Chen Huimin, "Hongmen Gangster": At the most beautiful time, the whole Tsim Sha Tsui is up to me

In the golden age of Hong Kong cinema, there were a large number of well-known gangster movies in the film and television industry, and some of the plots are still talked about by many people to this day.

Why are Hong Kong gangster movies so good? Why does the gang that played out seem so real? Why do current gangster movies always fail to make the taste of the year?

The answer is neither the good talent of Hong Kong actors nor the poor professional quality of the current actors, but the reason is that many of the gangster film actors of that year were acting in their true colors.

For example, the famous Hong Kong actor Chen Huimin, who is not only a fierce character in the movie, but also a gangster in reality.

01. How strong is the gang?

People who like to watch Hong Kong gangster movies should have heard of 14K, and Chan Wai Min is the number three person in Hong Kong gangster 14K, such as the fake gangster.

When it comes to gangsters, mainlanders generally think of criminal gangs that kill people and do nothing wrong, but looking at the world, gangsters are not just a criminal group.

Gang members' daily life is not all fights and killings, people are complicated, so don't rush to label Chen Huimin as a "bad person".

Someone once said that "the jianghu is not a fight, a killing, but a sophisticated", and the gang has a crime but also a serious business.

If they can make good money, they will not go to the days of licking the blood from the knife edge, and for historical reasons, some long-established gangs have both good and evil sides.

World gangs have a long history of existence, and they have their own organizational structures, rules of conduct, and spheres of influence.

The weaker the ability of governments to govern their own societies, the more powerful they are, and in some areas, gangs can almost form their own social systems outside of the influence of government power.

Chen Huimin's gang called 14K was born out of another gang organization that has been circulating for hundreds of years: Hongmen.

The organizational structure of Hongmen is relatively loose, but the scale of the organization is very large, and it has a great influence in the World Chinese Circle, and its power was once strong enough to affect the historical trend of the nation.

The legend of Hongmen is an organization established in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties with the purpose of "anti-Qing and restoration", but with the change of the times, there has also been a division within Hongmen, and most of them only regard gangs as organizations that collect money.

However, there are still some members who maintain the desire to serve the country and the people and actively participate in the revolution.

In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, Sun Yat-sen went to the United States to collect donations from the Chinese for the revolution, and he also joined the Hongmen Organization for this purpose. Since then, Hongmen has developed close ties with the Chinese revolution and Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary party.

In a series of anti-Qing uprisings organized by Sun Yat-sen, gang members were often the backbone of the battle. Chiang Kai-shek, Chen Guofu, Chen Lifu brothers (founders of the Kuomintang Central Unification) and other celebrities of the Republic of China were once part of the gang.

When Sun Yat-sen was raising funds in the United States, he had close ties with The Zhigongtang, a subordinate branch of Hongmen, whose head of the organization was the famous Situ Meitang.

They actively helped Sun Yat-sen raise funds to support the anti-Qing, anti-Yuan Shikai, and anti-Japanese struggles in China.

After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Situ Meitang once again organized gang members to collect donations to support the domestic anti-Japanese struggle. Between 1937 and 1945, a total of $14 million was raised, and Situ Meitang was imprisoned by the Japanese for his active anti-Japanese resistance.

After the founding of New China, the branches of Hongmen still played an active role, such as situ Meitang's "Zhi Gong Tang" reorganized into the Chinese Zhi Gong Dang, and is still active in the CPPCC system, contributing to the revolution and national construction.

The predecessor of 14K was the "Hongmen Zhongyi Association" active in Guangdong, and unlike the Zhi Gong Dang, the 14K at that time was more like the evil forces we called both political position and style of action.

In 1949, the mainland was basically liberated, the CCP's social governance ability was enhanced, the underworld was difficult to gain a foothold on the mainland, and 14K members began to move to Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

At this time, Hong Kong was in the golden age of gangster development, and 14K was rapidly growing in Hong Kong.

