Where is He Guorong from?

Gregory Charles Rivers

Gregory Charles Rivers (Gregory Charles Rivers, born in 1965) is an Australian who lives in Hong Kong. He was a contract artist of Hong Kong TVB and can speak Cantonese. He was a former medical student and an experienced Mac user, active in Mac-related events in Hong Kong. Ha Guorong has left the Hong Kong television industry and was invited by Chow Yun-fat to follow him to Hollywood to teach English.

His Chinese name came from when he sang Leslie Cheung's Monica in a performance. His Chinese classmates added his English surname "Rivers" to Leslie Cheung's name, and it became the name he has today; similar The content was also mentioned in the TVB program introduction "K-100" by Ha Guorong. What the public misunderstands is that he did not change the name, not the origin of the name.

Chinese name: He Guorong

Foreign name: Gregory Charles Rivers

Nationality: Australia

Ethnicity: Australian

Place of Birth: Australia

Date of Birth: 1965

Occupation: Actor

Graduation Institution: University of New South Wales

Agency: Hong Kong TVB

Representative works: "May You Live Forever", "Dragon Ball: New Evolution", "Anytime"

Language: English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin)

Origin of the name

He Guorong's Chinese name was actually translated by his Chinese classmate in college whose name was Gregory. However, most of the misunderstandings among the people are caused by his English surname "Rivers" and the name of his idol singer Leslie Cheung.

However, according to the personal statement of Ha Guorong, a commercial radio program, his Chinese name came from his singing of Leslie Cheung's Monica in a performance, and his Chinese classmates changed his English surname to "Rivers" was combined with Leslie Cheung's name to become today's name; similar content was also mentioned in the TVB program introduction "K-100" by Rivers. What the public misunderstands is that he did not change the name, not the origin of the name.

Personal Experience

He Guorong was born and raised in Australia. He is the only boy in his family and has two younger sisters. He was admitted to the University of New South Wales in Australia to study medicine. In the third grade, he met a Hong Kong student and was exposed to Hong Kong pop music for the first time. He especially loved Leslie Cheung's pop songs. In 1987, Leslie Cheung went to Australia to hold a concert. In order to get closer to his idol, he used various channels to become Leslie Cheung's dedicated driver in Australia.

In 1988, Ha Guorong resolutely came to Hong Kong for development. He worked as a teacher in a commercial school and taught English, and began to learn Cantonese. However, he was holding a tourist visa and was asked by the immigration department to leave the country a few months later. During this period, he went to Taiwan and then returned. It happened that TVB was recruiting foreigners who knew Cantonese. A friend took him to see Tsang Lizhen, and he began to have the opportunity to become a TVB special actor. In August 1988, he officially signed a contract with TVB as a basic contract actor. He has performed in countless TV dramas, such as "The Heaven and the Dragon Sword", the TV movie "SWAT 90", etc. It turned out that he learned Cantonese out of competitiveness, but gradually he became more interested in learning Cantonese.

From 2002 to 2003, Ha Guorong played the role of Teresa Teng's boyfriend Paul in the stage play "May You Live Forever".

As a European and American image, Ha Guorong has appeared in quite a few Hong Kong TV series and movies. For example, he has played a senior British official before the handover of Hong Kong sovereignty, or a Hong Kong police officer in many TV series. Senior team officials, etc. Other related European and American-looking characters are also played by Ha Guorong. Bu Weijie was also introduced to TVB by him.

Ha Guorong has left TVB and has no plans to return to the television industry.

According to an exclusive interview in 2009, Ha Guorong revealed that by chance, he met Chow Yun-fat who was driving while letting his dog out on the street. During the conversation, I was attracted by Chow Yun-fat and followed him to Hollywood to teach English.

After receiving this valuable opportunity, the first film that Ha Guorong worked on was "Dragon Ball: New Evolution" starring Chow Yun-fat.

Life-related

Sports: Since I grew up in rural Australia, I like to run barefoot.

