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In 2006, Jackie Chan's Baby Plan was released in the Mainland.

Some people are happy for Jackie Chan's return to Kung Fu comedy, some people are fascinated by Louis Koo's handsome appearance, and some people are excited about the baby in the film.

And few people will notice that the old gentleman with glasses in the film.

This is Xu Guanwen.

Xu Guanwen was 60 years old when he starred in Baby Project, which was the first time that mainland audiences saw him in the cinema.

Who's Xu Guanwen?

He is the founder of "Ghost Horse Comedy" and a famous "cold-faced comedian".

Xu Guanwen, born in 1942, graduated from the Department of Sociology of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and has three brothers, namely Xu Guanwu, Xu Guanying and Samuel Hui.

The Hong Kong film industry in the 1970s belonged to Xu Guanwen and Bruce Lee.

Bruce Lee is famous for his big brother in Tangshan. He plays the game of death with the Raptors, crossing the river, Jingwumen and enter the dragon. But his glory was also his end, and Bruce Lee's bizarre death ended his short life.

Subsequently, a comedy craze in Xu Guanwen even overshadowed the whirlwind in Bruce Lee.

Ghost and Horse, Crazy Money, Half a catty, and Deed of Sale, these four films occupy the first place in the Hong Kong box office list with far more than the second place every year.

This is Xu Guanwen's time.

Today's book nearly as bad as eight taels is recognized as Xu Guanwen's masterpiece.

"Half a catty and eight liang" was released on 1976, directed by Xu Guanwen and starring Samuel Hui, Xu Guanying, Angie Chiu and Richard Ng. The film won the box office championship that year with a box office of 8.5 million Hong Kong dollars.

Many language words in Xu Guanwen's films come from Cantonese, and there are some subtle differences between them. The beauty and interest of many words can only be appreciated by Hong Kong audiences.

In particular, Samuel Hui, the founder of canto pop, produced songs of the same name for Xu Guanwen films, which used many languages peculiar to the lower classes in Hong Kong.

This feature is obvious at the beginning of "Half a catty".

The song "The Voice of the Prodigal Son" is also very suitable for us to sing today. It vividly depicts the mentality of 996 young people who work hard to earn money and still can't earn a few dollars.

More than 40 years later, Hong Kong people are eager to get rich overnight, and we still yearn for it today.

Accompanied by such singing, the camera followed two feet in tandem through the developing streets of Hong Kong.

The first pair of feet, wearing a pair of shocking hate sky high (fashion is really a circle).

Fortunately, however, the beautiful woman's slender legs saved the shoes and our eyes.

These last feet are a little ugly, tattered and missing a hole.

Why do beggars follow beautiful women?

Later, the audience discovered that the owner of this pair of worn-out shoes is not a beggar, but Huang Ruosi (Xu Guanwen), the president of a private detective firm, who is following the client's wife to get evidence of her cheating.

Li Guojie (Samuel Hui), Paavo (Xu Guanying) and Jackie (Angie Chiu) are all members of the detective agency.

The film mainly tells the story of the president and three members' experiences in serving customers.

Wow, that sounds cool. Are you hiring now?

Let's just say that if the president gives you 500 yuan a month for room and board, you will never get a raise. The budget for each meal is two yuan, and you are in danger of breaking your arm and leg at any time. Will you do it again?

If you don't do it, only a fool will.

This president is so stingy, even the beautiful female secretary's birthday, his gift is just a piece of chocolate.

Yes, it is.

By the way, 22-year-old Angie Chiu is beautiful enough to shine!

Having dinner with two employees, he gave a chicken to two people, each with a chicken claw, and ate the rest by himself.

Once an employee breaks a window and drops a vase, he will take out his computer and carefully calculate how much to deduct.

These pictures became very funny after Xu Guanwen's exaggerated interpretation in the movie, but the social animals smiled when they looked at them-

Isn't this our true portrayal?

Aren't we eating the "chicken feet" left by the bosses with relish?

