"King of Comedy" Zhou Xingchi Lonely Celebrating his birthday: At the age of 60, the status quo made countless netizens boo!

Today is Zhou Xingchi's 60th birthday.

Some people say that when I was a kid, I watched Zhou Xingchi's movie and felt that it was a comedy film. When I grew up, I found that it was a documentary.

The core of the comedy is a tragedy. Just as "Xingye "'s later life, after retreating, each time everyone mentioned this name, always linked to loneliness, loneliness, and sadness.

But the happiness he brought to us has been deeply staying in the heart of a generation.

"If China has Charlie Chaplin, it is Zhou Xingchi."

Along the way, Zhou Xingchi from "Xingzi" to "Star Brother", and then to the "Xingye" in the hearts of everyone. He used a "nonsense" comedy to endorse the grassroots characters.

Photo source: movie "Martial Arts Su Qier"

Now he is 60 years old, but in the hearts of many people, he is still the nonsense teenager, but it is difficult to succeed in dreaming.

In almost all movies, Zhou Xingchi's role is just a "loser". Let us easily see the marks, odors and scars that stay on the bottom of the society.

He spared no effort to put his life into the movie, whether it is the "peerless master" in the neighbors or the "shop primary two" in a low voice; whether it is self -made "little hunter" or the "big hero" that is also evil, you can always follow from A moment of someone see his own shadow.

Someone on Douban asked: Why is the growing growing and the more sad to watch Xingye's movies?

Perhaps it is because behind these laughter and scolding, there is a real and cruel real world hidden.

We cried with Zhou Xingchi and laughed together. In the end, we found that we were the protagonist under his camera.

What really drives growth is pain

One evening more than 50 years ago, there was a scolding room in a wooden room in the Kowloon slum in Hong Kong.

On this day, Ling Baoer finally came from his mother's house to a chicken leg and cooked it carefully. Unexpectedly, when his son took a bite, he threw the whole chicken leg on the ground.

She suddenly jumped like a thunder, slap her son a few slaps, and picked up the dirty chicken legs to eat.

This seemingly unknown child is Zhou Xingchi.

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Many years later, in the interview of Phoenix Satellite TV, Ling Bao'er's old things were repeated before they realized the good intentions of his son.

Because of poor, Ling Baoer was reluctant to eat meat, and he would only secretly pick up the children's remaining and soiled eating.

In order to let her mother eat more, Zhou Xingchi, a young age, directed and performed such a play.

Zhou Xingchi's childhood was shrouded under the huge shadow of poverty.

His parents are the fugitives from Guangzhou, and a family of five squeezes in the "coffin room" with a large slap. Like many people at the bottom, it has lived into a lice in the folds of Hong Kong.

As the saying goes, the children of the poor have been headed early.

In order to make a living, Zhou Xingchi started working early, especially after his parents divorced, he even reached the axis of the day and night: sell shrimp dumplings in restaurants, sell newspapers in Tsim Sha Tsui, set up stalls with grandmother, run legs for people, and mixed people ...

The bad family situation has made Zhou Xingchi remind himself more than once: Don't think about it, you will not have a future.

However, when he was taken to the cinema for the first time by his mother, when he saw Bruce Lee on the screen for the first time, Zhou Xingchi seemed to see his hazy future -being a movie star.

Picture source: movie "Shaolin Football"

Regarding this dream, a friend laughed at him and did not take his own effort. His mother advised him to be down -to -earth, and his girlfriend hoped that he would give up as soon as possible.

Faced with the opposition from the world, Zhou Xingchi was confused, helpless, and lonely, but the seeds of "filming" had taken root in his heart. He could only go up against the road and move towards the destined road.

Zhou Xingchi's poor growth experience restricted him and made him.

Without this experience, he lacked insight into the lives of the public; he seemed to be born lonely, but he could not break the boat and forced himself to move forward.

Just as philosopher Nietzsche said: "All the decisive things come from adversity."

What really drives us to grow is frustration and sharpening; what really stimulates our fighting spirit is to strike and disappointment again and again.

It is said that life is suffering, and it is worthwhile to suffer.

No one's day, not aggrieved

Now it seems that Zhou Xingchi is a trendy shaped person, and the history of Chinese film history cannot bypass it.

But at the beginning of the industry, he had no signs of "popularity".

For the dream, the persistent Zhou Xingchi took 3 years in a row before entering the TVB artist class.

He clearly remembered that in order to prevent his height from becoming an obstacle, he spent a lot of money to buy double -healed shoes. As a result, the examiner only glanced at him and said disdainfully, "Go home."

But Zhou Xingchi did not leave. While showing his talents, he laughed and said good words, and finally asked for the opportunity to join in.

No one expected that for a full 6 years, Zhou Xingchi could only rely on humblely and diligently to ask himself a small role of "running dragons" for himself.

In "The King of Comedy", there is such a classic scene.

Yin Tianqiu, played by Zhou Xingchi, said to the heroine Liu Piaopiao: "Miss, if you have to ask me to run a dragon, can you not add a" dead "word in front?"

The cheap tone and self -deprecating smile made the comedy effect directly full, but for Zhou Xingchi, it was the epitome of his bitter past.

Picture source: movie "King of Comedy"

His friend Song Ziwen once said: "At that time, Xingzai was very mixed. He sent a lot of people to earn dozens of dollars. He learned very oily and grinded his mouth with others. Sometimes he had to waste a dead body. Lift water. "Once, he couldn't help expressing his understanding of the movie in front of the director. Unexpectedly, he didn't expect that the voice did not fall, and it caused a laugh.

