When I mention that the boss in Hong Kong gangster movies eats cheap lunch boxes, the first thing that comes to my mind is the picture of Ceng Zhiwei playing Han Chen eating lunch boxes in Infernal Affairs.

In fact, Hong Kong people call bento "take-out" or "bento". When filming night scenes, the crew usually provides bento. If someone dies early in the film, they can go first and get their bento in advance, so they call being killed in the film "getting their bento".

I remember working with the crew before. At that time, it was only tens of dollars to shoot a movie for one night, but there was a box lunch, which was a kind of rice food called "rice rolls" in our place. Once, because many people left early before the lunch box was delivered, I ate six or seven lunch boxes at a time until I got to my throat.

In Infernal Affairs, Han Chen has the same appetite as me. The plot in the film is that he was taken to the police station for investigation by the police, so he ordered his own box lunch to eat.

Later, because of a disagreement, he knocked the box lunch on the table to the ground, which was particularly aura.

But in the sequel, he ate with relish at the beginning.

I really doubt whether Ceng Zhiwei likes lunch boxes very much. In another movie, The Rebellion of Laughing Gor, his uncle Fu Ye, who plays Zhengxingshe, also eats lunch boxes.

As a gangster, the usual ideal is, of course, eating big fish and big meat in a restaurant. But how full the ideal is, how skinny the reality is. If you are talking about business with people, of course, you will go to a restaurant. If you just eat a normal diet, you will often eat home-cooked meals.

However, it should be noted that our normal families cook at home, while most gangsters are a group of big men. How can they have the habit of cooking by themselves? At this time, ordering takeout is the best choice. You don't have to cook by yourself, and you don't have to wash dishes after eating. It's simple and easy.

Therefore, in the plots of many movies, things like ordering and delivering takeout are written into the movies as an important part to promote the development of the plot.

For example, in "king of comedy", Ng Man Tat plays the old man audience sitting, and as a police undercover, he asks Yin Tianchou to deliver takeout food, taking the opportunity to take the bug to the hut where a group of gangsters are hiding.

During this period, there was a gun battle because Yin Tianchou was caught by gangsters, and the delivery of box lunch became a major turning point in the film.

At the end of the movie, Yin Tianchou realized himself more clearly and understood that there is still a long way to go to be a good actor.

In fact, if it's a group of fugitives who are hiding from the police and waiting for the right time to commit crimes, it's very reasonable to order takeout for three meals.

For example, Jet Li's Letter to Dad also takes eating a box lunch as an important plot. At that time, his gangster brother Fu Guang had seen through the undercover identity of Gong Wei, the hero played by Jet Li, and deliberately consolidated his son and caught him in front of him to show his true colors.

The little black played by Ke Shouliang is a good man. He wrote the word "bad guys" on the lid of the consolidated box lunch to remind him that there are a group of bad guys around him.

Later, in order not to expose his identity, Gong Wei deliberately strangled his son, but in fact, both his father and son practiced group qigong, and only by strengthening their group spirit did they deceive the gangsters.

Mark in "The True Color of Heroes" lost his position in the gang because he accidentally lost his leg, so he had to work as a security guard and bear the burden of humiliation.

In the film, a box lunch in Mark was bitter and helpless, and Chow Yun Fat's superb acting skills even made it possible to eat. A box lunch can eat a disaster of blood, eat a meal, and eat a meal, so eating a box lunch is too important.

But eating is something indecent after all, and you must not use it indiscriminately.

For example, in The Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang's brilliant image was completely eaten by a bowl of rice when he appeared, making this character the most severely criticized by fans.

In addition, it should be said that the takeout in Hong Kong is too-good-delicious.

(Film Rotten Tomato Editorial Department: Red Blood and Red Heart)

Seeing this question, I suddenly remembered something I did during the period of "killing Matt", which should be used to explain why the gangster boss in the movie likes to eat cheap lunch boxes.

I remember that a few years ago, perhaps because I just entered the society, I became cynical and felt that the world was full of malice, so I immersed myself in the world of novels every day, watching Jin Yong and reading fantasy, and felt that the world described in novels was the "perfect world".

During that time, I was really decadent, and my temperament became very irritable. My parents' kind words about my discipline were a kind of torture to my ears, and I would be furious with them. It seemed that I was the only one left in the whole world, and no one wanted to get close to me, let alone any friends.

...

