In the early years, Hong Kong director Wang Jing was interviewed by reporters and was asked: Since you are so successful in making commercial films, make one and earn one, then why don't you make some literary films after making money to make up for your reputation?
For this question, Wang Jing is quite interesting, his answer is even more meaningful, Wang Jing said: I made 10 commercial films, just enough to make a literary film, but no matter how good the literary and artistic films are, they are not delicious, and they are still in vain, with this effort, I make two more commercial films and make money, how do you say?
Later, the host asked: When do you plan not to make commercial films?
Wang Jing answered: As long as there is still a market, I will continue to shoot, and when the day when commercial movies do not make money, I will not shoot and enjoy life
Not making literary and artistic films, this is the rule that Wang Jing has set for herself since she was a child, and this iron law is Wang Jing's conclusion after summing up her father Wang Tianlin's decades of film experience
Wang Tianlin was once the most famous literary film director in Hong Kong, he has directed films such as "Su Beggar", "Blue Blood and Yellow Flower", "Wild Rose Love" and other films, but no matter how good the work is, Wang Tianlin did not win the Best Director Award he wanted, until later, Wang Tianlin gave up making literary films and began to march into commercial films, and as a result, a "Family Has a Comedy" made Wang Tianlin famous
In 1959, Wang Tianlin came home from the party with the trophy, and he said to his son Wang Jing next to him: If you want to be a director in the future, don't make literary films, you must pay attention to the box office, the box office is high, you can win any award you want
It is precisely because of her father's teachings that Wang Jing began to ponder the psychology of the audience since her debut, and strive to shoot every commercial film to firmly grab the audience's attention, so in the 90s, Wang Jing's peak career period, Hong Kong fans often scolded Wang Jing for making bad films, but still couldn't help but pay for the cinema
Later, a professional film critic commented on Wang Jing: his movies are a bunch of low-level jokes stacked together, looking like LJ, but as long as you observe carefully, it is not difficult to find that Wang Jing tries to please the audience in every turn and shot, and the final result is that you don't like his movies, but you can't help but be curious about the next plot
Not only is the plot mastered, Wang Jing also has a set of popular artists
In 1990, Wang Jing saw Shu Qi's photo by chance in a magazine, in the era of goddesses everywhere and only looking at temperament, Wang Jing fell in love with Shu Qi at a glance and decided that she would definitely become a new star in the future, so he was willing to risk offending the local gangster boss and also sign Shu Qi under his name
At that time, Shu Qi had two development routes, one was to take the formal route, stacking fame one movie after another, and finally finding a good person to become famous, but this method, the cycle was too long, Shu Qi's family was poor, and he couldn't wait
So Wang Jing suggested that she take a few Fengyue films and open up her fame first
Facts have proved that Wang Jing's method is very effective, Shu Qi signed a total of 6 large-scale movies, but when only the fourth was filmed, she was already worth millions, and everyone in Hong Kong is well-known
Seeing that the effect had been achieved, Wang Jing immediately said to the assistant: Don't give Shu Qi this kind of film in the future, as long as it's good, don't ruin her future
In this way, just two years later, Shu Qi ushered in the turnaround work "Erotic Men and Women", and after the movie was broadcast, she transformed from Yan Xing to acting, and was no longer criticized by the public
There are many artists like this who are popular by Wang Jing, which is why Wang Jing can still mix in Hong Kong until now, Andy Lau, Koo Tianle and other big coffee, have been helped by him, even actresses such as Qiu Shuzhen and Weng Hong are full of praise for him
Wang Jing is a villain, but he is real, much better than those directors who look hypocritical and say one thing and do another
I wonder what everyone here thinks about this matter?