One
In 1969, after moving to Hong Kong for three years, his father finally saved up a savings and let Xu Ke go to the United States to study medicine. The 19-year-old Xu Ke said yes, but as soon as he arrived in the United States, he changed his mind.
He changed his medical profession to a film major without authorization, and after the raw rice was cooked to maturity, he wrote a letter to his father to confess, and Xu's father stomped his feet in anger and wrote back: "You are so angry that I want to hang myself!" ”
But the two are far away from the ocean, Xu father wants to beat his son is also whiplash long, if you take a plane to beat once the cost is too high, really hang it, and afraid that no one will earn tuition for his son, so he has to admit his life.
Eight years later, the 27-year-old Xu Kexuecheng returned, full of ambition and ready to do a big job.
At that time in Hong Kong, the film industry chain was mature, known as the "Hollywood of the East", but the industry rules were strict, pay attention to seniority, and it was remarkable to be a director at the age of 40.
Although Xu Ke has been gilded in the United States and has certain practical experience, he is nothing in Hong Kong and has eaten a lot of closed-door soup.
Helpless, Xu Ke had to retreat to the second place, turned to TVB as a choreographer, and successively launched works such as "Family Change" and "Tycoon".
A year later, Xu Ke jumped with Liang Shuyi to "Jiashi", and the interviewer was Shi Nansheng, a talented woman who is quite famous in the industry.
Two
This time, Xu Ke got the opportunity to direct "Golden Knife Lover". "Golden Knife Lover" is a martial arts drama, but Xu Ke's theory learned in the United States does not have martial arts, why is this filmed?
He had no bottom in his heart, and could only harden his scalp. When he went to South Korea to shoot snow scenes and prepare for filming, a colleague asked him: "Director, who is Wu Zhi?" ”
Xu Ke was confused: "Wu Zhi? What are you referring to? The colleague was surprised: "Of course, it refers to the martial arts guidance..." Xu Ke thought, no, so he had to design his own martial arts actions.
After the filming of this drama, the response was flat. But Xu Ke did not lose money at all, because he was familiar with his 1-year-old Shi Nansheng, and the two were in love under the mediation of colleagues...
This year, the famous Wu Siyuan has become an independent producer, and has just supervised the production of "Drunken Fist" and "Snake-shaped Executioner", which not only let kung fu comedy lead the trend, but also established Jackie Chan's unique film style.
He saw Xu Ke's "Golden Knife Lover" and felt that the lens design and editing were very artistically beautiful, so he supported him in making his first film "Butterfly Change".
Under the blessing of Xu Ke's wild imagination, butterflies can kill people, costumed characters with short hair, and even scenes similar to the effect of hot weapons, completely subverting the aesthetics and style of the industry at that time...
Although it is very innovative, but the audience has never seen such a, for a while can not accept, do not buy it at all, many people say that they can't understand, the box office naturally hit the street.
Later, Xu Ke filmed "Hell Without Doors" and "First Type Danger", still open-minded, not playing cards according to the routine, still a box office fiasco...
There are even mean film critics who put these 3 films together and call it the "Chaos Trilogy".
Xu Ke was very dissatisfied, thinking all day long about how to prove his strength. East tossing, west tossing, tossing more, he met Wu Yusen, who was 4 years older than himself.
Three
In 1981, Wu Yusen accidentally saw "Golden Knife Lover", in which the sword pointed to the ground, and a few drops of blood fell down the sword body to the snow, soaking out a touch of Yin red, feeling "very cinematic".
His eyes lit up, and he felt that the person who photographed this was really a talent.
Soon after, Wu Yusen attended a dinner party and drank high, mistaking the hand of a lady next to him as an ashtray...
And this lady, no one else, is Xu Ke's girlfriend Shi Nansheng, Xu Ke is on the side, seeing the "whirl" to stand up, there is a great martial arts master for the love of the posture.
Wu Yusen was excited, drunk, and quickly recognized that this person was Xu Ke, who directed "Golden Knife Lover", answered a few words, the more he talked, the more speculative, and the matter of Shi Nansheng being burned turned over.
Later, the two often ran to the lounge, drank the cheapest red wine, smoked cigarettes, talked about movies, talked about dreams, and had a sense of pity for each other.
