Chen Baixiang has always been a passionate and straightforward Hong Kong artist. His innocence has never been shaken. Before Hong Kong returned to China, he had climbed the Great Wall with other Hong Kong artists in groups.
He sees the problem very thoroughly and advises young people: "If you don't study well, don't say you can't afford to pay for it. Even the future of the rest of your life will be bleak. What you strive for with violence must be wrong."
can Such rational thinking stems from his hard childhood life.
Chen Baixiang's parents came to Hong Kong from Panyu, Guangdong in 1949 to escape the war. One year later, Chen Baixiang was born.
Hong Kong was not as prosperous as it is now. It was a small fishing village. Everyone was very poor. Chen Baixiang's family of eight was packed in a small house of more than ten square meters.
The wandering and poor life of his childhood made Chen Baixiang more aware of the importance of only peace to make money.
When he was 16 years old, he went to a bar to sing and earned 400 yuan a month. At that time, the police's monthly salary was only 380 yuan. When he became an adult, he formed the "losers" band (predecessor of Wenner) and became the lead singer.
The band of him and his childhood friend Alan Tam also defeated the lotus band of Hong Kong's first-generation singer Xu Guanjie in the singing competition, and the limelight was no different. After the band
disbanded, he began to do business in the sea.
This is also the more legendary part of Chen Baixiang, who has dealt with pirates.
In the 1970s, he was in the garment factory business. When he first started, he had only six garment making machines. Two or three years later, the business became bigger and bigger and he opened three factories one after another.
His wealth has also risen, and he has passed the ten million threshold. In order to reward himself, he also bought five cars.
then began to go downhill. When the garment factory closed, there were still millions of pieces of clothes in the warehouse. Unwillingly, Chen Baixiang went to the Middle East with his clothes alone. When
got there, he made a deal with the pirates and asked the pirates to sell him clothes and one piece of clothing. The pirates paid a dollar commission, and they were all sold out in three or four years.
The east is not bright and the west is bright.
Fortunately, his youthful turmoil has made him versatile. Even if his business fails, he still has the art of acting to support himself.
He also benefited from the fact that the Hong Kong film industry in the late 1970s was an ambiguous star-making workshop. Almost every ten years, a group of bright film and television songs appeared.
The movie-based Hong Kong entertainment industry is like a pyramid. Uranus superstars are at the top of the tower. Apart from the unknown behind-the-scenes personnel supporting them at the tower, there are golden supporting roles.
Chen Baixiang is one of them.
He has appeared in hundreds of movies, but the most talked about is the collaboration with Stephen Chow. With a simple and snobbish appearance,
's role in Stephen Chow's movies often gives people a sense of black humorous presence, and often makes people laugh.
There are many famous scenes such as Zhu Zhishan, played by Chen Baixiang in "Tang Bohu Pointing Autumn Fragrance".
name scene one.
The leisure and elegance struck, Tang Bohu, who was originally a BBQ in the courtyard of his home, ran into Zhu Zhishan who visited again. This time he lost all his wealth in the casino.
When Tang Bohu confided his reason for coming here, Zhu Zhishan not only did not feel guilty, but had a hint of pride on his face, and replied in a humble manner: "The parents who gave birth to me, the brother Tang who knows me."
Tang Bohu, who was accustomed to this kind of scene, chose to refuse. However, he underestimated Zhu Zhishan's stalker. After crying, making troubles and hanging himself, Tang Bohu finally decided to help him again.
saw Tang Bohu strip off Zhu Zhishan's clothes with a swipe of a big pen, leaving only a handsome leather bag, and then splashed ink.
uses two dots on his chest as flowers, palms as trees, buttocks turned into stones, front feet into clouds, hind feet into mountains, the most majestic thing is to draw a lifelike insect with his life roots.
After a while, the heroic "picture of an eagle spreading its wings and swallowing the world" came to light on the paper.
dedicated to art, Chen Baixiang, who appeared naked and finally got what he wanted, and set the classic tone for "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" with a wonderful opening.
name scene two.
The four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River show must have a name. Their coquettish position, handsome undressing, calm pose, and beautiful beauty are slightly bleak in front of them.
In this situation, the four great talents naturally want to write a poem: Under the MountainFlock of geese, booed off the river. Luohe catches the goose to treat the hungry, and goes home to pick up his wife after eating. This section of
, which had already made people laugh at the time, can still be called unique after many recollections.
The cooperation of Chen Baixiang, Wu Zhenyu, Zhou Xingchi and other four people is perfect. The lack of one person is not the original taste.
Everyone has played the characteristics of the role, such as Tang Bohu's Sao, Zhou Wenbin's waves, Wen Zhengming's Dang, Zhu Zhishan's cheapness.
name scene three.
The posh and stunning sister Pomegranate appeared on the stage. She and Zhu Zhishan, who was arrested as Tang Bohu in Washington, spent several spring evenings in the wood house and played cosplay.
Those leather whips, those ropes, and those star makeup are still lingering in my mind, and the corners of the mouth will rise unconsciously when I think of it.
name scene four.
Ning Wang brought people to Washington for the test, but Hua Taishi was forced to let the fake Tang Bohu come out to paint, but after all, the fake could not be taken seriously.
