Wang Jing had this achievement, and it was all up to Wang Tianlin to pass on his skills to Du Qifeng.
【Zheng Zeshi】
[From "The King of a Thousand Kings" to "God of Gamblers" to "Macau Storm", it turns out that Wang Jing is the real king of gambling films]
When it comes to gambling films, the audience's first reaction will generally think of the god of gambling Saint Gamblers, or Zhou Runfa Chow Xingchi Andy Lau, and so on.
The god of gambling played by Zhou Runfa, Gao Jin, the gambling god, Played by Zhou Xingchi (Zuo Songxing), and the gambler Chen Daozai, played by Andy Lau, are indeed classic figures in the gambling world, bringing countless good memories to the audience.
However, to say that the real king of Hong Kong gambling films is neither Chow Yun Fat nor Chow Sing Chi, nor Andy Lau or Zhang Jiahui, but the fat man Wang Jing behind them.
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From the "God of Gamblers" that led the trend, to the "Gambler" and "Shanghai Beach Gambler", which followed the trend, and finally the "Macau Storm" series with a box office of more than 2 billion yuan, etc., Almost all of Hong Kong's classic gambling films are inseparable from Wang Jing.
The most amazing thing is that all gambling films have a common hidden theme, which is anti-gambling.
Although the protagonists in the gambling film can eventually get through the danger and win a big victory on the gambling table, their lives will not be perfect, and many times they are forced to gamble.
In the movie, the women around the god of gambling are dead, and 95% of the money won by the gambler is used for charity.
Wang Jing's mother gambled badly and lost her fortune twice, causing his father and son to suffer from two generations, so Wang Jing was absolutely anti-gambling.
However, this anti-gambling Wang Jing has made the most classic gambling films. Because the audience likes to watch gambling movies, and gambling movies can make money.
For Wang Jing, movies are a business, no one wants to do a loss-making business, and Wang Jing only makes movies that can make money.
Born in a film family, Wang Jing's father, Wang Tianlin, a famous director, graduated from the Chinese Department of the University of Hong Kong. It can be said that such a Wang Jinggen is miaohong, and there must be a bright future in the future.
After graduating from college, because of her father's relationship, 21-year-old Wang Jing entered Shaw Wireless as a screenwriter and started her career.
The screenwriter's works include "A Thousand Knots in the Heart", "Lu Xiaofeng", "Ghost Horse Frenzy", "Under the Lion Rock: The Story of Smoking", "Longtan Qunying", "Panic and Loss", "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", "The Man in the Net", "Lin Shirong", "Jinghua Spring Dream", and so on.
In 1980, Wang Jing's gambling drama "King of a Thousand Kings" was a hit, opening the way for Wang Jing to explore the field of gambling films.
In "The King of a Thousand Kings", Xie Xian successfully created the image of Luo Sihai, an old thousand kings with feelings and righteousness, who had the gambling skills of the gambling king level and the temperament of the godfather level, and set up an image prototype for the future gambling gods and other gambling masters. [Also because of this film, Xie Xian got the nickname of the fourth brother.] 】
In 1981, the 26-year-old Wang Jing was promoted to directing, and his directorial debut was Shaw's gambling film "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousand Masters", still starring Xie Xian, with a box office of 5.08 million Hong Kong dollars, the ninth place in the annual box office list.
Xie Xian has also become the first generation of the king of a thousand kings, and can be said to be the ashes of the gambling world in the Hong Kong film and television circle.
The gambling film "Eight Generals of a Thousand Doors" released on September 3, 1981, wang Jing served as the screenwriter, with a box office of 2.17 million; this is a popular science feature film of the old thousands of popular science, detailing the eight generals of the thousand doors in the world: positive, mention, reverse, off, wind, fire, division, and rumors.
[In "Gambler 1999", the gambler Andy Lau claims to be a regular general, the protagonist of Lao Qian's action. 】
Released on June 29, 1989, "Supreme Supreme" grossed 23.29 million Hong Kong dollars, which is the pioneering work of Hong Kong's new era gambling films, opening up a new world for the second half of the blockbuster "God of Gamblers".
Yongsheng boss Xiang Huaqiang starred as a casino manager with a social background, Long Ge, and his younger brother Xiang Huasheng participated in the screenwriting and directing together with Wang Jing, which is an ambitious work of Yongsheng.
Released on December 14, 1989, "God of Gamblers" finally grossed HK$36.29 million, the annual box office champion; this is a milestone work of Hong Kong gambling films, which directly set off a strong wave of gambling films. After that, Zhou Xingchi's "Gamble Saint" is the most direct follow-up work.
Gao Jin, the god of gamblers played by Zhou Runfa, has been upgraded and more exquisitely personalized on the basis of the king of Xie Xian's thousand kings: a straight black tuxedo + a large shiny back, wearing a jade ring, likes to eat specific brands of chocolate, plus exclusive appearance music.
