When Ekin Cheng became popular, he almost became the second Andy Lau. Jacky Cheung publicly stated that he would give up his position as the four kings to Ekin Cheng. Because anyway, in terms of appearance, Ekin Cheng is more suitable for the other three kings.
Of course this is a joke, because once the four kings are formed, no one can control them. Even if Xueyou thinks, fans are not willing.
Because of this, Ekin Cheng began to be called the fifth heavenly king by Hong Kong media. At that time, he was on the same level as the four heavenly kings. Even if he filmed with any of the four heavenly kings, he was a double protagonist. On the other hand, Ge Theology Brother can be said to be the second male in filming with any of the four kings.
This may be why Xueyou wanted to give way to Ekin Cheng.
and the main driver of all this is naturally the commercial film director Wang Jing.
Starting from Wang Jing’s esteem for Ekin Zheng, he began his star-making project that he spared no effort. You must know that although Ekin Zheng was well-known at the beginning, he was at most a popular niche in the TV industry. It was still very hanging on when he moved to the projection world to play the box office. .
So Wang Jing and Ekin Cheng signed a contract for 5 movies. If it fails, can Ekin Cheng go back and continue filming TV! During
, Ekin Cheng made films such as "Temple Street Story", "Chasing Boy" and "Super School Overlord", all of which are closely related to Wang Jing. Except for the story of Temple Street which was directed by Liu Weiqiang, the latter two are both works by Wang Jing, and Liu Weiqiang and Wang Jing are partners. Later, Ekin Cheng’s "Young and Dangerous" was directed by Liu Weiqiang and produced by Wang Jing. The company is called the best partner, and it was also quality assurance back then.
is just a newcomer in the film when he first started. Ekin Cheng was a star performer in Wang Jing's movies, not as a starring role in monoclonal antibodies. The coffee position is lagging behind other movie veterans.
did not establish his position until the birth of "Young and Dangerous".
What’s interesting is that this film happened to be the last film in the contract between Wang Jing and Ekin Cheng. At that time, even Wang Jing gave up a bit, saying that he was not popular, and he didn’t know what to do after the contract expired. Somewhat unwilling.
Because Wang Jingxiang thinks that he is very discerning, Leslie Cheung has been the only one who has missed him for so many years. Other than that, there are always good examples.
is really the case. Just after the fifth movie "Young and Dangerous" went on the market, it exploded in a flash. The movie became a hit, and Ekin Cheng also instantly became a movie star. It seems that Wang Jing is really not self-propelled.
And he also said a word, that is to praise Ekin Cheng even more popular than Andy Lau.
This is not just bragging. The later "Young and Dangerous" sequel, "Chinese Hero" and "Feng Yun" is not produced by the best partner of Wang Jing and Liu Weiqiang, it is these films that made Ekin Cheng truly With a steady pace, he has become the darling of the Hong Kong film scene, and along with his singing career has also flourished, fans can once challenge Andy Lau.
Wang Jing really did what he said!
However, the so-called success is also the case, and the failure is also the case. Ekin Cheng was created by Wang Jing at the peak of Ekin Cheng, but after leaving Wang Jing, Ekin Cheng’s acting career gradually began to decline. After
left the best partner, although Ekin Cheng also starred in blockbusters such as "The Legend of Shushan", the box office performance has not been very good, and later he could only appear in small-cost movies.
However, it is not that Wang Jing is not helping, but that the Hong Kong film market is getting sluggish and the market is sluggish. Wang Jing has made money by going to other places to film TV series with his own poison. How can he continue to praise Ekin Cheng?
Even the solo Liu Weiqiang never asked Ekin Cheng to act in a movie, but in 2003 he came up with a classic like "Infernal Affairs". Many people say why Infernal Affairs does not find Ekin Cheng to star, because in fact, Liu Weiqiang and Ekin Cheng have worked together for so many years, and the degree of understanding should be very good.
But in fact, Liu Weiqiang is only in charge of the director. Wang Jing always decides who uses it. It can be seen that only Wang Jing has true love for Ekin Cheng, and Liu Weiqiang is not the case.
To this day, Wang Jing still plans to find Ekin Cheng to make a movie, but Liu Weiqiang has long been used to newcomers!
So Ekin Cheng almost became the second Andy Lau, and Wang Jing was the biggest contributor, but he didn't continue to support it. Otherwise, Ekin Cheng's status today is really hard to estimate!
