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The summer season of 2024 can be described as a hundred flowers, but there is a movie "unintentionally striving for spring".
It is the movie "Cha Boxing" starring Liang Xiaolong, which only received a box office of 637 yuan on the first day of release.
You must know that Bruce Leung is not just a "fire cloud evil god", he was once as famous as Bruce Lee; also married a top female singer in the Hong Kong circle.
Why is he so downcast to make such a bad movie at the box office?
This may have something to do with his madness, he once beat Jackie Chan to the ground covered in blood because of the dust woman; has also publicly criticized Bruce Lee for not being good at kung fu; He was also banned for more than ten years because of his patriotic remarks.
Let's take a look at the martial arts superstar's Hong Kong affairs.
01
At the age of 60, Jackie Chan published an autobiography, and in this autobiography, there is such a story.
At that time, Jackie Chan had just become a martial artist, and under the leadership of his senior brother Sammo Hung, he went around as a stand-in for others.
The competition in the Dragon and Tiger martial arts industry is still very fierce, so every day, before dawn, Jackie Chan and his brothers have to go out and come back until midnight.
Because many stunts are dangerous, Jackie Chan, who is in pain all over his body, can't sleep peacefully even after a busy day.
By chance, Jackie Chan met a dusty woman in a nightclub, Jackie Chan called her No. 9, for the convenience of narration, let's also call her No. 9.
On the 9th, Jackie Chan temporarily forgot about his physical pain and exhaustion, and his lonely and boring soul was comforted.
Later, Jackie Chan became a frequent visitor to No. 9, and after a long time, the bloody and strong guy inevitably had true feelings for the gentle big sister.
However, once, when Jackie Chan came to find No. 9 again, he saw No. 9 with a man.
This made him furious, and after a closer look, it turned out that he had seen the man in front of him, and he was in the Shaw Brothers Company, and he heard that the other party was also a martial artist.
Since they are all martial artists, let's use the way of martial arts practitioners to resolve disputes.
Jackie Chan, who took the initiative to propose a duel, is very confident in his skills.
So he took off his shirt, threw it on the ground, and put on a stance.
Seeing this situation, the other party was not afraid at all, and went up to "learn" with Jackie Chan.
That night, Jackie Chan was beaten with a blue nose and swollen face covered in blood, but he just didn't admit defeat.
The other party thinks that this kid is quite personal, and since then, he has never looked for No. 9 again.
This person is none other than Liang Xiaolong.
What Jackie Chan didn't know was that Liang Xiaolong's starting point was much higher than him.
He relied on the efforts of his senior brother and was forced to enter the showbiz to be Wu Song.
And Bruce Leung was invited by Wu Siyuan, chairman of the Hong Kong Film Society, to come over to make a movie.
At that time, he was fighting with people in the street, and he faced several men with sticks alone, and he did not fall behind in the slightest.
This scene happened to be seen by Wu Siyuan, and when he learned that Liang Xiaolong had won many fighting matches, he invited him to make a movie.
No one expected that Liang Xiaolong, who was little-known and mediocre-looking, had just entered the showbiz and captured the heart of a top singer.
02
In the second year of entering the showbiz, Liang Xiaolong filmed the movie "Tiger Descending the Mountain".
The heroine of this play was Li Ailian, the leading female singer in the Hong Kong circle at that time.
Li Ailian is a Chinese-English mixed-race who is good at English songs, and at that time, the Hong Kong circle was the world of English songs, coupled with her unique exotic appearance, she became the dream lover of many men.
But this heartthrob was tempted by Liang Xiaolong, who was not good-looking and had no reputation.
Love, sometimes it's so elusive.
But Liang Xiaolong didn't know what to do, and he repeatedly refused Li Ailian's overtures.
Fortunately, Li Ailian did not give up, and finally at the celebration banquet of the movie, the two established a relationship.
A year later, the two entered the palace of marriage hand in hand.
But the happy life didn't last for a few years before it ushered in a major change.
