Preach in words. - Don Tears
Again.
The Four Kings are not a combination, nor is it the result of hype, packaging and bundling in the Hong Kong music scene.
Instead, they are four singers who have jumped to the top of the Hong Kong music scene with irrefutable strength.
Many people don't even know the trajectory of each of them, so they blindly comment on it, or only listen to a few songs in the early days and dare to evaluate the singing ability.
In fact, everything can be summarized in one sentence, without investigation, there is no right to speak.
Many people who open their mouths and sing with their mouths shut, you ask him what singing is, it is estimated that he has to open his mouth and stutter.
These people can be completely ignored.
Today we talk about another topic.
Some people say that the four heavenly kings are the kings of the song world, and the film world cannot be ranked at all.
Does it make sense? reasonable.
Because in the beginning, the concept of the four kings was really only aimed at the music scene. They are singers who can sell more than four platinums after Xu Guanjie, Tan Yonglin and Zhang Guorong, but unlike the gradual emergence of previous singers, they are collectively jumping, and at the same time, everyone can come up with records with more than four platinum sales, so they are named the four kings.
Jacky Cheung's first album "Smile", Aaron Kwok's Mandarin album is not to say, three consecutive asian over one million, the first collection of "Please Bring My Emotions Home" and the first Cantonese album "Can't Dance , Love Can't Finish , Sing Can't Finish", Dawn "Is Love is The Edge", Andy Lau's "True My Style", the record sales data are able to withstand the examination, all of which are more than four platinum.
But on the other hand, among the four, Andy Lau entered the big screen as early as 1981, filmed "Caiyun Qu", Aaron Kwok made his first film "Flying Over the Dangerous Wall" before becoming popular, jacky Cheung took over the film "Thunderbolt Horn" the year after the release of his debut album, because of the sharp rise in the status of the song world, he was greatly increased, but unfortunately, the addition of the drama did not increase the price, the film only took 40,000 yuan, and Dawn also began to run the dragon set in the movie before becoming a singer.
So they were both song and shadow from the beginning.
If we talk about the status of the film industry, we need to observe it from the aspects of box office, curry position and works.
Box office is actually a dynamic process.
It is not only the embodiment of the actor's appeal, but also related to the subject matter and the main creative team.
Including the double weekly, it is also inseparable from the advantages of the genre of the subject matter.
The nineties were a heyday of bi-weekly success, with the top ten box office charts in the decade, and they took 44 times and 9 of the ten annual crowns.
If you take participation as the standard, the four kings have a total of 21 box office top ten, of which Andy Lau is the absolute main force, single-handedly won the top ten 14 times, Jacky Cheung and Li Ming both won 3 times, Aaron Kwok's "The World dominated the world" won a year championship, and then Zheng Yijian's 8 times and Jet Li's 6 top ten times.
Therefore, the box office situation in the 1990s, Double Monday cheng is the absolute dominance, and then in terms of singles, Andy Lau, Zheng Yijian and Jet Li are the strongest, Jacky Cheung three times belong to the supporting role, Dawn a cameo, Aaron Kwok's "The Mighty World" is the first major play that Jiahe Pictures started filming after signing him, he also lived up to expectations, and won the double Monday in one fell swoop.
In the 2000s, Zhou Xingchi shot three times and won three annual championships.
The four kings have won a total of 26 box office top ten or three annual crowns. Andy Lau remains an absolute mainstay, single-handedly winning the top ten and three annual titles at the box office 19 times, Aaron Kwok three times, and Li Ming and Jacky Cheung twice in the top ten. Liang Chaowei rose, winning three annual championships and 11 top ten, Zheng Yijian was in the top ten three times, Gu Tianle quickly rose to the top with comedy, and if he did not count the main match, he was on the list a total of 15 times.
Then in the 1910s, the box office competition shifted to the mainland market.
The four kings have a total of 18 box office top ten or two annual crowns. Aaron Kwok rose, single seven box office top ten and two times a year crown, a record-breaking, Andy Lau eight times, Jacky Cheung three times top ten, Dawn disappeared on the list.
Zhen Zidan won the annual championship twice, in addition, the person who entered the top ten list the most was Gu Tianle, not counting the main match a total of 22 times, Liang Chaowei once entered the top ten, and Zheng Yijian disappeared.