At that time, Xu Ke's career was not smooth and his future was uncertain, so Wu Yusen recommended him to shoot the movie "Ghost Horse ZhiDuoxing" for "New Art City".
New Art City also recognizes Xu Ke's creative talent, but Xu Ke's first 3 films have not been at the box office, and the bosses Mai Jia and Shi Tian dare not entrust it to the big one, and deliberately supervise the production personally, so as not to repeat the same mistakes.
As a result, after the release of this film, it received more than 7 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, allowing New Art City to beat the two giants of Shaw and Jiahe, which were in the limelight, for the first time at the box office.
Xu Ke also won the "Best Director Award of the Golden Horse Awards of Taiwan Film" with this film. He continued to work hard and made "The Queen's Secret Order of the Best Partner", which hit a box office of 30 million.
After winning awards and setting box office records, and really applauding and applauding, Xu Ke completely gained a foothold in the film circle.
At this time, Jiahe Company came to the mountain with the script and funds, and asked Xu Ke to come out of the mountain, but Xu Ke did not play cards according to the routine, and hit the other party by surprise.
Four
When filming "Butterfly Change", because of the need for a large number of butterflies, Xu Ke bought butterflies from the surrounding masses, and the price quickly soared from 1 yuan to 5 yuan a piece, and they were almost caught and extinct...
Someone said to Xu Ke, "Why don't you shoot with special effects?" "Xu Ke said that it is also ah, our country has a large population, and there is no shortage of talents in the film industry, why is there no special effects company?
The senior told him: "That thing is too mysterious, not something we can touch Chinese, not something we can do..."
Xu Ke was a little upset and said, "What's wrong with Chinese, we are not less hands and feet and less wisdom than foreigners, what they can do, why can't we do it?" ”
So when Jiahe came to him, Xu Ke said: "It is okay for me to shoot this "New Shushan Swordsman", but the budget has to be doubled, and I want to make a movie with special effects!" ”
Jiahe asked why he was so insistent, he said: "Not to make a splash, nor to be the first person to eat crabs, but our film industry, there should be special effects!" ”
In order to make the first special effects movie, Xu Ke specially invited the special effects team of "Star Wars" to check the pass. Finally, after the release of "New Shushan Swordsman", the magical special effects shots were eye-catching, which also laid the foundation for the development of Hong Kong special effects in the future.
In 1984, at the age of 34, Xu Kegong became famous and established a "film studio" with Shi Nansheng. Xu Ke only makes movies, while Shi Nansheng relies on strong network resources and excellent communication skills to be responsible for investment, distribution and publicity.
It was also this year that Wu Yusen, who had been one of Jiahe's most box office appeals, jumped to the new art city to consume himself in shoddy comedies, deteriorating and being jokingly called "box office poison".
Some people even said that Wu Yusen had fallen and it was time to retire. And this year, he was only 38 years old.
Wu Yusen has a favor for Xu Ke, xu Ke is very unfair for him, openly supports Wu Yusen, and gives the script that he was going to shoot to director Wu Yusen, and he is willing to be a producer.
Xu Ke said to Wu Yusen: "What others say about you, what you think in your heart, what you want to say, just say it in the movie!" ”
Two years later, Wu Yusen's "The True Colors of Heroes" set the highest box office record ever recorded in Hong Kong, and he won the "Best Director Award at the Golden Horse Awards of Taiwan Film" in one fell swoop and created the "Violent Aesthetic Genre".
And the line of Xiao Ma Ge in "The True Colors of Heroes" is exactly Wu Yusen's own heart words:
"I've been unlucky for three years, just to wait for an opportunity, I want to fight for a breath, not to prove that I am more prestigious than others, but just to tell everyone that I don't see something, I must get it back!" 」
However, later, the two refused to compromise with each other due to their different creative styles, and eventually parted ways. Separated and separated, the two never said in public that the other was not.
At this time, after several years of tempering, Xu Keru sheathed his sword and stepped into a new jianghu.
Five
In 1987, when the 37-year-old Xu Ke was filming "The Working Emperor", the 20-year-old Wang Zuxian came to play on the set, Xu Ke glanced at her, and on a whim, he dressed her in an ancient costume.
