[2026.02.07] DAYO WONG WISHES FOR NIGHT KING TO OPEN "BIG"

Fish Liew and Gardner Tse dress up for the premiere

Louise Wong and Lo Chun Yip promote the film hard.
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Dayo Wong (left) would lead the young actors to thank the audience in Mongkok, but Sammi Cheng says that she would have Lunar New Year dinner with Mama that day

Fish Liew says that NIGHT KING is the third time she has worked with Gardner Tse.
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The Lunar New Year film NIGHT KING (YEH WONG) held its world premiere in Macau the night before, Dayo Wong Tze Wah, Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Gardner Tse Kwan Ho, Louise Wong Dan Nei, Fish Liew Chi Yu, Siuyea Lo Chun Yip and director Jack Ng Wai Lun dressed up to attend. Everyone was happy to be able to shoot in the new hotel and casino hall. Tze Wah, witnessed by more than 100 guests, joked that it was like turning the card over while playing "baccarat". He invited all the guests to scream "big", which meant that the movie would be a big box office hit and also made him full of confidence.

Tze Wah revealed that he would go to Mong Kok on the Lunar 29th to thank the audience. He was glad to get close to the audience, and spend the New Year happily with everyone. "Now making a movie isn't easy. Arranging for a release at this time, everyone are happy together." Sammi said that she could not go because she would have Lunar New Year dinner with her mother, and joked that she could not leave her 80 something Mama behind. Tze Wah said that he would not dare to disturb Sammi, because she has already contributed to the movie's music video and gone to the night spot. The actors would be divided into teams to promote everywhere. Sammi and Liew Chi Yu would attend the Malaysian premiere later. Speaking of the Hong Kong premiere, Tze Wah revealed that a friend took the initiative and asked to see it, and he also planned to charter a theater to invite relatives and friends to watch. Sammi said that the fan club has prepared a private screening, and she was the happiest about meeting a lot of new friends this time. She said that she and Tze Wah used to be just friends who would say hello, but after this collaboration they really got to know each other. She has not made a Lunar New Year film in the years. The film turned into a Lunar New Year release during the production and felt like a dream.

Sammi has been promoting NIGHT KING so hard that her voice was hoarse, she was exhausted and had eczema attack. She pointed out that Wong Tze Wah and the director had a tremendous sense of duty, aside from making good Hong Kong films they also gave new comers opportunities. She believed that the audience would see the infinite possibilities of new actors with their potential. Wong Tze Wah agreed that many actor performed outstandingly in the film, after watching the movie the audience would definitely remember their names. When asked if he had confident in the box office, Tze Wah laughed and said that he has not had a lot of pressure. Instead he was worried that he would be shy. He also believed that everyone would have a good time watching it. Tze Wah as an actor with an over 100 million box office said that he has asked why when the previous movies A GUILTY CONSCIENCE (DUK SIT DAI JONG) and THE LAST DANCE (POR. DEI YUK) became big hits. He thought it was very dreamy and beyond his cognition. Sammi joked that her box office record of only 30 million at most, because of the low starting point she had no pressure. However she also wanted to try the taste of more than 100 million at the box office. This time and Wong Tze Wah would happily face the result together.

Regarding BACK TO THE PAST (CHUM CHUN GEI) still in release and another Lunar New Year film THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY (GUM DOR BO) also has the performance of the great actor Michael Hui Koon Man and Louis Koo Tin Lok, would they support each other? Tze Wah said that he would definitely support THE SNOWBALL ON A SUNNY DAY. He encouraged the audience to watch movies like crazy. Sammi has sent a message to congratulate Louis Koo Tin Lok, praising his hard work and said that she did not know that Koo Tin Lok won the Best Actor Award from the Hong Kong Film Critics Society. However she has planned to invite him to dinner in the New Year. She would also invited Wong Tze Wah then and taste the wine together. She also particularly admired the director of SNOWBALL, Philip Yung Tsz Kwong, praising that the movie he directed, PAPA, as very well made. She would like to offer her services to him and looked forward to having the opportunity to collaborate in the future. A full bloom for the film industry would be what she wished to see. Wong Tze Wah joked that he very rarely took the initiative to meet with Hui Koon Man, usually Hui Koon Man would be the one who would invite him to attend his family gatherings. "When he and I were working on the script for THE MAGIC TOUCH (SUN SUEN) I was already 'in the house'. Aside from his master bedroom's bathroom, I have been to all of the bathrooms in his home."

In addition, Sammi's earlier concert guest Nancy Wu Ting Yan announced her departure from the nest and expressed her intention to develop in music. Sammi said, "We can collaborate if we have the chance. Last time I invited her to sing together, everyone responded and liked it. We are compatible and have stuff to talk about. I wish her a brave journey in the new world." Sammi believed that Ting Yan's decision to leave the old company must be due to her confidence and curiosity, wanting to see the outside world. She thought that people would always have different experiences, whether they stay in the old company or go out, they would definitely encounter different things. "However I am not qualified to teach her how to be a wife."

Liew Chi Yu would return to her hometown of Malaysia next week to promote and reunite with her father, who returned home early from Indonesia for the New Year reunion. She revealed that her relatives and friends have asked for tickets one after another, and laughed that she no longer had enough tickets. This time she mainly invited Mama, sister and brother-in-law, as well as some old classmates to see it. Her boyfriend Siuyea Lo Chun Yip stayed in Hong Kong, and the two of them would promote separately on Valentine's Day. When asked how she celebrated winning the Best Actress Award from the Hong Kong Film Critics Society, she laughed and said that she celebrated with her favorite rice noodles and snacks.

Participating in the promotion of the movie for the first time, Tse Kwan Ho said that he has been busy doing stage tours before. He would also go to the mainland to work around Valentine's Day, so he believed his wife would not mind. Liew Chi Yu was happy to have a relationship with Tse Kwan Ho in the film, and admitted that the opportunity was rare. He joked, "I think I must have done a lot of good things in my previous life, maybe I donated a big temple. This story tells everyone to do more good deeds." Tse Kwan Ho said that he has had many collaborations with Liew Chiu and have set up new sparks in all of them. Liew Chi Yu hoped to collaborate with Tse Kwan Ho again, and looked forward to acting more intensely next time -- exceeding her intimate scene with Carlos Chan Ka Lok in SOMEONE LIKE ME (JEUNG NGOR JEH YEUNG DIK OI CHING) to an unimaginable level for everyone.

Wong Dan Nei played the role of "mamasan" in the film. Did she secretly add more padding to make her figure appear fuller? She shouted awkwardly, "I didn't! The clothes are indeed very tight-fitting, so everyone only had steamed chicken breast and vegetables." Speaking of the unforgettable experience during filming, she said with a smile, "The casino scene is pretty unforgettable, because it is the first time in my life that I can enter the VIP hall to gamble. I even had to "shove" tens of millions per wager like that, I was so happy!"