Today is the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return, and the whole country celebrates. When it comes to Hong Kong comedy movies, we must not avoid the laugh moments that Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat once brought us.

Today marks the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return, and the whole country celebrates.

When it comes to Hong Kong, Hong Kong movies are always inseparable. When it comes to Hong Kong comedy movies, we must not avoid the laugh moments that Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat once brought us.

Even a moment is enough to make people forget, just like someone pushing open the memory gate to find those dissipated time.

2002, the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards Awards.

formerly Hong Kong Radio Director Zhang Minyi presented the Academy Awards to Stephen Chow.

The 21st Hong Kong Film Awards Awards, Stephen Chow won the Best Director and Best Actor Award

The just turned 40 years old, Stephen Chow won the Best Director and Best Actor Award for his self-written and directed " Shaolin Football ".

Zhang Minyi said that because of Stephen Chow, many Hong Kong people can smile when they are unhappy.

Star Chow smiled silently, as reserved and silent as always. Under the

, the 49-year-old "football coach" Ng Mengda applauded hard and smiled happily.

"Shaolin Football"

This is the work that Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat have collaborated again after many years of silence. A pair of "golden partners" in the Hong Kong film industry have been hilarious again by countless viewers.

The applause and laughter from the distant era surged like waves, making the new century full of hope.

A year later, Stephen Chow began to prepare for "Kung Fu", and reserved a role for Ng Mengda without any suspense, and Ng Mengda also set aside a schedule for Stephen Chow.

It’s a pity that year that year, large-scale activities such as filming have been stopped in the mainland.

, and this period of suspension happened to be the time left by Wu Mengda for Stephen Chow. By the time the ban was lifted, it was already July.

Therefore, when Stephen Chow contacted Ng Man-tat again, Ng Man-tat was already shooting other films and could not get the schedule.

This incident has become a node in the relationship between Stephen Chow and Ng Mengda, and the two have never cooperated again.

was only during the filming of "Kung Fu", Stephen Chow, who was striving for excellence, no longer had the intermediate adjustments of Ng Man-tat, and he also broke up with the martial arts director Sammo Hung . Fortunately, Yuan Heping took over and the movie was finished.

After "Kung Fu", Stephen Chow filmed another film "Yangtze River 7", and it disappeared for a long time.

. Many people failed to meet Ng Mengda in "Kung Fu", and they all believed that there was a gap between them.

However, in an interview program, Wu Mengda responded to outside speculation, saying that the two were not as disagreeable as rumors outside.

But when the host asked him about his status, Wu Mengda said calmly: "It feels like he is not in contact with each other."

After the two broke up, Stephen Chow was still a director and filming comedy, but the movie score was far inferior to before, which made people feel a little "that the end of his talents".

. In order to make a living, Wu Mengda took on commercial performances, advertisements, and bad movies everywhere, which was no longer the box office guarantee that year.

The era is changing, people of that era, those who die, retire.

The relationship between Stephen Chow and Ng Mengda has become a difficult time for many people.

Until 2021, in order to promote the new movie, Ng Mengda participated in "Ace vs. Ace".

At that time, 68-year-old Wu Mengda was already gaunt and gaze at the naked eye, but his laughter was still refreshing.

In the show, people inevitably asked about the cooperation with Stephen Chow.

Ng Mengda said: "I am not dead yet, he has not retired yet, so he will definitely have the opportunity to cooperate."

One word is made of prophecy

One word is made of prophecy.

Not long after, Ng Mengda became seriously ill and transferred from Macau to Hong Kong to recuperate.

Stephen Chow, who has not spoken for more than ten years, stood up at this time and said, "If you need it, you will help immediately."

Unfortunately, people did not wait until the day when they work together again.

The stories of the two men, as one side passes, will always become a mystery and will always become a wind blowing into the distance.

Everything is far away, and many years have passed.

On February 27, 2021, 69-year-old Wu Mengda died of illness in Hong Kong.

At this time, 59-year-old Stephen Chow was already gray and he was still very silent in public.

