Who are the most representative men in the Hong Kong entertainment circle?
"Happy Ghost" Huang Baiming must be on the list.
He can write a script in 2 days and generate 27 million dollars in just one night!
His philosophy is to sign only one artist, Huang Jiaju, Zhang Guorong, and Zhen Zidan are all popular by Huang Baiming.
At the same time, Huang Baiming has several regrets, which still make him feel guilty.
Missing Stephen Chow, firing excellent screenwriter Wong Kar-wai, being squeezed by good brothers...
First, the childhood of the stars holding the moon
Huang Baiming's parents just want their son to be different, a blockbuster, named Baiming!
Born in 1946, his hometown of Foshan, Jiangmen, his father did business in Hong Kong in his early years and was quite wealthy.
Huang Baiming has not been wronged since he was a child, and he has enough food and clothing and carefree.
As the eldest son in the family, Grandma loves him very much, and Huang Baiming loves to learn anything she will unconditionally support.
At that time, Huang Baiming liked to watch movies and wanted to be an actor, and grandma would take out money to let Huang Baiming go to the theater to watch, and it was half a day.
It can be said that Huang Baiming is a star-like existence at home.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and Huang Baiming's father's business collapsed!
The company's operation was not smooth, and the originally affluent life took a sharp turn for the worse, and the family fell into the middle.
The parents had no choice but to take out the valuable items in the home and sell them, and finally calmed the emotions of the employees, but the company was gone.
Huang Baiming had the temper of a great young master, and it was difficult to accept the sudden changes in the family for a while.
In Zhengyi High School, Huang Baiming's academic performance plummeted.
The prince turned into a frog, his classmates looked down on him, Huang Baiming was very annoyed, he even began to blame his parents.
Should have had a good future, but in the end can only accept the reality.
After graduating from high school, Huang Baiming entered the radio station in Macau's Green Village as an announcer.
At the age of 20, he is not willing to settle for the status quo, and Huang Baiming has great ambitions.
The following year, Huang Baiming jumped to the local Qingyi Drama Club and became a small actor.
Then he came into contact with some directors and screenwriters, and then he developed a strong interest in screenwriting, and occasionally picked up a pen to copy some scripts.
Later, his fanciful script was recognized by the leaders, but Huang Baiming was not willing to be only a screenwriter.
In 1970, Huang Baiming met his wife Xu Wenjuan and continued to jump ship and came to TVB.
Initially, Huang Baiming worked on the spot in the crew, worked as an actor, wrote a script, and after being appreciated, he also served as an assistant director.
Huang Baiming's purpose was clear, he wanted to understand how the film was made, and soon, five years later, Huang Baiming also had a deeper understanding of movies.
But making a movie is not as simple as I believe, and his first "Whirlpool" was not optimistic.
In 1976, Huang Baiming's adaptation of "Huang Feihong" was finally appreciated and made into a TV series.
After its release, the film won the ratings championship of the year, and Huang Baiming emerged in the screenwriting industry.
In 1979, Huang Baiming, who had both children and daughters, started the entrepreneurial model.
At that time, I happened to meet Mai Jia, who had just gone bankrupt, he was very experienced, and then the two of them pulled Shi Tian, and after the three of them discussed, they hit it off and established the "Struggle Film Company." ”
However, at that time, the Hong Kong film industry was the world of martial arts films, and it was monopolized by the two giants of Jiahe and Shaw.
Huang Baiming and their new company were powerless to resist, and the three of them positioned the company's development in comedy.
At the same time, Mai Jia is a person with comedic talent, and Huang Baiming also has a wild idea.
Their first film, "The Unknown Man," was a small hit at the time.
Second, simply be calculated
The little famous "struggle" company has emerged, and I don't know how boss Lei in the entertainment industry found them.
Taking the initiative to ask for investment and accounting for 30% of the shares, after which the "Struggle" film company was renamed "New Yicheng Company".
After the addition of New Yicheng, Hong Kong films set off another boom.
In 1982, New Yicheng Company launched a sensational comedy film "Funny Times" and the film was released and received 5 million at the box office!
Then Xu Ke heard the news and took a stake in New Yicheng, when the movie "Ghost Horse Zhi DuoXing" grossed 7.4 million at the box office.
New Yicheng Company became a big man in the film industry at that time, and successively added many stars, including Shi Nansheng and Zeng Zhiwei.
"New Yicheng Seven Monsters" got its name from this.
Huang Baiming continued to sit behind the scenes, creating "Best Partner", which grossed 27 million Hong Kong dollars, and he created the first film in Hong Kong's history to exceed 10 million at the box office.
