The Hong Kong showbiz circle in the 70s and 80s can be said to be a gathering of stars and a hundred flowers, whether it is an actor or a singer, everyone has their own characteristics, casually a "little Luo luo", get to the current entertainment circle, it can be called a master level.
That's to talk about comedy, except for Xingye, I don't know if you remember the bald guy who spoke Shandong dialect - Mai Jia.
Mai Jia is a down-to-earth Cantonese, but in the movie, he is basically a mouthful of Shandong dialect, which is deliberately done to add comedic effects to the movie, and it is undeniable that this does add a lot to his movie.
In fact, Mai Jiake is not just an actor, in addition to acting, he is also a director, screenwriter, producer, and a film company owner.
Mai Jia has partnered with Hong Jinbao and Huang Baiming to open a film company, and their goal is very unique, that is, to take the low-cost, high-creative film route. With the talent and efforts of several people, they have their own place in the Hong Kong entertainment industry.
Later, their uniqueness was favored by Lei Juekun, the owner of the Golden Princess Cinema Line, so there was the later New Art City Film Company.
At the beginning of the new art city, there were more bosses than employees, mai jia, Huang Baiming, Shi Tian, three bosses, but there were only two employees, and the office was also very small, but what they didn't know was that it was these people, in this crowded office, that created a new era of Hong Kong cinema.
In 1982, Mak Ka personally directed and co-starred with Hui Guanjie in the comedy film "Best Partner" series, which was a great success and won more than 26 million at the box office, becoming the first film in Hong Kong to break through the 20 million box office.
At that time, Mai Jia, along with Teddy Robin, Zeng Zhiwei, Huang Baiming, Shi Tian, Xu Ke, and Shi Nansheng, also had a resounding title - "Seven Monsters of New Art City", and its status and strength can be seen.
Later, Mai Jia also produced many movies while it was hot, such as "Difficult Brother", "Eight Stars annunciation", etc., all of which achieved great success, and Mai Jia's skinhead image was completely well known to the audience.
It is worth mentioning that Mai Jia and Zhou Xingchi also collaborated on a movie - "Love Saint", and the spark of the collision of the two kings of nonsense comedy is quite wonderful, and it is still a classic that is difficult to surpass.
But when the hero also has the end, after the 1990s, the Hong Kong film and television industry began to gradually decline, and many film and television predators could not compete with the waves of the times, and New Art City was no exception.
In 1991, New Art City closed down, and Mai Jia was discouraged by the film and television industry, turning her attention to the property market.
The huge profits brought by the property market soon made Mai Jia addicted to it and could not extricate himself, although there is no name in the entertainment industry here, but the profits are much more impressive, but fortunately, Mai Jia has not completely lost himself, he firmly believes that this kind of money comes and goes quickly, or it is necessary to plan the future well.
The idea is correct, the precautionary mentality is necessary at any time, but the mistake is that Mai Jia is very superstitious, and he especially listens to the words of fortune tellers.
A fortune teller who was rumored to be very clever told him that if he wanted to continue to make money, he should abandon the property market and go to the stock market.
Mai Jia was convinced of the master's words, and he invested all his wealth in the stock market, but he did not expect that what awaited him was nothing to return and ruin his family!
After experiencing such a big ups and downs in life, Mai Jia finally saw through everything, fame and profit are just clouds of smoke, people live for a lifetime, why should they be bound by these external things. Life does not bring what death does not bring, and if it is gone, it will be gone.
As a comedian, he entertained others but forgot that he also had to live happily, and when talking about the Hong Kong film and television industry, he said bluntly: "Hong Kong movies have become a thing of the past!" ”
Now 77 years old, Mai Jia seems to be no longer beautiful, but only the iconic bald head still reminds us that this old man has brought us infinite joy, and he should not be forgotten like this, right?