Zeng Zhiwei
Some people say that looking at a man's character, look at these three points: how about his family? What about friends? What about women?
Do you agree?
So, what is the character of the film industry tycoon Zeng Zhiwei?
It is said that when people mention him, there are many opinions and great differences. The good guy is him, the bad guy is him, the bad is not bad is also him, good or bad is still him.
Some people even directly said that he was synonymous with "lustful and quick-to-make profits". He also said that he killed Lan Jieying, the most beautiful beauty in Hong Kong, who was "beautiful on Wutai Mountain".
He said that he used a cup of water to ruin Lan Jieying's life, and he was an authentic "salty wet guy director".
So, what kind of person is he?
Today, I will reveal him. See what he really does to his family, to his friends, to his women?
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In 1953, Tsang was born in Hong Kong.
There are not many male stars born this year, Taiwan has Ke Shouliang, Hong Kong has Zhong Zhentao, Wu Zhixiong, the mainland has Pu Cunxin, Tao Zeru, Shi Shengjie...
But none of them had Zeng Zhiwei.
Tsang Chi-wai and his father were the head of Hong Kong's four major detective chiefs, Tsang Kai Wing, who was the highest-ranking detective chief in the Hong Kong Police Force at that time, known as "Inspector Hua".
There is also the nickname "Zeng Jia".
Lu Le, the "five-hundred-million-dollar inspector" who was in the limelight in Hong Kong at that time, was his "head horse", ranking above the four major inspectors. The two fight together in the police circle, walking between black and white.
Zeng Qirong
When Tsang Chi-wai was born, Tsang had been in the Hong Kong police circles for more than a decade, earning too much money to be clear. And he used all this money to buy a property, and there are 5 units and 3 parking spaces registered in his name.
All are concentrated in the noble residential areas of Kowloon Tong and Ho Man Tin.
When Zeng Zhiwei was born, it was just in time for his old son.
Therefore, the food and clothing, the high carriages and horses, the broad house buildings, and the servants waiting, are all out of the question. Naturally, he also developed Zeng Zhiwei's love of play, love to gamble, and love to make friends.
His father loves to play football and is also the coach of the Hong Kong Police Football Team and an executive member of the Hong Kong Chinese Football Association.
He also followed his father to inherit this hobby, and the one who played with him was Tan Yonglin, who was 3 years older than him and later became the "Principal Tan" who dominated the music scene for 20 years.
At a football match, Tsang Kai Wing, who is a big red in the police force, accidentally saw Tan Yonglin playing football with his son, so he casually threw Tan Yonglin a red envelope.
Tan Yonglin opened it and looked at it, stunned.
Tan Yonglin, Zeng Zhiwei
That's 100 pieces.
At that time, ordinary people were exhausted and tired and could not earn 100 yuan a month. Therefore, Tan Yonglin made up his mind that he and Zeng Zhiwei must become eternal good friends.
In 1969, at the age of 16, Tsang Chi-wai represented Hong Kong in the Youth Cup in South Korea. He is already a football professional, and he has developed in the direction of a football star.
Years later, Hong Kong ghost director Wang Jing made a film "Empire of Money", in which Eason Chan played the police role of Chen Xijiu, which is said to be a reference to Tsang Kai Wing.
He is well known in the Police Force and is favored by his superiors for his excellent skills.
As a playboy, Zeng Zhiwei did not learn any skills since he was a child, only loved to play football, and only played football, which was compared with Gao Li in "Water Margin" that year.
However, his good days, finally came to an end when he was 19 years old.
In 1972, his father was removed from his post and ceased to be "Inspector Hua", and even the police were soon gone.
At the age of 19, he quickly smelled the wind.
But his father, who didn't seem to care, asked him to get married quickly. So he listened to his father and married a woman whose name he still does not know.
The two men only made up for a year before they parted ways. 2 years later, under his father's arrangement, he married an 18-year-old singer named Wang Meihua.
