[2024.12.03] TOO MANY WAYS TO BE NO. 2 STARTS PRODUCTION

Fish Liew and Michael Ning attend the new film production start ceremony

Rachel Leung sacrifices her hair to play a cop, while Larine Tang does not mind performing without make up
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The two-time Hong Kong Film Awards Best Screenplay winner Mak Tin Shu directed, Fish Liew Chi Yu, Michael Ning (Bak Ji), Rachel Leung Yung Ting, Larine Tang Yueping, Mak Pui Tung and Ng Wing Sze starred TOO MANY WAYS TO BE NUMBER TWO (YUT GOR BO MOON DIK DAN SUN) held its production start ceremony yesterday. Liew Chi Yu dyed her hair blue and bleached her eyebrows, Leung Yung Ting got a crew cut, and Tang Yueping in order to play Mama also performed without make up and with freckles on her face.

Liew Chi Yu played the role of an anime otaku, and the style should have the feeling of a comic character. She praised the high amount of "gold" in this combination, and the collaboration has been very happy. "The shoot has been going on for a few days. Everyone is trapped in one place, and the centripetal force is very strong". She laughed at herself for being slow minded. Whenever Bak Ji discussed the script with the director, she eavesdropped on the side to learn. "I'm here to collect money and learn this time." Bak Ji said that he, Liew Chi Yu and others were trapped in the customer service center by a bitter client who could not cut his service. Then it turned into a kidnapping incident, policewoman Leung Yung Ting led a team to the rescue. He mainly played dramatic scenes, as all the action scenes fell on Tai Yuk Kei and Mak Pui Tung. "This time had more table reads than previous movies, and I was arranged to rehearse the blocks in the factory location before filming."

Getting a crew cut, Leung Yung Ting was eye-catching. She said that she has never tried short hair since she was one year old. "Super cool, super happy, now washing my hair can be done in 10 seconds; but my boyfriend jokes that hugging me is like hugging a boy, the feeling is like dating a boy. (Were you reluctant to cut your hair short?) At first I thought I would be reluctant; but when it came to cutting, I was not reluctant at all because the role is very suitable for this short hair. In addition I have had long hair for 30 years, the change is also a good thing." She had to wield a gun in the film and even look cool. She has practiced countless times before filming. She joked that she usually had to "puff up" her chest and pose normally, but this time she put the padding on her shoulder to make the character more imposing.

New to the role of a mother, Tang Yueping praised the director for seeing her knack for taking care of people, "I am a Mommy type. I usually like to take care of my friends, but just from my appearance you might not think of that. I hope to date and get married earlier, but they haven't been successful in the reality. Realizing them in a movie is also a happy thing." She also did not mind appearing without her makeup, "It's very difficult to be a mother, not having time to take care of herself. I instead asked the director, does my hair need to be a little drier?"

[2024.12.03] SAMMO HUNG DISCUSSES THE CURRENT STATUS OF HONG KONG FILMS: IT'S SO PAINFUL

Sammo Hung spoke to the press while attending the Tokyo International Film Festival. Having experienced the most glorious days of Hong Kong action films, he said that the current predicament has been the most difficult since the start of his career

Sammo Hung in TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN played the villain "the Big Boss". If he would be invited to take part in the prequel, he would gladly accept

Sammo Hung is the action director in the first two IP MAN films and even performs in IP MAN 2

Sammo Hung earlier attended the Tokyo International Film Festival, sharing his action film experience. Actually aside from an actor, he is also a film producer, action director and director

ENTER THE FAT DRAGON was Ngai Hong written, Sammo Hung directed, action directed, starred. The film paid homage to Bruce Lee's ENTER THE DRAGON. Donnie Yen starred in the recent remake of the film

When Sammo Hung attends public event in recent years, his wife Joyce Godenzi would definitely be by his side.
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The 72-year-old Hong Kong action film superstar known as "Big Brother Big", Sammo Hung Kam Bo stepped into the film industry at the age of 9 and has been in the film industry for more than 60 years. Earlier he gave the Tokyo International Film Festival Master Class and spoke to the media. Self-deprecating as loving to "BS" and having limited ability, Hung Kam Bo's love of the movies has never changed, especially for action movies. Seeing that Hong Kong films have fallen from the golden age in the 1980s to the trough in the 2000s, and the novel coronavirus pandemic has once again brought the industry into a cold winter, he could not help but lament, "It's so painful". What could be done? Hung Kam Bo said that he could only pin his hope on the younger generation.

