Ronald Cheng (Ronald) has been in the industry for 27 years. From a singer to an actor, his development has become even more diversified, and even YouTube is “burying him”. But when he turned from a singer to an actor, he had “no choice”: “It was all after the plane, after the plane incident… I took any job at that time, because there were no jobs at that time, and no one would look for you. If there was a job, I would take it. At that time, Liu Weiqiang approached me to film.” The plane incident became a watershed in his life. The bad impression I had on others has been completely washed away after more than 20 years: “Anyway, I think success is that I can make everyone happy, and everyone will also I would like to make everyone happy.”
Cheng Chung-kee became a guest on “Yahoo Entertainment Circle”.
Personally host and supervise investment concerts, and feel the pain of overspending firsthand
In recent years, Cheng Chung-kee has set up his own company, which has grown bigger and bigger. He even single-handedly took over the hosting, production, promotion, investment and performance of “Fragments of Wonder” to be held next year: “Because I was so happy when doing concerts before and thought about a lot of things. The organizer reduced my expenses, and in the end it was only 50% or 60%. But now I finally understand why they reduced my expenses, because now I finally tried it!” Ronald said with a smile that the posters for the film before the show were already “too bold”: “Look at the posters, everyone. As we all know, the first thing to do for this concert is the movie poster, and the movie poster uses 6 figures!” Asked if he has any other “willful” actions? He pointed out that he insisted on laying turf in the Coliseum. It is known that not every tour stop has it, but the Hong Kong audience is indeed happy.
Cheng Zhongji will hold a red house show “Fragments of Wonder” next year, and he will even host, produce, and invest in it.
“Diary of a Youth” plays a domestically violent father, and while acting, he thinks of his own children
The recent well-received movie “Diary of a Young Man” also stars Cheng Chung-kee. In the movie, he plays a domestically violent father who casts an indelible shadow on his children: “I am completely opposite to the one in the movie. In fact, I am I didn’t understand how I could do these things. I asked the director, and he said that actually hitting children in the movie is very common. If I were to grade it, I would do it at a lower level, some at a higher level, and some would be outrageous!”
“Diary of a Youth” reminded him of his children while acting.
“Diary of a Youth” reminded him of his children while acting.
As the father of two children, Ronald couldn’t help but think of them while acting: “Of course, because I have children, I will think of (his children) no matter what. I feel so miserable, and what I said is ugly. I It was very painful to shoot, and the director knew it.” This pain even made him think about resigning! “I thought for a moment, why not not act? I didn’t shoot a lot, just a few scenes at the beginning… it’s better not to do it.” In the end, he thought about the overall situation and stayed: “Why is this director so good? The crew I don’t have any money, I really don’t have much money. It’s so little that I’m like, ‘Scared?!’ If I don’t do it, he’ll have to find someone else to reshoot it, which will be a waste of his money, so I’ll just finish it.”
The plane incident became a watershed in life
Young readers may not know that Zheng Zhongji was reckless when he was young. In 2000, he twice got drunk and caused trouble on a plane, which seriously damaged his image. He described that it was then that he began to think about his life: “It was all after the plane incident. That time I had to rethink what I wanted to do. At that time, I had to make a decision, either to do it or not to do it.” Cheng Zhongji , will you quit the entertainment industry just now?
Zheng Zhongji’s image was severely damaged after the plane incident, and he once thought about quitting the entertainment industry.
This time became the beginning of his career on the big screen: “At that time, I accepted any job, because there were no jobs at that time, and no one would look for you. If there was a job, I would take it. At that time, it was Liu Weiqiang who asked me to film. I don’t just have one set, he asked me to shoot two sets, one is “The Mystery of Immortal Love” and the other is “Love is Like a Dream”. If you agree to devote yourself to acting, it is really Liu Weiqiang who started it, and then he shot “The Power of the Dragon” “, and then take over the drama together.”
