Perhaps only Andy Lau dares to take over the filming of "Mr. Red Carpet".
This time, he doesn't play a good guy or a villain, he is a laughing and generous "harlequin", and he can make people think about some absurd and poignant realities from laughter.
Andy Lau himself is an ordinary person. He worked hard every day, and then became popular for 43 years.
At the beginning of January, at the roadshow of the movie "Sneaking" released earlier, Andy Lau, who was facing the camera and flash, looked a little dignified.
Andy Lau (left) and Zhu Jianran (right) at the roadshow of "Sneaking" Source: Zhu Jianran's official Weibo @朱鑑然.
Andy Lau turned his body to the direction of Zhu Jianran, picked up the microphone and calmly told a story.
In 1981, he played "Ah Long" in the TV series "Goodbye to the Rivers and Lakes". That was his first role in life. "Everyone calls me Aaron, but no one calls me Andy Lau. Then, he took the microphone and said solemnly: "But tell everyone, his name is not Anan." Then he added: "Remember Zhu Jianran." ”
This kind of thoughtfulness, truthfulness, humility and empathy may be in contrast to the aura of Uranus's identity. But Andy Lau has never changed. Andy Lau knows that any actor wants his name to be remembered. Because I have been drenched in the rain, I will hold an umbrella for others.
In the 43 years since his debut, there have been close to zero scandals and scandals, sincerity, dedication, persistence, hard work, self-discipline, and finally the "stupid child" has become the king and has become a well-deserved idol in the Chinese world.
Andy lau. The three words "Andy Lau" also mean how an ordinary person interprets the greatest meaning of "idol" with a mortal body through continuous self-practice, self-polishing, and self-transcendence.
An idol for a day, an idol for life. Idols and artists are first and foremost a job, competent and responsible, and they rely on their strength to become their own halo. In the ** celebrating the 40th anniversary of his debut in 2021, Andy Lau said: "It's not to celebrate a person's 40 years of popularity, it's to celebrate a person's 40 years of serious work." ”
This is an era when if you talk about seriousness, you will "lose". Being serious doesn't necessarily make a person great, but not being serious will definitely make people mediocre.
Fortunately, we still have Andy Lau, who told us that if we are serious, we will win. He continues to pursue his career and life as an idol in earnest.
The stupid bird flies first
In 2012, social media in Hong Kong, China, launched a nominating inquiry for the chief executive candidate. Surprisingly, Andy Lau topped the list with a "support rate" of 32%.
In 2013, the Hong Kong Institute of Family Education conducted a survey of more than 700 primary and secondary school students and asked them to choose their goals, and Andy Lau ranked first, followed by Zuckerberg.
In 2014, in the movie "Golden Rooster SSS" starring Wu Junru, Andy Lau really appeared as the "Chief Executive", just as Wu Junru said, "Andy itself is already a spirit".
Andy Lau's diligence and hard work are synonymous with another name: "Stupid Child". This song is Andy Lau's autobiography - stupid child, slow and half a beat, always scolded.
Golden Rooster SSS" stills.
But the reason why stupid birds fly first is often because of diligent practice, and only endurance can fly over thousands of rivers and mountains. God will favor stupid children. One day in 1981, producer Xia Mengda found Andy Lau: "Chow Yun-fat mentioned you to me and said that there is a very good kid named Andy Lau." The appearance is flattering, the action scenes are not bad, and the most important thing is that the work attitude is first-class. We have a movie now, would you like to play it? ”
At that time, Andy Lau was just 20 years old, but he was just an unknown person in TVB. The young man from a snack shop in Tai Po, Hong Kong, was originally an apprentice in a barbershop. In 1981, he accompanied a friend to the 10th artist training class, and dramatically, he was selected.
He debuted in the same year, and was able to perform on TVB with Chow Yun-fat, Wang Mingquan, Tang Zhenye and other sisters and brothers in the film and television industry at that time, but he could only play some small supporting roles or tricks, such as passers-by, villagers, reporters, Shaolin **, etc., but in his eyes, there are only small actors, no small roles. Andy Lau's diligence and dedication are seen by others.
