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In 1990, "Smiling Proud of the River" was released, and the box office in Hong Kong was more than 19 million, which is not a bad result.
However, due to the serious overrun of shooting costs, the film did not make money, and also caused Xu Ke and Hu Jinquan to fall out.
The reason why he overspended was because Hu Jinquan was dissatisfied with Xu Ke's repeated revision of the script and angrily quit the crew.
Xu Ke almost pushed the part of Hu Jinquan's shooting down and reshooted it.
Although the film made the investor lose money, the film's reputation was very good, and the investor decided to prepare for the sequel to "Smiling Proud of the River".
The sequel no longer uses Hu Jinquan, but is instead responsible for the "golden partners" Xu Ke and Cheng Xiaodong.
The novel "Smiling Proud of the River" has many characters, and a movie cannot be all-encompassing.
Whose story the sequel should focus on once bothered Tsui Ke.
Thinking about it, Xu Ke thought of a big villain in the novel:
The East is undefeated.
Xu Ke felt that just by listening to the name, he knew that this role was not simple and worth portraying in a movie.
In fact, there are not many depictions of the undefeated east in the original book, but Xu Ke wants to start a sequel around her.
Ordinary good and evil antagonism, Xu Ke felt that there was no dramatic tension.
This time, he wants to subvert tradition.
He wants a romantic relationship between Dongfang Undefeated and Ling Fox Chong.
This idea, at the time, was absolutely new and unprecedented.
After the direction of the script was fixed, Xu Ke began to think, who to choose to play Dongfang Undefeated?
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Before Xu Ke's version of "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", Dongfang Undefeated was played by male actors.
It is to highlight his gender-blurred horror image and highlight his perverted temperament.
At the beginning, Xu Ke also wanted to find male actors to play the Oriental undefeated.
But the actor can't live up to the image of the Oriental undefeated that he wants.
Most Xu Ke finally decided to let the actress play, and it must be a stunning beauty.
This decision may not seem so shocking to the current eye, but it was enough to cause an uproar in the industry at the time.
The shock is equivalent to Disney's choice of black people to play Snow White.
As Xu Ke's friend, Jin Yong, the author of the original novel, also came out to persuade Xu Ke to give up this idea.
Xu Ke not only did not listen to the advice, but also decided to choose Lin Qingxia to play dongfang undefeated.
Huang Xia heard the news and rushed to ask Xu Ke: What do you think, looking for a big beautiful woman to evolve sex people?
Even if Xu Ke has a heart, does Lin Qingxia have any intentions?
After all, to play such a controversial role, as an actress, there are still some concerns.
But Lin Qingxia agreed to star without even thinking about it after receiving the invitation.
Because she believes in Xu Ke's ability, she also believes that he can make a different "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu".
Lin Qingxia and Xu Ke's first collaboration can be traced back to 1983's "New Shushan Swordsman".
In the film, she played the lord of Yaochi Xianbao Castle, and the fairy shape similar to the Dunhuang mural stunned the audience.
Since then, she has begun to cooperate with Xu Ke for many years.
In the movie "Dao Ma Dan", Lin Qingxia also tried to challenge men's appearance.
She and Xu Ke have already formed a very good tacit understanding.
Lin Qingxia once had a red-clad look in "New Shushan Swordsman", which impressed Xu Ke and promised to find her to play another role in the future.
After 8 years, the East was undefeated.
From this point of view, Lin Qingxia starred in the East undefeated seems to be a natural thing.
Lin Qingxia agreed to star, but how to act she did not know.
Lin Qingxia thought about either reading the original work first, Xu Ke said no, after reading it, you have preconceived notions.
Xu Ke does not want an oriental undefeated that restores the image of the novel.
Lin Qingxia has always been unable to figure out how to play the image of a man.
Xu Ke asked her to remember a sentence: a man's neck should be hard.
Lin Qingxia pondered carefully and finally understood.
Filming this drama also made Lin Qingxia suffer a lot.
There was a scene where she needed to rush down from five stories high.
The process of putting on Wei ya's clothes was very awkward, and Lin Qingxia needed to spread her legs, and four or five big men tied Wei Ya between her legs.
Lin Qingxia was hung up and down by Wei Ya, and every time she was worried, afraid that the rope would break, which was very dangerous.
In this shot, the hair completely covers Lin Qingxia's face in the main film, in fact, the audience can't see her appearance.
