Run Run Run Shaw, a philanthropist: I missed the opportunity to sign a contract with Bruce Lee, a kung fu superstar, because I was "stingy". What happened?

Charity is the accumulation of morality, and everyone can be charitable.

Today, we live in peace and happiness. It can be said that we live in the sun. There is such a group of people, where the sun can't shine. Their family is poor, they can't afford to live in a building, they can't afford to read, and they can't even eat.

They are like withered flowers in the corner, scattered in every corner of the city, weak and helpless. In the face of them, someone stretched out his hand to shelter them from the wind and rain, so that they could stretch their petals again in the warm sunshine and thrive. We usually call such selfless people philanthropists. They may be rich or ordinary, but they all have a burning heart. For example, Hong Kong film and television giant Run Run Run Run Run Run Run Run.

At first glance, when you hear Sir Run Run Shaw's name, you may be a little strange. When you mentioned Shaw Hospital and Shaw Hospital, you suddenly realized it was him.

As a leading figure in Hong Kong's film and television industry, Run Run Run Shaw was notoriously stingy in Hong Kong a few years ago. He even missed the opportunity to sign Kung Fu superstar Bruce Lee because of his meanness. Then, a few years later, why can he generously donate nearly 5 billion yuan to benefit the education of the motherland?

Change your name boldly and join the entertainment circle.

Shao Yifu was born in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on 1907. When he was born, his father named him Shao Renleng. Later, he changed his name to Shao Yifu and entered the entertainment circle. Runrun Runrun was born in an industrial and commercial family. His father Shao Yuxuan once supported Mr. Sun's revolutionary cause and was a famous business celebrity.

The Shaw family relies on his father to make a profit in business. After his father died, the Shao family's life was not as good as before. Brothers and sisters are too young to make a living. The Shao family living in the open space will soon be left with the "laughing stage" theater left by their father. Faced with his father's only industry, Shao Yifu's brother decided to inherit the theater and plunged into the Hong Kong entertainment circle with his younger brothers.

The "Tianyi Film Company" founded by Shaw Brothers is not so much a film company as a family-style film manufacturing workshop. In this workshop, I am an actor myself, filming myself and publishing my own books. The family persisted in this way, but it also had little effect. Tianyi Film and Television Company's first work "Becoming a Buddha on the Site" was popular in Shanghai as soon as it was released. The gun hit the first bird, and the family workshop was quickly targeted by other film and television companies. They reluctantly quit the Shanghai market and came to Nanyang with their works.

Real gold is not afraid of fire, and their works are also very popular in Nanyang. They trudged around Nanyang every day to broadcast open-air movies, and gradually became famous. After that, they established Shaw Brothers Company while the iron was hot.

It was not until Shaw was 50 years old that he officially turned his attention to Hong Kong, the peak of Shaw brothers' development. After arriving in Hong Kong, he bought a barren hill in Clear Water Bay. Ambitious, he wants to build the first film and television city in China here.

He spent a lot of money to build his own film empire and tried his best to find a group of excellent film talents, including screenwriters, photographers and actors. He had a good eye for pearls and asked young Zou Wenhuai to publish films and magazines to attract public attention. In the later period, Zou Wenhuai fled Xiao, which was a threat to Xiao Ye.

I missed Bruce Lee because I was stingy.

As we said before, Shaw was famous for his meanness in his early days. He is not only mean to himself, but also mean to actors and employees. He signed an actor's most precious youth at a very low price, and the abacus was skillfully played.

Not everyone is a fool. Many people couldn't accept such a contract and fled Xiao one after another, so Xiao suffered heavy losses. Of course, Bruce Lee, a kung fu superstar, hurt Shao Yifu the most.

Bruce Lee didn't sign the famous Xiao, because Xiao was stingy. Bruce Lee, who was unknown at that time, found Shaw and offered to help Shaw Film Company out of the predicament. Runrun Runrun is certainly optimistic about Bruce Lee, but the price offered by Bruce Lee makes Runrun Runrun instantly have no desire to talk about it. Bruce Lee offered $654.38+00,000 each.

A few years later, Bruce Lee was certainly worth the money, but at that time, it was really expensive. According to the Hong Kong market at that time, the top stars in Hong Kong were paid around HK$ 10,000, and US$ 10,000 was about HK$ 60,000 to HK$ 70,000, which was undoubtedly cutting Shaw's flesh.

He turned down Bruce Lee's career, and Bruce Lee turned to Jiahe Film and Television in Zou Wenhuai. Watch out for Zou Wenhuai. As we mentioned before, he used to work for Shaw, and later he started his own business. After signing Bruce Lee, business is booming.

We all know how successful Bruce Lee's films are. It is said that Xiao regretted it at that time and offered a large sum of money to dig Bruce Lee, which was rejected by Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee has a hot temper and needs to be tactful. Xiao has a strong personality, so it is naturally impossible for them to cooperate. In Zou Wenhuai Jiahe, Bruce Lee's voice is very loud, and he even has a movie share. Bruce Lee was not at all tempted by Shao Yifu's invitation.

The success of Bruce Lee's films greatly influenced Xiao's development. At this time, Shao Yifu made two major decisions. It was this decision that saved Xiao from danger and even brought Xiao to a new peak.

Return to the peak of film and television

First of all, he took over TVB and obtained the qualification of Hong Kong sister. You know, the current talent show is full of gimmicks. At that time, the whole people participated. Nowadays, many famous Hong Kong stars and beauties are basically selected by Hong Kong sisters. This is the change of Shao Yifu's thought. This move is very clever, from digging up star actors to cultivating their own cast.

Then, he founded the "TVB wireless artist training class". Needless to say, Stephen Chow, Andy Lau, Angie Chiu and other famous movie stars all came from this class. This training course is not only free, but also subsidized by thousands of Hong Kong dollars, attracting a large number of boys and girls with actor dreams. At the beginning, Andy Lau waited for three years to get the opportunity to attend the training class. It is not difficult to imagine the popularity at that time.

These two measures enabled Shaw Company to win half of the entertainment circle in China in one fell swoop, and accumulated a lot of wealth. What really changed Shao Yifu's mind and made him embark on the road of charity was the death of his brother.

Enlightened philanthropist

The two brothers have accumulated a lot of wealth, but they are not happy when they are old. He realized a great truth, so he put a lot of wealth into the medical and education industries and started his vigorous charity. In the last ten years of his life, he spent 5 billion.

Shaw Foundation invested a huge sum of money to establish Shaw House in universities in China. Even though Mr Shao is no longer alive, his Shaw Foundation has been contributing to the educational charity in China. His selfless contribution deserves our respect.

Charity, in the final analysis, is people's little kindness and love. Compared with billionaires, ordinary us may just buy a meal and a bottle of water for beggars on the street, and a little satisfaction will fill our hearts. That kind of happiness from the soul, how much material can not be given. Therefore, charity is not the amount of money, but what you can do is enough. When you choose to do it, you will find how dazzling life is.