He became famous by acting in "Dragon" and lost tens of millions in stock trading. What's going on with "Jiu Mo Zhi" Li Guolin now?

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Li Guolin, born on May 9, 1954, in the "Li Shipeng Family" in Hong Kong.

His father is Li Fuzhao, known as the godfather of Hong Kong stocks.

The "Li Shipeng" family has a great background. It is the head of the four oldest families in Hong Kong.

Belonging to a truly famous family, the top wealthy family among the wealthy, its family wealth and power have been accumulated for several generations and have long become astronomical figures.

Maybe everyone is unfamiliar with the name Li Shipeng and doesn’t know how powerful he is. Then we have to mention that he belongs to the same family as Ho Tung, the fourth oldest family in Hong Kong. Ho Tung is the eldest brother of gambling king Stanley Ho and the first richest man in Hong Kong.

However, unlike the He family, which is often active in the public eye, the Li family, whose family businesses and talents are spread across business, government, finance, justice and education, are very low-key.

And this low-key family style also affected Li Guolin's life.

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In 1960, 6-year-old Li Guolin reached primary school age. Unlike other children with the same social status and economic conditions, Li Guolin neither wanted to go abroad nor miss an aristocratic school, but chose an ordinary JC primary school.

Because his father, Li Fuzhao, worked as a JC for a period of time. The heroic figure of his father wearing a police uniform with his hands behind his back left a very deep impression on the young Li Guolin, and also planted a JC dream in his heart.

Although the Li family has a strict family tradition, it is also open-minded. Li Guolin originally thought that his dream would be supported by his family, but fate made a little joke on him.

In 1971, Li Guolin graduated from the fifth grade of secondary school and was preparing to apply for the police academy. (The academic qualifications in Hong Kong are slightly different from those in the mainland. The fifth form in Hong Kong is equivalent to the second year of high school in the mainland. There is no high school in Hong Kong. You can enter university after the second year of high school.)

But his father, who has always been responsive to his requests, this time He firmly refused. It's not that Li Fuzhao doesn't like his son to be a JC, it's just that in the general environment caused by force majeure that year, the risks that Hong Kong JC had to bear were too great. I wonder whose parents can endure such a life of fear?

However, this is obviously incomprehensible to Li Guolin, who is young and energetic and has a strong sense of justice. He was depressed for several days, but Li Fuzhao remained unmoved. Finally, Li Guolin, who had been lying at home for several years, could no longer stay.

In 1974, with the mentality of giving it a try, Li Guolin applied for the TVB artist training class and became the fourth student. Maybe God destined him to be an actor, but he succeeded in one fell swoop. Coincidentally, this training class has produced many veteran actors, and some have become great directors in the industry.

It was at this time that Li Guolin met the person who would have a profound influence on him in the future - Du Qifeng.

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Johnnie To started working as a handyman at Hong Kong TVB in 1972. He has a deep understanding of film and television works. In the process of being a classmate with him, he inherited the family's economic acumen. Li Guolin was keenly aware of the business opportunities.

So when graduation was approaching, Li Guolin formed a partnership with his friends and started a special team. Because of the huge market demand, the team's business was very hot at first, and supply exceeded demand. Li Guolin even served as a stunt double for Andy Lau. But gradually, the shortcomings of this industry have also been revealed.

That was when filming a car stunt. Li Guolin's role was to open the car door while talking on the phone. As a result, his hand was accidentally caught by the car door. If the actors in the same group had not reacted quickly, he might have It's not just as simple as being injured.

This life-threatening experience left Li Guolin frightened and he had the idea of ??disbanding the team. Shortly afterwards, he witnessed an accident with his own eyes, which made him completely determined.

In 1975, Li Guolin, who began to concentrate on acting, received his first role, a small supporting role in "A Dream in the Palace of the Qing Dynasty". Subsequently, he took on many film and television productions, playing supporting roles in them.

In the 1980s, Li Guolin, who had only debuted for a short period of time, was already a well-known green leaf in the circle, with invitations pouring in. But just when his career was on the rise, his life suffered one after another.

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In the early 1990s, Li Guolin's father passed away due to illness. This sad news shocked the Li family.

As the eldest son of the Li family, Li Guolin had to face countless trivial matters every day apart from his grief, which made him have no intention of working at all. Then, because he was a bit carefree and unclear about people when he was young, his girlfriend at the time went to court against him over a money dispute.

But what kind of family is the Li family? Li Guolin's uncle Li Fook-shu is a member of the Municipal, Legislative and Executive Bureau of Hong Kong. His second uncle Li Fook-shan is the first Chinese judge of the High Court of Hong Kong, and his cousin Li Guoneng is the chief justice of the Court of Final Appeal in Hong Kong.

In the end, the matter ended with the woman withdrawing the lawsuit, but Li Guolin was not able to escape unscathed. The matter was confusing back then, with both sides holding different opinions, and now it is even more difficult to distinguish right from wrong. But this unexplainable incident became an indelible stain on Li Guolin.

Although TVB did not abandon him ruthlessly, it did suggest that he go out to avoid the limelight, which is equivalent to "exile" in disguise.

In this way, Li Guolin went abroad to Malaysia.

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Living in a foreign country made Li Guolin think a lot and grow a lot.

In Malaysia, Li Guolin also received a call from his first girlfriend. The two separated due to a misunderstanding back then, but now when Li Guolin's reputation is at its lowest, she has shown her greatest understanding and support to Li Guolin regardless of past grudges. This moved Li Guolin deeply and the two have reconciled.