Regarding the different opinions that Hong Kong films are often said to be "dead", "entering a cold winter" or "showing a small spring", Hung Kam Bo said, "It's actually very painful." Yet in the midst of the pain he still felt there was hope. "Hong Kong young people still have a passion for Hong Kong films. They must not give up, we must rely on the support of a new generation of filmmakers. Film used to be a big deal in Hong Kong. If you go anywhere in Southeast Asia, even the United States, you know that Hong Kong films are quite a big deal; we had our glory, but now we are in trouble." Regarding the reasons for the lack of Hong Kong films, Hung Kam Bo said that the industry atmosphere was poor, there were many variables due to cultural differences with the mainland. With the novel coronavirus pandemic the film industry has been brought to a halt; the current predicament was the worst period since he entered the industry. "Worse than when counterfeits were rampant; People who sold counterfeits made money, but the film industry didn't come to a standstill; while the government has done a lot, its help has been limited."

Hung Kam Bo agreed that the film and television streaming platforms have stolen a lot of cinema audiences, "Nowadays as long as you have a mobile phone, you can watch the movie anywhere. It seems that Netflix has a lot of good movies, and the price is cheap. A movie ticket isn't cheap in Hong Kong. If you buy something to eat, it is really expensive. If you buy a ticket and get two hamburgers and add a cup of milk tea, many people would go to the theater to watch the movie. Now even a hamburger is so expensive." Hung Kam Bo said that he rarely went to the theater anymore. "I really shouldn't want to talk about others, I myself am like this; watching movies on streaming platforms at home."

When asked what type of movies would be suitable for Hong Kong at present, Hung Kam Bo slapped his thigh and said that he did not know. "If I knew, I would have made them!" In recent years many realistic feature films have won word of mouth. He did not think they were bad, only slower in gaining popularity. The popularity of action movies was stronger. "When you watch TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN, the content is exciting, the story and characters are good, and the production cost is huge, so it is entertaining. Unfortunately not every movie has more than 100 million in production budgets to shoot. I hope that TWILIGHT can start up he Hong Kong film industry, but it still remains to be seen. I hope that bosses of film companies will win the Mark Six lottery a few more times; if they win 100 million or 80 million, they can make a few more movies. Hong Kong movies used to be so glorious, but now they are like this; I really want to cry." He hoped that Hong Kong filmmakers would not give up, add in creativity, and continue to work; but he stressed that "action movies are the biggest deal and the most valuable", citing TWILIGHT as an example.
Hung Kam Bo is not only an actor, but also a film company owner. He has co-founded 4 film companies with friends, and his films have been hits and misses. Hung Kam Bo said: "Over the years I have seen many peers lose money in film. I have also lost a lot, several films together around tens of millions of dollars; but I wouldn't remember which one lost money, if I would my heart would ache." He said that he was never afraid of losing money when he invested in films before, "Because I love movies, I still continue to make them even when I lose money!"