Andy Lau and Chow Yun-fat's relationship is the movie "A Thousand Kings and Heroes". He plays Chow Yun-fat's horse boy. During filming, he put on a handsome gesture of being ready to shoot at any time, and was scolded by the director for stealing the scene, but Chow Yun-fat saw the seriousness of this young man.
Andy Lau (centre) and Chow Yun-fat (right).
Chow Yun-fat has a unique vision and recommended Andy Lau to the crew of Xu Anhua and Xia Meng's "Running to the Angry Sea". Under Xu Anhua's training and camera movement, Andy Lau plays the "ancestral name" of the escapee, showing a desperate entanglement and despair that is caught between external turmoil and inner turmoil.
This film, which encapsulates Ann Hui's strong humanistic concern for the political situation and the changes of the times, is an indispensable work of the Hong Kong New Wave movement, ranking fifth among the 100 best Hong Kong films of the 20th century. Andy Lau was also nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the 2nd Academy Awards, making a good start to enter the film market.
This success has opened not only Andy Lau's door to movies, but also the inheritance of the Hong Kong spirit of "being in the same boat, under the Lion Rock and helping each other", as sung in "Under the Lion Rock".
Andy Lau, understand Entu newspaper. 30 years later, when he became the leader of Chinese films, he did not forget the "love of feeding". In 2011, Andy Lau heard that Xu Anhua "hasn't had enough time and money to make a movie for a long time", and he remembered it in his heart.
He scraped together enough 20 million Hong Kong dollars to give Xu Anhua as filming funds, and starred in "Sister Peach" with zero pay, which is the second cooperation between Andy Lau and Xu Anhua.
Sister Peach" stills.
This Hong Kong-made literary film about the relationship between Roger, a rich son, and Sister Tao, a domestic maid, is not a mother and son, but is better than a mother and son, and became a dark horse of Hong Kong-made films that year, from the beginning of the unpopular theme, to the final 2012 Academy Awards, Golden Horse Awards, Best Film and Best Director awards one after another. And Andy Lau also won his third and fourth actor trophies with the role of "Roger".
On December 14, 2023, when Andy Lau delivered a speech as the spokesperson of a brand, he mentioned two "extraordinary masters" in his life.
One is Xu Anhua. "As long as she does one thing to the extreme, it is her lifelong dream. She is the extraordinary master in my heart. She has never pursued the trend, because of Xu Anhua, she is the trend. ”
and another "extraordinary master" is also Lin Zixiang, whom he met in "Running to the Angry Sea". In 1981, Lin Zixiang was already a successful artist in film and television songs. After joining the group, Andy Lau learned that in addition to Chow Yun-fat, there was also Lin Zixiang who recommended himself to make a movie.
Stills from "Running to the Angry Sea".
In order to win the attention of this outstanding senior, Andy Lau always walks around in front of Lin Zixiang when he is not filming, "I hope he will look at me, and sometimes sing the songs he sings in front of him".
Because of cherishing talents, Lin Zixiang noticed that Andy Lau's voice conditions were actually good. Lin Zixiang's sentence "Hey, kid, do you like to sing?" If you like it, you can sing", knocked on Andy Lau's door to **.
At that time, Andy Lau was popular in wireless. Wireless launched a combination of "five tiger generals", Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Huang Rihua, Miao Qiaowei and Tang Zhenye became the masters. After "Falcon" and "The Condor Heroes", Andy Lau became popular all over Hong Kong Island, and the title of "idol" entered Andy Lau's life.
The red letter is on the head, and Wireless naturally wants to bet Andy Lau in the palm of his hand. In 1984, when Wireless wanted to renew his contract with Andy Lau, he refused, and instead of succumbing to the TV station, it was better to explore a freer and broader world.
Andy Lau's personality and rejection angered his old club. Wireless "hidden" Andy Lau, and also reversed the casting of "The Legend of Deer and Ding", which has already been made, from Andy Lau as "Wei Xiaobao" and Tony Leung as "Kangxi".
