Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 688 I'll eat it, okay? (13)

Hong Kong's entertainment industry is indeed facing a talent shortage...

Back then, TVB's training program and the film industry produced a high volume of talent.

The industry needs a lot of new talent!

With Hong Kong's local market shrinking, the annual film production has plummeted from a peak of over 200 films to less than 30. Without films to make, it's naturally difficult to cultivate new talent…

With capital and resources shifting north, co-productions tend to use mainland actors, leaving fewer opportunities for young Hong Kong actors to appear on screen.

It's understandable, given that Hong Kong is only a city with a population of just over seven million. With the size, market, and resources of a city, it's impossible for it to maintain an independent and thriving film and entertainment ecosystem for an extended period.

The so-called golden age was a coincidence of a special era.

It happened by chance, and it passed by chance.

The adjustments of the times have brought everything back to its normal state.

TVB is even more so…

TVB was once synonymous with the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

The stars shone brightly, shining brilliantly.

Most of the Hong Kong stars you can name came from TVB…

For example: TVB Anniversary Gala!

In 1981, TVB launched an independent program called "Dragon and Phoenix Bring Auspiciousness to the Anniversary Gala" to celebrate its anniversary. Seven years later, it was renamed "TVB Anniversary Gala".

It's actually just TVB's internal annual awards ceremony. In the past, it could be described as a competition of talent and elegance, but later it became a complete amateur troupe!
No money!
In 2015, TVB's total advertising revenue was only HK$23 billion.

In comparison, Hunan TV's advertising revenue in the same year was 110.25 billion yuan, making the difference immediately apparent.

Life is truly like a play, full of ups and downs, and heroes grow old and their youthful beauty fades!

To be honest, if it were twenty years earlier, Shen Yan would have had to go to Hong Kong to be a hired hand, because he was good at networking and could provide some resources.

but now…

Unless someone is mentally unstable, it's impossible to make a living in the Hong Kong entertainment circle!

……

On the set of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils," Chin Ka-lok is discussing the upcoming chase with Shen Yan and Xie Miao...

Chen Hui chased after Chen Guilin, and the two encountered each other in battle…

The action director for "Zhou Chu" was Chin Ka-lok.

Chin Ka-lok came from Sammo Hung's stunt team and was once the leader of the team—because he could perform all kinds of difficult and complex moves, and because he was luckier than others and always managed to turn bad luck into good.

Yuen Woo-ping once said, "If Chin Kar-lok can't complete a move, then there's no need to design it."

When Li Lianjie came to Hong Kong to develop his career, many people looked down on him: 'A martial arts champion, huh? He wouldn't even dare to jump off a building!'

The comparison is with Chin Ka-lok…

Chin Ka-lok is really popular; Derek Yee and Andy Lau both sought him out…

Just as they were discussing how to film later, a few middle-aged women, who had probably just finished grocery shopping, saw him and immediately greeted him, "Ah Lok, are you filming 'Young and Dangerous' again?"

'Uh…more or less…'

'come on! '

It was like treating one's own nephews and nieces...

This chase scene has only one requirement: the audience must feel the pain through the screen! Ideally, no wire work should be used.

Both Zhao Jian and Sang Lin mentioned that only martial arts choreographers who are not good at choreographed moves would abuse wire work to compensate.

They both looked down on... Li Zhongzhi!

Of course, we'll definitely use wires when necessary—after all, the chase is indeed quite dangerous.

Lu Yang walked over: "Are you done?"

"almost!"

"Then you guys get ready again, we'll go film the dialogue scenes first..."

"Ok!"

This scene will be filmed near the end of the filming...

On the one hand, the alley is full of people now; on the other hand, the lighting is wrong…

Most importantly, if an actor gets injured during such a dangerous scene, it will affect the filming of other scenes!
Today's scene with Wu Zhenyu is the same as the scene with Hui Wai-keung from Aberdeen.

