Hong Wei, a "player", never played the heroine in his life, but gave birth to three leading men.

Dong Chengyi once talked about his mother Hong Wei in the program:

She never played the heroine in her life, but she gave birth to three sons to play the leading role.

This sentence is very fulfilling at first glance, but after careful tasting, netizens found that something was wrong.

Dong Chengyi said that his mother, Hong Wei, gave birth to three leading men, but counting with her fingers, there were no three leading men named "Er" in this entertainment circle.

Actually, Dong Chengyi didn't tell a lie, but the "surnames" of the three brothers were different.

These three brothers are Qin Pei, John Chiang and Dong Chengyi.

It is said that these three names are familiar to many people, but many people don't know that these three famous Hong Kong bosses were actually born to the same mother.

Then why does a mother's brother have three surnames? How did Hong Wei, who has been a supporting role all his life, cultivate three leading men?

Today, we will reveal the life of Hong Wei, the winner of the Golden Horse Award for Special Achievement.

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Hong Wei, formerly known as Luo Zhen, was born in an ordinary family in Beijing.

Originally, Hong Wei was a serious Manchu princess, but when Hong Wei was young, his family wealth had declined.

Therefore, Hong Wei's childhood life was not only luxurious, but also very poor.

In order to make a living, when 12 years old, Hong Wei joined the troupe and made a living by performing.

At that time, the social conditions were not as good as now, and the status of artists was far from comparable.

To put it mildly, it is an "artist" and to put it mildly, it is an "actor", not to mention fans. If anyone values it, it's a good combination.

In this context, Hong Wei's acting career is not smooth sailing.

She first worked in her hometown of Beijing for a while, then moved to Shanghai, and finally fled to Hong Kong to continue her acting career.

Along the way, she appeared in many classic works, such as Marriage of Little Black Boys, A Midsummer Night's Dream and so on.

During her decades of acting career, she has appeared in 63 works.

However, without exception, she can only appear as a supporting role in these works, and most of them even have no role names. There are only "so-and-so wife" and "so-and-so mother" in the introduction.

Although she has never played the leading role, she still enjoys it with full love.

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People with the same dream are always attracted to each other.

While working in Shanghai, Hong Wei met Yan Hua, who also loved performing arts, and entered the marriage hall.

Yan Hua, formerly known as Jiang Keqi, was very famous as an actor at that time, but Hong Wei did not find this person in the audience's mind, so Yan Hua paid most of the family expenses.

Because they have the same hobbies and temper, their married life is very sweet, and one * * * gave birth to eight children.

Because of the disease, only four children and one woman among the eight girls survived. Among them, Jiang Changnian and Jiang Weinian ranked third and fourth. They were called Qin Pei and John Chiang.

Influenced by their parents, Hong Wei's children have a natural love for acting since they were young. Qin Pei and John Chiang started guest acting when they were three years old.

At that time, the salary of actors was not as high as it is now, but it was more than enough to make a living. Although the life of this family is not rich or expensive, it is simple and happy.

But contrary to expectations, the family has not been happy for a long time, and misfortune followed.

At the age of 35, Yan Hua was diagnosed with liver cancer

Illness comes quickly, and people walk fast. Soon, Yan Hua died of illness.

Just a few days before Yan Hua's death, Hong Wei's second son also died of illness.

When the second son died, the pillar of the family also fell.

Before he was sad, life gave another blow to Hong Wei-Hong Wei's own brother also died.

My four starving children need to be raised, and my brother and family need help.

This forced Hong Wei to bear the burden of life alone and kept running around the set.

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Living alone with four children, Hong Wei's life is not painful.

Although Hong Wei has been busy with his work, he has never neglected the education of his children and trained several children to be diligent and enterprising.

She once said to her children: I hope you can not only be good people, but also achieve something.

Hong Wei's stubbornness and tenacity can be seen from the fact that he still does not forget to teach his children to achieve success in difficult times.

Her spirit also had a profound influence on her children.