Stills from "The Legend of Deer and Ding".
was "hidden" by the TV station for 400 days, which means that no one is popular with him anymore, he can only rely on taking on some movies, and live a life of work and filming, but not brilliant. He also set foot in the music industry and launched the first ** "I Only Know I Love You at the Moment", but unfortunately the response was mediocre.
Whether it is film, television or song, Andy Lau's career has entered a bottleneck period at this time. Andy Lau was annoyed: "No one buys it, no one listens." Why do you think Andy Lau wants to be a singer, wouldn't it be good to act well? ”
He ran to Lin Zixiang and said with a little questioning and self-reproach: "I feel like I lost." ”
In the 80s of the 20th century, it was the first period of the Hong Kong entertainment industry. On TV, there are five tiger generals; In the music world, it is Tan Zhang competing for hegemony; Movies rely on double Mondays. In the era of talents, Andy Lau, who is in his early twenties, wants to get ahead, what does he rely on?
Andy Lau (first from right).
It was still Lin Zixiang who woke up Andy Lau. Facing Andy Lau, who was like a deflated ball at the beginning, Lin Zixiang encouraged this junior, he is still competing, still running, and has not won yet, so do you want to admit defeat like this?
If you want to get ahead, you have to rely on hard work, persistence, and refusal to admit defeat.
The curse of the "Four Heavenly Kings".
With the encouragement of his predecessors, Andy Lau took up the whip that spurred him. He became like a fiery horse, galloping in the Hong Kong entertainment industry that was racing upwards at that time.
In the five years since 1988, he has worked at an average rate of 10 film and television dramas per year, including many masterpieces in the history of Hong Kong films such as "Carmen in Mong Kok" and "Heavenly Love". This kind of work efficiency, even Tony Leung knew about it and said: "If I keep working like Andy, I will definitely die." ”
At this time, the Hong Kong entertainment industry, which was still thriving, also came to the time of "changing the dynasty". With the compromise and reconciliation of Alan Tam not participating in the awards and Leslie Cheung retiring from the music scene, the market urgently needs artists who can stir up topics and build momentum in the city to fill the vacancy.
Generations of talented people have come out, from Beijing to Hong Kong Island Dawn, Aaron Kwok, who moved to Taiwan for development and then returned, also made a fortune in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. In 1992, under the promotion of ** and major entertainment companies, the concept of "Four Heavenly Kings" surfaced.
The Four Heavenly Kings, Andy Lau (second from left).
The waters of Victoria Harbour seem calm and gentle, but beneath the surface, the whole city is still in turmoil. The "Four Heavenly Kings", from the place of birth, there has been a contest between the open and the secret, and Andy Lau is the most controversial one. For example, there are rumors in the market that "Andy Lau can't play Tony Leung, can't sing Jacky Cheung, and can't dance Aaron Kwok."
Andy Lau's status as the "king" has not loosened the professional attitude of the seniors and peers in the industry, and they are still upright and strict from the beginning.
Since 1990, singer Andy Lau has tried to write songs for himself. But Huang Zhan was very faceless and boldly opened the microphone in his column for three consecutive years, dissatisfied with "Love is So Stupid", "I have never seen someone who writes love so stupidly"; sarcastically "Love You for 10,000 Years", "Only Andy Lau can sing this song, and no one listens to it when others sing it, which means that the song itself is rotten to the extreme, and some people listen to it because Andy Lau is famous"; He also said on the show: "Andy is hardworking, but it doesn't have to be like that!" He won't have much success in writing a lifetime. ”
The fanatic Huang Zhan is famous for his open-mouthed words in Hong Kong, which is due to his character, but he must also have talent as confidence. The scolding of Huang Zhan and others is certainly ugly, but it is hard to hear Andy Lau, who was already the king of heaven at the time, also said when he saw Huang Zhan: "Uncle Zhan, don't scold me so hard, okay?" ”
Andy Lau (left) and Huang Zhan (right) Source: @ World** public account.
