He is the originator of Hong Kong zombie films, but also Bruce Lee's royal martial arts instructor, if he is not around, Bruce Lee would rather not turn on the camera.
He made the Chinese zombie completely stereotyped, and the Mr. Zombie who starred 26 years ago has not been surpassed so far.
Hong Kong's zombie movies rose to prominence because of him and declined because of his departure. Hello everyone, I am a small editor entertainment number outside the strange, this document to a generation of zombie Dao chief, the ninth uncle - Mr. Lin Zhengying.
In 1952, a poor family in Hong Kong gave birth to their third child, named Lin Genbao, later Lin Zhengying. Due to the difficult conditions, Lin Zhengying tasted hardships from an early age, and after only two years of primary school, he joined a Peking Opera troupe in Hong Kong and entered the door of the famous Peking Opera artist Pink Chrysanthemum, in order to eat a full meal, and Qin Xue practiced hard.
Although Lin Zhengying has been silent since he was a child, he is particularly able to endure hardships, and others can only get on stage after a year of study, and he has only been licensed to perform on stage after only half a year of study.
In 1969, Bruce Lee had already become a superstar in the East, and Lin Zhengying also ran to develop a piece of the film industry under the advice of friends.
At that time, 17-year-old Lin Zhengying worked as a dragon and tiger martial artist at Shaw Film Company, the so-called dragon and tiger martial artist is actually a stand-in, there is a saying that the protagonist of the film is paid, and the dangerous stand-in is carried. It can be seen that Lin Zhengying did suffer a lot in the past two years as a stand-in, and in 1971, Lin Zhengying, who was agile, was invited to join Jiahe Film Company and was responsible for martial arts instruction.
In the same year, Bruce Lee also returned to Hong Kong to develop, the first film he made was the martial arts film Tang Shan Big Brother, Lin Zhengying naturally became the martial arts director of this movie, at this point, the two can be regarded as really intersecting.
It is said that Lin Zhengying carried Bruce Lee's feet hard during filming, even if he fell to the ground without saying a word, which made Bruce Lee quite appreciative of him, and even Lin Zhengying's appearance as Tangshan's big brother was invited by Bruce Lee. Due to the box office fire of Tangshan Big Brother, it directly broke the record. Jiahe shunshi also launched five major films such as Jingwumen and Dragon Fighting Tiger Fighting, and the martial arts instructor of these films was Lin Zhengying, and Bruce Lee at that time even believed that if Lin Zhengying was not there, the martial arts shots of the film would not be guaranteed, so he preferred not to shoot.
Just when Lin Zhengying thought that he was going to the peak, Bruce Lee died unexpectedly, and Lin Zhengying fell into a trough in an instant, but at the critical moment, Hong Jinbao pulled him and let him join the Hong family class.
Can a zombie film without Lin Zhengying still be called a zombie film? This is the evaluation of Lin Zhengying in the 1980s and 1990s.
In 1985, Hong Jinbao and Liu Guanwei filmed Mr. Zombie, and Lin Zhengying, who was the backbone of Hong's class, was naturally assigned a role by Hong Jinbao, who was fighting righteousness, and played the maoshan Taoist master jiu uncle holding a peach wood sword in the film. You have to say that this Lin Zhengying's temperament is indeed like a Dao chief, the filmmaker went there, the director directly called the proper zombie nemesis, so that Lin Zhengying, who was originally a supporting role, compared Xu Guanying and Qian Xiaohao, and the scene became more than the protagonist.
