The Hong Kong film industry was dominated by such a pair of partners, and at that time, as long as it was the films they cooperated with, they could always shine in the annual list. Therefore, in the eyes of the public, they are not only the best partners at work, but also should be good friends in private. Surprisingly, the relationship between the two deteriorated due to the salary of "King of a Thousand Kings 2000" and eventually parted ways. Why is all this? Let's go behind the scenes of King of a Thousand Kings 2000.
In the early 1990s, due to Stephen Chow's outstanding performance in the film, he shined in the Hong Kong film circle at that time and became a hot star. With the greater the fame of Stephen Chow and the more experienced, he also has his own unique views on acting, so he always has his own ideas on the set, often according to his own ideas to interfere with the director's filming, for this I believe that his old partner Wang Jing has a deep understanding.
Although Wang Jing will also have a grudge, this does not hinder the cooperation between the two, after all, this is nothing compared to the high box office. However, with more and more cooperation, the contradictions between the two have gradually intensified. Zhou Xingchi not only has a higher and higher salary, but also has high requirements for the quality of the script, so he often "points fingers" at the shooting of other actors on the set, which also caused later people to say that Wang Jing is a nominal director. This behavior made Wang Jing feel very annoyed, he felt that Zhou Xingchi's wings had hardened with the growing fame, what should he do if the two no longer cooperated in the future? After thinking about it again and again, he began to look for new candidates, determined to cultivate the next Zhou Xingchi!
Until 1992, Zhang Jiahui's outstanding performance in "Heaven and Earth Pride" was taken by director Wang Jing at a glance and determined to praise Zhang Jiahui. Coupled with Wang Jing's desire to revive the style of gambling films at that time, he found Andy Lau and Zhang Jiahui to partner and shoot "Gambler 1999". Just look at the title of the film to know that this is a "touching porcelain" incident, clear-eyed people know that this is to rub Chow Xingchi and Andy Lau cooperation "Gambler", unfortunately Zhang Jiahui is not Chow Xingchi, the film Zhang Jiahui's limelight was suppressed by Andy Lau to death, as if recreating the scene of Chow Xingchi suppressing Andy Lau.
Without the aura of Stephen Chow, the box office of "Gambler 1999" was only 17.36 million in the end, even if the box office was so dismal, Wang Jing was still not dead. In order to win the popular Zhang Jiahui, in 1999, when he was preparing to make the movie "King of a Thousand Kings 2000", he came up with a trick and decided to invite Stephen Chow to come and make a cameo.
At that time, Zhou Xingchi had set up his own Xinghui company, and basically rarely took over the film contract. However, due to his years of friendship with Wang Jing, he nodded his head in agreement, but this cooperation directly led to the two parting ways, and there was no cooperation after that. At that time, Zhou Xingchi's cameo appearance for nine days and a total of fifteen minutes of footage actually directly asked for a salary of 10.8 million yuan, which averaged 1.2 million per day, which was comparable to the starring actor at that time, and Wu Junru had ridiculed this matter in the show. It is said that Zhou Xingchi began to collect red envelopes from the beginning of construction, and until the end of the work, the red envelopes were not finished!
But such a film remuneration should not be a big deal for commercial directors, after all, as long as the film is sold, it is not a problem, so Wang Jing has no objection to Zhou Xingchi's asking price and agrees to it. Wang Jing, who paid such a high salary, did not have a black face, what was the reason for these two people breaking up.
According to legend, the two parted ways because of Zhou Xingchi's work attitude, when Zhou Xingchi took 1.2 million yuan of film remuneration every day, but when shooting, he did not work hard, Wang Jing saw Zhou Xingchi's negative slacking off and was directly angry! He threatened to use Zhou Xingchi on the last day, and the film remuneration was still paid to him.
You think that's the end of it? Of course not! After the filming of the film, Wang Jing turned around and cut the shot of Zhou Xingchi into one of the protagonists, and also added Zhou Xingchi's name to the starring position. Even during the promotion of the film, the producer also hyped up under the name of Stephen Chow, which also caused Chow's dissatisfaction. He believes that this is not only a deception to the public, but also a disrespect for Zhang Jiahui. Because of these factors, "King of a Thousand Kings 2000" has also become the last work that Zhou Xingchi and Wang Jing cooperated.
If you only listen to the rumors, some people may have a skeptical attitude towards Stephen Chow. But after the film was broadcast, some people may have guessed the reason for Zhou Xingchi's slack work. In the film, when Zhou Xingchi and Zhang Jiahui played, they already had a bit of pressure on Zhang Jiahui's protagonist, if they went all out, then Zhang Jiahui as the protagonist did not look at it at all, presumably this is also the reason for Zhou Xingchi's "slackness". But no one expected that even with the joining of Zhou Xingchi, this film is still a loss to the sky, and it only has a rating of 6.9 on a certain platform.
In addition to the point of view of Zhou Xingchi, Wang Jing also secretly alluded to Li Ka-shing, Zheng Yutong, and Lin Baixin, and it has to be said that Wang Jing's courage is not generally big. In the film, The Ferrari played by Wang Jing kidnapped three rich people, Li Xiaocheng, Zheng Yicang, and Lin Bo, and the prototypes of these three people were Li Ka-shing, Zheng Yutong, and Lin Baixin, and the ridicule of celebrities was also a custom in the Hong Kong film industry at that time.
In addition to the above three celebrities, Wang Jing also took the opportunity to satirize a Hong Kong singer. At that time, there was such a clip in the film, Zhang Jiahui ripped open the clothes on his body, revealing the five big characters tattooed "I love Cai Fenghua".
Speaking of this Cai Fenghua, I believe that many people after the 70s and 80s still have an impression. He was the top singer in Hong Kong that year, and it was a great thing to become famous earlier than the four kings. However, because of his comment on Zhang Guorong, he was directly banned by the Hong Kong entertainment industry, I am afraid that he himself did not expect that Zhang Guorong's comment "a moment of brilliance does not represent eternity" will be realized so thoroughly in himself.
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