Zheng Shaoqiu, formerly known as Zheng Chuangshi and nicknamed Paiguqiu, is a star of film, television, singing and singing in Hong Kong and even Taiwan, and is a well-known "beautiful man". Born into a scholarly family, his father is a professor at Chung Chi College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His ancestral home is Panyu, Guangdong. His songs have been selected into the top ten Chinese hits in Hong Kong many times, and he has won the Golden Needle Award, the highest achievement award in the Hong Kong music scene. He joined TVB in 1970 and began to star in TV series and release solo albums. In 1976, he was appreciated by Wang Tianlin and starred in the drama "Book and Sword Enmity" and became a popular star. In 1979, he starred in "Chu Liuxiang", which became a sensation in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. In the 1990s, he became a star on TVB The role of Ding Crab in "Big Times" created a unique phenomenon in the Hong Kong stock market and economics circles in the next 20 years - the "Ding Crab Effect". He also became well-known to mainland Chinese audiences for his starring role in the drama "A Play on Qianlong". Zheng Shaoqiu was born in February 1947 (the fourth day of the second lunar month and February 24th in the Gregorian calendar). His father taught at Chung Chi College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. When he was young, Zheng Shaoqiu did not take the "right path" of studying in the eyes of his father, but he had a special liking for acting. At the age of 16, he enrolled in an acting training class. Beginning in 1963, Zheng Shaoqiu was admitted to Daxi, Tongwen Actor Training Class and the fourth training class of Nanguo Experimental Theater, and took the stage name Zheng Weixiong. During this period, Zheng Shaoqiu studied acting with his mentor Liang Ming (then director of the Hong Kong Repertory Theatre) and performed in the Lai Yuan Repertory Theatre. In 1966, Zheng Shaoqiu was admitted to the fifth training class of Shaw Brothers Southern Experimental Theater and lived a life as an extra. By chance in 1967, Cheng Shaoqiu participated in the Hong Kong Drama Competition on behalf of the Tsim Sha Tsui Neighborhood Welfare Association, and won the "Best Actor Award" for his drama "Brotherhood", which also won the "Best Drama Award". This award is of great significance to Zheng Shaoqiu, because this award allows him to launch his long-awaited star career. At the celebration party of the drama competition, Kwan Chi Kin, the boss of Hong Kong Kin City Film Company, fell in love with Zheng Shaoqiu, so he was only 20 years old. When Zheng Shaoqiu was 20 years old, his mother (the legal age of majority in Hong Kong was 21 at the time) signed his first acting contract on his behalf.
In 1967, after Zheng Shaoqiu joined Jiancheng Film Company, he made the first movie "Black Killer" in which he played the leading role. The heroine of the film was a popular star at that time. "Movie Fan Princess" Chen Baozhu, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a newcomer. However, after becoming a movie star, Zheng Shaoqiu spent far more than his salary in various aspects. Fortunately, his mother still supported him without any regrets. I hope he can achieve success in his acting career. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Soon Mandarin films were on the rise and Cantonese films were on the decline. Zheng Shaoqiu, who performed in Cantonese films, lost his stage. However, due to his contract with the company, Zheng Shaoqiu could not participate in other acting work. At this time, his father passed away. For a period of time, Zheng Shaoqiu passed through the low ebb of his life. Zheng Shaoqiu, who was trying his best to cheer up, once started a small business in partnership with his friends. Later, he was recommended by artist Wei Ping'ao to sing in a karaoke hall. During this period, Zheng Shaoqiu met artists Chen Qisong and Du Ping, and through them he officially joined Hong Kong Wireless in 1970. Television Station (TVB), hosted the music program "Voices from the Heart". Later, TVB producer Cai Heping saw Zheng Shaoqiu's performance in the program and invited him to perform in the variety show "Happy Tonight". In 1971, Zheng Shaoqiu starred in his first TV series "Family Love" and won the TVB "Most Promising Newcomer Award" in the same year. In 1973, Zheng Shaoqiu starred in the TV series "In the Rain" (the first full-length color TV series in the history of TVB), playing the leading actor He Shuhuan, and sang the theme song of the show (which was also the first TV series theme song in Hong Kong history), establishing his niche status.
Becoming popular
From 1973 to 1976, Zheng Shaoqiu starred in more than a dozen TV series (including the "Folk Legend" series) and was one of TVB's most prolific niche actors. In 1974, Zheng Shaoqiu won the "Top Ten TV Star Award", and he won the award many times in the following years.