Pets: Ten dogs and a rabbit

Interests: Favorite music, now working hard to learn to play the piano

If you have been watching TV since you were a child Fans, I believe the name He Guorong should not be unfamiliar to him. In the eyes of the general audience, he may be a "foreigner" who can speak fluent Cantonese. If this alone already makes you admire him? After reading his blog again, I'm afraid I have even more admiration for him. Know how to write Chinese? It’s just a small thing. He Guorong is a medical graduate. He can write computer programs and also plays and sings English songs. The photos he takes are even more comparable to those of professional photographers. Although I don’t know if he can draw, he suddenly I feel that Ha Guorong is very "Da Vinci".

Everyone thinks that blog is a very diversified online medium. If you know how to write computer programs, enter html code, upload photos and music, the changes are endless. Although Ha Guorong is an actor, the time he spends on his blog is sometimes close to crazy, and he will spend no time picking and clinging to aspects. But it is precisely because of this that Ha Guorong's Blog is so exciting.

I started the blog to contact my family

Guorong originally started the blog for his family living in Australia. He said: "Since my two sisters got married respectively, I have been separated from my parents. They lived separately and settled in Hong Kong. In order to make it easier to know the current situation of my family, I opened a blog and wrote four or five articles very effectively. However, the other ten family members did not write a single article, so I ended up starting another blog. A public one has become this blog. ”

Looking at the blogs of other artists and celebrities, many times they may not reply to fans’ messages, but Guorong will do his best to reply to them one by one. Some netizens' comments are very interesting. For example, if Guorong uses the wrong Chinese, they will correct it. Faced with numerous messages and emails, Guorong felt both happy and troubled: "There are still more than 300 messages that have not been answered, but we cannot delay them. I know I must reply. This is the right attitude!"

Love animals and enjoy taking photos

The first time I saw Guorong’s blog, I was deeply attracted by the photos inside. The photos he took were all-encompassing, but mostly of animals and insects. In addition to his own dogs and rabbits, there were also cicadas, butterflies, frogs, snakes, lizards, bats, and more than ten different birds. He thought he had arrived in the Amazon forest, but it turned out that most of them were his "neighbors."

Since Guorong was born in rural Australia, he has loved nature since he was a child, so he also chose to live in the suburbs of Hong Kong. There are at least ten different kinds of birds living near his home. As soon as he hears the song (bird), he knows what kind of bird it is. If he discovers a new species, Guorong will immediately rush home and grab his camera. Rushed out to take photos.

Guorong not only loves nature, but also loves animals. He has ten pet dogs and one rabbit at home. They were either abandoned, sick or disabled. . In his blog, he often mentions his pets. Among them, the little rabbit was found by him on the roadside and was probably hit by a car. However, rabbits never come alone. One time, Guorong came home late from filming. In order to prevent his pet dog from barking, he quietly walked into the house. However, he was so frightened that the rabbit fell and broke its back. Although the rabbit later recovered, it also had the sequelae of urinating and urinating. He was incontinent, so Guorong would wash his butt and bask in the sun himself every day to prevent him from getting sick again.

Wrong use of Chinese, corrected by netizens

Although Guorong's blog is mainly in English, there are also comments in Chinese. For foreigners, his Chinese is pretty good, but there are still some very weird Chinese words, for example: “The reporters and photographers are very serious, and they have obviously done their homework and know what consequences they want.

"(I guess he wanted to say "Result"); "It's not an interview but a photo of delicious food" (later he corrected it, it was food, not food); "All the staff are also working very hard. He works very hard to make our drama the best it can be" (using English grammar to write Chinese sentences, right?).

But because of this, it can be seen that Guorong is personally involved in his blog. He Netizens often leave comments and corrections, and Guorong learns from them. It’s no wonder that his Chinese is improving. For the modified text, he will put a horizontal line in the middle, and then add the correct wording, without completely deleting the mistakes. : “Because I don’t want to deceive people! "Later, Guorong hoped to write at least one message in Chinese every two weeks.

