In 2015, Huayi brother Wang Zhongjun said in an interview that Zhou Xingchi was a person who did not understand movies at all, and then Zhou Xingchi retorted that Wang Zhongjun was a person without credit, what contradictions between the two would lead to mutual disdain for each other, the relationship between Zhou Xingchi and Huayi Brothers earlier, can be described as intimate, in 2000, when "Shaolin Football" began filming, Zhou Xingchi asked Zhao Wei, who was on fire at the time, for the sake of the movie, but because Zhou Xingchi did not understand the approval rules of the mainland, The film has been hindered by a certain degree of obstruction in the mainland, and there are two reasons that are currently recognized, one is that the relevant departments and the Shaolin Temple, all think that "Shaolin" is a solemn and serious word, if it is combined with football, it will make the outside world have some joking views on Shaolin, the second is that Chinese football at that time was in the midst of "match-fixing" questions, and the black whistles, match-fixing, stimulants and other factors that appeared in the film, to a certain extent, have the meaning of innuendo Chinese football, which is naturally not suitable for appearing on the big screen in the mainland. Later, some people suggested that Stephen Chow change the name of the movie to Kung Fu Football, but he was rejected by Stephen Chow, and in July 2001, "Shaolin Football" was officially released in Hong Kong and won 63 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, but Stephen Chow was not satisfied with the status quo
In 2004, the mainland film market rose rapidly, fell over the heel of Stephen Chow, decided to open up a new film market, and Huayi Brothers Wang Zhongjun took the initiative to find the door, said that no matter what Zhou Xingchi filmed, they were willing to follow the vote, but in fact, at that time, both sides had their own abacus, Huayi Brothers looked at the fame and commercial value of Xingye, Zhou Xingchi was happy that he could finally be assured and bold, pursuing his own ideas and values, but he did not expect that Zhou Xingchi made a film so expensive, the two cooperated in the first film "Kung Fu" , the total investment reached 15,000 Hong Kong dollars, the fierceness of the burning money once surpassed Zhang Yimou's "Ten Faces Ambush", but Zhang Yimou spent all the money on star remuneration, and most of the investment in "Kung Fu" was spent on computer special effects production, in addition, the pig dragon walled city built in Shanghai filming, it cost tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, it is understood that Hong Jinbao left the crew at that time, it was because he and Zhou Xingchi had a conflict in the concept of action, Hong Jinbao hoped that the action should be more realistic, and Zhou Xingchi insisted. To use a lot of computer stunts, but these practices, but let Huayi brothers worry, excessive use of computer special effects, will not be like "Shaolin Soccer", more gimmicks, but less Zhou's humor, and Zhou Xingchi filming without script, often on-site choreography, plus Huayi because of a long time can not see the progress, but also once a fire, but the huge investment also brought certain benefits, and even beat Wong Kar-wai's "2046", and Feng Xiaogang's "No Thief in the World", became the box office champion of the year, Because of the success of this film, Xingye won the Best Director Award and the Best Picture Award, at the same time, Huayi Brothers also gained fame and fortune, but at this time, someone proposed to sign a VAM agreement
In 2011, Zhou Xingchi and Huayi brothers, negotiated the filming of "Journey to the West", before the release of the two signed an agreement, said that if the box office exceeded 500 million, Zhou Xingchi will get more than 80 million shares, at that time in addition to the formal agreement, there is a supplementary agreement two, this agreement was negotiated in the email, there was no formal signature and seal, Huayi gave the reason is that Wang Zong took a vacation, the signing time was moved to the next year, perhaps because the two have cooperated for many years, in trust, Zhou Xingchi did not even look at the contract content , no matter in order to win for fame, Zhou Xingchi must do a good job in this movie, in order to be closer to the original work, he just wanted to be played by 72 actors to play the role of Sun Wukong, so that 72 can really show it, during which he also wanted to ask Ma Yun to play the human demon monkey, but Ma Yun thought he was joking, so he refused to be too busy with the schedule, but Chow Xingchi's idea, in the end, died because it was too complicated, and then he gathered