Recently, the film "Mei Yanfang", produced by Jiang Zhiqiang, directed by Liang Lemin, and co-starring Wang Dani, Gu Tianle, Lin Jiadong and Yang Qianwei, will be released nationwide on November 12.
One of the actors can be described as a late bloomer, passing by the awards several times, and finally became popular in his fifties, winning the Academy Award for Best Actor, which every actor dreams of.
He is Lin Jiadong.
On September 21, 1967, a baby boy landed in the Kowloon City Walled City, and his father named the son Lin Jiadong.
Lin Jiadong was born into a wealthy family and had 7 older sisters in front of him.
Before he was born, in that era the mother was looked down upon by her mother-in-law because she could not give birth to a son.
His father was not only a soldier, but also a college student of that era, with a wealthy family and a dozen floors for rent under his name.
Such a man can be said to be quite good now.
It may be precisely because the family is relatively superior, so that such an excellent man does not care about the world, so he obeys his mother's words, and even thinks like his mother' feudalism.
Therefore, before Lin Jiadong was born, grandma let Lin Father go out to make friends with other women in order to let the Lin family have a queen, hoping to bring a man.
In that era, Lin Mu did not dare to say anything, maybe in her mind, this kind of thing happened, and not giving birth to a son herself was the original sin of everything.
It endured until 1967, when Lin Jiadong was born.
Lin Mu felt that she could endure her husband's search for a woman, and her mother-in-law had to be yin and yang, and she could finally end it, but the truth did not go as she wished.
Mother Lin originally compromised with Father Lin, it was okay to find a woman, but she couldn't bring people home, and with a son, she couldn't go out again.
After Father Lin went out, where could his heart be returned, and later even with Lin Jiadong, Father Lin did not converge.
Later, even with Lin Jiadong, his father did not converge, like a wild horse that was out of reins, where could he still be tied?
According to a later interview, Lin Jiadong recalled that Lin Father once took him to a woman: "Jia Dong, called Aunt Ya!" ”
He wondered, why did he call auntie? This is not my mother's sister.
Then he pointed to the boy next to him: "Oh brother!" ”
Later, Lin Jiadong understood that this woman was his father's lover.
It turned out that before Lin Jiadong was born, Lin Father not only had a son outside, but also a daughter, and there was more than one.
Although Lin Jiadong's father was unfaithful to the family, in Lin Jiadong's eyes, his father was not a person who achieved nothing.
At that time, Lin Jiadong was the first person to introduce instant noodles, Lin Jiadong often followed his father at that time to sell instant noodles, although the business failed later, but in Lin Jiadong's view, his father was also a person who had created a business.
After the failure of the business, people came to collect debts every day, and Lin Jiadong's mother finally couldn't bear to live such a life.
When Lin Jiadong was 10 years old, it was also the first time Lin Jiadong saw the family sitting together, and his mother let all the children choose between mom and dad.
Very dramatic, everyone chose their mother, so the 8 children's eating and drinking Lasa, all on the shoulders of this woman, it is also such an experience, so that Lin Jiadong's personality has become introverted.
After her parents divorced, her mother took Lin Jiadong and her siblings to move into a leaky house.
Here, Lin Jiadong became extremely sensitive and more cautious, because here Lin Jiadong not only suffered from poverty, but also suffered a lot of sneering.
Until he graduated from high school, Lin Jiadong, as the eldest son in the family, understood that he needed to share the responsibilities of the family for his mother.
He gave up his dream of changing his destiny by becoming a doctor, and compromised with reality to become a waiter in a hotel to subsidize the family.
It was Lin Jiadong's experience that allowed him to see the brilliance of many star artists, and the "artist training class" held by TVB also allowed him to see the opportunity to change his destiny.
Lin Jiadong finally chose to enter the entertainment circle, and "Xu Wenqiang" played a decisive role.
Lin Jiadong chose to enter the show business circle, and Zhou Run initiated a great role.
At that time, the only hobby of the introverted teenager was watching TV, and later Lin Jiadong said in an interview:
Never seen such a good-looking dead man.
Just like that, after watching Xu Wenqiang, played by Zhou Runfa, being shot dozens of times on TV, he left the seed of wanting to be an actor in his heart.
So Lin Jiadong went to apply for TVB's "Wireless Artist Training Class" in order to be handsome like Xu Wenqiang, but he was not selected in the first year.
The next year, he was finally admitted to TVB's training class, but he did not expect that on the first day of entering the training class, his teacher said to him: "You can't look good, you can only rely on your own efforts." "He got his first blow in acting career, he
No matter what the teacher said, for this hard-won opportunity, Lin Jiadong is particularly cherished and extremely desperate.
The word hard work is not deceiving. At that time, Wan Ziliang wanted to retire, and TVB forced him to train a few new people before leaving.
In desperation, Wan Ziliang accepted two apprentices: one was "Star Boy" Zhou Xingchi, and the other was "Crazy Boy" Lin Jiadong.
After Wan Ziliang accepted Lin Jiadong as an apprentice, he did not soar like he imagined, but watched the actors who were at the same time as him take off one by one in the TVB dragon set.
During these 7 years, due to the monthly salary of TVB at that time, he could not support a person at all, and he did many part-time jobs in order to survive.
