preached in the text. ——Tang Lei
Many people say that the Four Heavenly Kings are long gone.
Admittedly, that era has passed for a long time, and even the vast majority of fans are already scrambling to age.
the fat fat, the the Mediterranean the Mediterranean, the bucket waist of the bucket waist.
But just bring up those four words.
There will be light in their eyes, as if seeing it for the first time.
Some people will ignite the flame of "not admit defeat" in an instant.
abandons those low-quality groups, and fans are cute after all.
but the most special place of the four kings.
is against the barrel principle .
is well known. The
barrel principle, also known as the short board theory , was proposed by Lawrence Peter , the core content of which is: "How much water a barrel holds does not depend on the highest piece of wood on the barrel wall, but It just depends on the shortest piece on the wall of the barrel."
Of course, the Four Heavenly Kings did not become a "bucket".
But although they are not a group of artists, once assembled, their momentum is stronger than any group in the entertainment industry.
Therefore, it can be compared with the "cask principle".
According to common sense, when it comes to the Four Heavenly Kings, it is easy to pick out weaknesses at a glance. For example, whose movie box office is not very good, whose album sales may be average, whose facial features do not look very good, whose acting skills may be worse. .
But on the contrary, people are more likely to remember outstanding achievements, either individually or collectively.
such as Aaron Kwok 's singing and dancing strength, Andy Lau 's balanced development of songs and movies, Dawn 's literary films, Jacky Cheung 's musicals, Aaron Kwok and Andy Lau are leading the Hong Kong film industry today. For example,
monopolized the most popular male singer award in the 1990s. They held more than 1,600 solo concerts, sold more than 100 million copies of genuine records, and won a total of 9 three-gold actor trophies so far.
However, not everyone gets this treatment.
The concept of the Four Heavenly Kings in Hong Kong originated in 1992.
Before being crowned king, Aaron Kwok swept the Chinese-speaking world with his songs and dances, Andy Lau was popular in Southeast Asia with movies, and competed with Jacky Cheung in the Hong Kong music scene. The pattern of the four kings was formed.
Chinese music scene followed suit.
Taiwan has the Four Heavenly Kings and the Four Little Heavenly Kings, and the mainland also quickly launched another version of the "Four Heavenly Kings". If you don't mention the specific names, it is estimated that many people will not be able to correspond.
But these three groups of "kings", why can't stand the carving of time?
This is actually related to a famous old saying.
don't have diamond , don't work on porcelain. Is
a good king? Years later
, Liming said in an entertainment show, "Many young actors now are very handsome, they are average in acting, and they are average in singing. In fact, I was average back then, and I am average now." Born ten years ago, he is already the "King of Heaven" today. There are self-deprecation and pretense in
's words.
But how intense was the competition back then, Dawn who was in it should know best, every competition for awards, every competition on the scene, and even the clothes and hats would be compared. The
media also often creates topics, such as awards for "making horses", or who is out of the ranks of the king.
Therefore, Aaron Kwok is a dual weapon of portable appearance and dance steps. He also worked hard to polish his singing skills after returning to Hong Kong, and in just a few years, he has reached the position of the top-level powerful singer.
And before Lei Songde and Aaron Kwok "dismantled", Dawn couldn't wait to secretly send the news.
Jacky Cheung announced his retirement in 1996 and devoted all his energy to planning and performing preparations for the original musical " Snow Wolf Lake ".
Andy Lau's Cantonese songs were unfavorable, and immediately turned to focus on Mandarin songs,On the other hand, he also starred in a large number of movies like an iron man. Behind these performances of
, there are actually four words.
is walking on thin ice.
Back to the previous post.
talks about Taiwan's "Four Heavenly Kings", most people will say that they are not very good-looking, they can't dance, they don't have any movies to watch, they can compose and sing well? But there are too many singers like that.
mentioned Taiwan's " Four Little Heavenly Kings ", young people also have good looks, but they can't compare with Aaron Kwok and Andy Lau. There are no masterpieces in movies, no masterpieces in music, let alone any stage.
Let's take a look at the "Four Heavenly Kings" in the Mainland, which are exactly the same as the "Four Heavenly Kings" in Taiwan.
looks back at the four heavenly kings in Hong Kong. They are Aaron Kwok, Andy Lau and Dawn at their peak. They are everywhere in music, movies, stage, advertisements and even charity. Music works and movie works are emerging one after another, and even advertisements will As the focus, Aaron Kwok's Pepsi , Dawn's Hutchison, Andy Lau's Ericsson and Jacky Cheung's Juneyao Milk.
But don't the other "kings" have strengths?
has, but not many areas can be called "benchmark".
This may be the truth.
give a few examples to make it clear at a glance.
" Fuchengtou ", which is popular all over Asia, the sales of the first three albums exceeded one million, the sales of star portrait prints for seven consecutive years, the 450-degree revolving stage, the Dancer of the Year Award, Pepsi Hall of Fame member, three Hong Kong’s top-grossing film of the year, the highest-grossing Chinese-language film in Hong Kong’s history, three mainland films breaking one billion yuan, Chinese-language film kings, and 416 concerts.
has the most leading films and the highest-grossing actor in the mainland, the top ten idols in Hong Kong and Taiwan for six consecutive championships, three Hong Kong annual top box office films, three mainland films that have exceeded one billion yuan, landed on the Spring Festival Gala six times, and performed 401 concerts.
has won the "World's Highest Selling Chinese Singer Award" twice, with 4 million record sales, the original musical "Snow Wolf Lake", the largest number of solo concerts in the Chinese music scene, and 789 concerts.
's second Cantonese album won the IFPI Award for the highest-selling album of the year, a Hong Kong literary niche in the 1990s, and 320 concerts. In
, you can choose any data or score at random, and if you can have one of the three groups of "kings", you will be happy. For example,
has the least number of concerts, 320 concerts in Liming, but Zhou Huajian , who has the highest number of concerts in those groups of "Tianwang", only has 193 concerts, even if adding 76 concerts of Wang Jie , Qi Qin 's 53 games, three people tied together, barely surpassed Liming's two games.
This is the difference in hard power.
spans song, dance and shadow.
They are equally radiant in different fields.
is responding to what I said before. The lower limit of the four kings of
is already the upper limit that many people cannot reach.
so goes against the barrel principle.
is not surprising.