Stephen Chow came to visit his old friend

In the face of media inquiry, he said: "I just learned this news. Although I have been paying attention to Wu Mengda's condition for this period of time and have some psychological preparation, I am still very sad and sad, reluctant to let it go. Wu Mengda's condition comes quickly and leaves urgently. He is my partner and old friend for so many years, and I can't accept it at the moment."

This time, Wu Mengda finally became the protagonist.

I miss Ng Man-tat, but I still can’t avoid Stephen Chow. After all, as the "golden partner" in the nonsense film industry, the two used their unique performance comedy style to jointly write the glory of Hong Kong's "nonsense" movies.

has created many classic film and television works and screen images over the past decade.

Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat are two people that cannot be avoided in Hong Kong comedy movies

Whenever one of them is mentioned, the other person's name cannot be avoided in the name of the other person, "Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat", "Ng Man-tat and Stephen Chow" always walk together like this.

Speaking of which, Wu Mengda's history of fame was much earlier than Stephen Chow, but the two gradually achieved each other with mutual support.

On January 2, 1953, Wu Mengda was born in Xiamen, Fujian. He left Xiamen at the age of 7 and went to Hong Kong with his family.

Wu Mengda is the eldest son of his family. When he was a child, he liked movies very much. He often bought a ticket and took his two younger brothers to watch the movies. He went home and acted it himself.

In 1962, 9-year-old Wu Mengda bought a TV at his home. He watched "Happy Tonight" with his father every day, which was very interesting. He envied the actors' glamor and secretly recorded the registration method on TV.

This year, a boy was born in a mainland immigrant family in Hong Kong. His name is Stephen Chow.

Mother Ling Baoer was an early escapee from Hong Kong who came out of the mainland to make a living during the "three years of hardship". Since she first arrived in Hong Kong and had no relatives, she hurriedly married Stephen Chow's father.

The relationship between the two is very weak, and they always blame each other for trivial matters.

Whenever parents quarrel, the young Stephen Chow was very panicked and could only lock himself in the corner and silently make "daydreams" to drive away the anxiety in his heart.

The young Stephen Chow and his family

The marriage that was built was wrapped in fate is difficult to maintain, and the fate between parents quickly came to an end.

After the parents divorced, Stephen Chow and his sister lived with their mother and lived a hard life. My family is so poor that I can eat braised chicken legs that are rare, and the only way to entertain is to go to the movies.

In 1973, 20-year-old Wu Mengda was admitted to the third Hong Kong TVB Artist Training Class and became classmates with Zhou Runfa and Johnnie To .

TVB third artist training class

Ng Mengda and Chow Yun-fat have a good relationship, and they are together almost every day.

Zhou Runfa lived in Hong Kong Island. There was no undersea tunnel at that time. It was very troublesome to go home after 12 o'clock in the evening, so he often slept at Wu Mengda's house. There were 40 students in that period. Wu Mengda was the deputy class monitor and his grades were always in the top 5.

Ng Man-tat and Chow Yun-fat were classmates in the training class

Chow Yun-fat was at the bottom of the class, and his lines were not good. Wu Mengda commented on him that his mouth could not keep up with his brain, his body could not keep up with his mouth, his body was inconsistent, and his acting was awkward.

Not only that, Chow Yun-fat always blinks frequently when filming. When filming "The True Color of Heroes", in order to overcome this problem, he designed a match-holding style for himself. He would bite the match desperately in the blink of an eye.

Hand matches in his mouth are actually a small section designed by Chow Yun-fat himself

Johnny To once heard the teacher chat and say, "Chow Yun-fat doesn't have to stay." Another person said, "There are three months left, let's talk about it then."

Relying on the background of the TVB training class, Ng Mengda has begun to participate in many TV programs, but they are all supporting actors.

1979, 26-year-old Wu Mengda became a hit with the role of "Hu Tiehua" in "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang".

It’s a pity that he also showed the habit of "Hu Tiehua" in the play to drink and making friends more vividly in real life. Every day, he drinks, plays cards, and picks up girls, so he looks forward to finishing work early.

