Shi Nansheng’s biography

In the 1970s, he worked in production and administration at TVB, RTHK, Jiashi, and Lydia. In the 1980s, New Arts City created the golden age of Hong Kong-produced films, and later helped pioneer pay TV companies such as Cable, XCMG and PCCW. He was once named one of the 50 most influential filmmakers in the world by Variety, an authoritative American industry magazine. She has hosted political commentary programs "Teacup in the Storm" and "On a Sunny Day". In 1978, Tsui Hark met Shi Nansheng. After being matched by colleagues, the two officially dated the next year. In 1984, Tsui Hark and his wife established a film studio. Tsui Hark was responsible for directing and filming, and Shi Nansheng was responsible for financing, distribution, and publicity other than making movies. In 1993, there were rumors of an affair between Tsui Hark and Michelle Yeh, which reportedly made Shi Nan so angry that they broke up. On June 18, 1996, the two held a wedding in Beverly Hills, USA, and let the media take pictures. This caused widespread rumors that the two got back together after their divorce, so they held another wedding. In September 2007, Tsui Hark Shi Nansheng once again reported a marriage crisis. Later, Shi Nansheng denied the rumors in an interview with the media. The two also attended the memorial service of their friend Zhong Chuhong's husband Zhu Jiading to put an end to the rumors. In March 2008, some media broke the news that Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng had signed a divorce agreement six months ago. Mainland netizens reported on the Internet that they saw Tsui Hark visiting a supermarket in Beijing with a young woman. In response to this matter, Tsui Hark said in an interview with the "Artistic Life" column on November 27, 2008 that besides her parents, Shi Nansheng was the most important person in her life. As for the rumors of marriage and love, Tsui Hark said that he does not need to explain his private life to anyone. He and Shi Nansheng already have a tacit understanding, and there will be no new version if they don't respond.

In 1975, he returned to Hong Kong after completing his studies and worked as a guest host for the public relations company Michael Stevenson Ltd, Radio Television Hong Kong and TVB. Later joined Jiayi TV and Li's TV. In 1981, he joined New Art City Pictures as a decision-maker. Later, he formed a film studio with his husband Tsui Hark and produced a series of classic films, including "Once Upon a Time in the World", "A Chinese Ghost Story Series", "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight". ” and “Shu Mountain”. "I often tell young people that there are two most important points in doing a job: first, what you like, and second, what you have the ability to do. I definitely don't like to do publicity. If I keep doing it, I will increase my salary if I do well. I couldn't bear to leave, and I was filled with resentment every day. After a few years, I became like a big sister. I was unhappy and had a bad temper and couldn't leave. "Shi Nansheng originally planned to leave after six months of promotion at "Li's", but with Yi. After getting to know the class director, director of the production department Mai Tangxiong thought that she was more suitable for production, so he transferred her to the production department as deputy program director. This time Shi Nansheng truly entered the film industry. "I worked at 'Lee' from 1978 to '81. It was the new wave at that time, and many people made their first and second films in the past few years. Many of the most talented people were in the 'Wireless' film crew. "Beautiful" was very successful, and it knocked down TVB in the first ratings. Unfortunately, the shares were sold to Australians, and everyone broke up. McDonald went to work in a film company and asked me to participate; Ann Hui and Chen Yunwen. I was also asked to do an all-female cast when filming "Catch Me", but I never did. I worked very hard at the TV station in those years, and I said I wanted to take a good rest, and I didn't want to agree to it. < /p>

In the early 1980s, the struggling company of Mai Jia, Shi Tian and Huang Baiming received financial support from Golden Princess Cinema and was reorganized into "New Art City". The three brothers wanted to show off their talents, but they were unwilling to do so. When filming Kung Fu dramas of the Republic of China such as "Salted Fish Resurrection" and "Crazy Old Man", the New Wave was emerging at that time, and many refreshing and powerful works were produced. New Art City wanted to find a New Wave director to cooperate with. "How to find Sina. tide? They bought a copy of "Movie Biweekly" which they would never read at all. They pretended to know the names of Tsui Hark and Zhang Guoming first. When I inquired about it, I found out that Tan Jiaming was in Golden Harvest and Zhang Guoming was in Shaw Brothers. Fortunately, John Woo (who directed the new art city venture "Funny Times") knew Tsui Hark, so he introduced them to everyone. I remember it was at the Peninsula Hotel, which was a popular place to have tea at the time, when I saw Shi Tianmajia jumping over. They were both dressed exactly the same, wearing a fur hat, a small fur jacket, and jeans with flares. Tsui Hark and I pretended to be enthusiastic. After they left, I said, why do you dress like a gangster? There were many gangsters in the film industry at that time who dressed like this, haha. Later, we all got to know each other, and I went to their company one time. I thought it was really strange. Mai Jia and Shi Tian only went to work after dark. Huang Baiming was better. Except for a little secretary, there was no one there. I thought, if this company can’t grow big, we need to find someone to take charge of it. "

