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On April 1, 1971, Wang Mingquan officially joined TVB. However, in the first few years, she was a little depressed, far from calling the wind and rain, and was in the cultivation stage.
Wang Mingquan was poached by Cai Heping from Li, and Cai Heping is the producer of "Happy Tonight", and of course, her first step into TVB was "Happy Tonight".
In "Happy Tonight", Wang Mingquan records three nights of programs every week, and works as a singer, interview, host, and opera, seemingly busy, but the results are limited, according to her words, "can only be said to be competent." You think, she can't sing Xi Xiulan and Pan Dihua, she can't get Liang Xingbo and Zheng Junmian funny, the image is not as dazzling as Shen Dianxia and Zhang Yuanyuan (Zhang Delan), and even selling advertisements is not as impressive as Sensen's "three millizi".
What is particularly unacceptable is that Wang Mingquan loves acting, but "Happy Tonight" stipulates that its artists are not allowed to shoot TV series, which makes her itchy but helpless. According to Gan Guoliang of tvB's first artist training class, once the training class observed the shooting of "Thunderstorm", he turned his head and found that Wang Mingquan was also watching on the spot, and his eyes were full of envy and desire.
At that time, TVB had two Hua Dan who were the most active, one was Li Siqi, the other was Huang Shuyi, both of whom were from Li's second artist training class, on the seniority of the seniority should be called Wang Mingquan a "master sister", now the master sister scenery is unlimited, the sister only has to see, really depressed.
Acted in a fun drama in "Happy Tonight"
Wang Mingquan, who is a beautiful pillar and has a strong nature, is definitely not willing to be ignored by everyone, this is not, after her first contract expired in 1973, she had a disagreement with TVB.
In March of that year, Cai Heping announced to the outside world that TVB would no longer renew his contract with Wang Mingquan because she asked for the renewal period to be reduced from two years to one year, and then proposed to host a new program, TVB would not reduce the renewal period of artists, let alone the obligation to open personal programs for artists: "Happy Tonight There are more than fifty artists, if each person wants to open a program, is it not necessary to open more than fifty?" ”
Wang Mingquan's side shouted injustice, saying that he had never fought for a personal program, but it was difficult to accept being tied up by a one-year birth contract and a one-year death contract.
Anyway, Wang Mingquan rested for a while. A few months later, Feng Hui turned around, and she, accompanied by Shen Dianxia, came to Cai Heping's office, talked in detail, and the two sides rebuilt the old good.
Wang Mingquan signed another six-month contract with TVB, and Cai Heping promised to give her more room to play.
Wang Mingquan, who has returned again, has used a series of actions to prove that he is the real material, and it is not a waste of time.
She joined shen dianxia, Zhang Yuanyuan (Zhang Delan), and Wang Aiming to open a link in "Happy Tonight", performing songs and dances, the response was excellent, and then added the father played by Liang Xingbo and the mother played by Roland, which developed into a short drama and became more popular.
The combination, tall, fat and thin, is like a melon, so Liang Xingbo suggested that it be named "four melons". Such an ugly name was naturally opposed by four girls, and together they were better called "four golden flowers", which was vulgar and much stronger than the melon.
From "four thousand gold" to "four golden flowers", it seems that Wang Mingquan and "four" have quite a relationship.
Four golden flowers
Four Golden Flowers Short Play
Among the "Four Golden Flowers", Shen Dianxia and Wang Mingquan are the oldest and responsible for taking care of everything, because Wang Mingquan's mother is engaged in the clothing business, she will also design and make clothes (many of Wang Mingquan's clothes in Li's period are sewn by herself), so the team's clothes are basically wrapped by Wang Mingquan.
Wang Mingquan's sewn clothes, the evaluation is high and low, even her daily wear, has also been criticized as "not exquisite, not fashionable" . It wasn't until the late seventies that sponsors provided her with clothing that she became feminine.
In addition to the "Four Golden Flowers", "Happy Tonight" also arranged He Shouxin and Wang Mingquan to host, and the two cooperated closely, which left a deep impression and triggered a grudge. However, this is an afterthought, and it is not a table to be pressed for the time being.
After Wang Mingquan's return, the biggest gain is to be able to act in a TV series!
In 1973, TVB began filming "Private Love", director Liang Weimin played the heroine of Wang Mingquan, proposed to Cai Heping to borrow someone, Cai Heping looked at Wang Mingquan, who was absent-minded in "Happy Tonight", shook his head, and agreed.
Wang Mingquan was happy, but she still had a difficult hurdle to cross before she could take the film. This difficulty is the mother-in-law.
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Yes, Wang Mingquan is married, and her husband is not her first love Zou Shixiao, but a clothing merchant Liu Changhua.
