When I wrote the article "Fury Serious Case" a few days ago, some readers specifically nominated Extraordinary Brother in the comment area. In fact, Liang Feifan is only the role played by the actor in "The Righteous Sea of the Gangster", and the big name is Mai Changqing.
If you are interested, you can take a look at Yue Xiaoya's article: These two small supporting characters of "The Serious Case of Anger" actually have such a glorious past and deserve respect.
Mai Changqing is one of TVB's gold medal green leaves, he played mostly supporting roles, played many roles, and left unforgettable memories for many TVB audiences. One of the most brilliant is Liang Feifan of "The Pride of the Righteous Sea of the Scarf Tyrant".
Although Mai Changqing won 2 best supporting actors with this role. But the drama red people are not red. Many viewers did not know the name of the actor Mai Changqing, but used the term "Liang Feifan" or "Extraordinary Brother" to refer to him.
(The line Eat (eat), Liang Feifan has become a classic)
Although Liang Feifan is a villain, Mai Changqing looks thick and honest, and has also played many loyal roles. Everyone knows that the sand monk of "Journey to the West" is an honest and generous character.
The sand monk in the Hong Kong version of "Journey to the West" is played by Mai Changqing, although the Hong Kong version is slightly innovative, the sand monk played by Mai Changqing is very suitable.
(Sand monk played by Mai Changqing)
But also because Mai Changqing's honest and loyal temperament is too consistent with the role, Mai Changqing often has no characteristics when playing such roles, and cannot impress the audience.
Fortunately, TVB's crew has the wisdom to see the pearl, so that Mai Changqing has played many negative roles, such as Su Zhennan in "Xiu Cai Loves Soldiers", Zhao Junhao in "Originally In Love with thieves", including the male number two Gao Lishi in "Tianzi Seeking Dragons", which is not particularly positive.
Yue Xiaoya interjected, the recently popular "Tianlong Eight Parts", in fact, the 97 Hong Kong version of You Tanzhi, is played by Mai Changqing.
(You Tanzhi played by Mai Changqing)
However, Mai Changqing never cared about whether the role was pleasing or not, but took each role seriously, and played these roles vividly, which was loved and recognized by the audience.
Heaven did not fail Mai Changqing, who finally accumulated a lot of hair on Liang Feifan, winning two "Best Supporting Actors" at the Asian Television Awards and the Thousand Stars Awards ceremony. "Extraordinary Brother" has also become the label of Mai Changqing.
Mai Changqing actually has a nickname called "Wheat Bag", this is because when he was young, his face was round, very similar to a bun, he himself also likes to eat wheat buns, plus his surname is Mai, so he has this cute nickname.
(Mai Changqing with a round face when he was young)
The nickname of "Wheat Bag" is very deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. For example, on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival in 2021, the epidemic broke out in Guangzhou, and Mai Changqing volunteered in Guangzhou, when the media reported it, he was called "mai bao".
Yue Xiaoya was very surprised when she watched the news. Because the weather in Guangzhou was already very hot at that time, it was still a "dragon boat water" weather, sometimes heavy rain pouring down, sometimes hot sun exposure, this weather was very uncomfortable, everyone was eager to hide in the air-conditioned room.
Moreover, when Mai Changqing volunteered, not only outdoors, but also due to the needs of epidemic prevention, he also had to wear airtight protective clothing and an isolation mask. Plus Mai Changqing has a bit of claustrophobia, so the isolation mask makes him very uncomfortable.
Mai Changqing's volunteer work is not easy, he has to teach the elderly citizens how to scan the two-dimensional code, check the citizens' health codes, ID cards, etc., and sometimes do comfort and explanation work for some citizens, trivial and grinding.
(The right side of the picture is Mai Changqing, and Mai Changqing's round face can be seen through the isolation mask)
But Mai Changqing did not think that it was bitter, and felt that he would volunteer for a while, and no matter how hard it was, the medical staff who had been fighting for a long time were hard.
Many people praised Mai Changqing after seeing the news reports, saying that he was full of positive energy. Some people may think that Mai Changqing is rich and idle, and make a volunteer to enrich his life. But in fact, Mai Changqing has been quite unhappy in recent years.
Mr. Mai had previously been accused of being in debt of millions. Mai Changqing fought a lawsuit for 6 years to prove his innocence. This groundless accusation once damaged Mai Changqing's reputation and his work. The long 6-year litigation road has made Mai Changqing physically and mentally exhausted.
In addition, Mai Changqing and the old owner TVB have also been unhappy in recent years. There are two reasons: one is that TVB feels that Mai Changqing is over fifty years old, the value is not high, and there is no renewal; the other is that Mai Changqing believes that the old owner treats him badly.
Anyway, the reality is that Mai Changqing has left TVB in the past two years, and he has tried to transform into an Internet celebrity live streaming with goods, partnering with people to open a store, regretting that he has repeatedly hit a wall.
At present, there is news that Mai Changqing has thrown an olive branch to TVB, expressing his willingness to return to his old owner's home to continue filming, and Wang Zulan, who is also an artist, has also spoken out for him.
As an audience, Yue Xiaoya also hopes that Mai Changqing can return to being an actor and continue to bloom on the screen.
However, there is one thing to say, although TVB has many wonderful and unforgettable film and television works, it has left us with many good memories. But unfortunately, TVB has always been scolded for slamming the door.
It is said that TVB artists have always had low salaries, and coupled with the fact that TVB is now weak, the development space of artists is even more limited. Coupled with the high local housing prices, many TVB artists are overwhelmed.
In fact, not only TVB, but also many actors with internal entertainment strength are not highly paid. For example, Zhang Songwen, an old drama bone, has been in the industry for many years and cannot afford to buy a house.
(Stills of Zhang Songwen in "The Hidden Corner")
Although he became popular because of "The Hidden Corner" and also showed impressive acting skills in the variety show "I Am an Actor", his appearance fee is said to be how much it was originally and how much it is still.
Unlike some small students and small flowers who have awkward acting skills but bad conduct, in fact, there are many actors who love acting and have excellent acting skills, but they are not famous and lack attention. Many viewers watched many of their works, but they could not remember their names.
Yue Xiaoya hopes that when we see good works, we will have more praise and more attention to these dedicated actors with acting skills and positive energy. The more support and affirmation there is for them, the more opportunities we have to see high-level film and television works.
I am a yuanqi female Wen Qingyue Xiaoya, doing mudslides in entertainment reviews. Originality is not easy, infringement must be investigated. What do you think of Mai Changqing?