How dangerous was hong kong's show business in the 90s?
In 1992, "Happy Family Affair" starring Stephen Chow and Zhang Guorong was robbed by a group of masked people before its release.
Before the digitization of the film, the loss of the negative meant that the film could not be released.
Fortunately, they grabbed the wrong negatives, and the film escaped the disaster.
This was the heyday of Hong Kong cinema.
The box office of any film is as high as tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, so some community bosses have set their sights on this piece of fat meat.
90% of the top names have been threatened.
At that time, Andy Lau, whether in the film and television circle or the music world, was a well-deserved top stream.
As a result, he has become a "cash cow" in the eyes of the community.
This movie is the "Dragon and Tiger Club" released in 1989.
Although Andy Lau is the star, he actually only has a few minutes of footage.
In the end, the film grossed more than 10 million, but the two did not even get paid a penny.
Not only Andy Lau, but even the eldest brother Jackie Chan has also been threatened, as long as he wants to make a movie, he will have to pay the venue fee.
In order to protect himself, Jackie Chan even had to take the real guy to defend himself every day.
At one point, he was even surrounded by more than 20 people, and the other party was just to make money for him to make black films.
In 1998, Jackie Chan filmed "Rush Hour", but he was forced to pay 500,000 yuan for the venue by the big man of the society.
Therefore, many movies later invited some background characters to participate, such as Deng Guangrong, Chen Huimin, Lee Shau Kee and others.
Under the infiltration of Hong Kong's black forces, these first-line actors had to take on several plays at the same time.
Zheng Yuling had a period of time to make nine movies at the same time, and none of them dared to fall.
Andy Lau has to make more than ten movies every year, and one year even made 16.
But they desperately filmed the scene, but in the end they did not even get paid.
Because these so-called film and television companies will only give one-third of the film remuneration, and when the film is released, they will directly cancel the company.
Although the Hong Kong entertainment industry was very dark at that time, only Ren Dahua and Zhang Min could be left alone.
Ren Dahua's brother is a policeman, and Zhang Min has Xiang Huasheng behind him.
In 1993, Zhang Min had a dispute with director Wang Jing when filming "Yitian Slaughtering Dragon".
Unexpectedly, Wang Jing was attacked on the street the next day and was sent to the hospital for 15 stitches.
In fact, actors are only verbally threatened, but some agents are killed.
In April 1992, Jet Li's agent, Cai Ziming, was shot dead by two gangsters.
Before that, he and Jet Li and Xu Ke had just finished talking about the filming plan of the movie "New Dragon Gate Inn".
Jet Li was so frightened that he ran directly to the mainland for refuge and did not dare to come forward for nine months.
It was not until the police station sent 9 plainclothes police officers to protect him that Jet Li dared to return to work.
Later, in order to protect himself, Jet Li could only join Yongsheng Film Company, the owner of which was Xiang Huaqiang.
Not only that, but even Andy Lau's agent, Zhang Guozhong, was pointed at the head with a gun.
Agents are responsible for the day-to-day affairs and schedules of the actors, so they become a thorn in the side of the community boss.
Jackie Chan's agent, Chen Ziqiang, was once the ace agent of Jiahe Company.
There are more than 30 popular artists such as Maggie Cheung, Jacky Cheung, Wang Zuxian, Leung Ka Fai and so on.
So he is the agent who is threatened the most times, and it is common to be verbally abused and slapped in public.
He also did not let his artists suffer less.
In 1991, Leung ka-fai was filming the movie "Lover".
However, in the early morning of one day, he was kidnapped to the Philippines to shoot "Burning Island", and his wife Jiang Jianian was also imprisoned.
Jackie Chan and Hong Jinbao in the film were also "invited" to the past in this way.
Not only them, but also Mei Yanfang was also threatened.
In May 1992, Hong Kong 14K Tang Huang Langwei and Huang Baiming saw Mei Yanfang at KTV.
Huang Langwei immediately took out a check for 1 million yuan and asked Mei Yanfang to sing.
Mei Yanfang directly refused without thinking, but then she was slapped by Huang Langwei.
In the end, this matter was resolved peacefully with the help of Xiang Huaqiang.
Mui was forced to take refuge in Thailand.
Later, this dispute was also made into a movie called "The Tiger of Wan Chai who Drunken Dreams of Death".
However, the one who suffered the most during this period was Liu Jialing, which was the greatest humiliation of her life.
In 1990, Liu Jialing was kidnapped for 3 hours by three gangsters.
After returning, Liu Jialing claimed that they had just snatched the cash and jewelry from them.
I thought that the matter would end here, but I did not expect that 12 years later, a magazine was full of photos of Liu Jialing.
In the end, it was the 14K big man Chen Huimin who came forward, and the negatives of Liu Jialing's photos were all taken back.
But this incident has also become an indelible stain on Liu Jialing's body.
It is said that the reason why Liu Jialing was tied up was also related to the society at that time.
This shows how dark The entertainment industry in Hong Kong was at that time.
In fact, not only the film circle, but even the music scene is also dark.
In 1989, Chen Huixian announced at a concert that she was about to retire from the circle.
This year, Chen Huixian took a fancy to the Japanese singer Makoto Kondo's "Sunset Song".
I wanted to buy the copyright for adaptation, but at this time, the copyright of this song was in Mei Yanfang's agent.
At that time, Chen Huixian and Mei Yanfang were in the state of needle tip to Mai Mang.
So she had to ask the music director Ou Dingyu to buy the copyright.
However, when Chen Huixian got the copyright, she was told that Mei Yanfang also wanted to adapt the song.
She was also warned that she could not sing before Mei Yanfang.
However, the final result was unexpected by everyone.
Although Mei Yanfang's "Sunset Song" took the lead, it only sold 200,000 copies.
Chen Huixian's "A Thousand And a Thousand Que Songs" sold 350,000 copies.
This song became popular overnight, and it is not outdated today.
It didn't take long when both were shortlisted for the Golden Melody Award for "Most Popular Female Singer".
If you look at sales, Chen Huixian is a well-deserved winner.
But in the end, the recipient was Mei Yanfang.
Chen Huixian was disheartened and disappointed in the music scene, so she tearfully bid farewell to her fans at the concert.
At that time, Hong Kong's showbiz circle was so chaotic and dark that even Tsang Chi-wai could not escape it.
In 2001, Zeng Zhiwei smiled at Zu'er on a variety show.
The big guy behind Joey Yung learned about it and immediately took action.
As a result, Zeng Zhiwei was ambushed the next day, resulting in injuries to his face and forehead, and 29 stitches.
Coincidentally, Liang Sihao was also injured and attacked by three cars for slandering Joey Yung in the show, and was also dragged out of the car by 5 strong men and beaten.
However, there are also big guys who will not die if they do not do.
In 1998, yin Guoju, a community leader, spent 14 million yuan to make an autobiographical film "Haojiang Storm".
Unexpectedly, a year later, the big guy was arrested, and this movie became the main evidence of his crime.
At that time, in order to avoid being harassed by these associations, and popular artists such as Andy Lau and Leung Ka Fai all joined Xiang Huaqiang's company.
It was not until 1993, when the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association was established, that such criminal and evil incidents became less and less frequent.
But Hong Kong movies have also passed the era of "casually looking for stars to make a movie with a box office of tens of millions".
Today's Hong Kong movies have set over the west, and I don't know if we can wait until the next dawn.