was originally Ekin Cheng, who came from TV, because the movie became so popular that it was out of control. But no one thought that in a few years, the popularity declined severely, and the movies could not sell, and finally had to return to their old business: making TV.
actually filmed "Double-Sided Iraqi" for TVB as early as 1999. After all, he has touted his old club for many years, and he still has to give this face. In 2000 and 2001, Ekin Cheng went to try the water again under Wang Jing's arrangement.
Like "Xiaobao and Kangxi" and "Xin Chu Liuxiang", Ekin Cheng made cameo appearances, but he was not greatly affected at that time, and there are many movie appointments, so it can also be regarded as purely selling Wang Jing's favor.
However, Ekin Cheng’s situation becomes more serious as it goes to the back. A large number of movies are not selling at the box office, and the Hong Kong film market has almost dropped to a freezing point. Under the influence of this environment and its own factors, Ekin Cheng, a former superstar, finally Back to TVB to film "Anytime", then he filmed "Fearless" in 2008.
It is indeed rare for a star like him to enter the movie circle and go back to shoot TV, but it is not unique, this is not also a superstar, and one of the four kings of the "Four Kings", Aaron Kwok, actually shot in those years. A TV series.
Aaron Kwok is also from TVB. He filmed several wireless TV series in his early years and was very popular.
However, the value of becoming the four queens is not what it used to be. It is logically impossible to make a TV series, but in 1996 he still filmed "Integrity Action Team" for wireless, perhaps because of incense. However, 2003's "Dynamic Pride" must have been affected by the film market. After all, Aaron Kwok was the bottom of the four kings at that time. The film performance was really not outstanding. The level should be about the same as Ekin Cheng. If he didn't concentrate on filming later, now It may not even match Dawn.
Nicholas Tse, who became popular at the time, also has this problem. Although he went to TVB to shoot a series and got a familiar face, but later he went smoothly, and he would definitely not shoot TV series. I have made a lot of movies, and my main business is singing. It was not until the top package case came out, coupled with the weakness of the film market, that in order to save the country from the curve, did they start filming TV again, and Wang Jing's contribution is still indispensable. During the period of
, Nicholas Tse filmed TV series such as "Little Fish and Flowers" and "Wing Chun". The directors were still the big movie stars of the year. It can be seen that the movie market has spread widely.
Nicholas Tse Wang Jing began to extend his tentacles to Edison Chen and Shawn Yue.
Shawn Yue’s background is not good, so he won’t refuse a job, so we can still see him go to Taiwan to film an idol drama at that time, but when he was the most handsome, it was on Wang Jing TV, the most impressive It is the "Phoenix on Fire", and of course the pure white love starring him and Zhang Nara is also very good.
The rich man Edison Chen starred in "Eight Heroes" entirely out of Wang Jing’s invitation. Just like Ekin Cheng’s work in Wang Jing’s works, he was a pure cameo, and he was taken off the line with few scenes. The purpose was of course. To save money.
Strictly speaking, although Edison Chen and Shawn Yue were favored by Hong Kong film circles at that time, they were not comparable to Nicholas Tse in terms of influence, and they were quasi-first-line stars.
From the above stars, we can see how sluggish the Hong Kong film market was. Some of those affected have completely bid farewell to the ranks of first-line superstars, and some have changed the direction of development. There is no doubt that Hong Kong movies began to decline at this time.