Because of the success of "God of Gamblers", there were a series of subsequent gambling films, and Wang Jing's gambling film universe began to sprout.
Released on April 5, 1990, "Supreme Ji Zhuangyuancai" was directed by Huang Tailai and written and produced by Wang Jing, and grossed 19.08 million Hong Kong dollars.
Andy Lau and Tam Wing Lin worked together again, and the American casino representative and the Taiwan Provincial Gambling King Supreme Gambling Game finally lost to Andy Lau's Hong Kong Little Old Man.
Released on December 13, 1990, "The Gambler" was the first work that was brought into the Universe of Wang Jing's gambling film after the popularity of Bet Saint Zhou Xingchi, with a box office of 40.34 million, second only to "Gamble Saint" that year.
In "God of Gamblers", Chen Daozai, played by Andy Lau, worships the god of gambling; this time, the gambling saint Zhou Xingchi also worships under the god of gambling and becomes a brother with the gambler. A gambler who has learned 90% of the gambling skills of the God of Gamblers is inseparable from the gambling saints with special functions.
In this way, the rivers and lakes of the gambling world are divided into generations, and the vein is clear.
In Wang Jing's gambling universe, the god of gambling is the supreme supreme being.
Released on August 22, 1991, "Gambler 2: Shanghai Beach Gambler", Zhou Xingchi took the team of the gambler saint, crossed to Shanghai Beach, and became a brother and brother with Shanghai Beach tycoon Ding Li, achieving a box office of 31.36 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking 6th in the year.
Counting 1990's "Gamble Saint" and "Gambler", Stephen Chow has completed the "Gamble Saint" trilogy. In the gambling film universe, the special function of the gambler is like a plug-in, which is called the side door left road by the gambler, but the comedic effect and actual combat power are top-notch.
On May 25, 1991, "Winning Money Expert", also known as "Flower Heart Gambling Saint", Wang Jing served as the director and screenwriter, and also starred in person, pulling Wu Mengda, Qiu Shuzhen, Chen Baixiang, and also inviting Lin Zhengying to help, and incorporating Maoshan spells and Thai witchcraft in the gambling film.
In Wang Jing's gambling film, there is nothing that cannot be added.
In those years, the film was also popular, so in 1992, Wang Jing made two more "Casino Tycoons". These two are not gambling films but biopics, but they tell the legendary story of Macau gambling king Ho Hung-sun, and naturally there is no shortage of signature gambling scenes.
1993's "Truant Weilong 3 Dragon Over the Year of the Rooster" was originally a nonsensical campus comedy by Stephen Chow, but by Wang Jing, she was far away from the campus and also joined a wonderful gambling scene. [The gambling saint in "Gamblers" is called Zhou Xingzu, and in "Truant Weilong" is called Zhou Xingxing.] 】
Zhou Xingchi gambled with the god possessed, from the gambling saint's nemesis Hong Guang and the one-eyed guy army, learned the quick old thousand skills, and immediately won every gamble.
In 1994, the Hong Kong film market changed drastically, and Taiwan provincial film companies joined hands to curb Hong Kong's bad films, so that Hong Kong filmmakers really woke up.
Released on December 14 of that year, "God of Gamblers 2" was Wang Jing's sincere gesture to Taiwan's film producers, and the final high box office of HK$51.53 million was also the last glory of Hong Kong gambling films.
The miracle of The God of Gamblers' undefeated casino depends on his invincible gambling skills, and his gambling skills mainly include careful layout and strong psychology, including first-class acting skills.
In the last century war, the gambling capital exceeded 1 billion, and the god of gambling was laid out for 1 year; he also deliberately lost the first few, and the desire to capture the sword of war should also be used at will.
Released on June 28, 1995, "Gamble Saint 2: Street Gamble Saint" is an in-depth exploration of special functions by Wang Jing's gambling films, and it is also an attempt to find a second Zhou Xingchi.
Obviously, Ge Minhui can't become Zhou Xingchi, and can only be a street gambler. However, the highlights of "Gamble Saint 2: Street Gamble Saint" are still very rich, including the combination of Zhen Zidan and 7-year-old Shi Xiaolong, as well as Peng Dan's invincible chest device.
On February 29, 1996, "Fortune and Wisdom Multiple Stars" was mainly Chen Baixiang's golden song "I Am to Lat" that year, and this fairy-level spoof comedy gambling film specially created for him.
Chen Baixiang was originally the god of wealth in the heavens, and when he pursued the Nine Heavenly Goddess Zhong Liti, he met Yuan Yongyi, a massage girl who gambled badly.
The addition of immortals to the gambling film is the highest realm of the gambling film.
On December 14, 1996, "God of Gamblers 3: The Young God of Gamblers" was a prequel to "God of Gamblers"; at that time, Zhou Runfa had gone far away from Hollywood, and "Ancient Puzzle Boy" was just popular, so he used Chen Xiaochun to play the young Dragon Five, and the young god of gambling was Dawn.
