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If you use one word to describe the superstar Andy Lau, it is "handsome".
This person is too handsome, when he first started, he walked all over Hong Kong and even the whole of Asia with a face, and his square face and eagle hook nose perfectly showed what handsomeness was, and at that time he was simply the "heart killer" of thousands of young girls.
Later, he became the "Four Heavenly Kings", in the 1990s in Hong Kong, few stars can break through the "shadow" of Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Aaron Kwok and Dawn, and the few, perhaps only Jackie Chan, Zhou Xingchi and Zhou Runfa, everyone else is short-lived, and even "Honan Brother" Zheng Yijian is also half a body of the "Heavenly King".
So, are they really that glamorous?
Let's put it another way, how dark is the Hong Kong entertainment industry? What's behind it? Even Andy Lau in the "Four Heavenly Kings" can not be alone? Or even have people shoot with a gun to their heads?
At that time, Hong Kong was the financial center of Asia, and the city was a world of red and green every night, but it was also full of many gangs and forces running rampant in this underground world, and some popular artists were also involved in it, and even received death threats.
At that time, the popular artist was Andy Lau, his film and television song development, have achieved impressive results, at that time Andy Lau's coffee position was very high, and did not want to participate in this kind of hei force in the back of the impact of the film, when they invited Andy Lau, Andy Lau directly let the agent refuse.
He miscalculated, Andy Lau did not know that the big man behind the film was Wang Yu of the Bamboo Gang, his status in the Bamboo Gang was very high, it was said that he was also one of the "three major blood cases" that shocked the world in the 1980s, and no one dared to provoke this dangerous person.
Once Jackie Chan encountered danger, Luo Wei, who once praised Jackie Chan, wanted to hire a murderer to beat the "righteous son" Jackie Chan, and the two people who were once incomparably close now became feuds, and even the eldest brother Hong Jinbao did not dare to speak and did not say a word.
Later, it was because of the help of Wang Yu, the big man of the Bamboo Gang, that Jackie Chan was able to get out of danger, at that time, Jackie Chan did not remember this love affair with Luo Wei, and even if it was Luo Wei's funeral, Jackie Chan did not participate, and he did not interact with each other.
So what did this big guy Wang Yu want to do later?
There was once a movie produced in 1991 called "Burning Island", which had mixed reviews, and it was not as famous as movies such as "God of Gamblers" and "Drunken Fist", but the lineup of this movie was so powerful that it was shocking, let's see who is in this movie.
This movie gathered the five major movie emperors of that era in Hong Kong at that time, namely Hong Jinbao, Jackie Chan, Leung Ka Fai, Andy Lau, and Ke Junxiong, these are all well-known characters, but they appear in this movie like a marquee, queuing up, star-studded, if Hong Jinbao and Jackie Chan had to participate in this movie because of their past feelings, then what is the matter with Andy Lau and Leung Ka Fai?
Hong Jinbao and Jackie Chan are to repay the favor, and the two people do not dare to have another one, although Wang Yu has the title of big brother in the Hong Kong film industry, but his other layer of relationship, that is, the title of the big guy of the Taiwan Bamboo Gang, is even more untouched.
What was Wang Yu thinking at the moment? He felt that although this movie had the blessing of two superstars, it was not enough to play the expectations of the movie in his heart, so what to do? Then he set his sights on several people, including Leung Ka Fai and Andy Lau, who we are very familiar with.
After Andy Lau's agent refused the invitation, he did not know that the person he had offended was Wang Yu, and after he knew that he was rejected, Wang Yu was of course not a vegetarian, and the person he saw must star in this movie.
Under Wang Yu's arrangement, Andy Lau was found on the night of this day, and he was also threatened with death, and even pointed at the head by a gun, and was coerced into filming in the crew overnight.
At this time, Andy Lau already knew that he had provoked a big person who could not be provoked, so he just cooperated with the acting hard and did not say anything to refute it.
At that time, Wang Yu was looking for the film emperor Liang Jiahui, who was not in Hong Kong at that time, but went to Vietnam to shoot the famous literary film "Lover", adapted from the novel of the same name by the famous French female writer Margaret Duras.
The director of this film is also the internationally renowned and Oscar-winning Jean-Jacques Arnold, and he is not a generalist.
