Stephen Chow was born in a mainland immigrant family in Hong Kong, and lived in a poor area in Kowloon, leading a poor life. A family of five huddled in a narrow wooden room, slept in a bunk bed, and made rice with soy sauce as a world delicacy. At the age of seven, his parents divorced, and he lived with his mother, sister and younger sister.

During the summer vacation of junior high school, Stephen Chow often worked to make money to supplement his family, earn pocket money for himself, buy comic books to watch movies, practice kung fu and indulge in break dancing. Recalling that time, he said, "I had several summer jobs, such as selling glasses and electrical appliances. The most impressive thing is that I went to the restaurant to sell my heart, with a monthly salary of about 6 Hong Kong dollars. I have seen any weirdos working in restaurants, and if they don't respond quickly, they will be scolded by the guests, so they must be eloquent and polite. "

At that time, it was the golden age of TV development in Hong Kong. Stephen Chow, who loved martial arts, grew up with TV dramas and was obsessed with them. He wanted to give it a try, join the industry and play a role. So he called his friend Tony Leung Chiu Wai, and the two of them ran to the mountain and filmed an 8-minute short film privately.

Tony Leung Chiu Wai, who became famous, said, "It was all his idea. At that time, I didn't understand acting. He was both a director and an actor in that short film, and I was just an actor. The story mainly tells that the good guy and the bad guy fought in the mountains, and finally the good guy won. He arranged for me to play the bad guy. At that time, Stephen Chow daydreamed all day and often mentioned the TVB wireless art training class, dreaming of becoming a big star, and even encouraged Tony Leung Chiu Wai to enter the wireless artist training class together. Both of them took the exam, but the last notice was that Tony Leung Chiu Wai was admitted, and Stephen Chow was defeated.

In p>1982, with his love of acting, Stephen Chow took the exam twice in a row and finally entered the night training class for Hong Kong TVB artists. In August 1992, when asked by the reporter of Film Biweekly, he said with certainty, "If I haven't passed the exam, I will continue to take it again because it is my interest."

There were many stars in this issue, such as Wu Zhenyu, Bobby Au—Yeung, Guan Lijie and Li Zixiong. Wu Zhenyu was even worse than him, and he didn't get in for three times in a row, but Wu Zhenyu didn't give up because of this, and only got in for the fourth time.

Stephen Chow was a walk-on for quite a long time after graduation. In the famous Legend of the Condor Heroes, he played a bit part who was killed by Mei Chaofeng without a single line. At that time, he felt that it was a little unreal for the director to design himself to be beaten to death, so he designed a rebellious action.

Stephen Chow also went to discuss with the assistant director, but the director immediately rejected it. After that, he kept putting forward his own views, and of course he was repeatedly rejected. This walk-on actor, who hopes to block one more hand, has reached an obsession with acting at this time.

In p>199, The Gambler was released in Hong Kong for four weeks, and Stephen Chow confirmed his ridiculous style. Since then, Stephen Chow has won successively, its production has become more and more sophisticated, and its cost has been increasing. ?

The Duke Of Mount Deer represents his most glorious period. In A Chinese Odyssey, Stephen Chow's artistic value was fully reflected, but he was defeated at the box office. In his film "The God of Food", Stephen Chow made Karen Mok famous in one fell swoop. But the film seems to be mixed with a lot of helplessness. ?

At the end of p>1998, Stephen Chow released king of comedy with a fresh look, and its status seemed to have picked up. But six months later, The King of Thousand Kings was extremely disappointing. ?

In p>21, Stephen Chow's "shaolin soccer" replaced Jackie Chan's "The Simple Task of never to lose 4" and became the new box office champion of Hong Kong films in the history of Hong Kong films. Master Xing is radiant again, shining on the sun and the moon. ?

In p>24, Kung Fu broke the highest box office record of shaolin soccer and reached the top again! Stephen Chow's sense of comedy is greatly admired by Hollywood.

Extended information:

1. Stephen Chow is one of the iconic figures in the Chinese film industry and is known as the Charlie Chaplin of China. In 199s, because the films he starred in repeatedly broke box office records, he, Jackie Chan and Chow Yun Fat were also called "1% every two weeks", which means the box office guarantee of Hong Kong films.

2. Stephen Chow is both an inheritor and a pioneer of traditional comedy. He expresses the behavior of characters in conflicts through seemingly unrelated language and body movements, thus forming a meaningless performance style.

3. Stephen Chow never repeats himself, and his comedy style has also gone through the transition from exaggeration to introversion, from funny to gentle, from body language expression to entering the characters' hearts. He expresses the tragic theme in the narrative form of comedy, which not only brings laughter to people, but also causes the audience to reflect.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Stephen Chow.