Fortunately, all the misfortunes came to an abrupt end after she met Er Guang.

Er Guang is different from Yan Hua. He had a strong family background and had the right to speak in the entertainment circle at that time.

After marrying Er Guang, Hong Wei's life improved a lot, and soon she gave birth to Dong Chengyi.

Although the three brothers are not the same father, their feelings are very close. Erguang regards Hong Wei and her ex-husband's children as his own.

Under the influence of his mother, Dong Chengyi and his three brothers are full of love for the performing arts, and they have stepped into the performing arts before and after, breaking out of their own world.

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As mentioned above, Qin Pei made a guest appearance on the set at the age of three, and later devoted his life to the performing arts.

Many people in the entertainment circle have grown up, but not many have really grown up. Qin Pei is one of them.

Qin * * * debuted for more than 70 years and performed more than 300 movies and more than 200 TV series. He is a model worker.

At the age of 3, Qin Pei starred in the movie "Slut's Heart".

When I was a child, I played Temujin in The Legend of the Condor Heroes, Nie Wanlong in The Winner Is King, and Qin Baochuan in the legendary swordsman.

In his later years, he became a "father specialist" and "uncle specialist".

It is no exaggeration to say that almost half of the people in the entertainment circle have played Qin Pei's children and grandchildren.

Dad, who played in the story of hot mom, played Uncle Yuan in your name and my family name, played the strange old man in Seattle in Beijing, and played the president 20 17 in the broadcast of Spicy College.

Different from the actor's "one thousand people" now. Whether playing a good guy or a bad guy, Qin Pei is a real "face-throwing" actor.

Along the way, Qin Pei won many awards, including the Golden Award and the Golden Horse Award. He is also known as the "evergreen tree" in the entertainment circle for his outstanding acting skills.

Besides Qin Pei, John Chiang is also a very good actor. Just because he rarely filmed in recent years, the new generation audience was not impressed by him.

Like his brother Qin Pei, John Chiang made his debut as a child star. When he was young, he played a child star in many films, such as Street Boys and Angels on the Road.

However, unlike his elder brother Qin Pei, who dabbled in various types, John Chiang mainly cultivated in martial arts films, mostly appearing as a knight and swordsman.

In the early days, John Chiang was a martial artist and made a lot of money. At that time, he could earn four or five thousand a month.

Because he wanted to be a great actor like his father, John Chiang turned to be an actor, and an actor could only earn 1000 yuan a month.

Facts have proved that John Chiang made the right choice.

Because his background is a martial artist, John Chiang's play is fluid, which makes people like it.

With Guan in Revenge, he won the Best Actor Award in Asia directly and became the first "Asian film emperor".

Since then, he has contributed many excellent works, such as Kang Qingyang in Jewellery, Feng Chaoyang in Flying Sword in Longmen, and A Le in Macau Fengyun 2, all of which are well-known classics.

Later, in an interview, John Chiang recalled the change at that time without hesitation. He proudly said, "This is the most powerful decision in my life." .

Come with love and return with love.

199 1 year, John Chiang, who was at the peak of his career, gave up his acting career and immigrated to Canada with his family.

In this regard, John Chiang explained: "Because the film industry was very chaotic at that time, I felt disheartened and simply retired and immigrated."

On the other hand, in order to make money, the "small fresh meat" and the so-called "old play bones" in the entertainment circle have made a mess of film and television works, obviously losing the "craftsman spirit of actors".

However, due to his "great addiction" to drama, John Chiang has created many works since then, which are not as good in quantity as in the past, but better in quality.

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Under the leadership of his two brothers, Dong Chengyi also got along well in the entertainment circle, but Dong Chengyi chose a completely different path from his brothers.

At first, Dong Shengyi was also an actor. He played Xie Xiaofeng in The Sword of the Third Young Master and Zhang Wuji in The Dragon Slayer.

But after being an actor for a period of time, he felt that being an actor had no autonomy and could not master his own development direction, so he began to develop in the direction of directing.

