1979 Golden Age

Hong Kong holidays are a combination of Chinese and Western styles.

For example, there are four days off for Easter, two days off for Christmas, the 25th and 26th, and you can get off work early on Christmas Eve. The subway operates all night on the 24th and 25th.

On Christmas Eve.

Zhou Huimin finished school, finished her homework early, and rushed to do housework. She was busy and well-behaved.

Mother knows her little thoughts, let’s watch a movie!

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She didn't mind letting her daughter relax once in a while, not to mention she wanted to watch it a little bit. Who made "The Love of Ghosts" so overwhelmingly publicized... So the mother and daughter left the house and took the subway to a left-wing cinema.

The road was full of colors. Christmas trees were erected in big shopping malls, Christmas songs were played in small shops, and Christmas dinners for 98 yuan were sold in restaurants. Countless young couples hugged each other and went shopping everywhere.

Hong Kong was colonized, but not everyone is religious. In their eyes, Christmas is a holiday, a day for casual dating and renting a house. It will be the same in the mainland in a few years.

"The Love of Ghosts" is still in temporary rental theaters, with a total of 16 theaters showing it.

A large poster has been posted at the entrance of the theater. Many people are already hanging around here, waiting to check in. There are also small vendors taking advantage of the opportunity to do business. Fortunately, Chen Qi is a cadre of a state-owned enterprise, otherwise he would just buy some apple packaging. Packaging, here to sell Ping An fruit.

That was all, but Zhou Huimin saw two people standing at the door, seemingly handing out something.

She leaned over and asked, "What are you posting?"

"Beautiful girl, are you watching the show?"

"Yes, I have a ticket."

She showed the movie ticket, and the other party took out two handkerchiefs from the bag that were poorly packaged and looked like street vendors, and said, "Here you go!"

"Why are you giving out handkerchiefs?"

"In case you start crying later and have nothing to wipe with... Pretty girl, do you want to watch the show? Here, here you go!"

The other party ignored her and continued to hand out handkerchiefs.

"What an exaggeration!"

Zhou Huimin came back and talked to her mother. Her mother also thought it was exaggerated, but her curiosity became more and more intense. Is it really so easy to cry?

…………

Another theater.

Chen Qi, Tsui Hark, Shi Nansheng, Zhong Chuhong, Liu Dehua, Qiu Shuzhen, Liu Xuehua and others were sitting on the second floor. Liang Jiahui went back to film Li Hanxiang's scene. It was very hard for him to travel back and forth between the two places.

Tsui Hark used to be a pseudonym, but now he has joined the team and returned to the director's chair openly.

Liu Dehua kept looking down, as if he was counting the number of people in the audience. Then he gave up when he couldn't count the number of people. He looked at the dark heads and smiled.

It was also the first time for them to see the finished film, and it went through a promotion period of more than a month, which was unprecedented in the Hong Kong film industry.

After Gong Xue left, Zhong Chuhong talked to Chen Qi again. He looked down every day without looking up. He felt uncomfortable and said: "It's a pity that Sister Fangfang didn't come. She acted so well, the audience will definitely like it." ”

"She went to study abroad. Even if she didn't leave, it would be inconvenient for her to show up in public."

Chen Qidao: "But it's really a pity. This film is a co-production and is not within the scope of the Academy Awards. Otherwise, next year's Best Supporting Actress will definitely be her. You two can't do it. If you want to win the award, you have to practice for another 10 years."

"You said less, at least 20 years!"

Zhong Chuhong wrinkled her nose and said with a smile: "Best Actress, Zhong Chuhong! Wow, I don't even dare to think about it myself."

"Twenty years? Then I am already middle-aged." Liu Dehua answered.

"Actors need to settle down. Winning awards at a young age is a genius among geniuses. You don't have to worry." Tsui Hark said.

"But if we can only make co-productions, won't we never get any awards in our lives?" Qiu Shuzhen suddenly asked a question.

"You look down on your master so much? Now that the rightists are suppressing you, you can't make films from other companies. It will be fine in a few years. When I beat them to pieces, you will be free to make films. Or we can create an award ourselves." Award it however you want!"

"Okay, okay, I'll just grow up in a few years!"

Qiu Shuzhen took advantage of her minor status and hugged Chen Qi's arm to act coquettishly.

Chen Qi scraped her little nose, watched the lights in the screening room turn off, and thought to himself: After finishing this movie, I have to go back to the Spring Festival Gala, and then Berlin - Berlin Chairman Harder has already replied to the letter, and I can do it at the latest It was postponed until the end of December because the shortlist must be announced in January.

"Oh, I was born to work hard!"

"I wonder how my sister is doing as a host over there?"

As the big screen lit up, the audience gradually became quiet, anticipating this so-called tear-jerking blockbuster that is well known throughout Hong Kong.

