Since Jet Li faded out of the entertainment industry, whenever there is any movement, health issues will be discussed. However, this is not to blame onlookers, as an internationally renowned "kung fu emperor", not to mention the courage of that year, just compared with the contemporary stars such as Andy Lau and Liang Chaowei, they all look quite old, and they are not even as energetic as Jackie Chan. Puzzling, what happened to him, who is proud of his career and family?
Speaking of which, Jet Li can be called a kung fu superstar with both martial arts and martial arts. he has won the first place in Hong Kong and even in the Chinese film industry, and naturally enjoys a good reputation. The only thing that has been criticized is the relationship with his wife, Li Zhi, who abandoned his wife and daughter in his early years, and even fell into the gentle countryside under the pressure of being ridiculed by the Hong Kong media as "a thousand taels of love, not equal to four taels of chest." Since then, the label of "heartless man" has never been torn off.
Lizhi itself is a topic queen. In the years when he was active in Hong Kong's entertainment industry, there was a lot of trouble, the worst being the affair with gambling king Stanley Ho, and so far there have been many versions of legends. It is said that Sitai used means to force Lizhi to leave the United States, and pointed out that he Chaoyun and he Chaoxin were somewhat similar to Lizhi, so they were involved in the suspicion of giving birth to a daughter.
After dating Lizhi, Jet Li's career hung up, but his agent died one after another, which had a great impact on the rest of his life. He began to believe in fate and devoted himself to practicing Buddhism. In the middle and late 1990s, as Lizhi successively moved to business and gave birth to two daughters, he completely left the public eye. However, the failure of the investment owes a huge debt, and Jet Li needs to "sell his body" to get out of trouble.
For all kinds of rumors, the couple never responded to the public, and their whereabouts became more and more low-key. It's just that recently, Jet Li suddenly revealed that he had explained the details to his wife, and that the youngest daughter had signs of depression at the age of 7 and even wanted to commit suicide. There are many hardships, which is the cause or effect, perhaps this difficult problem in life requires him to rely on the rest of his life to understand it.
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The time came in 1992, when there were two incidents that caused a sensation in Hong Kong's entertainment industry, one in which Anita Mui was slapped in a nightclub, and Huang Weilang, the owner of the 14K Hall, was shot and killed. In another case, Cai Ziming, the agent of Jet Li, was also ambushed by the killer and died on the spot. For a time, people in the entertainment industry were in a panic, but the killer still did not have a clear explanation.
Cai Ziming is not an ordinary person. He seems to keep a low profile, but in fact he has a deep background. Born in Guangzhou in 1954, he lived in society with his brother Cai Zijian from an early age, and later saw the opportunity to develop in Hong Kong. Later, the two brothers went to Holland to get some money and made a lot of money.
This is not Cecilia Cheung's father Zhang Renyong, who is often confused by the outside world.
During this period, Cai Ziming met another 14K boss, Hu Xuyong, and the two hit it off and went back to Hong Kong to open a Fuyi film production company. At the beginning of his establishment, he did not participate in the operation of the company, coupled with a reticent nature, giving people a sense of mystery. It was not until 1989 when he invested in the film "the Dragon and Tiger Club" that he gradually went to the front of the stage and went to Huasheng, the boss of the Standard Yongsheng film.
This film is worth saying that Andy Lau, Carina Lau, Wan Ziliang and other stars were tied to the Netherlands to shoot for free. It is said that Carina Lau's kidnapping case was done because she refused to accept the play, offended the gangs and vented her anger afterwards. Liu Dehua and his agent Zhang Guozhong were also personally threatened. But these big stars are just movie publicity gimmicks because they get their lunches in the first few minutes.
How did Cai Ziming become the agent of Jet Li? This starts with David Luo, a former agent of Jet Li, whose father is Hong Kong director Luo Wei. Jet Li made his acquaintance with Lizhi when he was filming the Dragon at the end of the World in the United States. David Luo is optimistic about the future development of Jet Li. He offers to be a broker and recommends signing Hong Kong Golden Harvest.
Another star of "Dragon in Tianya" is Zhou Xingchi.
But David Luo is not a fuel-efficient lamp, not only tricked Jet Li into signing a contract to make four films and pay him 6 million in two years, but also owed gambling debts and secretly encouraged him to borrow money from the company. But it was not until 1992 that he made a film called Huang Feihong. Golden Harvest was only willing to pay half of the fee and urged him to renew his contract. Jet Li felt unfair and resolutely refused, but as an agent, David Luo did not say a word.
Because David Luo and Golden Harvest are originally the same family, his mother Liu Lianghua, who had previously been a movie star, joined Zou Wenhuai, the founder of Golden Harvest, and became one of the shareholders. During the Golden Harvest period, the greatest contribution was to go to the United States to persuade Bruce Lee to join him. How can Jet Li, a cash cow, be let go easily?
The picture shows Liu Lianghua and Zou Wenhuai, the boss of Golden Harvest.
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At this juncture, Cai Ziming came forward to help Jet Li settle the contract dispute and sign him to his own agency, a move that caused an uproar at that time. On the one hand, in order to resist Jiahe, Jet Li stopped shooting in the middle of Huang Feihong: men's self-improvement, causing Jiahe a heavy loss.
