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The recent Hong Kong films are very interesting, whether it is the new film "Customs Front" or the last hit "Kowloon Walled City", the lineup has a sense of déjà vu that two generations "take over".
"Kowloon Walled City" is Louis Koo and "Four Youths of the Walled City" represent the two eras of Hong Kong films, and in "Customs Front", Nicholas Tse and Jacky Cheung happen to represent the two eras of the music scene.
Coincidentally, the roles of Louis Koo and Jacky Cheung are "one step ahead" in the movie
1997 was actually a year when the fates of two generations of the Hong Kong entertainment industry quietly began to entangle.
The top class of 97 years is now the age of struggle
In 1997, the turmoil of "Tan Zhang Fighting for Hegemony" had faded, and the "Four Heavenly Kings" became the top in the city.
On July 1, almost all newspapers in Hong Kong reported on the handover event, and on July 2, the entertainment version "returned", and the "evil" incident between Aaron Kwok and Zeng Zhiwei also made the news.
It was related to Zeng Zhiwei laughing at him on the show at that time, "ditch girl", and Chengcheng was suspected of being unhappy.
At that time, of course, Chengcheng couldn't easily talk about "Ditch Girl", and he released the album "The Call of Love" that year, which sold more than four platinum and sold 700,000 in Asia, becoming Aaron Kwok's best-selling Cantonese album.
In the same year that Aaron Kwok's album was a big hit, Dawn had already become popular in South Korea, the ancestor of Zhen Hualiu.
In 1997, Liming went to South Korea to shoot a short drama with Kim So-yeon, and Kim So-yeon's friends cried with envy when they heard that she could cooperate with Liming.
In 2005, Kim So-yeon went to Hong Kong, and Liming intimately invited her to eat hot pot, and the way the media spread the scandal to them was that Kim So-yeon "admired beyond words".
However, thanks to Big S, the highlight of netizens now is...... In 1997, Liming and Gu Junye were in the same frame.
At that time, the Cool Dragon group was the ancestor of the "Korean Wave", and Gu Junye's gestures were also star fans, but he was just on the scene with Bai Nen's Xiaoli, and he still looked like a bodyguard next to him~
In 1997, the "Hualiu" that became popular all over the country was none other than Andy Lau, and the song "Chinese" became popular all over the country.
What you may not know is that in September 1997, Andy Lau released the album "True Life", there is also a song called "Dance Zhao Dance", and the original song is Sun Nan's "Gently Swinging".
The "50 years of unchanged" behind "dancing and dancing", at least Liu Sheng has done it, and it has remained unchanged for 50 years.
And Jacky Cheung in 1997 also went to the next level - participated in the planning, directing, and starring in the original musical "Snow Wolf Lake", which opened 42 consecutive performances in Hung Hom in March of that year, and each one was full.
Until 2006, the version with different heroines was performed more than 100 times, becoming the most performed and most popular original large-scale musical in the history of Chinese musicals.
Now it has been 27 years since 1997, and none of the four kings have withdrawn from the circle, but all members have taken turns to hold concerts, once again interpreting what it means to be "fifty or sixty years old is the right age for struggle".
Aaron Kwok has indeed overturned in terms of "ditch girl", and the public is not optimistic about his marriage with Fang Yuan, but he didn't expect that he has lived a harmonious life over the years, and the king has become a "daughter slave", he is no longer taboo to talk about his wife and daughter, but has a good impression.
In 2024, Aaron Kwok will have three movies "Temporary Robbery", "The Siege of the Kowloon Walled City" and "You from Wang Xing" to be released, and 13 concerts will be held in the Red Pavilion in August, and the 58-year-old "King of Dance" will never retire.
Aaron Kwok in "The Siege of the Kowloon Walled City" is just a cameo, and everyone didn't expect that Wang Jiu played by Wu Yunlong could hit Aaron Kwok in the face
Liming is still well-maintained, but it is much calmer, no longer jumping and selling cuteness at will, and can even sit and sing when singing.
In 2023, 10 will be held in Hong Kong, and in 2024, 10 will be held in Macau
Andy Lau's "Mr. Red Carpet" was withdrawn from the Spring Festival, but as soon as the news of the tour came out, netizens were full of expectations, this time it was real, Andy Lau will start singing in July this year.
also sang non-stop Jacky Cheung, who fell ill twice and didn't stop, and made a movie "Customs Front" between tours. After eight years, he didn't film, and he was not good at acting, so he learned from Nicholas Tse, and every time he finished learning, he could accurately "copy", and he was praised as a "photocopier" in the crew.
In his busy schedule, Jacky Cheung can still find time to run roadshows and eat melons and Feifei with the media......
So, what was Faye Wong doing in 1997?
On January 3, 1997, Dou Jingtong was born, and Faye Wong made a quick comeback. On September 26, he released his first Chinese album "Faye Wong" in Baidai, which included the song "The World" for his daughter.
