Ni Kuang is 84 years old in 2019. Now two of the four great talents in Hong Kong have gone, leaving only Ni Kuang and Chua Lam.
A great talent who was once famous for his science fiction novels, Wesley's series has also become the most important label in his life.
As early as 2012, Ni Kuang won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. This is the best recognition for his long-term writing in the literary world. This lifelong honor is inseparable from his cleverness and perseverance.
People are rare in ancient times when they reach seventy. Ni Kuang, who is eighty years old, has become honest and mellow even in old age. In recent years, I have even put down all the chores in my hands, and just drink tea and chat when I have nothing to do.
When talking about the death of his lifelong friend Mr. Jin Yong last year, Ni Kuang was casual and open-minded and looked down upon life and death.
He said bluntly: Everyone must die, death is inevitable. How could he be sad if he died in his nineties? I should be sad if I die at the age of nineteen! His life was brilliant, what was there to be sad about?
The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and grudges and hatreds have long been smoothed over with time in old age. But his life carried the ups and downs of Hong Kong film and culture for half a century.
Ni Kuang is well known to mainland audiences, no wonder for his Wesley series. Wesley himself has a strong protagonist aura, more like Ni Kuang himself's fantasy character in the real world.
The amazing imagination and unpredictable ending in the book have labeled Ni Kuang a genius. Compared with the character Wesley, he has a rich output in the fields of script reviews and martial arts novels.
During the Great Famine, Ni Kuang fled to Hong Kong from the mainland. His current open-mindedness and easy-going are also related to his youth experience. The painful experience of escaping when he was young also created the tenacious vitality of his literary creation.
Starting in the 1960s, he and Chang Cheh joined Shaw Brothers Film Company. Because Wesley made Ni Kuang famous, it is reasonable for him to turn from a writer to a screenwriter.
Although Ni Kuang is a science fiction novelist, he is also a good player in the world of martial arts novels. When he was 20 years old, he had a close personal relationship with Jin Yong and wrote for Jin Yong's "Ming Pao".
To use Ni Kuang’s own words to evaluate Jin Yong, he is a first-rate friend and a ninth-rate boss.
In fact, before he served as the screenwriter of the movie " One-Armed Knife ", Ni Kuang was already familiar with martial arts literature, especially the fairy world of Huanzhu Louzhu.
Ni Kuang admired the master of Huanzhu Lou very much, and regarded the master of Huanzhu Lou as the supreme literary figure. Ni Kuang's favorite things about immortal fighting skills and mysterious weapons were his favorites when he was young.
After watching "The Legend of Shushan Swordsman", Ni Kuang was so excited that he couldn't sleep a wink all night.
He did not hesitate to praise Ni Kuang of "Shu Mountain", calling it the best book in the world.
In his spare time, Ni Kuang continued to write the great work of the fairy tale of Huanzhu Louzhu, but due to his limited energy, the layout was so big that it could not be completed in a year and a half, and in the end it was just a hasty ending.
When Jin Yong was on a business trip, Ni Kuang ghostwrote some passages of " Tian Long Ba Bu "; and after Jin Yong returned to Hong Kong, he was furious with Ni Kuang's plot. Azi 's tragedy adds a tragic undertone to this martial arts masterpiece.
Ni Kuang’s writing is exquisite and creative, and his martial arts literature often contains fantasy routines.
Among them, " Six Finger Piano Demon " created a fresh martial arts world and has been widely praised since its serialization. The combination of fantasy and martial arts is particularly in line with the taste of audiences in the 1960s.
Even when it was later adapted into a Cantonese film of the same name, written by Ni Kuang himself, it was still very popular; "The Six-Fingered Piano Demon" was later remade in many versions, and the classic sensation was no less than that of "The Palm of the Tathagata".
In fact, Ni Kuang was unwilling to accept being mistakenly classified as a rightist when he was young. From his screenwriting works, we can see strong dramatic conflicts and character settings with clear distinction between good and evil.
Ni Kuang's hatred for the evil forces is also shown in his script. Only one side is completely destroyed and will not give up until death.
This temperament is very suitable for Zhang Che, including when he was working as a screenwriter for He Menghua, Cheng Gang and Chu Yuan, the villains were all extremely obscene and evil.
The sinister and cunning villain with a hidden smile has also become an important highlight of Ni Kuang's story system.
