Bruce Leung is known as one of the “Four Little Dragons” of Hong Kong martial arts (China) along with Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Dich Long.
The martial arts actor born in 1948 has participated in many famous films such as Magnificent Bodyguards co-starring with Jackie Chan, The Dragon Lives Again, Ultimate Kungfu by Chau Tinh Tri,… Among them, his character Fire Cloud Evil God in the movie Great kungfu is the most famous and close role to Vietnamese audiences.
Luong Tieu Long is a martial arts expert, comparable to Bruce Lee.
Ask for a favor Great kungfu , Luong Tieu Long's reputation and career also reached new heights. It was thought that the relationship between him and the Tinh family would become closer after the success of the movie with a revenue of 100.9 million USD in 2004, but in reality, the two had disagreements with each other during the movie. filmmaking process.
To date, their relationship has not improved at all. Even the 76-year-old martial arts star is not afraid to publicly tell the reason why he and Chau Tinh Tri don't see eye to eye.
At the end of December 2023, when accepting an interview invitation from former Hong Kong (Chinese) film producer Duong Thieu Hung, Leung Tieu Long continued to reveal the reason why he and Chau Tinh Tri had a disagreement, causing a stir in the showbiz world. .
The relationship between Luong Tieu Long (red shirt, right) and Chau Tinh Tri is now irreversible.
Luong Tieu Long: “Chau Tinh Tri is a rude person”
After completing the movie Ghost Hospital In 1988, Leung Tieu Long temporarily left the entertainment industry to open a restaurant and invest in the hotel business in Mainland. The martial arts star's business is very successful. Because he missed his job, it was not until 2001 that Luong Tieu Long accepted the invitation to participate in a television series Tran Chan's post-story . It's a pity that the film was not highly appreciated. After this work, Luong Tieu Long continued to return to business.
One day, Luong Tieu Long received a call from Chau Tinh Tri. During the phone call, the Tinh family clearly stated their intention to start filming the movie Great kungfu and wants to invite Luong Tieu Long to play a role in the movie. However, the martial arts star frankly refused because he had no intention of acting.
“Honestly, how much money can you pay me? I won't act if you pay me less because I'm a business person. If you can't pay me more, don't talk to me again.” again”, Luong Tieu Long narrated.
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After the above unsuccessful negotiations, Chau Tinh Tri said he would talk again with film tycoon Vuong Tinh with the goal of asking director Vuong to “entice” Luong Tieu Long to act in a movie because Vuong Tinh is a very prestigious person in the country. Hong Kong. “In the end, nothing happened, he never called me back again,” Luong Tieu Long smiled and said.
It was thought that the story ended here, but in 2003, Chau Tinh Tri met with Luong Tieu Long to discuss film issues. During this meeting, Chau Tinh Tri shook Luong Tieu Long's thigh and asked: “Are you really good at fighting?”. This question from Chau Tinh Tri made Luong Tieu Long unhappy because he thought that the Tinh family deliberately provoked him.
Luong Tieu Long's ugly appearance in the role of Fire Cloud Evil God in the movie Ultimate Kung Fu.
Angry, Luong Tieu Long responded: “Martial arts is my life's reason. If Bruce Lee were still alive, perhaps my fighting power would be 10 times sharper than his.”
Standing in front of his seniors, but according to Luong Tieu Long, the Tinh family did not take him seriously. Even though Chau Tinh Tri was talking to Luong Tieu Long, he still calmly listened to the phone conversation. Feeling disrespected, Luong Tieu Long left Chau Tinh Tri's office on his own.
The next day, Chau Tinh Tri called Luong Tieu Long again and asked him why he left so suddenly the day before. As a straightforward person who is not afraid of offending anyone, the martial arts star angrily replied to Chau Tinh Tri: ” Are you kidding me? Why do you ask me such stupid questions? I learned martial arts when I was 15 years old from my uncle who was a martial arts instructor in Thieu Thi. At the age of 19, I acted in martial arts movies. So what do you think I can do? I know everything including filming, don't joke with me like that.”
Luong Tieu Long commented that Chau Tinh Tri is quite rude and does not respect his seniors or seniors. That made him feel dissatisfied and dissatisfied with the Tinh family. Even though Chau Tinh Tri clearly expressed his dissatisfaction, he still insisted on knowing his true fighting ability.
