The recent Hong Kong films are very interesting. Whether it is the new film "Customs Front" or the previous popular "Kowloon Walled City", the lineup has a sense of two generations "taking over".
In "Kowloon Walled City", Louis Koo and the "Four Young Masters of the Walled City" represent two eras of Hong Kong films, while in "Customs Front", Nicholas Tse and Jacky Cheung also happen to represent two eras of the music industry.
Coincidentally, the characters of Louis Koo and Jacky Cheung were both "one step ahead" in the movie.
1997 was actually the year when the fates of the two generations in the Hong Kong entertainment industry quietly began to entangle.
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In 1997, the "Tan Zhang Zheng Zheng" storm has subsided, and the "Four Heavenly Kings" have become the top players in the city.
On July 1, almost all newspapers in Hong Kong were reporting on the grand return event. On July 2, the entertainment section "returned", and the "enmity" incident between Aaron Kwok and Eric Tsang also made the news.
It was related to the fact that Eric Tsang laughed at him as a "ditch girl" on the show, and Chengcheng seemed unhappy.
At that time, Chengcheng certainly could not talk about "Ditch Girl" easily. That year he released the album "Call of Love", which sold four times platinum, selling over 700,000 copies across Asia, making it Aaron Kwok's best-selling Cantonese album.
In the same year that Aaron Kwok's album became a hit, Dawn had already become famous in South Korea, the ancestor of Zhen Hua Liu.
In 1997, Liming went to South Korea and filmed a short drama with Kim So-yeon. At that time, Kim So-yeon's friends heard that she could collaborate with Liming and they all cried with envy.
When Kim So-yeon went to Hong Kong in 2005, Liming thoughtfully treated her to hot pot. The media spread the scandal to them by saying that Kim So-yeon's "admiration was beyond words."
But thanks to Big S, the highlight for netizens now is... Dawn and Gu Junye were in the same frame in 1997.
At that time, Cool Dragons were the ancestors of the "Korean Wave", and Koo Junye also acted like a star. Even though he was on the stage with the fair and tender Xiao Li, he still looked like a bodyguard beside him ~
And in 1997, the "Hwaliu" became popular all over the country. , none other than Andy Lau, whose song "Chinese" became popular all over the country.
What you may not know is that in the album "True Life" released by Andy Lau in September 1997, there is also a song called "Dance to Dance", and the original song is "Gently Swinging" by Sun Nan.
The "no change for fifty years" behind "Wuzhao Dance", at least Liu Sheng has achieved it, and it has a style that will not change for fifty years.
In 1997, Jacky Cheung also went to the next level - he participated in planning, directing, and starring in the original musical "Snow Wolf Lake", which opened 42 times in Hung Hom in March of that year, and every performance was full.
continued to perform until 2006, and performed more than 100 performances with different female protagonists, making it the most performed and most popular original large-scale musical in the history of Chinese musicals.
It has been 27 years since 1997, and none of the four kings has withdrawn from the circle. Instead, all members have taken turns to hold concerts, once again explaining what is meant by "the age of fifty or sixty is the right age for struggle."
Aaron Kwok has indeed fallen out of love with the "ditch girl", and the public is not optimistic about his marriage to Fang Yuan. Unexpectedly, he has been living in peace and harmony in these years. The king has become a "daughter slave" and he no longer taboos talking about his wife and daughter. , but favored him.
In 2024, Aaron Kwok has three movies "Provisional Heist", "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City" and "My Love from the Star" released. In August, he will hold 13 consecutive concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum. The 58-year-old "Dance King" will never Retired.
Aaron Kwok was just a cameo in "The Siege of Kowloon Walled City". No one expected that Wang Jiu, played by Ng Yun Lung, would be able to bump into Aaron Kwok's face.
Lai Ming is still well-maintained, but he is much calmer. He no longer jumps around and acts cute. He can even sit down while singing. As for singing, the "Zhanzhuang Tianwang" is good at singing, and he will no longer be ridiculed as the "Out of tune King".
There will be 10 shows in Hong Kong in 2023 and 10 shows in Macau in 2024.
Andy Lau's "Mr. Red Carpet" was unfortunately withdrawn from the Spring Festival, but as soon as the news of the tour came out, netizens were full of expectations. This time it is for real. Andy Lau will start singing in July this year.
Also singing non-stop is Jacky Cheung, who did not stop even when he fell ill twice. During the break of the tour, he also filmed a movie "Customs Front". It had been eight years since he had been filming and he was not good at acting, so he learned from Nicholas Tse. He could "copy" accurately every time he finished learning, and was praised as a "copier" among the crew.
Despite his busy schedule, Jacky Cheung can still find time to run road shows and enjoy "Gua Feng Fei Lian" with the media...
So, what was the Queen Faye Wong doing in 1997?