Before and after coming to Hong Kong for development

Leslie Cheung and Alan Tam had no personal relationship with Ha Guorong, but they became the ones who changed Ha. The two people of Guorong's destiny. Even his Chinese name was changed to "Guorong" because he liked Leslie Cheung. "Actually, my good friend helped me change my name. My name is Gregory Charles Rivers, so I changed my surname to Rivers. The pronunciation of "Gregory" is similar to that of "Guorong", so it is called "Guorong". ”

I came to Hong Kong alone with dreams of becoming a star. In 1986, Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung held a concert in Australia. At that time, Ho Kwok-wing, who was in the third year of medical school, had admired them for a long time, so he applied to be their Driver. Before this, He Guorong had been extremely obsessed with their songs like a group of Hong Kong students. During the concert, He Guorong personally felt the two's stunning charm, and the fans cheered them. He was even more envious. It was as if he was inspired by the two of them, and he gave up his studies and came to a completely unfamiliar Hong Kong alone to find a way to become an emperor superstar in a fog.

He Guorong came. In Hong Kong, his parents unexpectedly did not object, but his friends said he was too stupid: "What's the point of going to Hong Kong and being killed at any time? "But he did not listen to this unfavorable advice. He came to Hong Kong alone after learning fluent Cantonese through a piece of Linge style and listening to Cantonese pop music.

In 1987, Ho Kwok-wing When he came to Hong Kong, he was wandering outside the Hong Kong Coliseum on a boring afternoon. He said that he knew nothing about Hong Kong at that time. He had not even heard of the name of the Hong Kong Coliseum, let alone recommended himself to the record company. But that day, He came across the opportunity to "reunite" with Alan Tam. Alan Tam was about to hold a concert again. The concert band who accompanied Alan Tam to perform in Australia were resting outside the Coliseum, and He Guorong happened to meet them at that time. Ha Kok-wing, who can speak fluent Cantonese, became a guest at Alan Tam's concert for three consecutive nights, singing Alan Tam's "Never Miss You". He said: "Maybe the organizer wanted the audience to know that even foreigners can Singing Alan Tam's songs is awe-inspiring. ”

Signing with TVB to find life with Alan Tam did not bring him good luck. After attending thirty Alan Tam concerts in a row (Alan Tam held thirty-one concerts at that time), he soon became So he took up a job that almost all "ghosts" in Hong Kong have done - teaching English. Since August 1987, he has been working at "Yucheng Commercial School". He worked as an English teacher for five months, until one day, he learned from a poster posted in school that TVB was recruiting a "ghost who can speak Cantonese" as a special artist. As a result, he reached another turning point in his life.

"At that time, I went to see Tsang Lizhen (currently a high-level wireless executive). To be honest, my performance was very poor, but I had no choice but to invite him to perform for the first time." It is a TV drama filmed in 1988 and set in the late Qing Dynasty. "I don't remember who starred in "Grand Tea Garden", but I do remember that I played a senior inspector stationed in China. The plot is about the rape of a Chinese girl in the French Concession. "Speaking of this, even he couldn't help but laugh.

The second series he performed is the more widely known "Taiping Heavenly Kingdom", starring Lu Liangwei and Huang Rihua. Ha Guorong played in In the play, he plays a missionary who comes to China. "The VCD of "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom" was recently released, and I bought it, but "Grand Tea Garden" has not been released yet. I really want to watch my first performance again. Tie point.

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Ha Guorong's dream of coming to Hong Kong seems to have begun to dawn, but life is still difficult. "When I teach English, I earn a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan. In order to save money, I only eat one meal a day. . Later, I worked as a special contract artist at Wireless TV, earning a daily salary of 300 yuan. I complained three times, and I was initially willing to add more labor, but later I was offered a long-term contract. The reporter asked him if his monthly salary at that time was 10,000 yuan? He asked the reporter: "10,000 mosquitoes?" Are you talking about _? ”

Despite having to live a life of tightening his pants, Ha Guorong has never thought of giving up his acting career in the past nineteen years. He is familiar with computers and once designed a computer program by himself and sold it through the Internet. However, piracy was rampant at that time and the sales of computer programs were very low. Later, he worked as a part-time software agent, but it still ended in failure. However, he was relieved that the business failed: "If I had succeeded, I would have changed." If you become a businessman and don't become an artist, then it will be no fun. ”

Love the stage and love acting. In a few months, it will be 20 years since Ha Kwok-wing came to Hong Kong. Now in his forties, he is still very interested in singing and dancing. He switched to stage plays. , starting from the 16th of this month, the stage play "They'replaying oursong" (translated title) in which he plays the leading role will be performed at the Hong Kong Arts Center. He expects that the stage play will bring him great success. With an income of 10,000 yuan, earning 10,000 yuan in eight days seems pretty good for ordinary wage earners. However, he said: "It takes two months to rehearse every day." If you earn 10,000 yuan in two months, It seems a little less. He admitted that he did it even if he lost money, in order to hone his acting skills and do what he likes to do.

