Many people know that Donnie Yen can play, but they don't know that Donnie Yen's mother can play better.

Bow Sim Mark

Donnie Yen was born in a martial arts family in Guangdong in 1963.

In the same year, Jet Li was born in Beijing. His parents were standard farmers, and he had no chance to deal with Kung Fu since he was a child. However, he became the "Kung Fu superstar" in China more than ten years later than Donnie Yen. Compared with Jet Li, Donnie Yen was born with a golden spoon in his mouth.

Donnie Yen and his parents

His mother, Bow Sim Mark, is the founder of Taiji Club, and also founded the China Wushu Institute in the United States. My mother's master is Fu Yonghui, the son of Fu Zhensong, the founder of Nanjing Central Martial Arts Museum, one of the famous gossip masters. He said of Bow Sim Mark:

"An apprentice who has learned everything from me" and "can really become my successor."

In such a family, Donnie Yen's life is doomed to be extraordinary. However, with such an excellent background, why can't you compare with the poor boy Jet Li?

in 1974, at the age of 11, Donnie Yen immigrated to Boston with his parents and started his trip to the United States. Because of the different skin color and language, Donnie Yen suffered a lot in the United States, and other American children thought that he was different. And all these have left great trauma to Donnie Yen's heart. He secretly vowed that he must make himself strong and not let others underestimate himself. So in such an environment, he gradually developed his competitive personality.

At this time, on the other side of the ocean, Jet Li, who is also 11 years old, has won the national championship of children's Wushu routines and went to the United States with the delegation to exchange performances.

Even President Nixon of the United States was full of praise for him, so he asked him jokingly, "Little friend, you are so good at kung fu, will you be my bodyguard when you grow up?"

Jet Li blurted out, "I want to protect one billion people in China, not you alone."

Jet Li's words shocked the Americans. When Donnie Yen saw this scene in front of the TV, he was greatly admired, so he secretly vowed to practice martial arts well and make a difference for China people in the future.

In this way, two people who have never been masked have started their journey to become China Kung Fu superstars. 2

In 1982, 19-year-old Jet Li became popular all over the country with his Shaolin Temple, which even gave a shot in the arm to kungfu fans all over the world, making China Wushu a hot topic in the world again.

Meanwhile, Donnie Yen is still skipping classes to secretly practice martial arts. Because Donnie Yen was addicted to martial arts and neglected his studies, his father, who had hoped that he would take the road of music, was very angry.

A father-son war, which had been saved for a long time, was on the verge. The two men had a big fight over martial arts, and the youthful Donnie Yen slammed the door.

Donnie Yen, who ran away from home, went to stay with her grandmother for a few weeks.

Because Donnie Yen knows martial arts, he was recommended by a group of friends as a security guard in nightclubs. Just as Jet Li worked hard for his kungfu dream, young Donnie Yen was caught in a mixed life. There are gang fights around, and even shootings happen from time to time.

In a shooting incident, my friend was shot and killed, which dealt a great blow to Donnie Yen.

After that, Donnie Yen felt extremely confused and confused about his future, and even questioned himself whether this was the road of martial arts that he chose at the beginning.

Not long after, Bow Sim Mark, as a mother, was very disappointed with her son when she learned that he was wandering around the society and deviated from the track of life. For the sake of his son's future and safety, Bow Sim Mark can only choose to compromise. So send Donnie Yen to the best martial arts school in China, and let him realize his "Kung Fu dream" in the best environment.

Bow Sim Mark's decision made Donnie Yen and Jet Li have an indissoluble bond.

The school Donnie Yen went to was the Beijing Martial Arts School where Jet Li once studied. In this way, two people who regarded Bruce Lee as their idol met and became disciples.

At this time, Jet Li has long been a man of the hour in the school. He won the all-around championship from 1975 to 1979 with excellent results and was called "the first master of Chinese Wushu."

