Fat fat cats have accompanied many post-80s and post-90s childhoods.
Some people even reflexively think of the role of the fat cat as soon as they see Zheng Zeshi.
The fat cat in front of him, his eyes pulled together, had no spirit, his shoulders were slightly shrugged, and his chin was too rounded to cover his neck.
As soon as he spoke, everyone clearly noticed that fat cats were different from ordinary people.
Fat cats are honest and kind-hearted, and the only thing that is inappropriate is that they do not have the IQ that ordinary people should have.
The role of this fat cat played by Zheng Zeshi is really deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and for 15 years, as long as Zheng Zeshi plays the role of a fat cat, the audience still likes to watch.
Whether it's chasing the movie theater or sitting in front of the TV, everyone still likes it.
Zheng Zeshi is a successful actor, playing a fat cat who is liked by the audience like Mr. Bean played by Rowan Atkinson in the United Kingdom.
But in fact, he also had a lot of sad stories, all of which started from his personal experience.
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Perhaps Zheng Zeshi's figure has been misunderstood, thinking that he has lived a life of abundant food and clothing since he was a child, and does not worry about eating and wearing, so he has eaten such a chubby figure.
But in fact, Zheng Zeshi has lived a life that is more sad than many people since he was a child.
In Zheng Zeshi's childhood, the most feared thing was not the scolding of his parents, but every stormy night.
Many people listen to the lightning and thunder outside on heavy rainy nights, and hide under the covers and fall asleep, but for Zheng Zeshi, every heavy rain may overturn the roof of their home.
Because their family lives in a wooden house on the roof.
A poor life can best exercise a person's ability, and Zheng Zeshi is like this.
When he was 10 years old, he was still a child, and he had already begun to work on his back with another child, and this child was his sister.
Other people's school time is to go home to watch TV, is to play outdoors, and Zheng Zeshi's school time is to go home to cook, and the burden of the family's cooking is placed on him.
Not only that, Zheng Zeshi and several siblings were not idle at home.
At a very young age, he helped his parents reduce their burden and began to start a handicraft industry - sticky plastic flowers.
Zheng Zeshi is the eldest son in the family, everything is to let the younger brother and sister, the sad Zheng Zeshi even gave the opportunity to go to school to the younger brother.
Zheng Zeshi's performance in reading was not bad, and he was also admitted to a key middle school.
However, because his family was poor, he could not afford to provide for his 2 children to go to middle school, and the sensible Zheng Zeshi gave up the opportunity to study to his younger brother and went to the jewelry store as an apprentice.
Perhaps because Zheng Zeshi's childhood life was too hard, when he came out to work, he wanted to earn more money.
But the jewelry store apprenticeship is not what Zheng Zeshi likes, Zheng Zeshi likes, and wants to be an actor.
However, his family did not understand Zheng Zeshi's dream and opposed him entering the entertainment circle.
In 1972, Zheng Zeshi saw that the film company was carrying out an actor training class, and felt that this might be an opportunity given to him by heaven, so he ignored the opposition of his family and applied for the training class.
In order to reassure his family, but also to plunge into the industry, Zheng Zeshi is very careful to learn how to be an actor.
But at this time, he has not yet become famous, and for 4 years after coming out of the training class, Zheng Zeshi has been a small person in the entertainment industry.
Yet a second opportunity came to him.
In 1976, 25-year-old Zheng Zeshi saw TVB hold an acting competition.
Zheng Zeshi felt that this was a good opportunity, so he went to participate, but he did not expect that Zheng Zeshi won the overall championship of the competition in one fell swoop and successfully entered the TV station.
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After Zheng Zeshi entered the TV station, he also started from a small supporting role, and fortunately he participated in the filming of the TV series "Frenzy" in the same year, in which he played a private detective.
This TV series has gathered many Hong Kong stars, including Chow Yun Fat, Miao Qianren, Deborah, Shi Jian, Li Xiangqin, even Ren Dahua and Zhu Lingling.
In this TV series, Zheng Zeshi met the male protagonist Zhou Runfa.
Zhou Runfa felt that although Zheng Zeshi was a "fat boy", he worked seriously and had a good attitude, so he would teach him to act on the set, and the two spent a long time together, and gradually became good friends.
