From collapsed house idol to entertainment superstar

As mentioned before, the "Hong Kong-style theme" represented by "Operation Red Sea" in the mainstream market has fully demonstrated that during this time period, this type of "Hong Kong films heading north" has become very mature.

In the future, there may be more directors from Hong Kong who will follow this precedent-setting path. After all, this path has been proven to be very feasible.

There are those who find other ways, and naturally there are those who "stay behind".

Zhang Wenqiang is among the group of Hong Kong filmmakers who "left behind".

Speaking of which, whether it is a fairy hair or a Hong Kong police and gangster film, it seems that there is a special term - "two heroes".

The two-hero narrative has a long history in Hong Kong films, probably originating in the era of martial arts films in the 1970s.

At that time, the certain awards that have now become the preserve of self-interest had not yet been born, and the Shaw Brothers movie kingdom dominated Hong Kong.

Director Chang Cheh pioneered the "two heroes" martial arts film and masculine aesthetics.

From "The New One-Armed Sword" and "Revenge" to "Unsung Heroes", "Double Heroes" and other films, Chang Cheh, who is known as the "tomato juice (ketchup, refers to fake blood plasma) director", has shown great success in his films The most common routine is - brothers go to Huangquan Road together with smiles on their faces.

In short, you must die vigorously and sincerely, but you must not die in betrayal or misunderstanding.

That was the first stage of the "two heroes" film in Hong Kong.

In the second stage, it was the beginning of the transformation of "Two Heroes" from martial arts films to police and gangster films. At this time, the era of fairy hair, which Zhang Wenqiang most admired, began.

The "two-hero movies" at this stage no longer have the tough bridges and hard horses of the past, but the only thing that remains unchanged is the word "friendship."

Righteousness and evil, law and love, morality and blood ties.

Almost all the two-hero movies at this stage originated from the trend triggered by the popularity of "A Better Tomorrow" that year.

The movie "A Better Tomorrow" features three frustrated people.

Wu, a white pigeon who has been on the street for several years and is ridiculed for not keeping up with the times.

A fat brother who is all-powerful in TV dramas, but fell down several times on the big screen and was called poison at the box office.

A Ti Lung who once enjoyed endless glory in the "two-hero movies" of the previous generation, but gradually became lonely in the world as he grew older.

Even the only brother who is relatively "famous" actually does not have any commendable masterpieces in the film industry.

Status is a bit similar to what is now pronounced as "flow" and written as "take head".

The reason why Baige Wu brought him here is also very obvious. It is similar to some current street productions, where street directors trick traffic stars into filming, with the idea of ​​just a bit of traffic money as a final guarantee... ..

At the beginning of that drama, the character "Pony" was just a supporting character, appearing as a loyal younger brother of the former gangster boss.

The movie was originally intended to show a more typical love-hate story between a gangster brother and a policeman brother.

However, Brother Ma's unexpected brilliance changed this situation and made the brotherhood of Jianghu far surpass the blood brotherhood in the movie.

It set the stage for the subsequent series of two-hero films represented by Fa Ge.

Even today, thirty years later, "Brother Ma", the original third male lead, has long become the only label for that movie in the minds of the public.

This was also the beginning of Fa Ge’s legendary story.

——He is the only man who won the Best Actor Award with his role as the third male lead.

It was this role that gave Fa Ge a temperament similar to that of a Hollywood "superhero".

As long as he appears in front of the camera wearing a trench coat and holding a gun, he cannot be a supporting actor.

Or it doesn't matter if it's a little more exaggerated - with his movies, he can't be a supporting actor.

A movie era cannot be without heroes.

In an era where the Hong Kong film market is going crazy, Shuang Yicheng is undoubtedly the three most dazzling people.

If Big Brother Cheng represents the "happy hero" with strong skills, then Master Xing can be regarded as the "grassroots hero" who laughs with tears.

As for Fa Ge, he is the "superhero" with a kingly temperament.

It can be said that the greatest significance of the movie "A Better Tomorrow" is that it started a period of heroism that belongs to Hong Kong movies.

And with a very masculine and impactful image, it swept over Sakura and Konishihachi, and even the entire Southeast Asian market, bringing Hong Kong movies into a new golden age.

And Fa Ge himself has become the most distinctive label of that era.

What Ding Zhi needs to do now is to face Fa Ge, the former founder of "Jianghu", in the next few days.

In fact, speaking of it, the "two heroes" in "Wushuang" are different from the genre in the second stage, headed by "A Better Tomorrow" and "Bloodshed Heroes".