Hung Kam Bo has been in the industry for many years and had no shortage of film awards, winning the Hong Kong Films Award for Best Actor for CARRY ON PICKPOCKET (TAI FONG SIU SAU) and PAINTED FACES (CHUT SIU FOOK), with THE PRODIGAL SON (BAI GA JAI), the first IP MAN films and PARADOX (SAT POR LONG TAM LONG) he has won four Best Action Choreography; he has directed dozens of movies, the LUCKY STARS film series, the Jackie Chan starred MR. NICE GUY (YUT GOR HO YUN) were all big hits; but he did not win after nominated for the Best Director at the Hong Kong Awards with THE PRODIGAL SON and HEART OF DRAGON (LUNG DIK SUM). Did he want to win this award? He said frankly, "It's not that I want to, but I really want to!" He said that he has even received the Lifetime Achievement Award, the only one missing was the best director. He did not shy away from saying that he wants to direct again, but there were many things to consider, "My current mentality is different from the past. I used to be so positive and impulsive, but now I don't have the heart to fight; going with the flow on everything. It would be the best for someone to ask me to direct, but there won't be free lunches now. I'm just talking nonsense a lot of the time now, I don't have the ability to do it." Hung Kam Bo revealed that many stories have failed to start production, such as period costume war films.

Hung Kam Bo was a Beijing Opera apprentice under Yu Jim Yuen, the eldest brother of Seven Little Fortunes. He has also practiced taekwondo, Wing Chun, and began to be a martial art stuntman at the age of 18. To be able to be called an action film superstar he also had to have his own style. He said, "My style is cute, fat, the fattest action movie star. Actually I have been lucky; the audience loves me. I don't think I'm special. I can be whatever you want me to be." As for whether he will start a class to teach apprentices and pass on what he has learned, Hung Kam Bo said, "Where would the successor come from?" He said that there are no action movie to be made, so how could we talk about succession.

TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN was well received, which seemed to bring a ray of light to Hong Kong-made action films. With the announcement of a prequel and a sequel, would Hung Kam Bo participate? He said of course he was interested, "If you pay I will work, I won't be driven away by the stench of money." He also said that what he plays, what he fights, or how much the screen time, nothing mattered and was all up to the director; as for how the role would be played, he joked, "Perhaps a bed scene, I haven't done one before. It's novel enough." Hung Kam Bo said that what pleased him the most about TWILIGHT was giving rise to the new generation of actors. He praised their good performance, and the director should also take credit.

Hung Kam Bo is 72 years old and walks with a cane, but he is in good spirits and has no intention of retiring. "Actually I really want to continue working, but I am a little disappointed in Hong Kong movies; it is difficult to pick up the energy and work. I am interested in acting, but before taking on the role I must know what the role does. There is no work planned for the time being. Many people have asked me to make a cameo appearance for a few days, we are still in negotiation."

Hung Kam Bo married Miss Hong Kong Joyce Godenzi (Go Lai Hung) in 1995, next year will be their 30th anniversary. On the day of the interview, Hung Kam Bo first attended a seminar, then the Hong Kong Film Development Council and the Cultural and Creative Affairs Department organized party as well as interviews with a number of media outlets. When this interview started, it was already past 7 p.m., was he very tired?. He said bluntly, "Yes, very tired." Staying by his side, Go Lai Hung immediately handed over the hot tea and gave him a cushion. Hung Kam Bo was very obedient to his wife. when Go Lai Hung asked him to sit up straight when taking pictures, he immediately straightened his back and smiled. When Go Lai Hung proposed to change the work arrangements, Hung Kam Bo immediately said, "It doesn't matter, your call." He thoroughly showed respect for your wife.

[2024.12.03] MICHELLE WAI WINS AT ASIA PACIFIC FILM FESTIVAL

Michelle Wai could not help but get choked up during her thank you speech

Raymond Wong and Sammo Hung receive the Asia-Pacific Outstanding Filmmaker and Lifetime Achievement Award respectively
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Michelle Wai's acting has gradually matured in recent years and caught attention, finally winning Best Actress with THE LAST DANCE
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Michelle Wai gets misty eyed she wins her first Best Actress prize at the Asia Pacific Film Festival

THE LAST DANCE sweeps up four awards. Michelle Wai and director Anselm Chan show them off

THE LAST DANCE passed the HK$ 112 million mark yesterday morning
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TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN falls to third after THE LAST DANCE overtakes it