When the filming was first made, the boss only gave Liu Guangwei a budget of 4.5 million, but he did not expect to spend 8.5 million in the end. Everyone agreed that even if it is released, it can not return the cost, even Hong Jinbao is not optimistic about this movie, did not expect that the film was a fire as soon as it was released, and the box office was as high as more than 20 million, dominating the top five of the annual box office, which caused a zombie frenzy for a time. Before the Mr. Zombie fire, everyone still has only a vague concept of zombies, it is you, to define the Chinese zombies, such as zombies need to rely on jumping to travel, rely on hearing to hunt, glutinous rice can go to wet poison, etc. After the fire, Lin Zhengying hit the iron while it was hot, and together with Liu Guangwei and Hong Jinbao, he produced a number of psychic zombie films, such as the zombie family and Mr. Lingxian, both of which exceeded 15 million at the box office, and Lin Zhengying was also known as the zombie road chief.
Because the zombie film market is too hot, a large number of zombie films that follow the trend for a time have poured in, resulting in the audience's aesthetic fatigue, Lin Zhengying knows that to highlight the siege, it is necessary to find another way. As a result, a self-directed and self-acting by Lin Zhengying, a yimei Daoist who integrated Western elements turned out to be born, and as soon as the film was released, the box office once again exceeded 10 million, and Lin Zhengying once again led Hong Kong zombie films to a new trend.
Although the zombie film has made Lin Zhengying successful, it also leaves him with regrets, because his role as the Taoist leader is too classic, the company let him make a zombie film, in fact, he has always wanted to make a literary or romantic film, but unfortunately he did not achieve his wish until his death.
When Lin Zhengying ruthlessly threw away Sister Pomegranate, it turned out that he knew that his life was short and did not want to drag her down.
In 1995, Hong Kong zombie movies began to decline, Hong Kong ATV seized the opportunity to invest millions of Hong Kong dollars to invite Lin Zhengying to play the TV series Zombie Daochang, Lin Zhengying met the pomegranate sister Yuan Qiongdan during filming, although Uncle Ying has a strong personality and does not like to talk, but he is still pursued by Yuan Qiongdan, but Lin Zhengying seems to be a little resistant, turning a blind eye to Yuan Qiongdan's love. Once, at the end of work at night, Yuan Qiongdan wanted to drive Lin Zhengying home, but he did not expect Lin Zhengying to return: I have feet, I will go. This put Yuan Qiongdan's straight stomp, but Yuan Qiongdan is not a person who gives up lightly, the last shot of the zombie Dao Chief is the kiss scene, but Lin Zhengying, who has been shooting zombie films for many years, naturally does not have much experience in shooting kiss scenes, resulting in this shot being filmed many times without satisfaction. So Yuan Qiongdan rushed over and hugged Lin Zhengying's head and kissed it, this kiss not only made the drama perfect, but also made the two fall in love together.
After establishing the relationship, Yuan Qiongdan took the initiative to move to Lin Zhengying's home, that year, the two often drank morning tea together, went to eat food stalls at night, and went to the flower market to buy seeds and go home to plant them personally, which can be said to be very sweet, but unfortunately the good times are not long, and everyone knows that Uncle Ying loves.
Once, when he felt unwell, he went to check, but he did not expect to find out the advanced stage of liver cancer, and Lin Zhengying, who got the examination report, immediately broke up with Yuan Qiongdan and moved out overnight. Although Yuan Qiongdan repeatedly asked the reason for the breakup, Lin Zhengying was determined not to tell him, so some media scolded Lin Zhengying as a scumbag. On November 8, 1997, Lin Zhengying died in a hospital in Kowloon, Hong Kong, at the age of 45, Yuan Qiongdan, who learned of this news, was filming in the crew, and it was also a scene that needed to laugh, although he pretended to be strong on the surface, but in fact, he had mixed feelings in his heart, after the end of the day, Yuan Qiongdan cried for a while and laughed for a while, because uncle Ying still loved himself. It was because he knew it was too late, and at Lin Zhengying's funeral, Yuan Qiongdan came early to send his former lover on his last journey.
With the departure of Uncle Ying, the Hong Kong zombie film has also come to an end, and the glutinous rice red rope is still there, and Lin Zhengying is not seen. Uncle Ying didn't have a dao chief after that.
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