Lu Shuming: He was imprisoned when he was young, played the role of Guan Yu because of Guo Da's recommendation, and treated Li Jingfei in his later years -

After the filming of "Dream of Red Mansions" was completed, CCTV decided to put the famous "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" on the screen. In mid-1987, the TV station, historians, and producers of "Dream of Red Mansions" gathered together to start Prepare for this big event.

Soon, many TV stations reported that they were planning to film "Three Kingdoms".

Under this circumstance, CCTV decided to terminate this plan. Just after CCTV decided not to film, other companies also shelved their plans to film "Three Kingdoms" due to various reasons. This gave CCTV the idea of ??re-filming "Three Kingdoms".

After that, CCTV began to search for characters, select a director, and revise the script. From July 1989 to October 1990, basically everything was ready.

At this moment, the director team was worried - the actor who would play "Second Master Guan Public Relations" had not yet been found.

As one of the most representative characters in the "Three Kingdoms", Guan Gong's human brilliance and appearance are so distinctive that the director team was not satisfied with the people who auditioned.

According to the decision of the director team at that time, as long as one of them felt that the actor was not suitable, it would not be passed. This almost harsh decision made "casting" the biggest headache for the crew.

It was not until the director team met Luk Shuming that they finally decided on the role of "Second Public Relations Officer".

In August 1990, the "Three Kingdoms" crew began to select actors.

In order to find suitable candidates, the crew selected the first batch of 78 candidate actors from Bayi Factory, Beijing People's Art, General Political Affairs, Air Affairs and other units.

Immediately afterwards, the crew sent three more assistant directors to conduct screenings across the country. After discussions among several directors, the actors for the six main characters including Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, and Zhuge Liang were decided.

But after these people were decided, the actor for the role of "Second Master Guan Public Relations" was still undecided. Among the actor information sent from various places, although some of them look pretty good, there are more or less deficiencies.

I can’t ride a horse, I’m not tall enough, I don’t know martial arts, etc. In short, I just can’t catch the eye of the director.

I selected more than thirty people, but no one was suitable. The director team also stipulated that as long as one director is dissatisfied, he must re-elect.

During that time, the entire crew was worried about the candidate for this role.

It was not until the beginning of 1991 that Li Yaozong, the photographer of "Dream of Red Mansions", met Guo Da on CCTV, and the two chatted about it. When Li Yaozong said that the crew was looking for an actor to play Guan Gong, Guo Da thought of a young man from the Shaanxi Theater.

"There is a pretty good guy in our theater, his name is Lu Shuming. He is tall and burly, and he also meets these requirements. Why don't you give it a try?"

Guo Da recommended Lu Shuming to Li Yaozong, and with the attitude of giving it a try, the "Three Kingdoms" director team sent someone to Shaanxi.

Unexpectedly, after Shaanxi, the director team did not see Lu Shuming. It was not until they were leaving three days later that they saw the young man Guo Da mentioned.

Lu Shuming was born in Qingdao, Shandong Province.

In 1966, Lu Shuming's father signed up for "Supporting the Construction of Northwest China", and the family moved with Lu's father from Qingdao, Shandong to Weinan, Shaanxi.

After graduating from elementary school, Lu Shuming was taller and stronger than his classmates. With these advantages, he quickly became the main player of the junior high school basketball team.

At the same time, under the recommendation of his music teacher, he became a member of the school's publicity team and was exposed to Peking Opera. From then on, he fell in love with theater. As he practiced Peking Opera every day, Lu Shuming became more and more interested in drama, and he also came up with the idea of ??becoming a professional Peking Opera actor.

When he was 14 years old, the Shaanxi Drama Troupe enrolled students in Weinan. The music teacher encouraged him to give it a try, and he went home and told his father about it.

Who knew that Lu’s father not only disagreed with him taking the admissions exam, but even repeatedly asked him not to be exposed to drama again. In the eyes of the older generation, this is a typical example of not doing business properly.

