Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 115 The third cinema line

"What? The headquarters wants to help me release an English record?"

The headquarters Yang Ye mentioned was of course PolyGram Records.

Over the years, PolyGram has been trying to get Yang Ye to release records, but Yang Ye was not very interested.

After releasing a Cantonese album and a Chinese folk song chorus album, it was discontinued.

As for singing, just do it for fun occasionally, there is no need to make it your main job.

Zheng Donghan smiled and said: "Yes, the song "We Will Rock You" you sang at the concert is a classic! The other songs are also good. The headquarters wants you to write a few more songs and give you a big CD. If you are too lazy to write, you can find someone to write it for you. Or how about adding English lyrics to your Chinese songs?"

Yang Ye shook his head and said with a smile: "Forget it, you know I am just affiliated with PolyGram and will leave when it expires."

Zheng Donghan knew that Yang Ye's film company was booming, so he naturally had little interest in singing career.Without giving up, he said: "How about a small disc?"

Records in this era were all bakelite records, generally divided into three types: albums, discs and singles.

When the record was first invented, a record could only record three or four minutes of content, so most popular songs were three or four minutes in length.

Later, with the development of technology, it was possible to record for 10-20 minutes, and four or five songs could be recorded on one record. This kind of record was called an album.

To differentiate, the former is called SP and the latter is called EP.

Later, one record could record many songs, and albums with more than 10 songs appeared, and people called them LPs.

The big album with a few songs before was downgraded to a small album.

Before CDs and tapes became popular in the world, these three types of records were available in parallel. Since Yang Ye refused to release an album, Zheng Donghan settled for the next best thing and asked Yang Ye to release a small disc first and let him perform at an open-air concert. The few English songs I sang were published.

Yang Ye thought that if he didn't release this album, Queen might have to write the song "We Will Rock You" by the end of the year.

In 1977, when Queen performed at the Bentley Hall in Birmingham, England, the entire audience responded positively and sang enthusiastically. The band's guitarist Brian May was inspired to create in this atmosphere. He considered singing in a crowded place. At the meeting, the audience could do nothing more than stamp their feet, clap their hands and sing along.

So, he incorporated these clapping and stomping sound effects into the song and created the interactive "We Will Rock You".

Later, the song was widely used in sports events, which was an accident that Brian May was not aware of when he wrote it.

"Then record it!" Yang Ye said.

……

Xia Meng was preparing dinner with the maid. Lin Baocheng came back, and the couple sat at the dining table to eat.

Xia Meng asked: "How is the investment promotion going?"

Lin Baocheng smiled and said: "It went very smoothly! Ah Ye is really a genius. He combined the department store, catering industry and cinema to create this comprehensive shopping mall. Shopping, eating and watching movies are integrated into one, and they bring customers to each other. , as long as you are not a fool, you can discover the business opportunities inside. Now everyone is rushing to sign up, but I have to screen customers and not let in the weak ones."

Xia Mengdao: "In fact, shopping malls have already emerged in the United States, but they have not spread to us. It's just that most shopping malls in the United States are built in suburbs."

Lin Baocheng said: "The United States is vast and sparsely populated, which is different from the situation in Hong Kong. Hey, did you read in the newspaper? You were ranked first on the list of thanks for Aye's acceptance speech, and he even called you sister."

Xia Meng smiled and said: "Aye's family members are all dead. He calls me sister and treats me as a family member. As a brother-in-law, you can't cheat him."

Lin Baocheng said with a smile: "I originally boasted that I had some business skills, but now that I have seen Aye's operation, I am really impressed. The commercial real estate concept he mentioned has really broad prospects. It's rare that he even asked me to join him. After buying the shares, I have decided to close the factory and fully help him manage the business of the shopping mall."

Xia Meng smiled and said, "Didn't our two parents-in-law work for Aye?" Lin Baocheng said, "How can this be called part-time work? We are both partners of Aye."

"This is a joke!"

……

"Brother Wenhuai, look at this investment advertisement."

He Guanchang took a newspaper and hurried into Zou Wenhuai's office.

This was an investment advertisement for "Donglai Plaza". Zou Wenhuai had seen it in the newspaper a long time ago, but he didn't take it to heart.

He asked, "What's wrong?"

He Guanchang said: "We are all focused on movies. Hong Kong is so big and construction is going on everywhere. Even if we build a few department stores, no one will care. But until today, I didn't know that this store in Donglai Plaza The boss behind the scenes is actually Yang Ye."

Zou Wenhuai still didn't understand. He asked strangely: "Aye wants to run a department store business?"

He Guanchang said: "If he just wanted to do the department store business, it would have nothing to do with us. But he built six department stores in Hong Kong in one go, and the top floor of each mall... is a theater."

Zou Wenhua finally understood: "This bad boy has hidden deep enough. Build six department stores? Where did he get so much money?"

Ho Guan-chang said: "His "Shaolin Temple" earned a full [-] million Hong Kong dollars, and "Fist of Heroes" was about the same. With Lin Baocheng as a shareholder, it is still possible to build six department stores at the same time."

"That is to say, he now owns six theaters. As long as Anle and Lisheng are roped in, the number will reach 14 theaters, which is only enough to form a large theater chain to support the release of one movie. No wonder he had to resort to tricks before, with When we signed that contract, it turned out that we were just stalling for time. This bad boy has hidden deep enough, and we were all fooled by him!"

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"This Aye is hidden deep enough!"

Run Run Shaw drank tea and read the newspaper.

Fang Yihua said in surprise: "What happened to him?"

Run Run Shaw said: "The six Donglai Plazas built in Hong Kong in recent years are actually Yang Ye's industry."

Donglai Plaza?Fang Yihua said she had never heard of it, and she asked curiously: "This bad guy wants to run real estate?"

Run Run Shaw said: "The top floor of these six buildings in Donglai Plaza is Yangye's Baiyang Cinema."

Fang Yihua suddenly realized: "Let me tell you, this bad guy is very insidious. It turns out he was prepared for it."

"Yes, he first took advantage of Jiahe's private release of "Shaolin Temple" to cause trouble, making us think that he would come to our side, and then he agreed to let Ti Lung film his movie. Then he took advantage of us lending him Ti Lung. Threaten Jiahe, making Jiahe think that Ah Ye will turn around and cooperate with us, so he can only compromise with Ah Ye. I heard that because Jiahe re-released "Shaolin Temple" without Yang Ye's consent, all the money he earned was given to Ah Ye. Ye Li. What a great move to kill two birds with one stone!"

"However, there are only six theaters in Yangye. Compared to us and Jiahe, it is still a few, right?"

"Yang Ye can acquire some independent cinemas, or cooperate with Anle and Lisheng. Don't forget, he has built a temporary cinema chain before. Now, it is a foregone conclusion that a third large cinema chain will appear in Hong Kong. .

Ten years ago, Lu Yuntao's plane crashed, and Hong Kong movies became dominated by our Shaw Brothers family.Unexpectedly, Zou Wenhuai suddenly rebelled and relied on Bruce Lee to gain a foothold. The film world became a competition between Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest.Now Yang Ye has done this again.It seems that the Hong Kong film industry in the future will become a Three Kingdoms struggle for hegemony.

However, this matter is ultimately beneficial to us.Because we have a deep foundation, we can produce and sell our own products.Jiahe relies on satellite companies to provide film sources.Now that Aye's theater chain is being built, he also needs film sources to release.Therefore, it is inevitable that the two of them will have a head-to-head confrontation.I just need to sit back and watch the tiger fight! "

(End of this chapter)