Er Dongsheng once commented on the program about his mother Hongwei:
She never played a female protagonist in her life, but she gave birth to three sons who played the male protagonist.
At first glance, this sentence is full of a sense of accomplishment, but carefully, netizens found that something was wrong.
Er Dongsheng said that his mother Hongwei gave birth to three male protagonists, but with his fingers broken, how to count in this entertainment circle can not count the three male protagonists with the surname "Er".
In fact, Er Dongsheng's words were not false at all, but the "surnames" of the three brothers were different.
The three brothers are: Qin Pei, Jiang David and Er Dongsheng.
It is said that many people are not unfamiliar with these three names, but many people do not know that these three famous Hong Kong gangsters are actually a mother.
So why do brothers of a mother have three surnames? How did Hongwei, who has played a supporting role all her life, cultivate three male protagonists?
Today we will reveal the life of Hongwei, the winner of the "Golden Horse Award special achievement award".
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Hongwei, whose original name was Luo Zhen, was born in Beijing to an ordinary family.
Originally, Hongwei was a Manchu gege of the Eight Classics of Zheng'er, but when Hongwei was young, the family road had already fallen.
Therefore, Hongwei's life when she was a child not only did not have good clothes and food, but was very poor.
In order to make a living, at the age of 12, Hongwei entered the troupe and has been performing for a living ever since.
The social conditions at that time were not as good as they are now, and the status of entertainers was far from being comparable to now.
To put it nicely is "art worker", ugly point is "drama", not to mention that there are fans, and some people can see it even if they are mixed well.
In such a context, Hongwei's acting career is not smooth.
She first worked in her hometown of Beijing for a while, then moved to Shanghai, and finally fled to Hong Kong to continue her acting career.
Along the way, she starred in many classic works, such as "Little Two Black Marriage", "A Midsummer Night's Dream" adapted from the novel of the same name.
In her decades-long acting career, she has starred in a total of 63 works.
However, without exception in these works, she can only appear as a supporting role, and even most of the works do not even have a character name, and there is only "so-and-so wife" and "so-and-so mother" in the introduction.
Although she has never played a leading role, she still enjoys it with her passion.
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People with the same dreams are always attracted to each other.
During her work in Shanghai, Hongwei met Yan Hua, who also loved her acting career, and entered the palace of marriage.
Yan Hua's original name was Jiang Keqi, as an actor, he was already very famous at that time, but Hongwei could not find this person in the hearts of the audience, so the family's expenses were mostly borne by Yan Hua.
Because the two people have the same hobbies and similar temperaments, the two lives are very sweet after marriage, and they have a total of eight children.
Because of the disease, only four sons and one daughter survived among the eight children, of which Jiang Changnian and Jiang Weinian ranked third and fourth, that is, Qin Pei and Jiang David, who are familiar to everyone.
Under the influence of their parents, several of Hongwei's children have a natural liking for acting from a young age, and Qin Pei and Jiang David began to make cameos in the crew at the age of three.
At that time, the actor's salary was not as high as it is now, but it was more than enough to make a living, and although the family's life was not rich and expensive, it was simple and happy.
But the day did not go according to people's wishes, the family did not have happiness for a long time, and misfortune ensued.
At the age of 35, Yan Hua was diagnosed with liver cancer.
The illness came quickly, and people walked fast, and it wasn't long before Yan Hua died of illness.
Just a few days before Yan Hua's death, Hongwei's second son also died of illness.
The second son died, and the top pillar of the family also fell.
Before she could be sad, life gave Hongwei another blow - Hongwei's brother also died.
His four children who are waiting to be fed need to be raised, and his brother's family needs help.
This forced Hongwei to bear the burden of life alone and keep running on the set.
03
Living alone with four children, Hongwei's life is not painful.
Although she has been busy with work, Hongwei has never neglected the education of her children, and has cultivated several children to be hard-working and self-motivated.
She once said to her children: I not only hope that you can be good people, but also hope that you can make achievements.
In the difficult situation, he still did not forget to teach the children to make achievements, and the stubbornness and strength of Hongwei were evident.
And this spirit of hers also had a very profound impact on her children.
Fortunately, all misfortune came to an abrupt end after she met Erguang.
