In 1996, Wang Jing, Liu Weiqiang and Wen Jun joined forces to put the comic work "Ancient Puzzle Boy" by Hong Kong cartoonist Niu Lao on the big screen of Hong Kong films.
After the release of this comic book adaptation, it has achieved a good market response. Wang Jing, Liu Weiqiang, and Wen Jun also hit the iron while it was hot, launching a sequel to the "Ancient Puzzle Boy" series, and also filmed other related comic works of Cowboy.
After "The Man of Ancient Puzzle Boy in the Jianghu" and "The Raptor Of Ancient Puzzle Boy Crossing the River" won a good box office and word of mouth, Wang Jing planned the "Ancient Puzzle Boy Outer Biography" movie "Red Light District" for her "royal heroine" Qiu Shuzhen.
This "Red Light District" was supposed to be a new turning point in Qiu Shuzhen's film career. However, after the film, the cooperative relationship between Qiu Shuzhen and Wang Jing suddenly broke down.
What is interesting is that Shu Qi, the female number two in "Red Light District", seems to have completed the handover of her screen career with Qiu Shuzhen in the film. After the film, Shu Qi became the new focus of Wang Jing's film works. Today we will talk about this "Red Light District", and at the same time talk about the career alternation between Qiu Shuzhen and Shu Qi.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" >01: Tong En's "Adventure of Part-time Work" </h1>
Like "Ancient Puzzle Boy", this "Red Light District" is also adapted from the comic book work of the cowboy. Therefore, in the use of film lenses, "Red Light District" also follows the characteristics of "Ancient Puzzle Boy".
At the beginning of the film, several comic-like stop-motion shots introduce the audience to the two protagonists of the film: "Bi Huaqi" played by Ren Dahua and "Tong En" played by Qiu Shuzhen.
Bi Huaqi was a "little bastard" in Portland Street, and his good brother was killed by the hands of "Fat Boy Li". In order to avenge his brother, Bi Huaqi let his girlfriend Tong En, approach Fat Lao Li as a beauty plan, after which the two should cooperate inside and outside, and hand blade the enemy.
After the fat guy Lai is killed, Bi Huaqi flees to the Netherlands, while Tong Eun is captured by Inspector Ba (played by Ruffin). Although under the strong defense of lawyer Lin (played by Lin Shangyi), Tong En was released on bail. But after losing the protection of Bi Huaqi, Tong En, who had no job, also began to be disturbed by money.
Bi Huaqi has a friend named Fat Dragon, Tong En wants to find Fat Dragon to borrow money to live, but Fat Dragon takes the opportunity to use his hands and feet on Tong En, fortunately, thanks to the help of "Massage Girl" Ming Ming (played by Shu Qi), Tong En was able to escape.
Tong En, who borrowed money in vain, decided to find a job to make ends meet. Because she has no length and a look, she chooses to try her luck at a nightclub called "Fudu First".
Ye Shanwen, the owner of this "Fudu First", is very good at business. In order to compete with the market, peers have launched some "irregular services", and Ye Shanwen, in order to maintain the reputation of "Rich Capital First", prohibits the ambiguous relationship between female waiters and guests.
It is also for this reason that Ye Shanwen has a high reputation in the entertainment industry, and "Fudu First" has also been repeatedly featured in travel magazines.
Seeing that Tong En's appearance was outstanding, Ye Shanwen decided to keep her and train her to become a foreman and attract more customers with her image.
On the first day of Tong En's work, a big change occurred in "Fudu First". The foreman "Jia Ling" (played by Zhou Jialing) took all the waitresses and jumped to the opposite "hero karaoke".
It turned out that there was a boss named "Xiangyang" who wanted to acquire the shares of "Fudu First", but was rejected by Ye Shanwen. Therefore, this Xiangyang opened a "hero karaoke" opposite the "Fudu First", and also spent a lot of money to poach the foreman and receptionists of the "Fudu First".
In the face of the collective job hopping of employees, Ye Shanwen hurriedly recruited a batch of new guests and promoted Tong En to become the new foreman. The "massage girl" who had rescued Tong En before, Mingming, also entered the "First of Fudu" by chance and became a hostess.