On January 3, 1997, Dou Jingtong was born, and Faye Wong made a quick comeback after giving birth. On September 26, she released her first Mandarin album "Faye Wong" in EMI, which included the song "Human World" dedicated to her daughter.
Nowadays, Faye Wong is in a semi-retired state, but Tongtong is in business online, and her singing and acting career is blossoming, which makes her very angry.
Another diva, Sammi Cheng, won the "Most Popular Female Singer" award at the Top Ten Golden Song Awards Ceremony for the first time in early 1997, officially taking the throne of diva.
This year, she also held 16 consecutive "sammi star show Sammi Cheng 97 concerts". Her heart-shaped hair and bold feather bra style were particularly popular.
By the way, she and Faye Wong use the same stylist Zing. Sammi Cheng's concert, which has been delayed for a long time, will be held in July this year. Faye Wong also... has a chance to sing again, right?
Days After: Wearing the same style as Nicholas Tse, holding a plastic bag in hand, and also full of star flavor
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In 1997, when Dou Jingtong was born, appeared in TVB's "True Love" With a childish face, this is Nicholas Tse, Xie Xian's son, guest-starring in the series.
Nicholas Tse signed with Feitu (formerly known as Emperor) in 1996. He released his first album "my attitude" in May 1997. However, compared to the album, his relationship with "Feitu's first sister" Zhao Xueer attracted more attention. .
Many years later, Zhao Xueer recalled that Nicholas Tse was a very mature boy who helped her a lot. After the breakup, the two met again and became friends.
After some calculation, Zhao Xueer was 26 years old and Nicholas Tse was only 17 years old in 1997. This was his shocking sibling relationship, and it may also be the beginning of the "love charm" among the Emperor's entertainers.
Later, the triangle between "Feng Feizhi" and "Feng Feizhi" was entangled for many years. Nicholas Tse went from a singer to a cook to becoming the best actor and became the "light of Hong Kong movies."
There is Nicholas Tse in the music industry, and there are also many talents in film and television dramas.
In the 1997 Miss Hong Kong election, Charmaine Sheh, a girl known as the "Little Carina Lau", made her debut as the second runner-up.
Generally speaking, only the champion beauty will be highly praised by TVB, but that year's champion Weng Jiasui and runner-up Li Minghui caused a "Wu Gong's Strange Case", and at the same time there were scandals with the rich Wu Zhengyou.
The two Hong Kong ladies seemed to have no interest in their careers and staged a farce of jealousy every day. TVB, which was most afraid of scandal, reassigned their work to the sweet and well-behaved second runner-up Charmaine Sheh.
Long before she ran for Miss Hong Kong, Charmaine Sheh met a Taiwanese rich second-generation boyfriend when she was studying in Switzerland, and lived with him at home for several months. As a result, she ended up eating, sleeping and watching TV at home every day. Life scared Charmaine Sheh away. Unwilling to live her life like this, Charmaine Sheh ran back to Hong Kong to run for Miss Hong Kong.
While both the champion and runner-up regarded Miss Hong Kong as a springboard for wealthy families, Charmaine Sheh regarded her as a springboard for her career and started her own path to become a "big heroine".
The "chicken voice" that was once despised can now be broadcast in the original voice in "News Queen".
The newcomer who was once scolded by the director in front of her and smashed the script is now called the last sister of TVB after three viewings. He can stand alone in any crew, but he is also described as a strict but gentle senior by his juniors.
She chose to work hard for her career back then and is still single. When talking about the wealthy family she "missed" back then, she still has no regrets and lives a carefree life alone.
"News Queen 2" is already being filmed. Producer Zhong Shujia has invited many veterans to return, including Charmaine Sheh's old CP Lin Baoyi.
In 1997, Lin Baoyi appeared for the first time as the leading actor in the criminal investigation drama "Forensic Records". The emotional entanglement between Zeng Jiayuan and Nie Baoyan has become a hot archaeological topic in Little Red Book.
What is surprising is that the latest representative work of the police professional who represented high intelligence and integrity in the past is a sexual assault character in "Under the Day" who "does not dare to look in the mirror" and is also a visually impaired person.
His wonderful performance received overwhelming praise. He was nominated for Best Actor for the first time at this year's Academy Awards. The person who invited him to play this role was Louis Koo.
Louis Koo is also an investor in "Under the Sun".
He and Lin Baoyi developed in TVB at the same time. In 1997, when Lin Baoyi became the leading actor for the first time, Louis Koo's stock "Full Moon Scimitar" was also "unfrozen" and aired - the legendary ordinary 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. However, because the TVB contract has not yet ended, his work is still focused on filming dramas.
