Every April, I always think of a person, a movie, and some words that have been written.
With this article, I would like to commemorate Mr. Zhang Guorong and those who have passed away their youth forever.
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On August 26, 1981, a youth inspirational film "Unemployed Student" was released in Hong Kong.
The biggest selling point of the film is, of course, the collection of three popular small fresh meats that have swept all over Hong Kong, and they are known as the "Three Princes of Central".
That year, Rong Shao was 25 years old, Danny Boy was 23 years old, and A Paul was only 22 years old.
It was their best time.
There are green faces that can be pinched out of the water without beautifying, and there are acting skills that are more green than faces.
But that is, youth.
Dancing young man, the wind is flourishing.
As sung in the theme song of the film, "With You".
"Flying with ease with wings."
"It's fun to be too happy to fall down.".
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What's the matter, create and make people.
Eight years later, on September 1, 1989, Paul Chung committed suicide by jumping off a building at the age of 30.
Four years later, on October 25, 1993, Chen Baiqiang, who had been in a coma for 17 months, died on his sickbed at the age of 35.
Ten years later, on April 1, 2003, on the evening of April Fool's Day, Cheung Kwok Wing jumped from the fitness room on the 24th floor of Mandarin Oriental, Central, ending his 46-year-old life.
The Scythians have gone, and they are thinking of this.
Everything is beautiful and sealed from now on.
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It is necessary to mention the heroine of "Unemployed Student".
The beautiful Taiwanese girl who played Chen Baiqiang's girlfriend in the film is called Xu Jie.
Beautiful and unworldly, not square.
Xu Jie was very popular in the Hong Kong and Taiwan film industry in the early 1980s, and cooperated with Zheng Shaoqiu, Zhang Guorong, Chen Baiqiang, Andy Lau and other popular coffeemakers.
Unfortunately, Xu Jie soon went abroad for further study, and faded out of the screen like a flash in the pan.
When Xu Jie is mentioned, it is necessary to mention her sister, Xu Feng.
Xu Feng debuted with Director Hu Jinquan's 1967 "Dragon Gate Inn", and won two Golden Horse Awards in the 1970s.
In 1980, Xu Feng married Tang Junnian, the founder of Tomson Group, and announced that he would stop shadowing and teach his son.
Later, the two Xu sisters gradually transformed into strong women in the business world and behind-the-scenes work in film and television.
In 2004, Tang Junnian died, and Xu Feng took over the family business as the chairman of The Tomson Group.
On November 25, 2017, at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Xu Feng was awarded the Golden Horse Award for Lifetime Achievement.
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Here, I would like to mention another piece of the past.
In May 1988, Xu Feng went to the Cannes Film Festival as the owner of Tomson Film Company.
It was this trip to France that made Xu Feng acquainted with Chen Kaige, who was shortlisted for Cannes with "The Child King", and she admired his talent very much.
The day after they met, Xu Feng showed Chen Kaige a novel, hoping that he could make a movie.
That year, the Year of the Dragon, happened to be the year of Chen Kaige's 36-year-old life.
Exactly five years later, in May 1993, Chen Kaige returned to Cannes.
The film, co-produced by Hong Kong's Tomson Pictures and Beijing Film Studio, won the Palme d'Or.
Yes, it is Chen Kaige's pinnacle work "Overlord Farewell".
Xu Feng and Xu Jie also appeared on the film's credits as producers and producers respectively.
Zhang Guorong is the only candidate that Xu Feng personally recommends to Chen Kaige to play Cheng Dieyi.
All the coincidences of chance have finally achieved this palace-level classic in the history of Chinese cinema that is still difficult to surpass.
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There is also an Easter egg in "Unemployed Student".
Zhao Yazhi made a cameo appearance in the film.
At that time, Zhao Yazhi, under the age of 27, had a fairy appearance and no one after that.
On March 10, 1980, the year before the release of "Unemployed Student", the TV series "Shanghai Beach" premiered on Tvb Hong Kong.
There was no goodbye, only nostalgia.
@Tifo