Aren't we all afraid of being deducted from our wages when we take time off?

Last time, wasn't there a news that "the woman cried because she didn't catch the bus that won the ticket"?

As a boss, Xu Guanwen exploited his subordinates only a little less than what we suffered today.

Speaking of "Wulitou" comedy, we often think of "king of comedy" Stephen Chow in the early 1990s.

In fact, as early as the 1970s and 1980s, Xu Guanwen's comedies used a lot of nonsense dialogues and bridges, which were full of secular grassroots spirit.

This can be seen everywhere in "Half a catty".

For example, when the robbers robbed the cinema, a lady next to Xu Guanwen nervously asked, "Only rob the money, not the color."

At this time, Xu Guanwen looked at her casually and said, "You want to be beautiful."

Samuel Hui suddenly said to Xu Guanwen in the car, "I always feel that the world seems to owe me something."

"You were born without diapers. What does the world owe you? " Xu Guanwen didn't even look back.

I have to say that this logic can be easily stifled.

"Half a catty" is also the forerunner of kung fu comedy.

There are three fighting scenes in this movie, namely:

Samuel Hui used all kinds of kitchen utensils and food in the kitchen to fight with the thief who stole the wallet, and finally found the wallet in his pocket.

Xu Guanwen's funny fight with the thief couple in the supermarket;

Finally, the theater and the ice cream truck fought.

Although there are obvious elements such as organ props, experiential movements and special effects in the film, it still caused a sensation in Hong Kong and successfully entered international markets such as Japan and Spain.

Interestingly, after the success of member Samuel Hui, the film did not go to the scene of reconciliation between master and apprentice.

On the contrary, Samuel Hui opened a new one next to President Xu Guanwen's detective agency to compete with it and become another "Xu Guanwen".

He ate the same chocolate beans, which was also the consulting fee for 200 yuan for one hour. When every customer comes, he will also show off photos of himself and the executives. ...

And this is the meaning of the title "half a catty":

When we were employees, we cursed the boss. When we became our own bosses, we began to exploit our employees in the same way, or even worse.

No one is better than anyone else, and everyone is only half a catty.

Xu Guanwen's comedies can also be regarded as a reflection, reflection and criticism of the real society.

The audience likes to see embarrassed and emaciated Xu Guanwen win many times by his clever tricks.

The corresponding social reality is that people also hope to make a windfall in social competition with their own wisdom. This idea is gradually rationalized and rationalized in the minds of Hong Kong people.

Therefore, Xu Guanwen's comedies have both an ordinary side and an enlightened side. While satisfying the speculative psychology of the citizens, he did not forget to warn his movie audience that people should not be insatiable.

This seemingly contradictory and complicated setting is actually a reflection of the mentality of Hong Kong people, and it is also the confusion and confusion that Hong Kong people have experienced when positioning themselves.

Whether it is Xu Guanwen's film as the author or Xu Guanwen's film as the actor, what we see in it is an increasingly responsible Xu Guanwen.

For example, Xu Guanwen's teaching of Dawn in Divine Calculation (1992) and Xu Guanwen's restraint on subordinates in Beggar Hero are obviously full of social responsibility.

Even the stingy president is full of a kind of "fatherly" temperament in "Half a catty". He taught Samuel Hui skills, and when he was confused, he used "poisoned chicken soup" to teach him. Finally, he began to reflect on himself as his father did when he was old.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Tsui Hark, Jing Wong, Stephen Chow and others sprang up suddenly, and the Hong Kong film industry was suddenly filled with all kinds of obsession and erotic violence against Machamp.

Xu Guanwen's comedies, like a cup of tea, always maintain his fresh and healthy style and tepid texture. After watching this movie, I suddenly understood why he was called a greater Hong Kong comedian than Stephen Chow.

Today, we still need creators like Xu Guanwen.

Because he makes comedy no longer a bunch of superficial jokes, but an artistic achievement worthy of deep thought and aftertaste.

Text/Pippi Film Editorial Department: Tong Yunxi

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