Wang Mingquan and Liu Changhua met in about the middle of 1970, this time when she was learning to dance in Japan, probably met in another place, felt very close, and then dried firewood and hooked up in pairs. There may also be a mother Wang introduced, are all clothing peers, intersecting with each other, a inquiry, this Liu Gongzi family is big, or single, and my daughter is just a pair.
After a year and a half of dragging, on November 18, 1971, Wang Mingquan and Liu Changhua got married. This date was chosen, resulting in the early years of TVB Taiqing, do not see Wang Mingquan's figure, because Taiqing and the wedding anniversary are only one day apart (TVB Taiqing is November 19 every year), Wang Mingquan of course to accompany her husband out on the trip.
Wang Mingquan and Liu Changhua wedding photos
Wang Mingquan and Liu Changhua married
Wang Mingquan's new house, located in a high-rise building in Kowloon Wo Ta Lao Dao Mountain, is full of love, and there are many wallpapers with the word "Love" on the wall, of which lamps and wall clocks are created by Liu Changhua.
It can be seen that Liu Changhua is a person with a skillful mind, and many of Wang Mingquan's clothes are also made by him, and the couple really have similar interests.
Moreover, Liu Changhua is westernly educated, does not mind his wife going out to work, and has a more appreciative attitude toward Wang Mingquan's career and adopts a laissez-faire policy. Wang Mingquan is very grateful for this and trusts and relies on her husband. According to their friends, once at a restaurant, Wang Mingquan rested his head on her husband's shoulder and played with his tie. Liu Changhua talked to people about things, she was always unwilling, to distract his attention, and even sat the whole person on his lap, completely like a naïve little girl. In addition, a reporter repeatedly offered to go to her home for an interview, but she refused, on the grounds that she did not want to make her husband unhappy for her appearance.
The depth of the couple's affection is evident – at least in the first few years of marriage. The only fly in the ointment is that in the early days of marriage, Wang Mingquan became pregnant, but unfortunately gave birth, and then her career was busy, and she never had children again.
Liu Changhua can let Wang Mingquan fly freely, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't have children for the sake of his career, but Liu Changhua's mother-in-law and Wang Mingquan's mother-in-law are not happy - Li Family Changhua is an only son, you can't let the Liu family break off, and it is not good for the woman's family to show up, and it is useless to do so many things.
Understand no, Wang Mingquan has been in "Happy Tonight" three nights a week, if you shoot "Private Love" again, the mother-in-law's face will be longer.
The husband and wife went to war together, patiently doing work, and the mother-in-law finally reluctantly agreed, but there was a condition that only one day of filming could be filmed every week.
After two levels, Wang Mingquan was able to enter the crew and repeat the dream of performing for four or five years.
The filming of "Private Love" can be described as a twist and turn, the original male protagonist is Feng Quanfan, and Wang Mingquan launched an unforgettable "private love", perhaps Feng Quefan was too excited to cooperate with the "sweetheart" again, and one day he suddenly went crazy in the TVB restaurant, moved rough to a foreign teenager, and was fired. The script could only be revised, and Wang Mingquan was "matched" to Huang Xin, which made her unhappy for a while.
Fortunately, the response of "Private Love" after broadcasting was good, especially Wang Mingquan's minchu costume was very eye-catching and well received.
Stills from "Private Love"
"Private Love" costume
With the first time, there will naturally be two, three, four, five... Second, since then, there have been directors who have borrowed Wang Mingquan from Cai Heping, how can Cai Heping favor one over the other? I had to release all of them!
In 1974, Wang Mingquan and Gan Guoliang starred in "Eternal Spring" and "Hong Kong Style Painting". So far, Gan Guoliang has never forgotten "Eternal Spring", not only in the play, he has a long kiss with Wang Meiren, Wang Mingquan is even more arrogant during filming, proposing to the director where to change the shot, and the director obeys his words. Hey, the director had to listen, because he was Zou Shixiao, and he had to repay the love of that year.
Then there's Blue and Black and Begonia. "Blue and Black" was originally set to star li Siqi, but it happened that Li Siqi wanted to accompany her husband to study in a foreign country, resigned, and was topped by Wang Mingquan. Wang Mingquan was a little careful, and now when he mentioned this matter, he still said that he picked up a "second-hand goods" to prove how difficult it was for him to act.
When Wang Mingquan filmed "Begonia", he also sang the interlude "Canary" and released a record with the title of the play, which became his first Cantonese album. Since then, every episode she has released has basically followed a record, and her performance and singing have developed simultaneously.
That year, she also filmed a "Three Divisions Will Trial Yutang Chun", the male protagonist is the mercurial Zheng Shaoqiu, and the cooperation between the golden boy and the jade girl began.
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Good guys, Wang Mingquan's films are constantly on, and he is almost full-time shooting TV series. Therefore, in 1975, before the filming of "The Residual Dream of the Qing Palace", Zhong Jinghui, head of the TVB drama group, proposed to Cai Heping that Wang Mingquan simply be transferred to the drama group. Cai Heping sighed a long time, "It will rain in the sky, and the mother will marry someone", let her go. But there is a condition, Wang Mingquan still has to return to "Happy Tonight" one night a week.