Back to the previous tea restaurant as a water bar, sold royal jelly, and took some sneakers to Shenzhen to sell, which barely survived.
The best part-time job was to engage in finance, when his monthly income was more than half a year's salary of the TV station, and because of this part-time job, he bought the first mobile phone in his life, and when others began to call him Dong Brother from Dong Zai, he began to be confused.
Do you want to go back to the TV station, do you really like this job?
When trying to take the training course, I have to grit my teeth and insist on it for half a year without income, now for what?
In such a real world, he still gritted his teeth, gave up his financial part-time job, returned to the TV station, and worked harder to fight for performance opportunities.
After that, there is a talk show, the director intends to push Liu Jiadong and another host to give the protagonist a shot, that is, a green leaf to set off the protagonist's role.
At that time, the director was particularly optimistic, the effect was particularly good during the audition, and the executive producer was particularly satisfied, but when it came to the top level, the supervisor said: "He is just a dragon set." Or change to someone else! ”
The director moved the original words to him, and Liu Jiadong was very sad after listening: "If you don't give me a chance, then I will always be a dragon set." ”
On that day, Lin Jiadong, who was in his twenties, ran home and hugged his mother and cried bitterly.
Lin Mu told him: "It doesn't matter, what does it matter, you are still young!" ”
"Just as the so-called three years and one yuan, ten years and a small student, you have only been working for 5 years!"
Since then, Lin Jiadong has made up his mind that he likes acting, so he will try to go in the direction of a good actor, and then no matter how poor he is, he will no longer take the variety show.
In 1995, Master recommended Lin Jiadong to Mei Xiaoqing of TVB, "Entertainment Transfer Student", because he imitated Jacky Cheung in the play, a very god-like performance attracted much attention, and then starred in film and television dramas such as "Big Trouble Guangchanglong" and "Tea is Hometown Strong", and successfully ranked among the first-line students.
Wan Ziliang was also very interesting, and before he retired, he entrusted Lin Jiadong to Andy Lau.
So he joined Andy Lau's umbrella and became an exclusive supporting role for Andy Lau from a popular xiaosheng in TVB TV series.
At that time, because Andy Lau and Mai Shaotang had just opened Hengtai Huanyu Film and Television Company, it was on the occasion of employment, and the addition of Lin Jiadong could be described as timely rain.
For Lin Jiadong Andy Lau is very optimistic, originally wanted him to play the main role directly, but Lin Jiadong said that he was not ready.
Therefore, in the movie "Love Jun Like a Dream", he played a supporting role and directly won the nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 31st Hong Kong Film Awards.
However, unfortunately, Lin Jiadong did not win an award in the end due to the "too strong taste of TV dramas" on his body, nor did he become popular.
To this end, Andy Lau patted him on the shoulder: "Give three years, pay the salary, don't go to acting, think about how to act!" ”
There are unexpected storms in the sky, and when Lin Jiadong was on vacation, Andy Lau turned against Mai Shaotang.
The company is facing bankruptcy, and its artists have fled.
At this time, Lin Jiadong took the initiative to terminate the holiday and returned to Andy Lau' side: "Do you want me to go out and make money and come back?" ”
Andy Lau: "What do you think about this situation now?" ”
Lin Jiadong: "In a word, if you want me to leave, I will leave, if you want me to stay, I will accompany you!" ”
As the saying goes, "see people's hearts for a long time, see the truth in hardships", see a person clearly, do not look at the "icing on the cake", but look at "sending charcoal in the snow".
Later, Andy Lau and Mak Shaotang reconciled under the mediation of many parties, and Lin Jiadong was also out of the customs, and then Andy Lau took Lin Jiadong to "rampage" in the entertainment industry, no matter which movie Andy Lau starred in, there were almost all Lin Jiadong's figures.
Andy Lau once signed his blog as: "There is a house at home, it is stable enough", which can be seen how deep the friendship between the two is.
From "Love Jun Like a Dream" to "Infernal Affairs", from "No Thief in the World" to "Brothers", from "Jianghu" to "Sister Tao", the two can be described as "inseparable". At that time, Hong Kong Entertainment Also joked: "If you want to find Andy Lau, first look for Lin Jiadong." ”
Especially when Lin Jiadong starred in the movie "Underworld", that wanton and dashing hurdle action and the untamed eyes instantly circled countless fans.
The classic of its movements is also on a par with the "Crow Lifting the Table".
Lin Jiadong has been debuting for so long, many people may not remember his name clearly, but as long as they mention "Dongguan Zai" to others, they must suddenly realize: "Oh ~ it turns out that Lin Jiadong is Dongguan Zai!" ”
It is really ten years of supporting roles that no one knows, a hurdle world knows ah!
Lin Jiadong went from being the lowest artist in the TVB training class to becoming a movie emperor for 30 years.
What is even more rare is that after he becomes the film emperor, he can still quietly play supporting roles and continue to act steadily.
As he said: "I just want to perform seriously, and on the day the episode airs, everyone will definitely know who Lin Jiadong is." ”
He did it.
In this long 30 years, he has carefully polished his acting skills, is not afraid of external gossip, and breaks the prejudice of the outside world with vivid and vivid roles, but also wins respect and recognition for himself, becoming a rare good actor in Hong Kong cinema in modern times.
What do you think about Lin Jiadong?