In the Hong Kong kung fu film circle, there is a very high-ranking heavyweight, he is proud and willing to promote the younger generation, and because he has an agile hand that does not match the shape of the body, he is also known as "the most agile fat man in the world". At this point, you must have guessed that he is Hong Jinbao.
In Hong Kong, Jackie Chan is the "big brother" and Hong Jinbao is the "big brother", and it is not difficult to see the status of Hong Jinbao in the Hong Kong film industry from this title. As early as the 1960s and 1970s, Hong Jinbao began to appear frequently in various action films, not only playing against Bruce Lee, but also as early as the early 1980s.
Kung Fu movies have always been one of the most popular categories in the Chinese film market. Kung fu film actors use their gorgeous skills, fist to flesh sense of strength, with a relaxed narrative rhythm, let the audience watch the movie when the adrenaline soared, the excitement exploded. People are now more familiar with kung fu superstars such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Zhen Zidan, Wu Jing, as long as there are movies in which they participate, the box office will be guaranteed, especially Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior 2", which still maintains the box office record of domestic films.
In fact, before them, there are many "pioneers" who have made great contributions to the establishment of kung fu movies, the most famous of which is Bruce Lee, who not only has his own "high martial arts", but also carried forward the "Chinese kung fu" through movies and attracted the attention of the world. Under his efforts, the fusion of kung fu and film, two things that were originally unrelated, gave birth to a wonderful chemical reaction, and also opened the golden age of "kung fu movies".
Bruce Lee's kung fu movies were acclaimed and acclaimed, and quickly attracted a large number of martial artists to defect, including many "elites". They surrounded Bruce Lee all day, some of them came to visit the teacher, some came to rub the drama. Even after Bruce Lee's bizarre death, these people did not "disband on the spot."
At the call of Hong Jinbao, they reunited and established the Hongjia Class, and we are more familiar with Chen Long, Zhong Hui, Chen Huiyi, Yuan Biao, Yuan Hua and others. Unlike Jackie Chan's chengjia class, Hong Jinbao likes to adopt the star strategy in his kung fu movies, so after Hong Jinbao's vigorous promotion, many powerful star celebrities have emerged in the Hongjia class, which also made the Hongjia class condensed into a resounding golden sign in the 1980s and 1990s.
Hong Jinbao is less than 1 meter 7 tall, but weighs more than 200 pounds, looking relatively fat. However, in the movie, Hong Jinbao is no less than other bodybuilding action stars, and it is precisely because of the huge contrast between Hong Jinbao's fat appearance and his agile and fierce hands that it has become a major attraction of Hong Jinbao's action movies.
In Hong Jinbao's kung fu films, we often see that whether it is Hong Jinbao's participation in the film or his action design, there is a beauty that attracts the audience's attention. This beauty comes from the pleasing of action choreography and action expression. As a drama class, Hong Jinbao makes extensive use of common performance methods in stage dramas in the film, such as choosing a venue with less space to fight, and in terms of performance techniques, he often adopts an exaggerated fall method to show the sense of strength of being hit.
Hong Jinbao and his Hong jiaban are good at creating all kinds of strange take-offs, and at the end of the film "Kill the Wolf", Zhen Zidan fights with Hong Jinbao, and Zhen Zidan constantly hits Hong Jinbao's body with powerful fists and feet, and Hong Jinbao is eventually knocked off and falls on a huge glass cylinder. With the shattering of the glass jar, a large amount of glass slag flew, and Hong Jinbao spat blood and fell to the ground. If it is inferred by common sense that the weight difference between the two is so large, this kind of blow is unimaginable.
Among the many Chinese kung fu, the most respected one is probably "taijiquan". In Mr. Jin Yong's martial arts world, the highest kung fu is Zhang Sanfeng, who uses tai chi. Zhang Sanfeng is more than 100 years old, if he relies on brute force to fight with people, he will definitely have no chance of winning, and Taijiquan pays attention to the ingenuity of "four or two strokes of a thousand pounds" and "borrowing strength to fight". When martial arts reach a certain level, they rise to the level of philosophy, no longer a contest of strength, but a contest of wisdom.
In Hong Jinbao's kung fu films, it is rare to see strong muscle characters, in the design of most of the enemy to win the move, Hong Jinbao also generally does not emphasize the victory of absolute strength, but let the protagonist rely on martial arts skills to defeat the opponent, Hong Jinbao in the action design, pay attention to the explosiveness of the action and shorten the pause time between the action. This coincides with the concept of martial arts by Jin Yong, the grandmaster of martial arts novels, and well satisfies the viewing experience of martial arts fans.
The early martial arts movies often flowed into the same routine, either the small people coincidentally picked up the unique martial arts, and after learning to do heroic and righteous heroes to save the United States; or the protagonists who were bitter and vengeful and deeply practiced diligently, and the enemy raised his eyebrows and exhaled after practicing. At first, everyone still relished watching it, but after watching more, there was still some aesthetic fatigue.
