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Wu Zhenyu, 17, is a young man with unrealistic dreams all day long, and he wants to have a job that does not have to get up early and does not have to go to work on time, but is well paid.
Looking at her whimsical son, Wu's mother rolled her eyes and taunted him: "You have to be a beggar!" ”
Wu Zhenyu thought about it for a while, and finally said with a sad face that it was too hard to be a beggar, and it was better to make a small white face and let the woman raise it.
In order to realize his "ideal", Wu Zhenyu plunged into the entertainment circle.
He feels that when the star film remuneration is high, there are many opportunities to show his face, and he can be favored by the rich big sister if he is not good.
The TVB artist training class was not easy to enter, and Wu Zhenyu, who had no performance foundation, was rejected for many years until 1982, when he was selected and became a classmate with Liang Chaowei and Zhou Xingchi, who was 21 years old at the time.
In this group of people, Liang Chaowei was the first to emerge, and he and Andy Lau and other brothers formed the "Wireless Five Tiger Generals", which was quite popular and became a small student.
Unlike Liang Chaowei's situation, Wu Zhenyu and Zhou Xingchi can only run dragon sets in tvb's serial drama.
Running the dragon set can not make money, but Wu Zhenyu is very content, he even feels that if you eat and wear without worry, running a dragon set for a lifetime is also very good.
From the cannon fodder dragon set without lines to the villain male second who confronts the protagonist, this is a summary of Wu Zhenyu's ten-year acting path.
In 1992, Wu Zhenyu played the biggest villain Jiang Yulang in "Absolute Double Glory", and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In his early 30s, Wu Zhenyu finally broke out of the hall of fame, but this was far from enough, because Zhou Xingchi, who ran the dragon set with him in the early years, has changed from "Star Boy" to "Star Master", and he was thrown away by his friends who debuted at the same time.
In the following 4 years, Wu Zhenyu starred in various villains in nearly 40 Hong Kong films, but did not impress the audience.
Until 1996, he finally went out of the circle with the villain "Liang Kun" in "The Ancient Confused Boy in the Jianghu".
This role brought Wu Zhenyu's career to a turning point, and he was exposed to better scripts and could play the main role.
After more than 10 years of polishing in various film and television dramas, Wu Zhenyu had no problem playing the main role, so he quickly embarked on the road of impacting the highest awards in domestic films.
In 1999, Wu Zhenyu showed superb acting skills in "Gunfire", and was nominated for best actor at the 37th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards.
Before the award ceremony, the outside world was generally not optimistic about Wu Zhenyu, because the competition with him was Zhang Guorong's "Gun King" and Liang Chaowei's "Fancy Years".
Liang Chaowei recently won the Cannes Film Emperor, and he was the most popular among all the finalists, and at that time everyone thought that the Golden Horse Film Emperor was his bag.
Even Wu Zhenyu's best friend made a joke: "If you win the prize, my head will be used as a stool for you to sit on." ”
In fact, Wu Zhenyu also felt that the probability of winning the award was not high, and he even simulated the process of accompanying the run in private, such as what expression to use when the camera cuts when he loses the election.
These "elaborate preparations" did not come in handy, because Wu Zhenyu finally defeated all the competitors and became the Golden Horse Emperor of that year.
Wu Zhenyu's award was a blast, and he himself was absent from the award ceremony due to his work.
Not being able to personally go on stage to receive the award is an eternal regret for Wu Zhenyu, after all, he has been almost lucky, and he does not know when the next award will be held.
In addition to the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards, the Chinese film industry also has two major heavyweight awards, namely the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards.
As a Hong Kong actor, Wu Zhenyu has never been involved in the Hong Kong Film Awards.
"The Academy Award owes Wu Zhenyu a movie emperor", this is a joke in the circle, but it reflects the heartache and helplessness of Wu Zhenyu's many times to accompany him.
In 2000, Wu Zhenyu was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for "BurstIng Criminal Police", and eventually lost to Andy Lau's "Dark War".
In 2001, Wu Zhenyu was nominated again, and eventually defeated Liang Chaowei.
In 2003, "Infernal Affairs II" became the annual hit, and Ni Yongxiao, played by Wu Zhenyu, was hailed as the "godfather of China".
This time, Wu Zhenyu's chances of winning the award are extremely high, and he even wrote his impressions in advance, but unfortunately, the day did not go according to people's wishes, he still lost to Andy Lau.
The failure made Wu Zhenyu feel uneasy, he said in an interview: "Hong Kong's entertainment industry, talk about luck, connections, talk about audience popularity, but do not talk about strength, strength is placed very far behind. ”
In the following years, Hong Kong films declined, and the acting school could not find a way out, and could only spin around in bad films.
The big industry is sluggish, but Wu Zhenyu has his own insistence, he said: "I have acted in many bad films, but I have not played a bad role. ”
In 2017, Wu Zhenyu and Gu Tianle cooperated and failed to impact the Academy Awards for the 4th time with "Peeling Daddy".
In 2019, Wu Zhenyu's "Uncle Against the Current" was nominated for the Academy Awards, but it was a pity that it was another accompaniment.
In the nearly 40 years of practice, I have not been able to win the Academy Award, and I say that I am not sorry, it must be false.
But Wu Zhenyu is also very clear that people cannot be successful in this life, his family is happy, his career is successful, although he did not get the Academy Award, he will not be questioned about his acting skills, which is already excellent.
Although he often plays a bad guy with a fierce heart and a twisted personality, this does not prevent Wu Zhenyu from being a very romantic person in real life.
Wu Zhenyu's wife, Wang Liping, a model by training, told the world on the talent stage at the age of 19 that she most admired rough, cute and humorous boys.
For many years, Miss Wang never found Ruyi Langjun, until a dance party, she met 37-year-old Wu Zhenyu, the two fell in love at first sight, and the spark of love was wiped out.
Under the fierce pursuit of Wu Zhenyu, Wang Liping's heart was moved, and Shunshi talked about love with him.
The two people who are in love are naturally you and me, like glue, after 4 years of love, Wu Zhenyu knelt down on the street to propose marriage, and married Wang Liping back home.
Wu Zhenyu's romance is not only reflected in multiple weddings, but also in his meticulous care for his wife.
During Wang Liping's pregnancy, Wu Zhenyu pushed off all her work and spent a whole year of maternity leave at home.
During the paternity period, Wu Zhenyu did not know much about Wang Liping, whether it was daily diet or gynecological examination, he would ask one by one.
In 2010, Wu Zhenyu also got into a lawsuit for protecting his wife.
Wang Liping had a verbal altercation with someone in the bakery, accidentally fell to the ground during the argument, and the grumpy Wu Zhenyu did not hold back and clashed with the other man.
Afterwards, the man called the police and said that he was "attacked by a cross-neck slap", and Wu Zhenyu was arrested and taken to court.
Because of this incident, Wu Zhenyu left a case and was fined HK$10,000.
In 2014, in the parent-child variety show "Where Did Daddy Go Season 2", Wang Liping, who has always been low-key, appeared.
When the mothers of the other children were eager to make a full table, Wang Liping only made a fried rice for the father and son.
In the face of outside doubts, she said lightly: "After being with him (Yu Brother), I have never cooked again. ”
Not allowing Wang Liping to enter the kitchen is actually the embodiment of Wu Zhenyu's tenderness, he does not want his wife to be too tired, so he tries to "enrich" his wife as much as possible.
From the stories of Wu Zhenyu and Wang Liping, many people have seen the real love. In the entertainment industry, this true feeling is particularly precious.