text/Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Hu Guangxin
On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, 90-year-old Hong Kong veteran actor Hu Feng was diagnosed with new crown , which made many viewers worried for a while. To this end, Hu Feng specially recorded a video to report safety to everyone. In the video, he is in high spirits and speaks full of energy: "Don't worry, everyone, I have had three injections (vaccine)!" However, Hu Feng was originally scheduled to appear on the Hong Kong Red Pavilion stage for the fifth time on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival to hold a concert , the show can only be postponed. In fact, this concert was originally scheduled to be held at the beginning of this year, because the epidemic has been postponed twice. Although it has been postponed for the third time now, Hu Feng still cheerfully promised the audience: "I hope everyone will keep the tickets, and I will meet you again at Red Pavilion as soon as possible!" The presence. He has been in the industry for nearly 70 years, from the Cantonese film Xiaosheng to the Hong Kong drama gold medal Luye, and has been a "professional father" and "professional grandpa" for more than 20 years. Zhang Xueyou , Lin Yilian , Liming and other Uranus superstars are him 's daughter-in-law. He said a long time ago that he would never give up, and he is definitely a model of getting younger as he works.
[Beginner]
's first movie starred the male protagonist
The handsome face of the comedian's soul
Why does everyone call Hu Feng "Brother Xiu"? Because his original name was Hu Jixiu, the stage name "Hu Feng" was taken by his boss after he entered the industry, which means that he is popular in the entertainment circle like Maple Leaf. Hu Feng's life did not have much interaction with the entertainment industry. He was born in an antique family in Guangzhou, and his parents expected him to inherit the family business. At the age of 21, he secretly applied for the Dacheng Film Company and became an actor, and he became the leading actor in the first film - he and the then "Hua Dan Wang" Fang Yanfen co-starred in " Man's Heart " ,Famous overnight.
In the first year of Hu Feng's debut, some newspapers described him as "moderate in stature, handsome in appearance, lively in attitude, and in gentle conversation, with all the qualities that a handsome young boy of the era should have." But this handsome young man has a comedian soul since he was a child, and even accidentally made himself stutter: Hu Feng often played tricks with his brothers and sisters in his family when he was a child. He liked to play the clown Zhu Puquan, but he was too involved , stuttering can not be changed. Until now, Hu Feng's speech is still not smooth. But miraculously, his stutter disappeared as soon as he turned on the phone and said dialogue. Perhaps because it does not affect the performance, Hu Feng doesn't care about this "hidden disease" who is not handsome or even funny at all, and even jokes that he has won the attention of many beauties because of his stuttering, so he does not want to change this habit. He proudly said in an interview: "I am born with talent. Although I stutter, I just eat (film and television)." Although
made a lot of literary films in his early years, Hu Feng's most far-reaching influence was one. But the work is a comedy - "The Difficult Brothers" released in 1960. Zhou Qing, played by him, and Wu Jucai, played by Xie Xian and , are two impoverished brothers and sisters. This Cantonese film is popular and funny enough, and it has a deep influence on the later Hong Kong film and television people. Since then, there have been many film and television works based on "The Difficult Brother" in the past few decades.
[Professional Classics]
As long as you stay young
Age is not an obstacle
Hu Feng joined TVB in the 1980s, when he was in his 50s, and more than 30 years have passed in a blink of an eye . He played from "Dad Professional" to "Grandpa Professional", and he is still fighting in front of the curtain. Until last year, he still drove to TV City to work by himself, and he had one or two episodes every year to meet the audience. Most of the partners of the same era have retired, but Hu Feng is reluctant to retire. In his opinion, work keeps him young: "Many of my friends have reached retirement age. They have worked hard for most of their lives and want to retire to enjoy life. But once they retire, their health often deteriorates, their health gets worse and worse, and they can't do anything. So I won't retire, and I plan to do more interesting work and meet more new friends."
to Hu Feng, age is never a barrier. Hu Feng has been "old" for many years, but it seems that he has never grown old, and still maintains a state of mind that is younger than his younger generation. For example, in 2013, the 81-year-old also took his "brother" Xie Xian and Joe Junior to record the reality show " Three Little Students Going to Travel ", and started an impromptu trip in Europe as a backpacker; two years Later, Zeng Jiang and joined, and it became " four small students go to travel ", and went to Russia again. As for the "tradition" of holding a concert in the Red Pavilion, it started when Hu Feng was 70 years old: at the time of his 70th birthday, a friend suggested that he could hold a concert as a commemoration; In 2002, Hu Feng held the first red hall concert in his life, "Maple Show 70 Years of Life Concert". Ten years later, the 80-year-old Hu Feng once again went to the Red Pavilion to hold the "Feng Xiu 80 Superstar Concert 2012". After that, at the age of 86 and 89, he sang in the Red Pavilion. This "Brother Xiu 90 Welcome Golden Autumn Infinite Fengsao Concert" will be his fifth concert in the Red Pavilion. In order to prepare for this concert, Hu Feng was busy practicing songs, rehearsing, and trying out costumes some time ago, and lived a very fulfilling life. In the previous interview, Hu Feng revealed that there will be 30 songs in the concert, which will be sung for 3 hours in a row, which makes people have to admire the 90-year-old's abundant energy.