the classic supporting roles in Hong Kong comedy films. The tailor Zhao Zhiling in kung fu dedicated the classic lines, I was so heartbroken, Feng Mianheng, the physical education teacher in the Yangtze River No. 7, also crossed into an exorcism Taoist, Director Cao Li Shangzheng starred in the sand monk, and He Wenhui played a handsome brother, not only that, Xingye also personally went to the scene to guide the dance, especially when the article and Zhou Xiuna competed in the sexy hot dance, as the director Zhou Xingchi not only guided from the side, but also personally went into the battle at the key moment, demonstrating standard actions for the article and Zhou Xiuna, it can be said that Zhou Xingchi invested a lot of energy in order to win However, at the most critical moment, it was because of Zhou Xingchi's negligence that it eventually fell short
In 2013, "Journey to the West" was released, although Zhou Xingchi did not play any role, but with the name of Zhou Xingchi, and the style of Zhou, this film still won nearly 1.3 billion box office, but this is also the direct cause of the gap between the two sides, because Huayi Brothers, did not fulfill the dividend promise, Zhou Xingchi filed a complaint against the Huayi Brothers in court, but because the contract was not signed, huayi brothers insisted that the agreement was invalid, and finally Zhou Xingchi suffered a huge dumb loss, and it was because of this matter that the relationship between the two sides broke down , soon Zhou Xingchi turned his head, Huayi's counterpart Light Media, and filmed the movie "Mermaid", obtained a box office of 3.39 billion, but the longest time in the world is the relationship of interests, in the film "Mermaid", light media not only did not participate in the production, but also carried out a guaranteed distribution, joined by a number of film and television companies, the agreed guaranteed box office is 1.5 billion to 1.8 billion, less than 500 million net income, the guaranteed company to make up for it, but now the result is that the bottom party wins, deducting the theater sub-account, They can still earn a lot of money, but compared with the capital, Zhou Xingchi's income is not so impressive, if it is not involved in the production of the film, it may only be able to charge a meager director fee, and Zhou Xingchi is not satisfied with being "played", so he takes the initiative to become a "player", but he owes 840 million
In 2016, Zhou Xingchi and a cultural company signed a VAM agreement, the content of the agreement is a cultural company, at a stock price of 40% of the normal standard, to buy the shares of Zhou Xingchi company, and Zhou Xingchi used his own film box office as a guarantee, promising to give back to a cultural company within 4 years with pure box office profits, not less than 1.04 billion revenue, unfortunately, after the agreement came into effect, Zhou Xingchi only made two movies in four years, namely "Journey to the West" and "The King of New Comedy", the box office results of these two films are not good After 2020, Zhou Xingchi unilaterally cancelled this contract and was initiated by a cultural company for compulsory arbitration, and the outside media Zhou Xingchi mortgaged the house to repay the statement untruely, these years Zhou Xingchi has sold his house in order to invest in movies, and there are basically no assets under his name, so he has now given all his hopes in the film "Mermaid 2"
In June 2021, Zhou Xingchi's debt incident broke out, most netizens said that one person paid ten yuan for Zhou Xingchi to repay the debt, but some netizens also said that what Zhou Xingchi wanted most was not these, but everyone's affirmation of him, from 1988 into the movie to now, he did bring us too many classics, Yuan Qiongdan once commented that Zhou Xingchi is a genius, Zhang Jiahui said that Zhou Xingchi's ability is enough to control all his movies, Huang Qiusheng said that if the Spirit of Hong Kong is Jackie Chan, then the creativity is definitely not Zhou Xingchi , and Zhou Xingchi's madness about the script, once made his ex-girlfriend Luo Huijuan ashamed, in addition to the starring role, he even had to manage the director and producer, because he had super high requirements for the quality of the film, so the editor also understood why Zhou Xingchi seemed to disappear on the screen after "Yangtze River Seven", today's entertainment industry bad films flooded, the script is mostly chaotic, filming money seems to have become the mainstream, and people like Zhou Xingchi who pursue excellence have become outliers, but they are alien, but this kind of alien, But it has become a classic that we worship one by one, so do you expect "Mermaid 2"