that time, Lin Zhengying was about 20 years old, and officially opened the prelude to his close cooperation with Bruce Lee.
In 1972, in the Bruce Lee film Jingwumen, Lin Zhengying served as a martial arts instructor.
Once, in order to show kung fu, Bruce Lee was ready to show it on the set.
Among the many Dragon and Tiger Divisions, a dark-skinned man came out.
At that time, someone reminded Bruce Lee that this boy was a bit stubborn and difficult to deal with.
Bruce Lee didn't take it seriously, thinking the boy was a bit interesting, and helped him get a set of protective gear.
After the two were ready, Bruce Lee kicked over, and the other party flew out.
Whoever admitted, the boy stood up directly and said, "Come again."
This time, Bruce Lee used all his strength, kicked his leg in front of the boy, and took it back.
Say, "What's your name?" ”
The young man replied, "Lin Zhengying."
Later, the cooperation between the two people became more and more smooth, so that when filming "Dragon Fight Tiger Fight",
Lin Zhengying happened to be absent, and Bruce Lee asked Jiahe's boss to transfer him back as a martial arts instructor.
Before each shooting, if Lin Zhengying was not on the scene, Bruce Lee was not allowed to start shooting.
At that time, Lin Zhengying gained the full trust of Bruce Lee.
The cooperation between the two people is very tacit.
Throughout the 1970s, Lin Zhengying's main identity was martial arts instructor.
However, Bruce Lee died suddenly in the late 1970s.
At this time, Hong Jinbao's Hongjia class developed rapidly,
Lin Zhengying joined the Hongjia class and quickly became one of the backbone of it.
In the action films filmed by Hong Jiaban, Lin Zhengying basically participated.
The real start of the zombie movie was when Lin Zhengying was 28 years old.
He made a cameo appearance in a zombie film and has since forged an indissoluble relationship with this type of film.
At the age of 30, with the movie "Loser Boy",
Lam Won the Best Action Direction Award at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards.
In the year of Li, he was fully affirmed in terms of action guidance.
Since then, he has continued to practice martial arts instruction while also making cameo roles in various genres.
At the age of 31, Lin Zhengying and Zheng Bingbing married. After marriage, he had a son and a daughter.
However, the marriage lasted only 5 years and then ended abruptly.
After the divorce, custody of the two children went to Lin Zhengying.
In 1985, Lin Zhengying starred in "Mr. Zombie".
In the film, Lin Zhengying is dressed in a Taoist robe and holding a peach wood sword,
It became a classic in the zombie movies that followed.
At the same time, he was also officially known as Uncle Nine.
After the film was released, it quickly swept the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets.
Within a month of release in Hong Kong, the box office revenue reached 20 million Hong Kong dollars.
With the film, Lin Zhengying was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
At the same time, in this year, because of his participation in the movie "Fuxing Gaozhao",
He was also nominated for the Best Motion Design Award.
Because of the success of the genre, Lin Zhengying starred in "Zombie Family" the following year.
Within 21 days of release, it earned 17 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office.
Immediately after, "Mr. Phantom" was launched.
At this time, in the Hong Kong film industry, the zombie genre was hot.
In 1988, he starred in the movie "Seven Little Blessings".
In the same year, he was nominated for the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor.
At that time, zombie movies were repeatedly imitated, and some low-budget movies were shoddily made and gradually lost the market.
So in the 1989 movie "One Eyebrow Daoist", Lin Zhengying incorporated new elements.
He integrated the concept of the Western vampire into the zombie culture of the East.
Therefore, Maoshan Taoists and Western Christians talked with chickens and ducks in the film,
Achieved excellent dramatic effect.
With the film, the box office after the release of the film reached more than 10 million yuan.
At this time, Lin Zhengying was in the limelight.
However, a middle-aged man living with two children is somewhat frustrated.
He had the idea of sending his children to the United States to study,
And he also plans to go to the United States to retire when his children grow up.
In 1990, in the zombie genre film, Lin Zhengying once again incorporated new elements.
He moved the background of the story from the Republic of China to the modern era,
So there are two movies, "Exorcist Police" and "Fierce Ghost House".
In 1991, he made the film African Monk.
The continued integration of zombie elements into the film made the film a huge success at the box office that year.
Then in 1992, Lin Zhengying made 8 zombie-type movies in a year.