…

"A loan of hundreds of thousands, with a 15-year term. Every day when I open my eyes, I have to pay back 93 yuan to the bank, which is 2,800 yuan a month. How can I play with it? My head is full of regrets now!"

"You deserve it! I only dared to buy a thousand-square-foot mansion last year. How dare you, a financial novice, dare to make such a big deal?"

The film begins on a bank street that is rarely seen in Hong Kong movies today.

There are high-rise buildings on both sides, and high-end cars can be seen as far as the eye can see. Both men and women are well-dressed and walking in a hurry, exuding a style that is completely different from the Hong Kong city.

Ajie, played by Andy Lau, and Paul, played by Liang Jiahui, were walking in the streets with neat suits and black briefcases.

The two were seniors in college. Ajie was worried about the mortgage and said, "There is no way. Hongdou wants to have a ceramics workshop, but he can only buy such a big house."

"Let me ask you, how much is your salary?"

"4,000 yuan!"

"How much does she get paid?"

"It's not stable. She runs art training classes. The more students she has, the more money she makes."

"Actually, don't worry. If you earn 4,000 yuan this year, you will get 5,000 yuan next year. In a few years, you may earn over 10,000 yuan a month. What do we do? Finance! We would rather be a financial dog than a laborer!"

"Isn't finance also a job?"

"That's also a master!"

Paul taught earnestly and said: "I'm only three years older than you. I have a car and a car. I work in stock economics and go to Pandan Kwai Fong to pick up foreign girls. I don't know how comfortable I am!"

Financial professionals need to have their own style. Look at you, you look old-fashioned and you don’t look elite, you will have no friends. "

"What should I do? This is how I go to school."

"Come on, let me teach you. Have you seen that coffee shop?"

"I saw it."

"Go buy two Americanos."

Ajie bought it and each held a cup. Paul took a sip and continued: "Slightly bitter but rich, slightly sour but not astringent. Now, this is our popular style recently. If you don't hold a cup of Americano at work, I’m embarrassed to say that I’m involved in finance.”

As he said that, he started walking with his head shaking.

"Are there any rules for walking?"

Ajie muttered, shrugged, followed his own pace, and entered a building in an upright manner.

With the rapid take-off of the real estate and stock markets, Hong Kong gave birth to a group of middle class in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Around the mid-1980s, another group of middle-class films were born.

"The Love Between Ghosts and Humans" is aimed at this class, and it is considered the earliest one.

There were no such characters and specific portrayals in previous Hong Kong films, and everyone was surprised and envious of them.

The script written by Chen Qi tries to rely on local style. For example, the sentence "I would rather be a financial dog than a laborer" will resonate with Hong Kong audiences.

The opening chapter introduces the basics of the story.

Ajie and Paul are both financial professionals. One has just entered the workplace and the other has become a veteran. Ajie originally admired this senior, but accidentally discovered that he was connected to the club and laundered money for him privately.

Ajie is an upright man and secretly found evidence.

He has a fiancée named Hongdou, his college sweetheart, and they are already talking about getting married.

When Zhong Chuhong appeared on the stage, he was wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt, big shorts, and a headscarf. His face was dirty and his hands were covered with clay. But when she came out after taking a shower and wiping her hair, the audience exclaimed for the first time: "So beautiful!"

Ajie is worried about Paul.

Hongdou didn't know and teased him as usual, saying, "Hey, have you forgotten anything?"

"What?"

"We agreed that we would talk about it every day!"

"oh……"

Ajie remembered and said: "I love you!"

"Ditto! (Me too)"

However, Hongdou was not satisfied and pouted, "You have no feelings at all. I'll punish you by saying it again."

"Don't want it anymore?"

"no!"

Ajie was not in the mood, Hongdou felt left out, had some small quarrels, and ran to the workroom again.

Ajie went to coax her.

Liu Dehua showed off his figure. His figure is underestimated. His muscle lines are very beautiful and have been maintained for decades. He can be said to be stylish and stylish. At this moment, he was naked and turned on the gramophone first and played a record.

The classic song "Unchained Melody" reached everyone's ears: "Oh, my love, my darling, I've been hungry for your touch a long lonely time..."

When Hong Dou heard this song, she pursed her lips first. This was her favorite song.

Immediately afterwards, Ajie walked behind her and sat down, reaching out to hug her waist. She hid, hugged, and hid again, until she hugged her tightly.

There were a few lines in the original version, but Chen Qi deleted them all.

The two of them didn't say a word, only showing the details of their actions, from a small quarrel, to comfort, to reconciliation... Then they made pottery together, with four hands pinching the rotating pottery embryo, and the pottery embryo took shape. Pour it out again, and in the friction between skin, thinly and softly, it flows between fingers and heart.

Accompanied by the soulful "Are you still mine, I need your love, I need your love..."

The whole audience let out a "wow".

"So romantic!"