When he was young, Wang Jing was determined to make money to relieve his father Wang Tianlin's burden, and eventually became the box office king.

Wong Jing has made about 400 movies, of which about 80%-90% are bad movies.

For example, in 2019, Wong Jing directed six movies: "Tang Bo Hu Spots Autumn Fragrance 2019", "A Big Dealer in Hollywood", "Two and a Half Men", "New River East Roar" and "Chasing the Dragon 2" "The Evolution of the Best Boyfriend", the reviews on Douban all gave it a score of 2-5.

It is not difficult for a director to make a bad movie. What is difficult is to make bad movies for a lifetime.

As the old saying goes, "You are older when you are three years old, and you are older when you are seven years old." The famous writer Yu Hua also said: Childhood experiences determine the direction of a person's life.

How did Wang Jing become the "King of Box Office", "King of Bad Movies", and "King of Commercial Movies"?

1. The second-generation director Wang Jing who was not noticed when he was young.

Wang Jing cannot be separated from his father Wang Tianlin (the director producer of the 83 version of The Condor).

Wang Tianlin was born in a wealthy family in Shanghai on September 11, 1928. When he was 10 years old, his family fell into poverty due to the death of his father.

When I was in the first grade of middle school in Shanghai, I followed my uncle who was a film comprador to make a living in Guangzhou and Zhuhai to avoid the war, and later moved to Hong Kong.

In 1941, after the fall of Hong Kong, 13-year-old Wang Tianlin fled to Guiyang and found a job as an audience member in a theater. After receiving his monthly salary, he would send money to his mother in Shanghai.

In 1947, Wang Tianlin returned to Hong Kong. Under the recommendation of his uncle Wang Pengyi, he worked as a film developer in a film company. Later, he became a recording assistant on the set. Later, under the advice of a photography assistant named Liang Hong, , Wang Tianlin switched to being a scene recorder. The first director he followed was Hong Shuyun. Because Hong Shuyun had a bad temper and often walked away from the scene, Wang Tianlin had to do various tasks for him, so he learned a lot of craftsmanship. In addition, whenever a director lacks skills or wants to be lazy, he will habitually let Wang Tianlin do it. As a result, Wang Tianlin was gradually "promoted" from scene recorder to director assistant and deputy director.

In 1950, Wang Tianlin directed his film debut "The Flying Swordsman of Emei".

In 1954, Wang Tianlin married actor Liang Shuwen, and they had one son and four daughters. The eldest son, Wang Jing, was born on May 3, 1955.

In 1959, the 31-year-old Wang Tianlin won the Best Director at the Asian Film Festival for "A Happy Event in the Family".

On the surface, Wang Tian and Lin Qing appear to be a prosperous middle-aged man, but in fact he lives a very miserable life, which has a profound impact on the young Wang Jing.

First: Wang Tianlin’s salary is not high. "At one time he became the king of assistant directors, directing 90% of every film for other directors, and still only received a shameful salary." - Wang Jing.

Second: There are many people in the family and huge expenses. "The people he wants to support include my mother, my four concubines, and my grandmother from Shanghai; there are also four members of his uncle Wang Pengyi's family, plus two servants. When he was a child, there were fourteen or five people in the family. Eat. Later, my aunt came and the burden was even heavier." - Wang Jing.

Third: His wife Liang Shuwen is a bad gambler and was defrauded of a huge sum of money.

"My mother was a simple-minded woman who went out to play mahjong and gamble for money every day. Later, when I did a lot of research on gambling, I discovered that she was a poor pathological gambler. When I was 12 years old, my mother had a miscarriage. She fell into a scam and owed a lot of debt, but her father forgave her. In order to support the family, she borrowed money everywhere, and she received many people's looks and cynicism. In many of the films he made, he was reluctant to make them. , because his directorial style is still biased towards literature and art, and some films that are too cliché are not his creative direction, but life is pressing, so he has to compromise." - Wang Jing.

With a mother addicted to gambling and a father struggling to make a living, Wang Jing has received little attention since she was a child.

“In the eyes of me who was only a few years old, my father’s room was a temple, filled with books and scripts. During my childhood, I stayed in his room like a little monster and read his books and scripts. Later, I realized that I was feeling the breath and smell left by my father in the room. I was so eager to see him. I finished reading "Water Margin" when I was 9 years old, "Journey to the West" when I was 10 years old, and I was 11 years old when I finished reading "Water Margin". I started reading Jin Yong and read three daily newspapers every day. Later, I analyzed it myself. At that time, I just wanted to attract his attention and make him proud in front of his friends..." - Wang Jing.

Wang Jing was accompanied by literature when he was a child. What impressed Wang Jing the most was that his father was worried about money.

When Wang Jing was in college, his family situation tended to improve, but Liang Shuwen fell into the same scam: "This time, my father and I both collapsed. I cried all night, I swore to myself that I would never cry like this again in this life."

"Making money" to help his father became Wang Jing's first dream when he was a boy.

"So for the past thirty years I have only made commercial films. I also tried my best to make his old man live more comfortably in his later years, hoping to make up for what he lost when he was young." - Wang Jing.

Second, Wong Jing broke into the Hong Kong film industry.

a, screenwriter Wang Jing is a madman.

In April 1975, 20-year-old Wang Jing, a top student in the Chinese Department of the University of Hong Kong, worked as a summer job on the TVB variety show "Happy Tonight".