Due to the special historical environment in Hong Kong, gangsters occupy a part of the Chinese that cannot be ignored, according to the statistics of the British government in Hong Kong, once one-third of Chinese adult men joined the gangs.

Although 14K is a foreign gangster, it has developed rapidly in Hong Kong. After years of operation, 14K and "New Ngee An" and "Katsuwa" and called the three major gangs in Hong Kong, at its peak it is said to have more than 100,000 members.

In addition to Hong Kong, 14K has further expanded overseas, such as Macao, Western Europe, North America, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and other places, and has close relations with Taiwan's Bamboo Gang, The Four Seas Gang, the American Huaqing Gang, the Southeast Asian Private Association Party and other gangs.

In the 1990s, the Hong Kong underworld suffered a severe crackdown by the police, and although 14K suffered heavy losses, it still had tens of thousands of members and was still one of the best gangsters in Hong Kong.

Moreover, it has also been rated as "China's Best Society" by a number of international gangsters, which shows the tenacity of 14K's vitality in Hong Kong and its wide influence in the world.

14K and other Hong Kong gangsters once controlled Hong Kong's poultry wholesale market, vegetable wholesale market, fishing market, replica CD market and other livelihood industries, and infected the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

In Hong Kong thirty years ago, it was not polite to say that if the gangsters were not happy, the lives of Hong Kong people would be problematic.

With the east wind of hong Kong gangsters, Chen Huimin has also become a gangster with world influence, and can even call on members of the entire Hongmen series of gangs.

02, how fierce is the gangster?

14K and New Ngee Ann, Heshenghe are listed as the three major gangs in Hong Kong, but their operating rules are slightly different, such as the emergence of high-level members in the gang, each with its own traditional characteristics.

Originally formed by Kuomintang agents, New Ngee Ann benefited from the Kuomintang's style of conduct, and the leaders of the gang were created by blood, and they took the hereditary route from the beginning of their first boss.

He Shenghe is a local gang in Hong Kong, thanks to the influence of Western culture, taking the "democratic route" and holding elections every two or three years.

Since it has all the drawbacks of "money democracy", the leaders of he and shenghe must work hard and money.

The founder of 14K died early, and did not set the rules of power transfer like New Ngee Ann and Heshenghe, and compared with New Ngee An and Heshenghe, the way 14K produced big guys was more rough.

The way to be a 14K gangster is also simple, that is, whoever can fight can be in a high position. When Hu Shuyong, the former leader of 14K, joined the organization that year, the owner asked him what he would do, and Hu Shuyong only replied "I can fight" three words.

Since then, Bearded Yong has relied on fighting to break into the rivers and lakes, and has beaten to the position of 14K leader.

Chen Huimin is not a 14K boss, but he can hit the position of the number three person in the gang of tens of thousands of people, and Chen Huimin definitely has two brushes.

Chen Huimin was born in 1944 and joined 14K at the age of 17, and it cannot be said that Chen Huimin joined the gang at a young age and did not learn well.

At that time, Hong Kong was very chaotic, there were not many ways out for young people, and they could get help from joining the gang, have some income, and were not afraid of being bullied.

At this time, the proportion of adult males in Hong Kong joining the gang is less than one-third of the peak, but it is still surprisingly high.

Chen Huimin loved martial arts when she was a child, and practiced "Tan Jia Sanzhan Fist" and boxing, so her body was strong and very capable of fighting, which was very in line with the requirements of 14K.

For the sake of their own survival, the gang will actively infiltrate into different industries, and they do not know whether it is their own choice or being instructed by others, and Chen Huimin enters the Hong Kong violent organ to work.

In 1965, Chan became a prison guard and soon switched careers to join the Hong Kong Police Force (the Hong Kong Prison Police and the Hong Kong Police Force are not one system).

At that time, the Hong Kong police were almost collectively corrupt, and they were all police officers who did as much as they wanted.

In Chen Huimin's own words, "the gang is the police, the police are the gangster", and in such a big environment, Chen Huimin has not become a saint.

