Whenever we mention Andy Lau, almost everyone in show business will give him a thumbs up and say he's cheeky.
Andy Lau's kindness is well-known in the circle, and he has helped many of the artists we know well.
Among them are well-known superstars such as Fat Cat, Zhang Weijian, Ning Hao, Wang Baoqiang, pan Weibai and so on.
But there is another person among them, which we cannot fail to mention.
Netizens commented: He grew a face that will never live to the end of the whole play...
The name is unknown, more than 50 years old, and currently only 50,000 Weibo fans
In Andy Lau's company, he has been running dragon sets for 12 years and is a supporting role for Andy Lau's royal use.
Because he had a good personal relationship with Andy Lau, he was even ridiculed by netizens that he had a lifelong friendship with Andy Lau.
In the early years, he became famous for imitating Jacky Cheung's singing.
After sitting on the cold bench for 30 years, he finally won the movie emperor he dreamed of at the age of 50.
He is - Lin Jiadong.
Lam Ka Tung was born on 21 September 1967 in Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Like many people, I chose to engage in a certain career only because I saw the wonderful performance of a certain predecessor, felt very handsome, and thought that I could become like him.
At that time, he just saw Wen Qiang in "On the Beach", being shot indiscriminately, how to fight can not die, he felt particularly handsome, wanted to be like him, so he planted the dream seed of wanting to be an actor in his heart.
However, the road of acting, does it mean that if you want to be an actor, you can become an actor?
In particular, you were born in a non-science class, introverted, and grew an ordinary face.
In 1988, he took two consecutive exams before he was admitted to the wireless training class.
As the shortest one in the class, on the first day of his training class, he was struck by the teacher: "You can't look good, you can only rely on your own efforts."
This teacher's casual words gave Lin Jiadong a blow.
Yes, who called you neither talented, ordinary looking, with an average background, nor connections?
There is nothing else you can do but work hard.
Later, the teacher's words were verified in the 7 years after his debut.
At that time, most of the characters he played had no lines, no names, and sometimes needed to play shirtless as a stand-in.
The company's choreographer ridiculed him as "the big egg that can never be fished", which is synonymous with "the unsupportable Ah Dou".
At this time, his classmates were already very popular, including Zhou Runfa, Zheng Shaoqiu, Wu Mengda, who we know well...
But he really likes acting, he studied very seriously in the training class, not only studied the performing arts hard, but even as long as it was related to acting, he was willing to do it without giving money.
By chance, he participated in the filming of the TV series "Ten Thousand Miles of Love" and met the first Bole in his life - Wan Ziliang.
At that time, Wan Ziliang's career was in the ascendant, and his acting skills were also recognized, if he could get his points, then the improvement of acting skills would not be a problem.
So Lin Jiadong took the initiative to attack, run before and after running for Wan Ziliang, and help him carry his luggage, but all this in the eyes of others, is that you want to get out of position.
But Lin Jiadong didn't care, he knew what he wanted, he wanted to improve too much!
In fact, at the beginning of the period, Wan Ziliang was not optimistic about Lin Jiadong, and even scolded him for being stupid many times.
But Lin Jiadong will not be unhappy because of this, but he is still very happy.
In his opinion, if others don't pay attention to you, how can they scold you? What's so hard about other people looking down on it? It's uncomfortable to see!
Later, it was precisely with this pair of "no face" spirit in order to learn that Wan Ziliang was moved, so that Ziliang recognized this little brother and taught him to act.
In 1995, Lin Jiadong played Cai Junxia in the satirical comedy "Entertainment Transfer Student".
Because of the squeezing of eyebrows and eye imitation of Jacky Cheung's various looks and actions, the audience was pleasantly surprised, and even Jacky Cheung himself felt that the imitation was too similar.
Finally, with this drama, he was selected as one of TVB's "Top Ten Most Popular TV Artists".
This drama can be said to be his turnaround, he has stayed up in TVB for so many years, played supporting roles in countless dramas, and finally became popular with this drama and squeezed into the ranks of male protagonists.
In 1996, he filmed the costume love drama "Hedong Lion Roar", in which he played Su Dongpo, a talented son of the Song Dynasty.
In the same year, he filmed the then-well-known "New on the Beach" with Zheng Shaoqiu and others, playing Xu Wenqiang's assistant Ding Li.
Until 1999, Liu Shiyu asked him to star in "Tea is Hometown Strong", which made his film and television career in TVB reach its peak.
This small-budget film and television drama, with a rating of 38 points, beat the hit series "Genesis" at that time.
The male protagonist he played in the play, Fang Youwei, won the "My Favorite TV Character" at the TVB 33rd Anniversary Taiwan Celebration Thousand Star Awards Ceremony.
Lin Jiadong is finally red!
However, before he could catch his breath, every film and television drama came to the door to sign a contract with him.
Later, in an interview, he recalled: "I didn't have to rest at that time, and the most important thing was that I couldn't digest so many characters.
Running 7 studios a day, shooting 5 TV series a year, more than 20 episodes each, every day I keep thinking about how to change roles and how to break through, and I don't worry about the audience not accepting my performance, because I can't even accept myself. ”
One day he woke up and opened his eyes and asked himself, "Is it time to go to work again?" ”
That kind of thinking made him extremely angry, "When an actor becomes a job, creation should not be compared with work, I want to be an actor, but what if I don't have enthusiasm?"
Is this situation very similar to many of our friends?
