Hong Kong in the 80s of the last century can be said to be the most prosperous period for the development of films, but for the movie stars in the Hong Kong circle at that time, it can be called the "darkest moment". Behind the major production and brokerage companies are powerful and domineering gangster forces, the top stars at that time seem to be glamorous and sought after, but behind the scenes, even their lives may be threatened at all times:
Jackie Chan was surrounded and chased by people eating on the street, and Andy Lau was forced by the gang to shoot at gunpoint; Carina Lau was kidnapped and took a lot of photos; Jet Li's agent was even shot to death, it can be seen that the darkness and turmoil in the Hong Kong circle at that time, almost no one could escape the oppression of the gangs, even the king-level characters couldn't escape, only one person no one dared to move, he was Ren Dahua, it was rumored that he was "black and white", the rampant gangsters had to go around when they saw it, even the Hong Kong bigwig Xiang Huaqiang had to give him three points of thin noodles, and he didn't dare to offend easily, and some people even said that even if Ren Dahua slapped Xiang Huaqiang in the face, the other party had no temper. So, what kind of background does he have that can make all the H gang bosses sell his face one after another? Let's reveal the story behind the big guy Ren Dahua today.
In 1955, Yam Dahua was born in an ordinary family in Hong Kong. His father is a policeman, he has an older brother and sister, and the family of five is crammed into the police dormitory. But the good times didn't last long, when Ren Dahua was 11 years old, his father died in the line of duty during a mission, and the pillar of the family died suddenly, which made the already not wealthy family even more stretched.
There is no way, the mother can only do some odd manual work to maintain the expenses, Ren Dahua and his brother also began to take over the father's responsibility, one helps the mother sell handmade flowers, and the other is responsible for the trivial things at home. Although the economic conditions of the family are not good, even eating meat has become a luxury, but fortunately, the whole family works together, which can be regarded as warm and happy.
As the brothers grew up, they embarked on different life journeys, working hard in their respective fields and soon achieving success.
With his tall, burly and highly recognizable appearance, Ren Dahua found a part-time job as a model to subsidize the family, and he could easily earn a lot of money, his first advertisement was a soda shoot, at that time he drank 3 bottles of soda in one go, and easily got 200 yuan, which was a month's salary for ordinary people at that time.
After having experience in advertising, Ren Dahua began to develop towards the "entertainment industry" and signed up for TVB's acting training class. For example, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "Heaven and Dragon Slayer", "Smiling Proud Jianghu", etc., have left a deep impression on the public.
But as the so-called "people are floating in the rivers and lakes, how can they not be stabbed", in this chaotic special period in Hong Kong, Ren Dahua was inevitably "pushed" by some big forces, at that time, Fengyue movies were popular, and many actors took the initiative or were forced to receive some out-of-character scenes, and Ren Dahua, who is known as "Desperate Saburo", did not refuse when facing some restricted movie roles and needed to play murderous, perverted and other scenes, and never even thought of asking his brother, who was already a police officer, to intervene to help.
In his words: "This is a very special industry, there are some movies that I don't want to make but still want to shoot, I am always optimistic, I have to shoot anyway if I am unhappy, and when I arrive on the scene, I just think about how to do the best in the role." ”
Although most of the marginal roles he plays are supporting roles, and occasionally playing a leading role is still a murderous "pervert", he is still very respected and loved by the actors who filmed at the same time, such as Wen Bixia, Qiu Shuzhen, Ye Yuqing and other actresses who have filmed with him are full of praise for him. Because unlike some greasy actors, Ren Dahua will pay attention to proportions when filming with actresses, and will never take the opportunity to take advantage of actresses during filming, and even use his hands and knees to support the bed to avoid contact with actresses as much as possible when filming some "bed scenes" clips.
And Yam Dahua's elder brother Yam Tat-wing chose to inherit his father's mantle and became a Hong Kong policeman. With a wise mind and often taking the initiative to take on some difficult cases, coupled with vision and ability to do things, he soon won the appreciation of his boss and began to rise steadily.
In 1998, he became the Assistant Commissioner of the Hong Kong Police Force. After the handover of Hong Kong, he was appointed Senior Commissioner in 2002.
And in 2007, Ren Darong ushered in the highest achievement in his life, sitting on the throne of the deputy commissioner of the Hong Kong Police Department, don't look at the word "deputy" in front of him, but the power and status are terrifying, his subordinates are directly in charge of all the major police forces in Hong Kong, and can mobilize about 30,000 police officers to police operations, even the famous Flying Tigers in the film industry have to be dispatched by him, which shows the great power, even if the gangs in the Hong Kong circle were rampant at that time, no one dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head, mentioning his name, black and white should be afraid of three points.
Although his brother is famous, Ren Dahua is very low-key in his daily life, never taking the initiative to show off his background relationship with others, and even his friends rarely know, or by chance, friends have the opportunity to learn about it, and the outside world is even after Ren Darong retired from the police department, many people only learned that Ren Dahua's "backstage" was so hard under the media reports.
However, although Ren Dahua has never relied on his brother's identity to make convenience when he was in the circle, he is indeed famous in many "well-informed" black and white bigwigs, and when Ren Dahua is in trouble, he will be jealous of him because of this, and sell him face as much as possible, after all, no one wants to make trouble for himself, no matter how snobbish he is, it is really difficult to find a few who can withstand the dispatch of 30,000 police superintendents, isn't it? Even Xiang Huaqiang, the big man who dominated Hong Kong's black and white at that time, had to be a little scruple and give him enough face.