Louis Koo and Lin Baoyi have never collaborated in TVB dramas. It is only because they have common friends that they have become good friends in life, so they often meet regularly to eat and chat. The cooperation for "Under the Day" was decided at a dinner party. Before Lin Baoyi confirmed the performance, Louis Koo once planned that if no one was willing to play the role of the Demon Dean, he would do it.
This work, which reflects social reality, has not found a company willing to invest since the script was completed in 2018. It was not until the director sent the script to the company "Tianyi" that 24 hours later, Louis Koo told him: "I like the script very much , I will definitely shoot it.” The investment was confirmed on the spot.
It can be said that this good story was saved 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 the Hong Kong film industry.
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In 1997, Shu Qi was another newcomer who was making a mark in the film industry.
Back then, she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Best New Actor for her role as a girl who had no choice but to join the crew of a romance film, directed by Er Dongsheng. .
The experience of this character seems to be part of her real life. Her acceptance speech when she won the supporting actress award was: "I hope that when everyone pays attention to my figure, they can also notice my acting skills."
Maggie Cheung won the Best Actress for "Sweet Honey" that year, and Shu Qi was also here At the beginning of the year, I followed the example of my idol Maggie Cheung and took the route of literary films, putting "the clothes I took off back on one by one."
Among the many invitations for new movies, "Beautiful Boy Love" is one of them.
That year Wong Kar-Wai's "Happy Together" swept the studios, and Yang Fan also wanted to make a local "rainbow-oriented" movie, telling the bitter love story between two "beautiful boys".
At that time, he looked for many male actors but were rejected by them all. 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 handsome boy in the advertisement is Daniel Wu.
In 1997, Daniel Wu, who graduated from the Department of Architecture, took advantage of his graduation trip to go to Hong Kong to watch the return of Hong Kong. As a result, he ran out of travel expenses and had to work part-time as a graphic model to earn extra money.
didn't expect that he would be spotted by the great director right away. He didn't even have a shot and just chatted for an afternoon before settling on him.
Initially, Daniel Wu, who could not even speak Cantonese, was completely afraid to take on the role of the leading actor. After Yang Fan repeatedly invited him, he finally decided to give it a try. This test completely changed Daniel Wu's career. Many years later, Azu posted a group photo to thank his teacher and said: "Without Yang Fan, I wouldn't be where I am today."
In the movie, Jet, played by Feng Delun, fell in love at first sight with Sam, played by Daniel Wu.
In reality, Feng Delun fell in love at first sight with the girl next to Sam, Kana, who is Shu Qi.
He once said in a 2006 "Old Feng Diary" series of interviews Frankly speaking, I had a crush on Shu Qi since I met her in 1997. I liked her straightforwardness and her ability to express emotions. I asked for her phone number the first time I met her, and even asked her out to chat.
Plus the two of them live very close together. Recently, he would often come to help repair electrical appliances, lights, etc.
When he told this interview, Feng Delun and Shu Qi were still good friends, because he felt that "the more they got to know each other, the more they realized they were not suitable for being a couple." As a result, 10 years later, The two suddenly announced their marriage.
There were no wedding banquets and parties. The two decided to "be entangled with each other for the rest of their lives." It was not until the beginning of this year that the two arranged a Chinese-style wedding as usual.
The girl they fell in love with at first sight in 1997 is now each other. Being a lifelong friend, confidant, and partner, what could be more romantic than this?
By the way, Shu Qi, who regarded Maggie Cheung as her idol, became an Oscar judge this year. It is said that this is the third time after Gong Li and Maggie Cheung. A "Grand Slam" judge.
e's conclusion:
In 1997, Wong Kar-wai won the Best Director Award for "Happy Together", becoming the first Chinese director to win this honor.
27 years later, Wong Kar-wai became a TV series director. "Flowers" swept 5 awards at the just-concluded Magnolia Awards Ceremony, and it started to be broadcast on TVB early last month.
In 1997, comedy movies were still dominated by Stephen Chow and Wong Jing, but this year, Stephen Chow and Wong Jing were the king. Jingdu began to come to the mainland to participate in micro-short dramas.
There is a treasured drama called "Hong Kong People in Guangzhou" in 1997. It tells the story of the male protagonist played by Zheng Danrui who went to Guangzhou to start a business in the 1990s and developed prejudices against the mainlanders. The subtle process of understanding, appreciation and support.
Just like the bullet of fate, the future of the integration of the two places predicted and guessed by this drama has gradually been realized, but the rhythm of the development of the entertainment industry has been slightly reversed. .
Nowadays, including directors and artists, it has become normal for Hong Kong people to go north to look for job opportunities and life expenses. The Hong Kong entertainment industry, which seemed very far away in 1997, has smoothly integrated with the mainland entertainment industry.
This drama even has a "sister chapter" called "Hong Kong People in Beijing". This time, it is the turn of the male protagonist who works in the Buddhist community in Hong Kong to be severely involved in the mainland workplace.
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