As a result, Wang Zuxian, a basketball player, put on his ancient costume and walked like a football, got up a few feet, and almost didn't kick the skirt badly...
When Xu Ke saw her, he quickly found a teacher for her and taught her classical dance and movements. Not long after, the grinning Wang Zuxian transformed into a classical beauty.
Xu Ke saw her lips and teeth, Gu Pansheng posture, a pat on the thigh, "Nie Xiaoqian is you."
Later, Zhang Guorong and Wang Zuxian starred in the "Ghost of Qiannu" was released, with rave reviews and numerous awards, as you know, "Nie Xiaoqian" has become a classic image of a generation, and there is no need to repeat it.
Three years later, "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu" turned out to be the official foundation for Xu Ke's industry position in the field of martial arts films.
In 1991, Xu Ke prepared to remake Huang Feihong. At that time, Huang Feihong's IP had already been remade countless times, and Guan Dexing alone filmed 77 "Huang Feihong".
Xu Keke didn't care about this, if he wanted to shoot, he had to shoot innovation. He found Liu Jialiang, the son of Liu Zhan, an orthodox descendant of Huang Feihong, and as soon as he proposed the idea of kicking seven feet in the air, he was rejected by the other party, saying that it was simply a fool's dream...
Xu Ke also found the famous "martial finger" Yuan Heping, and wasted the power of the nine bulls and two tigers, and finally made the "Foshan shadowless foot" that we saw.
As a result, after the release of "Huang Feihong", it was really like "Foshan no shadow foot", invincible, proud of the Hong Kong film crowd. After that, a series of shots were taken, high and high, and the momentum was like a rainbow.
Shaw's famous director Zhang Che gave a very high evaluation of this, saying: "Xu Ke single-handedly postponed the decline of Hong Kong films for several years..."
At that time, Xu Ke, who did not play cards according to the routine, was still moving forward in the movie jianghu...
Six
In 1992, despite the opposition of Jin Yong and the people around him, Xu Ke insisted on finding Lin Qingxia to reverse the "Oriental Undefeated" in "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu II: The East Is Undefeated".
That year, Lin Qingxia was 38 years old, the style was unique, and she was the first Hua Dan of Qiong Yao's drama, so she came to play a man who wanted to "become a woman", this brain hole really can.
In the last scene of "Oriental Undefeated", Lin Qingxia was in the cold wind for 4 hours, remembering all kinds of torture by "Fu Hua Dao", and also "pouring green onions" to act, and she fell into tears in grievance.
The crew watched collectively for a second, and then shouted, Lin Qingxia cried!
The 42-year-old Xu Ke was the first to rush to the dressing room, saw the "beauty who only came out of fifty years" in tears, and said helplessly: "Qingxia, I am not good." ”
Lin Qingxia shook her head and said, "No, it's my bad life." ”
Also this year, Maggie Cheung, who only talked about famous brands, was also tied to the hat of a vase and was criticized for "no acting skills", and Xu Ke chose her to play the "golden jade" in "New Dragon Gate Inn".
Xu Ke dared to shoot, employ people and eclectic, and soon, after the release of the two plays, they quickly refreshed the box office record in Asia, became a screen classic, and set off a trend of Hong Kong shooting costumes.
Unexpectedly, after the word "Xu Ke" became a golden signboard, peach-colored gossip also followed.
In 1993, Xu Ke was rumored to dig up Zhang Jizhong's "corner", saying that he had an affair with Zhang Jizhong's girlfriend Wang Jinghua, and Zhang Dabei was afraid of being taken by someone with a green hat, so he resolutely broke up with Wang Jinghua...
In the same year, Xu Ke and Ye Qianwen also spread a scandal, and it was said that Shi Nansheng was angry that he wanted to break up. But in the end, I don't know whether it was a rumor or a settlement, in 1996, the two married.
But this marriage, which has been shrouded in haze from the beginning, is destined to be full of crises and twists and turns.
Seven
In 2005, when Xu Ke filmed "Seven Swords", he gave Zhang Jingchu a play, saying that women are the sexiest when they are paralyzed, and when they finish, they "collapse" in Zhen Zidan's arms...
