Behind every successful person, it is inseparable from the help of a group of noble people in life. Andy Lau, the king of Hong Kong, is no exception.
In the last issue, we shared the female nobleman behind Liu Tianwang, and today we will continue to take stock of the male nobleman behind him.
1. Teddy Robin
Teddy Robin is a well-known Singer, Songwriter, Filmmaker and actor in Hong Kong. When he was two years old, he accidentally broke his spine, leaving serious sequelae, and his height did not exceed one meter and five meters when he became an adult.
In the 1980s, Teddy Robin was an active member of the film industry, not only as an actor, but also as a producer of many films.
When Andy Lau graduated from the wireless artist training class and was still running the dragon set, he saw the potential of this handsome guy, asked him if he wanted to make a movie, and then arranged for him to play a supporting role in the 1982 movie "Caiyun Song".
This was the beginning of Andy Lau's entry into the film industry, and "Caiyun Song" became his big screen Virgo. Although there are not many scenes, it has finally made a good start. Therefore, Teddy Robin is the first Bole in Andy Lau's film career.
Andy Lau has great respect for Teddy Robin, in 2010, he invested in the film "Fight in the Ring", specially invited Teddy Robin to star, perfectly interpreting the four words of "peach and return".
2. Li Tim-sheng
Lee Tim Seng is a famous drama producer in Hong Kong, known as the "Gold Medal Producer" of Hong Kong TVB, he has supervised more than 60 famous dramas, and has won stars such as Chow Yun Fat and Huang Rihua.
In 1982, Andy Lau ran a dragon set in the TV series "Passerby", and Li Tiansheng saw his potential and said to his assistant: Write down this person, and there will be a future in the future.
Later, he began to shoot the new drama "Falcon", and boldly promoted Andy Lau, who had recently debuted, as the first male protagonist. As a result, Andy Lau became popular with this drama and began his star career.
In 1984, Lee Tim Seng supervised the production of another popular drama starring Andy Lau, "Deer DingJi".
It can be said that Andy Lau's road to superstarhood began from the hands of Li Tiansheng.
3. Xiao Sheng
Xiao Sheng is another gold-medal producer of TVB, who is good at shooting costume martial arts dramas, and is known as the "master of martial arts dramas". In 1983, Xiao Sheng was preparing to shoot Jin Yong's martial arts drama "Divine Eagle Hero", and Li Tiansheng recommended Andy Lau to Xiao Sheng.
With the popularity of "Condor Heroes", Andy Lau became completely popular, and he also received praise from Mr. Jin Yong.
Many years later, Andy Lau said to the outside world: Without Uncle Sheng, there would be no me.
In 2004, Xiao Sheng died of liver cancer, and Andy Lau personally helped him.
4. Zhou Runfa
When Andy Lau debuted, Chow Yun Fat was already a big star. He once ran the dragon suit in the TV series "A Thousand Kings and Heroes" starring Zhou Runfa, and his appearance and efforts have left a deep impression on Fa Ge.
Later, Xia Meng's investment in the literary and art film "Run to the Fury Sea" began filming, and he wanted to find Zhou Runfa and Lin Zixiang to star together. Zhou Runfa did not agree and recommended Andy Lau to Xia Meng and director Xu Anhua. At that time, Zhou Runfa did not know Andy Lau's name, only said that the boy was very handsome, worked very hard, and could try it.
Thanks to Chow Yun-fat's introduction, Andy Lau got a valuable opportunity to become a rising star in the film industry.
In 1985, after Andy Lau was banned by TVB, the eldest brother Zhou Runfa once again stood up and recommended Andy Lau to his two agents, Zhang Guozhong and Li Xiaolin, to help him continue the path of the movie, and then pushed open the door of music and became one of the "Four Heavenly Kings".
Therefore, Chow Yun Fat is definitely one of the most important nobles in Andy Lau's life, not only as a film leader, but also as a promoter of Andy Lau's music career.
5. Lin Zixiang
Lin Zixiang was a first-line star in the 1980s, whose singing strength was unfathomable, and he was known as the "Iron Lung Singer King". If you use the analogy of a martial arts figure, he is a sweeping monk in the Hong Kong music scene, the wind is clear, and he is lonely and defeated.
Before Andy Lau became popular, he once played soy sauce in Lin Zixiang's MV and movies, and his diligence and hard work also impressed Lin Zixiang. Lin Zixiang is the first star of the movie "Run to the Fury Sea", when he knew that the second starring candidate was missing, he immediately recommended Andy Lau to director Xu Anhua, who and Zhou Runfa can be regarded as "the same as what the discerning eye sees".
During the filming, Andy Lau and Lin Zixiang slowly became acquainted, and when they had time, they followed K and learned to sing. Lin Zixiang found that he had potential, and encouraged him to develop synchronously in the music circle, which encouraged the most popular male singers in the future.
