When it comes to childhood memory TV series, there will be The Journey to the West's Princess Pearl, Young Bao Qingtian, The White-browed Heroes and The Legend of the New White Snake, and of course there is a kind of memory called Hong Kong TV series, such as Huo Yuanjia, Shanghai Beach, The Legend of the Condor Heroes (83rd edition), The Condor Heroes (95th edition) and Felix Wong Yat Wa edition. However, "Big Times", without the aura of "the first Hong Kong drama" above its head, is a monument in the history of Hong Kong drama. Twenty-seven years have passed since it was first broadcast in 1992. The Great Times is still an insurmountable peak, so what are its behind-the-scenes stories?

1. Script creation

When Wei Jiahui was writing in those years, he happened to be interested in stocks, and then he created it around the character Ding Xie. The whole story structure was built by Wei Jiahui, and was later completed by his colleagues. The screenwriters were Jingwen, Guan Jingyun, Fang Shiqiang, Chen Baoyan, Lap Kwong Ng, Zhang Lili, Wenkang Long, Chen Baohua and others. It was their Qi Xin who worked together to write such a divine script. Of course, Wei Jiahui is the soul figure, and he is also the first screenwriter in Hong Kong. Apart from The Great Times, there are also Unbearable, Detective, The Birth of a Prefix, Two Only Live, Peace Hotel and so on.

2. Casting Story

Ding Xie is one of the most successful villains in the history of Hong Kong drama. His way of repaying his gratitude is to kill other people's whole families. He is a paranoid, selfish, self-righteous and unreasonable person, and he has brought this "evil" to the extreme. In fact, at the beginning, the role of Ding Crab was not looking for Adam Cheng, but Wan Ziliang. Wan Ziliang has his own aura of being the boss, and his temperament of being both good and evil is still more like Ding Crab.

I don't know whether Wan Ziliang refused or why, but Adam Cheng finally played the role of Ding Crab. It is said that Adam Cheng's family and fans didn't agree with him to take the role, and then Qiu Guan insisted on playing it, trying to break through himself. As a result, under the interpretation of Qiu Guan, the effect of Ding Xie is surprisingly good. Qiu Guan, who is used to playing heroes and good people, has an illusion of innocence in his play, and this sense of contrast makes Ding Xie.

Then Lan Jieying plays Luo Huiling. In the play, she is Zhanbo Fang's stepmother. In fact, Lan Jieying was originally assigned the role of Zhanbo Fang's mother. However, Lan Jieying said she couldn't accept it, because she and Liu Qingyun were classmates in the training class, so how could she play his mother? Finally, she was changed to stepmother through negotiation. The tragedy of Ling's life is Ding Xie, and the best happiness comes from Fang Jinxin, who made her feel love. Later, she devoted her life to this love and took care of several children of Fang's family. The most touching part was the death of Ling Jie. The Cantonese version of "The Woman Who is Easily Injured" in Faye Wong sounded, and she slowly climbed to the direction of the ring, which was the most beautiful testimony of her and Fang Jinxin.

Wei Jiahui is really cruel to Lan Jieying, and she has always been asked to play such a sad role. In the previous "Unfortunate", she played a mother of bad karma, who was framed in prison and gave birth to a child in prison. Now Sister Lan has gone to another world. May everything be well with her!

At first, Ding Xie's four sons chose the eldest Zheng Haonan, the second Wilson Tsui, the third Tao Dayu and the fourth Guo Zhenghong. As a result, Zheng Haonan resigned, the eldest was replaced by Shao Zhongheng, and then the second Wilson Tsui was replaced and played the role of Li Liguang. After that, Tao Dayu became the second child, Wu Qihua's brother Wu Qiming parachuted into the third child, and Guo Zhenghong remained unchanged. Among them, Wilson Tsui is Dr. Xue Shen, the Felix Wong Yat Wa version of Dragon Eight, and Duo Long, the Jordan chan version of The Duke Of Mount Deer.

3. Prototype Characters

The Great Times actually has prototype characters, such as Ding Xiaoxie and Fang Ting, namely Xu Chen and Liu Pingli. Then the three richest people are Li Ka-shing, Henry Fok, Stanley Ho, and Ceng Jiang's Long Chengbang, Lv Le, also known as Mayor. And the prototype of drug Lord Zhou Jisheng is Lame Hao. Stories like Lame Howe and Mayor are all too clear, and we can learn a thing or two from movies like Lame Howe, Legend of Mayor and Chasing the Dragon.

4. Ding Crab Effect

Ding Crab is a typical simple-minded person who can't analyze the stock market at all. However, with Chen Wanxian's sentence "All are dead, but I'm not dead", coupled with good luck, Ding Crab has become the biggest winner of the stock market. If it weren't for the luck of the three richest people, Zhanbo Fang probably wouldn't have beaten him. After "The Big Times", as long as Adam Cheng's works are broadcast, it will cause the stock to fall, which is called "Ding Xie Effect" in succession.

There are statistics on the "Ding Crab Effect", which is said to have been fulfilled more than 31 times in the past 21 years. Some time ago, when Adam Cheng's "Prequel to the Mystery" was broadcast, the stock also fell. It is worth mentioning that there was no decline when "Extraordinary Father" was broadcast in 2113. Many people said it might be the comedy. Adam Cheng once said that he was invited to be a guest on a financial program, but he said that he didn't know anything about stocks, but his wife was good at it.

5. Liu Qingyun Guo Aiming became attached to the play

Zhanbo Fang has two confidantes, one is Little Jewish, and the other is Long Jiwen, who are sincere to him. In the play, the Chinese exhibitor owed Long Jiwen, and made up for this regret outside the play. Liu Qingyun and Guo Aiming got married in 1999 after seven years of love, and they have always been model couples in the circle. Although they have no children, they live a very happy life.

why is big times classic? First of all, the script is wonderful and smacks of chivalry. For example, the little Jew impressed Zhou Jisheng with food, like Huang Rong seduced Hong Qigong with food, and Ye Tianjiao taught Zhanbo Fang to speculate in stocks, like Ouyang Feng and Yang Guo. Then there is the wonderful performance of the actors. The characters have distinct personalities and superb acting skills, which have shaped one unforgettable classic after another. Tragedy is often more memorable. Most of the stories in "The Great Times" are dead. It is this kind of treatment that has created the classics, and it also points out the established pattern of no way out. Finally, how many times have you all seen it?