Honorary awar recipient Raymond Wong says that he has not reached age 80 yet, so he still has room for improvement
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The night before the "61st Asia-Pacific Film Festival" was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (December 1), martial arts superstar Sammo Hung Kam Bo was awarded the "Lifetime Achievement Award". Hung Kam Bo advised future generations to bravely chase their dreams and never say quit easily; Raymond Wong Pak Ming was awarded the Asia-Pacific Outstanding Filmmaker Award in recognition of his lifelong dedication to film. Wong Pak Ming modestly said that he still needed to work hard. THE LAST DANCE defeated a number of Asian films to stand out and win four awards, Michelle Wai Sze Nga did not disappoint and won the "Best Actress". After the victory, she got choked up and thanked director Anselm Chan Mou Yin for his appreciation, and sincerely wished that the film could go even further; Chan was overjoyed to win the "Best Director" award.

Toiling in the Hong Kong film industry for over 60 years, Sammo Hung received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his outstanding contribution to the promotion and leadership of Hong Kong martial arts films. "Cinema is a wonderful profession, you can work day and night, you can shoot summer scenes in winter, shoot winter scenes in summer, shoot half a day or even longer for a shot; this kind of perseverance and dedication fascinates me. From when I started making movie, I have loved it fully every single day so I have never felt roughed up. Instead I have been enjoying it. I feel very relieved and grateful for this award, because I feel that I am a very lucky person who can make my dream a lifelong career. Although this is not the golden age of movies, I hope that the future generations who love movies must persevere, do not give up easily, and I wish everyone their dreams would come true!"

Commenting on the award, Wong Pak Ming modestly said on stage, "For me, this award is an encouragement to me for struggling in the film industry for more than 40 years. In the 80s of the last century, there was HAPPY GHOST (HOI SUN GWAI), in the 90s of the last century, there was ALL'S WELL ENDS WELL (GA YAU HEI SI), and after 2000, there was the IP MAN series. My movie report card is average, for me I can answer to myself." He became popular because of his cover of PILLOW TALK a while ago and joked on stage, "Let's not be nostalgic for the past, we have to look forward to the future. So I don't sing UNDER THE LION ROCK recently, I sing PILLOW TALK." Drawing laughter from the audience, he continued, "In this ever-changing world where technology is ever-changing, we should make use of technology in making films. I believe that our films will be even better in the future. People live and learn even in old age, and Duke Tai Jiang met King Wen at the age of 80 before he made great achievements. Yours truly is not yet 80 years old and still has room for improvement, so I still need to work hard."

As of 8 a.m. yesterday, THE LAST DANCE's box office has reached HK$112 million, ranking second among the highest-grossing Chinese-language films in Hong Kong's history and becoming the highest-grossing Hong Kong-made film in Hong Kong this year. In addition to the strong box office performance in Hong Kong, many overseas regions have also reported successes; including becoming the third highest-grossing Hong Kong film in the history of the UK and Ireland.

The night before, directors Chan Mou Yin and Wai Sze Nga flew to Malaysia on behalf of the team to attend the gala event. They even won four awards at the awards ceremony, including director Chan Mou Yin for the "Best Director"; William Chang Suk Ping and Curran Pang Ching Hei for "Best Editing"; Yman Yiu Hon Man for Best Art Direction.

The most competitive award was the "Best Actress", as Wai Sze Nga and HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS BEFORE GRANDMA DIES' grandmother Usha Seamkhum were among the top five at the same time. Finally Wai Sze Nga lived up to the expectations to win the "Best Actress" and got choked up on the stage as she thanked director Chan Mou Yin. "This award means a lot to me, it represents a report card for my 16 years of never giving up my dreams. I hope through this award to let more people know that Wai Sze Nga is an actor. Thank you Director (Chan Mou Yin) for not giving up on me when I was going to give up on myself. Thank you to everyone who loves THE LAST DANCE, and thank you to Hong Kong movies!" Director Chan Mou Yin was overjoyed to win the award, pointing out that THE LAST DANCE has been a wonderful journey since the start of filming as Tze Wah god has said, sincerely thanked audiences around the world for their support and encouragement, and sincerely wished the film to be able to go even further. The director and Wai Sze Nga also personally congratulated the martial arts superstar Sammo Hung Kam Bo who won the Lifetime Achievement Award and took a photo. At noon yesterday, the Malaysian distributor quickly held a celebration party for the team of THE LAST DANCE, opened more champagne to celebrate the team's award and announced that the Malaysian box office has exceeded RM10 million.