6. Dai Sicong
Dai Sicong is an ace singing teacher in Hong Kong, known as the "godfather of the music world", And Mui Yanfang, Faye Wong, Li Ming, Aaron Kwok, Liang Chaowei, Jin Chengwu, Chen Xiaodong and others are his proud protégés.
After Andy Lau decided to enter the music scene, he also learned singing skills from Dai Sicong.
Although his vocal conditions are not prominent, but the recognition is very high, under the careful teaching of Dai Sicong, Andy Lau has formed the iconic tremolo and "Liu style singing voice", which is unique in the Chinese music scene.
7. Li Xiaolin
Li Xiaolin is an ace agent in Hong Kong and is praised for his rigorous and pragmatic work style.
He has been working with Chow Yun-fat since 1981. After Andy Lau was banned by TVB in 1985, through the introduction of Chow Yun Fat, Lee Xiaolin became Andy Lau's agent, helping him successfully enter the singing field and opening up another piece of the sky.
Andy Lau can become one of the "Four Heavenly Kings" in the music world, and Li Xiaolin's contribution is indispensable.
8. Zhang Guozhong
Cheung Kwok Chung is the head of Hong Kong's Yineng Pictures, whose artists include Tam Wing Lin, Andy Lau, Lee Ke Qin, Mo Shao Cong and so on.
He was also Andy Lau's film agent in the late 1980s, and from 1985 to 1992, Zhang Guozhong helped Andy Lau produce and supervise nearly twenty films, which contributed to his rise in the film industry. Even when the gang wanted to coerce Andy Lau to make a movie, it was Zhang Guozhong who rushed to the front and leveled it for him.
Andy Lau commented that Zhang Guozhong is a big brother and a family member, and has accompanied him through the bloody years.
9. Hong Jinbao
Hong Jinbao is a famous Hong Kong action director, actor, director and producer, Jackie Chan's master brother, the "big brother" of the Hong Kong film industry in the 1980s.
After Andy Lau was brutally banned by the TV station, Hong Jinbao was the first to stand up and issue an invitation to Andy Lau to appear in the "Summer Lucky Star" directed and starring himself, working with Jackie Chan, Yuan Biao, Zeng Zhiwei and other predecessors.
This work not only gained a good box office, but also helped Andy Lau open up the network of the film industry.
Andy Lau's kindness to Hong Jinbao has always been remembered. Later, as long as Hong Jinbao had needs, he was always available.
In 2015, after a gap of 20 years, Hong Jinbao once again became a director, shooting the action film "My Secret Agent Grandpa", Andy Lau fully supported, not only participated in the investment, personally acted as a producer, but also made a cameo role in the play.
10. Wu Siyuan
Wu Siyuan is a famous Hong Kong filmmaker who was active in the 1970s and 1990s.
In 1985, after Andy Lau was refrigerated by wireless stations, Wu Siyuan borrowed him from the TV station with good connections, personally invested and acted as a director, filmed the movie "Extralegal Affair", and praised Andy Lau as the first male protagonist.
This is the first time in the 400 days that Andy Lau was refrigerated by the TV station, and he received a scene from the male protagonist.
The film eventually received a good market response and word of mouth, helping Andy Lau to remain popular in the most difficult moments.
11. Zeng Zhiwei
In addition to Hong Jinbao and Wu Siyuan, Zeng Zhiwei was the third person to send warmth to Andy Lau during the refrigeration period.
In 1986, he and Hong Jinbao, Mai Jia and others planned to shoot the movie "Best Lucky Star", merging Hong Jinbao's "Lucky Star" series and Mai Jia's "Best Partner" series, and personally acting as the director. Andy Lau is one of the male protagonists in this play, and his role is similar to that of Hong Jinbao and Tan Yonglin.
Later, in many of the films he served as a producer or director, Andy Lau was invited to star, so Andy Lau and Zeng Zhiwei had a good relationship, and no matter how he joked, he was not angry.
12. Xiang Huaqiang brothers
Andy Lau's last film during the refrigeration period was the 1986 sci-fi action drama "Magic Emerald", which invested in Hua Qiang and Huasheng Brothers.
This is the first formal cooperation between The Xiang brothers' Yongsheng Company and Andy Lau, which has received more than 11 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office. The Xiang Huaqiang brothers tasted the sweetness from it, so they praised Andy Lau and invested in dozens of plays in which he participated, including "Dark War" and "Big Guy", which won the Golden Statue Film Emperor.
13. Wang Jing
The director of "Magic Emerald" is Wang Jing, a director who has been debuting for five years.
This time, the friendship between him and Andy Lau has been opened for more than thirty years, and the cooperation film has reached more than 20 films, and Wang Jing has become the director who has filmed Andy Lau the most, and there is no one.