On the first day of work, Liu Tianci, the head of the script department, saw Wang Jing and said: Boy, write a joke.

After that, Wang Jing began to write a lot of jokes and short plays day and night.

A joke costs 8 yuan, and a skit costs 80 yuan. Wang Jing is quick to think, and soon earns more than 1,000 yuan a month. He hopes to help reduce the burden on his father, Wang Tianlin.

In 1976, Wang Jing served as the screenwriter of the romantic drama "A Thousand Thousand Knots in the Heart", officially launching his screenwriting career.

From 1976 to 1980, Wang Jing served as screenwriter for TV dramas and films including "Lu Xiaofeng", "Ghost Horse Madness", "Under the Lion Rock: The Story of Smoking", "The Heroes of Longtan" (with Ma Zai) (with Wu Yaohan.), "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", "The Man in the Internet", the movie "Lam Sai Wing", "A Dream in Beijing", "Family Love", "The King of Thousand Kings".

While writing crazily, Wang Jing was introduced to his wife in 1975. The two got married in 1978, and their daughter Wang Tongyi was born in 1980.

b, Wang Jing’s career as a director.

In 1979, Ms. Fong Yihua from Shaw Brothers Film Company asked Wang Jing if he was interested in signing a screenwriting contract with Shaw Brothers. Wang Jing joked that the screenwriter won't sign, but the director will sign, and he can do it no matter how much money he has.

Wang Jing did not expect that a few days later, Miss Fang called and said: The contract is ready, nine movies in three years, when will it be signed.

In 1978, Wang Jing just got married to his girlfriend of three years. After the marriage, he spent all his savings buying a house, and his wife was pregnant and was about to give birth. He was in urgent need of money.

The salary for Shaw Brothers was not high, but as soon as he signed the contract, he could immediately get a deposit of 10,000 yuan, and Wang Jing agreed to sign for Shaw Brothers.

In 1980, the first action movie "Thousand Kings Fight Thousand Tyrants" written and directed by Wang Jing was launched. At this time, Wang Jing had been working as a screenwriter for five years, and with the help of his father Wang Tianlin, Wang Jing While studying, I completed the film while filming.

This film combines various elements of gambling, action, gunfights, and comedy. The plot is tense, suspenseful, and relaxed and funny. It is a rare masterpiece.

This film established the style of Wong Jing’s commercial films. From his debut in "Thousands of Kings Fighting Thousands of Tyrants" to his pinnacle work in the "God of Gamblers" series, to today's "Macau Storm", Wong Jing's unique moves It has been eaten all over the world, and it has remained unchanged for decades, adapting to the ever-changing changes. The action comedy routine of the debut film "Thousand Kings Fight Thousand Tyrants" has never wavered.

In 1981, "Thousand Kings Fight Thousand Tyrants" was released, with a box office of more than 5 million in three weeks. Wang Jing became the second highest-grossing director of Shaw Brothers. After receiving 250,000 yuan in dividends, he immediately paid off his mortgage and took his wife to Europe for a vacation.

Hong Kong is a commercial city, and the fast food culture that only pursues speed but not content has a huge market.

The 1980s was the golden age of Hong Kong movies, and also the golden age of Wong Jing era.

First of all, Wang Jing is a top student in the Chinese Department of Hong Kong. With his profound literary skills and several years of writing jokes and screenwriting, Wang Jing has a set of efficient screenwriting abilities. At that time, Wang Jing At night, I can come up with seventy or eighty funny scenes in my head, and my inspiration never runs out.

Secondly, Wang Jing’s goal is very clear, making money by making films without entangled in business and art, so it is more in line with the market, or the bottom line is lower.

Therefore, Wang Jing was very competitive under the circumstances at that time. Wong Jing's film "The Frog Prince", released in 1984, grossed 15 million at the box office and was one of the top ten grossing Chinese films of the year. Wong Jing became the top-grossing director of Shaw Brothers.

After that, Wong Jing became the most sought-after director in Hong Kong at that time, making money from any movie with his name.

In 1989, Wong Jing wrote and directed 4 films and wrote 5. Among them, "God of Gamblers" broke the Hong Kong box office record

"Box Office King" Wong Jing became the reached the peak of his film career.

Gambling films, erotic films, Jing girls, etc. are all labels on Wong Jing, and the one thing they have in common is entertainment, and the driving force that drives Wong Jing to make these films is "box office" .

In 2017, Wong Jing won the Most Disappointing Director Award at the 8th Golden Broom Awards for Macau 3.

The movie "Monkey King vs. Pansi Cave" written and directed by Wang Jing was launched on Tencent Video on May 22, 2020.

From the perspective of making money from filming, Wang Jing has been a pure person for decades.

However, as a talented director, Wong Jing has won three relatively important screenwriting awards. I believe that if he makes some art films seriously, he should not lose to Wong Kar-Wai.

Wong Jing can be Wong Kar-Wai, why must he be Wong Jing?

Perhaps in the 1980s and 1990s, when Wong Jing was at the peak of his creative power, he could have become Wong Kar-wai, but at that time Wong Jing refused to be Wong Kar-wai.

After his peak period, even if Wang Jing takes filmmaking seriously, he still cannot be the "King of Commercial Films" Wang Jing.

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