It was not until I saw him ~ Mr. Jigong that I slowly recovered and walked out of the darkness.

I have always felt that the film and television dramas I made today are not more chewy than the classics I watched as a child, so watching old TV dramas and movies became something I often did during that time. When I saw Jigong, I wondered why he could eat so delicious.

Mr. Benchang You plays Jigong, with a gourd in his left hand and dog meat in his right, lying under a tree, sipping wine and meat, which is called a comfort. As a vegan, I felt the urge to eat meat for the first time because I watched a TV series, and I also wanted to experience how cool it is to help the public.

So I took money from home, went to the deli to buy a chicken leg, secretly poured half a glass of wine from grandpa's house, and ran to the park near my home.

It was noon, the sun was shining brightly, and most people went home for dinner, so there were few people in the park. I am not afraid of embarrassment, so I found a big tree that can enjoy the cool, leaned under it and learned the posture of helping the public. Holding a glass in his left hand, a chicken leg in his right hand, and swallowing water, he tried to empty his mind and looked intoxicated, then took a bite of meat and took a sip of wine.

As a result, I was directly vomited by spicy food ... I didn't eat it later, so I took the chicken leg home and gave it to my brother.

Can Jigong eat something so bad? Looks like it's all about acting. Later, a few years later, I happened to know that the dog meat that Mr. Benchang You ate in that scene had gone bad, and I admired it even more.

After this incident, let's talk about why the "black boss" always eats cheap box lunch in Hong Kong movies.

1. Because it looks delicious, isn't the box lunch he ate what most people have eaten? If you put a big table of abalone and meals that most people have never eaten, and he still eats very fragrant, you will definitely become a lot unfamiliar when you see this.

Just like Jigong, if he had gone to a big restaurant to order a table of food instead of a dog's leg, I wouldn't have done that imitation show with my mouth watering.

2. The "black boss" in Hong Kong movies, like Han Chen in Infernal Affairs, has climbed from the bottom to where he is today, and he has long been used to eating box lunch. The story of arranging the "black boss" to eat box lunch can also highlight this point.

3. It seems that you are eating a box lunch, but in fact you are eating an aura. This technique is often used not only in Hong Kong movies, but also in movies with the theme of "black society" all over the world.

For example, in The Fast and the Furious, the car explodes behind him, but the protagonist walks past the camera without looking at it, smoking a cigarette and looking "I am the most handsome". The car in this shot is equivalent to a "box lunch".

For example, in the well-known "Shanghai Beach", Xu Wenqiang lit a cigarette and then threw a lighter backwards. Looking at the camera with a face of "I am the most handsome", the lighter inside is equivalent to a "box lunch".

There is our "Su Daqiang", who was once the "black boss" in the movie. The house behind him is exploding, but he still smokes cigars calmly. Cigars here are equivalent to "box lunch".

The bosses didn't eat lunch boxes! Not a box lunch! Not a box lunch! Although it was packed in a box lunch, it was a restaurant takeaway! Restaurant takeout! Takeaway! The boss's mentality is sometimes similar to that of a nouveau riche. Even if he doesn't have time to eat in a restaurant, he certainly won't eat 231 lunches!

In fact, Hong Kong's box lunch is not that bad. Like many mainland take-away box lunches, it is really bad. Even the box lunches on the high-speed rail are really expensive and bad. However, in the 1991s, I saw on TV that those office workers were holding five or six boxes of box lunches, which cost about 111 yuan.

Many friends have also said that Hong Kong's box lunch is very conscientious, and all kinds of roasted meat, goose and Shajiang chicken are delicious, which is completely higher than the box lunch in the mainland by several grades. So even if the boss eats a box lunch, it is not so bad in taste.

it makes sense for the boss to eat lunch boxes. They are just bosses, not bosses. Big bosses talk about things in high-end hotels, and many gangsters in Hong Kong movies love to eat hot pot together and eat by themselves, instead of going to places like hot pot restaurants. This is also a kind of "gangster culture".

and what I understand is that these bosses also made it from the younger brother's time, and eating box lunch is also a habit.

It's just more inclined that these lunch boxes don't contain those 21-to 31-year-old lunch boxes, and some high-end restaurants deliver food. It makes sense for the boss to eat a box lunch instead of going to a restaurant, but it makes sense to order takeout in this restaurant. It just looks like takeout visually.

