Rene Liu clarified the rumor of quitting the entertainment industry: milk tea will sing for a lifetime.


Photo of Rene Liu’s solo concert in Nanjing on April 28th, 2005. China News Agency issued a focus photo


  After the concert of Taipei Dome ended on November 29th, rumors about Rene Liu’s withdrawal from the entertainment circle spread all the way from Taiwan Province to the mainland. On December 3rd, Rene Liu admitted that she was troubled by the rumors of quitting these days. In fact, the media misread some of her words. She would not quit the show business, and she would sing all her life.


  Exit rumors begin with misunderstanding.


  There are several "evidences" for the media to speculate that Rene Liu intends to quit the entertainment industry, including her blog message "How to start is difficult, and how to end is even more difficult", saying "This is the last time" at the end of the concert, and saying "This is my graduation concert" to Bobby Chen. Bobby Chen later said, "I hurt her. She was really tired and wanted to rest.".


  Rene Liu said that she didn’t take this matter seriously at first and didn’t come out to clarify it. But these days, friends and performers have been calling to ask about the truth of this matter, which makes her realize that she must stand up and make a statement: she never said anything about quitting.


  With regard to writing "how to start is difficult, how to end is even more difficult" on the blog, Milk Tea said: "I often say this sentence, and I think it is the same whether it is a concert, feelings or life. As a result, everyone misunderstood. "


  At the end of the concert, I said, "This is the last time." Milk tea also explained the situation at that time. "I actually finished the performance that day, but the audience just refused to leave, so I had to come out again and say,’ This is the last time’, which actually means I can’t come on stage that night." As for Bobby Chen’s words, Milk Tea laughed that Brother Sheng quickly sent her a basket of flowers to apologize after seeing the report, saying that he had said something wrong.


  The reasons for quitting are not convincing.


  In addition to speculating that Rene Liu was going to quit the show business according to various signs, the media also analyzed the "three major reasons" that caused her to quit. One was a knee injury, the other was a lifelong event, and the third was that Golden Horse failed to make the shortlist.


  For these three reasons, milk tea also laughed and overturned them one by one: "My knee injury actually appeared before this year’s concert tour. The doctor did say that my injury was serious, but at the same time he assured me that after the operation, as long as I recovered well, I could still wear beautiful high heels in the future. I think many artists have worked hard and found a good home at the same time. Just like Zhang Aijia, Xu Fan and Jiang Wenli, they have been working all the time, but their families are doing well. "


  I heard that the failure to win the Golden Horse Award is also one of the incentives for media analysis. Milk tea shouted an exaggerated "OhmyGod": "I still have to win the Golden Horse Award for my lifetime achievement!"

Editor: Sun Jie

Ranked among the top three Chinese films at the box office in China and Hongkong! The new director of Hong Kong has risen.


Special feature of 1905 film network As of press time, Hong Kong films have grossed more than 67 million yuan in five days in mainland China.Previously, the film has made over HK$ 100 million at the box office in China and Hong Kong, surpassing the first place in the history of Hong Kong films made in Asia and Hong Kong. For the first time in a hundred years, the box office of local movies has exceeded 100 million, and a new milestone in the history of Hong Kong movies was officially born.



At present, the top three Chinese-language films in the box office of Hong Kong film history are The Bitch Lawyer and The Battle of Tomorrow.The above three films are the first and second works of directors, and these achievements seem to make Hong Kong film circles present a positive signal — — The rise of the new director has brought another batch of acclaimed and blockbuster new works.



Since the late 1990s, there have been many doubts about the decline of Hong Kong films. The expansion of the mainland market, the northward movement of local directors and the impact of streaming media have all contributed to the decline of Hong Kong films.


Is the Hong Kong film dead? The new directors are searching for the answer on the new road of development, trying to say "no" with painstaking efforts and achievements!



A new director from the transformation


In his early years, the director of "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" wrote many classic films.



"I still think you are the best" director worked as a screenwriter for other works before directing his debut;He Juetian, the director of The Cloister of Justice, worked as a screenwriter and deputy director before he gradually waited for the opportunity to shoot The Cloister of Justice.ScreenwriterPainted Skin, The MagicianHe has served as deputy director for many famous directors for more than 20 years.Huang qingxunJust started to create the first director’s work.I’m Livin’it.



