Wednesday, January 6, 2016

[2016.01.07] JOEY YUNG WINS HER 12 MOST EXCELLENT FEMALE POP SINGER AWARD


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Hins Cheung is very surprised to win Best National Male Singer
James Ng
Eason Chan despite his absence still wins 4 awards
C AllStar also wins 4 awards like Joey Yung and Eason Chan



Kay Tse needs help off the stage every time due to her seven inch high heels
Gregory Wong jokes that if anyone wants improvement they have to go online and keep "eating peanuts"
The hosts put on foggy glasses to impersonate James Ng
DJs Cuson Law, Wong Kwun Bun and Tsang Chi Ho jokes that Hacken Lee gets a Top Ten Chinese Bar Code award
Alan Tam says that both he and Kenny Bee just roll with the punches
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Joey Yung holds her ground with 4 awards
James Ng sweeps all the rookie awards
The ailing Hins Cheung's voice is a little hoarse
Juno Mak (second left) and Kay Tse's RASHOMEN wins Global Chinese Best Gold Song
Teresa Carpio leads young artists like Joyce Cheng in a performance
Bianca Wu (second right)
Sally Yeh and George Lam
Alfred Hui wins 8.5 awards
Sukie Chung
Phil Lam
Lee Chi Kong


Pakho Chau's little brother complains that he never gets thanked in his speeches
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The final music report card of the year, the 38th Top Ten Chinese Gold Song award took place last night at the Kowloon Bay International Trade and Exhibition Center. Absentee Eason Chan Yik Shun and Joey Yung Cho Yi took home the "Most Excellent Pop Male and Female Singer" awards and "Best Selling Male and Female Singer" awards. They also won "Excellent Pop Singer Award" and Gold Song awards. With four awards each they became the big winners; the "Global Chinese Best Gold Song" went to the Juno Mak Chun Lung and Kay Tse On Kay performed RASHOMEN.

This was Joey's 12th "Most Excellent Female Pop Singer award" and Chan Yik Shun's 11th "Most Excellent Male Pop Singer award". Joey thanked everyone at Emperor. Since she started in music in 1999 they witnessed her growth, her mishaps, improvement and failure, they were no longer as simple as co-workers as they have become good friends. She also said that this family was very warm, very simple, without gossip. Everyone encouraged each other and it was a very safe place to grow up in; she also admitted no matter how many times she has won, she was still nervous every time she went on the stage. After accepting everyone's applause and cheer, she would be just like the singers in the audience and keep working hard in the New Year.

Mainland singer Han Hong with ONE PERSON won the Best National Chinese song award. She revealed that starting yesterday she was under the Capital Artists label and it will be her first Hong Kong record; she also said that from now on she will constantly come to Hong Kong and participate in more Hong Kong community events. The rising star James Ng Yip Kwan after sweeping the Rookie new prize at the TVB, Metro and Commercial Radio awards last night again won the Rookie With The Most Potential" gold prize. He completed the rookie gold prize clean sweep.

When rookie Sukie Chung Shu Kei won Rookie With The Most Potential Excellence Award, Sukie thanked all at once all the record company workers who has helped her. She even stared at her sister Sherman Chung Shu Man in the audience and jokingly thanked her for keeping her fed. "I have her to wash my clothes, socks and underwear, otherwise I wouldn't be on the stage now!" Sherman cracked up in the audience.

Singers of the same label, Phil Lam Yik Hong and Jason Chan Pak Yu both won "Top Ten Gold Songs" with ANDERSEN'S FAULT and TURN AROUND SMILE. When host Lee Chi Kong announced Phil he was moved to tears. Even his female partner made fun of him and she had to help him off the stage. When Phil won he stated that last year his popularity soared with HIGH MOUNTAIN LOW VALLEY, which added to his pressure this year. "I want to tell everyone that I don't have just one song!"

Jason was especially moved after winning an award six years later. He not only promised to work harder but also gave a special thanks to his girlfriend Leanne Fu Hiu Mei.