Lu’s father did not agree with Lu Shuming’s pursuit of art, so he could only continue playing basketball. Although playing basketball is not what he is most interested in, with his good foundation, he served as the main player of the Shaanxi basketball team after graduating from junior high school. At the same time, he still did not give up his dedication to art.

Although his father disagreed, it did not prevent him from practicing secretly. In addition to playing basketball on the basketball team, his life is almost completely occupied by reading, painting and calligraphy. Due to the majesty of his father, even though Lu Shuming had always wanted to develop in this direction, he never dared to cross the threshold.

Even after retiring from the basketball team, he did not engage in the art industry. Instead, he engaged in aerial photography at the 630 Institute of the Ministry of Aerospace. It was not until 1980 that a coincidence revived his artistic dream.

This year, Xi'an Theater is recruiting students from the public.

Lu Shuming naturally did not dare to sign up because Lu’s father had warned him. He didn't sign up, but his neighbor's daughter did. The neighbor's aunt couldn't leave, so she thought of asking him to accompany her to Xi'an.

At first Lu Shuming didn't agree. After all, he also wanted to take the exam, but Lu's father didn't allow him to go, which made him feel very uncomfortable. After repeated requests from the neighbor's aunt, he agreed. In this way, he followed his neighbor's aunt's daughter to Xi'an and acted as an exam companion.

Looking at the candidates coming in and out of the theater, Lu Shuming felt envious. At this moment, a staff member responsible for supporting work outside the examination room saw Lu Shuming.

This staff member is none other than Guo Da.

Perhaps many people do not know who Guo Da is, but when it comes to the Spring Festival Gala sketches "Huangtu Slope", "Father", "New Year", etc., when it comes to his partner with Cai Ming, perhaps many people know Who is Guo Da?

At that time, Guo Da graduated from the Shanghai Theater Academy and was assigned to the Shaanxi Provincial Theater. During this recruitment, as the deputy captain of the theater actor team, he was responsible for giving directions and helping candidates on the periphery. By chance, he saw Lu Shuming.

Among the crowd, Lu Shuming looked very energetic due to his height of 1.88 meters and the physical foundation left from playing basketball for many years.

As a professional, Guo Da feels that this young man is a born actor. With this idea in mind, he went up to chat with Lu Shuming. From Lu Shuming's mouth, he learned that the young man was accompanying someone to take the exam. What surprised Guo Da even more was that Lu Shuming was very interested in dialogue dramas and even had some background in this area.

"Want to go in and give it a try?"

Faced with Guo Da's question, Lu Shuming hesitated for a while. He was a little scared to think that his father might scold him for this. But when I saw the opportunity so close, I felt reluctant to give it up.

"Think!"

After a fierce struggle, the dream defeated reality!

After receiving a positive reply, Guo Da specially greeted the admissions teacher and asked Lu Shuming to take the admissions exam. Unexpectedly, I actually passed the drama theater exam this time.

But Lu Shuming was not as happy as he imagined, and was feeling worried inside.

Passing the exam is definitely a good thing.

But he was also afraid. When he thought about being a Peking Opera actor when he mentioned it to his father when he was 14 years old, and his father pretended to beat him, he felt scared just thinking about it.

Wouldn't it be "stirring a hornet's nest" if his father knew that he took the theater exam behind his back and even thought about working in the theater? But he couldn't bear to give up such a good opportunity, so he thought of a way - kill first and tell later.

Of course, Lu Shuming was actually not that courageous, and he had to rely on people from the theater to enlighten him. In their words: "Eighty out of a hundred people can do aerial photography, but only one out of a hundred people can do art."

In order to strengthen Lu Shuming's determination, the theater People also say: "One minute on stage, ten years off stage, maybe if you keep practicing, you will become a pillar!"

As early as 14 years old, I had the intention to pursue art. Lu Shuming, who had a lot of ideas about his work, became more determined in his inner thoughts after listening to the advice from his brothers and sisters in the theater. Although he was still afraid of his father, he took a big step forward - walked into the door of Xi'an Theater.