In the same year, Andy Lau starred in "Heavenly Love". Under the lens of Chen Musheng, this love story that takes place on Hong Kong Island, where prosperity and chaos are intertwined, has bloody romance and love for rivers and lakes. The blood at the corners of the mouth, the messy hair, the speeding heavy motorcycle, the fluttering hem of the wedding dress ......Andy Lau and Wu Qianlian's love swan song of the outlaw man and woman has become a classic scene in Hong Kong films, and has been imitated continuously.
But producer Johnny To was not satisfied with Andy Lau's performance. Andy Lau, who was already a singer at the time, once asked Johnny To for the opportunity to sing a movie interlude, but Johnny To refused and reminded Andy Lau, "If you focus on one thing, I think you will be more successful."
During the filming, when Andy Lau took off his helmet and subconsciously sorted out his flattened hair, Johnny To scolded: "Why do you want to get your hair? Because you're an idol? "The atmosphere at the scene was so tense that work was stopped for a while.
Andy Lau knew that the identity of an "idol" was a mantra-like existence for himself at that time. This is not only a sign of its own aura, but it also binds itself to death. "People treat me as an idol and don't pay attention to my acting. If I want to continue to stay in the entertainment industry, I have to take on more dramas and make everyone have an impression of me. ”
Johnny To and Andy Lau Source: Hong Kong Wen Wei Po.
But the industry does not treat Andy Lau differently because of the identity of idols, and idols abound in the Hong Kong entertainment industry at that time.
When Andy Lau became popular for film and television, Jacky Cheung had already debuted as the champion of the singing competition. The two sang in the same year, and the two also played male roles in Wong Kar-wai's ** work "Mong Kok Carmen".
1. Male 2. "Mong Kok Carmen" made Wong Kar-wai nominated for Best Director at the beginning of his directorship, Andy Lau was nominated for Best Actor for the first time, and Maggie Cheung was nominated for Best Actress for the first time, but the final winner was Jacky Cheung, Best Supporting Actor.
When Wong Kar-wai filmed his second movie "The True Story of A Fei", Andy Lau was no longer the protagonist, but the second male "Super Boy". Wong Kar-wai filmed Andy Lau, everyone thought it was perfect, but Wong Kar-wai said that he didn't like perfection, he said how can people be perfect? These words made Andy Lau very confused and aggrieved, and he could only be relieved by buying vegetables and cooking.
At that time, Hong Kong films were at a high water level in history in terms of artistic value and commercial market, and behind this, it was inseparable from Mak Dangxiong, Makkah, Tsui Hark, Johnny To and others who strictly implemented and carried forward the "production center system" on Hong Kong Island.
A Fei True Story stills, Andy Lau plays Super Boy.
As the producer and director who controls the level of the work, the power in the crew is still supreme. In front of them, the producer and director have the final say on which drama the actor can film, how well he shoots, and whether he wants to "keep one" or not. Actors don't have much power to speak and are strict, but they naturally have more room to grow.
Fortunately, Andy Lau's self-motivation is extremely strong, and even if he is hit, he never gives up.
The power of idols
Some people are very good at singing, and some people are very good at filming, so Andy Lau sang one after another and filmed one after another. "I believe that as long as you keep repeating, the opportunity will always come, and if you repeat it enough, success should not be escaped. ”
Huang Zhan was also moved by his efforts and seriousness, in a meeting between the two, Huang Zhan patted Andy Lau on the shoulder and said: "People will improve, I have talked about you for three years, and I understand your current works!" ”
In the more than 40 years since Andy Lau's debut, he has composed more than 200 lyrics, including "Ice Rain" and "You Are My Woman" that were finally recognized by Huang Hao, "Chinese" that celebrated the return of Hong Kong in 97 and praised the feelings of the family and country, "Stupid Child", which was regarded as a portrayal of Andy Lau's life, and "Wishing you prosperity" that was played by netizens as Andy Lau's digital life.
Andy Lau "Stupid Child".
Filming is also like writing lyrics, filming non-stop.
"A Tiger" shot in 2000 was his 100th film. Not long before this, he partnered with Johnny To again to shoot "Dark War". This time, Andy Lau finally waited for Johnny To's sentence, "You acted very well".