But Wang Yu's connections are all over Southeast Asia, just a Vietnam, he is naturally not in the word, Wang Yu just released the words, and then the entire "Lover" crew was forced to stop work, the road from Vietnam to Hong Kong is very far, and it needs to be delayed for many days, Leung Ka Fai is of course not happy, and even wants the agent to reconcile with the crew in Hong Kong.
Leung Ka Fai failed, not only did he not succeed in mediation, but soon several Vietnamese soldiers appeared in front of him, raised their guns and threatened Leung Ka Fai with their guns, and directly wanted to take him away. Obviously, Liang Jiahui "toasted not to eat and eat penalty wine", and it is precisely because of such a tortuous experience that the movie "Burning Island" has a lineup of five movie emperors.
In addition to the luxurious cast of this movie, few people have discussed the plot, and the story of the jianghu remains, perhaps only the legend of "when Hong Kong movies are popular, this is the drama forced by the underworld".
In fact, many people have also said that this "Burning Island" is a classic if it is more refined in other aspects.
This movie is actually the story of those "big brothers" who beautified themselves in the "black action" of Chiang Kai-shek's reactionaries in Taiwan, they slipped away in ashes, and were arrested and trained in a concentrated manner, there was no wind and snow, no drunken gold fans, no cigarettes, no alcohol, no girls they liked, only a large group of little brothers who had tattoos on their bodies.
Or rather, this movie is not made for the audience, in the process of shooting, the audience of this movie has been very happy, yes, this is the so-called "big brother" after the beautification of the bragging past, but pity the acting skills of these movie emperors.
Andy Lau has not only been threatened this time, this may also be the reason why Andy Lau has gone through half his life, from praise and criticism, to seriously honing himself and becoming an eternal idol.
The name of this movie is called "Booming Dragon tiger Society", the starring people are Andy Lau, Liu Jialing, Wan Ziliang, Cheng Kui'an and other filmmakers, this movie is definitely a big production of the year, not only foreign movie stars to join, but also went to the Netherlands and France, Thailand and other places for live shooting, after the release of the audience's huge enthusiasm and favor.
There is a saying that when Andy Lau was discussing with the other party, the other party did not know whether it was intentional or not, and exposed the gun in the waist. This is not called a negotiation at all, but becomes a threat, and the opening of the film is also a tattoo image all over the body, that is... It doesn't look like something a good guy took.
Andy Lau only appears in this movie for two minutes, but the poster of the movie is written with the words "Starring: Andy Lau", why do people love the dangerous sport of "holding a gun and pointing Aty Lau"?
It turned out that at that time, as long as there were Andy Lau's films, the merchants were willing to take out eight million Hong Kong dollars to buy, and at that time, Andy Lau's film remuneration was only one or two million, and the total cost added up to three or four million, so as long as Andy Lau could appear in the movie, even if not a single shot was filmed, he could already earn a lot of money.
Liu Jialing is also the "star" of this movie, and was also coerced when filming this "Dragon and Tiger Club" movie, and later the owner of the film also died because of a shooting, and the company also went out of business, which shows how chaotic the Hong Kong entertainment industry was at that time.
In the golden age of Hong Kong cinema, when you see the stars in the memory on the screen at their brightest, it is their darkest era, and no one wants to go back to that time, especially these Hong Kong artists.
Among them, in 1990, Liu Jialing was kidnapped and mysteriously disappeared for three hours, and then when the police notified her to investigate, Liu Jialing only admitted that she had been robbed of more than a thousand yuan and a watch, and Liu Jialing actually "took the initiative" to ask the police to withdraw the case and not pursue the matter.
But is it really that simple? 12 years later, a magazine exposed an indecent photo taken after a female star was kidnapped, and then Liu Jialing became the target of public criticism, but Liu Jialing, although she could not argue, still claimed that she was only kidnapped, and nothing else happened after taking the photo.
No one believed that it was only so simple, what really happened in the "three hours" of this disappearance, no one spoke up, and later some people said that the person who kidnapped Liu Jialing was the boss behind the shooting of "Dragon and Tiger Society" and later fell into the shooting, but is this really the case? Why are the parties still afraid to talk about this?
