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In the 1990s, there was a well-known television company called "Feiteng Film and Television", perhaps many people will feel strange, but if you talk about the classic dramas it shoots, "Joke about Qianlong", "Bodyguard", "Young Hero Fang Shiyu", "Clever Little Don't Understand", "Joyful Dragon", etc., I think everyone must be familiar with them, but they are all dramas produced by Feiteng Company, and the producer is the company boss Zhou Linggang.
Among them, the three generations of "one brother" of Feiteng are all Hong Kong people, namely Zheng Shaoqiu, He Jiajin and Zhang Weijian, which also makes many people think that these dramas are Hong Kong dramas in childhood, in addition to male artists such as Fan Yimin, He Meidian, Zhao Yazhi and other female artists are also popular again on both sides of the strait and three places with Feiteng dramas.
Today, I will take stock of some of the hot co-production TV series that Hong Kong artists participated in in those years, how many have you watched in your childhood?
A film and television production company that pioneered "jokes" and "co-productions" dramas and was included in textbooks
Feiteng Film Co., Ltd. was founded in Taiwan in 1979 by the famous Taiwanese producer Zhou Linggang, engaged in the production business, joined the ranks of television production in 1984, and began to enter the mainland after 1990, shooting and producing nearly 30 TV series.
The company's most famous drama in the mainland is called "Joke about Qianlong", which is the first costume drama in mainland China to "joke" history, and is regarded as a model of "drama drama" and "co-production drama", and is included in the textbook "The Development of Chinese Television Drama".
Zhou Linggang was born in Taipei, his ancestral home is Zhuji, Zhejiang, he and Qiong Yao, Yang Peipei, Zhou You and known as Taiwan's four major television producers. After completing his military service in 1975, he entered the film and television drama production industry and formed his own "Feiteng Film Business Co., Ltd.", which is the predecessor of "Feiteng Production Co., Ltd.".
In terms of TV drama operation, he has a lot of experience, but due to the policies, geographical scope, funds and other restrictions at that time, he could only shrink in the studio to shoot film and television dramas, which made him feel particularly depressed.
In 1987, when the state opened up the policy of Taiwan veterans returning to the mainland to visit their relatives, cross-strait relations were markedly eased, and Zhou Linggang wanted to break the restriction that Taiwan's television production was "produced and sold by itself," and could only be filmed in the studio, and jointly with the mainland to make a TV drama reflecting the history of the mainland. On the one hand, it can not only solve the problem of shooting venues, but also open up the mainland market to solve the problem of TV drama audiences! On the other hand, it can also strengthen cultural exchanges between Taiwan and the hinterland and promote the development of cross-strait relations.
Therefore, in 1990, Zhou Linggang took the initiative to find the Beijing Film Studio to seek cooperation, suggesting that the two sides of the strait jointly shoot a TV series, creating a precedent for Hong Kong and Taiwan co-productions. And this series is "Joke about Qianlong".
At that time, the male protagonist Zheng Shaoqiu was condemned in Hong Kong and Taiwan for his emotional entanglement with Shen Dianxia and Guan Jinghua, and his popularity plummeted. He took a big risk in the use of the show, but it turned out that Zhou Linggang's choice was wise. Qiu Guan's Qianlong wisdom, justice, rationality, and humor gathered the perfect imagination of all the world's people for the Son of Heaven, and he also turned over with this drama. If Liu Songren is Yang Peipei's discovery of popularity in Taiwan, then Zheng Shaoqiu starred in Zhou Linggang's drama based on Taiwan and the mainland.
It is worth mentioning that the screenwriter of the play, Song Xiangru, is a Jiangsu native who grew up on the Huai River, and his hometown spreads the story of Qianlong's lower Jiangnan, which also provides rich material for his creation. During the 1970s and 1990s, many celebrities in Taiwan's cultural circles migrated to Taiwan from the mainland due to historical changes in 1949, so they had a strong sense of homesickness for their hometown.
Song Xiangru
Song Xiangru, the screenwriter of "Joke About Qianlong", is home on the huai river
Flipping through Song Xiangru's biography is moving
In addition, when collecting information, the author also accidentally discovered the current situation of Zhou Tingkun, who played Jia Liu in "Joke About Qianlong", and it turned out that he had been engaged in behind-the-scenes screenwriting work of TVB.