Now Faye Wong is in a semi-retired state, but Tong Tong is in business online, and the song and shadow are blooming, and Fei Lifei is angry.
Another diva, Sammi Cheng, won the "Most Popular Female Singer" award at the Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony for the first time in early 1997, officially sitting on the throne of the diva.
This year, she also held 16 consecutive "Sammi Star Show Sammi 97 Concerts", with a heart-shaped head and a bold feather bra shape.
BY THE WAY, SHE AND FAYE WONG USE THE SAME STYLIST ZING. Sammi Cheng's concert, which has been delayed for a long time, is about to start in July this year, and Faye Wong is also ...... Have you a chance to start singing again?
Diva: Keeping Nicholas Tse's head in the same style, holding a plastic bag in his hand, it is also full of stars
The new faces of 97 years are now carrying their own country
In 1997, when Dou Jingtong was born, a immature face appeared in TVB's "True Love", which was Xie Xian's son Nicholas Tse to make a guest appearance in the series.
Nicholas Tse signed with Feitu (the predecessor of Emperor) in 1996, and released his first album "My Attitude" in May 1997, but his relationship with "Feitu's first sister" Zhao Xueer attracted more attention than the album.
Many years later, Zhao Xueer recalled that Nicholas Tse was a very mature boy who helped her a lot, and the two were friends when they saw each other again after the breakup.
Forget it, in 1997, Zhao Xueer was 26 years old, and Nicholas Tse was only 17 years old, this is his shocking sister-brother love, and it may also be the beginning of the "love Gu" among Emperor artists.
Later, the triangle of "Feng Feizhi" was entangled for many years, Nicholas Tse went from a singer to a chef to an actor and became the "light of Hong Kong films".
There is Nicholas Tse in the music scene, and there are also many talents in film and television dramas.
In the 1997 Miss Hong Kong election, Charmaine Sheh, a girl known as "Carina Lau", debuted as the third runner-up.
Generally speaking, only the champion beauty will be praised by TVB, but that year's champion Weng Jiasui and runner-up Li Minghui had a "Wu Gongqi case", and at the same time there was an affair with the rich Wu Zhengyou.
The two Hong Kong sisters seem to have no intention of career, and they stage a farce of jealousy every day, and TVB, who is most afraid of scandals, reassigned their jobs to the sweet and well-behaved third runner-up Charmaine Sheh.
Long before running for Miss Hong Kong, Charmaine Sheh met a rich second-generation boyfriend in Taiwan when she was studying in Switzerland, and lived with him at home for a few months.
When the champion and runner-up both regarded Sister Hong Kong as a springboard for a wealthy family, Charmaine Sheh regarded it as a springboard for her career and opened her own road to "big heroine".
The once disliked "chicken voice" can now broadcast the news in the original voice in "News Queen".
The newcomer who was once scolded by the director in front of him and smashed the script is now called the last sister of TVB. can be alone in any crew, but he is also a strict but gentle senior in the mouth of the juniors.
She chose to fight for her career back then, and when it comes to the wealthy family that she "missed", she still has no regrets, and she lives freely alone.
"News Queen 2" is already being filmed, and producer Zhong Shujia has invited many veterans to return to the nest, including Charmaine Sheh's old CP Lin Baoyi.
In 1997, Lin Baoyi appeared for the first time as the male protagonist in the criminal investigation drama "Forensic Record", and the emotional entanglement between Zeng Jiayuan and Nie Baoyan is still an archaeological hit in Xiaohongshu.
What is surprising is that the latest masterpiece of the police professional, who represented high intelligence and righteousness, is a sexual assault character who "doesn't dare to look in the mirror" in "Under the White Sun", and is also a person with amblyopia.
His brilliant performance was praised overwhelmingly, and he was nominated for Best Actor for the first time at this year's Academy Awards, and the person who invited him to play the role was Louis Koo.
Louis Koo is also an investor in "Under the White Sun".
He and Lin Baoyi developed in TVB at the same time, and in 1997, when Lin Baoyi first became the leading actor, Louis Koo's inventory "Full Moon Scimitar" was also "thawed" and broadcast - the legendary mediocre Louis Koo came from here.
In 1997, Louis Koo also filmed the "Yin Yang Road" series and began to make a name for himself in the film industry, but because the TVB contract has not yet ended, his work is still mainly filming.
Louis Koo and Lin Baoyi have not cooperated in TVB dramas, but because they have mutual friends who have developed into friends in life, they often get together regularly to eat and chat. The cooperation of "Under the White Sun" was decided at a dinner party, and before Lin Baoyi confirmed the performance, Louis Koo once planned that if no one was willing to play the demon dean, he would come.