Zhu Zhishan's divine bird phoenix with passionate expression is just a pair of chickens eating rice map. After being questioned, he ingeniously added a sun to the comb. Although
only lasts a few minutes, there is a finishing touch, which uses contrast to set off Stephen Chow's positive image, with a lot of laughter. Since
talks about classics, I have to mention the "Deer Tripod 1" and "Deer Tripod 2" co-authored by Chen Baixiang and Stephen Chow.
Chen Baixiang's performance in these two films can be said to be equal to Stephen Chow.
When facing the numerous treasures of gold and silver, Wei Xiaobao looked happy and happily on the side while copying Obhai’s home, while his good friend Duolong was talking in silence. In this performance of
, the performance of the two of them is very much like cheering and teasing in cross talk.
Zhou Xingchi: "Worry about the country's hatred, ah, my heart is sad", Chen Baixiang: "Master Wei, don't cry if you don't sing well." As soon as
sang and sang, the audience in front of the screen had already laughed "pig".
and Chen Baixiang's appearance.
The court lady he dressed up was spit out "such an ugly court lady, must be poisonous wine"; after putting on linen, she became the proprietress again, and the effect was equally remarkable, making the customers vomiting. It can be seen from
that in addition to his appearance advantages, his expressions, body movements and nonsensical style complement each other. Although he is a green leaf, he can make the red flower pale in the gap between his appearances.
Of course, his flattering "My admiration for you is like a surging river, endless, and like the flood of the Yellow River, one shot cannot be dealt with" is naturally indispensable.
and the classic quotations of perfidy and betraying friends for glory, "Master Wei, you guessed it, I betrayed you again".
Although Chen Baixiang's scenes in "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qier" are not many, in the only time he caught the audience's eyes with the interpretation of Wu Mengda's sketch.
especially the two people's exaggerated performances about whether they will win the No. 2 champion by placing a bet on Su Can and the fact that fraud in the examination room may lead to a loss of money.
not only is not embarrassing, but also makes the comedy atmosphere strong. This is the skill of an actor. You can refer to Bao Beier after the substitution of "Hong Kong囧" and Wang Baoqiang in "Tai囧".
The same role, if the actor fails, the imitation is still pirated.
Unfortunately, after "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", these two comedy wizards no longer cooperate. In a later interview with
, Chen Baixiang confessed that he and Stephen Chow were not friends, and did not communicate with other than work during the filming, and it was Xiang Huasheng, not Stephen Chow, who invited him to cooperate.
But he affirmed Zhou Xingchi's talents, saying that he is a brilliant and perfect film genius, but his arrogant personality made him have no friends.
He and Zhou Xingchi are like two parallel lines that will never intersect. Anyone can leave whoever they meet. Once they meet, they will be wonderful.
After all, Chen Baixiang is the only actor in all the nonsensical comedy films that have collaborated with Stephen Chow to tie with the star, and even overshadow him.
is always painful, but we are also lucky. With Stephen Chow no longer appearing in movies, we can still see Chen Baixiang on the screen.
, who has been in the forefront of his age, is still active on the set. He loves movies and loves the land he grew up in—Hong Kong.
is just now Hong Kong but lacks the spirit of Hong Kong people that they used to be. The reasons for
are firstly because the pattern of the younger generation in Hong Kong is too small. The small pattern of
is because Hong Kong people have become stagnant in the advancement of the times, and even a little arrogant.
They failed to adapt to the change in the center. The previous Asian financial center was gradually replaced by Singapore. After Hong Kong returned to the mainland, it could not develop as it used to. The mainland economy also began to rise, and Hong Kong's competitiveness was no longer unique.
This is the fate of the land of Hong Kong, and it is also the change they must accept.
Two is because of the collision of ideas, culture and economy.
From the past, you can see the world in Hong Kong, and now you can only see Hong Kong in Hong Kong. The change of vision should not be changed to narrow, but more tolerant and open. Only by embracing the future can we have a future.
Third, because of the increase in the cost of living, it is no longer life but survival in Hong Kong.
Young people are dragged down by high housing prices, and all the money they earn is paid for the rent. They live in coffin houses that cannot walk upright and live a life of humility every day.
This is not the worst. Some young people live in iron cages separated by iron wires. Such houses are called cage houses, which are commonplace in Hong Kong.
They often laugh at themselves for not being able to live as good as cattle, without any dignity, and are accompanied by athlete's foot, snoring, noise, and disease all day long.
has been living in such a repressive environment for a long time. Many young people have chosen to obey and give up. Just as "Anti-Corruption Storm 4" said, going to prison is the only way for young people in Hong Kong. The lines of
from the film are artistically rendered, and are also a reflection of reality.
The old generation of Hong Kong people is pragmatic and hardworking, and grows up with Hong Kong. The new generation of Hong Kong people, in the bustling metropolis, remembers the past, impetuous and stressful.
They are accustomed to good food and can't stand rough tea and rice, so they become irrational, angry, stubborn, and inflexible. These young people like
have never understood Chen Baixiang’s distress. They will only go on endlessly, and they will not independently think about why Hong Kong has become like this.
In fact, the truth is very simple. Chen Baixiang said in the show more than once that no one can resist the general trend. Only by following the trend and the changes in the system can there be long-term stability.
is true in Hong Kong, and it is true in China.
Wish everything in China is well, and at the same time China cannot be less.