Since 1992, Andy Lau's Tianmu Company has failed to invest in succession, owed huge debts, and had to frantically pick up movies and make money to pay off debts. During this period, Wang Jing cooperated with Andy Lau nine times to help him tide over the difficulties.
In Andy Lau's heart, Wang Jing is the one who handed himself bread in difficult times, so no matter what kind of scene Wang Jing shoots, even if it is a big bad film, he will unconditionally support it.
14. Du Qifeng
After 2000, Andy Lau basically paid off his debts and could pick the script according to his own inner thoughts.
At this time, a senior director stood up and helped him realize the transformation of his acting skills, that is, Du Qifeng.
Andy Lau's 1990 love film "Heavenly Love", nominally directed by Chen Musheng, but in fact most of it was directed by executive producer Du Qifeng, which was the first cooperation between the two.
Du Qifeng and Andy Lau originally looked at each other unaccustomed, Du Qifeng felt that Andy Lau idols were burdensome, and they could not move to pull their hair to look in the mirror, Andy Lau felt that Du Qifeng loved to scold people, bad temper, so there were many conflicts. Fortunately, both of them are right and wrong, and they will not be relieved after arguing, so they quarrel more and more closely, and they have become close friends.
In 1999, Du Qifeng began filming "Dark War", which helped Andy Lau improve his pompous and superficial acting style, and won the Golden Statue Film Emperor for the first time. Four years later, it was Du Qifeng's "Big Guy" that brought Andy Lau a second Golden Emperor Trophy.
Therefore, Du Qifeng is the biggest promoter of Andy Lau's acting skills, and there is no one.
15. Lin Jianyue
Lin Jianyue is a Hong Kong film investor and the owner of Huanya Media. He once invested in the famous police film "Infernal Affairs", pushing Andy Lau's film career to another peak.
In 2002, Andy Lau and Hong Kong businessman Mai Shaotang, because of the equity problem of Tianmu Company, a lawsuit dispute arose, Lin Jianyue came forward to settle this troublesome matter, avoiding the result of jade burning, he was an important nobleman in the later stages of Andy Lau's career.
16. Du self-sustaining
Du Zizhi is a gold medal record producer and composer in Hong Kong, and his collaborators include Luo Wen, Mui Yanfang, Chen Baiqiang, Lin Yilian, Zhang Guorong, Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau and so on.
He has produced, arranged or composed nearly 100 songs for Andy Lau, including "Love Can't End", "The Days We WalkEd Together", "Thank You for Your Love", "True My Style", "Forgetting Love Water", "Providence" and other absolute masterpieces.
17. Lee Anxiu
Lee an-xiu is a well-known music producer in Taiwan who is good at writing lyrics. He has cooperated with Andy Lau many times and is known as "Andy Lau's royal lyricist".
Andy Lau's many highly sung songs, including "Forgetting Love Water", "Providence", "World First Class", "Chinese", "Practice", "Wishing you prosperity", etc., are all written by Anxiu Lee.
It can be said that the reason why Liu Tianwang's song spread throughout Greater China and flourished for a long time, Li Anxiu must remember a great achievement.
18. Chen Yaochuan
Chen Yaochuan is a famous music producer and songwriter in Taiwan, he and Du Zizhi and Li Anxiu constitute the "iron triangle" of Andy Lau's music production team, and classic songs such as "Forgetting Love Water", "Providence", "True Forever" and so on are all composed by Chen Yaochuan.
19. Yu Binghan
Yu Binghan is a well-known hong Kong music player and manager, and in 1995, he began a six-year cooperation with Andy Lau.
Andy Lau's "Chinese", "Love You for Ten Thousand Years", "Men Cry Is Not a Sin", "Stupid Child", "Ice Rain", "You Are My Woman" and many other classic songs were born during the cooperation period with Yu Binghan.
Yu Binghan also contributed to his collaboration with a number of internationally renowned artists, including kenny G, the most famous Saxophonist in the United States, Koji Tamaki, and Giorgio Moroder, a famous Italian composer, such as Giorgio Moroder. Andy Lau once commented: "The artist who is Yu Binghan is very happy. ”
20. Feng Xiaogang
Feng Xiaogang is one of the top commercial film directors in mainland Hong Kong, and is good at shooting funny Chinese New Year films.
Andy Lau worked with him once, which was the New Year film "No Thief in the World" released at the end of 2004. The film eventually grossed 127 million yuan in the mainland, breaking Feng Xiaogang's box office record and becoming one of the most popular films of the year.
Andy Lau believes that Feng Xiaogang helped him open up the popularity and market of the Chinese mainland, and the reason why he is so popular in the mainland today is that Feng Xiaogang has played a great role.
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