[Emotional affairs]
Self-taught "Dance King Xiu" ", Hu Feng has another nickname "Dance King Xiu" - because he dances really well. In the 1960s, Cantonese musicals became popular in Hong Kong, and as a popular student, Hu Feng made more than 100 films. Among them, "Colorful Youth" (1966), which he performed with Xiao Fangfang , Chen Baozhu and Xue Jiayan and others, had a box office of more than 1.1 million Hong Kong dollars. At that time, a movie ticket was the cheapest at 0.7 Hong Kong dollars, and the most expensive was only 1.7 Hong Kong dollars. Hong Kong dollar. How good is Hu Feng at dancing? Chen Baozhu recalled many years later that when she was filming "Colorful Youth", she practiced hard at home for two days before she dared to officially join the filming group, but Hu Feng's memory of the film was only "it was a little difficult to dance in leather shoes". When he was busy, Hu Feng had to shoot four or five sets a day, but memorizing dance steps was a piece of cake for him: "In those days, musicals were mainly about dancing and had no plot, so they didn't need to be pre-arranged. Well, just practice a few times on the spot. The hardest thing is to wear a suit and tie. There is no air-conditioning at the scene, and with strong lighting, you will be sweating if you don’t dance.”
In fact, Hu Feng has not studied dancing professionally, but he I really like to dance. When he was young, he read the dance column of the newspaper, listened to the dance tutorials on the radio and learned to dance, and slowly taught himself various dance styles such as tap dance , samba , rumba , cowboy dance , etc. Become the "dance king" in the party. Hu Feng and his wife Lu Yonghe met at a Christmas party and fell in love at first sight. Interestingly, Lu Yonghe doesn't actually like dancing. Hu Feng once recalled in an interview that the couple went on a date together when they were young. After dinner, Hu Feng would dance on the dance floor by himself. He once said: "Although my wife does not encourage me to go out to dance, she will not object. The work is very hard, and I film around the clock. In my spare time, I like to dance and enjoy. My wife will accompany me when she is free, but only three or four times out of ten. If my wife also likes dancing, of course I will be happy, but the interest cannot be forced." Hu Feng and Lu Yonghe had been together for 59 years, until Lu Yonghe passed away in 2016. Over the years, the two have tolerated each other, creating this marriage story in the entertainment industry.
[Circle of Friends]
Facing the farewell calmly Half of the entertainment industry is even comparable to a large awards ceremony. On the one hand, it is because he has been in the industry for a long time and is highly respected; on the other hand, it is also because he is honest and easy to get along with. In addition to five children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Hu Feng has more than ten daughters and daughters, includingIncluding Jacky Cheung, Liming, Lin Yilian and others. In July this year, TVB specially produced a program to celebrate Hu Feng's 90th birthday. Lin Yilian, who had not appeared on TV for several years and was abroad, also recorded a rare video to celebrate Hu Feng's birthday. This year's "Xiu Ge 90 Welcome Golden Autumn Unlimited Maple Show" was originally scheduled to have more than 80 guests, including Jacky Cheung, Zheng Xinyi , Roland , Zhang Jiahui and others. In an interview, Hu Feng revealed that one of the reasons for inviting Zhang Jiahui was because his wife often praised Zhang Jiahui for singing well during his lifetime.
Hu Feng's concert has left many classic pictures that cannot be copied. For example, in his first concert at the Red Pavilion at the age of 70, his friend Shen Dianxia took the stage in a friendly manner. However, Shen Dianxia passed away in 2008. At his 80-year-old concert, Hu Feng used projection and sound effects to arrange for himself and Shen Dianxia to "sing" a song "One Yu Continue to Laugh" again to commemorate her. At last year's 89-year-old concert, Hu Feng tried to reunite the four young students of "Four Little Students Going to Travel" on the stage. Unfortunately, Xie Xian Baoyi was not able to attend, and Zeng Jiang, who was still in good spirits at the time, was on the stage. Died unexpectedly this year. When you live to a certain age, you will inevitably face life and death one after another. Hu Feng felt that people must be happy every day: "It's not that there is no unhappiness, it's just that I try to make myself happy, and I don't want to live up to my 90-year-old life. When the old friends and friends around me finish one after another, I will think about when It's your turn? This is the only way in life. You must be very reluctant to give up on the day you leave, but you will not be happy when you think about these things, so tell yourself to go with the flow and not think too much to make yourself sad."
Source | Yangcheng Evening News · Yangcheng School
Editor | Nie Qing
proofreading | Li Hongyu
