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He is one of the four villains in Hong Kong movies, and he was also a famous thirteen Taibao of Ciyun Mountain in his early years. From underworld to actor, from birth to death, his life story is simply a microcosm of the history of Hong Kong gangsters.
Today, I will combine his two autobiographical films and some text interviews with his boss to restore the underworld career of Hong Kong actor Lee Shau Kee .
In 1949, Lee Shau Kee was born in Tsz Wan Shan, Hong Kong. Like many low-level Hong Kong families in that era, parents were exhausted all day for their livelihoods. The undisciplined Li Zhaoji quickly developed a lawless character. He couldn't read well, and he felt that the underworld was very powerful, so he formed a small group with twelve other friends and fought all day long.
Because of his tall and mighty appearance and black hands, he has the nickname "Goofy". People who have reached a certain status are not afraid of opponents of the same level as him, but are afraid of these unscrupulous little boys.
Relying on the deadly fighting style, the Thirteen Taibao of Ciyun Mountain quickly rose to fame. Become the most feared child party organization in Hong Kong, and successfully attracted the attention of 14k, throwing an olive branch to it. The time of
was the day that Li Zhaoji looked forward to the most when he was a child, and it was also the day he regretted the most and absurd when he was old.
"When you didn't have money before, if you went to the street to see someone who was not pleasing to the eye, you robbed him, and you would have money." - Lee Shau Kee As a blessing, whoever is unhappy beats them up, but finds a shop to collect protection fees when the money is spent. Even in jail, he can throw a party.
"I tell you, when I was young, I was very happy to be in prison. Some people in the prison played in the band. He took a broom and pretended to play the piano, and some took the lid of the bucket to knock. "
" Does the prison guard care about it?"
"You are playing and you are not fighting"
is just a gift of fate, and the price has been marked in secret. Lee Shau Kee's first ten years were glorious, and the next ten years were miserable.
02.
If there are still people who think they are young and dangerous, then look at the story of Lee Shau Kee. There is a place in Hong Kong called Kowloon Walled City . When the Qing court ceded Hong Kong, it requested that this place be retained as Chinese territory.
Pornography, gambling and drugs are the characteristics here, fists are the hardest truth here, and Lee Shau Kee and his association were once the local snakes here. Until a fight, his brother was hacked to death, the brother's parents pointed at his nose and told him to roll quickly.
It was only when he suddenly realized that he lived a life with his head pinned to his trouser belt, there is no tomorrow. Once the knife is swung out, it will never be taken back.
New hatred and old hatred are forever entangled. Even if you want to wash your hands, you have to see if the enemy will answer. You just have to keep hitting. Later generations often say: people can't help themselves in the rivers and lakes, which is probably the case.
To paralyze himself, he started taking drugs. It sucked black and white upside down, sucking skinny. Suck the horses and run away, and the site is lost. Thirty years later, he revisited the old place with a reporter from People magazine, pointed to a place and said, "There used to be his fan stall." The seat continued to suck. Humans are not people, ghosts are not ghosts, and he can't understand why he abused himself like this in the first place.
Lee Shau Kee, whose body was hollowed out by drugs, has changed from an underworld boss to a bereaved dog that everyone shouts and beats. His father cut ties with him, and his sister and sister called the police when they saw him. His mother felt sorry for him and cried and begged him to quit the drug addiction, and he also cried and agreed. Once addicted, you can't control yourself.
finally one day, he stood on the roof, ready to die. It's really boring for
to do this as a human being. But he was afraid of death and changed his mind temporarily. The following year he was caught stealing by the police and put in jail. This time in prison, there is no young arrogance anymore. During the Chinese New Year, he sat at the window with his fellow prisoners, watched the prison guards' house brightly lit, and listened to the laughter of the children, and felt a burst of envy. The life of an ordinary person has become his distant dream. After
was released from prison, his mother found him with a priest. ThisThe pastor is his former eldest brother, Chen Shenzhi, who has long since changed his ways. Fortunately, there are still two people in the world who didn't give up on him, helped him get rid of drugs, and Li Zhaoji, who completely got rid of drug addiction, seemed to be reborn. Under the introduction of Chen Shenzhi,
got to know Wang Jing and other filmmakers, and became the script consultant of "Young and Dangerous". In a variety of gangster movies, starred as a gangster. Of course, there is also the famous scene of cooperation with star :
"I have never tried such a clear feeling, the umami of beef urinating shrimp 's sweetness, combined, it is even better than tiger spots, even better than tiger spots. My first love is more poetic."
To be honest, I didn't even understand how Xing Ye persuaded this big guy to let himself go. Since then, Young and Dangerous Lee Shau Kee has become history.
03.
On June 2, 2019, Hong Kong actor Lee Shau Kee died.
"You die in the hospital without surgery, and you die in the hospital when you do surgery. You always die here, just do it."
He was scrawny in the hospital bed. Much humanity. After
quit the underworld and became an actor, he starred in more than 40 film and television dramas, and also established his own film company. After decades of hard work, he has a small savings.
But unfortunately, the Hong Kong film industry declined, and his company went bankrupt. The real estate investment has also vanished in the financial tsunami. Not only did he lose his savings, he also owed a lot of money. When friends around him heard that he was in debt, they chose to leave. There are only a few people in
, and the former gang brothers, who are still willing to stay by his side to help him, including Gu Tianle . Before
died, he specially told his girlfriend: Keep all the ceremonies simple and don't bother Gu Tianle anymore.
Later, he got liver cancer . After chemotherapy, he lost weight all of a sudden. Living in a tenement building in , Kowloon Tong, , the rent is 10,000 yuan a month, and the rent is all paid by the brothers of the community. When going out to eat, the neighbors help him pay for it.
In 18, a reporter asked him: Many people outside said they were helping you, is that true?
he said angrily: "Many people say they have helped me, but this is not true. I am now a waste. Don't help me, please don't pretend to be a good person with my affairs."
once It is unavoidable that the unparalleled Jianghu Big Brother has fallen to this point. But he seems to have expected the ending. In an interview a few years ago, he said:
"There is a saying that we are young and dangerous, we must recognize when we are weak, and we must stand firm when we are beaten."