He was appreciated and won the Best Visual Effect Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for three times before directing "Tomorrow’s Battle".


Or a screenwriter, or an assistant director, or production designer, or special effects design ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….


What they heard on the set made them have a deep understanding of the post of director. In particular, posts closely related to famous directors are more likely to get corresponding guidance and support from communication. This has also created a long-standing "mentoring system" in Hong Kong’s director circles.



Fortunately, the Hong Kong SAR Government has further increased its support for new directors in recent years. As early as 2007, the Hong Kong SAR Government injected HK$ 320 million into the Film Development Fund, serving the First Drama Film Project, the Film Production Funding Plan, the Film Production Financing Plan and other film-related projects.


In an exclusive interview with 1905 Film Network last year, the director specifically mentioned "the first plot film plan". The program is divided into student groups and professional groups, and the winning scripts can be funded.



"Obsolete Festival", which was nominated for the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards earlier, is one of the beneficiaries. By June, 2022, the Fund had allocated a total of HK$ 217 million for 57 Hong Kong-made films, including 17 directorial debuts, such as Wai Lun Ng’s "Bitch Lawyer", "Make a Good Movie" and "Make a Good Movie".



The "first drama film plan" must be escorted by a professional producer. Many experienced directors have thus become "guiding lights" for new directors, continuing the fine tradition of Hong Kong’s directors to bring the old with the new. Like Why Jue Tian produced The Cloister of Justice and I’m Livin’it He produced for Huang Qingxun, Tung shing Yee also produced the first director feature film Diary of Youth for Zhuo Yiqian, one of the screenwriters.



Today, famous directors who used to occupy the forefront of Hong Kong’s box office have taken root in the mainland, so the younger generation of creators can have a wider space to play in the local market. In addition, countless award-winning senior directors are willing to give full play to their own advantages and cultivate fresh blood for the local market. The rise of the new director in Hong Kong can be described as the result of combining the right time and the right place.


Tell the story of China and Hongkong well.


The best director who won the Hong Kong Film Awards the most times once said that winning the award is not her ultimate goal, and it is her concern to gain the trust of investors through winning the award, so as to obtain film investment. Great directors such as Xu Anhua still need to worry about funds, and the situation faced by new directors is even worse. It is not easy to find investment, and it is extremely difficult to find a large amount of investment.


Weng Ziguang spent all the savings he had originally planned to buy a house for the producer "The Cloister of Justice", but he was still one million short of the filming cost. Later, the mysterious man made up the final payment, and the film finally started shooting as he wished.


The director’s first work "Flowing Water Out of Flowers" can be promoted smoothly, which is inseparable from the star’s willingness to join "zero pay".



Two new director’s works, Poisonous Lawyer and I still think you are the best, are lucky to be favored, but they are not high-cost productions. Controlling creative funds is the first threshold that new directors must face, and expensive action movies are often not their first choice.



Although action movies are the golden signboard of Hong Kong movies, some directors have made classic examples at low cost in the past, but the overall consumption of this type is large and the prospect of return is vague, which directly leads to the difficulty for new generation creators to get corresponding opportunities.


Apart from Huang Qingxun’s "Broken Net" and his co-production, which won investment support from the mainland, few new directors’ creations in recent years belong to the type of action crime.



Wai Lun Ng once admitted in a public interview that judging from his past experience, Jiang Zhiqiang knew that he was better at creating action movies, but Mr. Jiang still said that the budget of action movies was relatively high and the prospects were not clear, and asked him if he wanted to make a literary drama first.


Wai Lun Ng is a bit difficult to listen to the call, "really used to writing action movies".Finally, he agreed, and there was a "Poisonous Lawyer" with a legal theme. The director skillfully integrated the rhythm of his own action film into the angry words of the chief prosecutor and the barrister.



Investors are willing to support the creation of new directors, but they are not allowed to "do whatever they want". Therefore, facing the local market and telling the story of Hong Kong well has become the focus of the new director.


