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Before Lu Chong's rebirth, I saw a news that Zhang Weijian returned to the nest TVB to shoot the 50th anniversary Taiwan celebration drama, and on the red carpet, Zhang Weijian held the absolute talkers of TVB Zeng Lizhen and Le Yiling, the absolute first-class superstar, and this huge signing ceremony is also Zhang Weijian's first return after 20 years of absence from TVB.

can think back then, the love-hate relationship between Zhang Weijian and TVB is really embarrassing.

Zhang Weijian wanted to be a singer in middle school, and he got his brother Zhang Guorong's number by chance, and it took a few months to get through, Zhang Guorong listened to Zhang Weijian's words and encouraged him to sponsor him. In his first year, he joined the Rookie Singing Contest and made it to the top 30 under the sponsorship of his older brother.

The following year, in 1984, 19-year-old Zhang Weijian participated in the 3rd Xiangjiang Rookie Singing Contest, and won the championship to emerge, Luo Jialiang participated in the same year, the previous champion of this event was Lu Fang, the previous champion was Mei Yanfang, and Dr. Chen won the 14th championship, which shows that this competition is of high quality and influence.

However, Zhang Weijian, who won the championship and was full of hope for the future, did not release records as quickly as Mei Yanfang and Dr. Chen, but because his appearance was not outstanding, and his singing skills were slightly immature, he was not appreciated by the record company because of his bad luck, and he fell silent again, in order to provide for his younger brother to study, he could only return to the bar to sing.

Soon after, TVB found him, in order to make a living and get ahead, he signed a contract with TVB and began to learn acting, because he was not born in a professional class and because of his appearance, from 1984 to 1992, from 19 to 27 years old, Zhang Weijian could only run tricks, play some small roles as passers-by, and barely make ends meet. His first girlfriend Jiang Xinyan had to choose to leave him because she couldn't see any hope for the future with him.

It wasn't until 1992 that Zhang Weijian opened up his popularity in Xiangjiang because he starred in the drama "Old Friends and Ghosts" with Wen Zhaolun, and it may be that this drama laid the foundation for his future performance style, since there is no Liang Chaowei's eyes, dawn's face, and Ren Dahua's figure, then he can only give full play to his comedy talent, at that time he thought that if this drama was not popular, he would change careers and drive a taxi.

Because of the sharp rise in popularity, in 1993, Zhang Weijian finally had his first music album "True True and False", this year, he starred in 12 movies, and was the most prolific actor in the entire Xiangjiang.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, because he took on too many scenes, the exposure rate was frequent, and he took over boring funny films, and the records he produced did not please fans, and his momentum gradually declined. Throughout 1994, he didn't take on any decent work, his popularity also dropped to the freezing point, and he had nothing to do all day long, and in 1995, no one looked for him to film or make records, and he was forced to make a living, he sold his big house and chose to go to Treasure Island to seek new development, because of his inner loss and inferiority, he felt that his career was really not worthy of others, and his relationship with his second girlfriend Xuanxuan also came to an end.

After arriving at Baodao, Zhang Weijian signed a record company, wholeheartedly prepared a new record, walking on the streets of Zhongxiao East Road, no one recognized him, but the emperor lived up to his wishes, record sales rose all the way, in 1995 he won the eighth place in the top ten idol votes of Baodao, second only to Jin Chengwu, became a hot star in Xiangjiang, and the momentum also spread to Xiangjiang.

In 1996, he returned to TVB to film "Journey to the West", which earned nearly 500 million advertising fees for TVB, while Zhang Weijian's personal salary for filming to the point of acute nephritis was less than 100,000.

When TVB opened the sequel, Zhang Weijian's contract expired soon, and he had to renew the contract to make a sequel, so TVB asked Zhang Weijian to negotiate the contract.

Because he prepared a lot for this role, Zhang Weijian later even said that he could pay a symbolic ten yuan without money, as long as he could play this role, but TVB announced a change of person to play it.

Speaking of how arrogant TVB was at that time, a certain producer said directly: "Zhang Weijian, don't think that you have played a monkey, you are not worth anything if you don't have sticky hair on your face!" ”

This is also why Zhang Weijian later shaved his iconic bald head, because he wanted to tell those who looked down on him that he could still do it even without a single hair!