Ng Man-tat’s early role as “Hu Tiehua” is very popular among Taiwanese people

After "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" was broadcast in Taiwan, Ng Man-tat became the favorite actor of many Taiwanese people.

The heroic and capable of drinking Wu Mengda is deeply appreciated by many Taiwanese bigwigs, and he is constantly invited to perform, cut ribbons and even construction site shows.

Wu Mengda was also very happy. Not only could he make a lot of money, but he could sing and sing every night. Every day, countless people invited him to have dinner and drink, KTV.

So, Wu Mengda began to stay in Taiwan for various reasons for a whole year, and even pretended not to hear him when facing his old boss TVB looking for him.

When Ng Man-tat became famous, Stephen Chow, when he was a teenager, was practicing " Iron Sand Palm " at home.

Since I watched the Bruce Lee in the movie and killed the Japanese enemy with his hand and smashed the plaque of "The Sick Man in East Asia". When Stephen Chow was excited when he was young, he felt that he had finally found a way to prove himself.

Because of his thin figure, Stephen Chow was always bullied at school, so he decided to use his skills to fight back.

When he was young, Stephen Chow loved Kung Fu

Since the house had only 12 square meters of space, he could only tie the sandbags above the dining table , and just slashed it down with one palm, and the whole family shook it. He also practiced iron sand palms at the same time, and reached into the hot mung beans with bare hands to stir-fry...

After he felt that his skills were improved, he ran to the principal's office excitedly and said that he would start a class to teach Chinese Kung Fu . The principal bombed him out before he finished listening.

Stephen Chow carefully reflected on it and felt that the environment might be wrong. Since I learned kung fu from movies, I guess it will be displayed in movies.

When Stephen Chow had not yet met the movie, Wu Mengda was already drunk and dreaming in Taiwan, and was happy and earned more than 100,000 US dollars.

With money, Wu Mengda became even more proud and generous. He often got drunk and went into the casino. He earned no money and his credit card money was also swept away.

After a long time, Wu Mengda's fame gradually faded, and no one contacted him anymore, so he had to return to Hong Kong in shame.

After returning to TVB, Wu Mengda was a little panicked.

Everyone saw him, you are kind, but he didn't get any more scenes and even looked for the boss.

It’s just that Wu Mengda came back this time. The important reason is that he not only spent all his belongings, but also owed a huge credit card loan.

Bank warned him that if he did not repay his credit card at a specified time, he would be declared bankrupt.

Bankruptcy means that you can't go in and out of high-end places, can't take out loans, and can't live the comfortable life you used to be.

Not only that, because he was addicted to gambling, he also owed more than 300,000 yuan in usury.

In desperation, Wu Mengda secretly found his friend Chow Yun-fat.

Chow Yun-fat, who was almost expelled from the training class, has now become the protagonist of many dramas from a supporting role, and has become popular with the movie " Shanghai Beach ".

"Shanghai Bund" made Chow Yun-fat famous

In Wu Mengda's view, such an old relationship, no matter what, Fazi should help him.

Unexpectedly, Chow Yun-fat did not lend him money, and even borrowed someone else's mouth to tell Ng Meng-da, "Ada, I have money, but lending you is harmful to you, and it is also harmful to you. You should get up wherever you fall."

Ng Meng-da said: "No, brother, they want to tell me, save me first and then climb."

pleas for a long time, but Chow Yun-fat still didn't let go. Ng Meng-da hated this old friend to the core.

Wu Mengda had to bite the bullet and make an appointment with several usury bosses who were owed debts to sit down and discuss, saying that he was at a loss now, but he would work hard to make money to pay off his debts.

html Fortunately, TVB has not terminated his contract with him yet. The loan shark also thought that Wu Mengda might be able to turn around, so he agreed to Wu Mengda's proposal to pay off his debt with two-thirds of his salary.

That was the most difficult period for Wu Mengda. Not only did he bear huge debts, but he also had his wife and twin daughters to raise.

At that time, Wu Mengda could only make a living by playing supporting roles

At this moment, a new supporting actor found him and gave him a book, saying, "Brother Da, you can do it, you get up again, I have always appreciated your performance."

