Recently, Wang Jing said: "We are Chinese, and it is a natural thing to return to the mainland for development." Although many of the comments are very realistic, thinking that he just came to the mainland to circle money, and had to say so, these people are wrong.
You can say that his films are very vulgar, but you can't say that he pretends to be patriotic, because he proves his patriotic behavior with his own actions.
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Born in Hong Kong in 1955 into a family of directors, he can also be regarded as a young master born in Fei Lin. He is the eldest brother in the family and has 4 younger sisters below.
His father, Wang Tianlin, may not be familiar to you, but the 83rd edition of "The Legend of the Eagle Shooter" and the 79th edition of "Chu Liuxiang" directed by him are sure to know that not only in hong Kong, but also in the mainland, it has also become a classic. He is also a pivotal figure in the entertainment industry, with his own film and television company.
83 Edition of The Legend of the Archery Hero
His uncle Wang Pengyi was a famous film producer in the 50s, and because of his introduction, Wang Jing's father Wang Tianlin entered the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
The little young master who seems to be beautiful actually has an unreliable mother.
79 edition of Chu Liuxiang
Infected by her father, Wang Jing became familiar with the four famous works at the age of 9. He has read some of his father's books and loves Jin Yong's works even more, and even creates his own "Wang's script".
Wang Jing, 10 years old, followed her father to the set and met many beautiful actresses. A small fat boy who is only 10 years old, deeply liked by all the beautiful women on the set, pinches his small face and hugs are already accustomed to it.
At the age of 15, Wang Jing, who was driven by hobbies, had begun to write scripts, and was also "reused" by her father. At that time, people in the entertainment industry also called him a "genius teenager".
If you think his path as a director has been smooth sailing, you're sorely mistaken.
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In 1971, at the age of 16, Wang Jing ushered in a family change.
This year, my father's company went bankrupt, and that wasn't the worst.
My mother, who likes to point fingers at the mahjong table, owes an ass debt.
In order to escape debts, the little young master of the rich family became a "poor person" who escaped debts overnight.
However, the family has 5 children to raise, and his father Wang Tianlin can only take on a lot of bad films, in order to fill his wife's debt, word of mouth has been taken care of. In this way, the family's life is considered to have fallen.
In 1973, Wang Jing was admitted to the University of Chinese in Hong Kong (a proper academic bully), and Wang Jing, who was only 18 years old and had just entered her first year of college, once again faced the situation of her mother's debt.
In order to repay the debt, his father Wang Tianlin signed a contract with TVB to make a film, and Wang Jing, under the recommendation of his father, ran to TVB to intern in his spare time without classes, and followed his father's friend Liu Tianci to learn to write short plays, and his first project was to interact with the audience to interact with the entertainment live short drama "Happy Tonight".
The stems or passages that appear in order to make the audience laugh are created by Wang Jing. A paragraph is only 8 yuan, and in the first month Wang Jing earned 96 yuan. The next month, he earned more than 800 yuan, his efforts and talents, "Master" Liu Tianci in the eyes, but also admired this "guide the second generation".
Although many viewers thought that these memes were vulgar, they still laid the foundation for future comedy films, and this writing was exactly two and a half years.
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Wang Jing, who has established a firm foothold in TVB, did not idle her emotional life during the period. I met Ding Dejun in college, and Wang Jing fell in love while serving TVB.
In 1978, Wang Jing, who had just graduated from college, chose to marry Ding Dejun.
After getting married with peace of mind, it's time to get busy with your career. Under the escort of her father and master, Wang Jing served as a screenwriter and created film and television dramas such as "Lu Xiaofeng" and "Ghost Horse Frenzy", and as a result, these works were all a small fire, which also made the screenwriter Wang Jing angry, and he became a "ghost screenwriter".
In 1979, Wang Jing participated in the screenwriting of "People in the Net", which created the rating myth of the time, and also quickly exported culture, seizing the Southeast Asian market. It also made Zhou Runfa burst into flames and promoted to the first line, and then there was a frenzy of "Shanghai Beach".
And Wang Jing is also another level of career. Shaw company offered a high price, the deposit alone has 10,000 yuan, Wang Jing resigned to TVB and switched to Shaw.
Shortly after coming to Shaw, in 1980, Wang Jing participated in the broadcast of the TV drama version of "King of a Thousand Kings", which finally opened the curtain of her own "gambling era".
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In 1981, Wang Jing hit the iron while it was hot and showed her fists and feet in Shaw's. He began his career as a "director". The first work directed was the film version of "King of a Thousand Kings" "Thousand Kings vs. Thousand Kings". Although he didn't have much ambition, just for that reward, because his wife Ding Dejun was waiting to give birth and needed money, he had great success as a director for his first time.
Probably due to the change of family road, Wang Jing needs money, and he needs to make more commercial films to make more money.
In 1983, Wang Jing's reputation took a sharp turn for the worse.
Because of the filming of "The Frog Prince", it is a typical commercial film, with no connotation, but it has a box office. At 18 million Hong Kong dollars, Shaw's highest-grossing film under the river, in that era, movie tickets were also very cheap.
