Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 105 Count you in
In order to film the bride-stealing scene, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" needed to recruit 200 local extras, but at least 1000 came.

Yang Ye was stunned. Are Koreans so idle?Isn’t this an era where we work 12 hours a day and work overtime until we die?

Hu Jinquan said: "The life of Koreans is not very good. We recruit extras here, pay them, and take care of the food. As soon as the news is posted, they naturally flock here."

Yang Ye said: "Keep 200 and take away all the others. Ah Feng and Ah Hua go and choose people. Keep more men, less women, children... forget it, just keep a few children too. It's so pitiful." Yes, keep the adults who brought them here as well. Pick the ones who look more upright."

Du Qifeng and Xu Anhua went to select people, while Yang Ye, Hu Jinquan, Ti Long, Xu Feng, and Lin Qingxia had nothing to do. They each got a deck chair and sat there chatting.

It's winter now. The little tiger played by Yang Ye is from XJ. His costume is a big leather jacket and a leather hat. He smiled and said: "I had the advantage in filming this scene. I wore thick clothes."

Lin Qingxia was playing the role of a bride, wearing a bright red wedding dress, tightly wrapped in three layers inside and outside. She said somewhat depressedly: "I'm not cold either, but...this phoenix crown and harem is too heavy. "

Ti Long and Xu Feng wanted to play heroes, so their clothes were relatively thin, and now each of them was wrapped in a cotton-padded jacket.

Ti Long tightened his cotton-padded jacket and asked, "Two directors, can our play be released during the Spring Festival?"

Hu Jinquan said with a smile: "If we hurry up, it will be released. However, we only plan to release an initial version on a small scale in North America before December 12st. It will not be released in other regions for the time being."

Di Long asked curiously: "Why is this?"

Yang Ye explained: "This movie is so different from previous action movies. We were worried that the audience would not be able to accept it for a while, so we decided to take it to foreign film festivals first to see if we could win awards."

Hu Jinquan said: "In fact, Mr. Yang had considered this issue at the beginning of filming, so he specially brought in Hollywood investment to make "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" a co-production, so that it would be eligible to participate in next year's Oscar selection instead of just Competing for Best Foreign Language Film.”

Yang Ye said: "This is the reason why we have to release it on a small scale in North America before December 12st. Because as long as it is released this year and meets the registration conditions, you can participate in next year's Oscar competition. In addition, we are also preparing to register for next year's Cannes. Film Festival."

Hu Jinquan said: "In order to expand the martial arts theme to the world, Mr. Yang deliberately extracted two pairs of protagonists and two clues when adapting the novel.

The protagonists Li Mubai and Yu Xiulian are prepared for Western intellectuals, and their Platonic love, Shakespearean dialogue, and lofty humanistic realm all hit the mark;
Protagonists like Luo Xiaohu and Yu Jiaolong, who are Western cowboys who dare to love, hate, fight and kill, are prepared for ordinary Western audiences.

The story of Li Mubai killing the blue-eyed fox to avenge his master coincides with the main line of The Count of Monte Cristo, and the clue of stealing the Qingming Sword is very similar to an American melodrama.

All in all, although we have shown many Chinese elements in this film, what is more important is to use an appropriate way to allow many foreign audiences to understand and accept this display. "

After hearing this, Ti Lung couldn't help but sigh: "I just think this movie is completely different from the happy and revenge movies I made before. I didn't expect that there are these secrets in it."

Lin Qingxia already knew Yang Ye's plan. He smiled and said: "Brother Long, you might become an international actor!"

Ti Long laughed loudly: "If such a day comes, I have to thank the two directors for making it possible."

The reason why Yang Ye wants to switch from export to domestic sales is that he has no choice. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is not a very enjoyable movie, it has a lot of humanistic connotations in it.

If the film is released in a high-profile manner, there is a possibility of sudden death, and then Yang Ye's golden brand will be ruined.

Although he has traveled through time for several years, for Yang Ye, his entertainment empire is still in its infancy.

What Yang Ye is doing now is to rely on his super appeal to unite all the early talents of Hong Kong movies around him. If he wants to do this, the golden body he has built with the box office must not be defeated.

Yang Ye's choice of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" certainly had an element of risk involved, but once it succeeds, the benefits will be unparalleled, much greater than if he made a few more enjoyable movies.

And Yang Ye dared to play like this because he was [-]% sure that he would not fail.

First, among Chinese directors, no one understands the West better than Li Bian. Yang Ye directly produced Li Bian's script to ensure that Western audiences can accept the story.

Second, regarding film production, although Yang Ye does not have Li Yin, he does have Hu Jinquan. In terms of film aesthetics, Hu Jinquan is stronger than Li Yin.

Third, although the time is so far in advance, because Yang Ye has a plug-in, there is no technical barrier at all, and the elegant fight can still be filmed.And because it is more than 20 years early, it will be even more eye-catching.

Fourth, the biggest bonus of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is actually the music. The theme music style of the movie is distant, sad but not sad. It complements the implicit love expression in the previous film, and it won the Oscar that year. Best soundtrack.

Fifth, compared to the original version, all the actors in this version are in their prime. From a sensory point of view, it is much better than the original version.

Based on the above points, Yang Ye believes that this version of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has a high probability of success in Europe and the United States.

In fact, the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is also very awesome among Chinese martial arts movies. However, the audience at that time was used to watching those kind of happy revenge movies, and suddenly seeing this kind of movie, they were a little uncomfortable. .

But the current audience has not experienced anything good yet.Yang Ye still chooses to switch from export to domestic sales, but just to be on the safe side.

