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In 1904, Cixi celebrated her seventieth birthday.
The British minister presented a movie projector as a birthday gift, hoping that this strange thing could give Cixi a surprise, but he did not expect that the machine accidentally exploded in the middle of the screening, frightening Cixi's three souls and seven spirits almost out of the way. Cixi also thought that this was the heart of imperialism to die, so she ordered that this thing be banned from appearing in the harem.
The forbidden city is not a rare object, it is difficult to carry forward in the capital, so this gives the next ten miles of ocean field Shanghai a chance to grow barbaric.
In 1920, Zhejiang businessman Shao Yuxuan died of illness in Shanghai, leaving several sons with a good family foundation and a relationship with the government for many years.
With the road paved by his father, Shao Yuxuan's eldest son, Shao Drunweng, decided to ride the wind and waves in the Shanghai film industry, so he set up a film company "Tianyi", which means "the first in the world".
Born in a Zhejiang merchant family, Shao Drunkon followed his father around doing business since he was a child, and all he learned was "interest first". So at the beginning of its establishment, he set a clear market positioning for "Tianyi": shooting wild history familiar to the audience, positioning entertainment.
With accurate market positioning, "Tianyi Company" has developed rapidly, and soon has surpassed the "star company" of the industry.
In order to maintain the leading position of the "star company", the owners of the star company, Zhou Jianyun and Zheng Zhengqiu, joined forces with five other local film companies to encircle and suppress "Tianyi", which is known in history as "Liuhe Encirclement and Suppression".
However, Shao Drunkon also has some superiority. This encirclement and suppression not only failed to overthrow "Tianyi", but won the Nanyang market with a large number of Chinese, laying a rough foreshadowing for future development.
In 1930, Shanghai, which owned half of China's films, was still a feast for the imperialist powers. In order to break through the domestic film and realize the "film to save the country", Luo Mingyou, the "king of North China film", entered the Shanghai market and joined forces with several film companies in addition to the "stars" in the first round of "Liuhe Encirclement and Suppression" to form the film industry giant "Lianhua Pictures".
Compared with the porcelain touched by the last "Liuhe", "Lianhua" is obviously prepared.
In addition to recruiting serious film talents, "Lianhua" publicly offered shares at the beginning of its establishment and took the opportunity to publish the list of shareholders.
Inside, there are Ho Dong, the richest family in Hong Kong, Yu Fengzhi, wife of Zhang Xueliang, a young marshal in the northeast, the former premier and former minister of finance of the National Government, and so on.
There is no doubt that "Lianhua" has beaten the "Liuhe" in terms of government relations.
Where is the Spike reflected?
It was when the Cantonese film "Platinum Dragon" launched by "Tianyi" was all over the beach, and the National Government turned around and announced that dialects were banned in the movie.
This kind of targeting of cutting off all your thoughts from the source makes "Tianyi" have no tricks at all.
This road is impassable, and you can only go south.
In May 1934, Tianyi Company set up a branch factory in Hong Kong, referred to as "Tianyi Port Factory".
However, it did not take long for the first "film cleaning campaign" to break out in Hong Kong.
Subsequently, the "Tianyi Port Factory" was hit by two fires in succession. The first time was in the outer film washing room, and there was no gross loss. The second time was in the warehouse where the film was placed, and there was no hair left.
Shao Drunk Weng naturally understood that this was not an accident at all, so he handed over the mess to his second brother Shao Estate and quit the movie jianghu himself.
After the second brother Shao Estate took over, he changed his name to "Nanyang Film Company" and wanted to do a big job.
As a result, in 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression broke out, and countless mainland filmmakers had to take refuge in the south. People can't go into battle to kill the enemy, they can only use the movie to speak.
At that time, Guan Wenqing, a partner of "Lianhua Pictures", fired the first shot of "patriotic film" with a "lifeline". After the filming of "Lifeline", because the British government of Hong Kong did not want to offend the Japanese, it completely banned "Lifeline".
But where there is oppression, there is resistance. Guan Wenqing joined hands with many filmmakers to complain continuously, and finally "Lifeline" was not only officially released, but also opened the curtain of the "era of national defense films".
Subsequently, Guan Wenqing filmed the "Anti-Japanese Trilogy", "Resistance", "Border Defense Blood and Tears", and "Public Enemy", which pushed the "national defense film" to a climax, resulting in even the Shaw brothers, who have always loved entertainment movies such as "demons, snakes and gods", also made many "patriotic films", of which the historical drama "Burning Afang Palace" is a rare large-scale investment production.
At the same time, many mainland filmmakers co-founded "Dadi Pictures" in Hong Kong and filmed patriotic films such as "Lonely Island Paradise" and "Baiyun Hometown", but unfortunately the box office was not good enough to lead to closures. Later, they created the "New Life Movie", the meaning is self-evident, but unfortunately they are waiting for a disaster.
In 1941, Hong Kong fell.
After the Japanese army captured Hong Kong, Hong Kong movies were completely shut down, and countless filmmakers had to flee to save their lives, which caused a devastating blow to Hong Kong movies.
The Japanese also wanted to make a movie that expressed "Sino-Japanese friendship", "Hong Kong Raiders", to brainwash the Chinese people culturally. So the Japanese agent and Kuda Kosuke repeatedly looked for Hong Kong filmmakers to star in the film, but they were rejected by Kwan Wenqing, Hu Die, and others.
Later, the Japanese could only use guns to "invite" people, and reluctantly made a movie promoting "Sino-Japanese friendship", but the result was not bought by the audience.
Those were the darkest periods of Hong Kong cinema, but after the darkness, it was destined to be dawn.
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In 1945, the War of Resistance was won.
The suspended Hong Kong film industry has been revived, and many filmmakers have re-established their signs to revitalize the Hong Kong film industry.
Shao Estate and his son Shao Weiying established the "Shaw Father and Son Company", jiang Boying, the former king of Shanghai cinema, established the "Great China Film Enterprise", Liao Yiyuan, then the editorial director of Wen Wei Po, established the "Xinlian Film Company", and the rich mainland merchants Li Zuyong and Zhang Shankun established the "Yonghua Film Company"...
Li Zuyong has always been determined to "save the country through film", so "Yonghua" has no remorse in patriotic films, so that he was later banned by the British government in Hong Kong, and his finances fell into crisis, and he had to turn to the "Cathay Group" in Singapore and Malaysia.
When Hong Kong filmmakers used movies to promote patriotic culture, there were others not far away who used movies to "brainwash" audiences, such as Chiang Ching-kuo and Zhang Che in Taiwan.