However, the matter was not kept secret, and Father Lu soon learned about it. But the drama theater transferred Lu Shuming's file, and the child was so old, so he didn't stop him and allowed Lu Shuming to develop on his own.

After entering the theater, Luk Shuming played many roles, but none of them became famous. It wasn't until he played Guan Yu in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that he finally gained some fame. As mentioned earlier, Lu Shuming and the role of "Second Master Guan Guanguan" really had a fateful life with many twists and turns.

After Guo Da recommended Luk Shuming to Li Yaozong, the "Three Kingdoms" director team came to look for Luk Shuming in a hurry, but no one was seen.

After all, it was Guo Da who introduced him, and the director team also attached great importance to it. Although he didn't see Lu Shuming, he still left him a note stating their identities and the purpose of their trip, and invited him to the hotel where the director team was staying to audition.

After returning to the hotel, the director team began to wait for Lu Shuming to come to audition. I waited and waited for three days, but no one was there. In desperation, the director team decided to return to Beijing.

It stands to reason that Lu Shuming would not let go of such a good opportunity. Why did the director team wait for three days and still not see him? It turned out that Lu Shuming had been filming on the set at this time and did not see this note.

On the day when the director team decided to return to Beijing, another very coincidental thing happened - the weather was quite good in the morning, but it became windy and rainy in the afternoon, making it impossible for the crew to continue filming. . Lu Shuming thought that the windows at home were not closed and he was afraid that rain would enter the house, so he asked for leave from the crew and went home.

As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw the note.

Lu Shuming was overjoyed when he saw the content; his heart dropped when he saw the time. This note was left three days ago. Is he still in the hotel now?

Regardless of whether the person was there or not, he wanted to take a look. Braving the violent storm, he rode to the hotel and knocked on the room where the director team lived. Someone soon opened the door. When he saw several people packing their luggage, Lu Shuming breathed a sigh of relief.

"Are you Lu Shuming?"

"Yes!"

"Why are you here now? I have been waiting for you for three days."

< p> The people on the directing team looked at Lu Shuming. Although they were a little emotional, they still asked him to briefly introduce themselves. Luk Shuming realized that this was an opportunity and immediately talked about some of the plays he had participated in after entering the theater.

"Can you ride a horse?"

"Yes."

"Can you do martial arts?"

"Yes."

After asking these basic information, the director team combined Lu Shuming's own image and quickly made a judgment. I immediately called Wang Fulin (chief director of "Three Kingdoms") in Beijing, and finally got the reply: "Then let him come to Beijing to give it a try."

"Go to Beijing tomorrow?"

< p> Before leaving, Lu Shuming asked again with some uncertainty. After getting a positive answer, he was very excited all the way back. This is the "Three Kingdoms" filmed by CCTV, and the meaning is very different.

After arriving in Beijing, he put on his clothes, put on makeup, and looked in the mirror.

The man in the mirror is nine feet long and has a beard two feet long. He is handsome and majestic. At this moment, Lu Shuming felt that he was the "Second Master of Public Relations".

Pushing open the audition room, he walked up with a quick step.

"Guan is late!"

With just one sentence, everyone present was stunned and stunned on the spot, as if this was really Guan Yu. Although several directors who interviewed later asked some questions, they had already decided on Luk Shuming to play Guan Gong. Since then, the seven leading actors of "Three Kingdoms" have finally been assembled, and the next step is to join the cast and shoot.

In the early stages of filming, Luk Shuming's performance was also remarkable. But on the tenth day after joining the group, bad news came from Shaanxi - Lu Shuming's father passed away.

After returning home for the funeral, Luk Shuming seemed to be a changed person when he returned to the set. At this time, he could no longer find the demeanor of "Second Master Guan Guanguan". He was completely different from before. Although everyone on the crew can understand it, "Three Kingdoms" is so classic that everyone strives for excellence.

This situation is really not suitable.

Fortunately, the director team decided to give him another chance and had a long conversation with him. After walking out of the office, Lu Shuming felt something.

Since then, he has been looking for points that fit him in.

Acting is not about acting like something, but being what you act like. Regardless of flowers, trees, or human figures, they all have special connotations.