Kung Fu films are commercial films, and they must follow the laws of the market and produce content that audiences love to watch more. After thinking about it, Hong Jinbao combined his own style and began to try to add some comedic elements to kung fu movies. The market immediately made positive feedback, and the box office also rose, and in this way, the humorous kung fu film was born, and Hong Jinbao was one of the kung fu stars who led this trend.
In the film "Ghost Fighting Ghosts", in addition to the main line of the film, the storyline of catching and capturing Hong Jinbao played by Lin Zhengying was added. On the surface, Lin Zhengying is a predatory headhunter who is not afraid of heaven, in the process of catching the suspect Zhang Bold, he repeatedly bumped into the "ghost", and the iron-blooded headhunter behaved very funny and ridiculous in the process, and eventually became a "coward", and the comedic effect brought about by the overthrow and reconstruction of the established person was deeply loved by the audience.
Throughout Hong Jinbao's kung fu movies, what laid the foundation for Hong Jinbao's kung fu superstar status is his classic early kung fu movies with humorous and witty action style, whether it is with its "thick" appearance, the image of urban small people, or the funny action design, as well as the nonsensical storyline arrangement, hong Jinbao has painted a strong stroke in the history of kung fu comedy, which also makes Hong Jinbao kung fu comedy reach a height that cannot be surpassed by latecomers.
Not only that, but behind Hong Jinbao's humorous and witty style, there is a strong humanistic concern. Hong Jinbao often positions the protagonist as a grassroots villain. Although this little person has various bad habits, when he faces the test of life and death, he can often burst out of the brilliance of humanity.
By making full use of all aspects of his own conditions, as well as the creative use of martial arts moves and film shooting techniques, Hong Jinbao eventually formed his own unique action style, and the formation of this action style also made Hong Jinbao deeply loved by the audience.
Hong Jinbao has his own unique perception and insight into the connotation and philosophy of traditional Chinese martial arts, which is the fundamental reason why his action films are unique. In the process of shooting kung fu films, Hong Jinbao applied these unique insights to film performances, character action design, and storyline arrangement. Films such as Hong Jinbao's early works such as "The Loser", "Mr. Zan and Finding Qianhua", as well as films such as "Ip Man" and "The Legend of Ip Man 2 Grandmasters" filmed in previous years, all well reflect the martial arts charm and spiritual connotation of Wing Chun.
Hong Jinbao began to enter the film industry in the 1960s and has been working on it for 50 years. During this half-century-long film career, There have been hundreds of films directed, produced, written, actor and action designed by Hong Jinbao, many of which are impressive and have contributed a lot to Hong Kong kung fu films.
Speaking of Hong Jinbao's path from the shadow, we have to mention his talented and prominent family. Hong Jinbao's great-grandfather was named Hong Shuzu, and he was an important figure in the "Song Case" during the Republic of China period.
In 1913, Hong Shuzu, then inspector general of Jiangsu in Shanghai, and others noticed the Kuomintang threat to Yuan Shikai's regime. With Yuan Shikai's acquiescence, they collected black materials from Kuomintang leaders Sun Yat-sen, Huang Xing, Song Jiaoren, and others, and after unsuccessful attempts to influence public opinion, they hired murderers to murder Song Jiaoren. This is the famous "Song Jiaoren Case", also known as the "Song Case".
After hiring a murderer, Hong Shuzu absconded for several years in anonymity, and then fell into a loan scam and was sent to the police station by the creditor. Coming out of the patrol room, the hapless Hong Shuzu was just bumped by Song Jiaoren's son Song Zhenlu and twisted to the court. As soon as Hong Shuzu's true identity was revealed, he was immediately sentenced to death by the authorities.
Speaking of Hong Shuzu's execution of hanging, there is also an episode. At that time, the Beiyang government just imported an "electric wrangle chair" from abroad, and Hong Shuzu had the honor of becoming the first person to taste it. I don't know whether it was because the executioner couldn't operate, or because Hong Shuzu was too fat, and after the "hanging", he ended up with a different head. Thanks to one of Hong Shuzu's concubines, who still had a conscience, he stitched his head and body together, and finally left a whole corpse.
Hong Shuzu had three sons and one daughter and four heirs, the three sons were Hong Shen, Hong Ji, and Hong Shuyun. Although Hong Shuzu's reputation was not good, his sons were very contentious, and all of them were well-known figures during the Republic of China period.
After graduating from Tsinghua University, Hong Shen flew to Ohio State University in the United States for further study, and in 1919, he entered the Drama Training Class of Harvard University. In 1930, Hong Shen joined, and later joined the left-wing troupe alliance under the name of the Guangming Drama Society. He was a pioneer of Chinese film and drama, and also a literary and artistic pioneer during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and he established a formal directing system, which directly promoted the development of the director's career.
Hong Shen is an all-rounder in the theater industry, able to write and direct and act, and has created 38 film scripts in his lifetime, directed 9 films, and directed 55 plays. In addition, Hong Shen attaches great importance to the teaching of film and television knowledge, and he has taught in many schools with many disciples. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, he organized ten anti-war drama classes to boost the morale of the masses, and the people came to see the drama without charging any fees, which greatly enhanced the cohesion of the masses of the people in resolutely resisting the war. Because of HongShen's previous outstanding contributions, he was appointed Director of the Cultural Liaison Bureau after liberation.