After decades of sand and sand, the two kings have firmly occupied the position of the most appealing movie stars in the Hong Kong film industry, followed by Zhen Zidan, Leung Chaowei and Gu Tianle, and the others have either disappeared or occupied the supporting role.
According to the calculation of the starring roles in the mainland, three of Chow Yun Fat, three of Andy Lau, three of Aaron Kwok, three of Donnie Yen, one of Leung Chao-wai and one of Gu Tianle, and the big-budget Hong Kong films are rotated among five people other than Chow Yun-fat, which is the result of the box office dispute.
Is this called not ranking?
Curry and awards issues.
Bi-Zhou Cheng, and Jet Li, these few can not be discussed in a conventional way, not mentioned.
Except for Jacky Cheung, the four heavenly kings are mostly protagonists, and after removing several big guys, it is difficult for others to suppress the four people in the coffee position.
For example, the repeatedly mentioned Zheng Yijian, he is bigger than Gu Tianle and a number of Mesozoic, but no matter which Heavenly King he encounters, he must retreat behind, Liang Chaowei and the four major Pingfan, Zhen Zidan's action type does not participate in the discussion, and Gu Tianle is even more secondary.
So the coffee position problem is simple and clear.
Looking at the awards, the Chinese three golds are taken as the statistical object.
The achievements of the four heavenly kings in the awards are, Aaron Kwok's Lianzhuang Golden Horse Film Emperor and a Golden Statue Film Emperor, Andy Lau's three Golden Horse Film Emperors, two Golden Horse Film Emperors and one Golden Statue Male Supporting Award, Dawn one Golden Horse Film Emperor and Jacky Cheung's Golden Horse and Golden Statue Male Supporting Awards.
Hong Kong film actors, Leung Chao-wai's eight film emperors ranked first, then five film emperors Leung Ka Fai, Andy Lau and Chow Yun Fat, and then the three film emperors Aaron Kwok, Liu Qingyun and Zhang Jiahui, Jackie Chan four people juxtaposed, the problem artists do not mention.
Is this grade weak?
Therefore, in terms of comprehensive coffee positions and awards, instead of being weak, the three film emperors and above the level of kings account for a quarter.
Of the seven films that have swept the Golden Statue in the past decade, three Aaron Kwok and one each from Andy Lau and Li Ming, this accounts for five.
Who doesn't make it?
Finally, let's talk about the remuneration situation.
Old newspaper information shows that in 1993, Andy Lau ranked fifth in the eight million, Aaron Kwok ranked tenth 100 to 1.5 million, Li Ming and Jacky Cheung ranked thirteenth and fourteenth, both 500 million to 1 million, and Liang Chaowei was only 50 to 1.5 million at that time.
Of course, the remuneration is not set in stone.
Aaron Kwok's salary soared sharply when he signed a contract with Jiahe in 1996, and then took over the filming of "The Majesty of the Wind and Clouds".
In the words of Weng Ziguang, Aaron Kwok's salary has always been the most expensive level among Hong Kong actors.
However, the remuneration disclosed by the above-mentioned media is actually not particularly accurate.
For films of different genres and investment scales, the remuneration will definitely fluctuate. For example, In 2005, When Andy Lau did the "Asian New Star Director" plan, he disclosed that the three dramas were paid 12.5 million yuan, that is, an average of about 4 million yuan per movie, while Aaron Kwok reported that when he took over the filming of "Wind and Cloud 2" in 2009, the media reported that his salary was 6 million yuan and Zheng Yijian was 3 million.
In 2015, Aaron Kwok took over three plays, "Blood in Search of Plums", "Taoist Descending the Mountain" and "Journey to the West: Sun Wukong Three Dozen White Bone Essences", and the media reported that his income was 45 million, and it can also be speculated that his single large-scale commercial film was paid more than 20 million.
As with the most recent report, the salaries of Andy Lau and Aaron Kwok are both 25 million yuan.
This film can not be ranked on the number?
So back to the topic.
What is the status of the four kings in the film industry?
Three words, very strong.
Andy Lau was a mainstay from the beginning, followed by Aaron Kwok, who is now on a par with each other.
In terms of trends, the status will be higher in the future.