This supporting actor is Stephen Chow.

Ng Mengda quietly returned to Hong Kong from Taiwan. This year, Stephen Chow is preparing for the TVB artist training class.

In 1981, 18-year-old Stephen Chow came to the registration site uneasy and saw that Huang Rihua actually published the , and he was very surprised.

23-year-old Huang Rihua graduated from the ninth TVB Artist Training Class and started as a supporting actor. It was not until this year's " Passerby " that he established his leading role in TVB.

However, he had not yet appeared in "Passenger" at that time, and for Stephen Chow, he could only be considered a familiar actor.

But even so, Stephen Chow was still very excited to see the TV star at such a close distance.

It’s a pity that he failed the exam without fulfilling his ambitions.

The second year, he and Tony Leung, who was the same age, came to apply for the exam again. They are both neighbors and want to have a show business.

Stephen Chow and Tony Leung are the same age, and are both student class

Unfortunately, Tony Leung passed the exam, but he failed the exam again.

Fortunately, Michael Miu’s wife Qi Meizhen is a neighbor of Stephen Chow. She is a student of the 10th TVB Artist Training Class. She pleaded with her teacher and principal Liu Fanggang, and Stephen Chow was admitted to the night class.

If there is no good neighbor Qi Meizhen, the 21-year-old Stephen Chow may never have a chance to make a comeback, and we may never see those wonderful and funny Stephen Chow movies...

is just in the talented Hong Kong film and television industry. Stephen Chow, who has no background and no characteristics, has not been able to successfully join the crew and can only temporarily host the children's column in Taiwan. Stephen Chow attaches great importance to the opportunity to play a supporting role and designed many performance details for the role in advance, but when he arrived at the scene, he found that no one paid attention to him at all.

These experiences were later compiled by him into the movie " King of Comedy ".

is so "loved" by a supporting actor. Wu Mengda smiled bitterly and could only hold up the book and study it carefully. At this time, he had many different experiences with performance.

Ng Man-tat picked up the book and studied

In 1985, TVB happened to have a new drama " New Senior Brother " to be filmed. Ng Man-tat won the color scheme in it. A seemingly stern but full of tenderness instructor

actually has only two pages of dialogue, but Ng Man-tat watched it hundreds of times.

There is a scene in the play that I want to scold academic police officer Tony Leung? The short few minutes of the shot made the audience feel that although this fierce instructor was merciless, his eyes were full of care.

Ng Man-tat in "Xinza Senior Brother"

is also this drama, which makes people admire Ng Man-tat who has returned, and even surpasses the male lead, becoming the recognized best supporting actor in this film

At this time, Stephen Chow was still hosting the children's column "430 Shuttle Machine", and only receives a salary of about HK$2,000 per month.

Can I become popular?

guest starred as a guest star on countless TV subtitles, feeling frustrated that he might only be a children's host in his life.

Unexpectedly, fate made a joke again.

TVB held a large-scale party that year. He went on stage to perform acrobatics, but his chin hit the stage and was taken many "wonderful" photos.

says a bit sad. The photos of him falling look funny. They were noticed by people in the circle. A producer asked him if he wanted to audition for a comedy.

This TV series is called " The Heroes ", which was the first time he and Ng Mengda officially collaborated.

Who knew that the two of them were both solemn and harmonious in their partner was surprisingly good, which made TVB strike while the iron was hot and continued to play the father-son game in the TVB anniversary drama "He comes from the Jianghu".

Finally, this pair of actors who can be called "live treasures" attracted the attention of a big director, and he is Wu Siyuan .

And the movie tailor-made for them by Director Wu is the famous " Gambling Saint ".

The humorous duo finally attracted the attention of many people

In the movie, Wu Mengda plays the third uncle, and he will keep getting his name whenever he is called. This design was edited by Ng Mengda and was also named "Congenital Out of Control".

Ng Mengda asked Stephen Chow casually if he had heard of this disease, and Stephen Chow said, "Of course I know."

Ng Mengda replied to him: "You know what X, I just thought of it."

To Stephen Chow, who lacked fatherly love since childhood, Ng Mengda looked very much like his "old bean" (dad).

