Andy Lau is just a has-been artist, why can he be recognized at the national level?
In 1991, Andy Lau already had his own place in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. That year, a major flood occurred in East China. Andy Lau not only donated money to the disaster area himself, but also teamed up with other artists to support the disaster through various means. Raise donations to help victims of disasters in East China tide over difficulties.
In 1994, not long after Andy Lau was named one of the "Four Heavenly Kings", the Andy Lau Charitable Foundation was established under his initiative to help poor children and the disabled.
On the eve of Hong Kong's return in 1997, many Hong Kong artists began to immigrate abroad, and Andy Lau always believed that Hong Kong would be more prosperous after its return, so he has always been a defender of national unity and told everyone with practical actions " I am Chinese".
When Hong Kong returned to China in 1997, Andy Lau sang "The Chinese" as the finale. At that time, he was also received and praised by the country's leaders.
When Andy Lau performs abroad, he always introduces himself by saying: "I am Chinese." Andy Lau once went to Japan to hold a small fan club. The fans were very enthusiastic at that time. However, Andy Lau refused to say hello to everyone in Japanese, and then refused the Japanese songs arranged by the organizer, and changed all the songs to Mandarin, and all the originally scheduled Cantonese songs were cancelled.
Andy Lau said: "To quote, art has no borders, but artists have borders. I want to say that music has no borders, but musicians have borders." He said to The organizer said, "When you introduce me in the future, don't say that I am a Hong Kong singer, because I am first and foremost a Chinese."
Then, he sang "Chinese" in front of hundreds of Japanese fans.
When I was filming the MV for the song "Chinese", I originally wanted to film it in Hong Kong. But Andy Lau disagreed. He said: "Since I am Chinese, I have to go to the most symbolic place for Chinese people." Finally, he chose the Great Wall, and Andy Lau stood on the edge of the most dangerous Great Wall and sang "Chinese" to everyone. All the staff present were sweating for him.
After the return of Hong Kong, Andy Lau has become even more attached to the motherland. Wherever there is a disaster, he will use all his strength to donate money and materials. If necessary, he will also go to the first scene of the disaster area to perform condolences.
In the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, he immediately organized Hong Kong artists to perform to raise relief supplies. And he also specially wrote a song to encourage those affected by the disaster, letting them know that the strong backing of the motherland is doing its best to rescue them.
In 2019, the Taiwanese authorities made inappropriate remarks. Andy Lau immediately stood up and announced that the movie "Anti-Drug 2" starring him had withdrawn from the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards. Soon after, many Hong Kong movies also withdrew from Taiwan. Golden Horse Award.