The eldest brother Xu Guanwen, the third brother Xu Guanying and the fourth brother Samuel Hui have cooperated in six films, the second brother Xu Guanwu is mainly engaged in behind-the-scenes work (once served as the executive director of Modern Bodyguard), the ghost and horse are two stars, Crazy Money, Half a catty, Deed of Sale, Modern Bodyguard and New Half a catty-in other words, the three brothers Xu Shi are interested in Xu Guanwen, Samuel Hui and New Half a catty. But all friends who have seen Xu Shi's comedies are deeply impressed by his humorous style. Anyone who is familiar with Hong Kong movies in the 1970s and 1980s is well aware of the status and achievements of the Xu Shi brothers! Xu Shi's brother, Wu Wen Yingjie, was originally four brothers and sisters. Except the second one, Xu Guanwu, who mainly works behind the scenes (once served as the executive director of Modern Bodyguard), the other three are all popular and famous comedians. Xu Guanwen was the most influential comedian in Xiangjiang before the appearance of Stephen Chow, Samuel Hui was the Hong Kong film star with the largest number of annual box office champion films (eight films), and Xu Guanying was the Xiangjiang clown with full personality in that year, with numerous wonderful performances. In the 1970s, when Hong Kong's economy took off, Hong Kong people began to establish a unique local pop culture. The Hsu brothers were the important founders of Hong Kong pop culture. Samuel Hui's Cantonese slang songs started the current trend in canto pop. Xu Shi Brothers Film Company has created a series of ghost horse comedies, such as Ghost Horse Double Star and Eight and a Half Jin, which not only created box office myths repeatedly, but also successfully revived the lingering Cantonese films, laying a solid foundation for it to crush Mandarin films and dominate the Hong Kong film industry. Because the three brothers Xu Shisan once set up a film company and cooperated in filming for a long time, they are usually regarded as a whole. But in fact, their 30-year silver career has also experienced separation, convergence and divergence. Whether they set foot in the film industry at the beginning, or their own development, or even why they faded out of the film industry, they all interpreted the life trajectory of reaching the same goal by different routes. ...

—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— At that time, no one expected that this man, who was polite at ordinary times, wore a pair of glasses and had never made a movie except as a TV host, would vividly play a big warlord who was born in a green forest and covered in thatch and jokes. Li Hanxiang seldom has an eye for talent. As soon as the film came out, Xu Guanwen immediately became the most popular comedy star at that time, and was also known as the "cold-faced comedian". 1974, Xu Guanwen left Shaw Company, relied on Jiahe Company, and formed the Xu Film Company with his three younger brothers. As a self-directed and self-directed ghost-horse binary star, Entrepreneurship has achieved unprecedented success and led the new trend of ghost-horse comedy in Hong Kong. By 198 1, Xu Guanwen * * directed five works, including Crazy Money, Half a catty, Sales Contract and Modern Bodyguard, all of which won the annual box office champion. Among them, Ghost Horse, Half a catty, Modern Bodyguard also set three Hong Kong records. In the history of Hong Kong comedy films, Xu Guanwen and his works play an important role in connecting the past with the future. Compared with previous Hong Kong comedies, Xu Guanwen's films inherited the tradition of loose structure, such as Modern Bodyguard, which was adapted from a real robbery in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Although there are many gripping comedies in the pursuit of security guards and gangsters, the overall structure is still composed of many independent comedies. Furthermore, Xu Guanwen pays more attention to the role of personal performance, which includes satire and introspection, in addition to carefully portraying the humorous personality and smirking behavior of the characters. For example, in Exactly the Same, Xu Guanwen plays a private detective who is mean and self-righteous to his subordinates, but after some lessons, he can finally reflect on himself. -The plot is both close to reality and novel and interesting; Pay attention to tempering jokes and deliberately manage the comedy effect of character situations; Strengthen personal "nonsense" performance and bring out calm humanistic thinking (especially crazy money and sales contracts) in absurd exaggeration; These are the main features of Xu Guanwen's comedy creation, and they are also the important reasons why Xu Shi's comedy has won a large number of loyal audiences. In 1980s, Xu Guanwen and Jackie Chan were carefully packaged by Jiahe Company, and planned to be introduced to European and American markets. However, after the failure of their international blockbuster "Cannonball Flying", Xu Guanwen's comedy creation gradually got into trouble. Samuel Hui, an important member of Xu's comedy, switched to New Art City Company before, and Xu Guanwen's idea was innovative, which led to the unsatisfactory box office reputation of Teppanyaki, which starred alone, because he abandoned the previous success formula. However, Xiao He was defeated. Cheng Xiaohe and Xu Guanwen, who never held their horses, took the initiative to cooperate with Gao Zhisen, Huang Baiming and Chen You to make films such as Chicken and Duck Talk, Family Happiness and Beggar Hero. Actively seek breakthroughs and success, and continue to maintain the supreme position of Xiangjiang's chief comedian. 199 1 year, the Hong Kong film industry gathered more than 200 stars to shoot the comedy "The Banquet of the Giants" for the flood relief in East China. In the last scene of the film, Xu Guanwen, a "cold-faced comedian", and Stephen Chow, a "king of comedy" at that time, sat together. Although the gimmicks of the two comedians exchanging breath and performing opposite plays have made many audiences enjoy themselves, from another perspective, the director is deliberately strengthening the confrontation and inheritance of the old and new comedy kings. Xu Guanwen was 30 years old when he made his first film, and 50 years old when he made 199 1 "The Banquet of the Giants". That year, Stephen Chow, who performed in the same film, was 30 years old. Facing the impact of the comedy upstart Stephen Chow, Xu Guanwen's films seem to be "out of date", because the birth of a new generation of fans and the audience's inherent habit of liking the new and hating the old make it impossible for the old Xu Guanwen to be as popular as before. Soon after, after the box office fiasco of "The Rich Man" and "Entrepreneur Player", the "cold-faced comedian" finally began to look down on making movies, but turned his energy to commitment.