No one has always been at the peak, there must always be a trough before there will be the next peak. If there was no episode between him and TVB, Zhang Weijian had been honestly contributing to TVB, how could he have his glory on the treasure island and the mainland?

Afterwards, Zhang Weijian was also hidden by TVB for half a year, the contract expired, and he went north to the mainland to film, and then the 97 financial turmoil that followed, his savings invested in real estate came to naught, and he had no connections in the mainland, and he couldn't speak or understand Mandarin well, so he fell into trouble again, although he filmed "Joy of the Dragon" and "The Legend of Chen Mengji" in the mainland in those two years, but it was not recognized by mainland audiences. Fortunately, Andy Lau lent him money to help him get through the difficulties, and the two then became friends for life.

In 1999, "ATV" broadcast the costume TV series "Young Hero Fang Shiyu" starring Zhang Weijian, which once again made Zhang Weijian turn over, Zhang Weijian played the clever and intelligent Fang Shiyu in the play, "Young Fang Shiyu" The most touching thing is the high-spirited youthfulness, and his appearance is just right, which is also in line with the age and cognition of the post-80s audience at that time, the ratings of the show reached 24%, breaking the ratings record of the "ATV" program. This drama brought him a new agency, a new contract, and avoided bankruptcy.

In 2000, Zhang Weijian took over the filming of the costume martial arts drama "Xiaobao and Kangxi" directed by Wang Jing, which was first launched in Baodao, and achieved the highest ratings of 46 points in Xiangjiang, ranking second in the ratings list, and was shortlisted for the 2001 Golden Bell Award with "Xiaobao and Kangxi" and became the first Xiangjiang artist to compete for the best actor in a TV series in Baodao. The sentence "The cool breeze has a letter, the autumn moon is boundless, and my emotions are like living like a year, although I am not a jade tree in the wind, but I have a broad mind and strong arm ......" is popular. Wang Jing once said that Stephen Chow and Zhang Weijian surpassed the position of many stars in his heart, Stephen Chow is the first in the film industry, and Zhang Weijian is the first in the TV series, when filming Xiaobao and Kangxi, Wang Jing waited for Zhang Weijian for a year. Zhang Qian, who played Mu Jianping in this play, finally married Zhang Weijian.

Sun Wukong is about a complex in Zhang Weijian's heart, in 2002, Zhang Weijian prepared for the filming of "Monkey King", and Cai Zhuoyan, Liang Hanwen, Ge Minhui, Li Cansen, Lin Zhiying, etc., the effect is still good, TVB repurchased this drama, the highest rating of the first episode of the show when it was broadcast on Xiangjiang Radio was 40 points, and the average rating was 35 points.

TVB has bought back several of Zhang Weijian's dramas one after another, not because TVB cares about the old feelings, but because there are ratings there, so Zhang Weijian doesn't have to prove anything to TVB anymore.

Zhang Weijian is also capable, Stephen Chow has the movie version of "Journey to the West", Zhang Weijian's TV series version of the monkey also has its own characteristics, the film version of Fang Shiyu has Jet Li, and Zhang Weijian's TV series version is not bad! has its own style of comedy performance, and many people have followed the trend later, but unfortunately it only belongs to Zhang Weijian, and Zhang Weijian has only one.

Zhang Weijian was a screen bully back then, but whenever there is his drama, the ratings are guaranteed, isn't the summer vacation "Huanzhu Gege" and Zhang Weijian? This level of success is unmatched in the later TV drama circle.

It's a pity that in 2004, the beating incident of "Little Fish and Flowers", the mainland actors' union banned Zhang Weijian, which made him collapse, and after 2005, except for the thunderous "The Legend of Heroes of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", there are no other lackluster works.

But no matter what, there are "Young Hero Fang Shiyu", "Xiaobao and Kangxi", "Clever Little Don't Understand", "Monkey King", "Young Zhang Sanfeng", "Little Fish and Flowers", which is enough to prove that his characteristic comedy still has a certain commercial value.

Therefore, Lu Chong personally invited Zhang Weijian, who was being hidden by TVB, to set up a team for him to prepare for the filming of "Young Hero Fang Shiyu"!

Zhang Weijian has three nobles in his life, the first Zhang Guorong, the second Andy Lau, and the third, Lu Chong!