Due to her professional relationship, Chan came into contact with many gang members in prison and police force work, and formed a close relationship.

Chen Huimin, who wears a police uniform, is not a messenger of justice, his main business is still to make profits for the gangs, and the gangsters repay the favor and regularly send money to Chen Huimin.

Chan Wai Man made a lot of money during his time as a "corrupt policeman", and there was still some time before the Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption was put into operation, so Chan Hui Min did not catch up with the good time when Hong Kong police officers washed their whites (the ICAC did not pursue the corruption crimes before its establishment).

His days of corruption did not last long before he was fired by his British superiors on the grounds that he had a gangster background.

Career change, Chen Huimin's survival method has undergone great changes. Relying on the underworld connections accumulated when she was a policeman, Chen Huimin quickly got the care of the gangster after losing her job.

Chen Huimin's fist is very hard, which is the biggest reliance on his foothold in the gang. In 1972, he represented Hong Kong in the Southeast Asian Boxing Championships, when he was known as "Chen Huimin in boxing and Bruce Lee in his legs".

In 1983, Chen Huimin participated in the "World Elite Fighting Competition", and he was still strong at the age of nearly 40, and he kokod japanese boxer Hiroshi Morizaki in only 35 seconds on the field.

Relying on a pair of iron fists, Chen Huimin played a famous hall, and when he was at his most beautiful, the entire Jin Bali Road in Tsim Sha Tsui was his, known as "Chen Huimin Street".

Because she can fight and be appreciated by the big guys, Chen Huimin's position within 14K has risen sharply, becoming a "double flower red stick".

The so-called "red stick" generally refers to the gold medal thugs in the gang, often held by people with high strength within the gang. In the underworld, which often needs to fight and kill, this is a very high position and a special honor.

The "Double Flower Red Stick" is even more special, and it takes at least the support of two gang bosses to get this name.

Chen Huimin, who got this name, naturally became the third person in 14K, but Chen Huimin's brilliance did not stop there, he opened the road to whitewashing.

In order to make money and launder white, Hong Kong gangsters in the 1960s and 1970s have ventured into the film industry, except for a few large film companies, the gangsters control almost all of the Hong Kong film industry.

In 1972, Chen Huimin starred in the movie "Blood Love" for fun, and he did not expect to become popular.

Since then, Chan has embarked on an acting career of more than 40 years, acting in more than 100 films and being nominated for Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards.

Chen Huimin's gangster movies are very influential, and he once taught bad children.

Especially when the "Ancient Puzzle Boy" series of movies was popular, many primary school students and middle school students felt that the gang was very handsome, imitating the film and television plot as a street gangster, and even engaged in gang crime, so that "Ancient Puzzle Boy" was banned.

Chen Huimin has no acting training, and he can achieve such great success in acting, which is very important because most of the roles he plays are gangster bosses, and he is playing himself in the movie.

Embarked on the road of acting, Chen Huimin's gangster mark is no longer so prominent, and later became known to the public as an actor, but this does not mean that he has washed his hands since then, and he still maintains a huge influence in the underworld.

In 1990, there was a sensational abduction of Liu Jialing in Hong Kong, when several underworld horses flirted with Liu Jialing, and in anger, they abducted her and took nude photos.

After Chen Huimin learned about it, she found the boss of the gang where these horse boys were located, released Liu Jialing, and asked for nude photos.

Whether it is a mixed society or an actor, Chen Huimin is worthy of being a fierce person.

03. How big has the gang changed?

The gangsters in the movie, some are fighting and killing, some are talking about the righteousness of the jianghu to insert knives for the brothers' two ribs, of course, more is a crime.

The gangsters in reality do have a shady side. For example, Hong Kong gangsters have engaged in pornography, gambling and drugs, human trafficking, organizing smuggling and smuggling, extorting protection fees, lending usury, and manufacturing counterfeit money, which seriously affected social stability.

