My brother's achievements in life can't be finished in a few words, but in my opinion, besides his innate talent, his warm and understanding personality and calm and persistent attitude are the achievements.
My brother's family is richer. My father is a tailor and the owner of a western-style clothing store in Hong Kong. Many Hollywood stars are their customers. But dad is not a competent father and rarely asks about his children. Although the younger brother is the youngest in the family, he didn't get enough warmth and love from home, so he didn't feel safe from childhood. He once said, "I don't like it when you call me Leslie or Leslie Cheung. I like you to call me brother because I feel like family. " Although he lacked care since childhood, he was gentle and sincere to everyone around him. As the saying goes, the world kisses me with pain, but I return it with singing.
He has sincere respect for everyone around him and has no superstar shelf at all. He is kind, sincere, warm and considerate, and his personality is more admirable than his innate talent.
During the SARS period, a pregnant woman fainted in a shopping mall, and no one passing by was willing to help, just like seeing an infectious disease. But my brother did not hesitate to go over to hold the pregnant woman, bent down to pick up her handbag and baby clothes, and called his family to pick her up. He has no superstar shelf at all, and treats everyone around him completely sincerely. This is true for a stranger who has never met, not to mention relatives and friends around him.
After the concert, he will personally choose brand-name gifts for nearly 100 staff members, and personally write the upper and lower paragraphs. When giving gifts, regardless of the position, he can call out the name of each staff member, and even he can clearly distinguish two people with the same name.
Brigitte Lin's evaluation of him is: "There are not many people in Hong Kong entertainment circle who are as affectionate as Leslie Cheung."
In addition to his personality, his dedication and serious attitude have won him unparalleled glory and achievements.
When he first made his debut, Leslie Cheung was too poor to pay the rent. He was going to sing in the bar, but the audience said to him, "Go home early and rest." For such humiliation, he said to the audience, "I know you don't like me, but I will continue to sing hard until you like me!" " And said to himself, "I can only leave with honor, and no one can force me to leave!" " "
It is with this persistence and persistence that he finally won the runner-up in Hong Kong's "American School" with 1977, and has since entered the music scene. 1984, a song "The Wind Keep Blowing" became the most popular song in Leslie Cheung, which was also played at his funeral.
Later, "Monica" pushed Leslie Cheung's singing career to the peak, injected a vigor of singing and dancing into the Hong Kong music scene, and was selected as "Top Ten Golden Songs of the Century" by Hong Kong and Taiwan 1999.
After Leslie Cheung became popular, he was out of control and released many excellent works one after another. At one time, there was a situation of "Zhang Tan contending for hegemony". At that time, the music scene in Hong Kong was full of vitality and prosperity. My brother also ushered in his peak moment, but he chose to quit the music scene, but the reason is really distressing.
At that time, two fans of Zhang Tan quarreled endlessly under the hype of the media, and even had a group fight, and went to the police station several times to deal with it. At that time, my brother also received terrible revenge from many fans. One day, he saw a news item on the news. It is reported that two famous French tennis players quarreled with their fans because of the fierce match. One of them was retaliated by the opposing fans and even scratched her face with a knife and was taken to the hospital. My brother thought that he was attacked by fans and decided to quit the music scene, otherwise he might die on the stage, which was really hard.
Of course, my brother also has deep attainments in deduction.
Ghost Story (1987) was released in Hong Kong, starring Leslie Cheung and Joey Wong, which profoundly showed the loyalty and singleness of love and told people that even if they lived in the same place, they believed that there was true feelings in the world. The name "brother" comes from this movie, because the word "brother" is used when calling Ning, so the crew also follows suit.
Of course, there is the classic "True colors of heroes", starring Chow Yun Fat and Leslie Cheung. The film won the Best Film and Best Actor Awards at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards, but it was shot with insufficient funds. Investors are willing to invest because of Leslie Cheung. Every time my brother sees John Woo, he will ask if there is enough money.
In the movie, John Woo made a guest appearance as a policeman in Taiwan Province Province, but he couldn't act, so Leslie Cheung offered to help him, so as long as the Taiwan Province police left the country, the director was Leslie Cheung. Brother really has both ability and political integrity!
After retiring from the music scene, 1990 movie The True Story of Teddy Boy won the first film award for my brother.
In the film, Xu Zi, played by him, lacked the care of his biological mother from childhood, so that when he grew up, he was bohemian to every woman he met. He is mysterious and rebellious, eager to fly high, but the prodigal son has been turning back. He made excuses for everything-looking for his so-called biological mother and finally dying on a foreign train.
My brother's interpretation of this role is superb. It is also because of this drama that my brother won the title of Best Actor in the Hong Kong Film Awards.
The most noteworthy is the epic film Farewell My Concubine directed by Chen Kaige. My brother's acting skills are bursting, which gives Cheng Dieyi a vivid interpretation.
He thoroughly studied the role of Cheng Dieyi. He thought that concubine Yu would be happy even if she died, because she saw a promising afterlife. Only with a deep understanding of the role can we firmly grasp it in every expression, every movement and even every tone. In fact, behind many classic scenes in the film is my brother's serious and hard-working attitude.
Six months before shooting, he went to Beijing to learn body and singing from the famous Peking Opera artist Shi, so the body body double prepared by the crew was useless in the end. It is this persistent and hard-working attitude that has won him worldwide honor.
My brother will always be our role model. His personality is like a spring breeze, and his persistence and hard work are even more admirable. Although he left us, he will live forever on the screen and in the hearts of most people.
Here, pay tribute to my brother and pay tribute to the classics.