Under normal times, Wu Mengda not only teaches Stephen Chow many acting skills, but even when he sees Xingzai speaking with his mother with a bad tone, he will immediately raise his face and scold him.

See the future golden combination

But when eating, Wu Mengda must give the best dish to Stephen Chow, saying that he had eaten everything, and Xingzai was still "growing his body".

At that time, they thought the best thing in the world was canned abalone, because they really couldn't afford the abalone made in restaurants. When filming "The Gambling Saint", the two often went to the beach to eavesdrop on the couple's conversation and went to the hotel to observe diners. Wu Mengda was responsible for persuading the producer and added all the self-created materials into the play.

Every time, Stephen Chow drives Ng Mengda. Ng Mengda laughs and says that he is the boss's life and he can't drive until now. On the day of the premiere of the movie, Ng Man-tat and Stephen Chow ran to the cinema to watch the audience's reaction nervously. When they saw everyone applauding and stomping their feet, they burst into tears by their performance.

The two hid in the back row, covering their mouths and laughing secretly.

In 1990, "The Gambler" unexpectedly became popular, defeating the same movies of Jackie Chan and Xu Guanwen at low cost, setting a box office record of that year.

28-year-old Stephen Chow and 37-year-old Ng Mengda began their long-term partnership.

The two of them can finally eat as much abalone as they can.

Although many people say that the movie "The Gambler" does not have big stars or directors and is shoddy, the performances of Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat were pioneering, and the film created a golden period for the two to work together.

When filming "Gambling Saint", Wang Jing's father Wang Tianlin is about to retire. Everyone decided to make some money by making a movie so that the old man can enjoy his old age.

This movie called " Days If Love " is directed by Chen Musheng , produced by Johnnie To, produced by Johnnie To, and played the leading role of Andy Lau , Ng Mengda plays the supporting role of Taibao, a person who is loyal and useless.

The Taibao in "The Heaven If Love" is impressive

In fact, after the script came out, my friend Johnnie To talked to Ng Man-tat and asked him who he wanted to play.

Ng Mengda initially wanted to play the villain "Raoba". He said, "I just wanted to play that villain, and I said I could make him cute."

Johnnie To is a little confused, don’t understand what cute villain is?

Ng Mengda explained that no one thinks he is a bad person. Although he is doing some bad things now, there are reasons and excuses - this society has forced me to support my family, and I was forced to kill and set fire for my children and for my wife, but this should be an impulse. From the perspective of the villain, he will only do it if he thinks one thing is right. So are villains. They are not against you as soon as they come, it is impossible. Why commit suicide? Why do you do this? He has his legal reasons.

However, due to appearance issues, Ng Mengda was still persuaded to play the honest and honest supporting role of Taibao.

Ng Mengda didn't say much, and went back to study this role carefully.

1991, Ng Mengda won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards for this role.

On the podium, he thanked the crew and the director.

Because of Chow Yun-fat's recommendation, Wu Mengda finally turned over

Chen Musheng smiled and said, "The one you should thank Chow Yun-fat the most, he highly recommended you!"

Wu Mengda suddenly realized and quickly asked Chow Yun-fat to apologize in person, and the two reconciled.

1992, "The Deadly Officer" co-starred by Wu Mengda and Stephen Chow once again topped the Hong Kong box office list. Later, this year was called "Stephen Chow Year" by the media. In the top ten box office that year, Stephen Chow participated in seven.

During the release of "The Dead" by Stephen Chow and Wang Jing filmed the movie "The Deer and the Cauldron" while it was hot.

Similarly, Ng Mengda is indispensable in this movie.

It is said that when Jin Yong learned that Stephen Chow played Wei Xiaobao, he sent a fax to the film company, with six words written on it: "Don't think of the second person."

1992 is the "Stephen Chow Year" in the history of Hong Kong films. In this year, he made 8 movies including " Comics Weilong " and "Star Club", and occupied 7 seats in the 15 top-notch films of the year.

