Sunbeam Cinema on King's Road, North Point, was packed with guests.

Today is the third day of the Lunar New Year and the last day of the public holiday. Tomorrow, most industries in Hong Kong will gradually resume normal operations. Although in the past two years, the Queen of England, who has been on standby for a long time, visited Hong Kong for the first time and announced that workers in Hong Kong will be able to

Obtain 7 days of paid annual leave, but currently it is only a policy and has not yet been implemented.

Today, taking advantage of the beautiful spring scenery, Lu Dongjie's whole family mobilized to go watch a movie. The movie tickets were given by others. Before going out, Lu Xiaomei asked her mother what movie she wanted to watch, but her mother said she wanted to keep it a secret. She only knew after talking about it.

Several New Year movies released around this year’s Spring Festival are quite a bit like gods fighting. Among them are:

"Hong Xiguan" directed by Liu Jialiang and starring Chen Guantai

"Chu Liuxiang" directed by Chu Yuan and starring Di Long

"Nan Xia Zhan Zhao" directed by Tian Peng and starring Jiang Bin

"It's Easy to Catch a Thief" directed by Chen Jiasu and starring Wu Yaohan

The first three films are traditional martial arts films from the Central Plains, and the latter one is a follow-up to Xu's comedy films. From here we can also see that the trend of the Hong Kong film market has begun to change. Although traditional martial arts films still have the upper hand,

With the three films produced by the Xu brothers: "The Ghost Horse", "The Genius and the Idiot", and "Half a Catapult", this series of grassroots comedies that reflect the lives of local citizens have broken box office records. Major film companies have also discovered that the audience's

My tastes have changed, and now I not only love hard-hitting martial arts films, but comedy films that involve laughter and scolding are also very popular.

But the most popular movie during the Spring Festival this year is not the above-mentioned Chinese-language movies, but the Hollywood blockbuster "King Kong" that has swept the world. Its scheduling rate in Shaw Brothers Cinema and Golden Harvest Cinema is far higher than other movies

.

But none of the above has anything to do with Lu Dongjie, because their family came to watch "The Purple Hairpin", which is a costume song record and can also be called a Cantonese opera film.

"Boss, why don't we run away secretly? What's the point of watching a big drama?" Lu Xiaomei saw her parents leaving their seats to catch up with old acquaintances, so she turned her head and whispered to Lu Dongjie.

"I want to leave you. Don't worry, I won't betray you." Lu Dongjie was unmoved and continued to close his eyes and rest. Yesterday, he accompanied Lu Xiaomei to Omen for a crazy day. Lu Dongjie has not recovered yet. Early this morning

Went out again. Before the movie started, Lu Dongjie happened to take a nap.

"Huh, no sense of loyalty." Lu Xiaomei sat down again angrily.

Lu Dongjie looked at the reserved seats in the front row. It should be that some heavyweight guests had not yet appeared. Sure enough, there was a burst of warm greetings from the door.

I saw a man and a woman walking in arm in arm. The man's hair was combed meticulously and he looked energetic. The woman next to him was wearing a black cheongsam with green fur, an emerald lapel and earrings, which made the couple very elegant.

They are the famous Cantonese opera actors Mr. Mai Chongrong and Ms. Yu Suqiu.

Yu Suqiu, a famous actress who was active in martial arts movies in the 1950s and 1960s, although she retired from acting after her marriage and settled down with her husband and children, the countless classic roles she left behind are still talked about and are the common memory of a generation.

.Seeing this senior sister, Lu Dongjie couldn't help but think of several of her younger juniors, Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao, Yuan Biao, and Yuan Hua, who were known as the Seven Little Fortunes, and they were just starting to make their mark.

After a while, the "hustle" noise among the crowd became more enthusiastic, and Lu Dongjie saw many people standing up and looking back.

Lu Dongjie heard many people shouting "Sister Ren" and "Sister Xian", and couldn't help but turn his head and take a closer look. Sure enough, it was Ren Bai who had been a pair for a lifetime. This pair of Cantonese opera legends had begun to gradually fade out of the public eye.