Although there is no Fa Ge, this "God of Gamblers 3: The Young God of Gamblers" is an authentic "God of Gamblers" series of works, because there is the same screenwriter and director Wang Jing behind it.
This film also perfectly explains the origin of the habit of the god of gambling to eat chocolate. [The date of the "God of Gamblers" series is mid-December, and it will be released on New Year's Eve.] 】
Wang Jing's biggest label is actually the king of bad films, and is his style, and yellow gambling poison is his content. Wang Jing never denied that she made bad films, as long as she made money.
In order to make money from these gambling films, Wang Jing gave almost everything of herself, including several generations of crystal girls who were carefully selected, such as Qiu Shuzhen, Zhang Min, Shu Qi, Lin Xilei, Meng Yao, and so on.
Therefore, Wang Jing is not only the king of bad films in Hong Kong, but also the king of gambling films. [If he wants to, he can also be the king of yellow flakes.] 】
On December 18, 1998, "Gambler 1999" and January 2, 1999 ,"Gamblers vs. Las Vegas" were two consecutive films, released on the front and back feet, allowing Andy Lau to complete the "Gambler" trilogy.
However, at this time, the gambler had nothing to do with the god of gambling, he was a thousand-door general, proficient in various gambling techniques, including betting on horses, betting on balls, hitting dragon gates, hoeing the earth, and even billiards.
When I arrived in Las Vegas, it was not for gambling money, but for money to hunt down economic criminals, which was simply a Hong Kong-made "Fox Hunting".
Released on August 5, 1999, "King of a Thousand Kings 2000" was Stephen Chow's last gambling film and the last collaboration between Wang Jing and Stephen Chow.
"Gambler 1999" gambled on the 98th World Cup, "King of a Thousand Kings 2000" gambled on stock futures, and Wang Jing's gambling film universe has always kept pace with the times.
The gambler Zhou Xingchi, who became the king of a thousand kings, is no longer what it used to be, the 500 million bets on the gambling table have long been out of sight, and the film in his hand is worth tens of billions; the villain Ferrari, who wang Jing personally starred, almost made a profit from the stock market.
This is a tribute and nostalgia for Wang Jing's debut gambling film "King of a Thousand Kings", and it is also the end of a gambling film era.
"Gambler 3: The Nameless Kid" on January 26, 2000, "Gambler 2002" on November 7, 2002, "The Gambler's Man Will Win the Day/King of a Thousand Kings 2003" on June 4, 2003, "Beware of the Old Thousand" on December 7, 2006, and "My Wife is a Gambler" on May 1, 2008.
This is another fresh force in Wang Jing's gambling film universe, and it is also the second attempt to find Zhou Xingchi's successor.
Zhang Jiahui is a nameless gambling saint, and he is also a gambler's apprentice, or the apprentice of the king of a thousand kings, and finally became the husband of the female gambling saint; his identity is many and chaotic, but he can only be regarded as the third generation of the gambling world.
In terms of gambling, Wang Jing even developed computer applications, but the popular baccarat, mahjong Tianjiu, and betting on horses still have everything.
In addition, there are: "Chinese Gambler" on August 31, 2000, starring Gu Tianle Zhang Jiahui, produced and produced by Wang Jing; "The Legend of a Bad Gamble" on October 12, 2001, starring Wu Zhenyu Guan Xiumei and produced by Wang Jing.
In 2005, he began the trilogy of "Que Sheng", "Que Sheng 2: Self-Touching the Queen of Heaven", "Que Sheng 3 Self Touch Three Hundred Times", invited Yuan Hua Yuan Qiu, who became popular because of "Kung Fu", starring Guo Jin'an, Ying Cai'er, Yang Siqi and so on.
This series is mainly based on mahjong, which is the most popular entertainment method for Hong Kong citizens, and it can be regarded as a civilian series of Wang Jing's gambling film universe.
In the "Macau Storm" trilogy that began in 2014, the gambling god Zhou Runfa re-emerged from the jianghu, coupled with The help of and Fromy Lau, Zhang Jiahui and other gambling heroes, and finally achieved a total box office of more than 2 billion, making Hong Kong gambling films bloom the last wave of glory, and also became an important puzzle for Wang Jing's gambling film universe.
At this time, the biggest attraction of gambling films is the return and nostalgia of gambling superstars, such as the chorus of "Light of Friendship" in prison.
In the gambling project, Wang Jing can still play innovative projects, such as Chow Yun Fat playing Muay Thai in Thailand, Jacky Cheung challenging Andy Lau, Zhang Jiahui playing table tennis, and so on.
From 1980 to the present, Wang Jing's gambling films have been nearly 40 years, creating more than 30 gambling films of various styles, and winning the fame of the god of gambling, the gambler, the gambling saint, the king of a thousand kings and other legendary superstars in the gambling world, worthy of the king of Hong Kong gambling films!
Wang Jing, 65 years old this year, is still active in the front line of film creation, but it is difficult to reproduce the glory of the gambling film of that year.