In 2000, with the role of "Peter Cheung" in "Dark War", Andy Lau finally won the first actor in his life in the 20th year of his debut. By this time, he had already made more than 100 films. Wong Kar-wai said that it took 20 years for Hong Kong to produce Andy Lau, not only because of his acting skills, but more importantly, Andy Lau's rare persistence and tenacity.
Looking back now, whether it is Huang Zhan, To Qifeng, Wong Kar-wai and others, their harshness and criticism are more out of the requirements of idols, stars, and artists, which are the foundation of career development, and they are outspoken spurs. To a certain extent, it has forged the introspection, self-discipline and diligence of Andy Lau, a lifelong idol.
In the live broadcast celebrating the 40th anniversary of his debut, Andy Lau recalled the criticism he has received over the years, saying: "My predecessors told me that if you want to succeed, when someone approves of you, you reflect word by word. If you want to fail, if others refute you, you will refute it word by word, then you will fail. ”
Stills from "Stealth".
This spirit of "reflecting on every word, not refuting every word" has almost run through Andy Lau's career since then. "I'm also an ordinary ......I'm also stupid, I need to practice for a long time to do everything, and every scene you see is just the result of an ordinary person named Andy Lau who works hard every day. ”
The world says that Andy Lau is self-disciplined, knows how to introspect, and has passed the age of ear smoothness, although his figure is a little thin, but he is full of energy, which is not bad from his prime. When "Bomb Disposal Expert 2" was released in 2022, in order to fit the role, the 59-year-old completed scenes such as skipping rope, boxing, lifting tires, and battle rope training in the movie, and there were obvious training marks on his muscles.
He said that he couldn't eat too much, and it was easy to forget to eat when he worked, and he was prone to lose his temper when he was hungry, which would make the staff angry. So he could only "eat densely, but not much", lost his temper, "found out in a few seconds, and then said sorry to them and went back to his normal work".
Self-discipline is very difficult, the road to simplicity, the most important thing is persistence, so he said: "But I still say that sentence, take hard work as a habit, and slowly self-discipline will appear." ”
Stills from Bomb Disposal Expert 2.
It is this kind of diligence and self-discipline from the beginning to the end that makes people who like and respect Andy Lau span the three generations of old, middle and young. In 2021, when Andy Lau opened an account on the short **, he reproduced the classic rooftop scene in "Infernal Affairs", this debut**, accumulated 17.14 million likes on the second day, and the number of fans exceeded 24.63 million on the first day.
In his comment area, in addition to ordinary users, many celebrities also flocked to welcome and congratulate.
He has been popular for 40 years, and he is still the top performer, and he is the idol of idols. But he always uses the tone and identity of an ordinary person to dilute the aura brought to him by the outside world. When he participated in the speech of "Let's Talk", he said that he was very nervous after appearing, and what he wanted to show to the public was the side of ordinary people.
When talking to Ma Dong about the power and influence of "idols", Andy Lau did not beautify this profession and identity, but consciously took off the whitewash and aura of this profession, and said calmly like an elder: "Being an idol is like being a father, you should be a role model, because your words and deeds will affect many people." ”
Stills from Infernal Affairs.
In Andy Lau's acting career, there is a special rule: the villain who plays must die in the end.
He told a story in an interview. In "Dark War", Andy Lau plays a killer, "After 1 3, I killed someone, and said to Huaqiang's son Zhanping (Xiang Zuo), 'Why is Andy Lau like this?' Of course, we can distinguish Andy Lau's character from Andy Lau's character, but children can't, so far, the villain roles I have taken are not so typical and cold-blooded."
Looking back at the movies released by Andy Lau in 2023, the same is true. In "The Wandering Earth 2" in the Spring Festival file, the life of the paranoid scientist Tu Hengyu has only achieved eternity in the digital world. The two-faced Vasily of "Moscow Action", as well as the drug lord Lin Zhen'an in "Stealth", and the villains who made Andy Lau "emperor" and widely acclaimed in the end, such as "Dark War", "Infernal Affairs" and "Disciple", did not end well.