In order to compete with the "Hero Karaoke", Tong Eun proposed to hold a theme party at "Toul No. 1". And Ye Shanwen also joined forces with reporters to expose the inside story of "hero karaoke" engaged in "irregular services".
Ye Shanwen's counterattack made Xiangyang very angry. In order to bring down Ye Shanwen, Xiangyang arranged a small to make small moves in the Rich Capital First. However, Ye Shanwen found the "ancient puzzle boy" Moro (played by Xu Jinjiang) to watch the scene, and Xiangyang's plan was also seen through by Moro.
After several calculations and successive failures, Xiangyang decided to invite a group of "thugs" from the Netherlands to return, specifically to Ye Shanwen, Moro, Tong En, and others. And the leader of this group is Tong En's boyfriend, Bi Huaqi.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-center-line" >02: Bi Huaqi's "rabbit dead dog cooking" </h1>
Bi Huaqi was fierce and did not miss the old feelings, he not only designed to kill Moro, but also planned to give Tong En to Xiangyang in order to get out of the position.
Bi Huaqi's approach made Tong En very sad, and the couple's relationship ended.
After a long period of cooperation, Ye Shanwen developed a good feeling for Tong En and pursued him. Tong En also decided to forget Bi Huaqi and marry Ye Shanwen.
At the wedding of Tong En and Ye Shanwen, Bi Huaqi came uninvited and also shook out a lot of Tong En's past. This also caused a conflict between Ye Shanwen's parents and Tong En, and the wedding was canceled.
Because Bi Huaqi made a big fuss about the wedding, Tong En has been sullen and unhappy, and "Mingming" has tried every means to persuade him, but he has never been able to make Tong En stretch his brows.
In order to avenge Tong En, Ming Ming approached Bi Huaqi with a beauty plan, intending to teach him some lessons. Unfortunately, Ming's careful thinking was seen through by Bi Huaqi at the beginning. And the fierce Bi Huaqi also beat Ming Ming into serious injuries.
Moro was attacked, the wedding was disturbed, and Ming ming was injured, and Bi Huaqi's series of actions ignited Ye Shanwen's anger.
Ye Shanwen wanted to launch a counterattack against Bi Huaqi, but unexpectedly, Bi Huaqi preemptively planted a "bomb" in Ye Shanwen's car. With the occurrence of the "explosion accident", Ye Shanwen also disappeared into the smoke.
With the death of Ye Shanwen, Tong En transferred the equity of "Fudu First" to Xiangyang. After getting the equity of "Fudu First", Xiangyang began to unload and kill the donkey and find a way to drive away Bi Huaqi. And Bi Huaqi believes that he has made a lot of efforts, and the shares of "Fudu First" should have their own share.
Bi Huaqi's move of "asking for equity" made Xiangyang kill. As an old jianghu, Bi Huaqi has already anticipated the end of his "rabbit dead dog cooking". Having prepared earlier, he launched a fierce battle with Xiangyang's men and horses. In the end, Bi Huaqi killed Xiangyang, but he was also wanted by the "police" for this.
Bi Huaqi planned to flee to the Netherlands and escape the limelight, but was surrounded by a group of small and finally trapped in Gunlan Street. At this moment, Ye Shanwen, who should have died in the explosion, suddenly appeared in front of Bi Huaqi.
It turned out that Ye Shanwen had found the "bomb" on his car in advance. In order to completely solve Bi Huaqi and Xiangyang, Ye Shanwen took the opportunity to cheat death. After that, he and Tong En cooperated with each other to let Xiangyang and Bi Huaqi kill each other by transferring the equity of "Fudu First".
Now, with the death of Xiangyang, Ye Shanwen and Tong En specially led Moro's men to besiege Bi Huaqi. Along with the street of Bi Huaqi's corpse, the story of "Red Light District" also came to an end.
<h1 class="pgc-h-center-line" >03: Xu Jinjiang's "Legend of the Car God" </h1>
Compared with the gratifying results of more than 20 million yuan in "The Man of Ancient Puzzle Boy in the Jianghu" and "The Raptor of Ancient Puzzle Boy Crossing the River", this "Red Light District" only won more than 8.3 million Hong Kong dollars at the market box office after its release.
The setback of the film's box office performance has a lot to do with the film's rough and lazy production.
In the use of lenses, "Red Light District" has greatly imitated "The Ancient Confused Boy in the Jianghu", and the soundtrack and theme song of the film are directly copied from the previous work.