Lovely Jia Liu
Zhou Tingkun, formerly known as Huang Xiaolong, is originally from Taiwan, and has worked as a field manager, screenwriter, assistant director, etc., and came to the front of the stage in the 80s. In addition to Jia Liu in "Joke About Qianlong", he also participated in "The Legend of Xiang Shuai", "900 Serious Case Pursuit", "Criminal Investigation File III", "Delicious Heavenly King", "Deer DingJi" and other dramas, which faded into the late 90s before the development of the front and backstage, and thought that it would disappear from then on. Unexpectedly, on October 1, 2001, he officially turned into a screenwriter for TVB, and has participated in the creation of a total of 33 dramas with a total of more than 800 episodes over the years, in recent years, "Criminal Police Diary", "Iron Detective", "Fatal Resurrection", "Apostle Walker", "Flying Tiger", "Stealth Sniper", "Ancient Spirit Detective", "My Savage Grandma" and so on are all works he participated in the screenwriting, which is surprising and admirable!
Second from the right in the front row, Zhou Tingkun, who is currently working as a screenwriter at TVB
Starring in the criminal investigation file, the left one, it is no wonder that the author always felt that he had seen him in various Hong Kong and Taiwan dramas in his childhood
Photo of Zhou Tingkun and Mei Yanfang
From 1992 to 1993, Zhou Linggang and Beiying cooperated again to shoot "Joke About Cixi" and "Joke about Qianlong Sequel". "Joke about Cixi" is starred by mainland actors Cong Shan and He Qing, and Ma Jingtao, who is just starting out in the play, is very eye-catching, which is also the only soaring drama he starred in.
Joke about Cixi
Joke about Cixi
Joke about the Qianlong sequel
Due to the good production quality, Zhou Linggang was favored by TVB boss Run Shaw and ATV boss Lin Baixin, and from 1995 to 1999, he produced TV series such as "Liaozhai", "Ma Yongzhen" and "Shaolin Hero Fang Shiyu" for two Hong Kong television stations. At the same time, he also signed contracts with Taiwan's eight major television stations, Sanli Television and Etsieur Television for the supply or cooperation of drama programs for more than 500 hours.
Strange
Liaozhai had many Taiwanese actors at that time
Ma Yongzhen
From then until the end of the 1990s, Zhou Linggang relied on the take-off opportunity of the mainland economy and reform and opening up to lead The leap into the golden period of his career. Such as "Joyful Dragon", "Bodyguard", "Taiji Grandmaster", "Clever Little Don't Understand" and other dramas have achieved good ratings on both sides of the strait. From 1976 all the way, Zhou Linggang's encounter is regarded as a page of legend in Taiwanese film and television.
During the period from 1994 to 1995, "Zhan Zhao" He Jiajin was popular in the three places across the Taiwan Straits and In Southeast Asia and South Korea, and the limelight was unique for a while, and he took over the Taiwanese Huashi drama "The Beggar Emperor" at a friendship price, and the producer of this drama was Zhou Yi, another well-known film and television person in Taiwan who would be talked about later. 与此同时，何家劲也与飞腾周令刚签署了多部剧集合约，正式接过郑少秋飞腾头牌小生的位置，主演飞腾《保镖》三部曲。
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The drama is divided into three units of drama "Emerald Doll", "Lover's Bodyguard", and "Heaven's Petite Girl", spanning 1997-1999, and its plot, costumes, location, and music are very sophisticated. In the play, Guo Xu Cui Ting loves each other but lives and dies apart, the iron-clad Tianfeng cannot keep each other due to the disparity in identity, Gu Qiao Caiyu knows each other but has no chance, and the three loves are fruitless, which makes people sigh. At the same time, Guo Xu's affection with Iron Clothing, the Sixth Master; The friendship with Xin Li and Feng Ping is delicately and touchingly portrayed, and each character has a vivid personality.
Guo Xu and Cheng Tieyi
He Qing cooperated with Fei Teng again after "Joking about Cixi" and starred in "Heavenly Woman"
Zheng Peipei was once an artist under Feiteng, according to her, the artists signed by Feiteng at that time all lived in the dormitory of Huairou Feiteng Film Studio. The place is in good condition, good working environment but away from the city, like a "hideaway".
In the Feiteng company that year, Zheng Shaoqiu and He Jiajin were equally divided. Fei Teng customized to Qiu Guan to start filming "Jianghu Strange Hero" At the same time, He Jiajin opened a 70-episode "Bodyguard". When Zheng Shaoqiu's second play "Divine Capture" began filming, the "Bodyguard" series had not yet been completely completed, and the script of "Ma Yongzhen" was sent to He Jiajin's hands. Unfortunately, after filming this drama, He Jiajin left Feiteng and found another market to start his own farm business.