While everyone was chatting, Johnnie To and Ann Hui had already selected the extras and started changing clothes. The translator told the extras their requirements and they were ready to start.

It's nothing more than a bunch of people pretending to be a wedding procession, carrying sedans and dowries on the road.Another group of people stood on both sides of the road watching the fun, that's all.

And they only serve as background. The extras who really need to appear, such as Yu Jiaolong's husband, are all played by the crew themselves, so there will be no problems at all.

Despite this, it was almost noon after all the hard work, so we had to put the food in first and then start working again when we were full.

After dinner, I found a few bad guys who had eaten enough and ran away in costumes.

Damn it, Johnnie To was so angry that he yelled and yelled that he was going to call the police.

Yang Ye waved his hand and said: "A Feng, stop scolding, they don't understand what you are saying, it doesn't matter if there are a few people missing, let's get started!"

Du Qifeng quickly picked up the loudspeaker and shouted: "Attention, all departments, attention, all departments, work has started, everyone should bury themselves in their seats!"

When everyone heard the call, they immediately returned to their posts and prepared to shoot.

Ti Long and Xu Feng went up to the attic, Lin Qingxia entered the sedan chair, and Yang Ye rode a horse to a corner.

After the scorer's call, he would rush out from the street corner on horseback and cause a scene at the wedding.

When Hu Jinquan saw that everyone was ready, he made a gesture, and Xu Anhua quickly wrote down the slate: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, scene 78, first shot of the first shot, Exxon!" The team to pick up the bride started to move. , the photographers aimed their lenses at the street corner and waited for Yang Ye to come out, but they ended up waiting lonely.

"Where is the person?" Hu Jinquan looked confused and shouted loudly: "Master Yang?"

"Sorry, sorry, mistake, mistake, try again."

Hu Jinquan almost cursed, "What the hell are you doing?"

Hu Jinquan is not a good-tempered person, and he often scolds people bloody on the set.Xu Feng was often scolded by him.

But Yang Ye is the boss, so he can only endure it.

Xu Anhua hit the mark for the second time: "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, scene 62, first shot and second shot, Exxon!"

Yang Ye immediately rushed out on horseback, shouting: "Xiaolong, Xiaolong, follow me back to XJ."

At this time, some soldiers acting as martial arts rushed up to fight with Yang Ye.

"Xiaolong, you are mine, come back to XJ with me."

After a few commotions, the crew members dressed as soldiers showed off their weapons. Seeing that Xiaohu could not get anything good, Xiaohu jumped to a high place, yelled "Xiaolong, follow me back to XJ" and ran away.

There was nothing difficult about this scene, it just required a lot of extras. In order to get better results, King Hu asked him to shoot it one more time, and that was it.

After the filming, Johnnie To stepped forward and asked the extras to take off their costumes, collect their wages and leave.

However, Yang Ye walked directly to a seven or eight-year-old girl, gave her a piece of candy, and asked in Korean: "Kid, what is your name? How old are you?"

The little girl was not afraid of strangers. She took the candy, couldn't wait to tear open the paper and put it into her mouth. It felt so sweet and delicious.

"Thank you, uncle. My name is Cui Zhenshi. I am eight years old this year."

Yang Ye just shot NG for the first time because when the horse started to run, he suddenly found this little girl in the crowd, so he reined in the horse.

Since Cui Zhen was too famous in later generations, when Yang Ye's eyes passed by the group of people inadvertently, "Shenwei" immediately discovered her.

Because other ordinary people's information is close to nothing, but Cui Zhenshi's information is a lot long.

It's like finding a crane among a flock of chickens.

Yang Ye didn't want to delay the filming, so he immediately reshot it. He didn't come to find the little girl until the filming was completed.

"Where's your mother?" Yang Ye asked.

"Mom is setting up a stall over there!" Cui Zhenzhen pointed in one direction, which was the direction of the market.

"You came alone?"

"Yes, mom said that if you stand here for a while, you will have food to eat, and you can also earn money to buy meat. Our family has not eaten meat for a long time."

Yang Yexin said that your mother is really big-hearted and she is not afraid of you being abducted.

Hu Jinquan and others found Yang Ye squatting there talking to a little girl, and they all followed him curiously, but they saw Yang Ye chatting happily with the girl.

Di Long asked Hu Jinquan curiously: "How many languages ​​can Mr. Yang speak?"

Hu Jinquan said: "The mainstream people can speak a little bit, but... they are not proficient in it!"

Di Long was filled with admiration: "That's pretty awesome."

Yang Ye asked: "Can you sing?"

"Yes!"

"Then can you sing one for us?"

"Okay!"

Cui Zhenzhen said innocently and started singing.

"Arirang, Arirang, Arirang! My husband has traveled a long way over mountains and ridges. Why are you willing to leave me behind? You will miss home less than ten miles away..."

She sang and danced at the same time, making Yang Ye and the others amused.

Lin Qingxia said: "Brother, how did you find this little girl?"

Yang Ye smiled and said: "When I was riding a horse, she looked at me. She was not afraid of strangers at all. I found it interesting, so I came over to chat with her for a few words. I didn't expect that she actually had some artistic talent."

Yang Ye asked: "Can you take us to see your mother?"

"Okay!" Cui Zhenzhen said, took Yang Ye's big hand and left.

So, several people followed the little girl and walked towards the market.

Yang Ye walked with the little girl and thought to himself: There were no Koreans in my plan. Since we met by fate, I will count you among them.If you had a different life, maybe you wouldn't die so miserably!

(End of this chapter)