's current mainland artists are many of the "box office king" level, one is better than the other, but in fact their influence and contribution to the film are very average. Mainland film and television entertainment are relatively backward, but they have also come out of "superstars" such as Jet Li and Gong Li who have not lost the achievements of the big-name superstars in Hong Kong. Regarding the achievements in the movie, the resume of the Emperor of Kung Fu can be said to be unprecedented, and no one can copy his legend.
Jet Li is a professional martial arts athlete. He has been a professional gold medalist since he was a child. He is also known as a rare martial arts wizard in a century. Jet Li's talent is excellent, he is proficient in all eighteen martial arts, and the movie star Yuan Heping uses the "Kung Fu Dictionary" to describe his erudition and versatility. In 1979, Zhang Xinyan wanted to shoot "Shaolin Temple", so he found Jet Li to take the lead role. The film was released with a sensation in the crowded streets. The box office sold more than 180 million US dollars, setting a historical box office record for Chinese movies. After the great success of
"Shaolin Temple", the film crew shot the "Shaolin Boy" while the iron was hot, and the film was also a big box office win. Later Jet Li and Liu Jialiang collaborated on "North and South Shaolin", but this collaboration made him very uncomfortable. The reason was that the compensation gap between mainland artists and Hong Kong artists was too large. He was the leading actor but only paid 3 yuan a day, while the Hong Kong staff There are 50 yuan a day. The global box office of the "Shaolin Trilogy" exceeded 280 million U.S. dollars, but Jet Li did not make any money. After that, he went out and ventured into Xiangjiang alone.
Jet Li is a national martial arts champion. He has filming experience and has achieved brilliant box office results. He soon became the target of competition for major film companies when he came out alone. Jet Li's career declined severely after the "Shaolin Trilogy", but after all, he has a solid foundation, and his image is excellent. He not only has a good audience, but also has a master temperament. Jet Li didn't stay in the United States for long, and Tsui Hark soon found him. The two later "Once Upon a Time" became the most brilliant series of treasures in Hong Kong film circles.
Jet Li's first filming of "Huang Feihong" went smoothly, and the film also achieved box office sales after its release. But during the filming of the sequel, he attended the dispute. The reason was Jet Li's agent and the filmmaker united to bully him. Jiahe defaulted on the remuneration and refused to pay, so Jet Li stopped shooting. At this time, Tsui Hark was very helpless. According to the previous agreement, it was agreed that each movie would be paid 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars, but the agent actually cooperated with Jiahe to bully Jet Li, who came from the mainland, but the Kung Fu Emperor was not tempted to stop shooting decisively.
Jet Li’s agent at the time was David Luo. This person had a lot of background. His father was the famous Luo Wei (Jackie Chan’s godfather). When Jet Li first arrived in Hong Kong, he helped match up and negotiated 4 film appointments with Jiahe, but he did not expect that behind him was actually "squeezing" Jet Li. At that time, the Hong Kong film scene was a mixed bag. Later, fortunately, Cai Ziming stepped up to help Jet Li rescue. The filming of "Men's Self-improvement" was successfully completed, and immediately after the film was released, it became popular all over the world. That year, the whole Asia collected more than $17.5 million.
Although the filming process of "A Man Becomes Self-improvement" has twists and turns, the film's box office is very popular. Among them, it broke the historical box office record of Chinese-language films in Southeast Asia, and the copyright in South Korea also sold sky-high prices, setting the highest price in Hong Kong film history. In terms of the film's artistic attainments, Tsui Hark has reached the pinnacle again, surpassing the first in both the plot and the martial arts. In particular, the two duels between Donnie Yen and Jet Li are recorded in the annals of history. The spiritual core of this sequel is fuller and the characters are richer!
Behind the box office sales of "A Man Should Be Self-improvement", Jiahe owed the pay and Jet Li stopped shooting. Tsui Hark was helpless. What do you think of the experience of the Kung Fu Emperor? The "Once Upon a Time" series has achieved brilliant results, but in fact, the actor Jet Li and director Tsui Hark also had "contradictions". Later, Old Monster Xu even removed Zhao Wenzhuo to replace Jet Li to play Huang Feihong. So Zhao Wenzhuo filmed "Fang Shiyu" and "Huang Feihong" at the same time, but Jet Li's version has already become popular, and Xu Hark and Zhao Wenzhuo lost their money.
After Tsui Hark left Jet Li, his film career fell into a downturn. During the period, he made a lot of works, but almost all of them lost at the box office. However, the Kung Fu Emperor became more and more courageous, and in 1998 he successfully broke into the Hollywood career to a higher level. Later, the two confessed their suspicion and jointly cooperated in China’s first 3D martial arts giant "Flying Armor of Dragon Gate". Although Jet Li and Tsui Hark had “frictions”,But it's just that the concept of the movie is "different".