"Qing Palace Residual Dream" as Zhenfei
Transferred to the drama group, Wang Mingquan can finally let go of his hands and feet and shoot a special shot. In 1975 alone, she made 10 TV series, released 6 records, and acted in the drama "Small Town Scenery", which became the most prolific year of her acting career.
Drama "Small Town Scenery"
In 1976, Wang Mingquan continued to work hard and continued to shoot 9 dramas and 3 discs.
This year, Jiashi's blockbuster production of "The Legend of the Archery Hero", the ratings are like a rainbow, the momentum is great, TVB decided to treat its human body with its human way, and also began to shoot Jin Yong drama to fight, choosing "Book of Swords and Vengeance".
Huang Xia, on behalf of Jin Yong and TVB, approached the adaptation and hoped that Wang Mingquan would play Huo Qingtong, Wang Mingquan was a little hesitant, she had not learned martial arts, afraid of not being able to cope. Huang Xia advised her: "You can dance, general movements are not a problem." I can imagine that you are hanging on to Weah, and the whole person is flying in the air, oh, very beautiful! Huang Xia's mouth was really powerful, and Wang Mingquan immediately dispelled his concerns.
"Book of Swords and Enmity" was the first time that TVB's three major Huadan Wang Mingquan (as Huo Qingtong), Li Siqi (as Luo Bing), and Huang Shuyi (as Li Yuanzhi) met for the first time, and the drama was full of topics inside and outside.
Book of Swords and Enmity from left to right: Li Siqi, Huang Shuyi, Zheng Shaoqiu, Wang Mingquan, Yu An'an (first from right)
There have always been rumors that the three major hua dan are fighting in the dark, looking like a god, even shooting a shampoo advertisement, can also be on the hot search because of the position problem. This time, the crowd moved a small bench and waited to see the liveliness. Sure enough, during the filming, there was an incident in which Wang Mingquan's sword injured Huang Shuyi. Immediately, there was a "deliberate" or "unintentional" argument.
Of course, Wang Mingquan will not deliberately hurt Huang Shuyi, and if you want to blame the film while filming, it is frequently out of the scene, and there are many martial arts, which makes the actors cry bitterly for days, and the fatigue is out of the situation. In order to calm the emotions, TVB agreed to shoot three episodes and pay four episodes, so that everyone could cheer up and win the final victory.
"Book of Swords and Enmity" plays Huo Qingtong
"Book of Swords and Enmity" Zheng Shaoqiu and Wang Mingquan
"Book of Swords and Vengeance" finally did not live up to everyone's hard work, after the broadcast of good results, Wang Mingquan's fame rose rapidly, as far as Southeast Asia, Singapore's nightclubs even invited her out of the port to appear on stage, five hundred dollars a day, she went to several times, dashing and easy to buy a floor.
However, what really makes Wang Mingquan a "first sister" has to be the next year's hundred-episode long drama "Family Change".
In 1977, TVB began filming "Family Change", and producer Zhou Liang Shuyi named Wang Mingquan as the heroine Lorraine. Wang Mingquan was puzzled by this: in Li's era, she played more soft roles, and when she arrived at TVB, she was mainly in costume, what made Zhou Liang Shuyi think that she was suitable for a modern girl with a strong personality?
Besides, she couldn't pull herself out. At that time, Wang Mingquan signed a Taiwanese film, and Lin Qingxia co-starred in "Green Villa", with overlapping schedules.
Zhou Liang Shuyi is on fire, no, you must shoot this, or don't shoot anything in the future! No way, Wang Mingquan and the film company explained the situation and refunded the deposit. Film companies are more accommodating and show understanding.
Fortunately, this matter has been done, otherwise there would be no Wang Mingquan today.
"Family Change" was filmed day and night, while taking into account the one-night "Happy Tonight", Wang Mingquan hurriedly rotated the axis. One day, she fainted on the set and was taken to Baptist Hospital. After waking up, Wang Mingquan did not ask about the condition for the first time, but shouted to leave, and went home to recuperate for just a few days, and then went to work again, but applied for a temporary transfer from "Happy Tonight" in order to concentrate on filming "Family Change".
Stills from "Family Change"
"Family Change" is an important work in the history of TVB and even Hong Kong television. Wang Mingquan's strong woman "Lorraine" role. It has jumped out of film and television and become a social topic, influencing many women to pursue equality and autonomy.
This classic shaping made Wang Mingquan climb the TVB spire in one fell swoop, red and purple. He was sent to Japan to broadcast the Red and White Song Festival.