Continuously questioned and doubted by Chau Tinh Tri about his martial arts abilities, Luong Tieu Long angrily said: “If I give you face, it only takes 3 seconds to lie flat on the ground. If I don't give you face, 1 second is enough.”
After finishing speaking, Luong Tieu Long immediately kicked Chau Tinh Tri's leg, causing Tinh Gia to fall to the ground. At this time, Chau Tinh Tri asked Luong Tieu Long to play the role of a master in Great kungfu. However, Luong Tieu Long bluntly refused the Tinh family's invitation and left.
Before filming began, Chau Tinh Tri and the male martial arts star had many disagreements.
After this, Luong Tieu Long thought that Chau Tinh Tri had given up. Unexpectedly, a month later, he received a call from Chau Tinh Tri asking him to come to Shanghai to film Great kungfu.
“Tieu Long brother, you haven't been to Shanghai yet. Hurry up and go to Shanghai to film”, Luong Tieu Long recounted. He said he did not want to film Great kungfu But seeing that the Tinh family kept inviting him, and that he himself also wanted to star in a movie, he nodded in agreement.
Poor salary
After accepting the offer, Luong Tieu Long went to the studio in Shanghai to join the film crew. Talking about the ugly appearance in the movie, the male martial arts star said that it was Chau Tinh Tri's idea. “He always likes to defame others like that,” he declared.
According to Luong Tieu Long, he accepted the filming Great kungfu without any agreement on salary. After completing the film, he received a salary of 500,000 HKD (equivalent to more than 1.6 billion VND).
According to Luong Tieu Long, this was a low salary because at that time, he had to film more than 10 hours a day from 6am to 12 or 1pm for two months. The above remuneration does not include overtime allowances.
According to Luong Tieu Long, he received a low salary for the ugliest role in his career.
Although not satisfied with the salary, the relationship between Luong Tieu Long and Chau Tinh Tri was less tense at that time. The male martial arts star thought that the cooperation with the Tinh family ended after it was completed Great kungfu, Unexpectedly, half a year later, Chau Tinh Tri asked Dien Khai Van to meet and invite Luong Tieu Long to sign a three-year contract with an annual salary of 3 million HKD (about 9.7 billion VND). “I thought 3 million HKD a year was not bad, so I nodded in agreement,” the 76-year-old actor recounted.
After that, when someone came to invite him to act in a movie, Luong Tieu Long told the staff to go to Chau Tinh Tri's company to negotiate because he had signed a contract with Tinh Gia's company, everything had to be approved by the company. . Later, when he learned that the company took 30% commission, Luong Tieu Long expressed his dissatisfaction.
According to the actor, he is not new and does not understand why the company takes such a high commission. Fortunately, when signing the contract, Luong Tieu Long said he would terminate it before the deadline if he felt dissatisfied.
Thinking about it, he asked Dien Khai Van to review the contract because according to Luong Tieu Long's memory, the company only took 20% commission. However, at this time, Dien Khai Van said he did not bring the contract.
The second time, this person said he could not find the contract anywhere. Too depressed, after just over 1.5 years of cooperation, Luong Tieu Long left Chau Tinh Tri's company in dissatisfaction.
From then on, Luong Tieu Long decided not to cooperate with Chau Tinh Tri for the second time. He admitted that in addition to not being paid properly, the actors themselves also faced a lot of pressure during filming because there was no script when filming and they just did what Chau Tinh Tri asked.
At the age of 76, Luong Tieu Long is still very healthy and practices martial arts.
Also, when shooting Great kungfuLeung Tieu Long had NG (bad filming, filming errors) 48 times in one scene, which made him very upset with Chau Tinh Tri.
The U80 male star added that 3-4 years ago, someone asked him to participate in filming. But when he learned that Chau Tinh Tri was the director, he immediately refused and stated three reasons for not participating. “Acting in the movie Chau Tinh Tri has low pay, high pressure and no script. The actor will have to act according to what he wants. Even a person will have dozens of NGs without knowing what he did wrong. where”, Luong Tieu Long said bitterly.
In fact, this is not the first time Luong Tieu Long criticized the Tinh family. Before that, he had repeatedly publicly criticized Chau Tinh Tri for his low education level and hypocrisy. However, this time, the discord between the Hong Kong martial arts actor and Chow Sing Chi has once again surfaced and it seems that the situation cannot be saved.