They are keen to observe social changes, pay attention to life, tap the memories of the times, and create films that deeply imprint Hong Kong. "Now many new directors are beginning to care about what happens in their lives and regard it as their own creative theme, which the previous directors will never shoot." He has repeatedly supported the creation of new directors.



Dim Lights focuses on the disappearing neon sign culture in Hong Kong. I’m Livin’it revolves around a group of Hong Kong people who are forced to stay in fast food restaurants because of the blow to their lives; I still think you’re the best, and the Hong Kong versions of The Tale of Superstar Cultivation are translated into the names of Fanxi Attack on the Heart and Ama You Yi The Second, which contain a strong Cantonese cultural atmosphere ….. Hong Kong characteristics are integrated into the light and shadow stories, which resonates with local audiences, and the new directors are full of romance and charm.



After several years of polishing a script, many new directors’ works have gained a good reputation.


The 7.7-point Bitch Lawyer, 7.4-point I still think you are the best, and 7.9-point Justice Corridor are all well-known works of Chinese movies in recent years. And many new Hong Kong actors have gradually entered the public’s field of vision with the creation of the new director, including those in "The Bad Tongue Lawyer", "I still think you are the best" and "The Story of Superstars", such as Jiang Tao and Liu Yingting.



Whether it is a director or an actor, it is always a good thing for Hong Kong films to have a rich reserve of filmmakers.


The market cannot be bypassed.


Commercial films have to face the market test, which is cruel and realistic.As of press time, the research institute predicts that the total box office of "Poisonous Tongue Lawyer" in mainland China is expected to exceed 173 million. Compared with the box office of the film in Hong Kong, this kind of achievement is not particularly outstanding. Being regarded as the "Zihua God"Wong Tze Wah; Dayo WongIt is difficult to show the box office appeal outside Greater Bay Area, and it is difficult for mainland audiences to resonate with a large number of localized expressions in the play.



The cultural difference between the two places is obviously the factor that leads to the completely different performance of the film market, and "Poisonous Lawyer" is not an isolated case affected by this.The Bad Tongue Lawyer, Tomorrow’s War and I still think you’re the best have all experienced a decline in word-of-mouth after being released in the mainland.


The former Douban score has dropped from 8.1 to 7.7, Tomorrow’s Battle has dropped from 6.5 to 6.1, and Still Think You Are the Best with a score of 8.0 was once the highest-rated romantic comedy movie in 2022, but the score was only maintained at 7.4. The longer it is released, the more comments it gets, but the word-of-mouth keeps declining, which reflects to some extent that these Hong Kong films may not reach the "expected value" of mainland audiences.



These films also indirectly illustrate the problem in terms of the box office difference between Hong Kong and mainland markets."Still Think You Are the Best", starring Wong Tze Wah, ranked third in the box office of Chinese movies in Hong Kong, with a total domestic box office of HK$ 77.66 million. However, the total box office in mainland China, whose market scale is dozens of times higher than that in Hong Kong, has just exceeded 100 million, only about HK$ 40 million higher than that in the local area.


Looking at the mainland market, the top three box office films in Hong Kong (1.329 billion) (1.314 billion) (1.312 billion) are classic Hong Kong-style action movies. "Eliminating Violence" directed by Ho Leung Lau, which won 538 million box office, belongs to this category. None of the above films broke into the top ten of the local box office, but they were deeply loved by mainland audiences. The difference between the two audiences’ keen viewing styles can be seen.



Looking back, although the success of "Poisonous Lawyers" in China has proved that the Hong Kong market has unlimited possibilities for the development of Hong Kong films. However, based on the creative perspective of the new directors in Hong Kong, if they want to compete for a larger market, how to balance the tastes of audiences around the world while telling a good story about Hong Kong is another major issue they need to face.


Putin’s muscles show off again, which leads to "political interpretation" of western media (Figure)


  On August 3, in the Republic of Tuva in southern Siberia, Russia, Russian Prime Minister Putin rode bareback. Russian media released photos of Putin’s vacation and leisure in Tuva on the 3rd. The nearly 57-year-old Russian leader showed off his muscles and sports skills under the blue sky and white clouds. Xinhua News Agency/Reuters


  Riding by the lake, fishing by the cliff, whitewater driving, swimming in the cold pool …


  Russian media released photos of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s vacation and leisure in Tuva region of southern Siberia on the 3rd. The nearly 57-year-old Russian leader showed off his muscles and sports skills under the blue sky and white clouds.


