Author | Miao Ming
Editor | Xiang Wanwan
In the 1970s, civil engineer Cheng Yiyan came from Singapore to Hong Kong to prospect for gold.
will do whatever it takes to get developed.
He took 100 yuan and sneaked into the capital bureau. During the meal, he tipped 100 yuan directly to the waiter.
Cheng Yiyan's cool and cool demeanor "gained" the trust of capitalists and started a cooperative relationship.
In the empty-handed white wolf model, he became a tens of billions of crocodiles, with high-end businesses under his name rising from the ground.
This is the plot of the movie "Goldfinger", which tells the story of a counterattack in life from 100 yuan to 10 billion.
"Cheng Yiyan" played by Tony Leung Chiu-wai is a money-oriented guy. No wonder he said in the interview:
"No movie can make me so arrogant before!"
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The plot of the movie really opened up the story of Hong Kong's economic prosperity at that time. Below, little-known financial insider information.
The story of "Goldfinger" is adapted from a real case. The prototype of "Cheng Yiyan" is the former "financial tycoon" Chen Songqing.
The murder case of Jian Ning involved in this "financial tycoon" has become one of the top ten strange cases in Hong Kong, with legal fees as high as 200 million.
And the "Golden Gate Tower", the largest real estate transaction in Hong Kong history, was also made by him.
In 1972, Hong Kong was full of opportunities. Chen Songqing, who went bankrupt in Singapore, ran away and came here.
He first wanted to engage in construction, but by chance, he got his first pot of gold.
Not long after, Chen Songqing established the "Jianing Group" by joining forces with the boss of the real estate company.
He expanded his business to real estate, shipping, tourism, etc., and through these industries, he created the illusion that the company was prosperous across the board.
A few years later, Chen Songqing borrowed a large amount of funds under cover of circumstances and acquired a listed company.
Jia Ning suddenly changed its identity and became qualified to be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and became a listed company through reverse merger.
html In the early 1980s, he spent a huge sum of money to buy the Golden Horse Building in Central.was sold six months later, and the businessman made a net profit of HK$700 million, causing the stock price of Carinone to rise.
All this is just an illusion of vanity caused by Chen Songqing's constant loans, but it did not prevent him from becoming a legend in the eyes of everyone.
After that, Chen Songqing sold new shares aggressively, and investors rushed to buy them as he expected. He soon accumulated tens of billions of wealth.
In 1983, the Hang Seng Index plummeted. Affected by this, Carin's stock price continued to evaporate.
The Carining bubble burst and tens of thousands of investors suffered heavy losses, but it had little impact on the "financial giants".
If there is no murder case involved during the investigation, he can live a carefree life that others cannot imagine with a huge amount of assets.
In 1996, Chen Songqing was sentenced to three years in prison and released on medical parole because someone took the blame for him.
The irony is that many years later, this financial "crocodile" is still extremely wealthy and living a comfortable life in Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong.
In the story of the movie "Goldfinger", Tony Leung copied the entire process from his rise to bankruptcy and being sentenced to jail.
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In the minds of most viewers, Tony Leung is restrained, mature and steady, and his literary and martial arts dramas are equally elegant.
In "Cheng Yiyan", we see a different actor, the most arrogant villain since his acting career.
This character who got rich overnight and played in the Hong Kong stock market can indeed be described as "arrogant" to "Cheng Yiyan".
In the play, Tony Leung plays "Cheng Yiyan" who faces the interrogation of the Independent Commission Against Corruption and does not care.
He slumped down on the chair, crossed his legs, and smoked a cigar. Participating in the investigation was just a part of it.
Before leaving, Tony Leung turned around and provoked the investigator "Liu Qiyuan" played by Andy Lau . His arrogance and domineering style were so right.
But who would have thought that such a big boss once picked up his own business card at a cocktail party, which was discarded by others.
His eyes were full of unwillingness, and he secretly vowed to stand out. He rubbed the footprints on the business card clean with his hands and put it in his pocket.
The micro-expressions on Best Actor Liang's face vividly depict the ups and downs of "Cheng Yiyan's" psychological activities.
He is proud and cunning, and can disrupt Hong Kong's financial world with just a flick of his golden finger. He is so arrogant that law and order can do nothing to him!
Actor Liang used his multi-layered performance to create an outrageous image of a nouveau riche who only cares about money.
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"Goldfinger" is the second time that Tony Leung and Andy Lau, two Hong Kong "actors", join forces after "Infernal Affairs". In addition to the two great movie stars joining forces,
also has many highlights in production. It is predicted that the box office will reach 600 million.
After it was released on New Year’s Day, the reputation of "Goldfinger" has shown two extremes.
Some people think that watching this movie is like watching a classic Hong Kong movie, involving high-class parties and drunkenness.
Audiences who couldn't watch it felt that the film was worthless and put a stone on the coffin of Hong Kong films.
At present, the movie box office has exceeded 220 million, and Douban has released a reputation of 6.5 points.
Before its release, "Goldfinger" mainly showed the exciting showdown between Tony Leung and Andy Lau, which many fans were looking forward to.
After the movie was broadcast, the real core role was Tony Leung, while Andy Lau was like a supporting role and did not have much influence.
Many fans have also expressed doubts about Andy Lau's insufficient role in the film and whether he can even be included in the core starring role.
Another problem faced by the movie is that the heroine Charlene Choi played a beautiful vase role and failed to convince the audience.
Some viewers were dissatisfied with the ending of the film in which the villain "Cheng Yiyan" did all the bad things and was only sentenced to three years.
Faced with everyone's questions, the director responded, "The dark side of the economic rise of that era was extra-legal gray rules because the regulations were not yet complete."
Perhaps times have changed. Whether it is Hong Kong movie fans or mainland movie fans, it is difficult for them to have realistic resonance with the villain.
Look back, in reality Boss Jia, Boss Xu, and the prototype character in the movie, Chen Songqing of Jianing Group, were nothing more than that back then.
However, they performed better and left no trace. Before they were ruined, they still had countless followers who worshiped them as gods.
To be fair, judging from the material of "Goldfinger", there is still a certain novelty in focusing on the field of financial crime.
After all, Hong Kong movies should not stay in the era of Young and Dangerous, with fierce fights, gun battles, and robbery and money grabbing by force.
The biggest crime now is Internet fraud.
The pondering and contestation of people’s hearts may also become another direction for Hong Kong films.
The biggest highlight of "Goldfinger" is that it once again uses Hong Kong stories to remind movie fans: Those "young masters" have not yet left the poker table.