In 1947, the "2.28 Uprising" broke out in Taiwan, which was forcibly suppressed by the Chiang family's army, causing public resentment to boil. Chiang Ching-kuo decided to use the film to "mentally appease" the People of Taiwan, and his royal director is Zhang Che, who was born in the warlords of Zhejiang.
Unfortunately, Zhang Che was unable to turn the tide, and he had to go to Hong Kong to develop a few years later.
In 1952, the 45-year-old Run Run Shaw went to a nightclub and met the singer Fang Yihua. I thought that the evening would be a storm and snow, but I did not expect that Fang Yihua, who was only 18 years old, would tell Run Run Shaw the head of the company management.
The Shaw brothers' widowhood deeply stung the young man's heart, and a few years later, the young man's move of "drawing salaries from the bottom of the cauldron" almost destroyed the Shaw brothers.
Whether Fang Yihua is Run Run Shaw's inner helper, this is not easy to say. However, the several major crises that Shaw experienced later were directly related to Fang Yihua.
Some rejoice and some are sad. When Run Run Shaw embraced the beauty, Li Zuyong of Yonghua Film Studio was anxious.
Li Zuyong and Zhang Shankun established "Yonghua", half because of patriotism, and the other half because they like movies. However, later, the family fell in the middle, "Yonghua" has not been able to make ends meet, and Li Zuyong, who has been "relying on love to generate electricity", is gritting his teeth and insisting. Later, a circuit aging led to spontaneous combustion of the film, which completely crushed "Yonghua".
Li Zuyong had no choice but to sell the "Yonghua Studio" to the creditor Lu Yuntao, and bid farewell to the film completely.
"Yonghua" is gone, and it is not only Li Zuyong who is sad, but also Yonghua director Li Hanxiang.
Yonghua was reorganized, and Li Hanxiang was reluctant to follow the new lord Lu Yuntao, so he cooperated with the "Yadong Film Company" with a Kuomintang background to produce a "Snow Red", which was deeply appreciated by the people of Shao Estate and was recruited into the Shaw family.
If someone had told Li Hanxiang in advance what would happen in the future at this time, then he would definitely be far away from Lu Yuntao and the Shao family.
Lu Yuntao is the son of Lu You, the "tin mine king" in Singapore, and his family really has mines. After returning from school, he took over his father's "Cathay Pacific" group, which has many theaters and distribution companies in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Europe and the United States.
"Wing Wah Studio" was renamed "International Film Mao Industry Company", referred to as "Denmao", which became a springboard for Lu Yuntao to enter the Hong Kong film industry. As he prepared to do a big job, his mortal enemy Run Run Shaw also officially entered the stage of history.
In 1958, the 60th birthday of the Shao Estate people.
The sixth brother Shao Yifu and the third brother Shao Renming proposed that the second brother be given a beautiful birthday feast. The second brother, Shao Estate, was very happy, completely unaware that this was a Feast of Hongmen that ate people and did not spit bones.
When the banquet came to an end and everyone was ready to finish and go home, Shaw raised his glass and said: "The second brother has worked hard and is old, and it is best to retire and enjoy happiness." ”
The second brother, Shao Estate, was stunned at first, and immediately understood that this was a trick for the two younger brothers to come to a wave of "cup of wine to release the military power". Originally, I was going to prevaricate in the past, but the two brothers had a big posture that you didn't agree to and didn't want to go out today.
As a last resort, Shao Estate people handed over the production power in their hands.
Subsequently, the sixth brother Run Run Shaw and the third brother Shao Renmei established the "Shaw Brothers Company", which is the "SB" that we are familiar with.
However, what Run Run Shaw did not expect was that the drama of their forcing the palace was looked at by a young man next to Shao Estate.
This young man was Li Hanxiang.
Director Li Hanxiang has solid skills and has grown very fast in Shaw. Later, when Shanghai Studio's "Tianxian Match" spread to Hong Kong, Li Hanxiang seized the opportunity to cooperate with Zou Wenhuai to shoot a Huangmei opera-style film "Sable Cicada", which was a great success.
Subsequently, Li Hanxiang's "Beauty of Jiangshan" officially kicked off the boom of Hong Kong palace films, and also established his position as the first director of Shaw Company. Lee Han-cheung's masterpieces continue to be excellent, and Shaw's position in the Hong Kong film industry is also rising.
While Shaw's company is advancing day by day, Denmao is not idle.
Lu Yuntao's family is solid, and he has gathered a large number of top film talents in Hong Kong at a high price and made many excellent works. Shaw and Denmao chased after each other, competing with each other and promoting the development of Hong Kong films.
However, over time, the actions of the two sides competing have obviously changed shape. Even in the 60s, there was the infamous "twin case" (the same movie was made).
The behavior of the two sides in seeking speed and not seeking quality caused dissatisfaction among the audience, so the two sides decided to negotiate peace and sign a "gentleman's agreement".
Although the agreement was signed, the two sides agreed not to compete maliciously, but Lu Yuntao, who turned around and telegraphed, gave Shaw a move to "return the hand".
Lu Yuntao privately plotted against Shaw's top director, Li Hanxiang, and advised him to go to Taiwan to develop, and he would give him funds and various supports.
In a simple word, as long as you go from Shaw, I give you what you want.
Li Hanxiang was originally very unaccustomed to Shaw's original "right to release the military with a glass of wine", believing that this person was weak and unrighteous, and it was not suitable to follow for a long time. So he not only left on his own, but also took a large number of Shao's people.
In 1963, Li Hanxiang went to Taiwan to establish the "League of Nations Film".
Li Hanxiang's wave of "pumping salaries from the bottom of the cauldron" paralyzed Shao's, and it was also a bad breath for the original People of Bole Shao Estate.
In order to reduce losses, Shaw began to recruit a large number of new people while recruiting.
Among the new recruits who were launched were Zhang Che, the royal director of the Jiang family at the beginning, and among the newly recruited soldiers was Wang Yu, who later became the leader of the Bamboo Gang.
The two later joined hands to achieve Shaw's "new martial arts era", but in the end they both parted ways with Shaw, and these stories are inseparable from the next accident.
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In 1964, the Kamioka air crash.
At that time, Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers gathered in Taiwan to participate in the "Asian Film Festival", but the plane had an accident on the way. Almost all the executives of the company, including Lu Yuntao, were buried in the accident.
The impact of the air disaster was so great that even the Golden Horse Awards were cancelled that year.
The hong Kong film landscape has changed, from a two-man rivalry to a monopoly.
Also changed by this air crash is Li Hanxiang, who has just left Shaw and rooted in Taiwan.