The scene where the Undefeated East meets Ling Fox Chong and appears in the water is a classic among classics.
We didn't know that it was taken when Lin Qingxia was in the worst condition.
Because just the night before, she played mahjong overnight.
Before filming this scene, Lin Qingxia told herself to go to bed early and get up early, and cultivate her spirit to shoot a good scene.
Before he could sleep, Yang Fan asked Lin Qingxia to play mahjong.
Lin Qingxia refused.
Yang Fan said: Three lack one, there is a dragon.
Lin Qingxia is a fan of ZunLong, and when she heard that there was an idol, she had already forgotten about tomorrow's filming.
The next morning, the end of the game went straight to the set.
After two glasses of wine, he began to shoot, and the result was a famous scene in film history that was enjoyed by fans.
Lin Qingxia's costume Oriental Undefeated set of femininity, heroism, and domineering in one body is really a person who has never come after the ancients.
Completely overshadowed by the other two beauties in the film, Guan Zhilin Li Jiaxin.
I really admire Xu Ke's bold imagination and clever use of people.
Because the first "Smiling Pride" did not make money, the cost budget of the second part was not high, only 20 million.
Xu Guanjie of the first part could not afford to be invited, and could only change people to play Ling Fox Chong.
Xu Ke found Jet Li, who had worked with him on "Huang Feihong".
Jet Li is an artist from Jiahe, who came to shoot a scene for Xu Ke, which belongs to the lease relationship.
Therefore, Jet Li's filming of "Smiling Proud of jianghu 2" was only paid 300,000 yuan (100,000 a month, a total of three months).
Afterwards, Jet Li also admitted that when he made this film, he was not very careful, and he could not do 100% investment.
Because he didn't understand the role of Ling Fox Chong, he didn't understand why he was torn between three women.
When he saw a girl, he was going to let the girl go with him, and finally he was always worried about whether anything had happened with Dongfang Undefeated.
From the current point of view, it is a proper scumbag.
So Jet Li doesn't understand why this movie is so popular after it was released.
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"Laughing Pride 2: Undefeated in the East" was not expected to explode before the release.
At that time, Jet Li was not yet the "Emperor of Kung Fu", and Lin Qingxia was not a blockbuster star.
Only Xu Ke is full of confidence in this movie.
The film was first released in Taiwan, with rave reviews and a box office of more than NT$90 million.
Released in Hong Kong, China the following year, it grossed more than 30 million yuan, ranking eighth at the annual box office.
Many people are completely in love with Lin Qingxia because of this movie.
Lin Qingxia's image of both male and female and inverted sentient beings in the play has made her career reach a new peak, becoming one of the very few star representatives who can span the two extreme types of literature and art and martial arts.
After the movie was released, Jin Yong publicly complained that Xu Ke did not understand martial arts and beautified the undefeated East.
In the future, you can continue to be friends with Xu Ke, but if you want to adapt the copyright, you can forget it.
Although the audience also believes that the Oriental is undefeated and beautified, as soon as Lin Qingxia appears, everything can be forgiven.
Wang Jing initially heard that "The East Is Undefeated" was released in Taiwan and applauded, and with curiosity, he went to care that Xu Ke's ex-wife Shi Nansheng wanted a copy of the movie.
I just wanted to see it once, but I stayed for four hours.
Wang Jing described the mood of watching "Oriental Undefeated" for the first time in her autobiography, feeling her scalp tingle for the first ten minutes, and there was only one sentence in her heart after reading it:
Strong enough to fly.
The martial arts moves in the film made Wang Jing intoxicated.
"Undefeated in the East" made Wang Jing realize that Cheng Xiaodong's martial arts design is also art, and it should be paid attention to.
When Wang Jing began filming "Deer DingJi", she directly hired Cheng Xiaodong as a martial arts instructor.
Lin Qingxia's last scene in "Smiling Proud of jianghu 2: Undefeated in the East" was played by Jet Li, Ling Huchong shot an arrow at the center mouth, and the costume was stained with blood and died.
Lin Qingxia described her voice after filming this scene:
After completing this play, I was exhausted, I went back to the hotel costume and did not change, so I fell asleep, and the next morning I woke up, the whole white sheet was blood red, stained with blood plasma on the costume, looking at the blood on the bed, it was very lonely, very lonely, and I wanted to have a home.
Two years later, Lin Qingxia and Xing Liyi married and quit the entertainment industry.
Since then, the jianghu has never been undefeated in the East.