In 2007, Jet Li disclosed for the first time in "A Treaty between Luyu and Yu". 23 years ago, in 1984, he wrote to Deng Xiaoping and other national leaders for help, and received their care and encouragement. The content of the letter, Jet Li said, "it is inconvenient to disclose."
He said at the time: "I never said that when I was most difficult, these grandparents cared for me a lot in private. I never dared to use them as public opinion hype. For 23 years, I didn't dare I have forgotten every word." However, he disclosed that Deng Xiaoping's letter to him at the time stated three sentences: "The idea is very good, the timing is not ripe; study hard; be a pillar of talent in the future."
Then, Jet Li wrote at that time What was the content of the letter? What happened to him that he had to write to Deng Xiaoping and other national leaders for help, and said that the content of the letter is not convenient to disclose?
Actually, the content of the letter is very simple. It expresses Jet Li’s appeal for “retire learning”. However, behind this seemingly simple appeal, there are more reasons and stories.
In 1984, Jet Li, who has filmed "Shaolin Temple", "Shaolin Boy" and "North and South Shaolin", has become a martial arts star, but it is a bit surprising to say that he was still in elementary school at the time, even to the extreme. It's just the "culture" of the first grade. Because when he was just in the first grade, he was selected to practice martial arts in Shichahai Sports School, and he has since been "isolated" from cultural studies. When
was filming "Total Name", Jet Li was exposed as "illiterate". Jet Li also admitted this generously. He said: “When I was a child, I practiced for 8 hours a day, but I didn’t read books and kept practicing.” As he grew up, Jet Li had to participate in competitions, participate in various performances, and no time to learn. After making the movie, Jet Li gradually realized the importance of culture, so he had the idea of learning.
However, is it necessary to submit a book for just a learning problem? Of course not, because behind the study, Jet Li has even greater demands.
Jet Li was paid when he was 11 years old, but because his father died early, his monthly salary of 5 yuan became an important source of income for the family. For a family of five, a monthly salary of 5 yuan is still a drop in the bucket. At that time Jet Li liked to perform abroad the most, because each person had a daily allowance of $5 per person for overseas performances. While supplementing his household, Jet Li also used the money he saved to buy a Swiss watch for his mother, which made her happy to praise him. He is a good boy. After making the movie, Jet Li started to get paid, but it was a bit cold. He was paid more than 700 yuan for "Shaolin Temple", 1 yuan a day, 2 yuan a day for "Shaolin Boy", and 3 yuan a day for "North and South Shaolin". But he discovered that the monthly salary of the Hong Kong actors who filmed with him was as high as 15,000, and he was still the star...
After the filming of "Shaolin Temple", a Hong Kong boss once ran to Beijing to find Jet Li and offered a price of 6 million. He made two movies. Jet Li happily told the unit leader. He didn't expect the leader to say that the money should be handed over to the unit because "you are cultivated by the country and the collective." Jet Li couldn’t get the 6 million check in front of her eyes. Jet Li couldn’t get it all night. “This check is very tempting to a child who grew up in a difficult family like me, but you belong to the country and you belong to the unit. You can't take it, you can't do things without authorization."
Jet Li began to consider retirement, but no matter how he applied, the unit would always disagree. After all, he is a well-known person and an important "resource" of the unit. In desperation, Jet Li made the move to write to Deng Xiaoping and other national leaders, only for the sake of reading. In a report called "Made in China Jet Li" in "Southern Weekend", it disclosed what Deng Xiaoping had said to him at the time: "It is always good for children to study, Peking University, Tsinghua University, whichever is fine."
However, Jet Li did not go. After studying, his retirement problem was not solved. In the end of the 1980s, Jet Li resolutely said "no" to the unit and went to Shenzhen to "go to the sea".
