Zheng Zeshi's success as an actress was entirely earned by herself. When he was young, because his family was too poor, Zheng Zeshi went out to work very early, in order to give his younger brother and sister a chance to learn. He apprenticed in a jewelry store and went to a restaurant as a dishwasher. He gets up earlier than the chicken, goes to bed later than the dog and works much harder than the cow, but he still doesn't make much money. Later, he saw that wireless was recruiting actors and went to sign up without telling his family.
Perhaps the hard days of the past have given him more experience. In an exhibition competition, Zheng Zeshi unexpectedly won the first prize and successfully signed a contract with the wireless company. But signing the contract didn't bring him more happiness. Zheng Zeshi looks ordinary and has a more ordinary figure. In front of a group of pretty girls and handsome guys, he is a road warrior.
Others at least have a walk-on to play with, and Zheng Zeshi doesn't even have a chance to walk-on. Fortunately, God is still kind to him. At that time, Chow Yun Fat, a "wireless minority", found that Zheng Zeshi, a "nobody", had comedy genes, so he went to a former wireless high-level discussion and asked him to do a program with Zheng Zeshi.
With the consent of the top management, Chow Yun Fat will take Zheng Zeshi to do programs and shoot together, and he will also teach Zheng Zeshi how to improve his acting skills when the studio is free. Chow Yun Fat is very kind to Zheng Zeshi. Every time it's time to eat, he will shout, "Fatty, let's eat together." Zheng Zeshi eats a lot, but Chow Yun Fat still eats like a pig with him, knowing that he has no money, and Chow Yun Fat will not let Zheng Zeshi pay more than 10 yuan.
Zheng Zeshi learned a lot of acting skills from Chow Yun Fat, and participated in Four Eyes Detective and Gray Ghost successively. In the movie Grey Spirit, he is not only an actor, but also a director and producer. 1984, Zheng Zeshi was nominated for Best Actor in the Hong Kong Film Awards for the first time with the film "Lost in Mind".
The following year, he wrote, directed and acted in a warm and sad feature film "Why Me", in which Zheng Zeshi played an ill-fated teenager "Fat Cat". With Fat Cat, Zheng Zeshi won the Best Actor in the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards, and won the Best Actor faster than Chow Yun Fat. Since then, Zheng Zeshi's star path has been smooth sailing, and Pohao, starring Lv Liangwei, is known as the godfather of Hong Kong films.
Zheng Zeshi won the best actor three times, and when his career was brilliant, his ambition began to grow. Zheng Zeshi and a friend started a film and television company and signed many artists, including Dicky Cheung. I wanted to be a big boss. Who knows, before I experienced enough addiction, the company went wrong.
At that time, a movie they invested in was a dismal box office after its release. Not only did it not recover the cost, but it also owed tens of millions of debts. At this time, the partner also left with the rest of the company's money. Artists in Zheng Zeshi also took the opportunity to cancel the contract and find another way out. To make matters worse, when Zheng Zeshi was at the end of his tether, Dicky Cheung asked him for 240 watts.
It is a matter of course to pay back the arrears. Zheng Zeshi had no choice but to mortgage everything and move his family to a slum to rent a house. But even so, he still has tens of millions of foreign debts to pay. Later, Andy Lau learned about it and offered to lend him a helping hand. At that time, they didn't have much in common, but Andy Lau offered to lend money to Zheng Zeshi.
Andy Lau also recommended many resources to Zheng Zeshi, such as making him a producer of the film Brothers, and many roles were also recommended to him. It took Zheng Zeshi 10 years to pay off its debts. Later, he publicly stated on many occasions: "The person who needs to thank most in this life is Andy Lau, and only Andy Lau has not looked down on me."
Zheng Zeshi was unlucky to fall from a height and get up again, but he was lucky. Fortunately, there is not only the help of the noble Andy Lau, but also the company of his wife. Because of the experience of falling to the bottom, Zheng Zeshi lived a civilian life. Until now, he has never been extravagant in diet, and he lives frugally and self-disciplined.
Zheng Zeshi, who scrimped and saved, also donated 500,000 yuan to Wuhan. For others, this figure may be nothing, but for 70-year-old artist Zheng Zeshi, it is not easy to spend so much money.