After all, in today's general environment, if there is any kind of brotherhood in Jianghu, Jianghu situation, etc., not to mention that it will not be reviewed, the audience may not like to watch it.

Every era has its own aesthetic tendencies. The two-hero movies that use the "wild rivers and lakes" genre as their selling point may only be suitable for the specific era at that time.

Speaking of which, the book "Wushuang" still has the temperament of the Hong Kong movies of the past.

Not to mention anything else, the keywords and elements of "two heroes", "fairy hair", and "counterfeit banknote group" can almost directly remind people of "A Better Tomorrow".

But at its core, it is more of a "double evil film" than a two-hero film.

There is no sense of loyalty, no entanglement between good and evil, just two sides of a naked villain.

Fa Ge's character Li Fusheng this time is very special. Its origin is actually a fantasy born out of the character Li Wen played by Ding Zhi.

This illusion of "two heroes" presented through the non-linear narrative method and the visualization of two sides in one body actually comes from the lies of the same person and the desire to "become a perfect person".

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It had been a few days since Ding Zhi came to the set and had his first meeting with Fa Ge and the director.

Behind them, other actors from "Wushuang" also came to the set one after another.

Speaking of which, although Ding Zhi is the producer, he did not interfere with the casting of other actors in "Wushuang" this time.

He always knows that professional matters should be left to professionals. This film is a film that Zhang Wenqiang has been honing for ten years. I am afraid that the requirements are much higher than those of Ding Zhi.

If there wasn't really a big problem, Ding Zhi would still choose to respect this writer-director.

Among the other actors except Fa Ge, there are only two people who have played opposite Ding Zhi the most.

One of them is that in the story constructed by Li Wen, the "Uncle Xin" who has the best relationship with him is played by Hong Kong Island's gold medal green leaf Liao Qizhi.

The other one is "Ruan Wen", the heroine of the entire film.

This role was won by Zhang Jing, who is also a mainland actor.

There are many true or false rumors about this actress who was known as "the public enemy of the director's wife" when she was young.

From being an international A-class movie queen when she first debuted, to a few years ago, she even participated in a supporting role in a comic-adapted online drama. Netizens who still pay attention to her have been talking about her. Some even say that she has become so dilapidated that she needs to

It's as good as a web drama.

But the only thing that is certain is that she does have Hong Kong resources that surpass all mainland actresses.

For example, in this movie "Wushuang", which brought together two great actors, Fa Ge and Ding Zhi, she quietly got the position of the heroine.

But the strange thing is that Ding Zhi, who is also said to be rich in resources in Hong Kong, has almost no interaction with this person.

This time is actually the first time he has met this famous movie queen after all these years in the industry.

It has to be said that this actress's acting skills are beyond doubt just by looking at her past works, and she also has a unique advantage in her skin.

According to Ding Zhi's understanding, she is already forty years old this year. It may be due to her physical advantage, but she is still in good condition and looks quite beautiful.

To say that she is in her early thirties would not seem too inappropriate.

And the temperament that combines elegance and charm is particularly outstanding.

In other words, it has a pure and slightly sultry temperament.

To put it simply, it is the kind of "funny feeling" that makes women wary when they see him.

There is a kind of sexiness coming from the bones.

So it's no wonder there were so many rumors about her back then.

Of course, Ding Zhi has long since surpassed the tireless gossip mentality he had when he first came to this world.

After all, only after you have been around a lot can you realize just how dirty this circle is.

If you really gossip about one thing after another, Ding Zhi actually doesn't have to do anything else these years. He may have a better future by switching to a job as a paparazzi.

Zhang Jing herself gave Ding Zhi a pretty good impression, being polite, sensible, and not having too many problems.

Of course, this may also have something to do with Ding Zhi's current status.

This year's results in "The God of Medicine" are enough to take him to a new level.

Among the cast, apart from Fa Ge, he is the biggest star among the actors.

Isn't there a saying that when you succeed, you will find that you are surrounded by good people.

There is nothing rebellious, nothing eloquent, and nothing annoying.

And Ding Zhi doesn't care about these small details. These days, he mostly communicates with these main actors about scripts and roles.

But the one who chatted the most with Ding Zhi was naturally Fa Ge.

On the one hand, it is naturally because Fa Ge and Ding Zhi have the most rivalry roles in the film, and to a certain extent, these two characters are two sides of Li Wen.