Pakho Chau won a top ten gold song award with NOT IN A HUNDRED YEARS. Pakho after thanking his record company co-workers and fan said that this time he had to give special thank to his little brother because he complained that he never thanked him in his award speeches. "Thank you for shining all the shoes at home! I have been in the business for 9 years, often I don't have a chance to spend the major holidays with the family. I don't really see them either, thank you to my family!"

Gregory Wong Chung Hiu last night presented the "Most Improved Award of the Year". How could anyone improve even more? He said, "In order to improve first of course you can't take a step back, I have 3 things I want to say, you have to drink more lead water, read more books and eating more peanuts online before the LegCo passes 'internet act 23'." When he announced the bronze prize went to Fred Cheng Chun Won, Cheng Chun Won was drinking water and had a look of disbelief that he won.

DJ hosts Tsang Chi Ho, Kwai Fa Tin and Lee Chi Kong poked fun at James Ng Yip Kwan with foggy glasses and said that they had to promote Cantonese songs as role models. Every month they had to listen to 30 records, get Chan Ching Sum to be the "Cantonese song promotional ambassador" because singers that she has promoted would focus on staying in Hong Kong to sing and would not work in the North. Then they asked Hins Cheung King Hin in the audience if they were right. Hin Jai did not show much emotion. They also said that 2016 god should be Yip Ka Bo because his "guaranteed to take the rap, to go to court, to get fined" complete package was better than Lau Ming Wai's.

Rumored to be "transferred" out of the Radio Hong Kong morning program, DJs Tsang Chi Ho, Wong Kwun Bun and Cuson Law Kai Sun before the ceremony started continued to poke fun at show business events big and small. They started with Wong Ka Keung loves to live in the country because he liked Wong Ka Kui to the point of hugging a "plastic" Ka Kui; then the trio again mentioned the Chief Executive Leung Chun Ying posting the video of him singing LIKE YOU and said that CASH will send the bill to Leung Chun Ying.

Hacken Lee Hak Kun was absent due to his participation in the Mainland singing content I AM A SINGER 4. He became the target of numerous jokes, saying that Hacken should get the "Top Ten Chinese Bar Code", the prize was a new suitcase for him to fill with bar codes again.

When the event announced that Hacken's YOU ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT was the fourth Top Ten gold songs, they joked that he went to look for his luggage and could not attend and that the award will have a bar code.

In addition, after 40 years in the business George Lam Chi Cheung entered the Hall of Fame that debuted last year. His wife Sally Yeh (Yip Sin Man) presented the award to him. Ah Lam first asked his wife if she had anything to say. She shook her head. Ah Lam joked, "At home she talks a lot, here she doesn't." He also asked everyone if they wanted him to sing more or talk more? Everyone said sing more, but Ah Lam said, "After 40 years, I might as well talk more." Then he performed and introduced his first song BILLION NIGHTS, which actually was his son Alex Lam Tak Shun's favorite. He only found out from an interview. Ah Lam also thanked the Lord for giving him the energy to sing "oddball songs" and for people to still listen to them. Finally he wished everyone including his wife good health.

The Golden Needle Award recipient Kenny Bee (Chung Chun To) appeared with his daughter Chung Kwok as they hummed a song together. The singers gave him a standing ovation. Later he performed many of his classic songs, then his friend Alan Tam WIng Lun presented the award to him. Brother B thanked the Wynners for this honor. Because he was the youngest among them, over the years everyone watched over him like big brothers, tolerated his immaturity. However because of his immaturity he was able to get past so many storms.

Alan said that although LET EVERYTHING GO WITH THE WIND sounded great and cool, no one would feel as deeply about the song as he did because the song's feeling and lyrics reminded him of Brother B's different experience. However Brother B's personality was just like his, gone with the wind as nothing fazed them. Alan also said that this song was absolutely the gold among gold songs. Unfortunately back then it did not win any award. Brother B also said that the song was the biggest one that got away.