Wang Meihua, who was poor when she was a child, came out to sing at the age of 12, signed a song and dance troupe at the age of 14, and became the pillar of the family, which is very similar to Mei Yanfang's struggle experience.
Unfortunately, when I met a good young man like Zeng Zhiwei, my life was completely ruined.
The second year of marriage, the eldest daughter Zeng Baoyi was born. In the third year, the youngest daughter Zeng Yongyi was born. In the fourth year, the two divorced.
Why?
Because Zeng Zhiwei is too busy, if he does not have more than 3 friends to accompany him every day, he will not be able to eat. Especially the bad friends around him, throwing him around.
"It's okay for us not to go home for three days and three nights, can you?"
As soon as Zeng Zhiwei heard this, he immediately left his wife and ran out to have fun with his brothers, and really did not go home for three days and three nights.
Since then, not going home has gradually become the norm.
The media also wrote an article entitled "For many years, young women stayed alone in the boudoir, and finally could not stand to leave the well-known director alive."
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In 1974, 21-year-old Tsang Chi-wai heard that the Hong Kong government had set up the Independent Commission Against Corruption to arrest his father, and his good days would come to an end.
After thinking about it, he voluntarily ended his career as a footballer. Looking for a job again, but there are two requirements, one is to have fun, and the other is to have more people.
With a playful mentality, he stepped into the Hong Kong film and television circle.
At that time, Hong Kong martial arts films were popular, and Zeng Zhiwei, who had no acting background, began his first film and television job - Dragon and Tiger Martial Artist.
Zeng Zhiwei, as a stand-in
"At that time, the stand-ins were all for girls, because I used to be very thin, so I was very much like a girl, and I was for some actresses, jumping from the rooftop to another rooftop, jumping down from the 4th floor and 3rd floor, and doing some bolder scenes."
This year, Zeng Zhiwei also participated in 2 plays directed by Zhang Che, "Nezha" and "Shaolin Five Ancestors".
Then, he was taken to Taiwan by director Liu Jialiang, joined director Zhang Che's "Longbow Film Company, and became a majestic "Dragon and Tiger Martial Artist".
Unexpectedly, the change came too quickly.
The martial arts market in the Hong Kong film industry suddenly began to shrink, which forced Zeng Zhiwei to put away his playfulness and reconsider his choices.
"Young people can play anything, but these two or three years of ideals are finished, you have to choose a real, real, you feel that a lifetime of work, the experience to accumulate, slowly be able to climb up, do a good job of your foundation." 」
But thinking about it, I don't know what I should do, what can I do?
"At that time, I really had a desire to be able to be a director, and I felt that being a director was already the most satisfying thing for me. You're sure this thing is going to be for me for the rest of my life..."
He is convinced that no matter what kind of scene you are not popular, the director will always need it.
On April 8, 1976, there was a thunderclap.
The Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption issued a warrant for the arrest of Tsang Chi-wai and his father, Tsang Kai-wing, who fled to Taiwan, where there are no extradition rules with Hong Kong. Unexpectedly, Zeng Zhiwei was not afraid of anything, but returned to Hong Kong for development.
In Hong Kong, Tsang chi-wai turned behind the scenes and began to work as a screenwriter.
This period became the most difficult period for Zeng Zhiwei.
"I once tried five dollars for two weeks, and fortunately when I had money, I bought two ducks and cooked them every day, from eating duck legs to eating duck breasts, to eating duck necks, and finally eating duck butts, anyway."
Ordinary people may not be able to stand eating this thing for a few weeks, but Zeng Zhiwei can survive it.
"You still have to stay up, because you know that you are OK after this section, it is like crossing a bridge and then you are OK, swimming across this river and landing is OK." 」
To be honest, this is really not easy to boil up.
Zeng Zhiwei, Zeng Baoyi
His daughter Zeng Baoyi wrote him a letter from Taiwan, writing hundreds of letters, but he did not reply to a single one.
She and her classmates said: "Occasionally a big brother (Zeng Zhiwei) will come to play with me for a while. ”
And the ex-wife Wang Meihua, regardless of Zeng Baoyi, married a small man who was 12 years younger than her, and her life was prosperous.