Donnie Yen, who grew up in the United States, suddenly came to China. He felt very strange. While practicing martial arts, he went hungry inexplicably and often had to squeeze buses, which was extremely painful for Donnie Yen, whose family was well-off. After two years' tempering, all the aura still hangs over the elder brother Jet Li. Donnie Yen, who felt hopeless, had the idea of giving up, so he bought a plane ticket and flew back to the United States.

Just as Donnie Yen bought a ticket to transfer to Hong Kong, she suddenly received a notice from her mother that Yuan Heping, a great director who had just become popular in Southeast Asia for directing Snake-shaped Diao Hands and Drunken Boxing, wanted to meet Donnie Yen.

Yuan Heping

After receiving the notice, Donnie Yen was very confused. He was a nobody at all. How could he be invited to meet by the director? In this way, Donnie Yen went to see Yuan Heping with doubts. Only after Donnie Yen met Yuan Heping, who was called "Eight Lords", did he know that Jackie Chan, who had starred in "Snake-shaped Diao Shou" and "Drunken Boxing", had signed a contract with Jiahe Film Company, and Yuan Heping urgently needed an actor with good kung fu and image.

It happened that Yuan Heping's sister was a student of Donnie Yen's mother, so his mother recommended her son to Yuan Heping, and Donnie Yen welcomed a noble person in his life.

Yuan Heping and Donnie Yen

After interviewing at different levels, Yuan Heping appreciated Donnie Yen very much and invited him. Let him play with fat sister Shen Dianxia in Laughing Tai Chi, so Donnie Yen played the first leading role in his life. Donnie Yen performed very hard. He not only showed excellent kung fu in the film, but also performed break dancing and imitated Michael Jackson's spacewalk.

The stills of Donnie Yen's spacewalk in Laughing Tai Chi

Just when Donnie Yen fantasized that he could become an instant hit, the box office of the film was bleak, even less than that of Shaolin Temple, which took away a fraction of the 2 million box office. This film was even called the last traditional kung fu film by the Hong Kong media.

It was a great blow to Donnie Yen. All the grievances he suffered during filming came to the fore. Even at that time, he was disheartened and didn't know what filming was. However, Yuan Heping has been urging him to hold his horses and wait for the opportunity of filming, so that he can practice martial arts according to the arrangement of the crew.

Therefore, Donnie Yen also had great differences with his mentor Yuan Heping.

In this way, Donnie Yen returned to the United States after years of wandering, but something happened later that made Donnie Yen change his mind. 3

After returning to the United States, Donnie Yen began to help his mother manage the martial arts school and do odd jobs. I happened to see a documentary about Bruce Lee on TV on my way to work. Donnie Yen, who was already unwilling, rekindled his confidence. So I immediately put down my work and prepared for returning to Hong Kong.

At this time, Yuan Heping appeared as a martial arts instructor in "Huang Feihong's Man Should Be Self-reliant" directed by Tsui Hark. So he let bygones be bygones and strongly recommended Donnie Yen to Jet Li's ultimate rival. It was Yuan Heping's suggestion that made this film one of the most wonderful duels in the last century's kung fu movies, "Zhen-Li vs.". At the same time, it also reminds the audience of Donnie Yen, whose kung fu is comparable to that of Jet Li.

Zhen Li vs.

Compared with Jet Li, who was admired by Nixon at the age of 8, Donnie Yen was already 29 years old. With this performance, Donnie Yen soon got his chance to pay tribute to his idol.

In 1995, Hong Kong ATV invited Donnie Yen to star in Jingwumen, in which he acted as the male lead Zhen Chen. He successfully created the image of Zhen Chen with his solid skill. He also paid tribute to his idol Bruce Lee in this film. Donnie Yen's performance is not inferior to that of Zhen Chen played by Jet Li before, and even called by the media as Zhen Chen most like Bruce Lee.

However, Donnie Yen, who has made small achievements in his career, made a decision that puzzled everyone at this time, that is, he acted as a director himself. And directed the first film "The Legend of War Wolf".