Erguang and Yan Hua are different, he has a strong family foundation and has a lot of say in the show business circle at that time.
After marrying Er Guang, Hongwei's life improved a lot, and soon gave birth to Er Dongsheng.
Although the three brothers of Er Dongsheng are not the same father, their feelings are very close, and Er Guang treats Hongwei and her ex-husband's children as his own.
Under the influence of their mother, the three Brothers are full of love for their acting careers, and they have stepped into the show business circle and broken out of their own world.
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As we mentioned above, Qin Pei began to make cameos on the set when he was three years old, and then dedicated his life to acting.
There are many people in the entertainment industry who have acted from small to large, and there are not many people who have acted from small to old, and Qin Pei is one of them.
Qin Pei has made his debut for more than 70 years, has acted in more than 300 movies and more than 200 TV series, and is a model worker.
At the age of 3, Qin Pei starred in the movie "Slut's Heart".
In his youth, he played Temujin in "The Legend of the Archery Hero", Nie Wanlong in "The Winner is King", and Qin Baochuan in "Sword And Howling Jianghu".
In his old age, he became a "father professional household" and an "uncle professional household".
It is no exaggeration to say that almost half of the entertainment industry has played Qin Pei's children or grandsons.
He has successively starred as Xia Bingpa in "The Legend of Spicy Mom", played Uncle Yuan in "Your Name My Last Name", appeared as a strange old man in "Beijing Meets Seattle", and played the principal in "Spicy Academy" broadcast in 2017.
Different from the "thousand faces" of today's actors. Whether it is playing a good person or a bad person, Qin Pei is very well-pinched and is a real "drama throwing face" actor.
Along the way, Qin Pei has won many awards, including the Academy Awards and Golden Horse Awards, and he is also known as the "evergreen tree" of the show business world with his excellent acting skills.
In addition to Qin Pei, Jiang David is also a very good actor. However, because he has rarely filmed in recent years, the new generation of audiences is not impressed by him.
Like his brother Qin Pei, David Jiang also debuted as a child star, and starred in many movies such as "Street Boy" and "Road Little Angel" as a child star when he was young.
However, unlike his brother Qin Pei, who has dabbled in various genres, Jiang David mainly works in martial arts films, mostly appearing in the image of a chivalrous and swordsman.
In the early days, Jiang David had been working as a martial artist, earning a lot of money, and at that time, he could earn four or five thousand yuan a month.
Because he wanted to become a big actor like his father, Jiang David still changed his career to become an actor, and the actor could earn less than a thousand yuan a month.
As it turned out, David Jiang had chosen the right one.
Because of his martial arts background, Jiang David's play is flowing, which makes people watch it and call it addictive.
With Guan Xiaolou in "Revenge", he directly won the Asian Best Actor Award, becoming the first "Asian Film Emperor".
Since then, he has contributed a number of excellent works, such as Kang Qingyang in "Pearls and Treasures", Feng Chaoyang in "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", and Ah Le in "Macau Storm 2".
Later, in the interview, Jiang David recalled the transformation at that time, and he proudly said: "This is the most powerful decision in my life."
Come with love, and return with love.
In 1991, at the peak of his career, David Jiang gave up his acting career and immigrated to Canada as a family.
In this regard, Jiang David explained: "Because the film industry was very chaotic at that time, I felt discouraged and simply retired and immigrated. ”
In contrast, at present, the "small fresh meat" and the so-called "old drama bones" in the entertainment industry have obviously thrown away the "craftsman spirit of the actors" in order to make money and make the film and television works into a miasma.
However, because of the "great addiction of drama", Jiang David has still made many works since then, which are not as numerous as in the past, but better in quality.
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Under the leadership of the two brothers, Er Dongsheng is also working feverishly in the show business circle, but Er Dongsheng chooses a completely different path from his brothers.
At the beginning, Er Dongsheng was also an actor, playing Xie Xiaofeng in "The Sword of the Three Young Masters" and Zhang Wuji in "The Book of the Dragon Slaughtering in the Heavens".
But after being an actor for a while, he felt that he had no autonomy and could not control his own development direction, so he began to develop towards the director.
