Hong Kong Entertainment: The Fabulous Nineties

preached in the text. ——Tang Lei


Someone said, "It seems that they are talking about stars in the 1980s and 1990s, but there were no actors in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s?" Yes."

The confusion is real. When

talks about the Hong Kong film industry, it usually starts from the completion of biweekly, and also includes the heroes of the 1990s.

If you talk about the Hong Kong music scene, it is Tan Zhangmeichen and the four kings.

And the real pomp, from the nineties.

is like a myth.

why?

is actually quite simple. The first reason for

is that the stars of the 1990s really "played enough".

Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau , who debuted in the music world in 1985, together with Dawn and Aaron Kwok who debuted in the music world in 1990, were awarded the title of "Four Heavenly Kings" in 1992, and they dominated the Hong Kong music world until the end of the century.

One is the king of singing and dancing, one has been named a song god, one is both excellent in singing and filming, and the other is gentle and elegant.

They almost monopolized all the heavyweight awards in Hong Kong, and firmly held the top four sales in Hong Kong's music scene, and extended their influence to the entire Chinese-speaking world. In the battle of Asian stars that year, Aaron Kwok dominated star portraits for seven consecutive years. In the print sales list, Andy Lau has been selected as the top ten idols in Hong Kong and Taiwan for six consecutive years, and Jacky Cheung has won the "World's Best Selling Chinese Singer Award" for two consecutive years.

And even after entering the new century, as long as four people are on the same stage, the so-called finale has absolutely nothing to do with other people. Although other
singers struggled to get ahead under the "pressure" of the Four Heavenly Kings, they were still tenacious. .

At the same time, in 1990, the Hong Kong film industry officially entered the era of "two-week success". If the annual crown situation in the 1980s was added, the three of them continued to create and break film history records, and ruled the Hong Kong film industry thirteen times. year. In addition,

has the extension of the "five superstars", as well as Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng who "take food from the tiger's mouth" from Double Monday, as well as Shuangliang, Liu Qingyun , Wu Zhenyu and Wu Mengda , Liao Qizhi , Cheng Kui An and many other golden supporting actors.

Therefore, even if we only talk about the 1990s, regardless of the music and film circles, they are far superior to the "scenery" of other eras.

not to mention there is a more important factor.

is the foreshadowing of previous years.

In the 1990s, regardless of the field of music and video, the quality of the works improved in all directions. The concept of

is different from what many people think.

Although the Hong Kong film industry in the 1970s and 1980s has been called the golden age, and the annual production of movies has been extremely high, there is actually a lot of room for improvement in the delicacy of the plot and the level of technology, including the ability to perform. The same is true in the music world, Tan Zhangzheng hegemony is already a prosperous age, but the style of music still stays at the traditional level.

In the 1990s, with the emergence of newcomers and the opening of their horizons, it was a matter of course.

In the film world, there are Stephen Chow and Jet Li , Jackie Chan and Chow Yun-fat are still at the top, Andy Lau continues to follow, and there are also young idols such as Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng.

There are many outstanding films of this decade.

roughly includes " The True Story of A Fei ", " Tang Bohu Dianqiuxiang ", "Once Upon a Time", " Barefoot Boy ", " Chongqing Forest ", " East Evil West Poison ", " Drunk" Boxing 2", " Peace Hotel ", "Breakthrough", " Red Zone ", "God of Cookery", "Sweet Honey", "A Good Man", " Dominates the World ", "Who Am I" "And "Dark Flower", "True Hero", "The King of Comedy", "Dark War", "Gun Fire" and so on.The list of

is hard to count, but as mentioned above, there has been an all-round progress from technology, detail to performance. The

music circle jumped out of the Cantonese region and expanded to the Chinese music circle concept.

takes the Four Heavenly Kings as an example. Aaron Kwok has done the most music exploration and has become a benchmark for Chinese singing and dancing singers. After the sales of " kiss goodbye " exploded, Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau focused on the expansion of the Chinese music scene. Above, after several years of hard work, it has yielded fruitful results, leaving Aaron Kwok and Liming far behind, which is also a classic case.

, ​​especially for Aaron Kwok, is actually a pity. He is almost the first king who is famous for his Mandarin songs, but because he turned to the Cantonese music scene, in terms of the entire Chinese music scene, he was unable to maintain the momentum of the year.

But there are many classics in the works of the four people, "Love You Never End", "The Days We Walked Together", "Should I Walk Away Quietly", " Love You More Every Day ", "Where One Day I Miss You, "The Sunset Drunk", "Kiss Goodbye", "Blessings", "Forget Love Water", "I'm From Beijing", "Legend of Innocence", "Sing This Song", "The Call of Love" and "I Wait until the flowers are gone", "My hair is messed up", "Chinese", "Summer Love", "It's Not Me", "Stupid Child", "You Are My Woman", the list will be long . Other

singers also have classics, Ye Qianwen's "Burning Heart Like Fire", " Believe in Yourself ", Grasshopper 's "Love Broken", Beyond's " Glorious Years ", Lin Yilian's "Wake Up", Li Ruien 's "One Person Has a Dream", Li Keqin's "Red Sun", 's "Red Sun", Faye Wong's "Obsessive Obsession", "Women who are Easily Injured", Su Yongkang 's "The More The Kiss The More Sad", more singers will not go into details .

is also a blowout state in front of and behind the scenes.

Looking back. The ten years of

have been two decades away from today.

Looking at it again, although the double Monday has gradually disappeared, but in that era, Andy Lau, Tony Leung and Aaron Kwok became the troika in the afterglow era of Hong Kong Films. The infamous Donnie Yen grew into the last one. Action superstars, while Liu Qingyun, Wu Zhenyu, Ren Dahua and Fang Zhongxin are still active.

This is the third reason.

Although the Hong Kong film industry is not connected, they have crossed the barriers of time and stood firm.

Andy Lau and Aaron Kwok have seven movies to be screened each, and Tony Leung's four major productions are ready to be released, and they all start or are about to start new works, and in their works, the figures of the above-mentioned people are intertwined.

Aaron Kwok's figure, appearance and physical advantages, as well as his tireless pursuit of movies, after Andy Lau's sixtieth year, Tony Leung's self-renewal, everyone who is old and stronger, is worthy of respect.

Their pursuit is not wealth, but what their heart desires.

can be used for reference.

or a fourth reason.

Like we're not quite old yet.

but whatever.

The Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1990s.

can afford the phrase "unprecedented", or "shattering the past and the present".

is as straight as a myth.