In 1966, the ghost director Johnny To established the Galaxy Image Film Company, openly calling out the Chinese Star Yongsheng Company, which was in the limelight at the time, you know, the boss behind this company is not an ordinary person, but the Xiang brothers who have a way out of life and black and white.
Du Qifeng not only dared to set up a company to grab business and business, but in order to expand the scale of the company, after poaching TVB's big screenwriter Wei Jiahui, he was even more bright to Xiang Huaqiang's company to dig the wall, and Xiang Huaqiang, the underworld boss who had never encountered this kind of "saucy operation", was really angered, it is said that he directly found his subordinates to go to Galaxy Image, smashed Du Qifeng's office to a pulp, and blocked the company's gate to prevent their employees from going to work, and even later directly asked a group of people to block Du Qifeng's door, Let him have a home and can't go back, this is the famous "Galaxy Image Crossing the Port and Crossing the Boundary Incident" in history.
Du Qifeng was so frightened that he didn't know what to do, although he did have some connections in the Hong Kong circle, but compared with Xiang Huaqiang, the big man in the Hong Kong circle, it was really a small thing. I found a lot of people to help to no avail, and then I found Ren Dahua, who had a little friendship.
After receiving Du Qifeng's request, Ren Dahua readily agreed to help, and personally went to find Xiang Huaqiang, said good things for Du Qifeng, and helped regulate the contradictions between the two. Brother Ren Darong also paid attention to this matter, and Xiang Huaqiang was also very friendly and generous. Later, it didn't take long for Du Qifeng to apologize to Hua Qiang for dinner with great fanfare, and the turmoil that had been making trouble for a long time was also calmed down.
After this incident, Du Qifeng was very grateful to Ren Dahua, and in the future, whenever he filmed, he would definitely leave a place for Ren Dahua, and because of this, since 1998, Ren Dahua has appeared in To Qifeng's movies many times, and his fame has become more and more famous.
Ren Dahua's righteousness is well-known in the circle, and in the eyes of many people, he is a good big brother who is enthusiastic, straightforward and helpful. Even Andy Lau, the king of heaven, has received his favor.
In 2000, Andy Lau was invited to Shenyang to hold a concert called "Jiayang Night", but before he arrived at the scene, he was directly forcibly invited to Dalian by a local bigwig in Dalian.
The big guy here in Dalian is satisfied, but which boss in Shenyang is very dissatisfied with Andy Lau's "pigeon release", so he directly stabbed the matter to the local famous "Northeast Black Godfather" Liu Yongna, which can make the boss angry, after all, he is still the organizer of this Jiayang night, the boss of Jiayang Group, originally let Andy Lau do the publicity, and if he didn't come, he was intercepted, how could this boss stand it?
In order to "snatch" Andy Lau back, Liu Yong also used a lot of manpower and financial resources, and directly raised Andy Lau's original remuneration of 2 million to 3 million.
However, after this series of tosses, Andy Lau's mood and state seem to have been greatly affected, coupled with the reasons of running around and not adapting to the soil and water, Andy only sang 25 songs and ended in a hurry after the original 30 song performances. This behavior was directly defined by Liu Yong as "not giving face", it is said that as soon as Andy Lau got off the stage that day, he was blocked by a group of people in the background, Liu Yong not only yelled at him, but also directly slapped Andy Lau several times in public, without caring about his face, and the money was only given 1.5 million, which made Andy Lau angry, but he was forced to endure it as long as the other party was overwhelmed, thinking that as long as he could calm things down, he would return to Hong Kong as soon as possible.
But the other party didn't plan to let him go, Andy Lau was directly detained by Liu Yong in the northeast, in a dilemma. In desperation, Andy Lau took advantage of the chaos to call Xiang Huaqiang, and after telling about his current situation, Xiang Huaqiang also agreed to help, but after Han Xuan, he still failed to solve the matter, after all, the emperor is far away, and the strong dragon is difficult to suppress the head snake, although he is a big man in Hong Kong, but in Shenyang, it is really difficult to exert strength.
At this time, Andy Lau had a flash of inspiration and thought of Ren Dahua, after contacting the other party after several twists and turns, Ren Dahua not only did not shirk, but also immediately took a plane to the northeast to rescue and help.
At that time, there was a popular saying in the Northeast "After passing the Shanhaiguan, you will find Zhao Benshan", because it was a "nail household" of the Spring Festival Gala, and it had intersections with various bigwigs locally, and the prestige could be described as high and scary. Ren Dahua directly found Zhao Benshan for help, and Andy Lau was released from Liu Yong's bathing center. Later, Liu Yong was detained and executed because of the case, and it is said that Ren Dahua was behind the scenes, and after finding his brother to tell him about the matter, he immediately contacted the mainland CPPCC through the Hong Kong CPPCC and explained Liu Yong's various crimes. It can only be said that many acts of injustice will kill oneself, and the iron law of laws and regulations should be paid attention to~!
After this incident, Andy Lau regarded Ren Dahua as his benefactor, and he was very respectful every time he met, and he was never ambiguous when the other party was in need.
Today, the 69-year-old Ren Dahua is still active in the front line of the film and television industry, and he has always adhered to a low-key style, solid filming, and serious life, and is a well-deserved "good big brother" in the entertainment industry.