In 1995, Li Guolin returned to TVB. After experiencing a great downturn in his life, he was about to reach the peak of his life.

In 1997, Li Guolin married his girlfriend. At the same time, he also took over the filming of one of the most classic roles in his acting career - Jiumozhi.

In "Dragon", Jiumozhi is positioned as a villain. Some friends who have not watched it may not understand, how can a villain be loved by so many people?

In fact, although Jiumozhi, who calls himself a young monk, is positioned as a villain, he has never harmed anyone's life from beginning to end. Rather than saying that he is a bad person, it is more appropriate to say that he is an idiot.

While other characters are busy falling in love, busy being enemies of country and family, and busy jumping back and forth between good and bad guys, the young monk Jiumozhi is very single-minded. His goal has always been... One - the pursuit of deeper and more sophisticated martial arts.

On this road, Jiumozhi is diligent. He traveled thousands of miles from Tubo to Shaolin Temple and chased Duan Yu for a long time. Although he takes advantage of others skillfully, he also sticks to his own bottom line. He can be called a "clean stream" among villains. He has also made many jokes and contributed many emoticons because of this.

For example, he always preaches that "there are not many people in the world who can tie up with Xiao Monk", but every time he appears, he almost always bumps into those few people and is beaten at the speed of light. Face.

Another example is that one second he was still uttering wild words, but the next second he frantically asked for help from the protagonists because he did not know how to swim.

Who wouldn’t like such a villain who is fierce but not evil, and even a little cute?

Of course, the success of the role of Jiumozhi is absolutely inseparable from Li Guolin's exquisite acting skills. In fact, not only Jiumozhi is a character, Li Guolin also contributed many impressive villains.

For example, Ma Yuanzhi, the treacherous and evil eunuch chief in "The Palace's Scheming".

The ambitious Shen Gongbao in "Feng Shen Bang".

In addition to villains, he also played many positive roles such as lawyers. But what's interesting is that he has a nickname at TVB - the King of Losers.

In other words, as long as he plays the lawyer, he will lose every lawsuit he fights. He can be called "dumb and cute".

But what is ironic is that Li Guolin actually has a very "cute" side in real life.

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In 2001, Li Guolin’s wife became pregnant. At this time, Li Guolin, whose career and life had reached their peak, felt a little elated.

He suddenly thought that his father had made a fortune from stocks, so could I give it a try?

His attempt turned out to be a good one. Before he could get much of the dividend, he caught up with the financial crisis in 2002 and lost all the tens of millions he had accumulated over the years. I owe the bank millions.

And this year, his daughter was just born, and it was time to spend money. Not only could he not be able to get a penny out, but he was also being collected for debts every day, and he almost lost all the money his father had left to him. The houses have to be sold.

Some people may ask, if the Li family is so rich, why are they short of these few million?

Yes, the Li family is rich, but Li Guolin insists that one person does everything and one person is responsible, and never spends a penny from the family. Even when his friends suggested that he file for bankruptcy, he did not agree and chose debt restructuring instead. .

In order to pay off his debts, Li Guolin, who had a daughter in his old age, failed to stay with his daughter properly. He traveled around every day, kept filming to earn money, and even put down his body and performed on stage to sing.

After working hard for several years, I finally paid off all my debts. After paying off his debts, Li Guolin's filming rhythm slowed down, and he began to shift the focus of his life to his family and began to concentrate on being with his family.

Later, someone asked Li Guolin whether he would enter the stock market again. After all, people have to stand up from where they fall.

But Li Guolin waved his hands repeatedly: I won’t touch it anymore, and I won’t touch it in this life. The stock is too terrible.

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In 2020, Li Guolin and the former "Dragon Movie" cast troupe appeared on "Ace vs. Ace" and played Jiumozhi again, triggering a wave of memories kill.

When the audience lamented that "it is easy for people to be thrown away", they inevitably had questions in their hearts:

Why does Mr. Li Guolin, who comes from a prominent family, has been in the movies for 46 years, and has excellent acting skills, in Why has TVB never played a leading role once in its life?

Although he is not popular, he was cast in one film after another. Although his character is not good, he did not choose to change jobs during the most decadent years of TVB.

So, is it really that he cannot take the lead?

This is not the case.

First of all, Li Guolin is an actor, he is not a star, let alone an artist. What he values ????is not a drama, what status he is in, how much traffic and exposure the drama can bring him, and how much money it can make him. He is enjoying the process of filming itself, so there is no need to mention bringing money to join the group.

Secondly, TVB in the 1990s had a large number of talents, which could be called a fight between gods. Each of its artists had outstanding looks and outstanding acting skills. Its representatives include the Wireless Five Tigers, as well as the later Four Stars and Five Young Boys. Under such fierce competition, it is normal for Li Guolin to be unable to rise to the top.

Finally, although TVB later became lonely, Li Guolin was also older at that time and obviously did not meet the mainstream market of good looks, so naturally he could not get any starring roles.

However, Li Guolin does not have this ambition. In his heart, as long as the money earned from filming is enough to support his family, as long as the audience loves to watch his acting.

Today, the 67-year-old Li Guolin is still active in the public eye. He occasionally posts WB and DY, and occasionally interacts with fans, but most of all, he still shows off his wife and daughter on social platforms and tells everyone Share his happy later life.

In this life, peace, health, and happiness are the greatest happiness.