The touching Stephen Chow version of the little person

From then on, Stephen Chow, Chow Yun-fat and Jackie Chan were called "Boy Monday" by the media, becoming the box office guarantee.

Several successive movies were successful, and Ng Mengda and Stephen Chow became the golden partners in the circle.

Stephen Chow has strict requirements. On the set, Tian Ji ( Tian Qiwen ) and Ru Hua ( Li Jianren ) could not stand his temper, and only Wu Mengda could mediate.

Soon after, he set up his own business and invested in filming "A Chinese Odyssey" under the persuasion of director Liu Zhenwei.

Many people know the story of the movie "A Chinese Odyssey" and I won't say much.

When "A Chinese Odyssey" was filmed, Athena Chu and Stephen Chow were in a passionate relationship

, but after this drama, Stephen Chow's next few movies also failed one after another and owed a lot of debts.

In 1995, Liu Zhenwei, who couldn't stand it, found Stephen Chow and filmed " Rejuvenation Night ", but the box office lost again.

Liu Zhenwei had no choice but to break up with Stephen Chow and suggested that he go to Wang Jing to cooperate.

In the same year, Stephen Chow once again collaborated with Wang Jing to return to the "Shit, Pee, Fat" movie series. Of course, Ng Mengda is indispensable and filmed " Variety Star Lord ".

is indeed Wang Jing’s amazing box office, and the box office of "The Variety Star Lord" has been popular all the way.

"The Star Lord of Changes"

However, due to the debt repayment and the fact that the Hong Kong underworld was deeply involved in the film industry at that time, Stephen Chow made several movies that he didn't like but had a high box office. Because of the different shooting concepts, he had a conflict with Wang Jing.

In 1996, Stephen Chow only starred in two movies, " God of Cookery " and " Big Spy Lingling ", respectively, winning the second and third place in the box office that year.

That was the most unrestrained era in Hong Kong, and Stephen Chow's movies are its motto.

At this time, the 34-year-old Stephen Chow is no longer an unknown person, and he has the idea of ​​becoming a director.

has accumulated materials for many years and has been accumulated for a long time, so there was the 1997 "The King of Comedy", which also caused a misunderstanding between Stephen Chow and ,000 Ziliang .

"King of Comedy" classic shot

In the 1980s and 1990s, Wan Ziliang became the number one TVB leader with his excellent performance, and he also supported young people a lot.

00 Ziliang starred in the TV series "Journey to Life" and met his little brother Stephen Chow who has been playing supporting roles. But it was this role that brought the hard-working Stephen Chow into the eyes of his elder brother Wan Ziliang.

0 million Ziliang's encouragement and encouragement made Stephen Chow, who was originally disheartened and thought he could not make it, rekindled hope.

00 Ziliang gave Stephen Chow many suggestions to support

Later, Li Xiuxian was launched to shoot "Pili Pioneer". Wan Ziliang strongly recommended Stephen Chow, and then he began Stephen Chow's brilliant starting point.

It can be said that Stephen Chow has always been grateful for this "guiding light" on his life.

Therefore, in 1999, when Stephen Chow was filming "The King of Comedy", Wu Mengda played the role of the lunch box of Wu Ziliang.

Unexpectedly, when the filming plan was just turned on, the staff failed to notify Wan Ziliang in time due to the change of shooting plan, which caused the "big brother" to wait in the hotel for a day and was very angry.

In "King of Comedy", Ng Mengda plays a police undercover

Although Stephen Chow personally explained, Wan Ziliang, who was deeply insulted, announced his withdrawal.

Stephen Chow immediately asked Wu Mengda to save the scene, and the other party agreed immediately.

In 1999, "King of Comedy" won the annual box office championship with HK$29.84 million, but it was not won in the Academy Awards and did not even get a nomination.

At the same time, news came out in the circle that Stephen Chow was not easy to cooperate.

Director Johnnie To and Stephen Chow worked together on "The Death Officer", and praised him at that time, "Star Chow did not waste a roll of film."

, but in the second year, he collaborated on " Jigong ". Johnnie To sighed, "I didn't participate in the discussion and creation before filming, but I always had to change things when filming, so it was particularly difficult to promote filming. It is okay to work with Stephen Chow to shoot movies, but there is no way to be friends."

