Ma Yuhui

Ma Yuhui

Ma Yuhui, born in Hong Kong on August 6, is a director. After graduating from University, he worked as a reporter for the Hong Kong English tiger newspaper. Later, he worked as a deputy director and director in the Television Department of the Hong Kong government radio, responsible for news and current affairs programs. Later, he worked as a director in RTHK's television department and TVB.

The main works are Lu Ding Ji, magic land Taoyuan, flying eagle, beacon fire and flying flowers, etc. In the middle of 2000, he made an appointment with the TV station and decided to return to Hong Kong and China for development.

Acting experience

In a galaxy of talents, Chinese mainland Chinese TV Ma Yuhui, who emigrated from Hongkong to Singapore in early 80s, chose to leave in 2001 because of difficulties in her work. She returned to Hongkong and went to mainland China single handed. She made a great fortune in Chinese mainland with her strength. Many directors were well commended, and her income was much higher than that of the new media. A few days ago, when he returned to Singapore, the reporter had an exclusive interview with him to hear him talk about the differences between Singapore's and China's filming environments, how outsiders can gain a foothold in China's TV circle, and the performance of local TV series in China. his main works include "Lu Ding Ji" by Liang Chaowei and Liu Dehua, magic land by Li Huimin, Liu Dehua, Zhao Yazhi and Wu Qihua, flying eagle by Zheng Shaoqiu, Zhao Yazhi and Dong Wei, beacon fire by Zheng Shaoqiu, Zhao Yazhi and LV Liangwei, etc. The teacher is Mr. Feng Kui fan, a famous director and actor in Hong Kong. Later, he was hired as a director by Singapore TV station, and later promoted to production manager, who was specially responsible for CO production of TV series with Chinese production units and TV stations. In 1998, he supervised and directed 40 episodes of "the hero of the divine eagle", CO produced by China Film Co production company and shot in Beijing and South Korea. He won the most popular TV Drama Award in Taiwan and 20 episodes of "before and after the decisive battle of Lu Xiaofeng". Singapore TV station, Beijing Jinma film and Television Culture Co., Ltd. and Taiwan China TV Co., Ltd. filmed in Wuxi and Shanghai, starring Lin Zhiying, Tao Hong, Li Qihong, Mo shaocong, Wu Xingguo, Jiang Dawei, etc., "fate is you" modern urban idol drama, "master of the family" situational theater, etc. In the middle of 2000, he had an appointment with TV station and decided to go back to Hong Kong and develop in China. Starring Zheng Zeshi, Tan Yaowen and Lizi in the film "human body puzzle", he was filmed in 2001 and was the producer and director of the film, Wen Jun and I are screenwriters, shooting in Singapore and Thailand. We have worked with Hong Kong's well-known film and television producer Gao Zhisen on the TV series: "go with me", invested by Hong Kong Asian TV station, starred by Huang Lei, Jiao yuan and Li Xiangqin. We are shooting in Hengdian in the 1930s. We have invested in Hong Kong Asian TV station and Singapore newspaper holding communication TV station, Starring Tan Yaowen, Li Qihong and others, the ancient costume martial arts comedy, shooting in Hengdian, "angel of life" is co produced by Hong Kong spring TV series production company, Singapore Press Communication TV station, China Film Group, completed at the end of October, starring Chen Songling, Huang Shuyi, Liu Zhaoming, Fang Shu and famous domestic actors, and an inspirational drama of the 1950s. He also filmed in Hengdian, and cooperated with producer Jiang Hong of Sheraton: golden finger was CO produced by CCTV and Hebei TV station. 34 episodes of large-scale TV series in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, starring LV Liangwei, Yan Danchen, Wang Tonghui, Fatima Yaqi, etc., were broadcast on CCTV's eighth golden channel. In the late 1980s, he was hired as a director by the Broadcasting Bureau of Singapore under the plan of introducing foreign talents. He has made many popular TV dramas in China, such as "people on the road", "palette", "Iron Butterfly", "birds of the same life in the world", "Diamond life", "golden Sandton road", "Kunlun slave", "air force" and so on. Among them, "air force" was CO produced by the Ministry of defense of Singapore and won the award for outstanding works at a New York TV show. Later, he was promoted to the production manager, responsible for managing the director and actors, and specially responsible for CO production of TV series with various production units and TV stations in China. In 2000, when the contract with Singapore media organizations expired, at the peak of Singapore's development, he chose to leave and return to Hong Kong and the mainland for development. He entered a new milestone in his creative and directing work and became a member of the China TV drama Directing Committee.

Personal life

30 episodes of new drama

Ma Yuhui will write and direct a 30 episode TV play about the love and hatred between Singapore and China. The play will cost more than S $2.2 million, and its style is similar to the wireless blockbuster "Genesis". It has been determined that China will contribute half of the money, while Singapore's investors are still under negotiation. Ma Yuhui said that the new drama will follow the sensational and ambitious line of Hong Kong drama genesis. This kind of drama is the weakest link in China at present, so there is market demand. The list of actors from the two countries participating in the performance has not been determined, but he hopes that there will be actors other than new media participating in the performance. He hopes that the success of the show will enable him to set up a TV production company in China for long-term development. However, before he starts shooting his own works, he will go to Shanghai at the end of this month to shoot Gao Zhisen's 30 episode new drama the Grand Theatre, and will work with Wu Jianhao and Wu Qianlian for the first time.