And Lu Shuming is seriously trying to understand this inner nature.

As one of the most representative figures in the "Three Kingdoms", Guan Yu was not only chivalrous and courageous, but also experienced ups and downs in his life. But he always insisted on the word "loyalty" and maintained this integrity until his death. This point has a lot of similarities with Lu Shuming.

Since the age of 14, he has almost never given up on art.

Even in 1983, that relatively special era, he still danced with people despite the incomprehensible eyes of the world. It was this seemingly absurd behavior that landed him in jail for 14 months.

Behind this seemingly “problem with style” actually lies Lu Shuming’s persistence in art. If not for this, he would not have gone back and forth and finally returned to the starting point.

Whether it was his teenage dream that was denied by his father or his determination to pursue dancing when he was young, his original dream has never been extinguished. And how similar is this to Guan Yu never abandoning Liu Bei and vowing to stay with Liu Bei to death? Perhaps he has had a similar experience, or perhaps he has experienced a great enlightenment through the vicissitudes of time.

In short, he thoroughly played the role of "Second Master of Public Relations".

Since the broadcast of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Lu Shuming, who plays the role of Guan Yu, has become somewhat famous.

When they saw Guan Erye riding a red rabbit horse and holding a Qinglong Yanyue Sword on the screen, many viewers thought that this was "Guan Yu Benyu", it was so vivid.

Regarding Lu Shuming's role as Guan Yu, many people said this: "Lu Shuming is undoubtedly the actor closest to the image of Guan Gong in the hearts of the Chinese people. His acting skills are also remarkable, especially the Qinglong Yanyue Sword in his hand. Guan Gong's performance is majestic, like a god descending to earth.

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This evaluation can not be said to be low.

Receiving such a high evaluation, coupled with the fact that he has integrated into the role of Guan Yu, this has prevented Lu Shuming from being "famous for his role". He was so happy that he developed "a unique respect for the role".

Since he played the role of Guan Yu, he has restrained himself with loyalty and integrity, so that he almost always carries "Guan Yu" in his acting career. "The shadow of ". Some people think this is the degradation of his acting skills, while others think this is his true nature.

Speaking of this, I have to mention one thing.

Earlier In 2016, Li Jingfei, who played Zhang Fei in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage and could not speak clearly and could only travel in a wheelchair.

He has always been an "actor" as a profession, even because of Zhang Fei. Ikkaku has gained some popularity, but he still hasn't been able to get any good roles. In addition, he is not good at working, so his financial situation is not good after he fell ill.

Lu Shuming learned that Li Jingfei was ill, but did not know the specific situation

In April 2019, Lu Shuming invited Li Jingfei to attend an event.

Li Jingfei. After flying to the Capital Airport, Lu Shuming went to pick him up. When he saw Li Jingfei sitting in a wheelchair with a gray beard and no energy in the terminal, he was shocked. He thought: "This is not the same as before." Zhang Fei on the battlefield! "

After seeing the situation of the "third brother", Lu Shuming and Zhang Shanyi, who played Zhao Yun in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", decided to raise money together to treat Li Jingfei.

You must know that since the three people starred in "Three Kingdoms", they have not had much interaction with each other, especially in the era when they did not gain fans and did not need traffic.

If they were not invited by some programs, they would have even less interaction. With the participation of the "Three Kingdoms" crew, I'm afraid these people will rarely get together again. But due to such a relationship, as soon as Lu Shuming heard that Li Jingfei was ill and had financial difficulties, he immediately stepped forward to raise funds for his treatment.

< p> This behavior is not exactly the "righteousness" that Guan Erye insists on.

Whether it is folk romance or historical records, the impression left by Guan Yu on future generations is always that of "righteousness, chivalry and courage." From the beginning of following Liu Bei, he had never had any second thoughts.

Even if Cao Cao kindly tried to persuade him to stay, or others offered him status and money, Guan Erye remained unmoved by his loyalty. The world will remember it. As the actor of Guan Erye, Lu Shuming helped Li Jingfei when he was seriously ill.

