I didn't want to be an actor

The family class can be said to be a product of the times.

In the 1960s and 1970s, Hong Kong Kung Fu movies emerged. At the same time, the traditional theater and martial arts industries began to decline. In order to make a living, many people who studied drama and martial arts joined the crew one after another and started practicing martial arts.

The so-called "martial arts" is somewhat similar to what we call a stuntman today. In the early years of the Hong Kong film industry, martial artists who came from the martial arts industry and later participated in film shooting were called "dragon and tiger martial arts masters". Later, this title gradually became "martial arts".

Among them are a pair of brothers, Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan, who studied under Peking Opera artist Yu Zhanyuan.

With the solid foundation they laid in the theater troupe, the two quickly established themselves in the film and television industry, and gradually became full-fledged actors from stand-ins.

After accumulating some experience and connections, Sammo Hung took the lead in establishing his own martial arts team, the Hong Family Team.

Soon after, Jackie Chan also set up his own business and established the first generation family class with Wang Yao, Xie Jianwen and others.

This kind of martial arts team is more like a martial arts group: a few like-minded friends come together to work hard, relying on their martial arts skills, toughness and friendship.

In 1977, Sammo Hung pioneered kung fu comedy in his directorial debut "The Monk San De and Chun Mi Liu".

Jackie Chan also picked up a director in the late 1970s, and released his directorial masterpiece "Junior Brother" in 1980.

The two were both from Jiahe and had a good relationship, which allowed the Hung Family Class and Cheng Family Class to continue to grow and become the most important martial arts teams in Hong Kong.

But as time went by, in addition to cooperation, the two also began to compete to see who was "the best in Hong Kong".

Jia Shifeng from the family class once said: "At that time, we were all fighting to the death. At that time, the family class made a dangerous move, and the Hong family class immediately made another more dangerous move!"

It is said that when the family class was filming at that time, there was usually a van parked in front of the set. If someone had an accident, they would be immediately taken to the van and taken to the hospital.

There are even seven beds in the hospital specially reserved for couples classes, because their people are admitted almost every day.

Recalling those years, Jia Shifeng was quite emotional: "The movies at that time were very hard-hitting and showed the real thing to the audience. One movie was just a simple kick in the face because it had to be shot in close-up. First of all, The first one was kicked and fainted, and the second one was kicked and fainted again. As a result, seven of them were kicked unconscious. "

Another member, Lai Shengguang, said: "In the past, when I did a big dangerous move, I might have thought in my mind whether I could go home tonight."

Why are everyone willing to fight so hard?

In addition to friendship, another thing is treatment!

At that time, the salary and benefits of the Married Family Class were always the best among the major martial arts teams. In addition, Jackie Chan often spends his own money to buy clothes and treat his brothers to meals, without any airs of being a "boss".

——At that time, the average daily wage in the martial arts industry was 100 to 200 yuan, which was as much as a month’s salary for office workers. Those with a little reputation could earn 1,000 to 2,000 yuan a day.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. With the rapid development of the Hong Kong film industry, the original small-group team model began to shake.

Although love is priceless, the bond between brothers has also been affected in the face of real money. In the early 1990s, some people began to pay huge sums of money to recruit members of the Jijia class to serve as technical guidance.

Compared with the salary you can earn by risking your life in a family class, you can easily earn several times the income as a martial arts instructor outside. This makes many people think about leaving the family class.

The conflict broke out in 1992 when Jackie Chan was filming "Eagle Project".

After the filming of "Eagle Project" was completed, Jackie Chan took the initiative to disband the Marriage Class. In addition, the Hong Family Class and other groups also disbanded not long ago. The period of martial arts troupes in Hong Kong has come to an end. .

A few years later, due to the needs of filming, Jackie Chan formed a new family class, and many new people entered Jackie Chan's company.

Among them are several martial arts instructors from "West De Anxi"...

Wu Gang is also one of them.

Oh, Wu Gang is the action actor that Jackie Chan used in "A Date with Lu Yu" before - the kind who fell down three times and landed on his face...

Later, Wu Gang became the martial arts instructor of "Kung Fu Dream" and won the Golden Horse Award for Best Action Design for "Detective Chinatown"!

By the way, there is a saying like this: The family class only made Jackie Chan famous, but the Hong family class made everyone famous...

In fact, there is some truth to it. In terms of celebrities who came out of the family class, they are indeed not as good as the Hong family class!

On the one hand, a large part of the Hong Jia Ban were people who took over from Bruce Lee's staff... established the Hong Jia Ban.

Needless to say, Lin Zhengying, who hung out with Bruce Lee, won the martial arts award in his early years;

Uncle Wu Ma became famous in the 1960s and is a disciple of Zhang Che;

Not to mention Eric Tsang, who has even been used to slander Jackie Chan - Qian Jiale (it is said that Jackie Chan's actions are all done by Qian Jiale!), this person made his debut in Jackie Chan's "Plan A"!

Can you think of any members of the Hong family who have not appeared in Jackie Chan's movies?

Uncle Wu Ma should be the second male lead in "Miracle"...

Public opinion changed, and these people became Sammo Hung's favorites!

But these people are indeed from the Hong family class...

On the other hand, Jackie Chan is different from Sammo Hung. Almost everyone knows that even before he became famous, what ideas did Luo Wei follow when filming and shaping his image?

Cultivate the second Bruce Lee-level superstar!

That is to say, a superstar who can completely support the status and weight of a play with his personal image and brand!

No other actors are needed to support the scene.

So since "Drunken Master" and "Snake in the Eagle's Shadow" became famous, Jackie Chan's superstar image has been established. In this case, he can't be a supporting role for others. As long as he is in a play, he must be the absolute protagonist, and others are bound to become foils and can't be too outstanding!

Even in the 1980s, when Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao co-starred in a series of works such as the "Lucky Stars" series, "Fast Food Trucks", "Project A", and "Dragon Gate", their "superstar" effect has already overshadowed the two brothers.

Take the Japanese posters of these movies, it is obvious that only Jackie Chan is the main character:

Oh, why mention Sammo Hung?

Because he is here too, playing Guo Xin, leading the remaining soldiers to guard Qiuci.

After the fall of Beiting, Tubo aggressively captured the four towns of Anxi one by one.

Qiuci is the last line of defense!

But no one from the generals to the soldiers of the Anxi Army surrendered, and they raised the flag of the Tang Dynasty and fought to the death. No one in the Anxi Army survived, and all died for their country.

In the movie, Qiuci is the destination - Jackie Chan's character Guo Yuanzheng is pulling a cart of money, and he is going to Qiuci!

The opening is a big drama - the fall of Xizhou!

Xizhou is located in the center of Beiting, Yanqi, and Yiwulu, connected to Yiwulu in the east and Yanqi in the west. It can protect the four towns of Anxi nearby for support, and can protect Hexi from afar to contain the eastward invasion of Tubo.

After the fall of Beiting, ten years later, the Tang Dynasty only had two cities, Xizhou and Qiuci...

Now Xizhou is gone, and only the lonely city of Qiuci is left!