The characters are lovers of theater fans who have been loved by generations. Seeing Sister Ren and Sister Xian entering the stage hand in hand, Lu Dongjie stood up with some excitement. If Lu Dongjie’s generation must choose an idol, Ren Bai must

Most people agree that none of the Four Heavenly Kings and Four Heavenly Queens combined can compare with them.

"The Legend of the Purple Hairpin" released today is actually the second version. It is also one of the opera treasures of the Chu Feng Ming Cantonese Opera Troupe founded by Ren Bai. This time, after a lapse of twenty years, it is performed by the disciples.

Perform it again and put it on the screen. The only thing that remains unchanged is that Liang Xingbo and Liang Cibai will once again play the roles of Huang Shike and Lu Taiwei.

As more and more seniors in the industry entered the scene, Lu Dongjie also calmed down his excitement. These famous actresses, Hua Dan, movie stars, and even singers who sang pop songs, who usually lived in seclusion and rarely met, came one by one.

It was really rare for everyone to come together to support each other, but when he saw Liang Xingbo in the front row, who was smiling enthusiastically and greeting the guests, Lu Dongjie suddenly understood.

Today's show is Chu Fengming's opera treasure. Despite Bai Jinshi's status in the Cantonese opera industry, I believe that many people will come even if they are not invited. What's more, the people who came to support today have one thing in common. They

Both are members of the Eight Harmonies Association, and both Mai Bingrong and Liang Xingbo have served as presidents of the Eight Harmonies Association in many circles.

Although the Eight Wo Guild Hall is a guild for Cantonese opera artists, the other successive managements have followed the rules and have no plans to expand their influence. Therefore, the Eight Wo Guild Hall has always been a little-known and disadvantaged social organization until now.

"Boss, look, Qiu Zai is over there, Fei Fei and Sister Wang are here too." Lu Xiaomei took Lu Dongjie's hand with some surprise. She finally recognized the celebrities she was familiar with, because those people before were just like her.

There is a generation gap.

"Shhh" Lu Dongjie lowered his peaked cap with some guilt and signaled to Miss Lu to keep her voice down. Lu Dongjie took a sneak peek and saw Zheng Shaoqiu holding hands with Shen Dianxia, ​​and Wang Mingquan holding another man's hand. After the four of them walked in, they were standing in the middle row.

I sat down in a position that was exactly two positions below and left of Lu Dongjie.

Lu Dongjie was not surprised that Cheng Shaoqiu and Wang Mingquan would appear together, because the two not only starred in the TVB drama "The Purple Hairpin" in 1974, but also released an album of "The Purple Hairpin" in 1975

, they also have a certain affinity with this "Purple Hairpin".

Zheng Shaoqiu and Wang Mingquan, a handsome couple, are not only an on-screen couple, but also a singing partner. If Zheng Shaoqiu and Shen Dianxia had not been living together as unmarried, and Wang Mingquan had married a businessman husband, otherwise the scandal between the two would have been flying all over the sky.

Lu Dongjie looked around the audience. Most people were still chatting with each other. It seemed that today was a special performance for the children of Bahe. No wonder when he first came in, he saw a lot of uniformed policemen waiting outside the theater. Lu Dongjie thought it was...

Because Shin Kong Cinema has staged a musical blockbuster "The East Is Red" in the past two days, hostile forces have come to cause trouble. This is because Shin Kong Cinema is a theater chain under Yindu Organization and often introduces mainland movies to be screened in Hong Kong.

"Brother, can I change places with you?" Lu Dongjie heard a voice coming from behind him, turned his head and looked a little funny.

This is Luo Jiaying, who will naturally sing "only you" as soon as you see him. This is now a well-known Cantonese opera actor. At this time, there are still lush branches on his head, and there is no Mediterranean Sea yet.

and signs of the drying up of the great desert.

"I'm sorry, we are sitting together as a family." Lu Dongjie pointed to the two empty seats next to him, and then pointed to his parents who were still chatting with each other not far away, and said apologetically.
Chapter completed!