Recently,Hong Kong director Peng Fa declared bankruptcyThe reason is that he spent all his savings to help his wife ** cancer, borrowed money to raise money in the past year, and because he couldn't receive the project, he finally owed 2 million Hong Kong dollars and couldn't repay it.
Mrs. Peng Fa suffered from breast cancer more than 10 years ago and was successfully cared for under Peng Fa's meticulous care**. In February this year, she was again diagnosed with advanced lung cancer and is in serious condition. In order to pay for the high medical bills, Peng Fa spent all his savings.
It is reported that Peng Fa's wife is accepting the target**, starting at 80,000 Hong Kong dollars per month, **half of the subsidy, plus medicine and living expensesA minimum of HK$100,000 per month.
Peng Fa. Peng Fa and his twin brother Peng Shun are well-known "Pang Brothers" in the Hong Kong film industry, and the two have worked hard in the film industry for many years and have created many classic works togetherThe "Seeing Ghosts" trilogy directed by the duo is a classic of Hong Kong ghost films, and later released films such as "Ghost Domain" and "Ghost Messenger", which won the brothers the title of "Ghost King". Peng Fa's thrillers "Grievances" and "Children's Eyes" were shortlisted for Un Certain Regard in Cannes and Horizon in Venice respectively.
After going north, Peng Fa and his brother Peng Shun both independently directed mainland films, Peng Fa filmed the genre he was familiar with "Delusional Disorder", and also set foot in the field of youth campus "The Seventeen Years Old Who Will Hurt", and in 2019, he directed the public security border anti-drug film "Sharp Blade Icebreaker".
The most recent film directed by Peng Fa in mainland theaters is the movie "Trapped Beast" released on October 27 this year, starring Zhong Hanliang, Wu Zhenyu, Zhang Zhaohui, etc., It took three years from filming to release, butThe box office only received more than 20 million yuan。During the release of "Trapped Beasts".Peng Fa once said in an interview, "One movie, one life".
Peng Fa and Zhong Hanliang (left) at the premiere of "Trapped Beast".
At the same time, Peng Fa is also an excellent editor, the "Infernal Affairs" trilogy is all from him, and he has won the Academy Award for Best Editing twice for "The Heroes of the Storm" and "Infernal Affairs".
Peng Fa also asked someone to pass on the word during the debt, and was willing to take over the editing work. He admitted that he didn't have any friends in the circle, and because he needed to take care of patients, it seriously affected his work. Being a director is not a stable job and it is not possible to borrow money from the bank with proof of a stable incomeI could only turn to a private lending company, and at the end of the first phase, I had no income and had to move to the next one, and the result was like a snowball to today's 2 million Hong Kong dollars.
Peng Fa revealed in an interview that his brother Peng Shun and sister-in-law Li Xinjie also lent a helping hand to him, but it was not a long-term solutionHe had no choice but to file for bankruptcy. He also revealed that he and his wife had thought about suicide, but after thinking about it, "I'm not even afraid of death, what else is there to worry about." ”
Peng Fa and his brother Peng Shun and Li Xinjie Information**.
Peng Fa's latest co-production "Reborn Man" starring Zhang Zhaohui and Wang Minyi, and invited Hong Kong's ghost queen Roland to help, the "ghost king" and "ghost queen" cooperation was once rumored to be a good story, and the film has been completed in November this year. Peng Fa thanked actor Zhang Zhaohui in the interview, saying that Mrs. Zhang had advanced his directorial expenses during the filming of "Reborn", which made him very grateful. Zhang Zhaohui said in an interview that the director still remained focused and devoted during the filming, and did not let the family affairs affect the work, and said that Peng Fa was very good to his wife, whether filming in foreign countries or in the mainland, as long as the work is over, Peng Fa will immediately return to Hong Kong to accompany his wife.
Peng Fa said that he did not want to repay his debts when he filed for bankruptcy, but just hoped that the finance company would give him time"If there is something to do, I believe I can definitely afford it. ”
|The Paper.