Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 117 The paint on the golden body is peeling off

Many years later, Brother Kaizi's biggest golden achievement is that "Farewell My Concubine" is the only Palme d'Or for Chinese-language films.

Now that Yang Ye and Hu Jinquan have teamed up to take the lead with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Brother Kaizi's golden body may be peeling off.

As producers of the film, Yang Ye and Xie went on stage together to receive the trophy and certificate.

At the dinner in Cannes, Yang Ye and Xie talked about the filming of "Alien" while dealing with insiders who came to chat with them.

Shea said: "I went to London and planned to shoot the movie at Shepparton Studios. There are many discounts for filming here and I can save a lot of money."

Yang Ye nodded and did not express any opinion.He was unwilling to dictate these trivial matters. If Shay couldn't even handle these matters, then he was not qualified to be his partner.

"Due to the limited budget, I met many young directors. There was a guy named Ridley Scott who was very interesting. I told him that I wanted to make a science fiction movie. But after he heard the general story, he told me , should be made into a horror movie.”

When Yang Ye heard this, he thought: Sure enough, God's will, the director of "Alien" fell on Ridley Scott.

Historically, the directors of every "Alien" film were newcomers to the film industry, but without exception, they all grew up to be top Hollywood directors.

For example, this Ridley Scott later made a series of masterpieces such as "Blade Runner", "Gladiator", "Black Hawk Down", "The Martian"...

Yang Ye secretly praised Xie Yi for his vision, but said, "Oh? Then this guy is indeed interesting!"

Shay said: "Do you want to meet him? I think you created this story. If you talk to him, it will be helpful to our movie."

Yang Ye said: "Okay, you can invite him to my concert in Paris. I can talk to him then."

"OK! OK!"

……

The news that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won the Palme d'Or made the entertainment headlines in Hong Kong and Taiwan news the next day.

But this movie has already swept the Oscars before, and now winning the Palme d'Or is just the icing on the cake.

The impact is to raise the expectations of the audience who are looking forward to this movie again.

Hu Jinquan said: "The expectations of the Hong Kong and Taiwan audiences are probably full now."

Yang Ye smiled and said: "There's no rush, I've been waiting for so long anyway. Let's just use this time to do enough publicity and release it in the summer."

Hu Jinquan was stunned: "How else to promote it?"

In his opinion, winning consecutive Oscars and Cannes awards is already the greatest publicity.

Yang Ye said: "Have you noticed the changes in Hollywood in the past two years? In the past, the traditional method was to release small-scale releases across the country and then expand little by little. The limit of making a thousand copies of a movie is already high. But what about now? "Jaws" 》It premiered in more than 1000 theaters, and all kinds of publicity were overwhelming, trying to draw the audience into the theaters as soon as possible. Regardless of the film’s reputation, we should first make money in our pockets.”

“You want to do what Hollywood does?”

"Of course, I will take advantage of the opportunity of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to win awards at Cannes and Oscars to promote it to the extreme. After I go back this time, I will have TV stations, radio stations, newspapers, buses, and street light signs full of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" The advertisements for "Dragon" are overwhelming regardless of cost!"

"Is this... necessary?"

"Yes, Baiyang Cinema is about to open its doors. As the first film to be released by the cinema, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is bound to get off to a good start."

When Yang Ye said this, Hu Jinquan understood and nodded in agreement.

Yang Ye said again: "Lao Hu, you have many connections in Taiwan. After you return this time, please go for a run and find a way out. Make sure "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" passes the review without any cuts. Note that it must be It's very important not to cut her off at all, because I want to destroy Qingxia's image of a pure and beautiful girl in Taiwan."

"why is that?"

"Because Qingxia still has a contract with Qiong Yao's superstar company for several years. If Qingxia's image of a beautiful girl is shattered, she won't be able to make those bad Qiong Yao movies, and it will be much easier to terminate the contract with Qiong Yao."

With Lin Qingxia's qualifications, no director would dislike her. King Hu is already planning to ask Lin Qingxia to shoot his next movie.But Lin Qingxia was in Superstar Company, and it was very troublesome to keep filming those Qiong Yao films. If Hu Jinquan wanted to borrow someone, he had to see if Qiong Yao was unhappy.

This time filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was entirely due to Yang Ye's scheming to deceive Qiong Yao.

Qiong Yao will probably be furious after knowing the truth. Next time she invites Lin Qingxia, Qiong Yao will definitely refuse to let her go.

Hu Jinquan thought for a while and said: "Then I will go find Liu Jiachang. He has a very good relationship with the second son. Now is not the era of the old president. Jianfeng is more open-minded. In addition, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" won such a With multiple awards, the hope is relatively high.”

"Anyway, please!"

"I will try my best!"

……

Not a single tear fell after all

your smile makes me relax
I try to find some comfort

What I want is to be snuggled tightly in your arms
In order to remember your warm body temperature for a long time

The departing train comes from me
away...

away...

At the Paris concert, Yang Ye sang a French song at the end.

The song "Departing Train" can be regarded as a farewell to this grand event.

This is the last stop. When Yang Ye returns to Hong Kong, this concert tour will come to an end.

In the evening, in the hotel, Yang Ye and Adjani were in love with each other.

Due to the blessing of divine power, no one understands the female body structure better than Yang Ye, and no one knows how to make women happy in this matter better than him!

Therefore, once you have a relationship with Yang Ye, it is difficult to forget him.