Chen Huimin's 14K has also done nothing evil, and even worse.

But the times are developing, the gang is also changing, the film only shows the gangsters imagined by people from a specific perspective, violence, righteousness, crime is not the whole of the gangs.

At that time, due to various reasons, outstanding elements among overseas Chinese joined overseas gangsters, which transformed some gangster organizations into patriotic associations and contributed to the motherland. Now that there is no revolutionary impetus, the gangs are still seeking transformation.

There was a joke about the Japanese gangster Yamaguchi group, to the effect that someone asked the leader of the Yamaguchi group: What if it is attacked by the triad (the collective name of the Chinese gangsters)? The boss answered: I think we will call the police.

This joke is not that the Chinese gangsters are strong in combat, but that the self-positioning of the gangsters has changed with the times.

Violence is just a way for gangsters to survive, and if there is a better way to make money, they are willing to put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha.

The gangsters who have experienced the days of licking the blood of the knife are well aware of the difficulties of underworld life, and they are more aware of how deep the sins of the underworld are, so in the 1960s and 1970s, many gangsters, like Chen Huimin, worked hard to wash white and do legitimate business.

Chen Huimin is the core figure of 14K and has played a big role in promoting gang transformation. As a big man in the entertainment industry, he led many young people out of the days of fighting and killing, and found a way to make a living in the new industry.

Some famous Hong Kong film and television figures, such as Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng Brothers, are like Chan Wai Min, who have transformed into entertainment industry celebrities.

In the process of transformation, due to the inertia of history, gangsters have also done excessive things, such as sending people with guns to stay on the set of movies to deter actors, but the general direction of these gangsters' transformation has not changed, that is, to wash themselves and live legally like normal people.

Gangsters made Hong Kong movies, and Hong Kong movies also gave Hong Kong gangsters the opportunity to redeem themselves.

Of course, the transformation of the underworld chose to be at this point in time in the 1960s and 1970s rather than a little later, and an important reason was the government's ability to govern society and the police's crackdown on the underworld.

With the return of Hong Kong, the police have cracked down on the underworld with unprecedented intensity, and the mainland police are very vigilant against the infiltration of the underworld into the mainland, which has seriously limited the scope of the triad's activities.

To this day, at a time when gang crimes have been greatly reduced, the police around the world have not relaxed their control over gangsters. In 2013, Hong Kong gangsters held a "wedding" in Shenzhen, but the result was "disturbed" by the Shenzhen police.

Suspected of using the wedding to cause trouble, the Shenzhen police sent 350 armed police officers to the scene, and every four policemen watched over a table of guests.

When police evacuated, more than 200 people, including Chen Huimin, were arrested. Although Chen Huimin was released not long ago, the meaning revealed by this matter will inevitably not trigger speculation from the outside world.

Under great pressure, even if there is an occasional crime, without the police to intervene, the gangsters themselves will take the initiative to clean up the portal, and the way to clean up is still legal.

Regarding the follow-up to Liu Jialing's abduction, Chen Huimin asked the horses to hand over all nude photos, and many years later, Chen Huimin accidentally found that a horse boy's home was even hiding one privately, so he called the police.

Now that Chen Huimin has been retired for many years, he often tells young people that "not joining the underworld will affect the future" and "now we are talking about diplomas, patriotism, and peace is precious."

Maybe this is the understanding of life after seeing the darkness of the gangsters, maybe this is the understanding after experiencing the socialist iron fist education, but in any case, a gangster can say such a thing, which itself means that the era of the gangster has changed long ago, why don't we young people study well?

On September 15, 2020, according to Hong Kong media reports, Chen Huimin revealed in an interview that she had lung cancer, but fortunately it was the beginning of lung cancer when it was found, and she had received treatment in time.

Now that Chen Huimin is nearly eighty years old, as an old man, we should be able to wish him happiness in his old age; as a big man who is both black and white, I hope that we can learn from the shining part of his life and not repeat the mistakes of his predecessors.