On the other hand, it is widely rumored in show business that as Deep-Fried Chicken, who signs Jet Li will make a lot of money. Cai Ziming was regarded as an eyesore by many people and laid the foundation for being shot a few months later. After this tragedy, Jet Li became a hot potato, and no one dared to be his agent, so he had to find his second brother-in-law in Beijing to take over. Unexpectedly, my brother-in-law also died in an accident a year later.
When interviewed by Gao Xiaosong, Jackie Chan talked about the case of that year.
However, during the period when his brother-in-law was his agent, Jet Li met an important person in his life, Yang Tengkui, the driving force behind Taiwanese films, and invested 30 million Hong Kong dollars to let Jet Li become his own boss and set up Zhengdong Film Company. If you pay attention, you will find that the early producers of Zhengdong are all "Li Yangzhong", which is actually Jet Li, specially named by Mr. Jin Yong.
The one on the right in the picture is Yang Dengkui.
Yang Dengkui has always been a shrewd businessman, and this money cannot be given in vain. He has bought the Taiwan rights to the three films "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng,"Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre," and "the five ancestors of the New Shaolin." In particular, the "New Shaolin five ancestors" is very tight in terms of budget and time, but Yang Tengkui is determined to do it on the grounds that this kind of costume films are very popular in the Taiwan market.
Wang Jing mentioned this matter in an interview many years later, saying that it is very difficult at the moment. Jet Li is already a big shot, so where can we find four big stars to back up and save money? Finally decided to find five children to play the "five ancestors", Jet Li played Hong Xiguan, so as to meet the requirements of Boss Yang. But after suffering from Jet Li, he filmed "relying on the Heaven" during the day and "the five ancestors" at night. He was so sleepy that he fell asleep with makeup every day.
Then again, Yang Dengkui really helped him a lot. Zhengdong's first film, "Kung Fu Emperor Fang Shiyu," asked Xu Anhua to tailor the script through contacts. There is also an episode. At that time, Tsai Kang-yung was studying with Xu Anhua in Hong Kong, so he assigned Tsai Kang-yung to write it. As a result, he wrote a version in literary style, and had to change Liu Zhenwei and others to keep only the frame of the story.
When it was released in Taiwan, Yang Dengkui personally accompanied Jet Li to run publicity announcements that Taiwan alone grossed more than NT $43 million, making a lot of money, chasing Jackie Chan's "City Hunter." Unfortunately, when Jet Li was in full swing, his brother-in-law was on his way to the film studio in Inner Mongolia and was killed in a car accident, which dealt a heavy blow.
As soon as his career improved and suffered a heavy blow, Jet Li decided to find a big backer in Hong Kong, that is, Yongsheng, where Huaqiang is located. The move also reveals another plight of Jet Li: the huge debt that Li Li still owes.
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When Lizhi announced that he would quit the entertainment industry and join the business world, Jet Li had just become popular in the entertainment industry, so he devoted all his efforts to investing in real estate, with many successful examples. When she first came to Hong Kong, she bought Minghui Garden in Repulse Bay for 4.39 million Hong Kong dollars, and then property prices soared, which made her full of confidence.
In 1992, he invested 40 million yuan to buy a vegetable plot in Pudong in Shanghai. more than a decade later, when Jet Li spent a lot of money to build a luxury house, the price of the land soared more than a hundredfold. In the process of building a luxury house, it has aroused heated discussion from the outside world. It is believed that the reason why Lizhi has an accurate investment vision is that there is an expert behind him, who is Li Ka-shing, and this piece of land is a break-up fee.
It comes from Jet Li only uses part of it to build villas, and the remaining 90% is sold to Hutchison Real Estate owned by Li Ka-shing, which is used to develop high-end residential areas. No one can tell whether Li Ka-shing won the project first, or that Li Zhi had foresight, and where the money invested by the couple came from.
Another major investment in the same year, Lizhi did not have such good luck. Beachfront Villas project in Yantai, Shandong Province, which cost US $10 million, suffered a financial crisis four years later and tens of millions of money was lost. To this end, Jet Li worked even harder, reportedly signing a two-year contract with Huaqiang for six films and an advance of HK $72 million in advance to fill the hole.
Later, when the two families became frequent friends, Jet Li accepted as an apprentice and turned to Tai Chen Lan as a spokesman for Jet Li. Whenever there was a stir, he was the first to stand up and speak. As a result of helping Huaqiang in times of crisis, Jet Li always remembered this kindness and made great efforts to promote the fantasy film "the Legend of God", which took over without saying a word, and even attended a press conference to create momentum for him.
As for Li Zhi, Jet Li trusted her as always, and money was handed over to her, just as he once said,"You can die for Li Zhi." Fortunately, as his daughter gradually grew up, Li Zhi did not make any big noise. In addition to taking care of the children, he spent the rest of his time traveling with Jet Li. However, when he was young, his body was severely overdrawn, and when he was old, he had to walk around. Jet Li's vicissitudes were naturally visible to the naked eye.