38TH TOP TEN CHINESE GOLD SONGS AWARDS
MOST EXCELLENT POP SINGER
MALE:
Eason Chan Yik Shun
FEMALE:
Joey Yung Cho Yi

BEST SELLING SINGER
MALE:
Eason Chan Yik Shun
FEMALE: Joey Yung Cho Yi
GROUP: C AllStar

GLOBAL CHINESE BEST GOLD SONG: RASHOMON (Juno Mak, Kay Tse)
BEST NATIONAL CHINESE SONG: ONE PERSON (Han Hong)
BEST NATIONAL SINGER
MALE:
Hins Cheung King Hin
FEMALE: Hebe Tian (Tin Fook Yun)
GROUP: Robynn & Kendy
BEST BAND/GROUP OF THE YEAR
GOLD:
RubberBand, Supper Moment
SILVER: Dear Jane
BRONZE: C AllStar

MOST IMPROVED OF THE YEAR
GOLD:
Jay Fung Won Him
SILVER: Ken Hung Cheuk Lap
BRONZE: Fred Cheng Chun Wong

CASH BEST CREATIVE SINGER: Ivana Wong Yuen Chi

EXCELLENT POP MANDARIN SONG
GOLD:
LITTLE HAPPINESS (Hebe Tien)
SILVER: TURNING WITH TEARS (Kay Tse)
BRONZE: I AM THE BAND (RubberBand)

ROOKIE WITH MOST POTENTIAL
GOLD:
James Ng Yip Kwan
SILVER: Ellen Chen Hoi Tung
BRONZE: JUDE
EXCELLENCE AWARD: Lai Hiu Yeung, Chan Sze Yun, Sukie Chung Shu Kei

TOP TEN GOLD SONGS:
RASHOMON (Juno Mak, Kay Tse)
SECRET OF TEARS (Jinny Ng)
UNCONDITIONAL (Eason Chan)
YOU ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT (Hacken Lee)
THIS CLOSE THAT FAR (Joey Yung)
BEYOND LIFE AND DEATH (C AllStar)
THE RIGHT ONE (Hins Cheung)
NOT IN A HUNDRED YEARS (Pakho Chau)
TURN AROUND SMILE (Jason Chan)
DID ALL YOU CAN (Alfred Hui)
ANDRERSEN'S FAULT (Phil Lam)
(11 Gold Songs Due To A Tie In Score)

EXCELLENT POP SINGER
Pakho Chau, Ivana Wong, Hacken Lee, C AllStar, Eason Chan, Joey Yung, Hins Cheung, Kay Tse, Alfred Hui, Jason Chan

GOLDEN NEEDLE: Kenny Bee (Chung Chun To)
HALL OF FAME: George Lam Chi Cheung

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

[2016.01.06] FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 3 2016

For the week ending January 3 2016
Photos courtesy of Yahoo! Movies Hong Kong


10 BURNT
    d. John Wells
    Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Daniel Bruhl, Riccardo Scamarcio


 9 TEN YEARS
  Can : Sup Nin
    d. Kwok Zune, Wong Fei Pang, Jeavons Au, Chow Kwun Wai
    Liu Kai Chi, Zerisawa Courtney Wu, Peter Chan, Wong Ching,
      Lau Ho Chi, Leung Kin Ping, Ng Siu Hin, Tanzela Qoser
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 104 mins.
  Opening December 24 2015
  Trailer: https://youtu.be/46OjIXuF1f4

[ BROADWAY CIRCUITS ]
    Five thought-provoking shorts imagine what Hong Kong will be like ten years from now. In Extras, two genial low-level gangsters are hired to stage an attack, but they’re mere sacrificial lambs in a political conspiracy. Rebels strive to preserve destroyed homes and objects as specimens in the mesmerizing Season of the End. In Dialect, a taxi driver struggles to adjust after Putonghua displaces Cantonese as Hong Kong’s only official language. Following the death of a leading independence activist, an act of self-immolation outside the British consulate triggers questions and protests in the searing yet moving Self-Immolator. In Local Egg, a grocery shop owner worries about his son’s youth guard activities and where to buy eggs after Hong Kong’s last chicken farm closes down.


 8 YO-KAI WATCH THE MOVI E
    d. Shigeharu Takahashi,Shinji Ushiro
    Japanese Animation
  Rating : I
  Length : 98 mins.
  Opening December 24 2015

[ BROADWAY CIRCUITS ]
    The Yo-kai Watch has disappeared! Desperate to get it back, the friends follow a trail that leads them somewhere they never expected: the past!

