Previously, Jet Li's youngest daughter Jada revealed that she suffered from severe depression. Due to the raging new coronavirus epidemic, she had been isolated at home for a long time and could not go out to relax, and her condition was much worse than before. Many people speculate that Jet Li rarely appears in front of the screen. In addition to his own physical condition, the bigger reason may be to accompany Jada and deal with depression with her, right?
The former "Kung Fu Emperor" is now just an ordinary father. Everyone is still very sorry that Jet Li's good kung fu and acting skills have not been passed down well, and there is not even a successor. In fact, a long time ago, Jet Li also had a successor, Yan Zhengguo. His experience in the first half of his life was also quite legendary. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison for kidnapping and ransom, and he could only participate in his father's death with handcuffs. Funeral, he has been up and down for many years, and now he has become a director with a box office of over 100 million!
In 2018, the movie "Jiaotou 2 - The Rise of the King" earned over 100 million in box office, making its director Yan Zhengguo become known to the public as a director. Previously, everyone knew that Yan Zhengguo was just an actor. At the age of six, he began to star in film and television dramas, such as "The Man from Fenggui", "Dongdong's Holiday", etc. After first gaining high popularity in Taiwan Province, it gradually became popular throughout the country. At that time, Yan Zhengguo not only had the title of "Super Prodigy", he was also regarded as Jet Li's successor.
Those who are close to red are red and those who are close to ink are dark. Yan Zhengguo, who originally had a bright future, became obsessed with eating, drinking and having fun because he got to know some "little gangsters" in society. His salary was lost. After that, he began to commit theft and robbery with those gangsters, and was even arrested and imprisoned. However, because he was young and the amount of meritorious services was not large, he was released not long after.
After he was released from prison, he got married under the arrangement of his family. However, he did not mature after getting married. Instead, he and his so-called friends kidnapped a wealthy local businessman. He was eventually arrested and jailed for kidnapping for ransom and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Perhaps because Yan Zhengguo continued to refuse to change despite repeated admonitions, his father was so angry that he became ill and died not long after he was imprisoned. In order to attend his father's funeral, he applied to the court many times, and finally got the opportunity to attend his father's funeral wearing handcuffs and shackles.
The shock of his father's death finally made Yan Zhengguo realize his mistakes and began to make up his mind to change his ways. In prison, he improved his acting skills by performing shows for others, and he also improved his artistic accomplishment through books. After being released from prison, Yan Zhengguo resumed acting in film and television dramas while working as a calligraphy teacher.
Due to the dark history of serving a sentence, Yan Zhengguo had limited film and television resources, so he began to work behind the scenes and became a director. Nowadays, he is somewhat famous with the movie "Kakuzu 2-The Rise of the King". I hope that Yan Zhengguo, who knows his mistakes and can correct them, can stick to such a good trend in the future!