With his outstanding performance and shining brilliance of humanity, Lu Shuming became a popular figure. "Living Guan Gong". Since then, many animations and games have almost always used Guan Yu played by Lu Shuming as a reference. Even many sculptures have actually incorporated Lu Shuming's shadow.

Being able to achieve such an achievement with one role is enough to show that he is recognized by the public.

In March 2014, Lu Shuming was appointed as the image spokesperson of Guan Public Relations

It has developed to this point. With this step, he has become famous. As this classic role was mentioned again, Lu Shuming also gained some popularity.

At this time, some gossip appeared on the Internet, which was nothing more than questioning Lu Shuming's use of Guan Yu. Yijiao "cheated" traffic, and some even questioned him as "resting on his laurels."

In fact, there are many people who have had the same experience, such as Liu Xiaolingtong and "Dream of Red Mansions". Chen Xiaoxu, who plays Zhonglin Daiyu, while the public misses this classic role, they also feel that these actors have played one role for a lifetime.

In fact, after Lu Shuming played Guan Yu, he also appeared in many roles. , but slowly faded out of the entertainment industry. It was not because of anything else, but to take care of his sick old mother.

On Lu Shuming's social account, there is this sentence: "I am too tired to raise. With six children, she has gone through difficult times. Her integrity, kindness, bravery, and hard-working qualities will always inspire us. "

This is a passage that Lu Shuming sent after his mother passed away.

Lu Shuming was filial to his old mother from the bottom of his heart. He also wrote a song specifically for his old mother, The name is "A Pot of Old Wine"

There is a passage in the song: "Every time I leave home, my mother sends her son out of the house. After a while I left home, turning back three times every step, and drank a pot of old wine, which made me drunk. "

The lyrics are not gorgeous, but they express Lu Shuming's truest thoughts.

He always has the most sincere enthusiasm for this family and his parents. For this family, he always has the most sincere enthusiasm. To his mother, he adheres to his filial piety as a son; to his wife, he adheres to his loyalty as a husband.

Someone once asked Lu Shuming about the person he was most grateful for in his life, and he mentioned his mother and his wife. p> When Lu Shuming was young, he was not sensible and even went to jail. During those days, it was his mother who tolerated him and cared about him, and made him realize his enlightenment and embark on the right path.

His mother not only gave him life, but also gave him direction in life. In Lu Shuming's heart, he will always remember his mother's goodness.

As for his wife, he is also particularly grateful.

Many people may not know that Luk Shuming’s wife is actually a drama actress. After getting married, in order to better take care of the family and support Lu Shuming's career, his wife chose to become a full-time housewife.

It was his wife's dedication that allowed him to focus more on his career.

In addition to observing filial piety and treating his wife with respect, he also founded the "Lu Family Class". At the beginning of the establishment of Lujiaban, Lu Shuming stated that the core content of Lujiaban was to promote Guan Gong culture and practice filial piety in the world.

Exactly like this, every time he accepts a disciple, he will perform a solemn apprenticeship ceremony. In his opinion, these red tapes cannot be abolished, which will not only make the disciples more sincere, but also allow him, as the master, to better preach these traditional cultures.

To this day, Lu Shuming leads the apprentices of the Lu Family Class to perform across the country. Big cities, small cities, almost no choice. At this time, some people said that this was "making money without a bottom line", and many people even complained that this was "exchanging one's own dinner for money." Lu Shuming didn't care about this and continued to do these things.

Whether there is no bottom line or making money, there will always be some gossip among the outside world. For Lu Shuming, what he wants to do is “promote Guan Gong culture.”

As one of the actors who plays the role of "Second Master Guan Guan" and the spokesperson of "Guan Yu", he feels that he has the obligation and ability to do something. Maybe these things are not understandable, at least it means he has done them.

Just as Guan Yu joined Cao Cao's army in the past, everyone felt that he had betrayed Liu Bei. He did not refute or get angry, but used practical actions to show his loyalty to Liu Bei to the world.

The same is true for Lu Shuming.