    One seemingly normal night when Keita is fast asleep in bed, the Yo-kai Watch suddenly disappears from his wrist in a flash of light!
    And as if that wasn’t strange enough, a giant cat Yo-kai called Dekanyan appears in Sakura New Town, and asks Keita to help him save his friends...because if he doesn’t, “they” will take over the world! In search of clues about just what this mysterious turn of events might mean, Keita sets off to Kemamoto village, where his grandma lives.
    Once there, he has a chance meeting with Fuyunyan, who turns out to know the secret of why the Yo-kai Watch has disappeared.
    It’s time for Keita, Whisper, Jibanyan and Fuyunyan to travel 60 years back in time to rescue their treasured timepiece!
    But just who is the fearsome foe who awaits them there?
    And what exactly has become of the watch...?


 7 JOY
    d. David O. Russell
    Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramirez


 6 SHERLOCK: THE ABOMINABLE BRIDE
    d. Douglas Mackinnon
    Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Una Stubbs, Rupert Graves


 5 LITTLE PRINCE
    d. Mark Obsborne
    On Animation Studios Animation


 4 SNOOPY: THE PEANUTS MOVIE
    d. Steve Martino
    Twentieth Century Fox Animation


 3 ANNIVERSARY
  Can : Gei Lim Yut
  Lit : Anniversary
    d. Patrick Kong (Yip Lim Sum)
    Stephy Tang Lai Yan, Alex Fong Lik Sun,
      Rachel Lee Lai Chun, David Siu Chung Hung,
      Louis Cheung Kai Chung, Shek Sau, Bob Lam Sing Bun,
      Joy Sheng (Shing Long Hei) , Jacky Cai Jie,
      Jun Kung Shek Leung, Louis Cheung Kai Chung, Leila Kong (Tong Ning)
      Jacquelin Chong Si Man, Lesley Chiang Lai Man
  Rating : IIA
  Length : 108 mins.
  Opening December 31 2015
  Trailer: https://youtu.be/aEeKiKiLpHk
  Site: https://www.facebook.com/movieanniversary

[ THE FILM CATALOGUE ]
  After experienced ups and downs within ten years, a sweet and lovely couple Wah and Po celebrate their tenth anniversary this year.

  After having been married for years, Wah has always wanted to have their own child but Po is not enthusiastic about it for some reason, which affects their relationship.

  When Wah and Po are planning to travel to Kobe again for their anniversary, coincidentally, Wah re-counters his former secretary Kiki again and their affair restarts. Unexpectedly, Po knows all about his affair with Kiki and refuse to go. Sadly, the couple also recalls how Wah cheated on Po for the affair with Josephine ten years ago. It hurts Po’s feelings deeply. In the end, Po decides to tell Wah the reason of her refusing to have their baby...


 2 STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
    d. J. J. Abrams
    Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver,
      Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Lupita Nyong'o, Andy Serkis,
      Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Max von Sydow


 1 IP MAN 3
    d. Wilson Yip Wai Shun
    Donnie Yen Chi Tan, Mike Tyson, Patrick Tam Yiu Man,
      Lynn Xiong, Karena Ng Chin Yu
  Rating : IIB
  Length : 105 mins.
  Opening December 24 2015

[ BROADWAY CIRCUITS ]
    At the end of the 1950's, finally settled into a stable life, during his daily trip to take his young son to and from school, Ip Man meets another father Cheung Tin-chi; it so happens that Cheung is a fellow Wing Chun practitioner. Through their infrequent contact, the two fathers develop an interesting relationship. Unexpectedly, gangsters led by Sang are trying to take over properties in the neighbourhood and Ip Man decides to lead his students to guard the neighbourhood!