One day in 1979, Li Ailian was walking alone on the street when a gangster suddenly rushed out, poured a can of sulfuric acid on her face, and then fled quickly.
Lai's face was badly corroded, and in her own words, she was "like a ghost."
As a beautiful and moving singer, I can't accept my appearance anyway.
Her beauty and career were ruined, and she wanted to commit suicide many times, but fortunately, she saved the day every time, but it also made Liang Xiaolong exhausted.
At that time, some media analyzed that the reason why Li Ailian poured sulfuric acid was because Liang Xiaolong offended people.
Such speculation is not unreasonable, because Liang Xiaolong is indeed too crazy, otherwise he would not publicly criticize Bruce Lee's kung fu and would not be banned by the Taiwan authorities.
03
In order to help his wife get out of the predicament, Liang Xiaolong took out all his savings and performed more than 20 skin grafts and plastic surgeries for his wife.
Although the former beauty cannot be restored, but in the end, "the ghost has become a human".
However, because this incident also exhausted the relationship between the two, the two divorced soon after.
Liang Xiaolong, who is emotionally exhausted, has ushered in spring in his career.
With the popularity of the two dramas "Hero Huo Yuanjia" and "Chen Zhen", Liang Xiaolong has also become the top in Hong Kong martial arts films.
He, along with Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, and Dillon, are known as the "Four Little Dragons".
At this time, Liang Xiaolong's madness began to appear.
In an interview, he openly commented that Bruce Lee's kung fu was not even 80 points, he was just strong in acting.
Such an evaluation has attracted condemnation from many Bruce Lee fans.
However, on another "crazy thing", he was supported by almost all Chinese.
In the early 80s of the 20th century, Liang Xiaolong went to the mainland to perform and exchange, and made some patriotic remarks.
These patriotic remarks aroused the dissatisfaction of the Taiwan authorities, so they ordered Liang Xiaolong to be banned.
Many people may not understand why the Taiwan authorities can manage the Hong Kong film and television industry.
At that time, Taiwan was the main market of Hong Kong's film and television industry, after all, Hong Kong was a small place and had a small population.
In this matter, many bigwigs in the Hong Kong film and television industry also helped mediate, and the Taiwan authorities also relented, saying that as long as Liang Xiaolong wrote a letter of repentance, the blocking order would be revoked.
Unexpectedly, Liang Xiaolong did not admit that he had said the wrong thing and refused to write a letter of repentance.
I have to say that Liang Xiaolong is quite handsome when he is crazy sometimes.
But he was also restricted from filming for more than ten years.
More than ten years later, things are not people, and Liang Xiaolong has played soy sauce in the entertainment industry for a few more years.
Finally in 2004, he ushered in the spring of his career again because of the role of the fire cloud evil god.
Since then, Liang Xiaolong's film appointments have continued, and three or four movies have been released almost every year.
Not to mention the older generation of actors in Hong Kong, even the popular stars in Hong Kong have not announced so intensively.
It's a pity that over the years, most of the films that Liang Xiaolong has participated in are bad movies, the kind that are both bad at the box office and word of mouth.
The reason for this is largely because the market has changed, and the production and plot of the movie have not kept up.
For example, the just-released "Chaquan Fengyun" tells the story of a young man's hard work to learn ancient boxing methods.
There was no market for such stories 20 years ago.
The stalk of "Huoyun Evil God" is quite popular on the Internet, but it is obviously not worth the audience to pay for feelings in the theater.
Epilogue:
Although Liang Xiaolong has a lot of controversy, his patriotic feelings are commendable, and I hope he can bring you excellent works in the future.
Resources:
was banned for more than ten years because of patriotism, married a wife who was 20 years younger, and proved his strength with hard calluses. China.com
He is as famous as Bruce Lee, he was banned for patriotism, and his wife was tragically poured sulfuric acid (picture).
He was once as famous as Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee, and he went bankrupt for his ex-wife's treatment. Sohu.com