In fact, the plot of "Zhou Chu Eliminates Three Evils" is very simple. The wanted criminal Chen Guilin learns that he has a terminal illness and plans to turn himself in to the police station. However, during the process of turning himself in, he discovers the wanted criminal list on the wall and realizes that he is not so bad after all, and is only ranked third on the list.

At this moment, a small flame ignited in Chen Guilin's heart: I am not afraid of death, I am only afraid that no one will remember me after I die.

Therefore, he decided to follow Zhou Chu's example and kill the two most notorious villains on the list, so that everyone would know his name was "Chen Guilin".

Let's target Hui Wai-keung, the Aberdeen of Hong Kong, first – he's number two on the wanted list! Taking down the second-ranked should be a little easier than the first.

Kara Hui plays Zhang Guiqing, a doctor who walks the line between the legitimate and criminal worlds. She and Chen Guilin have known each other for a long time…

Through her, Chen Guilin learned Xu Weiqiang's address!

Yang Mi plays Xiao Mei, Xu Weiqiang's slave...

She arrived in Hong Kong last night…

……

The camera is focused on a house…

Francis Ng's character, Xu Weiqiang, pats Xiaomei's butt, and Xiaomei slaps him away...

Then Francis Ng burst out laughing…

Then the new underling joined in the laughter…

Wu Zhenyu's expression changed: "What are you laughing at?"

"What are you laughing at?"

Wu Zhenyu's portrayal of a neurotic character is truly exceptional!
He grabbed a beer bottle and smashed it over his head...

By the way, the actor playing the younger brother is Wong Chi-hang, a TVB actor. Most of the scenes in "Zhou Chu" were filmed in Hong Kong, so there were definitely many supporting actors who didn't get much screen time.

Including Golden Hair—Black Brother's henchman, who discovered that the money given to the gang leader at his funeral was too little. After negotiating with the other party, he met Chen Guilin, who was also at the funeral. He heard about "Guilin Boy's" deeds and finally witnessed Iron Head Brother Chen Guilin's domineering revenge.

I contacted Ho Ho-man.

Wang Jing's contracted actor!
He starred in "Young and Dangerous: Reloaded" as Tai Tin Yee...

That's right, the "Young and Dangerous" series has been remade several times, including "Young and Dangerous: The Triad Storm" and "Young and Dangerous: New Order"...

Oh, and there's also "Young Fight Chapter".

Useless!
Nobody watches it at all…

However, Hong Kong gangster movies have moved to online platforms, with titles like "Triad" appearing...

That's a tangent, let's get back to the filming.

He smashed six bottles in a row, then picked up an ashtray, ready to smash more...

Yang Mi ran over and stopped him: "No!"

"Click... Passed!"

Lu Yang nodded in satisfaction and then asked, "Are you alright?"

"It's okay, these are just prop bottles, they won't hurt if they hit you!"

"That's good."

"Let's continue filming later, lunchtime..."

……

The boxed lunches from the Hong Kong film crew…

The taste is actually not much different from that of boxed meals in mainland China.

They are all ready-to-eat.

Shen Yan wasn't the type to be particularly picky about food and drink, so he ate whatever the crew provided...

Yang Mi is different; she mainly eats fruit to fill her stomach, and only eats a little bit of her boxed lunch.

"...You're eating far too little!"

"Do you want to eat?"

Shen Yan shook his head: "I also need to control my diet!"

Yang Mi was a little unhappy: "I heard Shi Shi say that you liked to eat her leftovers when you were filming with her before, so why can't you eat mine?"

"It wasn't that I liked to eat... I was young back then, and I could eat two boxed lunches in one meal and still not be full!"

"...Then you can ask the person handing out lunchboxes for another one!"

Shen Yan was too lazy to argue and simply reached out his hand: "...Give it to me!"

"What?"

"Give me what you didn't finish!"

"...Just eat it!"

"I still have some self-respect; I'm not a complete idiot!"

(End of this chapter)