Zheng Shaoqiu's photos (20 photos) In 1976, TVB started filming "Book and Sword". This drama was the first Jin Yong work filmed by TVB. Many A-list actors competed for the role of Chen Jialuo, which became the focus of entertainment news. At that time, Zheng Shaoqiu and Fei Fei were performing on stage in a foreign country and were not informed of the news, so they did not participate. TVB General Manager Assistant Liang Shuyi (Sister Sha) strongly recommended Zheng Shaoqiu to star in view of the fact that Zheng Shaoqiu recognized his excellent costume appearance. The famous producer Wang Tianlin (father of Wang Jing) even liked Zheng Shaoqiu to play the role of Chen Jialuo, Qianlong and Fukang'an at the same time. The protagonist of "Book and Sword" finally fell in love with Zheng Shaoqiu who lived abroad. Cheng Shaoqiu was originally going to perform in other countries in Southeast Asia. After being notified by the company, he rushed back to Hong Kong to film "The Book and the Sword". He will play the role of the triangle and replace Luo Wen, who was originally scheduled to sing the theme song. The craze swept Hong Kong and Singapore after the 96-episode "Book of Swords" aired. Zheng Shaoqiu jumped from TVB's first-line niche to the top niche in the Hong Kong TV industry. Liang Shuyi (Sister Sha) was called "Ang Shao-qiu's talent" by the Hong Kong media. In 1977, Wang Tianlin directed TVB's first cologne work "Lu Xiaofeng", and Wang directed Zheng Shaoqiu as a guest star. Ye Gucheng thus established his status as a hero. The title of "Heroes Autumn" has since spread. The theme song sung by Cheng Shaoqiu for the series was selected into the "Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs" in Hong Kong that year. In 1978, Zheng Shaoqiu played Zhang Wuji in "Heaven and Dragon Sword", Wang Mingquan played Zhao Min, Zhao Yazhi played Zhou Zhiruo, and Chen Yulian played Xiao Zhao.
"Eternal" became a hit in Hong Kong and received numerous complaints due to the tragic ending of the series. At the strong request of Hong Kong viewers, TVB added a comedy ending. "The Sky" became the first TV series in Hong Kong history to change its ending in response to audience requests. Mr. Jin Yong once wrote an inscription to Zheng Shaoqiu: "The knight on the screen, the heroic style, the family Luo Wuji, enter people's dreams!". The theme song sung by Cheng Shaoqiu for the series was selected into the "Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs" in Hong Kong that year. In 1979, TVB was challenged by Li's TV station, and its ratings were sluggish. TVB production team executive Lin Cixiang urgently mobilized to start filming the cologne masterpiece "Chu Liuxiang" to regain the ratings. Cheng Shaoqiu was assigned to play the role of Chu Liuxiang at a critical moment, and all Taiwan's elites came together. From the decision to film to the broadcast of the first episode, it only took 10 days. The 65-episode "Chu Liuxiang" regained ratings for TVB in one fell swoop, and its rapid filming progress has become a widely talked about miracle in the history of Hong Kong TV dramas. The show was broadcast in Taiwan in the early 1982s and caused a huge sensation. The Xiangshuai whirlwind swept across the island and set off an unprecedented viewing frenzy in Taiwan, with a ratings of 70%. Mr. Gu Long once said: "Taiwanese people only know Zheng Shaoqiu but have forgotten Gu Long, as if Chu Liuxiang himself is Zheng Shaoqiu!" Zheng Shaoqiu suffered from liver disease due to excessive fatigue while filming the series. After filming the series, Zheng Shaoqiu was hospitalized to recuperate. Later, Zheng Shaoqiu also starred in several Chu Liuxiang series. It is worth mentioning that in 1995, Zheng Shaoqiu once again starred as Chu Liuxiang in "The Legend of Xiangshuai". The drama also became the highest-rated in Taiwan that year, and the ratings in the mainland also reached new highs.
Zheng Shaoqiu stills (11 photos) In the 1980s, Zheng Shaoqiu traveled between Hong Kong and Taiwan, starring in several movies and TV series. At that time, Zheng Shaoqiu was "in demand" at the two major TV stations in Hong Kong, "TVB" and "ATV". During this period, Zheng Shaoqiu starred in movies such as "The Famous Sword", "Shushan-New Shushan Swordsman", "Last Night's Light", "Midnight Orchid", "Lovers Watch Swordsman", "Dragnet", "Loyal Heroes", etc.; he also starred in "Rogue" "Emperor", "Flying Eagle", "Sandwich Man", "Qu Yuan", "Never Bow" and other "TVB" dramas, and starred in "Zhuge Liang", "Shanghai Storm" and other "ATV" dramas.