Later, when filming "Women Are Not Bad", he taught the actress to walk, and this painting style was simply amazing...
In 2008, the 58-year-old Xu Ke and the 57-year-old Shi Nansheng were rumored to have changed their marriage, and the two tacitly avoided the problem, not explaining or responding.
When some media interviewed Shi Nansheng, they asked her in a different way whether she still loved Xu Ke, and Shi Nansheng was silent for a while and replied: "I don't answer this question."
Also this year, the 58-year-old Xu Ke was rumored to be in love with the 23-year-old Chen Jiajia. Chen Jiajia is in excellent shape, is from the martial arts department of Beijing Sport University, and was taught by the same teacher as Zhao Wenzhuo and Wu Jing, and is known as the successor of martial arts actress Yang Ziqiong...
When the two spread the scandal, they announced that Chen Jiajia was Xu Ke's assistant. In the following years, director Xu Da often spread gossip, unified caliber to the outside world, all of them are assistants, which makes people look dazzling, and they don't know whether it is the same assistant or a group of assistants.
In short, don't ask, ask is the assistant.
Gossip returned to gossip, but Xu Ke's creative path did not stop at all, and continued.
In 2010, Xu Ke wanted to shoot "Di Renjie" and asked Liu Jialing to play "Wu Zetian". I don't know what is written in the script, or what Xu Ke said, in short, Liu Jialing said that she felt that Xu Ke was "neurotic".
Xu Ke didn't care about this, he thought Liu Jialing was "very heroic", especially after drinking two cups...
After the filming of "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire", Liu Jialing did the east to invite the creators to dinner, and when she said goodbye after the meal, Liu Jialing may have felt something foreshadowing, forcibly kissed Xu Ke, and the scene was very exciting...
A year later, the list of the 30th Hong Kong Film Awards was released, because of "Di Renjie's Heavenly Empire", Liu Jialing finally realized her dream of winning the "Queen of the Academy Award", and Xu Ke won the "Best Director Award".
After the celebration party ended, Liu Jialing was excited again, locked her neck and kissed Xu Ke, and indeed as Xu Ke said, it was "very heroic"!
Since then, Xu Ke has successively launched many works such as "Dragon Gate Flying Armor", "Shendu Dragon King", "Wise Tiger Mountain", "Journey to the West", "The Four Heavenly Kings of Di Renjie" and so on.
Because Xu Ke's films are often imaginative, eclectic, brain-opening, and first-class special effects, he is called "Xu Laowei".
When his career was incomparably brilliant and successfully reached the peak of Chinese film history, in terms of feelings, Xu Ke once again ushered in a confusing peak circuit.
Eight
In July 2014, the media broke out that 63-year-old Shi Nansheng admitted that he and 64-year-old Xu Ke had divorced, and also broke the news that the man had already had a new love... To this end, major websites have made special features.
However, when the media interviewed Xu Ke, he was always reluctant to respond positively, did not admit or deny, but only said ambiguously: there is no need to announce the matter between the two people.
After filming so many martial arts, Xu Ke, who is already a rare year old, still maintains a strong creative passion. In his heart, whether it is the early "Huang Feihong" or the recent "Di Renjie", it is all about "home and country", which is the understanding of "chivalry" and "jianghu".
The great hero is for the country and the people. Huang Feihong under Xu Ke's lens is not only strong in martial arts, eliminating violence and peace, upholding justice, but also asking for the lives of the people and resisting the great powers...
The hero that Xu Ke believes is to be able to afford to put it down, face the responsibilities that should be faced, solve problems, and change the unreasonable situation in the world...
As for the jianghu, the martial arts jianghu in Xu Ke's movie, although it is also a sword and light sword shadow, blood and rain, but it will basically follow a certain morality of the jianghu, there is grace to repay the favor, there is revenge.
The jianghu in the real world is much more sinister than the movie: jealousy, not seeing others well, informing, making small reports, living like bed bugs and cockroaches...
Fortunately, no matter how noisy bed bugs and cockroaches are, they can only hide in dark corners, and people will always be the primates of all things, bright and upright, standing between heaven and earth.
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