Give up to complete the shooting of Chinese soul

When he was shooting "the soul of China" in China in January, Guan Wenjun, the executive producer of the play, kept urging him to rush to shoot and urged him to save money. He couldn't come up with the promised budget. He totally ignored the quality and cherished the reputation of the work, so he had a quarrel with Guan Wenjun. Two months after the start of the project, one afternoon, Guan Wenjun broke into the hotel room with four big men armed with weapons, scratched his head, beat him and hit the wall, making him stay in hospital for a week. Ma Yuhui made three demands after he was discharged from hospital, and then he agreed to continue to complete the drama in Inner Mongolia. However, only two weeks later, because of his discomfort, he rushed back to see a doctor and decided to give up shooting the drama. he said that among the three requirements he put forward, the production unit only achieved one later, that is, to provide bodyguards. He was very disappointed and felt that he could not cooperate any more.

For the first time in many years in China

is it that bad that China's filming environment has been infiltrated by evil forces? Ma Yuhui said that in fact, this is a single example. He was there for so many years and encountered this kind of thing for the first time. "The soul of China" will be broadcast on CCTV-1. It tells the story that at the beginning of the founding of the people's Republic of China in the 1950s, overseas students broke through many obstacles and returned home to develop atomic bombs, missiles and artificial satellites. It is a major theme work. He thought it was rare for him to be invited to shoot as a foreign director, so he had to deal with it carefully. He did not expect that there would be an unexpected episode.

Singapore drama twice missed the opportunity to enter China

Singapore TV series once entered China in the 1980s and 1990s, and were welcomed by the audience. However, Taiwanese and Korean TV series vied with each other to rise. In addition, Hong Kong TV series, which had a solid foundation, would the Chinese market accept Singapore TV series? Can ma Yuhui's new drama with Singapore flavor stand the test of the market? He said that Singapore opera was really popular in its early years. People over 30 years old are very impressed. For people on the road, nine out of ten people can remember the title of the opera and sing the theme song. People can also remember the names of Li Nanxing, Chen Liping, Xiang Yun, Huang Wenyong and other actors, so people still have expectations for Singapore opera. In recent years, Ma Yuhui has been paying attention to the performance of local dramas in China. He regretted that he didn't see local dramas broadcast on Chinese TV stations or heard people talk about them. The main reason is that the new media used to focus on family ethics dramas in the past, and Singapore was too colorful to arouse the interest of Chinese audiences. He said that from the perspective of the history of local drama development, there were two opportunities to step out of Singapore in the past. One was from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s, such dramas as palette, people on the road, Kunlun slave and golden Sandton road set off an upsurge in China; the other was in the period of President Li Fuyao's presidency in 1990, which saw the limitations of the Singapore market and once made efforts to explore foreign markets And the shooting of "hero" and "Xiaoao Lake" and other costume dramas. Ma Yuhui believes that if the TV stations at that time could see the time when the drama was popular, boldly open up channels and introduce local screenwriters into China's co production of new dramas, Singapore dramas would have a good chance of gaining a firm foothold in China, and it would not be like this today.

A foothold in China requires popularity and character

born in Hong Kong, Ma Yuhui is a Singaporean citizen. His representative work is the deer tripod by Tony Leung. He was one of the first directors who immigrated from Hong Kong in the early 1980s. He was promoted from director to producer and production manager. He was specially responsible for CO production with Chinese production units and TV stations. Fan Wenfang and Li Mingshun's version of "the legend of the eagle" are the most famous. In 2001, because of the personnel struggle caused by the change of the TV station, Ma Yuhui planned to shoot Lin Zhiying and Li Mingshun's version of Lu Xiaofeng in the case of shortage of resources. During the shooting process, it was reported that the budget was overspent and could not be completed, so someone else took over. Ma Yuhui failed to fulfill the company's promise and encountered many obstacles in his work, so he finally chose to leave. He left his wife and two children in China, and went to Hongkong and Chinese mainland to develop the series of tragically inspirational drama "accompanied me" (starring Huang Lei), ATV and Singapore newspaper communication comedy comedy "Hua Tian Xi Xi" (Patrick Tam's main role), Liu Xiaoqing's comeback Chinese costume drama "Jiangshan beauty", CCTV's late Qing Dynasty and early Republic drama "golden finger". Lu Liangwei). Three years ago, Jin was arranged by CCTV, which has the largest audience, to premiere in the golden section of national day. He responded very well, so he stayed in Beijing. at that time, he noticed that the shooting of ancient costume martial arts dramas in China was too bad. He expected that the upsurge would subside, so he switched from the best ancient costume martial arts dramas to fashion dramas. two works he is very satisfied with have special significance, one is to cooperate with the United Nations

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