Author: Shanjia
The first time I heard the name of David Jiang was in the series "Falcon" starring Andy Lau. At that time, Andy Lau, playing a police officer named David Jiang, was awe-inspiring and handsome.
In the Hong Kong film and television circle, there is really a predecessor named David Jiang, who is also today's male protagonist, who won the Asian film emperor at the age of 23 and became the first Hong Kong actor.
Melancholy Little Student Liang Chaowei, when he first debuted, people gave him the nickname "Little Jiang David", which shows the influence of Jiang David.
On October 30, the figure of Jiang David was seen again, and he took a group photo with his brother Qin Pei and brother Er Dongsheng on the birthday of his nephew Jiang Wenjie. Half a century has passed, and the young man who was dancing at that time is already a middle-aged uncle.
What is touching is that Jiang David, a rebellious teenager, lost his father from childhood, skipped school when he went to school, learned kung fu under the recommendation of his brother Qin Pei, and acted as a stand-in, but he did not expect to meet a nobleman on the road, and he became a martial arts superstar of the same era as Bruce Lee, and he was even more prominent than his brother Qin Pei.
In real life, what kind of girl can control this young chivalrous guest who is unruly on the screen?
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David Jiang, born in Shanghai on June 29, 1947, is a male baby of a pig.
Dad's big name is Jiang Keqi, the stage name is Yanhua, and his mother Hongwei are both actors. Older brother Jiang Changnian, stage name Qin Pei; Jiang David himself, formerly known as Jiang Weinian. When he was two years old, he came to Hong Kong with his family.
In 1951, dad died of liver cancer. That year, David Jiang was 4 years old and Qin Pei was 6 years old. Old Mother Hongwei bravely provoked the burden of the family.
The following year, my uncle passed away. The mother and four children, plus the mother-in-law, a family of six. At this time, the mother took on the life of the six members of the uncle's family. 12 mouths waiting to eat, you can imagine how desperate the old mother Hongwei should be.
When David Jiang was 4 years old, he starred in movies with his brother and sister, which was also a solution to his mother's problems.
In 1957, Hongwei married the producer Er Guang, and the next year she gave birth to a son, whose name was Er Dongsheng. Half-siblings affectionately called him "Little Treasure."
In 1960, Jiang David starred in "Street Boy", which was his first time as a star, and director Yue Feng also specially named him Jiang David.
Jiang David has been very rebellious since he was a child, he did not read well when he went to school, he stayed at the first level in primary school, and he also stayed at one level in middle school, which is really not the material for reading, so Jiang David often skipped school and ran away. Whenever he was found by his brother Qin Pei, he always had to go home and punish him for kneeling.
After returning to school, the class was like listening to the heavenly book, which really could not be read, and Jiang David dropped out of school, when he was 17 years old.
Qin Pei came up with a good idea to introduce Jiang David to work as a martial artist in the film "St. Paul's Gunboat" in which he starred. At this time, Jiang David found his favorite, he followed Liu Jialiang to learn Hong Quan, practice the style, busy every day, but mentally very happy.
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In 1968, on a very ordinary day, David Jiang acted as a stand-in for the male protagonist in "Golden Swallow", a jump from the second floor, crisp and clean, which immediately attracted the attention of director Zhang Che.
Under the conversation, Jiang David is actually the son of the deceased, and the world is too small, right? It turned out that Zhang Che's first script, "Masquerade Girl", Yan Hua was the male number one.
Zhang Che saw that Jiang David was always fighting with his life as a martial artist, and he was sympathetic and persuaded him to be a contracted actor of Shaw Pictures.
At that time, the martial artist was very popular, and the top one could earn four or five thousand yuan a month. In less than half a year, you can buy a building. And when Shaw's signed actors, there are only one hundred, two hundred a month, a little better than four hundred and five points.
Don't look at Jiang David's young age, but he has a special opinion, a first-class martial artist, he really can't reach it, at most he will be a second-rate in the future. Old age and weakness, he can not move, so he gritted his teeth and signed a contract as an actor.