Andy Lau said: "I have always felt that movies are for the public, and they must have a sense of social responsibility and mission. I used to be like this, if a work can't convey positive energy, I won't choose to shoot. "These are the values he conveys as a public figure, as an icon. This is the principle he has set for himself, a choice based on a sense of social responsibility.
The afterglow of the spirit of Hong Kong, China
In 2024, Andy Lau will continue his "model worker" posture for decades. Click on his Douban filmmaker homepage, and you will find that Andy Lau still has more than 30 film and television projects that have not met the audience, which is the only one in the film and television industry, not to mention, this is still in the context of the general decline of Hong Kong actors.
Among them, the black humor movie "Mr. Red Carpet" that will be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year condenses all kinds of ugliness in the entertainment industry.
Mr. Red Carpet" stills.
Filming rural movies for awards, hidden marriages, eating single dividends, and buying hot search ...... at the award ceremony"Mr. Red Carpet" claims to be adapted from 999 things in the entertainment industry, "Ning-style" irony and black humor, and in the joyful schedule of the Spring Festival, the "fig leaf" of Vanity Fair in the entertainment industry was torn off in one fell swoop.
When a good show debuts, it is also easy to be scolded, which is not only easy to offend peers, but even makes the audience substitute the absurdity of the role into the actor.
But with the exception of Andy Lau. No viewer will have anything to do with Andy Lau himself about the mess in the entertainment industry. He is the idol of "idols", and batches of "top streamers" who debuted in domestic entertainment talent shows have to call him "Brother Hua". The existence of Andy Lau's virtue and art is questioning the ecology of the entertainment industry where operations such as character design, overturning, house collapse, and whitewashing are staged in turn.
Ning Hao said that when he wrote the script of "Mr. Red Carpet", all he had in his head Andy Lau "just wanted to give Brother Hua a gift and realize a dream."
Andy Lau and Ning Hao.
Andy Lau is to Ning Hao, which is no different from Bole to Maxima, and Andy Lau, the Maxima discovered by Bole, is not only Ning Hao.
In 2005, Ning Hao, who became famous at the age of 25 with works such as "Incense" and "Green Meadow", had a good script in his hand, but he couldn't find investment.
At this time, Hong Kong's film industry, which is more than 3,000 kilometers away from Beijing, has long been deserted. It is only two years before the end of the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy, the pinnacle dance of Hong Kong films, and Hong Kong films have reached a trough of annual output.
In order to inject a warm current into the film industry that has entered the cold winter, Andy Lau, as an investor and the initiator of the plan, launched the "Asian Rising Star Guide" program by Yingyi Entertainment Company to fund six young directors in Asia to shoot films.
Andy Lau and Ning Hao.
Just when Ning Hao was distressed, a gust of wind blew from the south, and when he heard the news, he went south and saw Andy Lau. Andy Lau said to him: "You actually have the potential to make commercial films, I will give you a sum of money, I don't care what movies you want to make, you can make whatever you want." ”
In this way, Ning Hao returned to the mainland with a shooting fund of 3 million yuan, gathered a group of unknown people to come to Chongqing, and interpreted the script into a movie.
A year later, this small-budget film "Crazy Stone" was released, winning more than 20 million box office, becoming the box office champion in the mainland film market in 2006, and also established Ning Hao's black comedy style.
and director Ning Hao, starring Guo Tao, and Huang Bo, Xu Zheng, who were still unknown at the time, have become the pioneers of Chinese films, especially comedy films, in the millennium.
Stills from Crazy Stone.
In the future, directors such as Guo Fan, Wen Muye, Lu Yang, and Olympic bids, who grew up with the help and support of Ning Hao, have become the mainstay of current Chinese films.
In 2019, the movie "The Wandering Earth 1", which was known as "Little Wrecking Ball" at that time, was released during the Spring Festival and became the origin of Chinese science fiction movies. On the list of acknowledgements in the end credits, director Guo Fan deliberately typed the words "Thanks to Mr. Andy Lau".