Hong Kong's total population at the time was less than 6 million, which meant that half of the people walked into the cinema, which was unimaginable.
"Jiahe" and "Shaw" began to look red, and teamed up to besiege The New Yicheng Company, deliberately arranging the company's films and new Yicheng together in an attempt to grab the box office.
Unfortunately, their movie "Qimen Dunjia" did not steal "Best Partner" in the end, so the two sides formed a vendetta.
The competition between the two sides is fierce, Huang Baiming is an acute child, and the efficiency of everyone in the company is very fast.
At this time, the screenwriter asked Wong Kar-wai to write a script for three months, and Huang Baiming asked him to submit the manuscript within a time limit.
5 days later, Wong Kar-wai took out the script, and after reading it, the top management thought it was a pile of "waste paper", and then Wong Kar-wai was fired.
In 1988, Wong Kar-wai became a super director with Andy Lau and Maggie Cheung starring in the self-written and self-directed "Carmen of Mong Kok", and Wong Baiming regretted it after learning about it.
Since the establishment of the company, Huang Baiming's script has won Xu Ke the Best Director Award!
In 2 days, he wrote the script of "Hitchhiker", won the "fat cat" Zheng Zeshi, and directly won 11 nominations for the Hong Kong Golden Horse Awards.
Huang Jiaju's band was unloved, starring in the Happy Ghost series "Happy Ghost Save Happy Ghost" became popular, while Huang Jiaju's "Like You", "Really Love You" and "Earth" were also put on the screen.
Since then, their Beyond band has established the status of the music world, and Huang Baiming has undoubtedly contributed to it, including Zhang Guorong and Zhou Runfa, who are all popular with Huang Baiming.
In 1990, everyone in the company can be said to be very rich, at this time, someone became greedy, and the partner Mai Jia changed his heart.
He saw profit and forgot righteousness, and since then, the internal interests have been seriously unevenly distributed!
Huang Baiming, as a screenwriter, ended up with only 9% of the shares left, and the company was on the verge of splitting.
The actors did not get the dividends they deserved and withdrew, Mai Jia and Shi Tian also fought their own battles, and the new Yicheng company existed in name only.
This is undoubtedly the foreshadowing of their disintegration!
Soon after, Mai Jia, the largest shareholder of New Art City Company, withdrew his shares, and the company collapsed!
In 1991, 45-year-old Huang Baiming set up his own company "Oriental Film Distribution Co., Ltd."
His son Huang Ziheng is the creative director of Oriental Film Company, and his daughter Huang Yi is an executive director, which belongs to a veritable family business.
In 1992, Huang Baiming's New Year movie "Family Affair" was released, and once it was broadcast, it achieved a good result of 49 million at the box office.
When he was filming the sequel to "Family Has a Happy Affair 97", Lin Zixiang could not star because of a fire in his home.
Subsequently, he found Zhou Xingchi, and it is reported that zhou Xingchi's value rose to 2 million after filming "Journey to the West".
But in the face of Huang Baiming's invitation, the lion opened his mouth and asked for a high price.
Huang Baiming was shocked, but out of helplessness, he had to let him "slaughter"!
When the two worked together, Stephen Chow asked to change the unsatisfactory parts and details of the play.
Huang Baiming was displeased, and after the "Happy Affair of the Flower Field" was completed, the two knew each other, ignored each other, and finally parted ways.
The film was broadcast to a very good effect, with a high record of 40 million at the box office.
Therefore, Huang Baiming had a change of heart for Zhou Xingchi, and when he wanted to invite Zhou Xingchi again, he was rejected by the other party.
Huang Baiming missed a talent, and in a later program, Huang Baiming publicly stated that the places changed by Zhou Xingchi have become classics.
Third, the payment and return of love
In 1997, his wife Xu Wenjuan worked at home all these years, and accidentally found that her stomach was getting bigger and bigger, and then went to the hospital for examination.
The result was diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer, and the bad news came, which undoubtedly thundered on a sunny day for Huang Baiming.
His career has just improved, but his lover has fallen, and at the same time, Huang Baiming is full of guilt for his wife.
In these years, only the career has neglected the health of the lover.
Doctors say that cancer is a very terrible virus, and it is difficult to have any hope of survival.
After Huang Baiming listened, he showed a very rational posture, but at the same time he was not willing!
He put aside his work to accompany his wife, and did not allow anyone to affect the emotions of his lover.
Huang Baiming decided to take his wife on a trip after the operation.