Since 1969, David Jiang has worked with Dillon and become the most famous CP under director Zhang Che.
N years later, Zhang Che commented: The most popular male stars in Hong Kong in the past 20 years are only Wang Yu, Bruce Lee, David Jiang, Jackie Chan, and Zhou Runfa.
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In Zhang Che's eyes, Jiang David is smart and flexible, has good skills, as long as he is attentive, he can learn anything quickly.
But outsiders looking at The small Jiang David, who is only 172cm tall, will always put words to Zhang Che: "If Jiang David can be red, I will climb from Shaw to Tsim Sha Tsui!" ”
Zhang Che specially created the movie "Ranger" based on the temperament of Jiang David. Not only did the film sell well, but people will always remember the teenager with a sunny smile.
1970 was a year in which David Jiang was in the middle of the day. In the film "Revenge", he won the Best Actor Award at the 16th Asian Film Festival, which is also the first Asian film emperor in Hong Kong. For those who sang about him at that time, Jiang David said unequivocally: "Any revenge has been repaid!" ”
In Zhang Che's films, Jiang David plays a rebellious and free chivalrous guest, always with a face full of unruliness. And the audience likes his cool and draggy taste.
Yi Shu Shitai, who was also a star chaser at that time, wrote all he had to Jiang David——
He gets up at what time of the day, gets up and shoots those new films, loves to go somewhere to have fun at night, every audience knows, what brand of cologne he uses, what fragrant ice cream he eats, who his girlfriend is, who his boyfriend is, cut his hair a thousand times a month, and the audience is also clear.
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Again in 1970, David Jiang attended a friend's wedding as a guest. It was at this wedding that David Jiang fell in love at first sight with a girl named Li Linlin.
In fact, Linlin girl is also an actor, and has long intersected with Jiang David. When she first debuted, she had a cooperation with Jiang Mu Hongwei. At work, I also received a lot of help from this old aunt.
Jiang David's sister Yan Hui, and Linlin are good girlfriends who have known each other for many years, and the two often play together. But between the yin and yang, Jiang David and Linlin had never met before, this was good, zhigen and the bottom, the two fell in love.
David Jiang, as a popular male star at that time, half of the young women in Hong Kong were his loyal fans. But Jiang David only belonged to The Linlin girl, and 4 years later, on May 20, the two officially entered the palace of marriage.
Look, young David Jiang has long understood the connotation of 520. In fact, that day was the day the two first met.
According to common sense, it was the rising period of David Jiang's career at that time, and the announcement of the marriage news meant that the powder would be dropped. Loving someone is to give her the greatest sense of security, and David Jiang did not hesitate to enter the besieged city with his beloved girl.
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After getting married, David Jiang continued to work hard in his career, and Linlin focused on the family. After marriage, they had a son and two daughters. In ordinary days, Jiang David is a spoiled wife demon, taking care of his wife in every way.
The days that I thought were happy would go on forever. But in 2011, Linlin was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. After learning this news, David Jiang decided to stop all the work at hand and accompany his wife through the difficulties.
In the ward, David Jiang is the best escort for his wife. After chemotherapy, Linlin became a paper person, and Jiang David was her defender, taking her out to relax. Two years later, under the careful care of David Jiang, Linlin miraculously recovered.
The most comfortable state of a person is to accept shortcomings rather than control everything. From the rebellious wind-chasing ranger to the kind uncle who is now full of spring breeze, Jiang David recalls the Shaw time of that year, always raising a feeling of gratitude from the bottom of his heart, saying that he has read less, his martial arts are not particularly good, and his figure is not tall (172cm), until today he is still acting, and the audience feels that he has acted well, which is enough.
Thousands of flashy people have been around, only true love warms people's hearts. Today, from 1974 to 2021, David Jiang and Linlin have gone through 47 years of ups and downs hand in hand. Companionship is the longest confession of love, probably this is the best look of love...