Film version of ＂Big Times＂： Liu Qingyun is expected to replace Zheng Shaoqiu in the role of Ding Crab
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1905 movie network news Recently, TVB’s classic drama "The Big Times" and "Shanghai Tang" have both come out to remake the movie version of the news. On the morning of August 4, Hong Kong entertainment channel Weibo revealed that Emperor Entertainment and Shaw Pictures have recently reached an agreement that "The Big Times" will be produced and written by Wei Jiahui, and "Shanghai Tang" will be fully responsible for Wang Jing. TVB had proposed that Zheng Shaoqiu in the drama version of "The Big Times" continue to play the role of Ding Crab, while the Emperor is inclined to let Liu Qingyun, who plays Fang Zhanbo in the drama version, play the male lead. In addition, Emperor’s artist Lin Feng is also expected to play one of Ding Crab’s three sons.
"Big Time" is a TV drama that aired in 1992 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of TVB. It is set in the financial marekt of Hong Kong from the 1960s to the 1990s. Through two families and two generations of hatred, it shows the entanglement of fame, wealth and human nature. The drama not only created a ratings frenzy for a time, but also caused a peculiar "Ding Crab Effect", so it became a highly topical TVB drama and became the "King of Hong Kong Drama".
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The so-called "Ding Crab Effect" is also known as the "Autumn Official Effect", referring to the beginning of Zheng Shaoqiu’s role as Ding Crab in "The Big Times", all TV dramas and movies starring Zheng Shaoqiu have been broadcast, the Hang Seng Index or class A shares have fallen to varying degrees, and investors have suffered heavy losses. On April 20, 2015, the drama was rebroadcast on Hong Kong TVB. The average audience rating of the first episode was 5.6 points, and the highest audience rating of the first episode was 6.4 points. The last section of the first episode of the drama achieved an audience rating of 6.2 points, breaking the audience rating record in the early morning prime time.
According to the Hong Kong entertainment channel’s Weibo news, Wei Jiahui and Du Qifeng, who have just completed the film, have recently started to prepare the script for the movie version of "The Big Times". Du Qifeng has always liked to make financial and stock markets into movies. Du Sir also told the media that "The Big Times" is a shocking work on behalf of Hong Kong, and he is also willing to help participate in the future remake of the movie version.
In terms of casting, the Shao family prefers to follow the drama version of the cast and invite Zheng Shaoqiu to play Ding Crab again, while the Emperor believes that a "movie coffee" such as the golden statue actor Liu Qingyun should be used as the male lead. Liu Qingyun played the male number two Fang Zhanbo in the drama version of "The Big Time". The heavy performance is a milestone on his early performance road. However, Liu Qingyun revealed that he has not yet received a definite invitation. The Emperor also intends to cast Lin Feng as the son of Ding Crab. If the plan is implemented, the audience will see Liu Qingyun and Lin Feng as "father and son" on the big screen.
In addition, Liu Songren also played a good brother who loves and kills Zheng Shaoqiu in the drama version of "The Big Time", and is also the father of Fang Zhanbo played by Liu Qingyun. In April this year, Liu Songren publicly expressed his interest in participating in the film version in an interview with the media.