There are really many hardcore incidents like this in Hong Kong, in addition to the incidents of Liu Jialing, Andy Lau, Leung Ka Fai and others, there have also been incidents in which Jet Li's agent Cai Ziming was shot and killed.
It was April 16, 1992, supposedly because Jet Li was a cash cow, and director Wang Jing had also revealed the attitude of Jiahe's senior management, that is, "he is just a mainland boy, we have enough ability to play him to death." "This is to eat Jet Li."
The incident of Cai Ziming's murder is also a continuation of this matter, jet Li learned the news of Cai Ziming's death, panicked all day, every day worried, and even later said that for several months he did not dare to go home, every day he stayed in the hotel, there were 9 bodyguards around to protect his safety.
Jackie Chan's big brother is also secretive about this matter, he once said when participating in Gao Xiaosong's program, some people know what happened, but there is no evidence, and they dare not say it, but after a hundred years, they wrote some things about that year in the book, and did not know what they were afraid of.
There are too many hard-core things that have happened in Hong Kong, in addition to these, there are also things about Mui Yanfang being slapped, and finally ran to Thailand for a year to take refuge, and the famous "Dragon Five" Xiang Huaqiang and his wife also played an important role in this incident.
Even when Jackie Chan organized an anti-HEI social violence campaign in 1992 with Zeng Zhiwei and others, it made them more rampant, and even Jackie Chan's actions made those people angry, because of this incident, Jackie Chan was also organized by the gang to issue a "hunting order", many people wanted to get rid of him, and Jackie Chan also fled abroad.
As for Andy Lau's "Northeast Past", it is more worth saying that it was 2000, people entered the 21st century, a boss in the northeast Liu Mou wanted to publicize the enterprise, specially invited the big star Andy Lau, he spent a sum of money to change Andy Lau's concert from Dalian to Shenyang, where his company is located.
But Andy Lau that night because of physical discomfort, the strength to sing is gone, but Andy Lau still gritted his teeth to sing a song, this time the boss is very dissatisfied with the performance, not only scolded Andy Lau, but also slapped him.
In the end, the boss paid Andy Lau half the cost of the performance, only gave him 1.5 million, and threatened that if he wanted the remaining 1.5 million, Andy Lau could only lie back to Hong Kong.
At that time, after Andy Lau returned to Hong Kong with a gloomy face, he found an important figure in the Entertainment Industry and the famous organization "New Ngee Ann" in Hong Kong, that is, xiang Huaqiang mentioned earlier, but Xiang Huaqiang also had a weak heart, because it was the mainland.
Xiang Huaqiang has no heart, so he can only find Ren Dahua, the reason why Ren Dahua and Zeng Zhiwei have such a high status in the Hong Kong entertainment industry and no one dares to mess with them is because they both have "senior officials" who serve in the Hong Kong Police Department.
Xiang Huaqiang found Ren Dahua, and Ren Dahua went to find his brother in the Hong Kong Police Station, and this brother found a person, the name of this person should be very familiar to everyone, he is the "Sketch King" Zhao Benshan.
"After passing through Shanhaiguan, look for Zhao Benshan" was indeed a very interesting thing in that year, how big Zhao Benshan's power was in the northeast, many people had heard about it, and after Zhao Benshan went out, he quickly asked Andy Lau's money back.
Up to now, the "boss" is also the Hei force of Liu Has been ambushed, but the relationship between Andy Lau and Zhao Benshan is still very good, Andy Lau is also a person who has seen big winds and waves, just by virtue of the return of Hong Kong that year, a large number of stars changed their nationality, but he climbed the Great Wall at this time and sang "Chinese", which can prove his character.
Hong Kong can never return to that dark era, some people saw the prosperity of Hong Kong at that time, but did not think that the mainland has not yet developed, resulting in elites and cattle ghosts and snake gods gathered in Hong Kong.
Therefore, those prosperities are only a flash in the pan, history has returned to the right track, the country continues to rise, we will no longer look at the urban drama of Hong Kong, our eyes will shine, because our high-rise buildings have risen from the ground and built better than them.
The motherland will never allow some smoky miasma to exist in China's entertainment industry, and Hong Kong entertainment has now returned to their rightful place, and there is no need to miss it.
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