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In the Chinese entertainment industry, Zhang Jiahui and Guan Yonghe, Zhang Zhilin and Yuan Yongyi, Zhang Jin and Cai Shaofen, Liu Qingyun and Guo Aiming are all models of husband and wife, and their love stories and ways of getting along make countless young men and women who stumble on the road of love believe that there are still people worth knowing and keeping in this world.
Relative to love, there is friendship in life. It is said that the entertainment industry is Vanity Fair, everyone is living with a mask, and there can be no pure friendship. Thinking that when Yin Xiaotian and Bian Xiaoxiao had friction, Yin Xiaotian felt the pain of being stabbed by good brothers Li Chen, Du Chun, etc., so that his career declined sharply. Just recently, Liang Jingru also experienced the pain of being stabbed by "good sister" Fan Weiqi. When she had not yet publicly admitted to divorcing her husband Zhao Yuantong, Fan Weiqi said to the outside world through her agent: "Such a good friend, vaguely heard about it!" I knew they were divorced two years ago, but then I don't know if they signed it or not. Fan Weiqi's simple words confirmed the divorce rumors of Liang Jingru and Zhao Yuantong, so that Liang Jingru was very embarrassed.
It can be seen how terrible it is to make friends carelessly in the entertainment industry, but even so, there are still people in the entertainment industry who manage friendships to be envied, and people can't help but sigh: The world is worth it. When counting the friendship models in the entertainment industry, the friendship between Lin Jiadong and Andy Lau undoubtedly makes many people envious.
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Before meeting Andy Lau, Lin Jiadong had a long process of groping and rolling in the acting world. At the age of 21, he wanted to become an actor, he took the TVB art training class twice in a row to get admitted, and when he felt that as long as he worked hard, serious study would be promising, the teacher of the art training class said to him: "You can't look good, only rely on your own efforts." After graduating from the art training class, he spent 7 years running dragon sets, playing roles without lines and names, and even the company's choreographer ridiculed him as "a big egg that can never be fished." His classmates, on the other hand, were already very popular.
Fortunately, Lin Jiadong did not give up, he still conscientiously filmed and constantly improved himself. By chance, he participated in the filming of the TV series "Ten Thousand Miles of Love", and in the crew he met Wan Ziliang, who at that time had a career in the sky and his acting skills were also recognized. So Lin Jiadong ran before and after running for Wan Ziliang, and helped him carry his suitcase and luggage, because he wanted to learn from Wan Ziliang. Everything Lin Jiadong did to Wan Ziliang was seen by the crew and other colleagues, who scolded him for "wanting to be red and crazy." But for these evaluations, Lin Jiadong did not care, he knew what he was doing, and later he said: "I just want to perform seriously, on the day the episode is broadcast, everyone will definitely know who Lin Jiadong is." ”
In fact, in the early days of getting along with Wan Ziliang, Wan Ziliang was not optimistic about Lin Jiadong, and even scolded him for being stupid many times. But Lin Jiadong was not unhappy but very happy, in his opinion, "If he doesn't pay attention to you, how can he scold you?" What's so hard to look down on? It's uncomfortable to see! In the end, Lin Jiadong's attitude of humble learning and the spirit of not being afraid of hardship still touched Wan Ziliang, and Wan Ziliang recognized this little brother.
Stills of Lin Jiadong's "Green Blood Sword"
Slowly, Lin Jiadong's career has improved, he has successively starred in "Hedong Lion Roar", "Green Blood Sword", "Big Trouble Guangchanglong", "Four Talents in Gold" and other dramas, he finally has the qualification to play the main role, when he starred in the TV series "Tea is Hometown Thick" at the age of 32 in 1999, he ushered in the peak of his TV drama career, he won the TVB 33rd anniversary of the Taiwan Thousand Stars Awards Ceremony "My Favorite TV Role", becoming a popular tvb student.
Lin Jiadong's "Tea is hometown strong" stills
However, after becoming famous, Lin Jiadong was not happy. At that time, in order to maximize the benefits, TVB let him shoot "Wine is Hometown Alcohol" a year after the end of the filming of "Tea is Hometown Alcohol", and Lin Jiadong, who originally wanted to explore more performance possibilities, found that shooting these dramas only needs stereotyped performances, and the role he plays is also very single. And he also had to accept the workload of shooting more than 100 episodes of TV series a year, and Lin Jiadong found himself a stereotyped and routine performance machine, completely without growing.
In the face of this annoyance, Lin Jiadong found Wan Ziliang to express his bitterness, and Wan Ziliang did not say anything more, but just said to him that I introduced Andy Lau to you. Lin Jiadong knows that it is time to leave TVB, and movies can become a direction for his future life.
Lin Jiadong still remembers the scene of the first time he met Andy Lau, when Wan Ziliang brought him to Andy Lau, and Wan Ziliang said to Andy Lau: "This is my good friend, I have the opportunity to take him." Lin Jiadong also asked Andy Lau, "Can we cooperate?" Andy Lau replied to him: "Good, but filming is very hard, are you afraid or not?" Lin Jiadong shook his head seriously. Soon after, Lin Jiadong became an artist under Andy Lau's Hengtai Huanyu Co., Ltd. Many friends did not understand that he left TVB to give up a good career, they said that he made a wrong decision, and Wu Junru even said that he was cutting off the back road.
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After becoming an artist of Andy Lau Company, Andy Lau took him with him to star in the movie "Love Jun Like a Dream", and for his outstanding performance in this movie, Lin Jiadong was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. However, Andy Lau also found that Lin Jiadong's performance "TV flavor" was too heavy, and he had to change. So Andy Lau gave Lin Jiadong three years to wash off the "TV smell" on his body, and in these three years, even if Lin Jiadong did not work, he would still pay him a salary every month, so that he did not have to worry about life problems.
