He was one of the founders of the golden age of Hong Kong cinema.
Part of "God of Gamblers", which made Chow Yun-fat's "Gao Jin" wearing a black trench coat, become a mark of the times.
"Truant Dragon" made Stephen Chow's nonsensical comedy a god.
Even in "Tang Bohu Dots Autumn Fragrance", Gong Li's "Autumn Fragrance Smile" is stained with Yongsheng Company's gold powder.
The three words Xiang Huasheng are legends printed on the posters of the video hall.
He used capital as a paintbrush to splash the most dazzling galaxy on the canvas of Hong Kong films.
made Stephen Chow's rebellion, Zhang Min's heroism, and Chow Yun-fat's God of Gamblers halo popular.
But when the camera shifts from the set to life, this heroic man who has both a sense of charlatan and a literary heart.
but wrote a completely different script in the love scene. Four romances, four human dramas.
is like a guest with his wife Zhang Meiling, why did he go to a strange road? has been obsessed with Zhang Min for nine years, why did he finally become a "Kefu" curse?
What kind of metaphysical obsession is hidden behind Zhang Yushan's "spirit child" legend? In her later years, she married Duanmu Sakura, did she really find a soul home?
Xiang Huasheng's every relationship is as ups and downs as the movies he supervised.
But he has never escaped "regret", this eternal ending easter egg.
Is it the fate of the children of the rivers and lakes, or the capital madman, who can't count the account of fate in the emotional world after all?
This more confusing love situation than "God of Gamblers" may be hidden in the unfinished sentence of "Ah Ling" before his death...... in.
In 1978 years, Xiang Huasheng and wireless artist Zhang Meiling got married in a low-key manner.
After marriage, Zhang Meiling withdrew from the entertainment industry and concentrated on her husband and children.
Ah Sheng doesn't talk much, but every time he finishes work, he will go around half of Kowloon City to buy rice noodles for me.
Zhang Meiling recalled in an interview with Ming Pao in 1992.
But this marriage lasted for 12 years and finally lost to personality differences.
At the time of the divorce, Xiang Huasheng left the Repulse Bay villa and tens of millions of cash to his ex-wife and left the house by himself.
It is rumored that the fuse was that Zhang Meiling couldn't stand the scandal between her husband and Zhang Min.
And Xiang Huasheng threw out a sentence: "Money can solve emotional matters, but women can't wait."
At the 2014-year memorial service, Zhang Meiling was supported by Xiang Huaqiang to enter.
Faced with the reporter's question about the terms of the will, she only said lightly: "In his life, the person he is most sorry for is himself." "
However, this failed marriage is only the starting point of his emotional entanglement.
In 22, Xiang Huasheng met 0-year-old Zhang Min on the set.
At that time, she had just emerged with "Best Son-in-law", and her phoenix eyes were fascinating.
In order to support her, Xiang Huasheng did not hesitate to turn his face with TVB executives.
Even because of Zhang Min's sentence "I want to make a literary film", he forcibly cut the sequel to "Heroes and Heroes" that had been started and remade "Hardcover Chasing Girls".
The two have been dating for nine years, and there is even news of entering Zhang's family.
But in 1993 years, a feng shui master said "Zhang Minkefu" and asked Xiang Huasheng to cancel the marriage contract overnight.
Zhang Min cried until she made up at the airport, and the photo made headlines in Hong Kong media.
And he turned around and signed Jet Li, as if nothing had happened.
When Zhang Min's back disappeared at the airport, another fate was quietly brewing.
In 24, Xiang Huasheng met Zhang Yushan, who was 0 years younger than him, at a yacht party.
At that time, she had just become popular because of "Wonderful Hands and Benevolence", and he was already the godfather of the film industry with a net worth of tens of billions.
He gave her a mansion, invested in her to found a self-cultivation hall, and even broke with the family for her.
But in 2003 years, because Zhang Yushan was obsessed with metaphysics and firmly believed that he was the "reincarnation of a spirit child", he sent a breakup letter to Huasheng to break up the relationship.
According to people familiar with the matter, on the night of the breakup, he was drunk alone in Lan Kwai Fong, and in his hand was the wedding ring box given to Zhang Min that year.
The forbidden love that transcends age and the world comes to an abrupt end, until a foreign woman heals his scars with tenderness.
In 22 years, 0-year-old Xiang Huasheng got married to his Japanese girlfriend Sakurako Duanmu, who was 0 years younger than him.
At the wedding, he held champagne and announced, "This time, I'm going to be a good husband." "
After getting married, Duanmu Sakurako accompanied him to fight esophageal cancer, boiled Chinese medicine every day, read Buddhist scriptures, and even sold his real estate in Tokyo to treat him.
