▁A TV . ▁ ▁Biography ▁ ▁Early ▁career ▁Lau ▁en rolled ▁into ▁the ▁actors ' ▁training ▁class ▁of ▁R TV ▁( now ▁A TV ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁where ▁he ▁started ▁his ▁early ▁acting ▁career . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁he ▁joined ▁TV B ▁on ▁a ▁contract ▁and ▁began ▁to ▁gain ▁recognition ▁for ▁acting ▁in ▁television ▁drama ▁series ▁produced ▁by ▁the ▁TV ▁station . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 6 , ▁Lau ▁rose ▁to ▁fame ▁for ▁his ▁port ray al ▁of ▁the ▁tit ular ▁character ▁in ▁L uk ▁S iu - f ung , ▁an ▁adaptation ▁of ▁W ux ia ▁writer ▁Gu ▁Long ' s ▁novel ▁series ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁title . ▁His ▁performance ▁in ▁Y esterday ' s ▁Gl itter ▁also ▁made ▁him ▁famous . ▁ ▁Part ners hip ▁with ▁Mich elle ▁Y im ▁Lau ▁returned ▁to ▁A TV ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 0 . ▁He ▁worked ▁with ▁Mich elle ▁Y im , ▁as ▁the ▁male ▁and ▁female ▁leading ▁actor / act ress ▁respectively , ▁in ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁TV ▁series ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁including ▁Father land , ▁Chron icles ▁of ▁the ▁Sh adow ▁S words man ▁and ▁R ise ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁Wall . ▁Since ▁then , ▁both ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁called ▁" Best ▁On screen ▁Cou ple / L ove bird s ". ▁Lau ▁and ▁Y im ▁worked ▁together ▁again ▁in ▁The ▁Heaven ▁S word ▁and ▁Dragon ▁Sab er ▁( 2 0 0 0 ), ▁playing