Three habitats on both sides of the Taiwan Strait
In 1993, "A Play on Qianlong" was the first Zheng Shaoqiu drama to be broadcast in the mainland. It was enthusiastically welcomed by the audience and the media and became popular all over the country. For a time, "Four Masters" and "Qianlong" almost became synonymous with Zheng Shaoqiu in the mainland. The play not only introduced Zheng Shaoqiu to mainland audiences, but also set the precedent for "playful historical dramas" in the mainland. In 1992's "Big Time", Zheng Shaoqiu played the extreme character Ding Xie (this character was once rated as the first among the "Top 100 Hong Kong Classic TV Characters"), which strongly proved Zheng Shaoqiu's acting skills, and he was both true and false. There is a "Ding Crab Effect" ("Qiuguan Effect") in the Hong Kong stock market, and even foreign stock commentators have written articles to discuss this unique phenomenon in Hong Kong. After 1993, Zheng Shaoqiu successively filmed many large-scale long-form dramas for TVB such as "Laughing at the Storm", "Heaven and Earth Man", "New Shanghai Beach", etc. These dramas have achieved extremely high ratings and have been broadcast in many mainland China. times played. In addition to TVB dramas, Zheng Shaoqiu also starred in ATV's "War of the Century (2000)" and starred in "The Legend of Jianghu" (including the first part "Mulan Qiuju" and the second part "Dragon and Phoenix") ), "Magic" and other Taiwanese TV series. Since 1998, Zheng Shaoqiu has been invited to star in mainland TV series "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", "Meteor·Butterfly·Sword", "Eternal Romance and a Jar of Vinegar", etc. In 2007, Hong Kong media selected "Top 100 Hong Kong Classic TV Characters", and Cheng Shaoqiu ranked first with seven classic roles. To this day, Zheng Shaoqiu still has new dramas every year and plays the leading male role every year. At the same time, he also has the responsibility of bringing new talents to TVB (Hong Kong media said that "TVB often pulls Qiu Guan's skirt to cover up other people"). No wonder he is known as Ajie is TVB's "treasure to hold back Taiwan", and Qiu Guan is TVB's "emergency weapon". In 2007, on the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, Zheng Shaoqiu was invited by director Li Shaohong to star in the first epic TV series "Glorious Return", which panoramically reflects the ten years of Hong Kong's return to the motherland. In 2009, after the film and television cooperation policy between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait was officially opened, Zheng Shaoqiu was invited to star in the first TV series from mainland China to be shot in Taiwan. A new model for cross-Strait TV drama cooperation. We have already witnessed Zheng Shaoqiu's achievements in performance, but his singing ability is really comparable to his acting skills. Since the release of his first solo album "My Lover Got Married" in 1971, Zheng Shaoqiu has released 57 solo Cantonese or Mandarin song albums, including 449 songs by his lead singer (excluding repeated, pure music, and songs not included in the album) singles and theme songs). As early as 1984, Zheng Shaoqiu held his first solo concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum. Many of Zheng Shaoqiu's albums have won the Hong Kong "Platinum Record Award" or "Golden Record Award", among which songs such as "Eternal Dragon Sword", "Oath to Enter the Mountain of Swords", "Chu Liuxiang", "Turn Around", "Being a Man Loves Freedom" and other songs were selected "Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs" of the year. Dozens of Zheng Shaoqiu's songs have entered Hong Kong's very authoritative "Chinese Songs Dragon and Tiger Chart" of Radio Hong Kong. "Laughing and Watching the Storm" sung by Zheng Shaoqiu has been ranked on the "Chinese Songs Dragon and Tiger Chart" for several weeks. champion.
In 2000, Zheng Shaoqiu participated in the "Huihuang 2000 Stars Golden Songs Echo" concert. In 2005, Zheng Shaoqiu joined the "Golden Melody for Half a Century" concert, and performed the finale and sang "Hong Kong City Anthem" "Under the Lion Rock" on the same stage with other singers, which was well received. In 2006, at the 29th Hong Kong "Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs" Awards Ceremony, Zheng Shaoqiu was awarded the "Golden Needle Award", the highest honor in the Hong Kong music industry, which further affirmed his strength in singing and his contribution to the music industry.
