Uncle Long was born in 54, and this year, he is 51 years old.

Ordinary people are in their fifties, although they are not going to be old enough, but the entire body function must have declined significantly. At the very least, a 50-year-old person, you let him run again, unless he has been exercising all the time and is in good physical condition, most 50-year-old people do not have such conditions. For example, before Zhou Fangyuan was reborn, Uncle Long was still making movies, and at that time he was in his sixties, and he was still fighting and killing, which was really not easy.

Is he short of money? With Uncle Long's status, money is nothing for a long time.

He really loves movies and really wants to always present good-looking films to the audience, so he challenges his limits again and again.

Such people really deserve respect!

"I basically understand what you said, but now the trend in society is like this, young people have better choices, no one will want to let their children suffer, we had no way before, we can't live without hardship. Now the common people are living better. Studying is the right way, and practicing martial arts or something has long been outdated. ”

Lingshu said with a smile.

It's just that there is obvious bitterness in his smile.

Of course, he doesn't want to watch action movies decline like this, but this is the truth, and this is the status quo.

In the past, ordinary people had no place to live, and if they didn't work hard, they would die. But now, the country's work in poverty alleviation has also been doing, in other words, even if the academic performance is not good, you can survive in other ways, of course, martial arts is also one of the options, but because of the changes of the times, the living standards of the people have improved significantly. Even if you can't study, you won't starve to death, and there are many ways to survive, and you don't necessarily have to play with your life. Besides, there are fewer and fewer action actors, which is the trend of the times in itself.

As mentioned earlier, today's ordinary audiences prefer the image of beautiful teenagers and middle-aged tough guys, and there are few people who like them. It's not that I don't like it, but compared to the mainstream, there are still relatively few people who like tough guys.

"By the way, how are the other guests invited this time?"

Uncle Long asked suddenly.

For this film festival, Zhou Fangyuan contacted Uncle Long almost half a year ago. They hadn't met, but they had a lot of phone calls, and Brother Li was matchmaking, and Uncle Long was embarrassed to refuse the Li family's face, so he thought about coming over and showing his face. As a result, when I inquired about the name of the Yuanfang Group, I learned that the strength of the Yuanfang Group was so strong, and this was the real heart.

If the film week is to be done well, there must be no fewer guests, and the momentum must be bigger, not only domestic Russian stars, but also foreign ones.

Uncle Long has been in Hollywood for many years and has known some people, but most of them are behind-the-scenes staff, stars on the bright side, except for those who have had direct cooperative relations, there are not many other people he knows. In this regard, the Yuanfang Group is more powerful, not to mention anything else, as a shareholder of Disney and Marvel, it is said that MGM is also going to enter his pocket, and this time it is a wholly-owned acquisition, and MGM will completely fall into the hands of the Yuanfang Group. At this time, who dares not to give him this face, then there is really something wrong.

In China, Uncle Lian Jie was originally going to invite him.

This "Kung Fu Emperor", to be honest, is the only person who can be on an equal footing with Uncle Long after Bruce Lee, and has always been Zhou Fangyuan's idol. Zhou Fangyuan rarely has idols to chase, this was the case in his previous life, when other classmates chased this singer and that star, he rarely chased stars, he only admitted that he liked some stars, but he would not chase stars. In terms of singers, he likes Yuquan and Xicheng Boys, and then there is no more, listening to songs is very miscellaneous, just listen to good ones, there is no such thing as only listening to anyone or absolutely not listening to anyone.

The words of the female star didn't say which one she was crazy about, he has always been a relatively rational fan.

Uncle Lian Jie can be said to be his favorite star, he has watched every movie of Uncle Lian Jie at least three times, and some movies have been watched more than ten times, and he can memorize the lines. Uncle Long may be second in his place, there is no way, he just likes Uncle Lianjie's movies very much.

Speaking of which, Uncle Lian Jie's life is really legendary.

Yes, it's really legendary, this is not because Zhou Fangyuan is a fan of Uncle Lian Jie.

I believe many people know that the Hong Kong Island Film Awards are originally intended to promote the development of the local film industry on Hong Kong Island and encourage the creation of awards created by filmmakers who have outstanding performance in Hong Kong films every year. Nowadays, because of the opening of co-productions, more and more mainland filmmakers also have the opportunity to touch the little golden man of the Academy Awards. For example, the Best Actress has been won by mainland actresses for four consecutive years, but the Best Actor seems to have become the last stubbornness of the Academy Awards, and it has never been awarded to mainland actors.