Later, zeng Baoyi never dared to start a family again when she grew up, let alone have children, because she was afraid of divorce. Without marriage, there is no divorce.
She cut off the harm to the child from the root.
Zeng Zhiwei is alone in Hong Kong, honestly from the field, screenwriter, assistant director, director, step by step pit, steady climb to his own Spring and Autumn dream.
First with Liu Jialiang, then with Hong Jinbao, and finally with Jackie Chan, he wandered in many film companies such as "Shaw", "Jiabao", "Jiahe" and so on.
Yihui and Hong Jinbao starred in the "Five Lucky Stars" series of movies. A while later, he cooperated with Wang Jing in the "Best Friend" series of movies, playing one funny and obscene little role after another.
One day, a director invited him to drink, and when he got drunk, Zeng Zhiwei helped him drive his Mercedes Benz. The car was beautiful and the Mercedes convertible was particularly eye-catching.
"Where did I say the key?" He may have been drunk, not on purpose, and left the key on the floor and drove it for you, and you never had the chance to drive such a car in your life anyway..."
But Zeng Zhiwei smiled and picked up the key, said nothing, just drove the director home safely.
Zhou Dongyu, Zeng Guoxiang, Ma Sichun
In 1979, Zeng Zhiwei, who remarried, had his first son, Zeng Guoxiang. Later, this son was sent by him to his former "apprentice" Chen Kexin, as an apprentice-
As a result, this boy Qing was better than Blue out of blue, and he was fighting for a lot of face.
In 2016, 37-year-old Zeng Guoxiang, the first time he made the movie "July and Ansheng", Ma Sichun and Zhou Dongyu won the Golden Horse Award for "Double Film Queen" at the same time.
3 years later, another school bullying love movie "Young You" actually sent the girl Zhou Dongyu to the "three gold" queen one night, and the scenery was extreme.
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Finally, the salted fish also has a day to turn over.
In 1981, 28-year-old Zeng Zhiwei was pulled by Huang Baiming into the newly established "New Art City" and became one of the "Seven Monsters".
They planned He's old movie "Best Partner", directed by Tsang Chi Wai and starring Mai Jia and Cheung Ai Jia, which actually caused a sensation in Hong Kong after its release, becoming a -
The first film in the history of Hong Kong film to break 27 million at the box office, and also set a box office miracle of 34 consecutive days.
Tsang loves to play, so he is well-informed and has a clear understanding of the aesthetic tastes of the grassroots in Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Since then, Zeng Zhiwei's comedy gimmicks, cartoon characters such as Zeng Zhiwei, have made comedies popular and the market is hot.
Zeng Zhiwei seems to have found Alibaba's treasure cave, and throughout the 80s, he was alone in the film world. In 1989 alone, he appeared in 11 films.
Created a series of timid, fearful, thick and cute urban little men image, by the audience as a comedy classic, once the dragon and tiger martial artist, became the Box Office celebrity in Hong Kong at that time.
Also in this year, Zeng Zhiwei admitted to the status of Zhu Xizhen, a beautiful woman outside the circle who had given birth to 2 sons, and gave her a luxurious wedding.
Then, let her move to Vancouver, Canada with her 2 sons, far away from him, how far away.
"I had a showdown early on, my wife and I have been separated for 20 years and haven't had a relationship for over 20 years. My wife controls my wealth, and I have freedom. ”
Poor woman, never returned to Hong Kong.
Until 20 years later, in 2020, Zhu Xizhen returned to Hong Kong from Canada for examination due to physical discomfort, and the results were ——
Died in Hong Kong.
Zeng Zhiwei,Zhu Xizhen,Zeng Guoxiang,
Also in this year, Zeng Zhiwei and Lan Jieying, who was 10 years younger than himself, cooperated in the movie "Eight Treasures" for the first time.
The other 3 actresses are Wu Junru, Hui Yinghong, and Bo Annie. On the contrary, Zeng Zhiwei and Lan Jieying formed a "liangzi".