Develop comedy skills and don’t know where to be funny
Many people recognized Zheng Zhongji’s comedy talent from “Lucky Man”. He himself believes that the starting point came from a TV show in 1999: “I don’t think it was “Lucky Man”, I think it was “The Greatest Hits”. “Turn Around” was a gag show, (together with) Ruan Zhaoxiang and Cai Yijie. Because at that time, the gag show had to dress up a lot, including a woman, a student, and a grandma, and the gag show started at that time. “
He was very grateful to the audience for letting him make them happy.
The subsequent “The Power of the Dragon” confirmed his position as a comedian, and he continues to this day: “Actually, I enjoy it. When you see others happy after watching it, and others are happy, I am also happy. In fact, it started at that time.” I like to do comedy.” Although everyone thinks Ronald is very funny, sometimes even he himself doesn’t understand: “Others think I’m funny, but I don’t understand why I’m funny. For example, I laugh when I say “Hello, hello”. I don’t know if it’s a success or not! Anyway, I think success is because I can make everyone happy, and everyone is willing to let me make them happy.”
I have always dreamed of being a producer, but learning to sing turned out to be just an assistant
Cheng Chung-kee made his debut again by singing backing vocals for Jacky Cheung, Hacken Lee and other singers. However, becoming a singer was not his original goal: “I have liked singing since I was very young. My mother told me that I can sing advertising songs. Before my debut, I I sing harmony for singers from Jacky Cheung, Hacken Lee and other companies. But actually I want to be a producer, my ambition is to be a producer.”
It turned out that he planned to be a record producer before entering the industry, and he still has the dream of being a record producer.
In order to become a better producer, he made careful preparations, including learning to sing, and eventually became a singer: “No producer I know knows how to sing. Many times I feel that you can’t demonstrate it to me, but you can’t show me how to sing.” I feel like I don’t know what to do if I am asked to do it. If I am a producer and I know how to sing, and a singer asks me, I can demonstrate to him, so I think so, I will learn to sing.” Then this producer How would you evaluate your singing skills? “I just felt that I didn’t sing very well before, so I re-recorded my own songs! The feeling must be different when I sang before and when I sing now, so I wanted to update it for everyone.”
Ronald admitted frankly that he still has a “producer dream”: “Yes, I still have a producer dream. I have always wanted to be my own producer and produce a single album. I couldn’t do it before, because the record company would definitely not allow it. Being a singer is very subjective, maybe you I like it, but the record company thinks it won’t make money. I’ve never had the opportunity to supervise the entire record before, and I hope to do it.” He even extended an invitation to all the singers: “You can help other people produce it, as long as you are brave enough to let me supervise it! That’s enough! If you dare to ask, I will be brave enough to do it!”
Signed 6 new people to join the company and learn and work together with the new generation
Earlier, Cheng Chung-kee’s network production program “Mobile Arsenal” selected 6 newcomers for key training. After the program, all of them were brought under the banner. Several newcomers are very grateful to Ronald for his cultivation. Why does he have this plan? “When I debuted, there was no one like me who told me what I should pay attention to. I feel that children in Hong Kong lack such training and these classes. I hope to help as much as I can. I have seen that many children are very attentive. They work very hard, but they take many wrong paths.”
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Cheng Zhongji signed 6 new people to join the company, hoping to share his experience with the new generation.
Cheng Chung-kee humbly said that he dare not talk about “teaching” because he is all about learning and doing: “At this moment, it is all about learning and doing. In fact, I am like everyone in the world because I like learning very much. For example, concerts are the first time for many You have to learn how to do it, such as YouTube, when to publish, etc.” He looked at the team around him: “We are all old clouds, hahaha!” With this humility, at this moment, Zheng Zhongji has Enough to be a role model.
He said that he is still learning to do it at this moment.
Interview: He De
Makeup: Henry Li
Hair style: Horace Tse
Venue: Cordis, Hong Kong