Zhou Runfa even called Zheng Zeshi for dinner, watching Zheng Zeshi eat, Zhou Runfa felt very happy, and later married Yu An'an, Zheng Zeshi also became his best man.
With good people, you will become better yourself.
Zheng Zeshi and Zhou Runfa have been together for a long time, and they have also learned some filming skills from him.
And privately, in order to clearly understand the audience's tastes, Zheng Zeshi will also do "homework" for himself.
In the time when he did not have to shoot, the sad Zheng Zeshi watched movies and TV series like ordinary people, but he did not watch these for entertainment, but for work.
After watching the plot, and then watching the acting skills of the main actors and then the extras, a movie may be watched no less than 10 times.
Each part, Zheng Zeshi watched carefully, thinking in his heart how he should shoot the lead actor, and if he was a supporting role, how to shoot.
Each actor's performance method is different, Zheng Zeshi will deliberately understand the actor's shooting method, in case he needs to shoot a scene with this actor, he will know how to cooperate with the actor to have a better effect.
In 1985, his self-directed film "Why Should There Be Me" was a great success.
The 34-year-old Zheng Zeshi won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as "Fat Cat", making him a movie emperor for the first time.
At that time, Zheng Zeshi did not wear a suit like other stars, combed his hair neatly and dressed formally, instead he wore casual clothes, and it can be seen from the photos that Zheng Zeshi was still a little nervous, and even his eyes did not face the camera.
The fat cat played by Zheng Zeshi is less intelligent than ordinary people, and when shaping this role, Zheng Zeshi is close to the character from the look to the action, and more importantly, he knows how to resonate with the audience.
But Zheng Zeshi's success does not stop at the role of "fat cat".
In 1996, he won the Academy Award for Best Actor again for the movie "Three Wounded Policemen" and the Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Actor again in the same year.
Zheng Zeshi, who has won the film emperor three times, tells the world with his strength that even if his appearance is not a high-handsome star that the audience likes, as long as he has acting skills, he can also get everyone's recognition.
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However, Zheng Zeshi, who has won the film emperor 3 times, also has a sad side.
When an actor reaches a height, people want to have another breakthrough or another achievement, and Zheng Zeshi also thinks so. So he started a company with a friend and signed artists.
However, Zheng Zeshi, who is good at filming, is not very good at business.
In 1993, it was the lowest year that Zheng Zeshi had been in the industry for so many years.
This year, due to the failure of investment in films, Zheng Zeshi owed nearly 20 million Hong Kong dollars.
Today, 20 million a star can earn back in half a year, but that was Hong Kong in 1993, and 20 million can buy nearly 20 houses.
At that time, Zhang Weijian was also in Zheng Zeshi's film company, and Zheng Zeshi even used Zhang Weijian's film remuneration to relieve the company's difficulties, and also borrowed money from friends in the circle.
However, the reality is this, when you have money, there are many friends around you, but when you have no money, you find that there are no friends around you who can help.
What is even more poignant is that even Zhang Weijian, who personally excavated and signed the company, also collected zheng Zeshi's salary and sent a lawyer's letter.
But Zheng Zeshi is a very backbone man, who owes money and pays it back, and sells everything on his body, except for his own family, nothing.
Zheng Zeshi later downplayed this part of the hard days in the show, but only he knew how tired he was during that time.
Fortunately, with the help of Andy Lau, as a producer, in order to repay the money, Zheng Zeshi constantly took over the drama and work, and the whole family lived a rented house.
Because of this experience, Zheng Zeshi lived a civilian life, until now, he did not eat extravagantly and wastefully, but liked to solve the problem of eating in the tea restaurant like ordinary people.
The lady owner of the restaurant also said that Zheng Zeshi and his wife ate and spent no more than 200 yuan per meal for many years.
At that time, the debt, the sad Zheng Zeshi took 10 years to pay off the money.
Zheng Zeshi, who is visible to the naked eye, dresses ordinary and will choose relatively cheap street parking for parking.
Sports also did not play golf like other stars, going in and out of the high-end gym, but choosing a regular bowling alley for exercise.
After this debt, Zheng Zeshi also rarely made friends with people in the circle, on the contrary, he and his wife Lin Yanming loved incomparably, and in the midst of suffering, only his wife did not abandon him.