  Show your muscles again


  Putin recently visited the Russian Far East, during which he made many "shocking" moves.


  On July 31, wearing a tight diving suit, he waded in Chekalov Island to personally install a wireless signal transmitter for a great white whale. On August 1st, he took a mini submarine to dive about 1400 meters below the water of Lake Baikal, the deepest freshwater lake in the world.


  On the 3rd, Putin went to Tuva Republic in southern Siberia to spend a leisure day in sightseeing. Two days later, the Russian media released photos and audio-visual materials of Putin’s trip to Tuva, and Putin, who was muscular, once again attracted the voice of surprise with the image of "tough guy".


  An edited video shows that Putin takes off his coat to his waist, revealing his strong chest muscles. He rides on a bordeaux horse, holding the reins with both hands, and rides along a blue lake, followed by a local herdsman boy. After arriving at the destination, Putin dismounted, took off a Swiss watch on his wrist, put it on the boy’s right hand, and shook hands with the boy to say goodbye. Prior to this, Putin was a guest at the teenager’s home and had dinner with his father in the tent.


  On the same day, Putin was still whitewater fishing on a steep cliff; Wearing a cowboy hat and sunglasses, driving a motorboat on the fast-flowing water; Butterfly swimming in the cold lake; Even climb the tree and put on a vigorous posture like a snow leopard. Snow leopard is a local endangered animal.


  Political interpretation


  Every time Putin’s "muscle show" attracts admiration, it always attracts "political interpretation" from the western media, and it seems that this time is no exception.


  From Putin’s trip to Tuva, the Associated Press reporter thought of Putin’s trip to Siberia with Prince Albert II, the head of Monaco, two years ago. At that time, Putin’s presidency was coming to an end, and the outside world was full of speculation about his future. At that time, the Kremlin released a photo of Putin showing his upper body muscles, and the western media speculated that Putin would not be willing to give up power.


  The Associated Press believes that in view of the fact that the Russian economy has been hit by the global economic crisis, now as prime minister, Putin intends to release a signal to the Russian people that he has the determination and confidence to lead the country out of the predicament.


  James Rogers, a reporter from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), "read out" more profound meanings from these photos, thinking that Putin not only showed that "everything is under control", but also seemed to imply that his body was strong enough to run for president again in 2012.


  Gather popularity


  Some Russian media interpret these photos of Putin from the perspective of "popularity". Previously, Putin’s judo level and fighting ability, as well as shooting tigers and whales, going into the sea and other moves attracted domestic applause, which also made ordinary Russians proud of having a "tough guy" leader.


  On the 5th, the Moscow Times mentioned at the beginning of a series of articles reviewing Putin’s ten years in power that since he first became president in 1999, Putin’s popularity in China has remained high, and few other Russian politicians can match him. The report said that even though oil prices began to plummet in the second half of last year, the Russian stock market fell sharply. A poll in September of that year showed that Putin’s support rate was as high as 88%. In 2009, the Russian economy declined further, the unemployment rate soared and the ruble depreciated, but Putin’s support rate still reached 78% in July this year.


  The Moscow Times analyzed that it can be seen that Putin’s support rate does not depend on the economic development brought about by high oil prices, but his personal image and temperament are in line with Russian expectations of leaders.


  "They need a father figure, a strong leader who can take responsibility and make important decisions for them," yekaterina Egorova, a political consultant, told the Moscow Times. (Feng Wuyong)

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  • Putin’s vacation topless riding media said it showed Russian muscles (Figure) 2009-08-06

  • [Photos] Putin is keen on sports on vacation, and his bare upper body shows sagging chest muscles. 2009-08-06

  • Russian media revealed that Putin’s taboo words were not allowed to mention the word "money" 2009-08-05

  • Putin lives in a tent, plays rafting, drinks tea and chats with shepherds during holidays (photos) 2009-08-05