Zeng Zhiwei, Lan Jieying, what is the "enmity and resentment" between the 2 people?
Some people say that Lan Jieying is mentally ill, and the Internet has been spreading that it is not related to Zeng Zhiwei, but there is no evidence.
Is it because of Liu Jialing's words?
Lan Jieying was in a bad mental state, starting in 1998. At that time, her parents died one after another, she was in a trance, drove to Central for medical treatment, took medicine and returned to Stanley's apartment, and there was a car accident on the way.
He was taken to the hospital for treatment, but lost control in the hospital and lost his temper.
On April 3, 1999, Lan Jieying was depressed and accompanied by a neighbor to the psychiatric department of Dongyoude Hospital for treatment.
Doctors say Ms. Lan's condition is common and may be caused by frequent insomnia leading to mild depression.
In May 2000, Lan Jieying made a big fuss at the Vancouver airport in Canada, was taken to the local psychiatric department, and finally her relatives took her home.
Lan Jieying was tracked by the "paparazzi" and constantly reported on its recent situation, accompanied by discriminatory words such as "black line" and "four crazy kings".
Such a vicious mental nuisance and torture made it difficult for her to receive the scene.
Lan Jieying
She thought about opening a baby shop, working as a makeup artist, etc., but due to media interference, she finally lost it.
Since then, because of the shooting of advertisements, he has been owed wages, his friends owe money, he has been deceived by bank employees to get signatures and take away more than two million, and he has suffered from uterine tumors.
Finally, she went bankrupt on February 14, 2006, and lived on a monthly social assistance payment...
But in 2018, Hong Kong Satellite TV suddenly forwarded the news that Zeng Zhiwei sexually assaulted Lan Jieying, saying that "Zeng Zhiwei has always been like this." ”
Zeng Zhiwei held a press conference and strenuously denied it.
In 1992, TVB hired Zeng Zhiwei and Huang Chen to host the entertainment Big Dipper series, which accidentally became the top of the ratings.
Three years later, he was arranged to host the "Award Gate Man" series of variety shows, which he did for 10 years. It made him more famous in Hong Kong and had close contact with more beautiful women.
This Christmas, Zeng Zhiwei received a "Hero's True Colors" Christmas card from his daughter Zeng Baoyi.
The daughter said: "Dad, can you also shoot some of these types of scenes, it is more in-depth." ”
His daughter's words made Zeng Zhiwei very stimulated.
"One of my immediate thoughts was that even my daughter thought this, so many viewers would think why don't you make some of these scenes?"
In this year, Zeng Zhiwei and Tan Yonglin, Maggie Cheung starred in "A Tale of Two Cities", won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and jumped to become the ugliest film emperor.
On November 2, 1997, 44-year-old Zeng Zhiwei starred in the love movie "Sweet Honey" with Maggie Cheung and Li Ming, playing Ouyang Leopard (Leopard Brother) who can call the wind and rain in the underworld.
"When I took "Sweet Honey", I was afraid that I would ruin this play, because I thought I was playing a big guy, and I felt that as an actor, I could act it, but how could I convince people that Maggie Cheung would follow me or not follow Dawn?"
This is more difficult, this is too far-fetched.
However, Zeng Zhiwei carefully pondered and finally launched a kind of gangster image that had never been seen on the screen in the past, domineering and fierce and delicate and sensitive, fierce and amorous and gentle.
As a result, the movie was released, and the image of this affectionate gangster has been all the rage ever since.
He has won the Academy Award, the Golden Horse Award, and the Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Supporting Actor.
"Later, I really didn't think that when the play came out, almost most of the women liked my role and said that they were very manly. I wondered how they smelled it. ”
After that, this short, lewd Zeng Zhiwei. One after another "big brother dreams" began to flood.