This is all because Stephen Chow began to have new thoughts on the movie. He was no longer willing to just shoot some "slobber films", but he deliberately hoped to add his own ideas to it.

has worked with Stephen Chow for thirteen movies. Li Li, known as the "best partner", also parted ways with him. The problem is also Stephen Chow's "overwhelming power".

more than 6 years later, when we talked about Stephen Chow, Li Lizhi said, "I have something to say with the actor Stephen Chow, but there is nothing to say with a director. If he is willing to be an actor, we can climb higher."

In fact, the Hong Kong film industry is very strict, and the director, as the helmsman of a movie, is the only one who says it.

The first movie "God of Cookery" directed and acted by Stephen Chow in the true sense. The protagonist's enlightenment after being betrayed by his relatives is a true portrayal of himself.

"God of Cookery"

In 2002, Stephen Chow finally won the 21st Hong Kong Film Academy Best Director Award, Best Actor Award and Outstanding Young Director Award for "Shaolin Football".

coincidentally, Stephen Chow was late that day, so he took a taxi to receive the award temporarily.

After that, Stephen Chow wanted to make a kung fu movie about his idol Bruce Lee. He said, "I hope every shot of this movie is something that no one else has seen."

This is the later "Kung fu".

"Kung Fu"

From the names and contents of these two movies, it can be seen that Stephen Chow is still obsessed with traditional Kung Fu. It is the continuation of his childhood dream and is also a type of film that is a counterattack of grassroots films. When the filming of this movie was made, Stephen Chow had contacted Ng Mengda and booked him the role of a landlord. But that year, the filming of the film was postponed.

From then on, Ng Mengda and Stephen Chow never cooperated again.

2008's " Yangtze River 7 " was released. Many people think that this will be a new starting point for Stephen Chow's comedy movies.

《Yangtze River 7》

However, the story did not unfold as expected.

This became the last movie starring Stephen Chow, and since then, he has completely turned behind the scenes.

After the 2013 " Journey to the West to Demons ", it is difficult for the outside world to find out Stephen Chow's voice again.

People's love for Stephen Chow naturally extended to his emotional life.

At that time, Stephen Chow experienced his first love, Luo Huijuan, who died of illness, broke up with his girlfriend, Yu Wenfeng, who had been in love for 12 years, and was caught in a lawsuit.

In the movie "Journey to the West", he used the mouth of Tang Monk to say the words "I love you for ten thousand years."

Some people analyzed that it was about Athena Chu who broke up during the filming of "American Journey"; some people also believed that it was about Luo Huijuan, who once wanted to live with Stephen Chow for the rest of her life.

Stephen Chow's loneliness is hard to understand

Behind the comedy are countless invisible tragedies, and Stephen Chow's loneliness is hard to understand.

Compared with Stephen Chow, Wu Mengda is not much better than Stephen Chow who has a bumpy relationship.

Ng Mengda has experienced three marriages in total, with a total of 4 daughters and 1 son. His first wife was Mi Lili . They got married in 1976 and gave birth to twin daughters after marriage. Their marriage lasted for only 18 years and was declared over.

Ng Mengda and his first wife Maili

Ng Mengda's second wife is Lu Shaoci. They met because of their work. They started living together in 1989, and then Lu Shaoci gave birth to a daughter for Ng Mengda.

Ng Mengda's third wife is Hou Shanyan . She was the third place in Malaysia . The two met their relationship because of the movie "Happy Event in Flower Field". Like knowing his second wife Lu Shaoci, she also developed feelings for the drama and cheated on her marriage.

Hou Shanyan was the third place in Miss Malaysia

In 1996, the two got married with their daughter. By 2003, Hou Yanshan had another son for Ng Mengda, who was also Ng Mengda's only son. So far, Uncle Da is already 50 years old.

I have to say that in reality, Uncle Da’s life style and the screen are really “compromising”.