In "The Wandering Earth 1", Andy Lau did not act, did not contribute, did not contribute, but he deserves this gratitude. Then, in "The Wandering Earth 2" to be released during the Spring Festival in 2023, Andy Lau played the role of the scientist "Tu Hengyu".
Tracing back to the source of the fruitful achievements of Ning Hao and others in Chinese movies, it is inseparable from Andy Lau's vision and cultivation back then. And this is also the career he is tirelessly building after entering the millennium. Promoting younger generations is the spirit of passing on the torch in the Chinese entertainment industry, and Andy Lau always has no hesitation.
The Wandering Earth 2" stills.
In 2004, Feng Xiaogang found Andy Lau and Liu Ruoying to match a young man from the countryside at that time to shoot a movie about ** and migrant workers.
The year before, this young man became the best newcomer at the Golden Horse Awards that year with "Blind Well". When he met Andy Lau, he was so excited that he knelt down in front of the "Heavenly King", and Andy Lau also knelt down in response.
This young man's name is Wang Baoqiang. "Andy Lau is a noble person in his life," Wang Baoqiang said, "When I was the least popular, Andy Lau didn't disrespect me, and I am very grateful to him." ”
20 years later, in the unusually hot summer of 2023, Wang Baoqiang filmed "In the Octagon Cage" as a director, and washed away the shame of the previous "Golden Broom Award", Andy Lau also came out to stand for him, and the two sang the movie promotional song "It's Not a Sin for a Man to Cry" together.
Wang Baoqiang and Andy Lau Photo source @ Entertainment Circle Meow Sister.
This song launched by Andy Lau in the millennium condenses the self-evident sadness and sympathy of these two ordinary people who have been running from ordinary families to the peak.
When he was a guest on "Luyu Have an Appointment" in 2015, Wang Baoqiang recalled a small incident. In the bathroom backstage of the Golden Horse Awards that year, he didn't know how to use the sensor faucet that was not yet popular at that time, so he blindly pressed hard, but he couldn't wait for the water to come from him. When Andy Lau saw it, he directly put his hand under the sensing point, and the tap water was bubbling like a spring.
"Andy Lau, the king of heaven, knows how to protect the self-esteem of his juniors.
Zhang Hanyun once recalled on a variety show that she attended the press conference with Andy Lau and was squeezed to the edge during the group photo session. Andy Lau, who was in the C position, came over when he saw it and said to her: "If I stand on the side, they won't miss you." "People who have been drenched in the rain will hold up umbrellas for others.
Zhang Hanyun and Andy Lau.
In 1997, Zhang Weijian encountered a financial turmoil after investing in real estate and faced bankruptcy. At this time, a brokerage company just called ** and said that it wanted to sign a contract with Zhang Weijian.
In the face of this "life-saving straw", Zhang Weijian said in **: "I'm about to go bankrupt boss, can you help me get through this difficulty." I have no money to pay the loan. The boss didn't say a word, and signed a check to Zhang Weijian. This boss is Andy Lau.
Andy Lau said to Zhang Weijian: "What you learn must be taught, and what you earn must be given to others." This sentence is one of Andy Lau's most widely circulated sayings, and it is also what he has practiced for more than 40 years since his debut.
Andy Lau, who will be 63 years old this year, is not satisfied, he is still learning and teaching. He has worked hard for the surging river of the Chinese entertainment industry with his own efforts, "planning to train some next-generation pillar actors and producers", creating some space for newcomers, so that they "have a new and secure space to play to their strengths".
Andy lau. He turned his idol into his lifelong career, "retiring without resting", and continued to make the life of cinema his life.
Leaning over to take a closer look at the road that Andy Lau has been crawling through in the past 43 years, the birth of a high-quality idol is not only determined by chance and personal will. Behind this, artists, or celebrities, are self-respecting and self-disciplined for this profession, and the industry behind the profession must be Taoist and healthy. Just as after the seed breaks the ground and bursts into vitality, it needs thick roots to penetrate the soil, and the trunk of the tree to temper the beating of the wind and rain, so that the strong towering trees can stand on the field, produce pollen for butterflies to dance, and intertwine branches for birds to nest. In this way, the forest can flourish and be eternal.