    Ip Man's conflict with the gangsters becomes heated and he discovers that the boss behind the takeover is the foreigner Frank. Because Frank colludes with an English police superintendent, even the police inspector Fat Ball cannot do much to help. Undeterred, Ip Man stays to guard the Unexpectedly, Sang abducts the elementary school students to threaten the community and both Ip Man and Tin-chi's sons are taken. Ip Man arrives in time, and with Tin-chi's help, the Wing Chun duo save the children successfully! The gangsters' misdeeds are exposed in the media and the takeover of the neighbourhood ends. Unfortunately, tragedy hits Ip Man's family and he realizes that even though he is successful in saving the neighbourhood, he has neglected his own family. He decides to stay with his wife full time and leave other matters behind; troubles, however, do not leave him alone. Frank sends the Muay Thai Champion to attack Ip Man, disrupting his time with his family and threatens even his wife's safety. Ip Man is forced to confront Frank. After a fierce fight between Chinese and Western fighting styles, Ip Man earns Frank's respect!

    Troubles keep coming. Tin-chi openly challenges Ip Man's authority and tries to make a name for himself by claiming to be 'authentic Wing Chun.' He openly challenges Ip Man into a fight! Between career and family, Ip Man chooses the latter and fulfils his promise to dance with Wing-sing. He gives up his reputation and status to be a real man.

    Finally, with the encouragement from and arrangement by his wife, for himself and his family, Ip Man fights with Tin-Chi. Through this fight, he lets Tin-chi know that life belongs to oneself but not only to oneself. When Tin-chi is chasing after his ideals, he is effecting the life of his son. Like Ip Man, his life belongs to himself, to Wing-sing, to his sons and even to the martial arts.

[ CINEMA ONLINE MALAYSIA ]
    Ip Man 3" focuses on the relationship between "Ip Man" and his most famous disciple, Bruce Lee, training under the grandmaster.

[2016.01.06] FOR THE WEEK STARTING JANUARY 2 2016

GLOBAL CHINESE MUSIC CHART
For the week starting January 2 2016


15 SAD MATURE
  Can : Sum Suen Dik Sing Suk
  Tiger Huang (Wong Siu Fu)

14 FAKE BOYFRIEND
  Can : Ga Nam Yau
  Evan Yo (Ah Man Yau)

13 HAPPY TIME MACHINE
  Can : Hung Fook Si Guong Gi
  Reno Wang (Wong Jung Leung)

12 GOODBYE GOODNIGHT
  A-Bin (Fong Gwing Bun)

11 JUST RIGHT
  Can : Gong Gong Ho
  Miriam Yeung Chin Wa

10 KNOWINGLY VIOLATE
  Can : Ming Ji Goo Fan
  Hubert Wu Hung Kwan

 9 CANNOT WAIT
  Can : Dut But Doh
  Pakho Chau

 8 MONSTER
  Can : Gwai Muk
  Leo Ku Kui Ke

 7 WITH YOU THROUGH THE LONG YEARS
  Can : Pui Nei Doh Gor Man Cheung Shui Yuet
  Eason Chan Yik Shun

 6 FINALLY
  Can : Jung Yu
  Kit Chan Kit Yi

 5 MOMENTS
  Can : Shun Gan
  G.E.M. (Tang Chi Kei)

 4 MIGHT AS WELL
  Can : Ya Hor Yi
  Janice Yan (Yim Yik Gak)

 3 PASSERBY VILLA
  Can : Gor Hak Bit Shui
  Hins Cheung King Hin

 2 AS LONG AS YOU ARE THERE
  Can : Ji Yiu Yau Nei Dik Dei Fong
  JJ Lin (Lee Chun Kit)
https://youtu.be/MjWWJaulIpU


 1 RAINY NIGHT
  Can : Ha Yu Dik Yeh Man
  Sodagreen

[2016.01.06] FRANCIS NG, RONALD CHENG PROMOTE IN BEIJING

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The Francis Ng Chun Yu and Ronald Cheng Chung Kei starred HOUSE OF WOLVES promoted in Beijing. They gave away lai see and participated in a couplet creation battle. Everyone's New Year wish was for world peace, but Ng Chun Yu wished for everyone to have a second child sooner. Director Vincent Kok Tak Siu said that HOUSE OF WOLVES was a Hong Kong comedy but he hoped that it would be closer to Mainland and not just have jokes that only Hong Kong people would understand.