3 A wife, with 5 children, almost all of them rely on Ng Mengda for support, and the pressure of life is really great.

Although Wu Mengda and Stephen Chow made some money when they partnered, they have been active on the screen after they went solo, and their income is quite rich, but they are also a considerable expense for each family.

It is said that Wu Mengda’s family expenses are nearly 900,000 yuan a month. He once admitted on the show: Living is very hard, young people, don’t learn from me!

, don’t learn from me!

In fact, according to the Lam Zicong revelations that have worked with Stephen Chow for many years, Ng Mengda has been looking for " Mermaid ", "Journey to the West" and " Mermaid 2".

Lin Zicong revealed that he had found Wu Mengda in "The Mermaid", "Journey to the West" and "The Mermaid 2".

But Ng Mengda said that he was in poor health and could not shoot very tired scenes. Stephen Chow was known for his strictness on the set. He did not want to implicate Xingzai

Ng Mengda, who always danced on the screen, actually suffered from heart disease for a long time because he had to quit smoking and quit candy and could not overwork, so he pushed a lot of scenes.

Therefore, Ng Mengda later filmed many movies such as "Big Man", "Hundred Thousand Fights", and "New Ten Thousand House Lights", changing the roles that were once laughing and joking, and more of them were harsh and stubborn characters.

In 2017, 64-year-old Wu Mengda starred in the science fiction movie "The Wandering Earth" and played Han Zi'ang; in December of the same year, he starred in the comedy movie " New Oolong Academy: Laughing in the Jianghu ", playing the role of Master Changmei.

"The Wandering Earth", Wu Mengda plays Han Zi'ang

's acting skills are still very touching, but many viewers always feel that something is missing when they look at this familiar face.

In this year, 55-year-old Stephen Chow collaborated with Tsui Hark to shoot "Journey to the West Demons", which won a box office of 1.652 billion yuan during the Spring Festival that year.

However, more people have also found that Stephen Chow, who has since "The Mermaid" and "Journey to the West", has changed his creative style significantly, and has lost some sharp criticism of reality, becoming too soft.

"Mermaid"

Some people think this is a straight whereabouts of Stephen Chow's level, and the audience is already laughing insincerely.

Fortunately, Stephen Chow still proved his position in the minds of mainland audiences with his high box office. Most of the Hong Kong filmmakers who came to make gold have the same situation and have a little more sympathetic feelings. Those who slander Stephen Chow before have let go.

Wang Jing laughed and said that the best actor in her heart was Stephen Chow. However, after leaving Ng Man-tat's Zhou comedy, the audience was still a little disappointed.

Lost Ng Man-tat's Zhou comedy, and seems to have lost color,

I am disappointed with Stephen Chow's movies. I don't know when, but the Hong Kong movies that once cooked hot and hot also quietly left without saying goodbye.

The rooftop showdown between the male protagonist in "Infernal Affairs" now seems more like a farewell to a Hong Kong movie.

This rooftop duel now seems more like a farewell to Hong Kong movies.

In the ten-year cooperation between Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat, Stephen Chow's strange elf and strikingly "nonsense" image are in sharp contrast with Ng Man-tat's submissive and cowardly "incompetent father", which makes the audience who are used to watching the romance and romance on the screen laugh and becomes a myth in the history of Hong Kong film.

Uncle Da has gone away

Now, Uncle Da has gone away, and the white-haired Stephen Chow has become even more silent, and the person who makes laughter has left.

Step Chow with gray hair

In 2013, CCTV host Chai Jing interviewed Stephen Chow.

At that time, she asked Stephen Chow to confirm with the line "Love you for ten thousand years". "Why must Tang Seng say that?" "Is this a knot of your affection?"

Stephen Chow was a little surprised and asked Chai Jing, "Do you feel this way?"

Chai Jing said, "Yes."

Stephen Chow: "Thank you! Thank you."

Thank you, it's heartbreaking.

Today, the film industry is still full of flowers, and ordinary people are happy to shoot various videos and upload them to social platforms to squeeze out the last trace of traffic, but happiness is like a bubble.

That is the era we can never go back to

The "Dharma-Ending Age" of laughter, we will always miss the world we can never go back to.

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