"I thought we would never see each other again. Until you sang the song "Departing Train" at the concert, I still couldn't help but meet you. That was...a song written for me!"

Adjani lay in Yang Ye's arms and murmured.

When Adjani left, she didn't even leave her contact information.

However, when she learned that Yang Ye was holding a concert in Paris, she couldn't help but buy a ticket.

And when Yang Ye sang that song, her eyes swept across the sea of ​​thousands of people and looked in the direction where she was. All her longing finally couldn't be restrained...

"Actually, it's very simple to find your contact information. After all, you are a famous French rose." Yang Ye said while hugging Adjani.

"Then why didn't you look for me?" "I wasn't sure if you wanted to see me or not, so I planned to ask around first. I didn't expect you to show up at the concert. In the sea of ​​thousands of people, I saw you at a glance."

"Ha ha!"

The two shared a long kiss, and Adjani asked: "When will you return to Hong Kong?"

"Soon, my theater chain and martial arts gym will be opened."

"Martial arts?"

"Yes, since I became famous, many people wanted to be my apprentice, and some wanted to challenge me, which was very troublesome. Then I decided to open a martial arts gym. If it is run well, it can also be a business."

"Can you teach Wing Chun?"

"meeting!"

"When will it open?"

"Have summer vacation!"

"Can I go and join in?"

"What are you going for?"

"Learn Wing Chun!"

"Haha, do you still remember what I taught you?"

"Of course you remember, I'll practice it for you!"

Adjani got up, put on her clothes, and made a set of "little thoughts", and it seemed to be the same.

Yang Ye was happy and asked: "Do you want to make a kung fu movie?"

"Can I?"

"of course can!"

"Filming with you?"

"I can be a director, but I don't plan to star in movies in the next two years."

"why?"

"I signed an agreement with someone else. If I star in a movie, it will be released in his theater chain."

Adjani frowned and said, "So because you don't fulfill the contract, you won't star in the movie?"

"You think I'm a cheater?"

"A little!" Adjani said truthfully.

"I was indeed cheating. We were partners at that time, but now we have become competitors. I have also opened a theater chain. In order to compete for film sources, I cannot let people misunderstand that I am still cooperating with them. So, no Until I defeat them, I have no choice but not to star in movies. The competition in business is very cruel, and in order to ensure my own survival, I have no choice but to do this."

"So that's it. You're very candid. Can you show me the script?"

"Yes, but the plots of action movies are generally relatively simple. The exciting part lies in the choreography of the action."

"But I watched your "Fist of Heroes" before, and the plot was very deep."

"It's different this time. I want to make a kung fu comedy. Many things have to be improvised and cannot be directly reflected in the script. Alas, this...it's hard to explain clearly. You can tell me after I finish the script!"

In fact, what Yang Ye and Adjani said was suspected of being a misfortune.

Yang Ye's decision not to star in a movie is certainly due to Jiahe, but more importantly, he has too many things to do in the next two years.

First, Chen Long’s kung fu movies from the early Republic of China have almost finished filming. If he really wants to break into the world market, he should make fashion kung fu movies.Yang Ye had also promised a long time ago that he would personally direct a movie for his senior brothers. This was a promise he could not break.

Second, Yang Ye had planned to pick Spielberg's wool early. Time was tight and it would be too late if he didn't.

Third, Yang Ye has just gotten involved in commercial real estate, so he cannot leave everything to Lin Baocheng. Yang Ye has to make many decisions himself.

Fourth, we need to find people to manage the newly opened theater chains and martial arts gyms, and next year we may even get involved in TV stations and record companies.

With so many things going on, Yang Ye really didn't have the energy to star in another movie.

After all, Yang Ye's films strive for perfection and there is no half a year that they can't be made.

This is why Yang Ye told Deng Lijun before that he would not leave Hong Kong in the next two years.

But there is no need to tell Adjani about so many complicated and complicated things, it is better to suffer misfortune!

The French love to make art films. Adjani has never made a commercial film in her life. It is not easy to persuade her to make a kung fu film with no connotation.

So Yang Ye made several preparations, and being miserable was just one of them.

Since this woman has some feelings for him, she may help him when she sees the pressure she is under in business competition.

If that doesn't work, there are other ways.

The next day, Yang Ye met the future great director Ridley Scott.

This guy is still a newbie now, and he was very excited to see Yang Ye. He told Yang Ye that he had watched "Fist of Heroes" twenty times.

Yang Yexin said, then you are not as good as Quentin. Quentin watched it forty times and later copied "Kill Bill".

Yang Ye briefly talked to Ridley about the original intention of the film.

"Have you seen "Jaws"? In the movie, there are very few scenes where Jaws actually appears, but the director perfectly demonstrated the horror effect of the film through ingenious layout, just right rendering and the actors' wonderful performances, making the audience Feeling restless."

"My current idea is...to place the story background of "Jaws" in the infinite universe. Then let the crew face unknown fears in a small space. The hidden aliens are escaping in the darkness, and from time to time they appear. Suddenly burst out, and the crew members were eaten alive one by one. It will never be known where the danger came from, when it came, and why it came..."

Yang Ye spoke and gestured, telling Ridley his intention.

After hearing Yang Ye explain the mystery of this matter to him in person, Ridley felt enlightened. Many things that he had not understood before were now suddenly understood.

"I will do my best to make this movie a success!" Ridley said solemnly.

(End of this chapter)