Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 133

Baiyang Brokerage Company has just opened, and the annual Lunar New Year stall is here.

This year's Lunar New Year stall is not interesting, Yang Ye is not here, Chen Long is not here, and Xu Guanwen is not here either.

Xu Guanwen has no movie released this year, and Golden Harvest almost has no cards to play.

Fortunately, there was a bald man named Mecca who opened a struggling film company and filmed a movie called "The Face Is Confused", which was released in Jiahe Cinema and sold more than 200 million at the box office.

The starring role of this movie is Hong Jingbao, but Yang Ye doesn't care about this. It's your ability to get roles outside.

Yang Ye's philosophy is: People who don't allow others to make money must have something wrong with their heads!

The Lunar New Year movie released by Shaw Brothers is still starring Ti Lung. "The Moon and the Sword on a Snowy Night" adapted from Gu Long's novel "Border Town Prodigal Son" has a box office of more than 100 million.

Good guy, Ti Lung starred in three cologne movies in one year. He also guest-starred as Fu Hongxue in another cologne movie "The Sword of the Third Young Master" and as Huang Yaoshi in Jin Yong's movie "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

I’m really not afraid of exhausting him to death!

At Baiyang Cinema, Yang Ye originally asked Chen Long and Hong Jingbao to shoot a film for release, but there was no time and they had to catch up with the Spring Festival.

Fortunately, a colorful film company came to Baiyang Cinemas with their new film "Foxbat", hoping to release it.

Colorful Film Company is the production company of "Dance to the Ashes", the pioneering work of the new wave of Hong Kong films mentioned earlier.

The boss of this film company is Ye Zhiming. Ye Zhiming originally ran a clothing company. Because he was approached by Xiao Fangfang, he invested in the filming of "Dancing from the Ashes", which was a box office hit and made a lot of money.

So he got interested in movies and founded a colorful film company, which was different from his previous colorful fashion company.

Yip Chi Ming was very at odds with Golden Harvest, so "Dance to Ashes" was released in Lydia Cinema at the time.

Compared to Shaw Brothers or Golden Harvest Cinemas, Lydia Cinema Line is undoubtedly a weaker one.

The main reason is that the location and number of theaters are insufficient. On the other hand, it is also because the owner of the theater chain, Lei Juekun, is a pure businessman. He spends most of his time on real estate, gold speculation, stocks and other businesses, and does not have much interest in theater management. Over time, power gradually fell into the hands of some subordinates.

In the original time and space, Ye Zhiming saw clearly these weaknesses of Lydia Cinemas, and started to use crowdfunding methods to establish his film distribution base with Lydia Cinemas as the core.

Because the movies produced by Colorful Film Company performed well at the box office, they quickly recruited a group of Western movie theaters to join the company. In fact, a temporary theater chain was formed. Ye Zhiming even gave it a name, Lianhua Cinema Line.

In the three years from 1977 to 1979, Ye Zhiming was very prosperous. Many small companies would go to him for help when their films could not be released in theaters.

When Lei Juekun came to his senses, he organized his own Golden Princess Cinemas, pioneered the elimination of the guarantee system and replaced it with a share-sharing system, removing the shackles on the heads of small film companies, and Ye Zhiming stopped working.

But in this time and space, Ye Zhiming doesn't have to go through so much trouble. Yang Ye directly canceled the guaranteed system and created a theater chain that is more advanced than Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers.

Therefore, Jimmy Ye directly took his movie to Baiyang Cinema for screening.

"Foxbat" produced by Vivid Film Company is the first typical espionage action film produced with Chinese investment and taking an international approach in terms of subject matter. It is a bold attempt by Ye Zhiming.

Because the last movie he produced, "Leap of Ashes", although the local box office was very good, due to the purely Hong Kong taste, Taiwan and Southeast Asia are not interested in movies with this theme. In addition, these regions attach great importance to casts, so overseas The box office is very average.

Therefore, Ye Zhiming came up with a very bold and ambitious idea. He made "Foxbat" take an international route and invited Hollywood stars to star.

In this way, the difficulty of selling in the port can be overcome. With Hollywood stars, the selling price in the international port can be raised, and in Hong Kong, it can also create a good box office effect.

It's a pity that the conception may not be in harmony with the facts. Yip Chi-ming's steps were too big and ridiculous. The investment in "Foxbat" was too large and it catered too much to foreign tastes. Hong Kong audiences did not buy it.

And this movie was too much of a 007 copycat, and overseas audiences didn’t like it either. It didn’t please both ends, and it was a complete loss.

But he lost his money, and the local box office of more than 200 million was enough for Baiyang Cinema to make a small profit.

Yang Ye doesn't just earn a little money from movie tickets, but also makes the bulk of it from happy water and popcorn.

In addition, the number of customers brought by the movie has made Donglai Plaza's business prosperous, allowing Yang Ye to earn a lot of rent.

By the way, Ye Zhiming also has a sister named Ye Yuqing, who is a famous porn star in Hong Kong.

……

At Yang Ye's house, filming is still going on.

Xiao Ming's family of four sat together to have dinner, and while eating, they discussed Xiao Ming's discovery of the monster.

The mother smiled and asked her youngest son: "What are you going to dress up as for Halloween?"

Xiao Ming said depressedly: "I don't want to pretend to be anything."