But there is one person who is an exception, and that is Uncle Lian Jie.

Of course, many fans prefer to regard Uncle Lian Jie as a Hong Kong Island filmmaker rather than a mainland filmmaker, after all, the peak and most glorious page of his career was written on Hong Kong Island.

Uncle Lian Jie's first contact with movies was because of Hong Kong Island, it was 1974, 11-year-old Uncle Lian Jie was going to the United States to perform martial arts, and at that time, he needed to transfer on Hong Kong Island to go abroad. On the return trip, when Uncle Lian Jie was performing at the Xinguang Theater, an old actor named Fu Qi entertained them, and the group watched Bruce Lee's "Jingwumen". At that time, Fu Qi took a fancy to Jet Li and specially wrote a script for him for "Sanmao Wanderings Action Version", but Uncle Lianjie still had to compete at that time, and the school did not let anyone make a movie.

Later, it dragged on for several years, and when the Hong Kong side insisted on lending Uncle Lian Jie to make a movie, it finally promoted the leftist director Zhang Xinyan to cooperate with him in "Shaolin Temple". Uncle Lian Jie's debut film "Shaolin Temple" received more than 100 million box office at a ticket price of 1 cent in the mainland after its release, and it broke the highest record in the history of kung fu films at that time with a box office of 16.16 million Hong Kong dollars on Hong Kong Island.

Interestingly, when China was still in the period of planned economy, whether it was the protagonist or other supporting roles, they were all paid one dollar, while the Hong Kong people who played the dead body were 50 yuan a day. Uncle Lian Jie later recalled in an interview that Zhang Xinyan would reward him for playing a dead corpse if he felt that Uncle Lian Jie's performance was good at filming, because the dead corpse was a Hong Kong Islander, and the price was 50 yuan a day.

"Shaolin Temple" has a high box office, and the film company will certainly not let go of this piece of fat pork, and will start filming "Shaolin Kid" and "North and South Shaolin" in succession, among which "North and South Shaolin" Because of the cooperation with Shaw Brothers, the director was changed from Zhang Xinyan to another Hong Kong Island director Liu Jialiang. By the time of "North and South Shaolin", the contradiction broke out completely, and Uncle Lian Jie mentioned in his self-description that first of all, Uncle Lian Jie himself didn't want to shoot the third part before filming started, but he had to shoot it. The second is the salary, seeing that the Hong Kong Island filmmakers in the same group get high salaries and act in three blockbuster movies, Jet Li still gets a few dollars in subsidies, and at this time, other film companies have already asked him to film with millions of checks. But at that time, his leadership was not allowed, because Uncle Lian Jie was also a talent cultivated by the country, how could he be filming outside endlessly?

In addition, there was also Liu Jialiang's style at that time, the casual work attitude of Hong Kong people and the well-behaved mainlanders formed a strong contrast, Uncle Lian Jie was filming "Shaolin Temple", "Shaolin Kid", "North and South Shaolin", it was still a person from the National Sports Commission, only one yuan a day salary, but it was dark and full of injuries. There was even a time when he was ready to film in the cold city at six o'clock in the morning, but the director didn't appear until twelve o'clock, took the beauty to look at the city wall, and announced that he would not shoot today.

So after the end of the "Shaolin Trilogy", because of this gap, coupled with the box office failure of "Chinese Heroes" directed and acted by Uncle Lian Jie, he finally went to the United States with his pregnant wife to teach martial arts.

But how can we say that man's destiny is predestined?

Uncle Lianjie, who ran to the United States, if nothing else, may stay there for the rest of his life, have children, and teach martial arts.

But Uncle Lianjie, who went to the United States, met Luo Wei there.

I introduced this Luo Wei earlier, this person is the kind of representative who has low eyes and low hands, and he can't do anything, but there is only one point, that is, this person's eyes are extremely poisonous. As long as he is optimistic about the person, he will be successful in the future.

Uncle Long is like this, and so is Uncle Jie.

Uncle Lian Jie, who returned to Hong Kong Island, finally ushered in the peak of his career.

Although a "Dragon in the World" rushed down the street and couldn't find the north, the "Huang Feihong" series of movies with Boss Xu immediately established his status in the Chinese film industry in one fell swoop.