All the support that Lu Yuntao promised at the beginning is now difficult to fulfill. His life in Taiwan was difficult, which led directly to his return to Shaw a few years later.
Fate is like a circle, and feng shui takes turns.
Just like this air crash indirectly achieved Shaw's temporary glory, but it also planted a time bomb for Shaw in the future, and the time of the explosion was six years later.
In 1967, "One-Armed Knife" directed by Zhang Che and starring Wang Yu became a hit, becoming the first film in Hong Kong history to exceed one million at the box office.
"One-Armed Knife" achieved Zhang Che's position in Shaw's company, won wang Yu' popularity, and also announced that Hong Kong films had entered the "era of new martial arts".
However, although Wang Yu's position was in place in one step, the salary did not move. In this regard, Wang Yu was quite dissatisfied in his heart, but he did not expect that he would later meet Fang Yihua.
Fang Yihua is Shaw's famous iron rooster, a dime a dozen. When she was the purchasing manager, she was known as "Cutting Manager" because whoever reported the purchase order was cut in half without saying a word.
There were not enough funds and props, which made zou Wenhuai, who was the production manager, very difficult to do. He communicated with Run Run Shaw several times, but Shaw praised Him for his work.
Zou Wenhuai naturally understood that this was What Run Run Shaw meant, and when Run Run Run Shaw gave the position of general manager to Zhou Naiwen, he understood that there would be such a day.
The gap between the two is getting bigger and bigger, and it is only a matter of time before they part ways.
In 1970, at Shaw's Double Tenth Party, Zou Wenhuai announced in front of everyone that he would resign from all of Shaw's positions, set up his own portal, and found Jiahe Film Company.
Wang Yu was afraid that the departure would lead to a dispute over liquidated damages, and he also burned Run Shaw's actor contract.
However, these things were drizzle for Run Run Shaw at that time, after all, after experiencing ups and downs, the Shaw brothers were not the small film company of that year.
If someone had told Shaw at that time that from now on Jiahe would have pressed Shaw to beat him, Shaw would have thought he was sick.
But who can guarantee that this won't happen?
And what sounded the war horn was the "time bomb" that Shaw personally planted six years ago.
The Shengang air disaster was a devastating blow to Denmao, and the company was later handed over to Lu Yuntao's brother-in-law Zhu Guoliang.
Zhu Guoliang was unable to bring Dian Mao back to life, but when he heard that Zou Wenhuai was preparing to fight with Shao Shi on his own, he resolutely decided to sell Dian Mao to Zou Wenhuai's Jiahe at a low price.
He even said that the theater and distribution company under the "Cathay Group" is willing to maintain a long-term cooperative relationship with Jiahe.
As for why, it is also very simple, just to give a bad breath to the events of that year.
Zhu Guoliang's big gift from this wave cannot be said to be jiahe's "shotgun for cannon", it is simply "changing the water gun for the laser".
With the production equipment of Denmao and the support of Cathay Pacific, this allows Jiahe to instantly have the hardware strength to compete with Shaw.
However, this alone was not enough, and it was not long before Run Run Shaw also delivered a "big gift" to the door.
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In 1971, Bruce Lee returned to Hong Kong.
Bruce Lee auditioned for Warner's "Kung Fu" in Hollywood and was rejected and had to return to Hong Kong to develop.
As a result, Shaw was not optimistic about Bruce Lee's future, and decisively rejected his request for a salary of $10,000, saying that he could give up to $2,000.
Later, Shaw recalled that his biggest regret in life was to miss Bruce Lee, and if he had signed Bruce Lee, the current Hong Kong film pattern would not be like this.
Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine to take in the world.
After Shaw rejected Bruce Lee, Zou Wenhuai and Ho Guanchang took the initiative to visit Bruce Lee, not only agreeing to his conditions, but also offering to set up their own film company for Bruce Lee, which later became the "independent producer system".
Subsequently, Bruce Lee's "Big Brother Tangshan" and "Jingwumen" spread throughout Southeast Asia, setting off bruce Lee's kung fu era. Bruce Lee conquered the Hong Kong audience with his own kung fu, but there is one person who thinks that Bruce Lee can become popular entirely to his own credit.
This person is the director Rovey.
After Bruce Lee became popular, Luo Wei often called himself "Bruce Lee's mentor", and the two had a very unpleasant quarrel, and even once Bruce Lee warned Luo Wei with a knife.
Since then, Luo Wei did not dare to fight Bruce Lee's mind again, but he was bent on replicating Bruce Lee's success, which laid the groundwork for his future story with Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
The rise of kung fu movies has also made "martial arts instruction" gradually valued.
At the age of 19, Lin Zhengying became Bruce Lee's royal martial artist. Bruce Lee once said that if Lin Zhengying did not show up, his movie would not start. The 22-year-old Hong Jinbao has also served as a martial artist for several films and has set up the Hong family class. The 17-year-old Chen Yuanlou is not yet called Jackie Chan, he is still just a dragon set character who was "beaten" by Bruce Lee.
Later, these martial arts fingers all influenced the development of Hong Kong films to some extent, but it was still a few years before their stories were told.
In 1972, Li Hanxiang, who could not continue in Taiwan, did not know how to persuade Shaw to return to Shaw.
Back at Shaw's, he was preparing to make the movie "The Great Warlord", he insisted on letting a host who had never acted before play the male protagonist, but he did not expect to become a hit, and the host was called Xu Guanwen.
"The Great Warlord" has influenced Zhang Che's status as a director to a certain extent.
However, this year, Zhang Che made a "Eagle King", which was popular with his second-generation disciple Dillon, and there was also a response.
Dillon was deeply influenced by Zhang Che, resulting in later characters being either tough guys or big guys. However, the most deeply influenced by Zhang Che was the little assistant at that time, Wu Yusen.
Later, Zhang Che's tough guy style was carried forward by Wu Yusen, and when various genres of films blossomed, Wu Yusen's "violent aesthetics" were unique.
But it is still a long time before his story, and the most dazzling thing in this era is Bruce Lee's kung fu films.
It was also this year that Zou Wenhuai fulfilled his promise to help Bruce Lee set up his own film company, Concordia Films. The pioneering work of "Concord Film" is Bruce Lee's self-written and self-directed "Raptor Across the River".
After the release of "Raptors Across the River", it caused a sensation in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
How sensational is that?
At that time, when "Raptors Across the River" was released, the police had to send police forces to maintain order, and even where the police force was insufficient, the government forced the theater to close the door to avoid accidents.