Andy Lau is also very attentive to Lin Jiadong, he introduced Lin Jiadong to the director Du Qifeng, he said to Du Qifeng: "This is Jiadong, my good brother, there is a chance you can use him." Under the guidance of Du Qifeng, Lin Jiadong slowly changed the "TV flavor" on his body.
However, before Lin Jiadong completely changed the "TV flavor", Andy Lau encountered a career trough. It was in 2002, Andy Lau and Mai Shaotang fought a lawsuit, Andy Lau owed a lot of money, the company's people also left him, the whole company left only Lin Jiadong alone. Andy Lau asked Lin Jiadong, "What do you think?" Lin Jiadong replied: "If you want me to leave, I will leave, and if you want me to stay, I will accompany you." It is undeniable that at this moment, Andy Lau truly identified Lin Jiadong as a brother from the bottom of his heart.
Fortunately, Andy Lau finally survived this difficulty, and he also opened a new company, Lin Jiadong became the only signed artist under his umbrella, he appeared in various movies with Lin Jiadong, "Infernal Affairs", "No Thief in the World", "Storm" and other movies appeared in their figures, so someone asked Lin Jiadong: "Do you feel that you have been living under Andy Lau's aura?" Lin Jiadong replied very seriously: "This person who can make me willingly follow must have something superior." I only have one word for him is 'serve'! He said bluntly: "From Andy Lau, I learned too many good habits of filming, and his requirements for scripts and performances are extremely high, which are priceless treasures." He even said, "I'll give him the rest of my life." ”
Andy Lau is also happy for Lin Jiadong's progress every time, in 2008 Lin Jiadong starred in the movie "Ip Man", was nominated for the "Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor", Andy Lau became a member of Lin Jiadong's family and friends group, he said to him: "I cheer you up with my family!" ”
When Lin Jiadong's ability was getting stronger and stronger, Andy Lau felt that Lin Jiadong should have greater development, so he found Lin Jiadong and said to him: "You have grown up, you can't always be an actor." Andy Lau encouraged Lin Jiadong to set up a production company, and they only changed their way of cooperation.
When Lin Jiadong came out independently, he decided to make a movie called "Fight in the Ring", according to past experience, Andy Lau judged that the box office of this movie would not be too good, but he still invested 8 million yuan to support Lin Jiadong, and Lin Jiadong also had a selfish intention to shoot this movie, at that time, the outside world always said that Andy Lau's vision was not good, and investing in movies was always at a loss. For such remarks, Lin Jiadong was very angry, he wanted to prove to the outside world that Andy Lau's vision would not be wrong, he said to Andy Lau: "I will not let you lose people." ”
Lin Jiadong did what he said, and in 2010, "The Ring" was released and won four awards at the Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Film and Best Director. On the day of the awards ceremony, when Liu Jialing and Jackie Chan announced that the best movie was "Fight in the Ring", Lin Jiadong was excited to tears, and when he took the stage to receive the trophy, he excitedly shouted at Andy Lau under the stage: "Hua Tsai, here!" ”
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Nowadays, there is a saying in Hong Kong: If you want to find Andy Lau, go to Lin Jiadong. If you want to find Lin Jiadong, go to Andy Lau. It can be seen that the two have a deep feeling. When Andy Lau's daughter was full moon, he only invited five friends in the circle, one was his mother Ye Dexian, and the other three were Huang Rihua, Miao Qiaowei, and Zheng Xiuwen, and Lin Jiadong became one of these five. It can be said that Lin Jiadong and Andy Lau at this time are friends and relatives.
Stills of Lin Jiadong's "Tree Trick"
In the end, Lin Jiadong also used his achievements to prove to the world that Andy Lau did not misread him. In 2016, Lin Jiadong starred in the movie "Tree Trick" Ji Zhengxiong, the "King of Thieves", and the Hong Kong Film Critics Association commented on him: "A restless, suspicious, deep and scheming gangster is portrayed in a deep and three-dimensional way, with both human nature and human nature, rich layers, especially meticulously capturing his wary and cold personality, the use and distrust of old brothers, and the unashamed control of this dangerous person who has disappeared his identity" without shame. In 2017, with his wonderful performance in this movie, Lin Jiadong defeated Leung Ka Fai, Wu Zhenyu, Yu Wenle and Ren Xianqi to win the Best Actor at the 36th Hong Kong Film Awards. This honor, Lin Jiadong waited for 30 years.
After taking the award stage, he said: "Acting, really regardless of age, do not care about appearance, really have to be careful, do a good job in that role." But more importantly, he expressed his gratitude to Wan Ziliang and Andy Lau. Afterwards, he said emotionally in an interview: "I am willing to use half a lifetime to repay The Grace of Grace, and the grace of knowing the encounter will never be forgotten." At that time, Andy Lau, who was injured in a fall from a horse, learned that Lin Jiadong won the award, and he could not hide his joy in posting on the official website: Congratulations to the emperor! Congratulations to Jia Dong, your efforts, I saw it, and the film circle also saw it! Proud of you...
When such good results were achieved, Lin Jiadong rarely remained sober in Vanity Fair, saying that he did not have to feel that he was great, "just like many people think that Andy Lau has fame and money, and there is no need to act desperately, but we are not going to enjoy the flashy nothingness, but to remain sober to be loyal to the original intention of acting." When he was praised by the director as a rare actor who was punctual and not late, Lin Jiadong jokingly said: "Andy Lau would rather not eat breakfast in the morning and come to the set in time, what qualifications do I have to be slow and leisurely?" ”
In Lin Jiadong and Andy Lau, the public can clearly feel the two people's cherishing of friendship, they make progress together, and they are grateful for life, which is undoubtedly the power of a benign friendship.
May everyone reap true friendships!