You may not believe it, a bad film made in 15 days, to this day is regarded as a classic by fans, and even once broke the situation of dominating the film industry on Mondays, which made Andy Lau's career into crisis. As the lead actor, Zheng Yijian was a god in a war, and the fire spread throughout the Xiangjiang River.
In 1996, the ghost director Wang Jing had a new idea, this time he co-wrote Wen Jun, ready to start with the comic, is bound to adapt the ancient puzzle boy into a movie in the jianghu, but the film from shooting to post-production only took half a month, the details are absolutely shoddy that one, but it is such a casual film, but finally got a box office miracle of 22 million.
However, the original protagonist of this movie was not Zheng Yijian, but Andy Lau who was red to purple at the time, and even the protagonist of the comic was tailor-made for him. But at that time, Hua Tsai had played too many villain roles, in order not to be restricted from the play, he had to choose to give up, and Zheng Yijian also did not want to be labeled negatively, but in order to repay Wang Jing's affection, he had to take over the role of Chen Haonan, and at this point, he officially opened his glorious years.
In this movie, it is full of rivers and lakes, fights and kills, happy love, brotherly morality and surrounded by beautiful women, each setting stimulates the audience's jianghu love. During the filming, because the scenes designed by the crew were too realistic, they even attracted the secret observation of the real police.
The funniest thing is that after the movie was released, the real gu puzzle boys in Hong Kong's Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui and other places rushed to the scene of the press conference and shouted "Nan Ge Good" to Zheng Yijian on the stage. Almost all of the actors participating in the show increased their popularity.
However, after the film won a big victory, Wang Jing was also a little fluttering, and he was full of pride for Zheng Yijian, who was popular in one hand, so he once said such a sentence publicly: "Zheng Yijian is really suitable, and his momentum seems to overwhelm Andy Lau during this period." However, the speaker has no intention, the listener has the heart, and this sentence completely angered Andy Lau's fans.
In 1998, Wang Jing's inadvertent words triggered and Strong Dissatisfaction with Andy Lau fans against Zheng Yijian, and fans on both sides broke out into an unprecedented fierce battle, which was as fierce as Tan Zhang's battle in the music world.
At that time, Zheng Yijian became popular with Gu Qiuzai, almost becoming the top of the film and television circle in the 1990s, as long as it was the movie he participated in, it would definitely make investors earn a fortune. In addition, Zheng Yijian also has a good achievement in music, the theme song of the Gu QiuZai series has dominated the music charts, and he is also a disciple of the song Saint Rowan, who sat side by side with the four kings at the 1999 Golden Melody Awards ceremony, and it was later rumored that he was the title of the fifth heavenly king.
It is worth mentioning that those years are also the most fierce period of Andy Lau's momentum, is the highest flow and popularity of the four kings, the coffee position in the Hong Kong entertainment industry is the top of the sky, watch the lively media is not too big to compare with Zheng Yijian and Andy Lau crazy, this is a poke in the lung tube of Andy Lau fans, take out the achievements of their own idols and works to start comparing, this session of fans are naturally not willing to show weakness, face the difficulties.
Fans on both sides were provoked to lose their minds, and in order to prevent things from going out of hand, it was Only when Andy Lau clarified at his concert that there was no enmity between him and Zheng Yijian. However, at that time, although Zheng Yijian's career was in full swing, Gu Qiuzai let him go to the altar but also brought a lot of trouble.
At that time, the movie was full of gangs and violent handsome elements, which made many young people yearn for it and really went astray. The lead actor Zheng Yijian was complained about by all walks of life, and in order to get rid of the negative label as soon as possible, he specially filmed a Kowloon Ice Room. In this play, Chen Haonan ended in tragedy, unfortunately, this film did not play a corrective role, Zheng Yijian announced in a huff that he would not shoot such roles again, and major directors in Hong Kong saw the situation and offered advice for him. However, what no one expected was that this Zheng Yijian, who had been called the Fifth Heavenly King, was finally destroyed in the hands of Xu Ke.
In 2001, Zheng Yijian was pit off the altar by a movie, and director Xu Ke also regretted it for the rest of his life.
As we all know, Xu Ke is the best at making martial arts movies. In the 1990s, many classic martial arts films were born in Hong Kong, especially in 1997, when director Liu Weiqiang filmed the world, with Zheng Yijian picking a big beam as the male lead, and won the Hong Kong film box office champion that year. This film validates his strong box office appeal and helps him get rid of the negative label of Gu Qiuzai.
Later, Liu Weiqiang once again cooperated with Zheng Yijian to create a Chinese hero tailored for him. In the film, Zheng Yijian looked indifferent, a robe, raised his hands and feet were dashing, and the scene of winning glory for the country with chivalry in one move and one style made many boys' blood boil, it can be said that he played the hero with divine merit to the extreme.
Xu Ke, who was watching from the sidelines, was already itchy and decided to personally shoot a martial arts movie for Zheng Yijian. To this end, he specially invited the Hollywood special effects company to spend a large amount of 80 million to polish each shot. In order to make Zheng Yijian soar into the sky, he even invited Hong Jinbao, and Gu Tianle matched him. However, after the release of ShuShanChuan, The first Chinese film that combines martial arts and fantasy, made Xu Ke regret his intestines, because this film only earned more than 10 million box office in Hong Kong, and even 1/5 of the production cost could not be recovered, and Zheng Yijian, as the protagonist, could not escape the curse, becoming the king of bad films from the beginning of this movie, and those glorious years in the past have never returned.
But fortunately, Zheng Yijian does not value fame and fortune, with the decline of the Hong Kong film industry, he also quit the entertainment industry, enjoying a peaceful life is not another kind of happiness for him.