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In the 1960s, Hong Kong was economically advanced.
Influenced by European and American pop culture,
it has become fashionable to form bands and sing English songs.
The most famous hall of fame band, The Wynners, was formed and became famous during this period.
In their rise to fame,
they defeated the god of song, Sam Hui's Lotus.
In the 70s, there was a band called the "Silver Rats" in Hong Kong.
Many people may not have heard of it at all.
The main reason is that this band is self-entertaining.
The band consists of seven members,
Zhang Chong, Patrick Tse, Willie Chan
Chen Hao, Charlie Chin, Alan Tang Kwong Wing and Lydia Shum.
They are all big names in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
They have a lot of experience in performing on stage,
but no one is a professional singer.
They don't have any representative songs or concert records.
Instead of forming a band,
they used the name of the band to make their bonding public.
The inspiration for the formation of the Silver Rats came from the Hollywood star Dean Martin in the 1960s.
He organized a group of actors in the film industry to form the Silver Rats.
Hong Kong's Silver Rats are like ancient friends of righteousness in the jungle.
Most like the Seven Freaks of the South in Jin Yong's novel.
They have the same interest in each other as siblings.
They are the elder brother Zhang Chong,
the second brother Patrick Tse, the third brother Willie Chan
Fourth brother Chen Hao, fifth brother Charlie Chin
Sixth brother Alan Tang Kwong Wing and seventh sister Lydia Shum.
The "Seven Freaks of the South" are also 6 men and 1 woman, the seventh sister is the youngest.
The members of the Silver Rats were very close back then.
If any one of them has a new film to promote or is in need of help,
the other six will show up together.
At that time, Zhang Chong was only in his early forties and Lydia Shum was not yet 30.
They have achieved a certain level of success,
but they have not yet reached a more authoritative position.
At this time, they are united in their debut can be called a group to get warm.
Lydia Shum started out as a child actress.
In 1967, she joined TVB and became one of the first artists.
She started to host "Enjoy Yourself Tonight"
gradually became the pillar of TVB's hosting.
Lydia Shum once formed a couple of choirs with singer Roman Tam
to perform on stage in Southeast Asia and the United States.
With Teresa, Liza Wang and Felicia formed the "Four Golden Flowers" of the music industry.
Released the eponymous Cantonese album "Four Golden Flowers"
Lydia Shum and Adam Cheng's marriage is particularly important in life.
They were married in 1985 and divorced in 1989.
They had a daughter, Joyce Cheng.
In 2008, Lydia Shum died of liver cancer at the age of 62 at Queen Mary Hospital in Hong Kong.
In 2008, She was awarded the Professionalism Award at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards.
On March 2, 2008, at the memorial service of Lydia,
Alan Tang Kwong Wing accused Lydia's ex-husband, Adam Cheng, in his eulogy on stage.
He was accused of not fulfilling his responsibilities as a husband and father,
not taking care of his ex-wife and daughter.
And openly asked Adam Cheng on stage to explain.
He embarrassed Adam Cheng.
Luckily, his daughter came on stage to help him out.
This scene shows not only the impulsive personality of Alan Tang,
but also the camaraderie between the members of the Silver Rats.
Zhang Chong is a native of Hubei, formerly known as Zhang Zhongtian.
He was born in 1931 and made his debut in 1957.
His first starring role was in Shaw's "You Are My Soul".
When the Silver Rats were founded, Zhang Chong was still a famous hard-core actor of Shaw's.
Soon after, he and his elder brother Zhang Sen switched to directing and founded the Zhang Brothers Company.
Zhang Chong was married to the famous Shaw's movie star Hu Jin for 4 years.
In 2010, Zhang Chong passed away at the age of 79 due to rectal cancer that extended to lung cancer.
Alan Tang Kwong Wing is 185 tall and handsome.
He worked as a model when he was young
In the 60s, he was known as one of the top three literary talents along with Qin Han and Qin Xianglin in Taiwan,
and was known as the student prince.
He has acted in more than 70 films.
In addition to his early roles as a literary youngster,
he also became an overbearing mobster in the 1980s when gangster shoot-em-ups were popular.
He founded a film company.
He invested in the film "As Tears Go By" starring Andy Lau, Jacky Cheung, Maggie Cheung and Wan Chi Leung.
It was also director Wong Kar-wai's debut film.
Later, Alan Tang invested 40 million to make "Days of Being Wild".
The film won three awards at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor,
which was a success for director Wong Kar Wai and lead actor Leslie Cheung.
However, the Hong Kong box office of "Days of Being Wild" was less than HK$10 million.
The loss was so great that Alan Tang was hospitalized with a heart attack.
In 2011, Alan Tang died of a heart attack at the age of 65.
You may not be familiar with Tang's children.
Alan Tang had two daughters.
On December 17, her youngest daughter, Deng Yewei,
posted a recent photo on her personal social media account.
In the photo, Deng Yewei is dressed up nicely.
Other recent photos on Deng Yewei's personal social accounts show that
she rarely dresses up in fancy clothes.
