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Speaking of Li Liqun, as an old drama bone, his fame has been around for a long time. Since the 80s of the last century, Li Liqun has won the love of countless audiences with his wonderful plays.
Like "The Richest Man in Tomatoes", "The Condor Heroes", "Spring Splendid Pig Bajie" and other dramas, the classic characters he created can be said to be vivid and impressive to the audience. Who would have thought that this popular big-name actor would have experienced difficult years in his life when his family was in the middle of the road and he was burdened with huge debts?
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Li Liqun was originally Taiwanese and was born in a poor family in 1952. His father, Li Xiyi, was a soldier and fled to Taiwan with the army. Since then, the family has begun to live together in a foreign land.
Li Liqun was very poor when he was a child, and most of the time he relied on the leftovers of his neighbors to survive. Director Li Wannian once witnessed the scene of little Li Liqun picking up leftovers on the street, and he still remembers it vividly to this day. It's a luxury to have a bite of hot rice, not to mention any good dishes.
Despite his family's poor circumstances, Li Liqun has been a smart and clever child since he was a child. Father Li Xiyi also hopes that his son can change his fate with his own strength. At his father's insistence, Li Liqun was admitted to the China Maritime Business College and became an excellent navigator after graduation.
Having worked at sea for a long time, Li Liqun not only saw the customs and customs of the world, but also discovered his strong interest in stage performances while performing cross talk with the crew. So, at the age of 28, he made up his mind to quit his decent job as a navigator and began a life of wandering chasing a career in acting.
After entering the showbiz, Li Liqun also suffered a lot at the beginning. Although there is a certain foundation, there is a lack of systematic professional training, and even if you receive some small roles, they are often eliminated quickly.
Fortunately, this handsome young man was soon discovered by talent scouts and entered the actor training class of China Television. There, Li Liqun finally systematically learned the basic skills of acting, laying a solid foundation for truly opening the door to acting in the future.
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Since 1981, Li Liqun's career has gradually become popular. With a series of film and television works, he has won many awards such as Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor at the Golden Bell Awards.
Gradually, Li Liqun has jumped from an unknown newcomer to a popular movie star in Taiwan, and his career is at its peak. Looking at the continuous work and income, who would have thought that after the peak, Li Liqun's life would experience another trough?
Just when Li Liqun's career was in full swing, he made a "heroic" decision: to start a studio with his friends as the core of performance. Unfortunately, due to the lack of experience in operation and management, this studio was not run well, but Li Liqun was saddled with a huge debt of tens of millions of yuan.
Overnight, the former superstar went from a wealthy family to a street beggar, and his life fell into a desperate situation. In order to repay his debts, Li Liqun could only return to the crew and work hard to film, and was nicknamed "the king of bad movies" by netizens.
Life is such twists and turns, when Li Liqun re-worked hard in Taiwan, he gradually moved closer to the mainland market. According to some internal information, Li Liqun at that time could be said to be sleepless, filming more than 3,000 episodes of TV series a year.
After years of such intense work, finally in 2016, 64-year-old Li Liqun finally paid off all his debts, got rid of the haze, bought a property worth tens of millions of dollars in Shanghai, and lived a stable life.
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However, the good times were short-lived. Having just been relieved of the burden of repaying his debts, Li Liqun encountered new troubles. In 2022, at the age of 72, he wanted to return to his hometown Henan to worship his ancestors, but was opposed by his family. Li Liqun was full of grief and indignation, crying about his experience in the live broadcast, which won the sympathy of many netizens. But soon, netizens in turn accused Li Liqun of his "two-faced" words and deeds.
In his early years on the mainland, Li Liqun boasted of his patriotism, but after returning to Taiwan, he stated that he would "defend Taiwan to the death." In the turmoil of Pelosi's visit to Taiwan in 2022, Li Liqun delayed for more than 20 days before reposting CCTV's news about "one China".
Next, things intensified. In 2023, Li Liqun publicly criticized fellow actor Hao Lei's acting skills as "too poor", and Zhang Songwen and others did not perform well enough. Soon netizens pointed the finger at him, questioning whether he was taking the opportunity to hype up his popularity. Some more ruthless netizens directly turned over some historical facts of Li Liqun's ancestral hometown, and violently "peeled off" his family background and position.
In the end, Li Liqun's son had to rescue his father on the Internet, publicly admitting that his father was indeed "cooperating with acting", and did not really agree with what he did. These remarks undoubtedly completely confirmed Li Liqun's "two-faced person" character.
Those netizens living in Chinese mainland have said that they will "black" Li Liqun in a clear banner and will no longer support his works. In this way, the reputation of an old actor collapsed, and the happy life that he should have been able to enjoy in his old age fell into a quagmire. We have reason to believe that if it were not for those controversial incidents that were bombarded indiscriminately by netizens, Li Liqun would have been able to enjoy unlimited glory in his later years.
Not only does he have a large number of die-hard fans in Taiwan, but his live broadcast on Douyin during the epidemic is also very popular with young audiences, and the popularity of Internet celebrities once surpassed that of the first-line hosts of Mango Channel. It's a pity that this daring old trick is now a clean ruin of his future.
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Li Liqun is a veteran actor who is loved by the audience, and has made remarkable achievements in the film and television industry with his superb acting skills. Since the 80s, he has starred in several critically acclaimed classics and become a popular movie star in Taiwan. Life is not all smooth sailing, and Li Liqun has also experienced a low point in his life.
When he was young, Li Liqun grew from a poor family to an excellent navigator with hard work, and later turned to acting. He won several awards for his outstanding performances, but at the peak of his career, he made the decision to start a studio and ended up in huge debt.
In order to pay off his debts, Li Liqun had to repeat the filming of a large number of TV series, and was nicknamed "the king of bad movies" by netizens. After years of hard work, he finally paid off all his debts in 2016 and rebuilt his career and life.
New troubles followed, and in 2022, Li Liqun wanted to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors, but he was opposed by his family and cried about his experience in the live broadcast, which caused heated discussions among netizens. After that, some of his remarks and actions were questioned about his "two-faced" nature, which caused widespread controversy. Netizens said that they would boycott and support his works, and in the end, Li Liqun's reputation collapsed.
Although Li Liqun once enjoyed a good reputation in the film and television industry and had a large number of loyal fans among the audience, he eventually suffered Waterloo because of some controversial incidents. We can see that even veteran actors will inevitably encounter unexpected difficulties and criticism, and they must be cautious so as not to ruin their hard-earned reputation and career.