on various platforms funded by the general public, particularly those more talented students, to promote teachers' own status.) Yam had much more under her belt beyond these but other teachers were not in the same shoes. Fame came much faster and through wider audience from cinemas than theaters. Loong's first film as male lead was, except for Yam who made it happen, an unexpected hit. The grand plan came only since then. It started with Di Nü Hua (the 1976 version) directed by John Woo and ended with the next low-budget production by director Lee Tit. Lee wanted to make The Peony Pavilion (1956) in 1975 but in vain. Being under the weather in 1976, Yam neither monitored the work of Lee nor found the result satisfactory after it was all said and done. Egoism, copyrights and profitability led to wars among studios/directors/producers/copyright-holders. Yam put an end to all related activities. Loong's loyalty to Yam (and therefore stage productions) was tested. Loong sent the offer of "HK$100,000 per film" right back to Yam. That stopped the yet-to-be-named person in his track. Director Kong Lung (龍剛) talked about his desire related to The Reincarnation of a Beauty (1959) in 1989. Characteristics of the BIG FOUR (FIVE) are:- 1). Main characters:- Male leads - multi-faceted but always a loyal lover Female leads - hubris, contrary to introverted (back then generally accepted quality in a good woman) and audience did not care for her performance in the 1956 flop Dream of Red Chamber () 2). Plot good in structure and logic All are adaptations of existing Chinese opera stories from authors before Tang instead of his own creation. 3). Polished and well crafted lines/lyrics Lesson learnt from Sun Yim Yeung Troupe. 4). Melodies and scores well-received Wong Yue Sang (see #1 above) and Chu Ngai Kong (see #4 above) came up with most of the well-known pieces. Mr. Wong Sum Fan (王心帆 1896 to August, 1992） refused to write lyrics, disliking those easy to sing modern melodies not written by the two above. (traditional versus easy for beginners, not veterans like Yam who can sing in a different way each and every time, to sing = 梆黃/小曲"易上口") 5). Glamorous setting and costumes to match Enticing to first time theatre-goers who are not knowledgeable. Especially when compared to rags to riches of The Story of the Lute which is known as the favorite of