It's more reasonable for these bosses to go into the jail and eat lunch boxes or deliver meals in restaurants.

the reason is very simple. Many dark bentos in Hong Kong are delicious. Just like our favorite instant noodles. Nowadays, children's parents don't allow them to eat instant noodles, so they think instant noodles are very delicious, and eating instant noodles is very prestigious among their classmates. A truth.

The best black pepper chicken steak rice I have ever eaten was eaten at the food court on the first floor of an unnamed industrial factory in Youtang. That food court is a little scary. The lights are dim and there are no windows on all sides, just like a shooting studio. Generally, only dockers eat here. I didn't know there was this place until my colleague took me to work nearby.

But the chicken steak rice with black pepper was really delicious. After dinner, my colleague also recommended the silk stockings and milk tea in the stall next door. The same taste is very unforgettable. My own feelings are not much higher than those of Cuihua.

this is the so-called dark cuisine!

what you can take me to eat means giving me enough face! :)

First of all, the box lunch in Hong Kong can't be compared with the box lunch in some of our construction sites. We can sometimes see that some construction stations have that kind of cheap box lunch of 5 yuan and 11 yuan.

It just says a little meat that I don't know what it is, a little pepper, a little shredded potatoes, bean sprouts or other green vegetables. Rice is also very cheap rice. In a word, it tastes terrible. After all, a 5-yuan box lunch and a 11-yuan box lunch, what else do you want to eat?

Hong Kong box lunches start at least at HK$ 35, and most of them cost HK$ 35-68 each. For example, 35-42 yuan, in this stall, there are fried rice with meat, fried rice with ham, grilled chicken rice with sausage, curry chicken rice, fish fillet rice with tomato sauce, steak rice with tomato sauce and raw fried beef rice, bean curd fish fillet rice, fried rice with hibiscus and beef rice with Chinese cabbage. To tell the truth, they are all high-quality lunch boxes with fresh materials, exquisite cooking and good taste.

If it's 68 pieces of boiled chicken rice, there are many pieces of chicken, as well as vegetables and goo-goo meat. It's delicious and abundant. At the same time, in the 1961s and 1981s, when Hong Kong's black society was prevalent, in fact, the income of most club members was not high. In fact, raising a group of foals for a long time is a loss-making business. It is understood that in general, Ma Zi's employment costs about HK$ 111 to HK$ 211 at a time, and it can reach HK$ 511 on important occasions, not including meals, transportation expenses, medical expenses, lawyer's fees and settling-in expenses.

At present, in Hong Kong, there are few large-scale "gang wars" organized by the "black society" all year round, and they are generally changed to "sun-drying horses", which rarely turns into warfare. After all, if you really fight, maybe you will bankrupt yourself, and most organizations can't afford to spend money.

A boss who really has a staff of 111 people, even if it is a decent income, will pay his staff 2-3 million yuan a month. This is not to mention all kinds of meals, accommodation and transportation expenses, as well as daily activities and entertainment expenses, family expenses for fighting, injury expenses and bonuses.

How much business does it take to maintain a monthly expenditure of several million? How much does it cost to show the venue to an entertainment venue in a month? What's more, this kind of job of watching a venue is already rare. Eat a restaurant every day? Any good morning tea costs five or six hundred dollars for two or three people.

Can you correct me? In Hong Kong gangster movies, bosses don't always eat lunch boxes. There are also side stoves, cola, beer, milk tea and instant noodles ... So there are so many foods. Why do you only see lunch boxes?

In The Kowloon Ice House, Ekin Cheng and Li Choi Wha eat hot pot.

Well, why do the bosses in Hong Kong gangster movies always eat lunch boxes? Let me make up this question.

1. People who grew up in the street

mixed gangs are mostly students, gangsters, unemployed people, who have no power or influence and grew up in the street. Choosing a box lunch is very close to these people's lives.

Second, habits

In many Hong Kong gangster movies, we can see that the occupation of black society is not only open all year round, but also requires to be on standby at any time. Obviously, box lunch can better meet the requirements of eating and stopping. Another point is that some friends say that Hong Kong's box lunch is delicious, which I can't agree with, because it's really not delicious. If you meet a delicious Hong Kong box lunch, please treat me to a meal. I don't mind hitting my face.

Third, promote the plot

In Infernal Affairs 1, Han Chen, the eldest brother, was arrested at the police station, and in front of the major crimes unit, Han Chen ordered a box lunch.