This work, which reflects the theme of social reality, has not found a company willing to invest since the script was completed in 2018, until the director sent the script to the "Tianxiayi" company, and 24 hours later, Louis Koo told him: "I like the script very much, and I will definitely shoot it." "The investment was confirmed on the spot.
It can be said that this good story was rescued by Louis Koo.
The "mediocre" Louis Koo has now become an important pillar of the Hong Kong film industry and a "tornado" guarding the order of Hong Kong films.
97 Love Story
In 1997, Shu Qi was a newcomer who emerged in the film industry.
Back then, she relied on the role of "Erotic Men and Women" directed by Er Dongsheng, a girl who had no choice but to join the Fengyue film crew for life, but always had a pure heart, and won the Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best New Actor.
The character's experience is as if it were part of her real life. Her acceptance speech when she won the supporting actress was: "I hope everyone can also pay attention to my acting skills when they pay attention to my figure." ”
Maggie Cheung won the actress with "Sweet Honey" that year, and Shu Qi also started this year, keeping up with her idol Maggie Cheung, taking the route of literary films, and "wearing the clothes you took off one by one".
Among the many invitations to new movies, "Beautiful Boy's Love" is one of them.
That year, Wong Kar-wai's "Happy Spring" swept the set, and Yang Fan also wanted to make a local "Rainbow Xiang" movie, telling the bitter love story between two "beautiful boys".
At that time, he looked for many male actors but rejected them, until he saw an advertisement for a "beautiful boy" in the subway station, and immediately determined that he was the Sam in the story.
The beautiful boy on the advertisement is Wu Yanzu.
In 1997, Wu Yanzu, who graduated from the Department of Architecture, took advantage of his graduation trip to Hong Kong to watch Hong Kong's return to the motherland, but he spent all his travel expenses at once, so he had to work part-time as a graphic model to earn extra money.
Unexpectedly, he was photographed by a big director, and he didn't even try the camera, and he was settled after chatting for an afternoon.
At first, Wu Yanzu, who couldn't even speak Cantonese, didn't dare to bear the burden of the actor at all, but Yang Fan invited him again and again before he finally decided to try. This attempt completely changed Wu Yanzu's career, and many years later, Azu once posted a group photo to thank his teacher, saying: "Without Yang Fan, I would not be where I am today." ”
In the movie, Jet played by Feng Delun fell in love with Sam played by Wu Yanzu at first sight.
In reality, Feng Delun fell in love at first sight with Kana, the girl next to Sam, that is, Shu Qi.
He once confessed in a series of interviews in "Lao Feng's Diary" in 2006 that when he met Shu Qi in 1997, he had a good impression of her, and liked her recklessness, joy and anger. The first time we met, I took the initiative to ask for a phone number, and I would ask her out to chat.
In addition, the two of them live very closely, and they will often come to help repair electrical appliances, lights, etc.
When this interview was spoken, Feng Delun and Shu Qi were still good friends, because he felt that "the more they got acquainted, the more they found that they were not suitable to be a couple". As a result, 10 years later, the two suddenly announced their marriage.
There was no wedding banquet and party, and the two decided to "entangle each other for the rest of their lives", and it was not until the beginning of this year that the two made up a Chinese wedding. As always, simple but hi skinny.
The girl who fell in love at first sight in 1997 is now a friend, confidant, and partner who has been entangled with each other for a lifetime, what could be more romantic?
By the way, Shu Qi, who regarded Maggie Cheung as an idol back then, also became an Oscar judge this year. It is said that this is also the third "Grand Slam" judge after Gong Li and Maggie Cheung.
Sister E's conclusion:
In 1997, Wong Kar-wai won the Best Director Award for "Happy Spring", becoming the first Chinese director to win this award.
27 years later, Wong Kar-wai became a TV drama director and filmed "Flowers", which swept 5 awards at the just-concluded Magnolia Awards ceremony, and began to be broadcast on TVB at the beginning of last month.
In 1997, comedy movies were still the world of Stephen Chow and Wang Jing, but this year, Stephen Chow and Wang Jing began to come to the mainland to enter the micro-short dramas.
In 1997, there was a treasure drama called "Hong Kong People in Guangzhou", which tells the story of the male protagonist played by Zheng Danrui, who went to Guangzhou to start a business in the 90s, and went from prejudice to mutual understanding, appreciation and support with mainlanders.
Just like the bullet of fate hitting the eyebrows, the future of the integration of the two places predicted and guessed by this drama has been gradually realized, but the rhythm of the development of the entertainment industry is a little reversed.
Nowadays, including directors and artists, it has become the norm for Hong Kong people to go north to find job opportunities and live expenses, and the Hong Kong entertainment industry, which feels far away in 97, has been smoothly integrated with the mainland entertainment industry.
This drama even has a "sister chapter", which is called "Hong Kong People in Beijing", this time, it is the turn of the male protagonist who works in the Buddhist department in Hong Kong, and he is ruthlessly involved in the mainland workplace.
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