Zhou Xingchi had to embarrassedly smiled at the "Big Brother", apologized, and then began to shoot a fart and say good words.

But I don't want this "big brother" to say in public: "How do this person like a dog?"

These words, like a fist, shattered Zhou Xingchi's heart, making him unprepared for a long time.

Many years later, he wrote this sentence into the movie "Journey to the West" and became the most classic line at the end of the film.

In the past few years after joining the industry, Zhou Xingchi's "Purgurm is".

Frequently and wishes are always looking down on, and they are grieved and insulted.

He reminded me of Liu Zhenyun's sentence: "Everything in the world can be picked, that is, the days cannot be picked. Everything in the world can't stand scrutiny. Everything is hidden in each piece."

That's how Xingye is, and so of you and me.

In the face of a bitter and stressful life, who is not exhausted while gritting his teeth.

Picture source: movie "Shaolin Football"

For the sake of dreams, for survival, for the sake of speaking, we always force ourselves to say what we do n’t like, do things we do n’t like, because we are unwilling and we do n’t want to give up our contest with the world.

You really can't satisfy everyone

In 1988, it was too important to Zhou Xingchi.

This year, he finally observed the clouds and got rid of the situation of his career.

After the appearance of "Perak Pioneer", he has participated in movies such as "Gai Shi Hao Xia" and "Dragon in the End of the World", and quickly opened his popularity.

Even in 1992, he released 7 films in a row, which took over the top five box office of the annual Hong Kong movie in one fell swoop.

This year was also called "Zhou Xingchi" by Hong Kong media.

"Gambling Saint", "Escape from School of Escape", "Martial Arts Su Qier", "Tang Bohu Point Autumn Fragrance", "Journey to the West" ... Classic films have been released, and Zhou Xingchi has been lifted to an unprecedented height.

He and Zhou Runfa and Jackie Chan also called the "Double Monday Dragon", and supported the half of the Hong Kong movies with their own strength.

In the age of VCD, almost everyone had seen Zhou Xingchi's pirated disc. No wonder some people said, "We all owe Zhou Xingchi a movie ticket."

Even "Times" Weekly said: "Zhou Xingchi's comedy seems to be able to temporarily get rid of anxiety and pain."

However, as a "comedy star", Zhou Xingchi himself is difficult to be happy.

Because of the accompanying popularity, the dispute between the performing arts circle and the battlefield.

Some people say that he is a "stain tyrant". When he is harsh and scolds, he is the person who "dominate everything" in Wang Jing's mouth;

Some people say that he is "poorly popular", and many directors and actors who have worked in cooperation scold him to play big names and have a bad temper;

Others said that he was "selfish", accusing him of being too loving money, stinging when he gave money, but when he collected the money, "the lion opened";

Xiang Huaqiang's wife, Chen Lan, bombarded him, Luo Jiaying publicly accused him, even the golden partner Wu Mengda farther away with him.

And Zhou Xingchi's loneliness and silence in nature made him unable to justify himself.

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Gradually, Zhou Xingchi became the "strange coffee" in people's eyes.

In the interview, Zhou Xingchi explained: "I am a very serious person. Working crazy will make people unhappy."

In addition, no matter how much, after all, he understands that no matter how well you do, some people are not satisfied.

As writer Liu Tong said:

"There is no personality in the world to avoid offending people. Speaking will offend the villain, the euphemism of the speaking committee offended the temper, old people will offend people with principles, and smooth people will offend smart people. Since they will offend people, they will be offended. Then do yourself well and do yourself, and you are not afraid of offending people, because you can bear the consequences. "

Those who understand you will naturally understand you. Those who don't understand you say that it is useless. We don't need to prove ourselves to others, let alone the joy of everyone.

Loneliness is the background of life

In addition to works and character, Zhou Xingchi's emotional life has always been talked about.

But the focus is not "talented and beautiful, spend a good moon", but to miss and regrets again and again.

The first love Luo Huijuan had been infatuated with him.

Later, the relationship with Zhu Yin and Mo Wenwei did not support it for 3 years, and it disappeared.

Asked the reason, their answers were amazingly consistent: "Zhou Xingchi only loves movies and themselves."

In the hurry, Zhou Xingchi lived into an orphan.

Some people say that his loneliness has begun since he was born in 1962.

When he was a child, he always looked at the car of Hong Kong alone, without a playmate, and no friends. When he grew up, the reality was naked and rough.

When he became famous, the fame and fortunes came from the face, and prompted him to avoid, always thinking about escape from the crowd.

It is difficult for Zhou Xingchi to be defined. He is a genius and idols. He has been an actor and director. He has been involved in business and politics, but in the end, he shaped himself into a lonely "king".

I like Liang Shiqiu's sentence very much: "Life is just a journey from coming and walking. There is a life that is happy and sad, and there is bitterness and sweetness." In fact, we are like Zhou Xingchi.; I have also eaten hardships, suffered tiredness, encountered injustice and stomped; I cried late at night, but had to continue to run.

Why does Zhou Xingchi be like "God" in the hearts of many people?

Perhaps it is because he let us ordinary people see a beam of light of "life will become better."

Just like the classic dialogue in the King of Comedy:

"Look, the front is dark, and nothing can be seen."

"No, it will be beautiful after dawn."

Zhou Xingchi said:

"Twenty years ago, the audience did not see‘ dawn ’with Yin Tianqiu, but 20 years later, everyone can see that it is really beautiful after dawn."

We shuttle on the journey of life and do not have to be afraid to enter the shadow for a while. As long as we persist, we will see the dawn of our lives like Xingye.

Finally, bless Zhou Xingchi:

Xingye, be happy.

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