The True Story of Epilepsy is the first work directed by Dong Chengyi. In order to do it well, Dong Shengyi spent a lot of effort.

In order to help his younger brother realize his dream, his half-brother Qin Pei strongly supported Dong Chengyi. When everyone was not optimistic about the work, Qin Pei got involved directly without saying anything.

As a result, everyone knows that this work was a great success as soon as it was broadcast.

It is this work that won him the nomination for best director and best screenwriter, and also won the Academy Award and the Golden Horse Award for best supporting actor for his brother Qin Pei.

But life is not always smooth.

The year after The Story of the Crazy Man was filmed, Dong Chengyi began to direct his second work, People's Heroes.

Similarly, Dong Shengyi has high hopes for this work and invited many famous actors such as Tommy Tam, Tony Leung Chiu Wai and his brother Qin Pei to participate.

Luxurious lineup does not mean luxurious box office. In the end, this work ended in a dismal HK$ 3 million box office.

The failure of People's Heroes made Dong Chengyi re-examine his career. In order to continue polishing, he chose to slow down and return to the ranks of actors.

Six years later, Dong Chengyi packed up and began to direct the film "Love Endless".

Because the theme was very unpopular, Love Without Ends was not liked by investors, and finally it did not attract investment.

How to shoot without money?

In contrast, Dong Shengyi can only use all his savings. If the result is not satisfactory, it means that Dong Chengyi's half-life hard work will be in vain.

This is a big gamble.

It's finally time for the lucky draw. 1994 "endless love" lit up the market as soon as it was released, and won 30 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, and won six awards, including best film and best director, which pushed Dong Shengyi's directorial career to the peak.

The Pursuit of Victory, Erotic Men and Women, I Can't Forget, Night in Mong Kok and many other works have won him the best director for many times, and The Disciple in 2007 became the most representative classic among his works.

Along with the peak of career, there is also the peak of life.

In the process of being a director, Dong Chengyi became a famous actress, and at the same time, she gained a lot of "peach blossoms" by virtue of her talent and handsome appearance, among which the most valuable thing was his relationship with Maggie Cheung.

However, Dong Shengyi only wants to play on the earth and does not intend to get married.

But in order to satisfy her mother's wish, Dong Shengyi finally married Xiaowen Luo, a kindergarten teacher, but decided to be a dink, and didn't want her children to be a drag on her.

Of course, this is another story.

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In short, whether Qin Pei, John Chiang or Dong Shengyi, they all went all out for their works, and finally achieved the beautiful talk of the three brothers, the best actor, the best Asian film actor and the best director.

And all this is inseparable from their mother Hong Wei.

You can get a glimpse of this from Dong Shengyi.

Dong Chengyi will always remember her mother's teachings.

Therefore, when he participated in "Actor in Place", he mercilessly criticized the traffic stars who made up the numbers.

This sharp and vicious comment makes the audience who have suffered for a long time enjoy it.

And he picked up Jing M. Guo, who prefers traffic, but he didn't give any face. He directly picked up the hot search of Jing m Guo, with tears in his eyes.

Of course, Dong Chengyi has never been stingy with his encouragement to a good actor who has been playing a supporting role like his mother.

When Ni Hongjie said that actresses had nothing to shoot but "Auntie", Dong Chengyi would encourage them with the story of his mother Hong Wei.

Although Hong Wei has never played a leading role in her life, her three children are almost the mainstay of the entertainment circle.

She worked hard all her life and finally won the Golden Horse Award "Special Achievement Award" with 1993.

Hong Wei used his life to tell everyone that the supporting role is also the protagonist of his life.

Looking back on Hong Wei's life, she has no regrets, just as Dong Chengyi said.

If anything, she had never seen the children of her favorite youngest son, Dong Chengyi, until her death.

But maybe it was to make up for her mother. Five years after her death, Dong Shengyi, who spent half her life with Dink, gave birth to a child with an outside lover.

I fulfilled my mother's last wish and failed to live up to my original affection.