The work also attracted the attention of Hollywood Warner, who wanted to enter Hollywood, which Bruce Lee wanted to enter, and now took the initiative to contact Bruce Lee and invite him to make a movie.
So concord films, the second "Game of Death", were suspended and closed halfway through filming, because Bruce Lee flew to Hollywood to work with Warner to shoot "Dragon Fight Tiger Fight".
"Dragon Fight" shocked North America, but what shocked everyone even more was that Bruce Lee died unexpectedly while remaking "Game of Death".
"Game of Death" is a proverb, and both home and abroad feel sorry for Bruce Lee. However, for Bruce Lee's death, the most caught off guard was Zou Wenhuai.
After all, at that time, all the hopes of Zou Wenhuai and Jiahe were pinned on Bruce Lee's body, and now his accidental death has once again left Jiahe in a state of turmoil and no hope.
Who would have thought that the person who once again saved Jiahe from danger was actually Run Run Shaw?
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In 1973, Xu Guanwen joined Jiahe.
Shaw missed Bruce Lee two years ago, and now he misses Hui Guanwen again.
When Xu Guanwen became popular by starring in "The Great Warlord", he did not continue to be an actor, but chose to return to the background to create a script.
A year later, he approached Run Run Shaw with "Ghost Horse Double Star" and asked for box office dividends, but Shaw refused.
Then history repeats itself.
Xu Guanwen, who was rejected, joined Jiahe, and then "Ghost Horse Double Star" became a hit. Then, Jiahe helped Xu Guanwen set up his own "Xu Brothers Film Company", and the two sides began a long-term cooperation.
Only this time, Xu Guanwen did not have any accidents, on the contrary, the Shao brothers were in constant crisis.
This year, Fang Yihua used Li Hanxiang's small trick of balancing Zhang Che to be recognized by Zhang Che, and Zhang Che left Taiwan to establish a "Longbow Movie".
In this regard, some people also say that the reason why Zhang Che left Taiwan was to help the Shaw brothers launder money.
The rumors were true and false, but since then Zhang Che has hardly returned to Hong Kong.
The master was forced to leave, and Wu Yusen also left Shaw and joined Jiahe. However, at that time, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were both optimistic about comedy and were not interested in Wu Yusen's bloody and violent debut film "Passerby".
Hong Jinbao and Chen Yuanlou were influenced by Bruce Lee and continued to insist on the road of "new martial arts", but there is one person who firmly believes in the future of "new martial arts movies" than they both, and he is Luo Wei.
Luo Wei always believed that Bruce Lee was successful because of himself, so he signed Chen Yuanlou and changed his stage name: Jackie Chan , Bruce Lee's dragon.
However, the original copy of "New Jingwumen" directly hit the street, and the "Wind and Rain Double Meteor" that later found Wang Yu to cooperate also failed again. Luo Wei lost a mess, Jackie Chan had no money to earn, and had no choice but to run to his parents in Australia to be a cook.
Fortunately, Chen Ziqiang gave him a chance, which led to the later story.
At that time, the Hui brothers' "Seventy-Two Tenants" and "Half a Pound, Eight Two" continued to refresh The Hong Kong box office record, and Hong Jinbao was also trying to combine action movies and comedy elements.
In 1977, at the age of 28, Hong Jinbao wrote and directed his own film "Three Virtues and Monks And Rice Six" with great success, and Hong Jinbao finally found his own film path - kung fu comedy.
Subsequently, he and Mai Jia and Liu Jiarong, whom he met when filming "Face Ignorance", established "Jiabao Pictures" and successively produced two kung fu comedies "Tiger Field Chicken" and "Fighting Single Knife Death Gun", which were very good at the box office. Later, Huang Baiming and Shi Tian and others also joined "Jiabao", and Jiabao became stronger and stronger.
Hong Kong cinema is booming, but the glory of the Shaw brothers is gone. Run Run Shaw also did not hang himself from a tree, but laid out the television industry early and established TVB.
In 1979, Wang Jing's father Wang Tianlin directed the Gulong TV series "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", which became popular with Zheng Shaoqiu and Wu Mengda.
The two became famous at a young age, and it was inevitable that they would swell. Zheng Shaoqiu later entangled with "fat" Shen Dianxia for a lifetime, and almost lost his reputation (for details, see Wan Xiaodao's past selection of public accounts: "Zheng Shaoqiu Love Debt").
Wu Mengda, on the other hand, almost went astray, but fortunately lost his way.
Wu Mengda did not know that the person who would save himself from the quagmire in the future was Du Qifeng, Wang Tianlin's little assistant, at this time.
It was also this year that a phone call from Chen Ziqiang allowed Jackie Chan to return to Hong Kong from Australia. After his introduction, Jackie Chan met Wu Siyuan and starred in "Snake-shaped Executioner" and "Drunken Fist", which became a hit.
Later, Jiahe's He Guanchang took Jackie Chan and pried Jackie Chan away with a million check.
Jiahe pried away Jackie Chan, and Luo Wei was angry. Because this was not the first time Jiahe had pried someone from his side. The last time Zou Wenhuai snatched away from him was liu lianghua, his wife.
Therefore, Luo Wei always wants to compare himself with Zou Wenhuai, which is also doomed to Luo Wei's death.
Because Jiahe was in the limelight at this time, not only did the million checks dig up Jackie Chan, but also recalled Hong Jinbao from the outside and established the "Baohe Film Company".
At the same time, Hong Jinbao also has his own film company called "Baoxiang", because "Baohe" is smooth, so "Baoxiang" is collected by Hong Jinbao.
However, this sign will appear again in a few years, but this time, "Baoxiang" hollowed out all of Hong Jinbao's wealth.
After the establishment of "Baohe", "Jiabao" naturally disbanded. Mai Jia, Huang Baiming and Shi Tian of "Jiabao" turned around and established "Struggle Pictures" to continue their film dreams.
At this point, they didn't know that they were only one year away from realizing their dreams.
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In 1980, New Art City was established.
The predecessor of New Art City is the "Struggle Pictures" of Mai Jia, Huang Baiming and Shi Tian, and the boss who paid for it is called Lei Juekun, who is a shareholder of "Golden Princess Entertainment".
The Lei family is a large family in Hong Kong, and its "Kowloon Group" involves many industries such as Hong Kong's real estate and transportation industry. Lei Juekun is not only one of the shareholders of the Golden Princess, but also a shareholder of Hong Kong Kowloon Bus.
At that time, no one who could get into Hong Kong's people's livelihood industry had a simple background.
Golden Princess has one-third of Hong Kong's cinema resources, she has the ability to release and release, this time the establishment of new art city, is to produce and sell, in the booming Hong Kong film industry to share a piece of the pie.