Among the many dramas filmed by TVB, it made him happy. The most satisfying one is the role of Chief Operations Director Paul Sir in "The Last Day" starring Ekin Cheng and Michelle Chung, which was aired at the end of 2005. He played the role of the French pastry master in "Into the Woods" aired in the same year. "Sean Paul", he was also very satisfied with it. However, he felt uncomfortable with the role of a chemist in the late-night rerun of "Sean Paul." "It's like". Even though others only regard him as a supporting role, he still has high requirements for his performance.

Twenty-two years in Hong Kong also brought him a stable marriage. However, this period The marriage took place in 1988. His application for a Hong Kong visa extension was rejected and he was ordered to leave Hong Kong within two weeks. At that time, in order to become a singer, he married his Hong Kong girlfriend, whom he had been dating for eight months until today.

Main works

Participated in the TV series

Forensic Pioneer II-2008-05-19, playing the role of Ou Jinrong

Golden Marriage-2008 -03-31, played Ma Junwei

Tiezui Yinya-2007-11-05, played Sir Ma

Tongtian Qiantan-2007-10-08, played the kidnapper

The traitor Jian-2007-10-08, playing Dr. Thomes

Dancing the whole city-2007-09-10, playing the role of photographer Ray

The Storm of Time -2007-07-16, played the role of Hua_R&D staff

Lanhua Jie-2007-07, played the role of Su Yuhua

Gone with the Wind-2007-03-21, played the role of Father He

Colleagues are in love with each other - 2007-03-12, playing the role of Guan Yonghe

Freehand Life - 2007-03-12, playing the role of Willam

Breakout Operation - 2007-01- 08, played Mr. James

Casino Storm-2006-11-21, played Ouyang Zhenhua

Women are not easy to do-2006-10-14, played Letterman

Phoenix Quartet-2006-08-28, playing Mr. Robinson

Buyi Shenxiang-2006-08-21, playing Lin Wenlong

Criminal Intelligence Division-2006-08- 14. Played as Jin Litao (Kim)

Love Protection-2006-07-17, played the Hong Kong person in charge of the security company

Shanghai Legend-2006-05, played Pi Lishi

Lovers Under the Canopy-2006-02-20, as Steve Hoods

Any time-2005-11-22, as Paul Stevens

Foshan Zan Master-2005- 10-24, as Mr. Robinson

Awang's New Biography-2005-10-24, as Mr. Brown

The Hands of Kindness III-2005-07-25, as Street Singer

My Savage Grandma-2005-07-18, playing Simon

Love in the Black Forest-2005-06-06, playing Jean Paul

The Idle Man - 2005-03-14, playing Duke Smith

Tung Tuk Detective - 2004-07-19, playing Huang Zihua

One house, two homes and three people Surnamed People - 2004-06-21, played Pacino

Chasing the Murderer in Another Life - 2004-06-21, played Gao Jiehong (Kelvin)

Feng Wu Xiangluo - 2003-12, played Mr. Remy

The Young Master Xiguan-2003-11-03, playing Dr. Jones

Up to the Sky-2003-10-27, playing Captain Sddie

Hero·Knife·Young-2003-09-08, playing the role of a photographer

Redress of Injustice II-2003-02-24, playing Ouyang Zhenhua

None-2003 , played Nelson

Negotiation expert-2002-11-18, played Sir Mai

The best dad-2002-10-14, directed by Qin Pei

Rebirth Yuan-2002-08-25, played Michelle Ye

No. 7 Station-2002-04, played Xue Jiayan

Zheng Banqiao-2002-04, played Lin Zhihua

Qi Ne Da Zhuang - 2002-03-18, as Williams

The Brave Detective Record - 2001-12-24, as Guo Jinan

Delicious Love - 2001-06-04, as Chen Huishan

The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Sword-2001-04-09, playing the role of the wise king of Persian Mingjiao