Among them, "New Mr. Zombie" is a sequel.
Due to the increasing number of films in this genre, it has gradually lost its market and audience.
In the following two years, Lin Zhengying's career declined.
In 1995, Hong Kong ATV hired him to star in the TV version of "Zombie Road Chief" with a high salary of one million yuan.
From the film to the TV screen, so that the film and television drama of this genre returned to the audience.
After the TV series aired, it was very popular and won the highest ratings for the TV station.
At this time, Lin Zhengying was still single after the divorce.
During the filming of the TV series, he met Yuan Qiongdan.
Yuan Qiongdan has an interest in Lin Zhengying and begins to pursue him wildly.
But at this time, Lin Zhengying felt that he was older, and he was divorced with two children.
Therefore, he rejected Yuan Qiongdan's pursuit.
However, Yuan Qiongdan did not give up, and she still maintained a fervent pursuit of Lin Zhengying.
In the eyes of outsiders, Lin Zhengying is very old-fashioned, so that in the filming scene, many people dare not joke with him.
However, in Yuan Qiongdan's eyes, this meticulous attitude of doing things is exactly what he greatly appreciates.
So when she was okay, she took the initiative to go to him.
In this way, the two people slowly became acquainted.
In 1996, Lin Zhengying filmed "Zombie Road Chief 2".
But no one knows that this is the last zombie type film and television drama he has filmed.
In 1997, "Zombie Road Chief 3" was ready to be filmed.
However, at this time, Lin Zhengying was diagnosed with liver cancer.
He has since moved away from his old residence, avoiding the media, his family and his loved ones.
Yuan Qiongdan knew that he didn't want people to see him sick.
In almost a year of treatment,
Because he did not want to drag Yuan Qiongdan, he not only refused to see her again, but also proposed to break up.
Originally, the two people planned to get married.
It is said that at the end of his life, he told his friend Hong Jinbao,
Don't let people see my body.
This strong man never wants people to see his sick face.
On November 5, 1997, Lin Zhengying died in the hospital at the age of 45.
In accordance with his will, his funeral was attended only by his parents and a small number of relatives and friends.
At the funeral, Hong Jinbao cried and said, "Don't tell me if you get sick, I know many famous doctors, and I will definitely be able to cure you!" ”
Hong Jinbao is a good brother of Lin Zhengying, and his death has brought a great blow to Hong Jinbao.
He even carried the coffin for him personally.
Before his death, Lin Zhengying's wish was to retire in the United States.
Today, this wish of his will never come true.
His body was cremated and buried in the United States.
Lin Zhengying's life, in addition to learning drama and singing in his early years,
Since then, I have been filming all the time.
High-intensity work, coupled with a penchant for drinking, may have been the main reason for his cancer and untimely death.
Even if he does not stand in front of the screen, Lin Zhengying is also a good martial arts instructor.
And Lin Zhengying, standing on the screen, not only played each supporting role very well,
More importantly, it also pioneered new genres of cinema.
Zombie type movies made Lin Zhengying's career immediately reach new heights.
As a pioneer, in the 1980s and 1990s, Hong Kong's highly competitive film industry,
Zombie type films are undoubtedly the most eye-catching.
After Lin Zhengying's zombie movie came out,
Many other small-cost film and television companies have flocked to it.
From shoddy imitations, a lot of money was also made.
But it is also because of plagiarism and imitation that the popularity of zombie genre movies is consumed to the greatest extent.
Although Lin Zhengying was alive, he constantly integrated new elements,
However, it still cannot change the gradual decline of this type.
And from the movie version to the TV series version, although it has gained unprecedented broadcast popularity,
But at this time, the zombie type works, just like Lin Zhengying's body,
It is also in an irreversible state of sunset.
The most direct proof is that after the death of Lin Zhengying,
Similar works are almost never seen in film and television dramas.
In the final analysis, this type of plot polishing space is originally very tight,
Many film and television drama companies just blindly copy rather than innovate and polish their works.
Thus speeding up the internal friction of this type of work.
Lin Zhengying is the originator of zombie genre movies,
He is also an end witness to zombie genre films.
The opening and closing of a genre has witnessed and experienced the ups and downs of the Hong Kong film industry.
Such a life is short, but it is full of legends.
The screen image he interprets will also be frozen forever.
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