In addition to Mai Jia, Huang Baiming, and Shi Tian, he also gathered Four people, Zeng Zhiwei, Xu Ke, Shi Nansheng, and Teddy Robin, to form a super luxurious production team, known as the "Seven Monsters of New Art City".
At the beginning of its establishment, the "Seven Monsters of New Art City" repeatedly achieved good results, with the "Best Partner" series, it dominated the Box Office rankings of Hong Kong movies for many years, and even Xu Ke also recruited Wu Yusen, who has been unsatisfactory, from Jiahe.
In addition, TVB continues to exert efforts.
At that time, Jackie Chan and Hong Jinbao took almost the same path. The two are also from the "Seven Little Blessings", and they are also kung fu comedies, which will naturally be compared.
Jackie Chan's first film to Jiahe, "Master and Disciple Out of the Horse", was a small production, but it exceeded 10 million at the box office. The production cost of Hong Jinbao's "Baohe" first film "Ghost Fighting Ghosts" is higher than that of Jackie Chan, but the box office is only half of "Master and Disciple Out of the Horse".
The master and disciple came out of the horse, and it was indeed extraordinary, which was high and which was low, and it was clear at a glance.
Not only that, don't look at Hong Jinbao's tall and tall, but in his heart there has always been a young man of literature and art. He proposed to Jiahe several times to make literary and artistic films, but Jiahe was worried that he would not be able to recover the production costs and refused.
Several times down, Jiahe's top management not only blatantly favored Jackie Chan in terms of resources, but even some of Baohe's daily operations also intervened, and even the later "Loser Boy", "Scary People", and "Five Lucky Stars of Strange Schemes" were directly issued in the name of Jiahe, and The right when Baohe did not exist.
As a result, Hong Jinbao had the idea of running away for the second time.
At that time, when filming "Strange Tricks and Five Lucky Stars", Hong Jinbao met the producer Cen Jianxun. The two were like-minded, so they decided to set up "Debao Film".
In "Debao" Hong Jinbao can finally decide for himself, the first movie "Waiting for the Dawn" is a standard literary film.
"Waiting for dawn" not only did not pounce on the street, but also had a double harvest at the box office, and Zhou Runfa won the two film emperor awards of "Golden Horse" and "Asia Pacific" with this film.
"Debao" made its own signature with this film, and Hong Jinbao also realized his dream of literary and artistic films. A year later, Hong Kong retail giant Pan Disheng invested in the acquisition of Debao and became Debao's largest shareholder.
At the same time, Huang Baiming of New Art City wrote the "Happy Ghost" series, allowing New Art City to continue to march forward; Jackie Chan set up a family class and set up his own film company with the support of Jiahe, Weihe Film; Lin Zhengying starred in "Mr. Zombie", setting off a "zombie film" boom; Wang Jing joined Yongsheng Film Company at the invitation of Xiang Huaqiang and opened a new life.
None of this is more surprising than another piece of news.
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In 1985, Shaw quit the Hong Kong film industry.
After Shaw missed Bruce Lee, he missed Hui Guanwen, and since then, although there have been directors like Chu Yuan, no one has the strength to dominate Hong Kong films.
Whether it is the classic gulong martial arts drama "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" in the early years, or the "Shanghai Beach" that later became popular in Southeast Asia, and then to the 83rd edition of "Eagle Hero" and "Legend of the Eagle Shooter" that are still the most classics to this day, they are all applauded, and the status of Jade Tv in the television industry is no worse than that of Shaw in the film industry.
By the way, although the director of the 83rd edition of "Divine Eagle Hero" is Du Qifeng, the real person sitting is Actually Wang Jing's father Wang Tianlin. Wang Tianlin is known as the "first producer of TVB", and many classic dramas such as "The Legend of the Eagle Shooter" are from his hands.
Later, the reason why Wang Jing was able to eat so well in the Hong Kong circle had a lot to do with having a good father.
Back to Run Run Shaw, on the one hand is the booming TVB, on the other hand is the "Shaw Brothers" in the sunset West Mountain, so Shaw decided to cut off his arm and wrists and completely abandon the "Shaw Brothers".
The Shaw Brothers' studios and theater lines were sold to Debao Films' Pan DiSheng, and Debao Films became one of the big three Hong Kong films.
Debao, Golden Princess and Jiahe control 90% of Hong Kong's cinema lines, each owns a film company, in order to compete for more box office, can only continue to throw money into the film circle.
The film circle has sufficient funds, and the theater line also has great demand, just in response to Lei Jun's words: "Standing at the outlet, pigs can fly to the sky." ”
So all the people and horses changed careers and began to make movies, and Hong Kong films officially entered a brilliant period.
At that time, even the underworld knew that it was better to collect protection fees than to make movies (for details, see Wan Xiaodao's public account past selection: "Hong Kong Movies: The Days Of Being Infected by the Underworld"), and naturally there were people who did some "not talk about martial arts" things because of money, such as Hong Jinbao and Mai Jia.
At that time, the "best series" of new art city had unlimited scenery, and there was a fire, and in response, Hong Jinbao made a "five-lucky star series" and barely played a draw.
It is reasonable to say that at that time, the two companies came and went, and the situation was like water and fire, and there should not be any intersection. However, in 1986, Debao's Hong Jinbao and New Art City's Mai Jia came to a "strong alliance", integrating the signs of the two companies and making a "Best Lucky Star".
The combination of strong and powerful natural box office is not bad, but Mai Jia's solo action this time has caused dissatisfaction among several other people in the Seven Monsters of New Art City. Because although the Seven Monsters of New Art City are the same founder team, Mai Jia's shares are much more than those of several other people. Originally doing the same job, Mai Jia divided a lot, everyone complained, this time Mai Jia also went out to eat alone, resulting in the new art city seven monsters on the verge of disintegration.
Xu Ke took the lead in leaving, and set up the "Xu Ke Studio" with the support of New Art City, and abducted Wu Yusen by the way.
Ghost talent director Xu Ke met Wu Yusen, who did not want to go with the flow, which led to the "Hero's True Colors" series, and later the "aesthetics of violence".
However, the biggest beneficiary is not the two directors, but the "box office poison" Zhou Runfa, who has been winning awards but not getting the box office (for details, see Wan Xiaodao's past selection of public accounts: "Zhou Runfa's "Wind And Currents Change").
Xiang Huaqiang also dug up Andy Lau, who had been hidden by TVB for 400 days and was almost desperate, as a top beam and pillar.
Hong Kong cinema has officially entered the era of superstars.