His former "apprentice" Chen Kexin said, "Zeng Zhiwei is the person who has the feeling of "big brother" the most, because he helps everyone and gives opportunities. ”
At that time, it was said that when Chen Kexin fell, it was Zeng Zhiwei who helped him and let him follow him. Learn how to be a screenwriter, how to be a field recorder, and finally, how to be a director.
Chen Kexin, Zeng Zhiwei
In 2001, the 48-year-old "leopard brother" Zeng Zhiwei was photographed for the first time with actress Guan Shuyi.
The media said that the 2 had been living together for half a year, and That Guan Shuyi was pregnant with his child. But Zeng Zhiwei strenuously denied it, stuttered to find a sentence, and defended:
"Guan Shuyi is in a bad mood, I help her untie the knot."
Years later, people learned that Zeng Zhiwei had indeed told the truth.
It turned out that Guan Shuyi's son was born with the Bhutanese Living Buddha.
Also in this year, "Leopard Brother" Zeng Zhiwei actually went out and encountered an "ambush", was beaten into a "pig's head", and was densely sewn with 39 stitches.
But he didn't say who beat him?
Some people broke the news, saying that Zeng Zhiwei criticized Yang Shoucheng's daughter Rong Zu'er for being ugly in "The Prize Gate Man", so he was "roared by people who saw the uneven road".
In 2002, Zeng Zhiwei was again revealed to be hugging and hugging a 19-year-old northeastern girl named Lin Yuan, misbehaving.
Zeng Zhiwei, Lin Yuan
It is said that the movie "Jianghu" invested by Zeng Zhiwei has a prostitute role in it, which is played by Lin Yuan.
She and Yu Wenle had a passionate scene, but when Lin Yuan stuck out his tongue, Yu Wenle's lips hurriedly avoided it. He was a little afraid, thinking that the woman of "Leopard Brother" could not be touched.
But some people are bolder than Yu Wenle.
In 2006, Lin Yuan, who had been called "sister-in-law" by the top and bottom of Zeng Zhiwei's company, was exposed by the media, and went to the "newcomer king" side field apartment of the song world at night.
Tan Yonglin had no eyes, and he had been friends for many years and told Zeng Zhiwei about this matter. Unexpectedly, Zeng Zhiwei suddenly became angry and exploded at him.
If it wasn't for Chen Baixiang next to him, they would have fought.
In the end, Zeng Zhiwei had no choice but to endure the pain of cutting love and ordered Lin Yuan to be banned. Then, he changed his name to "marrying a daughter" and "recognized" Himada as a "son-in-law".
In 2006, 53-year-old Zeng Zhiwei acted in 6 movies a year.
"Springfield Flower Alumni Association", "Xinjiekou", "Tokyo Trial", "Big Husband 2", "Crouching Tiger", "Tens of Billions of Big Movies".
But basically repeat the previous roles, the acting skills are nothing special, but there is one thing that makes Zeng Zhiwei famous.
In April 2006, Tsang chi-wai prepared to organize a star training class, "a new concept of interactive online star school", "just like the TVB and other artist training classes in Hong Kong".
Subsequently, Zeng Zhiwei served as a guest judge in the variety show "Beauty Kitchen", and said with great fanfare:
"This is a sports program (Cantonese "sports" and "meat" homophony), everyone come to "watch the wave (ball)"! ”
Also in this year, at the World Outstanding Chinese Award and the Honorary Doctorate Awards Ceremony of The University of Colorado Hatton in the United States, Zeng Zhiwei unexpectedly received an honorary doctorate.
Since then, no one has dared to say that he is uneducated, saying that he is Dr. Zeng.
Two years later, Tsang was awarded the Medal of Honor by the Hong Kong SAR Government. Three years later, he was also elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the CPPCC Jiangmen Municipal Committee of Guangdong Province. And began to get involved in business -
Became a director and vice chairman of Golden Supreme Digital Technology Co., Ltd.
And spent tens of millions of dollars to open a hot pot restaurant and steakhouse in Shanghai. He also made a bold statement, and then opened a yakiniku shop and a dumpling shop.