Wang Jing, who tasted the sweetness, has since begun his "commercial bad film journey".
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In 1985, Wang Jing jumped to Xiangshi, and many classic movies were about to come out.
In that era, Hong Kong films had become assembly line works, and a director could even run several sets at the same time, with fine products produced, and more bad films.
Wang Jing has taken care of four or five movies at the same time, and has a record of shooting a film in 10 days at the earliest. Even his film did not have a draft, it is rumored that the "Trick Expert" with Stephen Chow, at that time, his script only had the 10 words "Andy Lau Trick Expert".
After that, Wang Jing and Zhou Xingchi hit it off immediately, and Hong Kong movies also ushered in the golden age of "nonsense". "Gamble Saint", "Nine Pin Sesame Officer", "Deer DingJi", etc., the audience has been regarded as a classic.
Bet on Saint Zhou Runfa
Nine pin sesame officers
However, the cooperation between the two also came to an end. It is rumored that Xingye released Wang Jing's pigeons in order to shoot "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er", which has already made Wang Jing dissatisfied. Moreover, when filming "King of a Thousand Kings 2000", Zhou Xingchi, who was paid up to 1.2 million a day, openly turned his face on the spot with Wang Jing, who was already a famous director, on the set, but the creative concept was not in line. But after that, the two did not cooperate again!
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Although most of Wang Jing's films are bad films, and some fried cold rice, he has also produced classics. "God of Gamblers", "Nine Pin Sesame Officer", and the very desperate look back and smile at the source of "The Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer Record".
Since the mid-to-late 1990s, Hong Kong films have gradually lost their market, and it is Wang Jing who has made "bad films" that have eaten many film crews.
Although there are countless films, Wang Jing has never won the award, and he has also looked at it - this is fate.
Although he has a lot of bad movies, he also has a heart that is in awe of movies.
After decades of deep cultivation in the film industry, he knows that it is difficult for literary and art films to make money, but he still invests in Xu Anhua's three literary and artistic films three times.
You know, Wang Jing once said that "who will love to watch the story of a fat old woman", so that Xu Anhua did not have a good impression of Wang Jing, a "commercial film director". However, when Xu Dao's literary and art films could not attract investment, it was Wang Jing who did not care about the previous suspicions and extended a helping hand three times, and Wang Jing also knew that it must be a business that lost money.
Even so, he still repeatedly invested in Xu Anhua, which shows that he is not just to make money. He can also make literary and artistic films, but he thinks that he is not an expert in literary and artistic films, and it is better to support more professional shooting.
His pattern is not small, it is precisely the person with the macro pattern. He was not a layman in the traditional sense, but he was a complete patriot.
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In 2012, Because of the Diaoyu Dao incident, Wang Jing publicly claimed on social media that "Japan will not withdraw from the Diaoyu Islands, and it will not use any Japanese actors in the future." ”
In 2014, some celebrities in the entertainment industry also tried to undermine the legal system in Hong Kong, and Wang Jing's reply was also very encouraging. Although this response has affected his films in Hong Kong at the box office, Wang Jing is determined not to bow to the outlaws because he is doing what he thinks is just.
The public voice in 2015 also let everyone see his "courage".
In 2019, Hong Kong Island was once in chaos, and Wang Jing repeatedly angrily scolded those criminals on social platforms.
In the same year, he supported Chen Baixiang, who had a small contradiction for nearly 40 years on social platforms.
On March 18 this year, a video released in the official media public account showed Wang Jing publicly appear on camera and say a series of inspiring words such as supporting "patriots governing Hong Kong". Countless circles of fans, full of positive energy.
In August this year, Hong Kong amended the Film Censorship Ordinance, and he supported it with both hands. Not only do I think that there is more room for creating films, but also that the use of law to mark the gray area is more conducive to the progress of Hong Kong films, and can make those wall grass cool early.
Wang Jing and his wife
Recently, Wang Jing also lamented that the mainland film and television has developed rapidly, and as a Hong Konger, she has also begun to "learn from the mainland in one direction", and "we are Chinese, and it is very natural to develop the mainland!" ”
It is even more envious that the mainland can make such a huge production as "Chosin Lake", and hopes that more big directors will make films that praise the martyrs and do something for the country.
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Today's Wang Jing, has been 66 years old, and the original wife Ding Dejun has always been the woman behind him, even if he and many actresses have passed on the scandal, but he is still as loving as the original wife, and the two daughters are also outstanding.
His works are countless, classics, and bad films, but he is still the director, screenwriter, producer, and actor with positive energy.
He has a lot of labels, some good, but more bad, but it still doesn't prevent him from being a very patriotic showbiz practitioner.
Many viewers only remembered his bad films before, but now they know that he is a patriot, and there are countless fans.
Recently, Wang Jing's new version of the poster of "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon" came out and was ridiculed by the group.
According to statistics, Wang Jing has been in the industry for 45 years and has made more than 400 movies, and this number is constantly being updated, hoping that he can bring more good works.