In 1987, Deng Guangrong, who had a background in Liangong Music, established the "Shadow Master Company" and recruited Liu Zhenwei and Wong Kar-wai to make two comedy films, "Fierce Ghost Mission" and "Fierce Ghost Academy". The box office sold well, but Liu Zhenwei insisted on leaving, so Deng Guangrong could only pin all his hopes on Wong Kar-wai.
"New Yi'an" Prince Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng set up "Yongsheng Film", and recruited Wang Jing, the son of Wang Tianlin, the "first producer of TVB", as the first director.
Andy Lau's debut work "Magic Jade" has a box office of more than 10 million, which is remarkable, but this obviously cannot satisfy the appetite of the Xiang brothers.
So to Hua Qiang to find a way to invite "box office guarantee" Zhou Runfa, and just with the "rogue tycoon" popular "TVB traffic as" Wan Ziliang, the two big coffee at the same time to Andy Lau to play, a series of "Jianghu Love" and "Jianghu Love 2 Heroes and Good Men" two movies.
There are big coffee belts, the box office is naturally fast, and the two films have won a total of 35 million box office. Such box office results, in addition to the real fire of Hong Kong films, I don't know how much the legendary "100,000 protégés" of New Ngee Ann contributed.
But at that time, the most beautiful thing was Jackie Chan's "Weihe Movie".
In 1988, Weihe's three films produced "Rouge Buckle", "Police Story Sequel" and "Overlord Flower" not only sold well at the box office, but also won numerous awards, so that Weihe's development momentum reached its peak.
This year, 26-year-old Zhou Xingchi met Li Xiuxian in a nightclub, filmed a "Thunderbolt Pioneer", won the "Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor", and finally ended his long dragon set career (for details, see Wan Xiaodao's public account past selection: "The Mermaid Chou Xingchi Caught").
In the United States, Luo Wei met his "Bruce Lee successor", 25-year-old Jet Li.
As early as 8 years ago, Jet Li was popular all over the country with "Shaolin Temple", and when the ticket price was only 1 cent, he won the box office myth of 161 million yuan.
Unfortunately, he later went to Hong Kong alone, and successively filmed "Shaolin Kid" and "North and South Shaolin" were not satisfactory. In desperation, he could only return to the mainland, and went to the United States as a scholar to shoot a documentary "Shaolin Sea Lantern Master".
Ke Luo wei saw bruce Lee's figure in him, so he flicked him back to Hong Kong, and starred in an action movie "Dragon at the End of the World" with Zhou Xingchi, who had not yet formed a "nonsense" style, but the response was mediocre...
Andy Lau also went through various tests, and finally starred in "Hardcover Girl 2" and became the male protagonist of Yongsheng.
Obviously, Wang Jing had this luck.
This year, Hong Jinbao took a large amount of Jiahe's funds to shoot the action movie "Oriental Condor" across borders, and as a result, the box office hit the street, and even the cost was confiscated.
Jiahe finally lost patience with Hong Jinbao and completely gave up on continuing to throw money at him. At the same time, Hong Jinbao's "Debao Movie" is also embattled.
Jackie Chan gradually established his own action comedy IP with "Plan A" and "Police Story". "Box office guarantee" Zhou Runfa shoots what is hot, "Ah Lang's Story", "Long and Short Foot Love" and other films occupy the box office highland of literary and art films. Zhang Guorong became a rookie in the film industry with "Fire Youth" and "Rouge Buckle". Lin Zhengying's "zombie film" and Wu Yusen's gunfight film full of "violent aesthetics" are not highly produced, but as long as they are filmed, they have a box office.
At that time, Hong Jinbao's Debao wanted to get a high box office, in addition to high quality, it did need more luck.
After Zhou Runfa's fire, he became a "humanoid printing machine", as long as anyone can get his film contract, he can make a big profit. His film contract was signed in new art city, which is difficult for ordinary people to get, but the xiang brothers of the new Yi'an prince are naturally not ordinary people.
In 1989, Zhou Runfa and Yongsheng cooperated in the filming of "God of Gamblers", when Xiang Huaqiang's original intention was to promote his gambling ship business on the high seas, but unexpectedly opened the "gambling film era" and "Yongsheng Dynasty" of Hong Kong films.
This year, Wu Yusen and many division brothers made a film "Righteous Courage", paying tribute to his master Zhang Che, and then left Xu Ke Studio, and zhang Jiazhen, the former distribution director of Debao Film, set up a "new mileage film" and began to impact Hollywood.
Du Qifeng officially graduated with "The Story of Ah Lang". In order to thank his master Wang Tianlin for his teaching, he made a movie to pay tribute to his master, and at the same time paid all the remuneration and income to Wang Tianlin.
Later, Xiang Tai took the initiative to throw an olive branch to solve the trouble for Jet Li, and the two families have also made friends since then.
However, Wu Mengda's highlight moment has not yet arrived, and his golden age is still missing a person, Zhou Xingchi.
Stephen Chow's universal pictures in Li Xiuxian are not happy, because no matter how much the box office is and how much the outside film is paid, he will always only have 700,000 in his own hands. It wasn't until he met Liu Zhenwei and cooperated in the filming of a "Gambling Saint" that his fate quietly changed.
"Gamble Saint" is the first film in Hong Kong history to exceed 40 million at the box office, and the most important thing is that Stephen Chow was finally discovered by the Xiang brothers of Yongsheng Film.
The Xiang brothers drank a cup of tea and dug up the cash cow from Li Xiuxian's hands, and Xiang Huaqiang was proud of himself, once believing that the future of Hong Kong films belonged to Yongsheng.
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In 1991, 29-year-old Stephen Chow joined Yongsheng.
No matter how much Wang Jing hated Zhou Xingchi later, there is no doubt that the two had a wonderful chemical reaction at the beginning of their cooperation together and became a better "printing machine" than Zhou Runfa.
Stephen Chow made 6 movies this year, all of which were sold well, of which "Truant Veyron" became the annual box office champion.
Zhou Xingchi's emergence has made everyone else bleak, but there are different reasons behind it.
Although Zhou Runfa and Zhang Guorong, Zhong Chuhong's "Across the Sea" and "Hot Hand Detective" are still good at the box office, at this time, Zhou Runfa only has one or two movies a year. Compared with the dozen or so movies a year, Zhou Runfa also has a bitterness to say.
Since Hong Jinbao and Mai Jia's cooperation in "Best Lucky Star" led to the disintegration of the Seven Monsters of New Art City, New Art City has long since lost its former glory. Later, the two partners of the Golden Princess, Chen Rongmei and Feng Bingzhong, set up the "New Treasure Cinema Line" on their own, resulting in the Golden Princess's power being much worse than before.