Li Wen is a character who is both powerful and inferior, arrogant and timid, thoughtful and gambling, has a soft heart, and is also a crazy person with no conscience. He is both domineering and crazy, but also timid.

The decadence of the past.

To a certain extent, the role of "Li Wen" theoretically has more room for development than the almost perfect "mentor-type" role of "Wu Fusheng".

Of course, this is only theoretical.

No matter how good a role is, it still needs someone to perform it.

After all, how many people can withstand Fa Ge’s naturally domineering display?

This is a matter of theory and practice.

So at the beginning, after presupposing Fa Ge to play Wu Fusheng, Zhang Wenqiang went through everyone on the island and seemed to be unable to find a suitable actor.

In the end, I reluctantly settled on Guo Qiongcheng in my mind, but found that the character in the script still needed to be adjusted for him.

It’s not that Guo Qiongcheng’s acting skills are not good. In fact, he was the most late-comer but the most accomplished among the four kings of the year.

But vaguely, Guo Qiongcheng still seems to be a bit lacking in taste.

Maybe you can't find too many faults with him, but there are just a few things missing.

And this "thing" is often crucial.

That's what's called a "eureka moment."

To be honest, there was no one who was particularly suitable for the role, and coupled with the lack of sufficient funds, Zhang Wenqiang actually considered giving up the idea of ​​​​finding Fa Ge to participate in the role for a while.

Until Lin Chaoxian gave Zhang Wenqiang a warning and asked him to look for it in the mainland. As a result, Zhang Wenqiang found Ding Zhi at once, and then he could no longer open his eyes.

As for the role of "Wu Fusheng", when he was writing the script, he deliberately tried to get closer to "Brother Xiao Ma". The degree of agreement between Ding Zhi and the role of "Li Wen" simply made him see the Chinese character.

A huge lottery-like surprise.

Ding Zhi's extremely sensitive touch for the book "Wushuang" made him even more excited.

He also discovered that Ding Zhi is one of those rare actors who can analyze a character from a perspective that controls the overall situation like a director.

All this made Zhang Wenqiang feel like he had suddenly met a confidant.

After settling on Ding Zhi, he firmly decided to invite Fa Ge to play the leading role.

Because at this time, at least the "Li Wen" qualities seen in Ding Zhi seemed to be enough to be "evenly matched" with Fa Ge to a certain extent.

The other person who discovered this was Fa Ge himself.

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"Wow! Still doing homework!"

On the set, Fa Ge, who had already changed his clothes, walked over with a smile, looked at the large stack of biographies in Ding Zhi's hand that seemed to be at least hundreds of thousands of words, and said.

It was a biography of Li Wenzhen written by Ding Zhi before he joined the team. It was 30,000 words long and included all of Li Wen's mental journey from his childhood, taking advantage of others, and even his first murder.

After coming to the crew, he also chatted with Zhang Wenqiang and Fa Ge on many issues, and even Ruan Wen, who played the "lover", Zhang Jing, did not let them go.

These days, many actors, including director Zhang Wenqiang, are avoiding Ding Zhi.

It's not that he's not used to someone doing such "tedious" preliminary work, but it's because Ding Zhi always puts forward some suggestions from some very weird aspects.

For example, if there is a flaw in the description of the sales channel of counterfeit currency, it will be easily traced by the police because of a certain link...

In the art of defrauding acid-free paper, there can be better perfection...

During the gunfight, if Fa Ge wielded heavy firepower with both hands and swept across it, in reality he would have killed himself first...

Also, there is some doubt about the combat effectiveness of Li Fusheng's five-man team to sweep through the entire Cambodian mercenaries...

This is about details, as well as whether the relationship between Li Wen and Ruan Wen is true or false, and whether Li Wen's existence of "Li Fusheng" is really a fiction, or is it some precursor to his schizophrenia...

Do you want to say that Ding Zhi is just a dog catching a mouse and meddling in his own business?

That's really not the case. Ding Zhi is the boss of Jiuyao Media, which co-produced the film. He is also the producer and co-director of this film.

However, when so many people couldn't stand it, Fa Ge was an exception. Instead, he was very happy to chat with Ding Zhi about some trivial issues.

To be precise, Fa Ge could vaguely sense the purpose of Ding Zhi's "obsessed" state. It was because he was facing him and knew how to adjust to a more perfect state.

This kid sees himself as his opponent.

However, even Fa Ge, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, was infected by Ding Zhi's vague excitement.

Even Fa Ge could vaguely feel that there seemed to be a terrible monster hiding in Ding Zhi's body, and it was about to "bite" him hard.