On his deathbed, he trembled and held her hand, " Thank you for not being alone in my last days ».
When Xiang Huasheng experienced ups and downs in the love field, the changes in the rivers and lakes were quietly brewing.
Those swords and swords of the past are the background color of his life.
In 1950, Xiang Huasheng was born in the Xiang family mansion in Kowloon Walled City, Hong Kong.
His father, Qianqian, was a major general of the Kuomintang military command, and was expelled to Taiwan by the British government in Hong Kong in 12 years, leaving four wives and concubines and 0 children.
Xiang Huasheng lined up Laos, and his childhood memories were full of gunfire and slashing.
The bloody and bloody growth environment made Xiang Huasheng ruthless in his bones, and also planted the seeds of his business empire.
After that, Xiang Huasheng opened a restaurant in Tsim Sha Tsui.
靠這家餐廳,他賺到自己的第一桶金 100 萬港元。
1973 年,23 歲的他,又借了 200 萬高利貸,成立永盛電影公司。
首戰《大小不良》,票房就破千萬。
But what really made Yongsheng a god was the "God of Gamblers" in 1989 years.
80 萬簽下周潤發,狂攬 3700 萬票房,創港片紀錄。
In 1989, Xiang Huasheng blocked Chow Yun-fat in a Taiwanese nightclub.
" 發哥,你拍《英雄本色》才拿 50 萬,來我這兒演《賭神》,80 萬!"
Chow Yun-fat scoffed, "Are you crazy? I've never taken that number! "
Xiang Huasheng slapped the table, "If you don't come, I will burn this money!" "
In the end, the classic shot of Fa Ge smashing the fork in "God of Gamblers" made Yongsheng's market value skyrocket tenfold.
Chow Yun-fat's table legend is just the beginning, and the real star-making machine is about to roar.
In 1990, Xiang Huasheng blocked Zhou Xingfeng at the entrance of TVB.
" 星仔,我給你 300 萬,拍《翹課威龍》!"
當時周星馳只是兒童節目主持人,片酬不過 5 萬。
During the shooting, Xing Ye was so nervous that he vomited, but Xiang Huasheng threw him a check. "Smash it up and count it on mine!"
結果《翹課威龍》票房破 4000 萬,周星馳一戰封神。
In 1992, Yongsheng competed with Golden Harvest for Andy Lau.
Xiang Huasheng directly sent someone to block Andy's door.
"Andy, if you film me, your salary will be doubled!" Jiahe boss Zou Wenhuai was so anxious that he slapped the table.
Xiang Huasheng threw out a check: "The money stays, I want it!" "
In addition to the grievances of the rivers and lakes, Yongsheng's ambition has already broken through the border of the silver curtain.
It is rumored that Wang Jing was injured by Xiang Huasheng and had 15 stitches due to a private project.
But Wang Jing herself denied: "We are just a business disagreement. "
However, the elder Yongsheng privately revealed, "Brother Sheng's rule is that if you break the rules, you have to pay the price. "
In 40, the box office of Hong Kong films plummeted by 0%.
Xiang Huasheng held a meeting overnight: "Movies are a game for young people!" "
He handed over Yongsheng to his brother Xiang Huaqiang and switched to finance himself.
1997 年金融危機,他靠澳門賭業東山再起,身家超百億。
Behind the carnival of wealth, there are always uneasy regrets that grow in the dark.
When he died in 2014, he left a will to Huasheng.
The family shared the inheritance, and Duanmu Sakura was awarded the Repulse Bay Villa.
彩蛋是張美玲的帳戶里,每月準時匯入 5 萬港元。
It was a "late love debt" quietly arranged by him before he died.
The old site of Yongsheng in Bronze Bay has now been changed to a Buddhist Taoist site, and the Duanmu cherry tree is presented with white roses every year during the Qingming Festival.
Some fans picked up half of the yellowed script of "God of Gamblers" in the ruins, and the title page read: "Movies are dreams, but Lao Tzu wants to create a real rivers and lakes." "
The rivers and lakes are not far away, and the legend lives forever. The fate of those who were changed to Huasheng is still silently told in time.
Xiang Huasheng's deathbed recording was exposed, "In my life, I am worthy of movies and women. "
After Duanmu Sakurako inherited the inheritance, she quietly established the "Xiang Huasheng Film Fund" to fund new directors.
Perhaps, this is his last tenderness for Hong Kong films.
The author of this article | Lemon snow
Responsible Editor | Faint emerald
Planning | Faint emerald