You like to do PPT, good at doing PPT, good! You make me 20 a day, 300 pages a day, and do it for a month without interruption! You like to write copywriting, copywriting is good, good! You write me 2 times a day, 60 times a month, and write for half a year without interruption! You like to take videos, and the videos are still doing well, good! You shoot me 8 videos a day, 240 a month, and do it for half a year without interruption!
I think that anyone who loves this work at the beginning will eventually be mechanically produced and all enthusiasm will be wiped out.
At that time, Lin Jiadong was in this predicament, as if he was a filming machine and had no feelings.
When we're in such a predicament, maybe it's time to stop and think about what you really want?
Lin Jiadong's choice is: leave TVB, go to the film circle, and start learning from 0.
Under the introduction of Wan Ziliang, he signed an acting company under Andy Lau and played a supporting role.
Friends and family around him at the time could not understand:
You in TVB everyone knows you, famous and advantageous, the future of great prospects, at this time to give up all this, into a strange field, starting from 0, is undoubtedly a self-defeating back road, stupid to the extreme.
But he didn't regret it at all, because he knew exactly what he wanted.
If he stays in TVB, he can indeed get more fame and fortune, but the routine of acting in TV dramas has not changed much, and it has not helped his growth much, in other words, the TV circle has become his comfort zone.
But the film industry is a whole new field, with higher production costs, more sophisticated production, more demanding requirements for actors, where he can learn from bigger stars and grow and progress faster.
The idea is good, but he is too inferior!
Andy Lau has a play that wants him to be the protagonist, he feels that he is not ready, afraid of losing face to the boss, Andy Lau, saying that he is not ready.
So he has been engaged in the role of supporting roles, playing inconspicuous small roles in Andy Lau's films.
After a long time, I think this is also very good, and I plan to act as Andy Lau's green leaf.
In this way, he ran with him for 12 years.
12 years! There can be several 12 years in life, if he had fought for more, perhaps his acting career would have taken a leap forward.
If no one mentions it, he may only be able to play a supporting role in the film industry for the rest of his life.
But fortunately, he met another Bole in his life, Du Qifeng.
Some people say that the most capable actors in Hong Kong have performed Du Qifeng's plays, and among the royal actors of Du Qifeng, Lin Jiadong is one of them.
Under Du Qifeng's hands, Lin Jiadong was not less scolded,
The first time he starred in Du Qifeng's "Dragon and Phoenix Fight", it was a long series of dialogues in one shot to the end.
After the performance, the director said to him: "You are an actor, try to make a play!" It is implied that Lin Jiadong's acting is not mature enough and often makes mistakes.
Another time, Lin Jiadong took a leave of absence to participate in the singing activities of charity activities in the middle of acting, Du Qifeng was very dissatisfied, saying that you are not a singer, what songs to sing, remember that you are an actor, then work hard to act.
Later, Lin Jiadong said in an interview: This line is very interesting, no one will open a class to teach apprentices, or rely on their own understanding. If you do something wrong, you will be scolded, and if you do it right, you will be given endless applause.
In fact, everyone is watching your performance, and if you are discouraged and leave the scene, there is really nothing you can do.
Perhaps it was Du Qifeng who evoked the fire in Lin Jiadong's heart, and although he still played the role of a supporting role, he injected different souls into each small character, and the characters became three-dimensional and vivid.
In 2005, he co-starred with Ren Dahua, Leung Ka Fai, Gu Tianle and Zhang Jiahui in the thriller crime movie "Dragon City Years", playing the brave And unscrupulous Dongguan Zai.
In 2007's Detective, he played a cop with seven personalities
In 2008, he played the role of "Li Zhao" in the action movie "Ip Man" who endured humiliation and burdens and had a complicated heart.
In 2010, he became a film producer, collaborating with director Guo Zijian on "Fight in the Ring" and winning the Hong Kong Film Awards "Best Film", in which he said, "If you fight, you will lose, and if you want to fight, you must win".
In 2012, he starred in the movie "Cold War" and was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards
In 2014, he co-starred with Gu Tianle and Liu Qingyun in the crime drama film "Eavesdropping 3"
In 2017, he played a layered, fierce and fierce Ji Zhengxiong in "Tree Trick".
With this drama, he achieved the peak of his film acting career.
He won the Film Emperor Award for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Editing, and the Winner of the Academy Awards – The Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards.
After Jia Dong won the award, he attended the celebration banquet, and everyone present felt that he deserved it.
Afterwards, when asked what this acting career meant to him, he replied:
This award is very precious, in fact, looking back at the past 30 years, there are many opportunities that I have lost and not done well enough. I'm glad someone mentioned me to make me a fuss and slowly rebuilt my confidence.
When I first debuted, I was full of confidence, I did not expect to fail again and again, sometimes I was unconscious, this is my biggest problem, fortunately there are predecessors to mention the point, Wan Zi (Wan Zi Liang), Hua Tsai (Andy Lau), TV station Zhen Jie (Zeng Lizhen) and training class teachers.
Let me regain my confidence from a low place, and when I win the prize today, I finally have an account for them.
Time is for me to slowly precipitate, and some people grow up and no longer be strong, know how to appreciate their good places, and know how to face bad places, and then improve.
So you said that from the past eight years to the present, every set of TV and movie works has been cooperated with that group of people, and I have an impression.
The only thing I believe in my good is that I am willing to face my past is not, to do not do well is not good, there is no need for you to die, as I have said before, why "Love Jun Like a Dream" is so poor but there is a nomination, so that even I have no eyesight.
The difference is something I have to face, and if I get well as soon as I come, I may be blind, so I'm glad I've been flawed.
Jia Dong said this about his acting career over the past three decades.
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