In 1987, Gao Zhisen, a genius screenwriter of New Art City Pictures, wrote and directed the film "Rich and Powerful", a model comedy about small citizens that grossed 27.8 million at the box office, achieving the impressive result of the fourth place in the box office that year. Box office determines everything, the next year, Gao Zhisen took advantage of the chase, launched the second part of this series "Rich and Powerful Again", also achieved nearly 30 million box office revenue, Gao Zhisen after filming this is no longer directing, in 1989, the third "Rich and Noble Repeatedly Forced" was directed by Xian Qiran, although the director changed people, but this film won with love, although the results are not as good as the previous two, but the box office revenue is also as high as 16.68 million yuan, relative to small-cost films, this series of movies continuously at 87, 88 and 89 squeezed into the top ten of Hong Kong's annual box office in three years, as a new year's eve film of authentic Hong Kong society, it is a classic series. The fourth part of the rich series is "Rich Golden House", which only started filming in 1992, Gao Zhisen returned, but the audience's appreciation angle changed, and the box office appeal was much worse than before, with a box office revenue of 5.37 million.
I. "Rich and Powerful", 1987
The film is directed by Gao Zhisen and starring Dong Biao, Shen Dianxia, Chen Yishi, Li Lizhen, Guan Peilin, Jiang David, Zeng Zhiwei and so on. It tells the story of Hong Kong in the 90s, Uncle Biao's family is a typical Hong Kong ordinary citizen, living in a public housing area, a family of five can only rely on Uncle Biao's meager income as a tv host, and his wife is addicted to mahjong and lottery all day, and the three daughters are not at ease, noisy and noisy all day. Until one day they actually won the lottery of nineteen million Hong Kong dollars, in order to be afraid of being known by relatives and friends after borrowing money and dare not open, put the money into the bank, or maintain the original standard of living, but did not expect the eldest daughter boyfriend to gaffe after drinking, let the pig friends know about this matter, so they kidnapped the younger daughter to threaten the ransom, at the same time, uncle Xiao saved money where the bank went bankrupt, their bonuses were all in vain, in order to save the daughter had to go to borrow usurious loans, fortunately the boyfriend suddenly found conscience, Rescued the young daughter and assisted in capturing the kidnappers. At this time, they received the news that the bank was reopening, and they had a huge amount of money.
This film reveals the importance of family affection, and also makes people understand that money is a thing that "sometimes must be in fate, and there is no demand in fate at any time."
II. "Rich and Powerful Again", 1988
The film was then directed by Gao Zhisen, starring Dong Biao, Shen Dianxia, Chen Yishi, Li Lizhen, Guan Peilin, Zeng Zhiwei, And Lu Guanting. It tells the story of the newspaper editor Uncle Biao was transferred to Canada to work, just as the family gradually adapted to a life in a different place, Uncle Biao was fired for offending his boss, only to return to Hong Kong to start over. Soon, Aunt Biao found that she had won the Jackpot of the Canadian Lottery, with 20 million Canadian dollars. Because he didn't have enough money to go to Canada, Uncle Biao borrowed from his old boss. After the boss, who was also affected by the economic crisis, learned the news that Uncle Biao had won the lottery, he tried to grab the lottery, and the family united and fought, and finally successfully went to Canada to get the prize money.
The film reveals the truth of the unity of the hearts of the people, and its profit is broken.
III. "Rich and Noble Repeatedly Forced", 1989
The film is directed by Xian Qiran and starring Dong Biao, Shen Dianxia, Chen Yishi, Li Lizhen, Guan Peilin, Zeng Zhiwei, Lu Guanting and so on. The story follows the last episode, Uncle Biao's family finally redeemed the jackpot, returned to their hometown hong Kong to live the so-called rich life, but it was not long before the money was robbed by robbers and turned into ashes, Uncle Biao had to go back to find a job, and was misunderstood by his wife for having an affair, causing his wife to be separated, and Biao's aunt was still addicted to the lottery, bent on winning the jackpot again, and finally went to gamble and lost the only family property, in the face of great changes, the family finally realized the preciousness of family affection, and reunited together, At this time, the daughter won a huge prize money in the Macau casino, and the banks and insurance companies also came out to compensate them for the huge amount of money they had lost before, and the uncle's family changed from poor to rich.
The film reveals that people need to be indifferent in the face of blessings and misfortunes, and they need a certain degree of endurance.
IV. "The Golden House of Riches", 1992
The film is directed by Gao Zhisen and starring Dong Biao, Shen Dianxia, Chen Yishi, Li Lizhen, Guan Peilin, Lu Guanting and so on. Uncle Biao's family lives in a public house, and the eldest daughter, who is married, and her son-in-law hope to move to Uncle Biao's house. Originally, Uncle Biao's home was small, and now he ushered in the eldest daughter and son-in-law who were about to give birth, coupled with the complicated surrounding environment of the current residence, which caused a lot of trouble to the entry and exit of his wife and daughters, and Uncle Biao decided to move. After several twists and turns, it was difficult to find a floor of cheap housing, a family of six happily moved into a new home, did not expect that the real estate developers took a fancy to the nearby land for commercial purposes, and used despicable means to try to drive away Uncle Biao, who decided to work with neighbors to resist the real estate developers and defend their homes. In the end, the real estate developer finally defeated the perseverance and endurance of the Radar family, willing to buy their house at a high price, and Uncle Biao's home became a rich and noble golden house overnight.
This series of trilogies is the most perfect, the fourth part basically belongs to the dog tail sable work, although the production is also a certain level, but the 90s is already the world of Stephen Chow comedy, so the box office of this movie is only more than 5 million.
The series is a small-budget film, and there is no big star who sucks fans, only relying on the script and the acting skills of Dong Biao and Shen Dianxia. Uncle Biao and Fat Sister, a super couple file, can be described as the true color of the show, a big comedic shine, but unfortunately both of them have now passed away. Fans who like Hong Kong-style comedies will undoubtedly regard this series as a classic.
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