[2024.12.03] LOUIS KOO AND CHARMAINE SHEH HOPE TO WORK TOGETHER AGAIN

Charmaine Sheh is in great spirits after winning another Best Television Actress award

Louis Koo and Charmaine Sheh with pandas in their character costumes

Louis Koo and Charmaine Sheh interact with a panda figure
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Louis Koo and Charmine Sheh receive "Tornado" and "Sister Man" pandas
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Louis Koo Tin Lok (Goo Jai) and Charmaine Sheh Sze Man (Ah Sheh) attended Hong Kong's largest panda exhibition "Panda Go! Hong Kong Tour" at the airport. The duo kicked off the event as panda tour guides and appeared with 2,500 pandas, while Goo Jai and Ah Sheh were presented with panda dolls in the shape of "Tornado" from TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN and "Sister Man" from QUEEN OF NEWS.

Goo Jai said that for over a decade ago he participated in animal conservation activities and came in close contact with pandas at Ocean Park, which was a rare opportunity. He said that he loved pandas, but some of his friends have been watching a pair of pandas that were born in Hong Kong for the last 24 hours. That felt a little crazy. Ah Sheh pointed out that everyone might treat the little pandas as their own babies, but she felt that pandas were really cute and had a kind of affinity. Everyone wanted to hold them tightly. "The two previous pandas were named 'Ying Ying' and 'Lok Lok', the same as my friends. So I visited them." The duo also made a number of short videos with humans dressed as pandas, which will be released in the future.

Goo Jai has been working on a film recently but could not disclose the details yet. He said that in fact, whether it is a movie or a TV series, as long as there was a suitable role, he would take them.

The last time Goo Jai and Ah Sheh collaborated were on the movies TRIUMPH IN THE SKIES (CHUNG SEUNG WON SIU) and ALWAYS BE WITH YOU (YUM YEUNG LO JI SEUNG JOI NEI JOR YAU), Ah Sheh said with a smile that the ALWAYS was also the only movie of hers that she dared not watch. "I was not afraid when I was filming, but I was afraid of watching ghost movies. I covered my eyes and didn't dare to watch it at the premiere." Yesterday the two appeared from the plane cabin. Were they reminded of filming TRIUMPH IN THE SKIES together? Goo Jai smiled and said, "I thought of it, it's great!" When will the two be able to work together again? Goo Jai said that it would depend on a good script and the needs of the market, with suitable roles he could work. Ah Sheh suggested for Goo Jai to recruit scripts.

[2024.12.02] DANNY LEE NO LONGER HAS THE ACTING BUG

The 72 year old Danny Lee has no acting bug. Currently he and his wife are living their lives in retirement, and traveling

Koni Lui makes an appearance to support her godfather Wong Ka Hei's book release
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Danny Lee Sau Yin, John Chiang Dai Wai, Chin Siu Ho, Ting Yu, Koni Lui Wai Yee, Susan Shaw Yam Yam, Jojo Cho Chuen and others attended the press conference of the late "Aunt Six" Mona Fong Yat Wah's cousin and famous Shaw Brothers producer Wong Ka Hei's new book "Wong Ka Hei's Years as a Shaw Brothers Producer" yesterday. Lee Sau Yin said that he has known Wong Ka Hei for decades, and when he intended to write a book, he invited Lee to help write the preface. Lee praised him for solving difficult problems for the boss and actors when he was working at Shaw Brothers, and he was a good person who never lost his temper.