The laziness of audiovisual language makes "Red Light District" a true replica. After experiencing the visual impact of "The Ancient Confused Boy in the Jianghu", this copied "Red Light District" is obviously unable to attract the audience again. The setback at the box office is naturally reasonable.
Although in terms of mirror movement and soundtrack, this "Red Light District" completely imitates the previous work. However, the unique bridge design and the wonderful performance of the actors still brought a lot of surprises to the film. For example, "Moro" played by Xu Jinjiang.
On today's online platforms, many netizens like to use "headlights to shake their eyes" to show their superb driving skills as an old driver. But few people know where the connotation of "headlights" comes from.
In this "Red Light District", "Moro", played by Xu Jinjiang, when evaluating Qiu Shuzhen's figure, said the review line of "supercar headlights, plus Turbo engine, plus ABS braking system, plus double airbag design".
This classic review was imitated by many netizens after that, and over time, it has formed today's "lamp network culture".
With his windy lines and joyful performances, Xu Jinjiang contributed a lot of laughs in this "Red Light District". Of course, these Wang Jing-style and comedy bridge sections have also made Xu Jinjiang a generation of car gods leading the Internet boom.
Although Xu Jinjiang performed well in this "Red Light District", the biggest beneficiary of this work should also belong to the fledgling actress Shu Qi at that time.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-center-line" >04: Shu Qi and Qiu Shuzhen's screen career handover</h1>
Although this "Red Light District" is a film work created by Wang Jing for Qiu Shuzhen, it is like the on-screen career handover of Qiu Shuzhen and Shu Qi's two generations of "crystal girls".
In 1987, Qiu Shuzhen, who participated in the "Miss Hong Kong" beauty pageant, was favored by Wang Jing, and then starred in the two parts of "Best Friend", "Hardcover Chasing Girl 3", "Mr. Collision" and other film works, thus officially entering the film world.
In the early 1990s, Ye Yuqing quickly became popular in the Hong Kong film market with the "Qing" trilogy. At this time, Wang Jing also followed Ye Yuqing's marketing methods and let Qiu Shuzhen walk up the "sexy persona".
Later, "Fire Breathing Girl", "Naked Lamb", and "Immoral Gift" have also become several works of great turning points on Qiu Shuzhen's acting road.
However, since the 1996 "Red Light District", the cooperation between Qiu Shuzhen and Wang Jing has begun to change subtly.
In 1996, Wang Jing discovered Shu Qi, who was still a newcomer in the film industry at that time, and let Shu Qi imitate Qiu Shuzhen and embarked on a path of development of "sexy actress". In the "Red Light District" filmed this year, Wang Jing also arranged the role of the female number two "Mingming" for Shu Qi.
After this "Red Light District", the cooperative relationship between Wang Jing and Qiu Shuzhen officially broke down. In 1997, Qiu Shuzhen left Wang Jing and collaborated with Ma Weihao and Guan Jinpeng on "Counting Dead Grass" and "The Happier the More Depraved".
With Qiu Shuzhen's departure, Shu Qi began to become the focus of Wang Jing's lens.
After the "Red Light District" in 1996, Shu Qi, under the arrangement of Wang Jing, successively starred in "Strange Talk Association", "Super Invincible Chasing Girl", "Hardcover Difficult Brother", "98 Ancient Puzzle Boy Dragon Fighting Tiger Fight", "Ancient Puzzle Boy Love And Righteousness Of Hongxing Thirteen Sisters", "New Love Century" and other works.
Among them, in 1998, in this "Hongxing Thirteen Sisters of the Ancient Puzzle Boy Love Story", Shu Qi won the Academy Award and the Golden Horse Award for best supporting actress in one go because of his excellent performance. The trophies of the Academy Awards and the Golden Horse Awards have always been a special pass for Hong Kong filmmakers to "get promoted and raise their salaries".
After winning two trophies for best supporting actress, Shu Qi's film career also began to peak step by step. Interestingly, also in 1998, Qiu Shuzhen chose to fade out of the film world after completing the filming of "Left and Right Love".
At the same time that the new generation of "crystal girls" is reaching its peak, the old generation of "crystal girls" has also fallen behind the curtain of its own era.
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