Shi Nansheng did not expect that it would be herself who later became the "housekeeper" of Xinyi City - "They said that the girl next to Tsui Hark was quite stylish, so they chose her." As a result, Huang Baiming came to me and said that New Art City has a great future and is taking off. He is very good at talking, but we are very strict in management. I just asked, what is your company’s annual turnover? He didn't know the answer, so he said: What do you think? How many movies do you make a year, how much business do you have, and what is your budget? He said we don’t have one yet, and I asked what scale you plan to have and how big it will be? He had no choice but to say: What do you think? Later, Huang Baiming told me that they had no idea about this, so they wanted to find someone to take care of it. I originally wanted to get more familiar with them and understand them better.

But Tsui Hark had already helped New Art City to film his first movie "The Stars", which did well at the box office and won the Golden Horse Award. We were all very happy together. But one day Huang Baiming said to me, I will give you this month's The salary was deposited into your bank account. I felt very embarrassed and went to work quickly. In addition to Mai Jia, Shi Tian, ??Huang Baiming and Tsui Hark Shi Nansheng, New Art City was also joined by Eric Tsang and Teddy Robin, eventually forming a seven-member group. All the heroes are obsessed with creation, and only Shi Nansheng is responsible for daily administration and production management. In this regard, she started from scratch and designed the administrative management model of New Art City Production. "The New Art City Production Department didn't have a production manager before. In the past, every film was a director. The investment company sent an accountant and gave you a bag of money during filming. I wasn't very familiar with movies at the beginning. Later, I realized that although film production is different from television, for example, you have to shoot something every day, but it is not necessarily the same for movies. When I was at the TV station, there were more than a dozen groups of people filming outside each day. The assistant director has several thousand yuan in his pocket, and his own salary is only two thousand yuan, but if he loses the money, do you believe him? Do you want him to be punished? Still? You want his life! So the TV station has established a system: signature. For example, if a new person comes in today, he will not run away. Just recognize him. Pay the bills once a month and keep the cash to a minimum. If I’m not familiar with the movie, I’ll give it a try using photocopied handwriting. After trying out this system, we printed it out in triplicate. Of course, the producers were not happy. People are strange animals, and it’s easy to change their habits. I don’t care whether it’s good or bad. I know there will be resistance, but I am determined to do this and try my best to coordinate with them. As a result, after more than 20 years, the watch has not been changed, and filming has started. , just cover that LOGO, put my own LOGO, and print a batch of the same ones. I am surprised that it is still in use. There should be room for improvement after more than 20 years. The financial sponsor, Princess Jin, fully supports it. If you need money, just call and the money will be immediately placed there waiting for you to pick it up. However, Shi Nansheng knows very well that filming must have a budget and must be responsible to the theaters. There are at least three major schedules that must be paid. Princess Jin contributed the film. "Usually there are four to six plays during the New Year, summer vacation, and Christmas, and there are also small periods, such as the Mid-Autumn Festival. We will standardize it. For example, a budget of 100 million a year, how do I allocate it? How many big ones, medium ones, small ones, and manpower So we have to make a schedule. First, who is the lead actor, who is the photographer, and who is the editor. After the filming is almost complete, the photographers for this round will usually start work after the Chinese New Year. It's the summer vacation or the end of the year. The fall is right after the summer vacation, and the rhythm is the same for next year and the New Year. I find that there are exceptions, but generally companies with standards. It's almost like this." Thanks to Shi Nansheng's efforts, the company's administration, budgeting, production and other aspects have new standards, and Xinyi City has begun to get on the right track.