In 2007, 54-year-old Zeng Zhiwei, who was discovered by Entertainment Records, was seeking fun in a high-end nightclub in Shanghai and returned to the hotel with a young girl who looked exactly like Cecilia Cheung.
In 2008, Zeng Zhiwei became a training instructor for Guangdong Television, the "Rising Star" outside Malaysia, and was reported by the media:
"During the day, I took pictures of the exterior and was inseparable from the contestants; when I returned to the hotel at night, I had to comment on the results of each contestant."
But in 2012, 59-year-old Zeng Zhiwei took a stand on the Issue of the Diaoyu Islands between China and Japan, resigned from the Japanese drama "Kaneda Ichi", pushed out the Japanese tourism special, and refused the highest honor awarded by the Japanese government.
Become a patriotic old entertainer, a good entertainer.
Although, also in this year, Zeng Zhiwei continued to stage a five-pointed war on TVB variety shows, simply not too hot eyes.
Regarding Zeng Zhiwei's affair, I can't finish it in three days and three nights. Where the words are not exhausted, we can only try to say one or two.
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On January 17, 2011, Zeng Qirong died of illness in Taiwan at the age of 94.
Zeng Zhiwei, 58, pushed off all activities and rushed to Taiwan for funerals. "The children and grandchildren have seen the last side of their father, and his father has walked well and peacefully, and his father is very old and sick, and he is 94 years old."
Zeng Baoyi, the eldest daughter of 38 years old, wrote on Weibo: "My parents are not far away, and I have never felt so really ... ”
Chen Baixiang, 61, said, "Great-dad is a very kind person, and I hope that Zhiwei can mourn and change. ”
Tan Yonglin did not come out and say a word, perhaps he thought in his heart, this old man can still get away with his sins for a lifetime, and live to ninety-nine, it is really unreasonable.
Zeng Zhiwei, father
The following year, Zeng Zhiwei's younger son, Zeng Guoyou, married.
Zeng Zhiwei, who was 60 years old when he was still 1 year old, was very happy and satisfied, and as a result, he accidentally drank too much.
At the end of the year, Zeng Zhiwei first embraced his granddaughter, Zeng Guoyou gave birth to a daughter, Zeng Zhiwei personally named "Zeng Shiyu", placing infinite hope.
Then, Zeng Zhiwei revealed that he had been a firm believer in Buddhism for 11 years, because he knew how to do more good deeds because he believed in Buddhism.
He felt that artists were very suitable for believing in Buddhism, because the most difficult thing for artists to face was the pressure of falling from the peak.
In 2017, the 64-year-old Zeng Zhiwei, like Jackie Chan, also won a big honor - the "Lifetime Achievement Award" at the New York Asian Film Festival.
"Getting this award, I feel that more than 40 years of hard work has not been in vain, and I am very happy to get everyone's recognition, which is a great encouragement for me.
In fact, the awards will not be too many, but the most important thing in the future is to continue to do more for the film industry and train more new directors and talents. ”
It turns out that Zeng Zhiwei has acted in more than 200 movies over the years. His contribution to Hong Kong's film culture is not just about having a cute and funny smile.
He has become a filmmaker with a heart and soul, so he has specially presented the Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his contributions to the Hong Kong film industry before and behind the scenes.
Zeng Zhiwei is really not tall, really not cool, really not handsome, and even his voice is so really ugly, but he is really "big brother" in the Hong Kong film industry for decades.
He has been nominated for 8 Academy Awards, 2 times for Film Emperor and 2 times for Best Supporting Actor.
His magnanimous personality and broad mind have won him a wide range of popularity. His righteous and unscrupulous personality has made him make many friends inside and outside the circle.
Jay Chou once said: Zeng Zhiwei is a very smart actor, he is not acting, but the true feelings are revealed, and a look can understand what the director wants.
His daughter Zeng Baoyi said: "Zeng Zhiwei is consistent in appearance and never pretentious, which is also one of his advantages." ”
Smart readers and friends, if you were asked to evaluate Zeng Zhiwei, what would you say?