Red and White Song Will Be Live
The so-called good things came in pairs, that year, Wang Mingquan and Zheng Shaoqiu recorded the record "Happy Years", which won the gold record score, which was a breakthrough in her singing career. And the album sold well, and two years later bravely won the platinum. However, Wang Mingquan's first platinum record was not "Happy Years", but "Spring Broken Dreams" in 1978.
Happy Years album
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In 1978, a major event occurred at TVB, under the leadership of Zhou Liang Shuyi, many good hands defected to Jiashi, including Liu Tianci, Lu Guozhan and other "Six Gentlemen" and most of the actors of "Family Change".
Zhou Liang Shuyi also lobbied Wang Mingquan to go with her, and Wang Mingquan felt that she had established a foothold in TVB and did not have to take risks and refused.
After only a few months, this group of people was dismissed by Jiashi, and Jiashi went out of business.
It is not that Wang Mingquan can see far, according to her, she is afraid of trouble and does not know how to socialize, the TVB system is sound, everything has rules and steps, so that she does not have to rely on personnel in her work, or to please some people, especially worry-free, so she has no intention of going outside. This kind of conservative and peaceful points have allowed Wang Mingquan to stay in TVB for more than 50 years, and even the manager does not have to look for it.
In 1978, Wang Mingquan continued to exert his strength and filmed another Jin Yong drama "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon".
In the play, Wang Mingquan plays Zhao Ming (Zhao Min), Zheng Shaoqiu plays Zhang Wuji, and Zhou Zhiruo spends Zhao Yazhi.
"Yitian Slaughtering Dragon" Wang Mingquan, Zheng Shaoqiu, Zhao Yazhi
Stills from "The Dragon Slayer"
At this time, Li Siqi and Huang Shuyi were unable to catch it, Zhao Yazhi was in the limelight, and the media once again threw out the topic of the dispute between one sister and hyped up the discord between Wang and Zhao.
Wang Mingquan looked innocent, how could I and Zhao Meiren not be compatible? When filming, I also taught her to play with swords. Outside the play, I have little contact with her.
Perhaps, the two beautiful women in the play to compete for Zhang Wujie too much, which led to the rumors of "struggle" being rampant.
This fight lasted until the following year's "Chu Liuxiang", Zheng Shaoqiu, Wang Mingquan, Zhao Yazhi, smiling on the screen, privately surging in secret. Zheng and Zhao's scandals, Wang and Zhao's competition, Wang and Zheng's discord, are not lively.
"Chu Liuxiang" Wang Mingquan, Zheng Shaoqiu, Zhao Yazhi
Stills from "Chu Liuxiang"
Logically, from the "Three Divisions of the Trial of Yutang Chun", through the "Purple Book", "Baolian Lantern", "Book of Swords and Enmity", and then to "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon Record" and "Chu Liuxiang", Wang Mingquan and Zheng Shaoqiu cooperated seamlessly, should it be a big explosion of gossip rather than a bad relationship? First of all, the two of them are not the type that they like each other, Zheng Shaoqiu likes gentle women, and Wang Mingquan has always given the impression of being straight and too strong. On the contrary, Wang Mingquan did not like Zheng Shaoqiu too mouth flowers, too sleek, and when he saw a beautiful woman, he had to come forward to care for and care for her; secondly, both sides had a "family room", the half of Zheng Shaoqiu, or Wang Mingquan's good friend Shen Dianxia - although the two also had a disagreement - as early as the sixties, Wang Mingquan and Shen Dianxia performed a beautiful "Folk Opera Of Lalang Match", and then in the TVB group "Four Golden Flowers", the friendship is very deep, how can you be kind enough to insert a foot?
As for why it was rumored that Wang Mingquan and Zheng Shaoqiu were not at peace? Rumors are well, true and false, until the 21st century, there are reports that the two can not make concerts due to awkwardness, endless. The media does not speculate on these, how to survive? Where do we get our talking points?
Back to the point. "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon Chronicles" is very good, at least Jin Yong is very satisfied with Wang Mingquan, saying that "if someone remakes the TV series of these two books ("Book of Swords and Vengeance" and "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon Chronicles"), come to ask my opinion, who is played by Huo Qingtong and Zhao Min? My answer is still Wang Mingquan. "The old man's evaluation is high.
Due to the change in the end of the play and the original work, it became that Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min did not come together, which attracted countless complaints and protests, and TVB had to broadcast another ending on the "K100" program for the first time in time to calm the audience's dissatisfaction.
In 1978, Wang Mingquan's fan association "Mingquan Friends Association" was established, and members celebrate her birthday every year.
Wang Mingquan was overjoyed, and set up the "Lorraine Film Company" that year to prepare to enter the film industry, but unfortunately, the comedy film "Big Rush" that was shot and starred in was not well received, and there was no action since then. Who said she didn't want to run around outside? It was only when I touched the nail that I stopped feeling.
(To be continued)