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Zheng Shaoqiu's diligence and hard work are well known to everyone. When she was interviewed by Yang Lan, Sister Wang said that she is a "hard-working representative" in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. ", mentioning Hua Zai and Qiu Guan! In order to make good movies, Cheng Shaoqiu learned Cantonese opera from the famous Cantonese opera master Chen Xiaofeng, and learned kung fu from the famous Hong Kong martial arts master Liu Jialiang! Singing, dancing, horseback riding, sword dancing, etc., he will learn as long as it helps. In his early years, Zheng Shaoqiu was nicknamed "Bi Ming Qiu". His road to success was actually due to decades of diligence, persistence and hard work in his acting career.
Zheng Shaoqiu later often said that it was easy to play Zhang Wuji, because it was like being himself. The most similar thing was his indecision about feelings, his kindness to others, and his intolerance to rejection. Like the former, the topic of women has arisen; like the latter, every time Master Liu Jialiang asked him for help, no matter how difficult it was to arrange the schedule, he would help with guest appearances and never said a word no, so there were movies "Fang Shiyu" and "Drunk". The image in "Fist Three". Every time TVB came to Zheng Shaoqiu for publicity, he tried his best to help and did a good job. Except for TVB's Taiqing in 2001, which caused him to resign due to the recurrence of an old illness, he also regretfully said at that time that this was still the first time he was engaged in acting. Second-rate. An artist must have a reason for his long-lasting acting career, and Zheng Shaoqiu is one of the best. Even though he was injured during the filming, he still insisted on playing through the injury and refused to use a substitute; in order to make the clothes flow smoothly and elegantly in the costume drama, he could practice in front of the mirror for half a year; in order to play the role of the character, he could cut the scene late at night Recite the lines to find the feeling…. Take singing as an example. When Zheng Shaoqiu released his first Mandarin album "Heaven and Earth", although Zheng Shaoqiu had accumulated decades of singing skills and spoke Mandarin quite fluently, Zheng Shaoqiu still maintained the attitude of a complete newcomer. , word by word, carefully considered to achieve perfect score. The producers were greatly admired by Zheng Shaoqiu for his rigorous professional attitude! It is precisely because of these that Zheng Shaoqiu can become an evergreen tree standing in the art world! Some people say that Zheng Shaoqiu is a born entertainer, and the audience will marvel at him as soon as he appears. As soon as he appears, the audience's eyes will inevitably be locked on him; others say that Zheng Shaoqiu's every move embodies the essence of his acting career. , exuding the charm of oriental aesthetics; some even say that Zheng Shaoqiu’s accumulation of acting skills belongs to him personally, and also belongs to the audience, and is a spiritual wealth belonging to our era!
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Joined TVB in 1970 and first performed in "Happy Tonight". He often acted as a ghost and played funny characters, so he was dubbed "the cosplayer". The name of Qiu Qiu. In 1971, he won the Most Promising Newcomer Award for his first TV series "Family Love". In 1973, he starred in and sang the lead vocal in the theme song of the TV series "In the Rain". The song also became TVB's first TV theme song (not "The Laughing Marriage"), which established his niche status. In 1976, he became famous after playing three different roles: Chen Jialuo, Qianlong and Fukang'an in "The Book of Swords and Enmities". Later, he played the lead role and sang the theme song in many TV dramas adapted from classic works such as "Lu Xiaofeng: Before and After the Final Battle", "Eternal Dragon Slayer", "Chu Liuxiang", etc., which became very popular and established his status as a first-line niche actor in TVB costume films. The image of the hero is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In April 1982, the drama "Chu Liuxiang" starring in Taiwan not only set a new record in ratings, but also had a great impact on the entire Taiwanese television entertainment ecosystem. In 1992, Cheng Shaoqiu changed his previous decent image and played the role of the extreme villain Ding Crab in his masterpiece "The Big Time". He was very popular and the ratings soared. In the future, there will be a legend of the "Qiu Guan Effect", which refers to the Hong Kong TV station every time Whenever Cheng Shaoqiu's TV series is broadcast, the stock market will plummet. In 1991, he participated in "The Story of Qianlong" produced in Taiwan and filmed in the Mainland, which was very popular in the Mainland. On December 21, 2006, the 29th Golden Needle Award for the Top Ten Chinese Golden Songs was awarded to "Music Hero" Zheng Shaoqiu in recognition of his contribution to the music industry. In 2007, Cheng Shaoqiu teamed up with the new host Wang Yixing to host the information program "Mystery", and Miss Hong Kong second runner-up Lui Huiyi served as the "Mystery Girl".
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