"One-Armed Sword" made Zhang Che soar to the sky, and Ni Kuang, the "million-dollar screenwriter", gained both fame and fortune; in fact, when the first draft of the script was formed, Zhang Che was extremely dissatisfied.
In order to tell the revenge story of the one-armed man Fang Gang, Zhang Che personally revised it all night long. Ni Kuang was shocked when he read the revised script the next day.
He revealed in the interview: Except for Ni Kuang’s signature, the content is completely unrecognizable. Zhang Che's changes are equivalent to recasting a one-armed sword.
The two have become friends for many years due to the kindness of knowing each other. He worked hard to plan the script for Zhang Che. In his efficient creation, Ni Kuang gradually discovered Zhang Che's usual style of martial arts films.
In the late 1960s, martial arts movies became very popular. Ni Kuang's martial arts novel "Iron Bat" was adapted into the movie " Shuangxia ".
The movie reduces the original side details, focuses on highlighting the chivalrous spirit of the protagonist, and fully demonstrates the friendship between Ti Lung and David Jiang . Death can make one's ambition clear, and men's bloody nature can be learned from the world. After
, the two produced various martial arts films in batches. There is both the heroic "Bodyguard" and the hearty "Revenge". He wrote about Di Jiang's eternal friendship and Zhang Che's chivalrous tenderness.
Ni Kuangquan saw the grievances and grievances of Zhang Che's disciples from the first generation to the fourth generation.
Until the late 1970s, when Chang Cheh's creative ability declined, Ni Kuang also wrote many Jin Yong films for Chang Cheh, which not only returned a favor to an old friend, but also fulfilled the wish of the two martial arts masters to cooperate.
Helpless " The Legend of the Condor Heroes " several Shaw Brothers movies have received mediocre response, which shows that the times have passed and the usual routines are no longer charming. Mr. Zhang gradually withdrew from the Hong Kong film industry in the 1980s.
Ni Kuang was not only the screenwriter for Run Run Shaw, When Bruce Lee kung fu movies became popular all over the world, Ni Kuang also integrated the story of the legendary hero Chen Zhen of the Republic of China into Bruce Lee's film life, successfully creating the first generation of martial arts heroes who smashed the sick man of East Asia.
In the creation of Kung Fu movies of the Qing Dynasty, Ni Kuang was extremely interested in Qimen weapons. Blood droplets and flying dragons killed all kinds of strange things and became sharp weapons for killing martial arts masters.
In addition, multiple interpretations of the Yongzheng Assassination Case and the Legend of Southern Shaolin gradually spawned a series of Kung Fu film masterpieces that fought against the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty.
Hong Xiguan, Fang Shiyu, Tong Qianjin and other anti-Qing heroes were all used by Ni Kuang, and together they outlined a martial arts universe system in the middle of the Qing Dynasty.
This has also become an important material library for Hong Kong kung fu movies, which are still used inexhaustibly and are often shot again and again.
Making friends with Gulong has become a great pleasure for Ni Kuang in his middle age. As early as the 1960s, when Ni Kuang met Gu Long for the first time, the two hit it off. Because they were born in the same year, they are fond of wine and beautiful women, so it was too late for Ni Kuang and Gu Long to meet each other.
The iron triangle combination of Chu Yuan, Ni Kuang and Gu Long became a blockbuster.
Gu Long's suspense, Ni Kuang's imagination and Chu Yuan's romantic style merged with each other, quickly innovating the outdated routines of martial arts films at that time, and suspenseful martial arts entered a glorious era under the operation of the three people.
In fact, when Gu Long first entered the film industry, Ni Kuang was very important to him. Looking for money and connections, Ni Kuang has done his part.
When Gu Long passed away in 1985, Ni Kuang paid homage to his old friend. He was filled with grief and tears, and almost drank all the XO that was buried with Gu Long in one breath.
Ni Kuang wrote 461 scripts in his life, most of which were completed late at night. Late night is the best time for Ni Kuang to get inspiration.
There is no turning back. As long as the story is written, Ni Kuang will never change it. He will finish it in one go and show his true qualities as a hero.
When Tsui Hark presented him with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012, the heroes expressed sympathy to each other.
Tsui Hark joked: He is the master of martial arts culture that I know. He doesn't change the script. If you give him a subject to write, he will deliver it on time.