Lee Sau Yin recalled that after graduating from the training class in 1971, he joined Shaw Brothers and the normal salary was only HK$ 500. He said that it was not enough to support his family and planned to change jobs. Fong Yat Wah raised it to HK$ 750 to keep him. "I told Wong Ka Hei that I wanted to support my family, HK$ 500 was not enough. He helped me get HK$ 750 a month. No, this was a secret. Of course I didn't go around and tell everyone I got HK$250 more. No one knew how much the others were making. My salary wasn't considered high. The highest salary must be lead actors like Brother John (Chiang Dai Wai) and Brother Lung (Ti Lung)." Lee Sau Yin said that Wong Ka Hei was responsible for helping the company solve problems, and said with a smile, "Miss (Mona) Fang Yat Wah would look to him whenever she had any strange and miscellaneous problems, so he was taking a beating everyday because the actors wanted raises, the props did not have enough staff. He had to solve the problems of all parties, but he truly couldn't be a nicer person. He never complained for decades at Shaws. Whenever we felt anything was unreasonable, he would appear. I couldn't hit him even if I wanted to, he was too thin. In addition he put a lot of effort into solving problems. After some actors became famous they would call in sick and not work, he would comfort them and ask the company to give them pay raises. Although everyone called him the boss, but he was actually a miscellaneous worker." Lee Sau Yin said frankly that he no longer had the acting bug; he mainly rested and went wherever he wants, but he did not like to fly. He liked to go to Lantau Island for exercises the most. He smiled and said, "Hiking is not the same as trail running, I am not the Fat Gor (Chow Yun Fat) type, but sometimes I would bump into him when hiking in Sai Kung." Did Lee Sau Yin he still have businesses? He said frankly that they ended after the pandemic, firstly it was difficult to do business, and secondly he did not know how to do business. He also handed it over to his nephew to take care of it before.

Just returned to Hong Kong from promoting in the mainland, Koni Lui Wai Yee turned out to be one of Wong Ka-hei's god daughters. She said that she knew her Godfather through her ex-husband, and her son "Crab Roe" was also his god grandson. She said, "Godfather often asks us to go to his house for dinner. Although I am in TVB and he works at Shaw Brothers, he still shares a lot of outlook on life and cheers me up for work. I like to go to his house to have 'Wong Family meals' the most." Lui Wai Yee praised Godfather for having friends all over the world. His godchildren would gather together for every major holiday, the scene was spectacular and also proved that Godfather was an admirable and respected elder.

[2024.12.02] AMY LO JUST KEEPS ACTING WHEN LAWRENCE CHENG FAINTS

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Lawrence Cheng Tan Shui, Amy Lo Wai Man and Fish Liew Chi Yu promoted the new film AN ABANDONED TEAM (DUT CHUNG SIN SUN), during which Cheng Tan Shui revealed that Amy did nothing to help when he fainted from heat stroke during filming in an open-air kennel. He recalled, "It was more than 30 degrees (Celsius), very sunny, suddenly everything went dark in front of me and 'bang' I hit the floor. Later the staff told me that the distance between me and the curb was very small. If I hit it, that would be "it"! She (Amy) just looked at me, and I saw the warmth and coldness of human nature." Amy explained that it was a misunderstanding. Because Cheng Tan Shui often improvised, she thought that he was pretending to faint. "At that time I thought, 'He is exaggerating' and the director hasn't yelled cut yet, I continued to play my own part. I was reminded (Stephen) Chow Sing Chi's line 'When the director hasn't yelled 'cut' yet, you have to keep acting!'" Only when she saw no response from Cheng Tan Shui she realized that something was wrong. Cheng Tan Shui said, "You don't care about human life, Chow Sing Chi didn't teach you to do nothing when you see someone in trouble!"