"Once Upon a Time" is Tsui Hark's most representative work, and the English title of "Once Upon a Time in China" is "Once Upon a Time in ", and "Once Upon a Time" is actually Tsui Hark's version of "Once Upon a Time in the United States". Tsui Hark has added many dramatic adaptations to the real-life historical figure of Wong Fei Hung to show his views and reflections on the whole of China in a way that satirizes the past and the present. And "Once Upon a Time" made Jet Li, who had been silent for a long time, popular again, and made Jet Li's image leap from a Shaolin boy to a generation of grandmasters.

Of course, career can never be smooth sailing, and there are always twists and turns.

Either he broke up with his agent, or his partner was shot in the head, in short, Uncle Lian Jie's career trajectory has a lot of details that are enough to make him unhappy, but he can survive every time.

Later, he also started his own film company, and released a number of films based on historical figures, all of which were successful.

The title of "Kung Fu Emperor" also fell on him at this stage.

However, when his career reached its peak, Hong Kong Island films near the end of the century gradually showed a bald trend, the market shrank, and the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies gradually decreased.

Uncle Lian Jie's fantasy rafting on Hong Kong Island is almost over.

Until 05, that is, last year, Uncle Lian Jie returned to Zhengdong, where he founded on Hong Kong Island, to shoot his last action film "Huo Yuanjia", although most of the actors are from the mainland, but behind the scenes is still the Zhengdong team that fought the world together on Hong Kong Island. "Huo Yuanjia" integrates and adapts the historical Huo Yuanjia and the real Uncle Lian Jie's experience and presents it in the form of a movie, summarizing Uncle Lian Jie's views on martial arts and life. After many years, Hong Kong Island audiences still buy Uncle Lian Jie's golden lacquer signboard, and in a bad situation in the market, "Huo Yuanjia" collected 30 million box office, and also won the Hong Kong Island Film Critics Society Award for the actor.

Therefore, whether fans want to admit it or not, in fact, "Huo Yuanjia" is Uncle Lian Jie's finale, just like Xing Ye's "Kung Fu", in fact, "Kung Fu" is Xing Ye's pinnacle, the most successful, and at the same time as the male lead, the final finale. The same success, the same never tired of watching.

In fact, if you look carefully at Uncle Lian Jie's movie resume in the next few years, although it has not happened now, Zhou Fangyuan, as a reborn person, has seen it.

"Ocean Paradise" is for public welfare to star for free, "The Legend of the White Snake" and "Fuji Detective" are the love debts of Cui Baozhu, who has contributed a lot to the east back then, and the few pitiful scenes in "The Legend of the Gods" are still willing to star because of the promotion of the Xiang couple back then, and the salary and script are not attractive "Mulan" is for the sake of his daughter. During a visit to Lu Yu, Uncle Lian Jie also mentioned that "Operation Mekong" was originally tailored for him, but in the end he still rejected it. A few years earlier, Vin Diesel in "Extreme Agent 3" invited Li Lian to act, but he was also pushed down. If Jet Li chooses to star in these movies, it will make his film career reach the pinnacle, but he saw through it.

Bad movies are not for money, and at the same time, no matter how good the script is, it may not be able to attract him, and movies are already a side hustle for him.

All of this stems from the tsunami crisis experienced in 2004, when the tsunami occurred, Uncle Lian Jie was in the worst area of the tsunami, he witnessed the power of heaven and earth, and also personally felt how fragile human life is. After that, he announced that he would attract films, so there was the finale of the second year, "Huo Yuanjia", and there was the One Foundation that he founded later. He didn't even forget to promote the One Foundation in his acceptance speech at the Academy Awards.

The Emperor of Kung Fu is now a philanthropist.

In 1963, Uncle Lian Jie was born into a family of ordinary workers in Beijing, and his parents may not have imagined how successful their son would be in the future. His older siblings may not have imagined that this young brother would take care of them all for more than forty years and even the rest of their lives. But this is Uncle Lian Jie, this is a real kung fu emperor, he will also be dissatisfied for the reward, and he will divorce for various reasons, he is never perfect, and some people keep scolding him because he changed his nationality. In fact, it doesn't matter if these are any longer, even Uncle Jie can be regarded as seeing through the red dust now.

Originally, this movie week, he himself was preparing to come, and the end does not mean that he will leave this circle completely, he is a martial arts actor, and he still has feelings for this circle, if it is for the healthy development of the circle, Uncle Lian Jie is definitely willing to contribute. It's just a pity that just before he was about to leave, there was suddenly some unexpected situation on the Foundation's side, Zhou Fangyuan didn't ask much, just said that it was a pity, but they also agreed that after the Spring Festival, he would personally visit Uncle Lian Jie to meet his lifelong idol.