With the departure of Zheng Shaoqiu and He Jiajin, from 1998 to 2002, Zhang Weijian became a soaring brother. In 1996, Zhang Weijian became popular overnight with the role of Sun Wukong in TVB's "Journey to the West", but he was tragically hidden in the snow due to the treatment problem and TVB, and finally chose to come to the mainland to participate in the soaring. He has collaborated on a number of series with Fei Teng, so that his nonsense style is fully utilized. "Joyful Dragon", "Young Hero Fang Shiyu", "Chess Samurai" and many other soaring dramas have become milestones in his acting career, and the response in the two sides of the strait and three places is good, if "Journey to the West" made him popular in Hong Kong, then the soaring drama made him open up the Taiwan and mainland markets.
Fei Teng's three generations and one brother, Zheng Shaoqiu, He Jiajin, Zhang Weijian. The first left in the back row is Qiong Yao Xiaosheng and Yu Xiaofan's ex-husband Weng Jiaming
Clever little does not understand is Zhang Weijian's last drama in the soaring
At that time, the person who Cooperated with Zhang Weijian the most was He Meidian, and the two also formed a CP relationship. Mainland audiences are most familiar with He Meidian's Zhong Ling in "Tianlong Babu" and Yi Lin in "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu". Like Zhang Weijian, He Meidian is also with TVB after the expiration of the file Fei teng, with Li Xiaolu, Li Tingyi and called Fei Teng Sanhua. "Shaolin Hero Fang Shiyu", "Young Hero Hong Wending", "Chess Warrior", "White Hand", "Golden Silk Rain" are the works at that time.
What is surprising is that Wu Jing, the "10 billion box office movie emperor", also took over the filming of the soaring drama "Tai Chi Grandmaster" in 1998. In 1996, Wu Jing was selected by Yuan Heping and Zhang Xinyan to play the male protagonist of "Kung Fu Kid Breaks into Love Pass", but 1996 is not 1982, not the period of "Shaolin Temple", so Wu Jing did not have a big fire after acting in "Kung Fu Kid Breaks into Love Pass", but Yuan Heping found the potential and plasticity of Wu Jing, so there was "Tai Chi Master".
The biggest feature of the drama is the authenticity and watchability of the martial arts action, and the fist is in place, which is different from the current computer stunts and the mythical version of the martial arts drama that hangs the Weiya cornice. In addition to the design of Yuan Heping, the world's first martial artist, there are also many kung fu masters in this film, such as Hui Yinghong, Yu Hai, Zhou Billy, Kou Zhanwen, Liu Xun and so on.
The heroine, Fan Yimin, is the winner of the most photogenic Miss Hong Kong in 1991. In the play, she played Chen Shaoqi men's and women's clothing to switch arbitrarily, men's mischief, women's clothing is stunning, the most beautiful moment should be the look she holds the chrysanthemum, and Wu Jing's CP still makes fans can not forget.
Chen Shaoqi glanced back
Fan Yimin and Wu Jing
A major feature of Feiteng drama is the cooperation between the two sides of the strait and the three places, which is also the special existence of Feiteng drama in chinese dramas. At the end of 1995, Feiteng established Feiteng (China) Production Co., Ltd. in Huairou and built Feiteng Film and Television City as the boundary, Feiteng drama can be divided into early and late stages, and the later stage is based on (Beijing) Huairou, and in 2000, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television issued a restriction on co-production dramas and Hong Kong and Taiwan actors, and Feiteng's career was seriously impacted, and Feiteng entered the final stage.
In 2003, Zhou Linggang bravely retired from the rapids and sold Feiteng Film and Television to the mainland private enterprise Xingmei Media, and Feiteng Huairou Set also became a film and television shooting base and tourist attraction. Among them, Qin Hong, the behind-the-scenes controller of Xingmei, is the owner of the famous entertainment venue "Heaven on Earth" in Beijing, that is, this step of acquisition has made Feiteng go into decline.
Flying news that year it was acquired
At that time, "Xingmei", who was taking the limelight, was interested in "Fei teng" in the film and television base in Huairou, and the business of the film and television production company was directly dissolved, and Fei Teng Film and Television officially withdrew from the historical stage. Although, Star Media Group also shot a number of films later, such as "If Love" and "Submission of Names". Young director Lu Chuan's "Nanjing! Nanking! "" was successfully filmed and released, and it is also inseparable from Qin Hong's hard work. At present, the company and China Film Group Corporation jointly established the Star Beauty International Cinema is still in operation, with more than 100 theaters across the country.
Behind the projection of Feiteng production from the initial leading to the backwardness of the new era is the accumulation of the Hong Kong and Taiwan film and television industries in the 1980s and 1990s, the outbreak of the north in the 2000s, and then the backwardness after 2010.