[2024.12.01] LOUIS KOO HOPES THE INDUSTRY WILL WORK TOGETHER TO BRING HONG KONG FILMS TO HIGH HEIGHTS

Louis Koo hopes everyone in the film industry does well.
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Kimbee Chan attends the event with daughter Josephine Lau, and even presents the Diamond Achievement Award to Louis Koo
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Kimbee Chan, eldest daughter Josephine Lau and Louis Koo

Kimbee presents the Diamond Achievement Award to Goo Jai

Louisa Mak says that there are few opportunities to be pregnant in life, so she does not mind showing it

Alya Sham
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Louis Koo Tin Lok (Goo Jai), Mrs. Joseph Lau Luen Hung Chan Hoi Wan (Kimbee) and her daughters Lau Sau Wah, Louisa Mak Ming Sze, Alya Sham Yuet and others dressed up to attend the formal party the night before, and Koo Tin Lok was awarded the "Diamond Achievement Award" in recognition of his achievements in the film industry. Speaking of the Anselm Chan Mou Yin directed movie THE LAST DANCE (POR. DEI YUK), after 20 days in release its total box office in Hong Kong and Macao the day before yesterday has broken through the HK$ 100 million mark. It was expected to move towards a box office of 150 million to hit a new high. Invested in TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN (GAU LUN SING JAI JI WAI SING), Goo Jai hoped that THE LAST DANCE will surpass TWILIGHT AND that the industry will work together to create another peak of Hong Kong films.

Reportedly Goo Jai's One Cool Group invested TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN has accumulated a global box office of more than US$ 110 million (about HK$850 million), ranked second in the box office of Chinese films in Hong Kong film history, and set a record for the highest number of attendees of nearly 1.7 million. Speaking of the box office of the movie THE LAST DANCE exceeded 100 million and surpassed WARRIORS OF FUTURE (MING YUT JIN GEI) for third place at the box office of Chinese films. Not yet had time to watch THE LAST DANCE, Koo Tin Lok said, "Of course those who make movies want to do well at the box office, and they have to set off firecrackers on joyous occasions. Even if they surpass TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN, it is no problem. The best would be for everyone to surpass each other."

Just finished filming the Lunar New Year film HIT N FUN (LUM SI KUET DAU), Koo Tin Lok remembered that the production of this film encountered three typhoons in two weeks. Although the production progress was not affected, but the indoor shoot encountered water leakage. Muay Thai fighting in the film, Koo Tin Lok revealed that he has the most scenes with German Cheung Man Kit. "Cheung Man Kit was injured already from fighting on the first day, maybe the cold weather and not knowing his own strength caused muscle tears. Even walking became a problem. He was very professional though, as he worked full 3 days with his injuries." Did Koo Tin Lok used all his strength when filming? He joked: "We are just making movies, not taking lives." As for whether he had confidence in the box office of the Lunar New Year film, Koo Tin Lok said, "I definitely have confidence in the ones I make, the most important thing is that everyone is happy from watching it. The movie will also be released in the mainland, but the schedule has not yet been determined."

In charge of presenting the awards, Kimbee invited Koo Tin Lok to join her in "give away hearts" but he shook his head and refused. Kimbee had no choice but to make a heart-shaped gesture next to his face. Kimbee said on the stage that she and Goo Jai have known each other for over 20 years. At the time she was just a little reporter, and he just transitioned from television to film. They saw each other grown. She felt moved to witness his contributions to the industry and the society.

When Goo Jai accepted the award he said that the movie business in Hong Kong was very difficult. The "Diamond Achievement Award" did not just belong to him, but represented everyone on and off camera. Because of everyone's unity, hard work and support, this year's Hong Kong films have performed well at the box office and overseas film festival. He said that he needed everyone to tell the whole world, how sharp the charm of Hong Kong films is!

In addition, in 2021 the Joseph Lau Charitable Foundation announced that it would cooperate with One Cool Group on 5 films. Koo Tin Lok said that there was still one film that has not yet been filmed, and he has thought about inviting Kimbee to make a cameo appearance in the movie. Kimbee joked, "Koo Tin Lok minds that I can't act and wants me to play the fat housewife. I turned him down!" Koo Tin Lok said, "Where are you fat? I have asked her, but she thought that I was joking. She can play the strong woman role." Kimbee said that her daughter Josephine Lau Sau Wah has been interested in acting, but she has to complete her education first. Would the foundation increase its cooperation? Kimbee said that would depend on the environment and the situation, the purpose of setting up the fund was not to make money.