"The Legend of the Epileptic Guy" is the first work of director Er Dongsheng, in order to shoot it well, Er Dongsheng can be said to have spent a lot of effort.
In order to help his brother complete his dream, his half-brother Qin Pei strongly supported Er Dongsheng. When everyone was not optimistic about this work, Qin Pei did not say a word and directly participated in this work.
As a result, everyone knows that this work was a great success as soon as it was broadcast.
It is also this work that allowed him to win the nominations for best director and best screenwriter, and also let his brother Qin Pei win the Academy Award and the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor.
But where life is smooth.
The year after the filming of "The Legend of the Epileptic Man", Er Dongsheng began to direct his second work, "People's Hero".
Similarly, Er Dongsheng gave high hopes to this work, inviting Dillon, Liang Chaowei, brother Qin Pei and many other well-known actors to participate.
The luxurious lineup does not represent box office luxury, and in the end, the work ended up with a dismal box office of three million Hong Kong dollars.
The failure of "People's Heroes" made Er Dongsheng begin to re-examine his career, and in order to continue polishing, he chose to slow down and return to the ranks of actors.
After 6 years of precipitation, Er Dongsheng dressed up and set off again to direct the filming of "New Love".
Because the theme is very unpopular, "New Love" is not welcomed by investors, and in the end it did not attract investment.
How to shoot without money?
Er Dongsheng can only use all his savings to shoot, if the results are not satisfactory, it means that Er Dongsheng's half life's hard work will be in vain.
It's a big gamble.
Finally, it was time to draw the awards, in 1994, as soon as "New Love" was released, it ignited the market, grabbed 30 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, and six awards such as best film and best director were also collected, bringing Er Dongsheng's directing career to the peak.
Taking advantage of the victory, many works such as "Pornographic Men and Women", "Can't Forget", "Mong Kok Night" and many other works have won him the best director many times, and "Disciple" in 2007 has become the most representative classic of his subordinates.
Along with the peak of career, there is also the peak of life.
In the process of becoming a director, Er Dongsheng has won many female stars, and at the same time, he has gained a lot of "peach blossoms" with his talent and handsome appearance, the most commendable of which is his love affair with Maggie Cheung.
However, Er Dongsheng only wants to play the human world and does not plan to get married.
However, in order to fulfill his mother's wishes, Er Dongsheng finally married Luo Xiaowen, a kindergarten teacher, but decided to be a dink and did not want the child to become a drag on him.
Of course, this is a later story.
06
In short, whether it is Qin Pei, Jiang David or Er Dongsheng, they are all out for each of their works, and finally achieved the beauty of three brothers, a best actor, an Asian film emperor, and a best director.
And all this must be inseparable from their mother Hongwei.
This can be seen from Er Dongsheng's body.
For his mother's teachings, Er Dongsheng always remembered them.
Therefore, when he participated in "Actors Please Take Place", he was mercilessly criticized for the indiscriminate traffic stars.
He said that Chen Youwei "had no talent for acting" and that Zhang Dada "acted like a thief".
This sharp and poisonous review made the audience of "bitter traffic for a long time" look good but not addicted.
And he stirred up Guo Jingming, who preferred traffic, and did not give any face, directly to Guo Jingming's eyes with tears on the hot search.
Of course, for a good actor who has been playing supporting roles like his mother, Er Dongsheng has never skimped on his encouragement.
When Ni Hongjie talked about actresses having no drama to shoot and could only play "big mother", Er Dongsheng would also encourage them with the story of her mother Hongwei.
Although Hongwei has not played a leading role in this life, her three children are almost the mainstay of the show business world.
She worked hard all her life, and finally won the "Special Achievement Award" of the Golden Horse Award in 1993.
Hongwei used her life to tell everyone that supporting roles are also the protagonists of her own life.
Looking back on Hongwei's life, she is indeed the same as What Er Dongsheng said, and there are no regrets in life.
If there is, it is that until her death, she did not see the children of her favorite youngest son, Er Dongsheng.
However, it may be to make up for the mother, five years after the death of the mother, Er Dongsheng, who has spent half his life, and the lover outside have a child.
Completed the mother's last wish, but also failed to live up to the affection of the original match.