The eldest brother Hong Shen took the road of film and television, and Under his influence, Hong Ji and Hong Shuyun also entered the film industry successively, and later became famous directors. Among them, Hong Ji is Hong Jinbao's grandfather, during the Republic of China, Hong Ji was one of the earliest directors to direct martial arts films.
In 1930, Shao Renmei and Run Run Shaw established the Shaw Brothers Company, and at their gracious invitation, Hong Ji decided to go to Hong Kong to develop. After arriving in Hong Kong, Hong Ji was like a fish in the water, and successively filmed films such as "The Legend of the Flying Dragon", "The Strange Man of the Night", "The Woman of the Sea", "The Wild Tower Strange Man" and other films, and his status in the circle continued to rise.
HongJi's wife, Hong Jinbao's grandmother, is named Qian Xiangying. When she was 16 years old, she was discovered by Zhang Puyi, the owner of Langhua Film Company, and starred in her debut film "South China Dream". Due to the box office performance of this work, Langhua Film Company subsequently filmed films such as "Red Girl" and "Strange Man in the Love Field", and Qian Xiangying quickly became popular with these works.
In 1930, Qian Xiangying in her masterpiece "Jiangnan Woman", the gun stick kung fu skills shocked four seats, making the audience addicted. How hot was she at that time? As long as it is a copy of the film she participated in, no matter how much the list price is, it will be "killed" by the moment of Southeast Asian film.
Qian Is like a warp, can be regarded as China's first generation of martial arts actresses, she has filmed more than 20 martial arts movies in her lifetime, known as "China's first female hero", Hong Jinbao can embark on the road of acting, but also thanks to her help.
The martial artist Yu Zhanyuan founded the "Chinese Drama Research Institute" in the early days, and in the early days, there were problems with manpower and funds. After Qian Xiangying heard about it, he not only donated money and sponsored a large amount of money, but also sent his twin sons Jin Long, Silver Dragon and Hong Jinbao to study together. Although the Golden Dragon and the Silver Dragon are Hong Jinbao's uncles, in fact, they are about the same age and have some similar appearances, and people who do not know it think that they are "triplets".
One day, Yu Zhanyuan selected Hong Jinbao, Jackie Chan and seven other people as the protagonists in a Performance of peking opera "Seven Little Blessings", and did not expect that this performance achieved unprecedented success. In order to train the team and increase the performance experience of the actors, Yu Zhanyuan formed the "Hong Kong Seven Little Blessings" at this time. Under his strict teaching, the dramatic skills and martial arts skills of Hong Jinbao and others continued to improve.
In fact, the "Seven Little Blessings" are not only 7 people, but 14, as well as Yuan Qing (Yuan Heping), Yuan Jun, Yuan Bao and so on. Only seven people, Jackie Chan, Yuan Kui, Yuan De and Yuan Bin, developed better, and then became prominent figures in the Hong Kong film industry, so most people think that "Seven Little Blessings" are only 7 of them.
Hong Jinbao has been good at martial arts since childhood, learning various skills such as Northern Shaolin Boxing, Karate, Taekwondo, Judo, etc., his martial arts movements are clean and clean, coupled with the figure of "Kung Fu Panda", which makes the audience remember deeply and become a school of his own. Under the leadership of master brother Hong Jinbao, the "Seven Little Blessings" team quickly opened up the situation in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, and the speed of the red was comparable to that of a rocket launch.
In this way, Hong Jinbao can embark on the road of acting, and all the way to the waves, the film contract continues, standing in the Hong Kong film industry with many masters for 50 years, which is not unrelated to his family endorsement. At that time, Hong Kong could be described as a land of bullets, the film and television circle was relatively closed, turning over and over were so many familiar faces, and most of the film companies were family businesses, and the selection and employment of personnel did not follow the modern enterprise management system at all.
If you want to have a place in such a circle, you must first have a high person to introduce, and this person must have enough voice. At this time, Hong Jinbao's advantages are fully reflected, his grandmother is a well-known female hero Qian Xiangying at that time, and his grandfather and brother are still the "great directors" in the Hong Kong film circle, unless Hong Jinbao does not want to do this line, it is difficult not to be noticed.
There is no absolute fairness in the world, and "reincarnation" can sometimes really determine a person's life. Hong Jinbao's talent and family situation are not something that everyone can have, just as many people envy Guo Qilin to have a father like Guo Degang, which can make him easily in the entertainment industry, but the diligence and effort behind them are often ignored.
No one can succeed casually, and it is always your strength that truly determines your own value, and strength is the foundation of everyone's world. Although birth is sometimes important and can help us improve a lot of efficiency, birth is not something we can decide for ourselves. Most of us are ordinary people, and what we can do is to constantly enrich ourselves, insist on learning, seize every opportunity, and live up to our youth and Shaohua.