It is not only Chow Yun-fat who is unlucky, but also Andy Lau.
Andy Lau even if he tried hard in Yongsheng, he was still inferior to Zhou Xingchi. So he saved a little family foundation and decided to leave Yongsheng and go it alone.
This year, he set up his own film company "Sky Curtain Productions", and as a result, he made one film and lost one.
Is it the film that is not made? I've seen it all said yes. Is Andy Lau unpopular? Are the Four Heavenly Kings white?
In the final analysis, Andy Lau thought too simply.
When Xiang Shi took out so many resources to cultivate Andy Lau as a pillar of strength, if he wanted to leave, did prince Ngee Ann not want face?
Therefore, although the films of "Sky Curtain Productions" are all well made, they are doomed to failure from the beginning.
Later, Andy Lau, who owed 40 million yuan in debt, was blocked at home by the creditor and did not dare to come out, or xiangtai rescued him, only to escape the disaster. As a result, Andy Lau became Yongsheng's money-making machine again.
This means, Wan Xiaodao couldn't help but applaud when he saw it.
Also indissoluble with Xiang Jia is the original kung fu boy, Jet Li.
At the beginning, Jet Li's "Dragon in the End" was not ideal at the box office, but his outstanding performance in the film was eye-catching, and many people were eyeing this kung fu boy, including Luo Wei's son Luo David.
Under the guise of his father, Luo David was close to Jet Li, and as a result, he signed him to Jiahe, where his mother Liu Lianghua was, and luo Wei was so angry that he scolded.
Jet Li did not know the depth of the water in Hong Kong, thought that this was all a family, and signed a contract with Jiahe for four films for two years.
Later, because of the contract problem, Jet Li and Jiahe were banned, but fortunately, Cai Ziming, a ruthless person in the jianghu, came forward as a guarantee, and Jiahe gave up.
As a result, Cai Ziming was shot in the street by the killer sent by the "mad dog" Chen Zhiming the next day, and Jet Li realized how deep the water of Hong Kong movies was (for details, see Wan Xiaodao's public account past selection: "The Fate of Jet Li Crosses").
However, Jet Li did not hang himself from a tree in Xiangjia, and he later set up his own film company "Zhengdong Film" with the support of Taiwanese tycoon Yang Dengkui.
Also founding the film company this year was Wong Kar Wai.
At the beginning, Deng Guangrong pinned all his hopes on Wong Kar-wai, and as a result, Wong Kar-wai's "A Fei Zheng Biography" used up Deng Guangrong's 40 million investment, directly bankrupting Deng Guangrong. Fortunately, "The Legend of Ah Fei" has won numerous awards, and it has excavated Liang Chaowei, the "Eye Shadow Emperor", so that Deng Guangrong can also be regarded as having a light on his face.
At about the same time, 24-year-old Ye Yuqing took a cover photo of a weekly magazine that revealed two points, which caused a sensation. Then, in one go, he filmed three "three-level films" such as "Can't Help But Love", "I Am Crazy for Qing", and "Qing ben Beauty", which once again caused a sensation.
Wang Jing found that Ye Yuqing, who had filmed the "Naked Trilogy", not only had not been criticized, but had successfully transformed into an idol singer and film "amphibious actress", so she persuaded Qiu Shuzhen to also shoot several "three-level film masterpieces" such as "Naked Lamb".
Suddenly, "tertiary films" also became an alternative film genre, and later appeared many films such as "The Secret Treasure book of jade futons", "Ten Tortures of the Manchu Qing Dynasty", "When the Peach is Ripe", etc., and finally fell silent after crazy gold collection.
On the other hand, Xiang Taichen Lan used his super interpersonal ability to spread good fortune in the circle and pave the way for Yongsheng. This is because Xiang and his wife found their "cash cow" Zhou Xingchi, and they were also a little unsure.
In 1992, the top five hong Kong films in the annual box office list were all films starring Stephen Chow, so this year is also known as "Chow Sing Chi Year".
However, the contradiction between Stephen Chow and Xiang's family is getting bigger and bigger, and after his application for Immigration to Canada was rejected, he began to contact mainland studios.
In addition to the contradiction with XiangJia, Zhou Xingchi's desire to leave Hong Kong is also related to the decline of Hong Kong films.
After filming "Wild Fairy Tale", New Art City chose to stop production and close. The new art city has also led to a wave of film companies.
This year, Jiahe completely stopped "Baohe". "Debao" also chose to close production after filming "Black Cat 2: Assassination of Yeltsin" due to financial pressure.
But Hong Jinbao did not believe in evil, and he picked up the signboard of "Baoxiang" again and invested in making movies himself. Unfortunately, Baoxiang's "Dragon Drama Phoenix", "Ghost Bites Ghost", "Fat Powder Double Male" and many other films have not done well at the box office, and after emptying Hong Jinbao's money bag, he also chose to close the business and stop production.
Hong Jinbao went from being the boss of two major film companies to a poor egg with nothing, and had to return to the old business of Wu Zhi.
Just when many film companies are withering, Wu Yusen and Zhang Jiazhen have killed a bloody road in Hollywood, allowing many Hong Kong stars to see new hope.
In 1993, under the operation of Zhang Jiazhen, Wu Yusen successfully broke into Hollywood with "The Ultimate Target". The following year, the two cooperated to establish a Hollywood production company "WCG", which successively produced many Hollywood blockbusters such as "Broken Arrow", "Face Changing", "Stunt Killer" and so on.
In this year, Zhou Xingchi's contract with Yongsheng expired, and he set up a "Color Star Movie" on his own portal, once again pulling in his former friend Liu Zhenwei to cooperate in the filming of "Journey to the West". Unfortunately, the audience could not understand this classic at that time, resulting in box office hits the street, and Zhou Xingchi's "color star" also closed its doors.
The entrepreneurship failed, and Zhou Xingchi had to continue to cooperate with Yongsheng to make money to pay off debts. During this period, he again applied for immigration to Canada, but was still rejected by the authorities on the grounds of black-related crime.
At that time, Zhong Liti, a Canadian otaku goddess, told Zhou Xingchi that if Zhou Xingchi was willing to marry her, then he could directly get a Canadian passport. Unfortunately, Zhou Xingchi did not want to eat soft rice and resolutely refused (for details, see the past selection of Wan Xiaodao's public account: "The Wild Years of "Sexy Goddess" Zhong Liti").
Ordinary people may choose such shortcuts, but Zhou Xingchi is certainly not an ordinary person.