Turn off your phone and don't have any contact with the outside world.
During the trip, Huang Baiming took good care of his wife and recalled the time when the two first met.
In the process, his wife's pain was unbearable, and he would pretend to practice Qigong to help his wife's luck.
Maybe it was a psychological effect, when Huang Baiming put his hand on his wife's back, her wife did not hurt.
At that time, the wife's stomach was full of ascites, and there was a tumor of 9 centimeters.
Huang Baiming would measure her stomach with a soft ruler every day, until one day, his wife Xu Wenjuan's stomach not only did not expand, but shrank!
Huang Baiming seemed to see hope, and after slow treatment, his lover's stomach gradually returned to its original state.
When the two returned to the Hong Kong hospital again, a miracle occurred.
The tumor in Xu Wenjuan's stomach not only shrank to the size of a bean, but also the cancer cells gradually disappeared.
After a minimally invasive operation, the condition was brought under control, and Xu Wenjuan returned home, only needing to be reviewed regularly every month.
After his wife returned home, the happiest person was Huang Baiming, who secretly prepared a surprise for his wife.
At that time, my wife thought she was filming...
He was surprised to find that it was a romantic venue specially organized by his husband for him, and at the same time he was very moved.
Huang Baiming said in a later interview: The look in his wife's eyes at that time has not been forgotten.
In the past ten years, the daughter has also married, the son has also married, and the family is happy and harmonious.
In 2012, Xu Wenjuan experienced 15 years of anti-cancer and finally successfully cured, and her body was very healthy.
Huang Baiming also wrote a book about his experience of fighting cancer with his wife------ "Survival in Desperate Places".
In the same year, Huang Baiming earned another 40 million yuan in the mainland with "Happy Affair in the Flower Field", followed by "Youth Fight", "Bounty Hunter", and later "Anti-Corruption Storm 2".
In 2018, the daughter-in-law successfully gave birth to a son, and Huang Baiming and Xu Wenjuan were upgraded to grandparents.
In 2019, his wife Xu Wenjuan rarely appeared on the show and thanked her husband for his efforts.
At the scene, his wife told the changes that huang Baiming accompanied herself in the fight against cancer for 16 years.
From the "spirit boy" to the vicissitudes of the uncle, she sees all these in her eyes, and she is grateful to her husband in addition to gratitude.
If it were not for Huang Baiming's companionship and encouragement of himself, he would have no life compared to himself.
Xu Wenjuan boldly gave her husband a kiss, and Huang Baiming also gave her lover an orange scarf that she was not willing to buy.
After the show was broadcast, the deeds of the two people touched many netizens and viewers, saying that the two were legends of an era.
Huang Baiming is passionate about charity, lives a low-key life, and voluntarily donated 5 million yuan when Hubei fought against the epidemic.
I remember that many stars showed off themselves at that time, and Huang Baiming has been silently doing himself.
In 2020, Huang Baiming was invited by a friend to a birthday party.
Because he couldn't push it off to cope with a nightclub activity, inside the bar, he was low-key the whole time, even if the beautiful women around him were not moved.
Some Internet celebrities saw Huang Baiming and only went forward to take a group photo, and then left separately.
A girl spoke in his ear, and Huang Baiming would subconsciously make a gentlemanly gesture.
In addition, Huang Baiming pays special attention to health care, and in early 2021, he released fitness photos on social platforms.
The muscle lines on his hands were so obvious that he put his feet on the table and supported the ground with his hands to do push-ups.
Dozens of bodies have been unaffected in succession, and the 75-year-old is still tight-skinned, just like the spirit of the moment!
In April, Huang Baiming posted another video.
He and his former friend Yuan Jieying have been out of the same frame for a long time, and it has been 30 years since the two worked together.
It's not easy to fit together today.
At the scene, they sang the interlude from the movie "Happy Ghost Summer Vacation", which instantly evoked everyone's memories.
It seems that the picture of that year is in front of you, but there are also netizens who sigh, and the beauty is also old!
end:
Huang Baiming is a screenwriter, actor, producer and investor.
He has achieved impressive results in every field.
Every TV series and movie he shoots is worth remembering.
He is the memory of 70 or 80 years of people, and some netizens still affectionately call him: Huang Dad.
His struggle in the film industry is a microcosm of an era.
His career achievements are admirable, and he is worth learning from young people in marriage.
Now that Huang Baiming's children and grandchildren are full of children and his wife is in good health, he has won the hearts of everyone with sincerity, and he also deserves everything he has now.