In August, the Hong Kong film industry left Xia Ping and Liang Shunyan, two old drama bones, and now in September, a famous producer, Cui Baozhu, left us forever at 9:30 a.m. on the 8th. Don't underestimate the producer, basically the master of the crew, "pick the book, find the money, form a team, sell the film" and other overall work is involved, you say that important is not important.
Hong Kong gold medal producer Cui Baozhu left, and insiders have sent articles of remembrance, such as Shu Qi Feng Delun, Lu Liangwei, Zhen Zidan, Chen Jiashang, Zhao Wenzhuo, Xu Jiao, Yang Zi Huang Shengyi, etc., they have more or less cooperated with Cui Baozhu. Cui Baozhu has also cooperated with jet Li, Ang Lee, Zhou Xingchi and other big names, and the films he has participated in are also familiar classics, such as "Fang Shiyu", "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Kung Fu", "Yangtze River No. 7", "Huo Yuanjia" and so on.
At the end of the 1970s, the new wave of Hong Kong cinema began, Xu Anhua, Xu Ke, Yan Hao, Tan Jiaming, Yu Rentai and other directors have risen, of which Cui Baozhu is also a filmmaker who grew up in the new wave of Hong Kong cinema, in 1980, he cooperated with Hui Anhua in "Bumping into the Right", as a producer, and later the two cooperated in "The Story of Hu Yue" and "Running to the Fury Sea" and other films.
Jet Li once regarded Cui Baozhu as an "important woman in life", and the first cooperation between the two was "Huang Feihong's Ambition", at that time they were just "ordinary actors and ordinary producers", and later the second and third Huang Feihong, Cui Baozhu did not participate.
After Jet Li finished acting in 3 "Huang Feihong", there was a contradiction with Jiahe, coupled with the incident of the agent, Jet Li came up with the idea of opening his own film company, rather than being squeezed by others, it is better to do it himself. He then contacted Cui Baozhu and invited her to join him in founding a film company, which would later become the famous Zhengdong Film Company.
Cui Baozhu and Jet Li also cooperated in 1 "Huang Feihong", it can be said that the friendship is not deep, Cui Baozhu is still a little surprised that Jet Li found himself, but she did not think about it for a long time and agreed, because she felt that cooperation in "Huang Feihong" was quite pleasant, and felt that Jet Li was a good person. Later, in the process of constantly getting along, she commented that Jet Li was particularly smart, calm, not impulsive, and very good to all the staff, and it was easy and comfortable to get along with.
Although the production of Zhengdong Film Company is low, but the department is called a classic, the entrepreneurial work "Fang Shiyu" invited Yuan Kui to direct, turned Jet Li from Huang Feihong into a youth version of Fang Shiyu, the result was a great success, won 30.66 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking 5th in the annual box office list, followed by "Fang Shiyu Sequel" also entered the annual top ten highest-grossing movie list, but also won 23.01 million Hong Kong dollars. After the success of the two "Fang Shiyu", it was followed by the production of "Jingwu Hero", "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", and "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng".
Cui Baozhu and Jet Li joined forces to create the myth of Zhengdong Film Company, but in the end it could not withstand the changes in the market, piracy invaded the market, and the box office in Southeast Asia and Taiwan Province was greatly affected, so Zhengdong Film Company was suspended around 1995. However, the cooperation between the two did not end, Yongsheng's "Adventure King" was also Cui Baozhu as a producer, and later the Zhengdong team worked together to tailor "Huo Yuanjia" for Jet Li, which sold $24.63 million in North America that year.
Director Ang Lee once tailored "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" for Jet Li, but Jet Li refused Ang Lee because he wanted to accompany his wife Li Zhi to give birth, but he recommended Cui Baozhu to Ang Lee. In a previous interview, Cui Baozhu also said that Ang Lee is a director who respects the system and never gives the producer a headache.
In the past, Jet Li looked for Cui Baozhu to help, in "The Legend of the White Snake", Cui Baozhu looked for Jet Li, although during Jet Li's development in Hollywood, the two rarely contacted, but this friendship is still there, Jet Li decided to participate without saying a word. What is more interesting is that "The Legend of the White Snake" was only a cameo at the beginning, and finally added a play to become a starring actor, which led to Jago jokingly saying "not as an example" at the press conference. Later, Jie Ge participated in the "No Two Divine Detectives" directed by Cui Baozhu's son Wang Ziming, which can be seen in Jie Ge's heavy love and righteousness.
Cui Baozhu in addition to cooperation with Jet Li, Ang Lee, and Zhou Xingchi cooperation is also relatively close, the most successful cooperation is naturally "Kung Fu", everyone knows that "Kung Fu" has two martial arts instructions, one is Hong Jinbao, the other is Yuan Heping, when Hong Jinbao left, Yuan Heping is Cui Baozhu found, and Yuan Heping came to care for old friends, it can be said that without her, Yuan Heping will not succeed Hong Jinbao as an action director. Of course, director Yuan Heping also mentioned many times that it is more pleasant to cooperate with Zhou Xingchi.
In addition to serving as a producer and producer, Cui Baozhu has also served as a director, directing "The Red Breeze Girl of the Three Heroes of the Wind and Dust", "The Emerald on the Roof" and "Wu Shilang". It is worth mentioning that in December 2018, she also won the Outstanding Contribution Award for Chinese Films at the Macao International Film Festival.
Although Cui Baozhu is the big name behind many classic movies, she is very low-key, and there are not many interviews, and now that she is gone, we can look back at these classic movies again, thank her for the good memories she has brought us, and finally hope that she will go all the way.