With the failure of this plan to leave Canada, Zhou Xingchi also began to move to the mainland battlefield.
He is not alone in abandoning the Hong Kong film market.
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In 1995, the stars fled Hong Kong.
This year, after filming her last film, "Peace Hotel", Princess Jin completely abandoned film production and cinema business, which was also Chow Yun-fat's last film in Hong Kong that year. Because without the big backer of the Golden Princess, Zhou Runfa's life was not good.
At that time, many underworld people wanted to find Zhou Runfa to shoot a scene, cutting the last wave of leeks, but Zhou Runfa categorically refused. The next day, Zhou Runfa was in his yard and found a bloody cat's head!
So, Zhou Runfa dialed the phone of his agent Zhang Jiazhen and prepared to sprint hollywood, but his Hollywood road was far less smooth than Jackie Chan.
Jackie Chan successfully broke into the North American market with "Red Fan District" and won more than $30 million at the box office in North America, successfully entering the Hollywood market. Unlike Chow Yun-fat's forced helplessness, Jackie Chan still had the strong support of Jiahe behind him when he entered Hollywood.
At the same time, Jackie Chan's "Red Fan District" also successfully brought the concept of "New Year films" to the fire. Later, he was secretly studied by Han Sanping, director of the North Film Factory in the mainland, and achieved Feng Xiaogang's generation of "Fanghua".
Compared with Jackie Chan's smooth sailing, Jet Li's entry into the Hollywood market is not so smooth.
With his mysterious background in the mainland, coupled with the introduction of the famous martial arts finger Yuan Heping, he got a supporting role in the Hollywood movie "Deadly Weapon 4", a gangster boss who knows kung fu. In the end, the film won $130 million at the North American box office, and Jet Li's acting skills and kung fu were also recognized by Hollywood.
Subsequently, he starred in the Hollywood movie "Deadly Romeo", which earned more than $90 million at the box office, which is also a pass. Subsequently, Jet Li gradually gained a foothold in Hollywood.
Although Jet Li is not as steady as Jackie Chan, his luck is much better than That of Zhou Runfa.
Chow Yun-fat's hollywood path has been full of twists and turns. It took three years just to prepare for the first Hollywood role, and Chow Yun-fat also reduced his salary, and at that time, the salary in Hollywood was only equal to that of the fourth and fifth-line small actors.
But even so, Chow Yun-fat's first Hollywood movie "StuntMan" still hit the street at the box office, and even the investment costs were confiscated. Later, Zhou Runfa's "The Edge of The Re-Battle" and "Anna and the King" either hit the street at the box office or did not make any money, until Zhou Runfa played Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which was a big increase in value. Later, when he starred in "Bulletproof Warrior Monk", the film was paid as much as $13 million.
However, some people choose to flee Hong Kong and storm Hollywood, and some people choose to stay at home and protect the last bit of glory of Hong Kong films.
In 1995, Du Qifeng broke the traditional black and white routine of police films in previous Hong Kong films, and added a lot of human entanglement to it, forming his own style. The later "Gunfire" is a breakthrough in Du Qifeng's directorial style, and it also symbolizes the maturity of Du's style.
After the absence of Zhou Xingchi, the Yongsheng film of the Xiang brothers also gradually fell lonely, and after Xiang Huasheng withdrew from Yongsheng, the Xiang couple put all their energy on the "Chinese star" listed on the backdoor listing, turning to investment and film distribution.
But there is always one person who has never given up on Hong Kong films, that is, Wang Jing, the later "king of bad films".
In 1996, Wang Jing, Wen Jun and Liu Weiqiang established the "Best Partner Film Company" to shoot a generation of memories of the "Ancient Puzzle Boy Series".
The "Ancient Puzzle Boy Series" is a standard small-cost production, and even a movie can be realized from shooting to theatrical release in less than half a month. The reason for this is that not many people were willing to invest in Hong Kong films at that time.
The "Best Partner" later made a film "Decisive Battle for the Top of the Forbidden Purple", which became the last memory of the three, and since then, the three have also gone their own camps and wandered on the edge of Hong Kong films.
The decline of Hong Kong films has not even been spared by Jiahe.
In 1998, Jiahe was taken back by the government due to the expiration of the Busan-do set. Later, the government took out a piece of land as compensation, and as a result, the Shaw brothers came out of the air and joined forces with five other companies to besiege Jiahe to avenge the year.
He Guanchang, one of the founders of Jiahe, has just died, and Zou Wenhuai has no intention of fighting again. So jiahe shares were sold to Orange Sky Entertainment at a low price, officially ending the legend of Jiahe for half a century.
I think that back then, Shao's "Tianyi Company" was twice "besieged by six in one" in Shanghai, and now he uses the same way to deal with Jiahe, just like history has drawn a circle and walked back here.
And the lonely Hong Kong film has also knocked on the door of the millennium.
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2000, the beginning of the millennium.
After the dissolution of the "Best Partner", Wang Jing began to travel between the mainland and Hong Kong. He wants to do his best to bring the resources of the mainland back to Hong Kong to feed more Hong Kong filmmakers.
However, the departure of Hong Kong filmmakers from the mainland has become a trend, and Wang Jing is weak and powerless to return to heaven.
Liu Weiqiang chose to stick to Hong Kong and set up a "basic picture" to wait for the opportunity.
And they did wait for an opportunity, a last chance.
Hong Kong wealthy businessman Lin Jianyue also believes that Hong Kong films can be revived, so he invested heavily in "Huanya" to become the largest shareholder.
Lin Jianyue was looking for an excellent script until Liu Weiqiang put "Infernal Affairs" in front of him.
The investment in "Infernal Affairs" exceeded 30 million Hong Kong dollars, although it now seems that this figure is not enough for a "small fresh meat" film remuneration, but for Hong Kong at that time, it was a sky-high price.
After its release, "Infernal Affairs" grossed 55 million, and even the sequel that was subsequently launched was good at the box office.
Hong Kong filmmakers thought that Hong Kong films had returned to their peak, and then a large wave of Hong Kong films came out. But there is no box office that can be as good as "Infernal Affairs"...
The star-studded "Infernal Affairs" has finally become the last glory of Hong Kong films.
Since then, the Hong Kong films in our impression seem to be Wang Jing's bottomless spoof of "Macau Storm", as well as "Macau Storm 2" and "Macau Storm 3"...
Although there are occasional conscience Hong Kong films like "Chasing the Dragon", "Sister Peach", and "Eavesdropping" that give us a little windfall, everyone knows:
The era of Hong Kong films will not come back.
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