[2015.01.06] LI LIHUA RECEIVES THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

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The 92 year old retired female star Li Lihua has become the recipient of the 35th Hong Kong Film Award "Lifetime Achievement Award". Currently living overseas, she will return to Hong Kong to attend the Hong Kong Film Award. Li Lihua started her film career at age 16. With the film THREE CHARMING SMILES (SAM SIU) she became a sensation overnight. After her performance in the 1978 film DREAM OF THE RED CHAMBER (SUN HUNG LAU MUNG) she retired from her almost 40 year career. After almost 130 films she is known the "film industry evergreen".

She has won the Golden Horse Best Actress award twice and was one of the first Chinese female star to be in a Hollywood film, Oscar Best Director Frank Borzage's CHINA DOLL. This year the Hong Kong Film Awards will have 60 films in competition and 27 Chinese films from both sides of the Strait.

Monday, January 4, 2016

[2016.01.05] IP MAN 3 FIGHTS ITS WAY TO 2015 HONG KONG FILM SECOND PLACE

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Top foreign film: THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON
Top Hong Kong film: LITTLE BIG MASTER


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IP MAN 3 has strong momentum
FROM VEGAS TO MACAU 2 comes in third
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The "Strongest in the Universe" Donnie Yen Chi Tan and Max Zhang Jin starred film IP MAN 3 has strong box office momentum. Since its Christmas Eve release to now its box office has already passed the HK$ 30 million mark. As of New Year's Eve (still in release) its box office has already reached HK$ 31,461,435 and even successfully reached second place in the 2015 top ten highest grossing Hong Kong films.

In first place was the Miriam Yeung Chin Wa and Louis Koo Tin Lok starred LITTLE BIG MASTER (NG GOR SIU HAI DIK HAU JEUNG) with HK$ 46,729,492 for the year; in third was the international film star Chow Yun Fat starred FROM VEGAS TO MACAU 2 (DOH SING FUNG WON II) with HK$ 28,407,293.

In addition, the highest grossing non Hong Kong films for 2015 were THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON, JURASSIC WORD and MINIONS.

In 2015 the total Hong Kong box office reached HK$ 1,986,449,811, a rise of 20.6% form 2014. 332 first run films were released in 2015, 59 of which were Hong Kong films and 273 were non Hong Kong films.

Sunday, January 3, 2016

[2016.01.04] IP MAN 3 PASSES HK$ 40 MILLION


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Max Zhang says that Raymond Wong treats his actors well and would like to work together again
Max Zhang, Raymond Wong, Patrick Tam
Patrick Kong hopes to perform in a musical
Max Zhang gives an outstanding performance in IP MAN 3
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The film IP MAN 3's executive producer Raymond Wong Pak Ming yesterday with actors Max Zhang Jin and Patrick Tam Yiu Man attended an audience appreciation event in Mongkok. Because the film as of yesterday already passed HK$ 40 million at box office. Wong Pak Ming even set his sight at the Chinese film box office champion YOU ARE THE APPLE OF MY EYE and hoped to break its HK$ 61 million box office record.

As for the IP MAN 3 performance, Wong Pak Ming was pleased. Because aside from good performance in Hong Kong, the film also broke the Malaysia Chinese film box office record and even became the Singapore daily box office champion and Taiwan opening champion. Although its Mainland release will have to wait until March, he was confident that with overseas success the Mainland box office would not be bad. As for whether he will make IP MAN 4, he said that definitely but he did not want to rush into it. In order to maintain quality, he would have to conduct proper research before making it. If he just randomly made one he might as well not make it. Wong Pak Ming said, "Since we made IP MAN, everyone on the street was making IP MAN. So What? Viewers' eyes are crystal clear."

With the film's box office success, Zhang Jin was asked if he asked for a bonus. He said, "That can't be given out randomly, I asked the boss for lai see." He also said that since Wong Pak Ming started as an actor so he took great care of actors, they had a pleasant collaboration. In the film he was unable to fight with boxing champion Mike Tyson. Zhang Jin stated that it was regrettable. He said, "I started training at age 9, but his head and fists are twice the size of mine."

Ah Tam also was happy about the film success and even joked that Director Wilson Yip Wai Shun had to shut him in to prepare for IP MAN 4, so yesterday he did not attend.