The box office of this film was not satisfactory, and even Donnie Yen lost his money. It can be said that there were no underpants left, so some people said that Donnie Yen took the underpants advertisement that he has been criticized so far in order to make money.

These made Donnie Yen suffer endless pressure, so he began to smoke to relieve his inner pain. Donnie Yen, who was competitive since childhood, was unwilling to accept his own failure. He kept trying and directed Kill, Dance, and Code-named Puma ... < P > But none of them were ideal. Maybe God didn't want Donnie Yen to be a director, or people who could really fight Ip Man might not see him in the future.

In 28, 45-year-old Donnie Yen starred in the film Ip Man. However, this film really made Donnie Yen popular. Over the past 1 years, Donnie Yen has made 18 plays, but only Ip Man can make the audience remember who he is.

how popular is IP Man? At that time, it not only attracted the love of a group of young people in China, but even spread abroad, and really brought Wing Chun to the international vision. So far, people can think of Donnie Yen and Wing Chun when they mention Ip Man. Ip Man even became the mark of Donnie Yen, which can never be erased.

A fire broke out in Donnie Yen, and the next year, he won the Best Actor Award at the Beijing University Student Film Festival. Then, IP Man 2, ip man 3 and IP Man 4.

IP Man made Donnie Yen, and Donnie Yen also made IP Man.

However, while Donnie Yen was enjoying the fruits of hard work, unexpected disasters came quietly. 4

In 212, 4-year-old Chiu Man-Cheuk, a new martial arts expert, was found to be at odds with his predecessor Donnie Yen, and even Chiu Man-Cheuk said in an interview with reporters that Donnie Yen played big cards and didn't respect martial arts.

Is Donnie Yen really arrogant by relying on the fire in recent years and his position in the film and television circle? Just when Chiu Man-Cheuk revealed that he had resigned from "Special Identity" because Donnie Yen played a big name, Donnie Yen, especially the head of the crew, came forward to respond to the fact that it was not like what Chiu Man-Cheuk said.

however, both sides have their own opinions. Who is lying?

Finally, I learned that it was Tan Bing, the director and screenwriter, who, in order to make more money, stirred it up. In Chiu Man-Cheuk's constant voice, he kept blasting Donnie Yen's black material, which led to the escalation of the incident, which made Donnie Yen and Chiu Man-Cheuk misunderstand and almost "incompatible".

one wave of unrest is followed by another.

Before Donnie Yen shook hands with Chiu Man-Cheuk, Donnie Yen's ex-wife Liang Jingci accused Donnie Yen of being a bad father, regardless of his son's life or death.

It turned out that Donnie Yen's 18-year-old son, Zhen Wenzhuo, was hospitalized because of pneumothorax. Liang Jingci called and begged him to visit, but Donnie Yen refused because of his work.

Afterwards, it was discovered that Donnie Yen not only didn't visit, but also went diving and having fun with his current wife and children. This subverts the image of Donnie Yen's good father in the eyes of netizens.

Although Donnie Yen later denied to the media that he was not a cold-blooded father, he also said to the media: "Frankly speaking, I am extremely busy myself, and I don't often see them in Hong Kong, but many times several children will be together, and their brothers are quite emotional. This is just what I don't say."

Even though Donnie Yen tried his best to save his image, his reputation was still greatly affected. Fortunately, he finally proved himself to people with his own strength.

Donnie Yen continues his road to becoming a kung fu star, such as One Man's Wulin, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2, The Ice Man series, The Extreme Agent series, and Chasing the Dragon, etc. Each one is more exciting than the last one.

Also, in 29, he voluntarily gave up his American citizenship and returned to China to become a tinkling, tinkling and upright China native. Even recently, 58-year-old Donnie Yen was invited to star in the American blockbuster "Fast Hunt 4".

Rushing after 4

Donnie Yen finally proved his ability to the world and realized his childhood dream, no matter how he came from, he was still a late bloomer.

There is no denying that today, Donnie Yen has made great achievements with a pair of fists.

Wen/Yan.