My brother joked: "Why don't you dress up as a little monster?"

Xiao Ming was so angry that he said angrily: "Shut up!"

Mom shook her head and said, "It's not that we don't believe you, Xiao Ming."

"I'm telling the truth, I swear."

My sister said in a sweet voice, "Maybe it's an elf?"

My brother joked: "Maybe it's an alien!"

Xiao Ming was angry. He stood up and yelled: "No, you are talking nonsense!"

"Mingzi, sit down!" Mom said, holding back a smile.Xiao Ming sat down slumped and said after a while: "Dad will believe me."

Mom said: "Then you call your dad."

Xiao Ming said: "No, he and Aunt Ping are in Taiwan!"

My sister asked confusedly: "Where is Taiwan?"

Their parents had just divorced, and their father went to Taiwan with someone named Aunt Ping.

After hearing this, my mother left the table sadly.

"If you encounter him again, no matter what it is, don't touch him. Call me and I'll find someone to take him away."

Seeing that Xiao Ming made his mother angry, his brother said angrily: "I really want to beat you!"

……

After filming a simple family scene, Yang Ye announced: "The family scene is over here. I have to go abroad tomorrow, so I will stop working for the next few days and my salary will be paid. I will resume work after New Year's Day and shoot and capture The alien scene.”

After hearing this, everyone said goodbye to Yang Ye, then packed up and left.

One day later, Yang Ye set foot on North America alone.

After getting off the plane, Yang Ye did not leave the airport. He found a person holding a sign to pick him up and bought his sign.

I found some paper and pen, wrote Yamaguchi Momoe's name, and joined the crowd picking her up at the airport.

Three hours later, a small figure appeared in Yang Ye's field of vision.

Yang Ye waved the sign vigorously, and the little figure ran over happily and threw himself into Yang Ye's arms without any luggage.

In order to meet this time, Yang Ye and Yamaguchi Baihui made a flight reservation at a similar time.

The two kissed passionately for a while as if there was no one around. Yang Ye ran to get Yamaguchi Momoe's suitcase, dragged it with one hand and hugged the little beauty with the other, and left the airport.

The two took a taxi and arrived at the hotel they had booked in advance. They stayed in the bathroom, sofa, carpet, balcony and other places for four and 10 minutes respectively.

After waking up the next morning, the two of them stayed in bed and in the bathroom for 10 minutes each before going downstairs to eat.

Due to too much exercise, Yamaguchi Momoe was very hungry and ate big mouthfuls.

Yang Ye couldn't help but stroke her hair lovingly, and said with a smile: "Eat slowly, don't choke."

Yamaguchi Momoe ate a piece of sushi and smiled sweetly at Yang Ye: "I'm very hungry!"

Yang Ye poured her a glass of water: "It's just because I'm too hungry, so I have to eat slowly!"

Yamaguchi Momoe groaned, feeling that the way she was eating was too indecent, so she took a sip of water and ate slowly.

After eating, Yang Ye paid the bill, took Yamaguchi Momoe's hand and said, "Let's go, Xie is still waiting for us."

Originally, Xie Yi wanted to send someone to pick him up, but Yang Ye wanted to meet Yamaguchi Momoe and refused directly.

The two took a taxi. Yamaguchi Momoe rested her head on Yang Ye's shoulder and said, "Ye Jun, I don't want to leave you anymore, what should I do?"

In the past two years, the two have been busy and have only met a few times. The longest time was when Yang Ye went to promote "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" when it was released in Japan.

We usually rely on phone calls and letters to express our sincere thoughts and thoughts to each other.

Yang Ye didn't know how to deal with this cross-border love. Yamaguchi Momoe was sincere to him, but what could he give him?

According to Yamaguchi Momoe's original life trajectory, she could live a happy life.

Yang Ye said: "Momohui, have you ever thought that if you move to Hong Kong, it will be difficult to continue your career in Japan. After all, you are the most dazzling star in Japan and the idol of countless people. You are Countless people love you, how do you explain it to them?"

Yamaguchi Momoe said firmly: "Instead of being loved, I want to love myself. Before becoming a singer, I want to be an ordinary person. Ye Jun, in front of you, I want to be a woman."

Yang Ye lamented in his heart. He couldn't bear to live up to this girl's true feelings. He gritted his teeth and said, "Bai Hui, you are still young now, you..."

"Me!" Yamaguchi Momoe said firmly, "I understand that there is irresolvable hatred between our countries, and many people are opposed to us being together, but this does not affect our love. Ye Jun, Momoe My life is given by you. Even if I go through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, I will still be with you."

Yang Ye thought to himself, in order to make it nicer to say it, the Tokyo police named the target of the assassination as Yamaguchi Momoe, but everyone thought it was me who took the bullet for Momoe.

This... is really a wonderful misunderstanding!

Yang Ye held up Yamaguchi Momoe's little face, wiped away the tears on her cheeks, and said: "Let's make an agreement! Two years later, when you are 20 years old, if you still insist on this decision. Then, even if the whole world objects, I will take you to Hong Kong and never be separated from you again."

"really?"

"Really, I swear!"

"I won't regret it. I will abide by this agreement. In two years, I want you to pick me up in Tokyo!"

"A word is settled!"

(End of this chapter)