[2025.05.10] BETRAYED IN REALITY, ANDY LAU CHOOSES TO FORGIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR GOOD LUCK

Andy Lau admits that someone he trusts has betrayed him but he chooses to forgive him
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Andy Lau reveals that he likes to purchase products that keeps the capital safe but feels that investment is 100% safe. He urges everyone to be cautious with their finances.

Director Herman Yau and Andy Lau promote hard for A GILDED GAME

Andy Lau plays a chief stock market analyst, his head full of gray is very spotlight stealing
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The Andy Lau Tak Wa produced and starred, Herman Yau Lai To written and directed film A GILDED GAME (LIM GUM YAU HEI) revealed the cruel truth in the financial investment market, and even the dark and unspoken rules of the industry. Playing a chief analyst in the film, Lau Tak Wa was betrayed by his apprentice Ou Hao. Wa Jai admitted that drama was like life. In reality he too was betrayed by someone he trusted, which made him more calculating. In the end though he still chose to forgive, which would be happier for him in life and his luck also would be better.

A GILDED GAME's subject was the stock market. Yau Lai To pointed out that the stock market was closely related to everyone, and was also an economic temperature gauge. Even those not buying or selling would be affected. Exceled in action explosion scenes in the past, he made the switch to shoot the stock market "battlefield" this time. He said that he did not make action movies in the early days, and dramatic scenes seemed to be easier to shoot than explosive scenes. However he must also be able to move the audience, and the camera must convey the message. However, this stock market shoot must do enough research, and could not make mistakes in the information. Yau Lai To also made personal investments, and he concluded that he did not lose his hands to get a positive number.

This time Lau Tak Wa played the chief analyst of the investment bank. He said that he was fortunate to have the experience of performing in THE TRADING FLOOR and knew more about stocks, but the last time the dialogue was in English. This time involved the special terminologies of the Hong Kong stock market. He needed to memorize them in advance. "It's much more difficult than making a romance movie, I haven't tried to take notes with such effort. Everyday was like dictation, and it had to sound like daily speech in everyday life. I haven't never spent more time and effort since I entered the industry. Like when I played Kang Xi, I had to memorize a lot of dialogue." Would he rather be a "bomb disposal expert"? Wa Jai smiled and said, "Well no, this time was pretty happy. I used to fight for my life on the front line outside, but this time I returned to the office as a literati, and suddenly I felt that I was Li Bai."

In the film Wa Jai's white hair looked steady, he joked that he just chose it to be stylish. Would he unload the idol burden? He replied with a smile, "I never had it, I don't know why I would come to have one. It's like this even without any baggage!" However Wa Jai said that in the future he would not plan to dye his hair black so that it will be natural and white. "Earlier I even outsmarted myself and said that I didn't dye my hair, but during the epidemic I would think I didn't know what to do, so I started to dye any and all the gray hair. However after more grew I didn't anymore. It would depend on aesthetics and the character requirements. I can't have gray hair every time." As for him playing the role of chief analyst, would he be more shrewd in investment and financial management? Wa Jai did not think so, and still adhered to its concept of "if you are not good at it, don't think about it"; especially now that even buying "bricks" might not necessarily be secure. He would choose the ones that would protect the capital. What has he bought that was safe? Wa Jai joked, "Invest in our movies, that would help you protect your capital! Actually nothing in the world would be truly safe, so be cautious. I have made a certain part of my thing scheduled, so I could give a simple life to my family. With the extras I would risk them all, so even if I lost I wouldn't be hurt. That would be the most ideal."

Speaking of Wa Jai's scene on the rooftop of a high-rise building, Wa Jai said that it relied on computer generated effects and also actual location shoot and all the safety precautions were taken. In the film Wa Jai was betrayed by his apprentice Ou Hao, has he ever been betrayed in reality? Wa Jai admitted that he has. He thought that everyone would also have the experience of being betrayed, but in the world of the betrayer he could not sense it. On the contrary the betrayer would feel that his friend was too stubborn. As a friend he just chose a better result. Although it was not as dramatic as in the film, but betrayal often happened in reality. How easily would he forgive? Wa Jai said frankly: "I choose to forgive. Once I found that I was betrayed, I would be careful in the future. Everyone has known me for so many years. I don't really scheme, but after being betrayed I want to change myself. I started to deal with others for several years, but my life wasn't a happy one. When I chose 'forget it, forget it', I was happy and my luck got better! Usually people who betray you are the ones you trust. If you don't trust them how could they betray you? This is what is even more heart-wrenching. Life is like this!" Lau Tak Wa today has become open-minded, would he continue to work hard to help others? Wa Jai said, "As long as I can, I definitely will!"

Yau Lai To and Wa Jai have worked together seamlessly. The two laughed and chatted about so many subjects that they could not finish filming in 10 years, but one of the feature films everyone loved to shoot. Would Wa Jai switch to be a director? Wa Jai bluntly said that he wanted to be a director for many years, but he has not found a subject he wants to shoot the most. He wanted to shoot a small light- hearted film, but he was afraid that comedy would be difficult to make. He did not want to consider making too heavy a feature film, so the case has not been decided.