Mostly she wears shirts or suits.
The 34-year-old Deng Yewei has a great appearance,
but she did not want to join the entertainment industry.
The reason is that Alan Tang has always forbidden his daughters
to get involved in the entertainment industry during his lifetime.
Both of them did not become doctors as their father expected,
but both graduated from prestigious universities abroad.
It is reported that Deng Yewei became a senior executive of a listed company
after obtaining a master's degree in environmental science.
In fact, Deng Yewei has already married low-key 2 years ago.
The groom is very handsome.
The two are a good match.
As for Alan Tang's eldest daughter, she is even more low-key than her sister.
The only thing we know for now is that she started her own business after graduation
and is the owner of a company currently.
Yan Zhenna, the widow of Alan Tang, has not attended any public events in the past few years.
She has only been seen at a few private gatherings.
Last month, veteran media personality Wang Manling posted an article to celebrate her birthday
and showed photos of her birthday party.
Willie Chan is the first generation of gold medalists in Hong Kong.
At his peak, he had more than 40 superstar artists under his belt.
For example, Jackie Chan, Cheng Yu-ling, Jacky Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Cherie Chung
Joey Wong, Andy Lau, Tony Leung, Alan Leong, Edgar Cheung.
Lau Kar Ling, Lau Ching Wan, Ng Kwan Yu, Chin Cheung Lam, Maria.
Zhao Yazhi, Jet Li, Chen Chong, Daniel Wu, etc.
He is also one of the founding members of the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild
and a consultant for the movie giant Golden Harvest.
He has a lot of friends in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong.
He was awarded the Professionalism Award at the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2011.
He studied agriculture in Malaysia
and then went to Hawaii for his master's degree in economics.
After graduation, he first worked as a hotel manager in Singapore
and then moved to Hong Kong to develop his career in the film industry.
He has no wife and no children in Hong Kong.
He has only one legally adopted son, Xu Junjun, with whom he has a close relationship.
They bought an adjoining villa to facilitate mutual care.
Willie Chan had a previous marriage.
He was married to a hotel secretary in the 1970s.
But it lasted only two years.
The reason Chan told the media was to be honest about his sexual orientation.
He died in his sleep at home in 2017 at the age of 76.
It is reported that Willie Chan will inherit all his assets from his adopted son.
He wrote his will after he fell ill and left his affairs to his adopted son.
Chen Hao divorced Chen Lili and remarried someone, now lives overseas.
Patrick Tse started his career at the age of 16 in the actor training class of Ling Guang Company.
After he became famous, he joined Guang Yi Film Company.
In 1960, Patrick Tse played the role of Yang Guo in the first version of the movie "The Return of the Condor Heroes".
In 1980, Patrick Tse played the role of Lo Sik Hoi in Wong Jing's gambling drama "The Shell Game."
In the drama, he was called the fourth brother.
Since then, the fourth brother has become the nickname of Patrick Tse.
Romantic and unrestrained is Patrick Tse's label.
He once earned enough money to buy half a street in Hong Kong.
And his love history is also very rich.
Patrick Tse once courted Fanny Siu and later married Jane Yen and Deborah.
He gave birth to Nicholas Tse and Tina Tse.
He also has a girlfriend who is 49 years younger than him.
Because of this relationship, Nicholas Tse and Joyce Cheng are godbrothers and sisters.
In 2019, Patrick Tse received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards.
He also appeared in the 2020 Hong Kong drama "Forensic Heroes IV".
Charlie Chin was born in Nanjing and grew up in Hong Kong.
At the age of 12, he went to Taipei to study at Peking Opera.
At the age of 20, he returned to Hong Kong and joined the film industry.
He was the popular guy in Qiong Yao drama.
In the 1970s, Charlie Chin was not only one of the top three actors in Taiwan's film industry,
also cooperated with Qin Han, Brigitte Lin, Joan Lin.
In 1975 and 1977,
Charlie Chin won two Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan Province
for his literary films "Long Way from Home" and "Far away from home".
He is definitely the acting leader of the Silver Rats.
Charlie Chin had a brief marriage with Xiao Fangfang.
He also had an affair with Teresa Teng and Brigitte Lin.
He later married a makeup artist and immigrated to the United States for many years.
Occasionally, he returns to Hong Kong to visit his friends.
Last year, Charlie Chin and his wife returned to Taiwan to attend a memorial exhibition held by his friend Zhen Zhen.
He also released a photo of his family of four.
In the photo, Charlie Chin, 71 (2019), is in great spirits,
his wife, Cao Changli, is also a beautiful woman.
They look radiant today.
Their sons are very handsome.
Especially the youngest son, Kevin.
If he had entered the entertainment industry,
he might have become the second Nicholas Tse, as Qin Xianglin said.
The former Silver Rats are already a legend from 50 years ago.
Only a few of the seven siblings are still alive.
Patrick Tse is still dashing around the world at the age of 84.
Charlie Chin is still enjoying life at the age of 72.
The Silver Rats are not a legendary band,
but the story of its seven members and the love between them is legendary to this day.
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