In 1989, Ng Man-tat and Stephen Chow collaborated for the first time, playing a father and son in "He Came From Jianghu".

From then on, the two began a "father-son relationship" that lasted for more than ten years.

Before meeting Stephen Chow, Ng Man-tat was a well-known supporting actor in TVB. He became popular because of his role as a minor character and was the target of competition among major producers.

When he was young, Ng Man-tat was very smart. He could memorize his lines after reading them twice, and he could understand the play once the director told him. He was one of the most outstanding supporting actors.

Because he became famous too early, he quickly lost himself in fame, wealth and women, and his life became indulgent, with all his heart focused on having fun.

For a while, he looked forward to finishing work early every day, and then going to spend time drinking, gambling and playing cards with his friends, enjoying the feeling of being surrounded.

The corrupt life made him intoxicated, but it also caused his reputation to deteriorate. No one dared to use him anymore. Even his junior brother Du Qifeng mocked him as "the mud can't support the wall."

By 1980, Ng Man-tat owed a debt of 300,000 Hong Kong dollars and even thought about committing suicide, but was awakened by a friend and began to change his mind and study acting seriously.

The ups and downs in his early years gave Wu Mengda a deeper understanding of life and a new understanding of acting.

It was also from then on that he regarded himself as a real actor, began to respect his opponents, took every role seriously, never missed a single dialogue or look, and gradually started the second spring of his career.

In 1985, Ng Mang-tat and Tony Leung Chiu-wai collaborated on "Brother Xin Zha". They carefully studied every line of dialogue, thought about it while watching, and conquered the audience with a "swearing, but very loving" approach, which also impressed the producers.

Ng Man Tat is 9 years older than Stephen Chow. When the two first started working together, Ng Man Tat regarded Stephen Chow as a child, and the two were very attached to each other.

Whether it's their attitude towards acting or their preference for food, the two have many similarities, and they have gradually become a "father and brother" relationship.

At that time, the two lived very close to each other, and they often got together to discuss scripts, family matters, and relationship issues. The elder Ng Man-tat could often solve some of the problems that thorny issues for Stephen Chow.

On the set, the two made each other successful, discussing shooting effects and expression techniques together, and occasionally quarreling, but they constantly came up with new ideas and the final effect was good.

As time goes by, whenever there is a scene between the two of them, the director will directly say: "You two can handle your own scene, I will not participate." After filming, the two of them will meet in the supermarket to buy the abalone they like.

At that time, the cheapest canned abalone in Hong Kong cost more than 100 Hong Kong dollars each. Due to financial constraints, the two of them often only bought one and shared it after returning home. They had a tacit understanding.

At that time, Ng Man Tat was Stephen Chow's friend, his teacher, partner, and father.

It is precisely because of this close relationship that many years later, when Stephen Chow, who became a director, was angry, angry and scolding on the set, only Ng Man-tat came forward to mediate and the problem could be solved perfectly.

Once, Stephen Chow asked his mother, Ling Baoer, to buy a house. As a result, her mother was worried about the money and hesitated to miss the purchase period. As a result, Stephen Chow lost millions and even lost his temper with his mother on the phone.

After seeing it, Ng Man-tat said to him: "How can you treat your family like this? Family members need to be tolerant." It wasn't until Stephen Chow felt ashamed that he took the initiative to call his mother to apologize, that Ng Man-tat stopped preaching.

Stephen Chow is a person who puts too much emphasis on acting. In order to achieve the ideal shooting effect, he will change the shooting techniques, scripts, lines, and even the originally scheduled actors at any time.

When filming "Shaolin Soccer", Stephen Chow invited Law Kar-ying to make a cameo. When Law Kar-ying heard that it was Stephen Chow's work, he immediately put down the work at hand and concentrated on studying the script.

On the day of filming, Luo Jiaying rushed to the set early to try on costumes and makeup; however, just before the filming started, Stephen Chow told Luo Jiaying: "Brother Jiaying, I'm sorry, all your scenes have been deleted." Ng Mang-tat in

Stephen Chow also had a similar experience.

While filming "Kung Fu" and "Yangtze River No. 7", Stephen Chow called Ng Mang-tat and invited him to star in the major drama. Ng Mang-tat also turned down the contract for the two dramas.

Unexpectedly, before the filming started, I received a notice that the actor played by Wu Mengtat had been changed, causing Uncle Tat to suffer heavy losses.

Although they were slightly unhappy, the two of them did not reach the point where they would never interact with each other until death.