Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 136 Open a Mom and Pop Shop
A spaceship carefully built by the crew is parked in the studio.

This spaceship is very small, only as tall as a person. The crew had to use special photography techniques to make it look very big.

Special photography technology is now widely used in Hollywood and Japan. Lucas's "Star Wars" was shot using special photography technology, and Japan has been filming "Ultraman" for more than ten years.

Special photography technology is also available in Hong Kong. Shaw Brothers' "Chinese Superman" and "King of the Orangutans" were shot using special photography technology, although the shots looked like shit.

To put it bluntly, you have to be patient when it comes to tokusatsu. If you just want to make money by doing something like Shaw Brothers, it will definitely be rubbish.

In a few years, Shaw Brothers will cease production, and no one will continue to make special films. It was not until the millennium that the mainland produced an armored warrior.

Of course, Yang Ye knew how to do special photography, but he had never practiced it, so he asked Haruki Kadokawa to hire two special photography personnel from Toei Company to assist in the shooting.

"Director, we are ready!" Special camera operator Noro Yoji reported to Yang Ye.

"Director, the simulated daylight has been debugged!" the lighting team reported to Yang Ye.

"Director, all the actors are in place!" On-set recorder Du Qifeng reported to Yang Ye.

Yang Ye sat behind the monitor and said, "OK, change the blue color temperature paper and start shooting."

The purpose of changing the blue color temperature paper is to render the picture blue. The blue moonlight at night helps to depict the night scene and can better render emotions such as sadness or mystery.

This is due to a principle called the "Purkinje effect".

The "Purkinje effect" means that under low illumination conditions, the human eye's maximum sensitivity to light moves toward the blue end of the color spectrum.

In short, in a dark environment, blue will become very bright, while red will become very dark.

This is why the chairs in the movie theater are all red, because as soon as the lights go out, the red chairs disappear, and changing to another color will not work.

"The 392nd scene of "Alien", the first shot, the first shooting, Exxon!"

The staff controlled the alien spacecraft to land slowly. Xiao Ming's family of four, Jacky Cheung and Aaron Kwok, who played his brother's classmates, and Chen Long, who played the man in black, appeared one after another.

The brother and sister said goodbye to the little alien in turn.Finally, Xiao Ming and the alien said goodbye.

Oh, and dogs!

Finally, the little alien bid farewell to everyone and boarded the alien spacecraft. Before leaving, he took away a pot of plants given to him by his sister!

This scene took a whole day to shoot before Yang Ye announced it was over.

"Okay, all the actors' scenes have been finished. There will be a wrapping party tomorrow, so remember to come. If there are reshoots, I will notify you separately!"

It's just that the actors' scenes have been completed, and there are still some special shots to be shot.

Of course, there is also post-production.

The staff cheered and packed up their things and dispersed. Chen Sisi smiled and asked, "Director, when will our movie be released?"

Yang Ye said: "Scheduled for August, summer vacation!"

Chen Long said: "It seems that the Xu brothers' movie is also scheduled for August?"

Yang Ye said: "Ignore him. You should go overseas to do some movie promotion work recently. A trip to Nanyang and Japan will cost you money!"

Chen Long said: "Sister Meng has already contacted the film company over there. I will leave next week!"

"ET" had a box office of 1983 million in Hong Kong in 1674, ranking fourth in the year.

Second only to Xu Guanjie's "The Best Partner 2", Hong Jingbao's "Five Lucky Stars", and Chen Long's "Plan A".

These three films are all phenomenal films that can be recorded in Hong Kong film history. If ET can compete with them on the same stage, it may be more impressive.

Now, ET has become a purely local Hong Kong film. We can only wait and see how powerful it will be.

Xu Guanwen finally decided to let the new film be released in Jiahe theaters, because the new script he tinkered with was too closely related to Jiahe.

The script was called "The Contract of Sale", and it was about the male protagonist Xue Zhiwen, who was a trainee in the TV training class of Rat TV. He once signed a blank eight-year contract. Due to the rare opportunity to appear in the movie, he repeatedly wanted to change jobs.
By chance, Zhiwen worked as a program host at a neighboring station. Due to his outstanding performance, he was greatly appreciated by the manager and wanted to sign a contract with him. Zhiwen had a contract with Rat TV, so he had to decline.Zhiwen failed to negotiate with the manager of Rat Terrace to terminate the contract, so he conspired with his brother Zhiying to steal the contract...

This horse riding is a reflection of Zou Wenhuai's desire to leave Shaw Brothers and his instigation of Wang Yu to steal the contract.

Although he didn't talk about Xu Guanwen, Yang Ye didn't take it to heart. Although Xu Guanwen was outstanding, he was very slow in releasing movies because he wanted to come up with jokes. Last year, he had no movies released.

After this year's "The Pledge of Allegiance", he will have to wait until 1981 to release the "Modern Bodyguard".

So in the past few years, Jiahe has not had Xu Guanwen.

Moreover, the last time Yang Ye asked people to come over with empty words, he actually lacked sincerity.

Yang Ye gave Chen Long and Hong Jingbao a lot of benefits, but gave Xu Guanwen nothing.

Therefore, Yang Ye wondered, since Xu Guanwen was so slow to think about the book, should he get some scripts that could make him rich and hook him directly?

There are a lot of funny comedies in later generations, right?
Unfortunately, it is not easy to fit Xu Guanwen's image.

For example, if you put Zhou Xingchi's script on Xu Guanwen and let him film it, it would definitely not work.

The person whose image in later generations is more consistent with Xu Guanwen's is Xu Zheng, but Xu Zheng's movies are not as funny as Xu Guanwen at all, and it's a bit embarrassing to show them.

The most suitable movie for Xu Zheng to be filmed now is "囧". The three brothers Xu Guanwen, Xu Guanjie and Xu Guanying play the roles of Xu Zheng, Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang.

However, the most important prop in the movie, the mobile phone... is not available now.Yang Ye was thinking...if that doesn't work, take out Xu Guanwen's 1981 "Modern Bodyguard" now and give it to Xu Guanwen to film?
This movie is a box office miracle!

Use Xu Guanwen's stuff to trick Xu Guanwen?
It seems interesting!
……

When having dinner with Deng Lijun in the evening, Yang Ye was still thinking about this matter.

Seeing Yang Ye's absent-minded look, Deng Lijun said unhappily: "Which little sister are you thinking about again?"

Yang Ye came back to his senses and said, "Your little sister!"

"Bah, stinky rascal!"

"Haha, I was just thinking about the movie and got distracted. Sorry."

Seeing Yang Ye's apology, Deng Lijun stopped being angry and said: "It seems that you have been preparing for your "Alien" a few years ago, right?"

"Yes, I started designing the alien image and writing the script three years ago."

"It takes a long time to make a movie. In Taiwan, everyone just slaps their foreheads, comes up with a story, and finishes it in a month or two."

"Hong Kong is also very fast. Shaw Brothers can make dozens of movies a year. I am different from them. I have opened up the global market. I can't mess with my brand. I always strive for excellence."

"To be honest, after watching your movie, I can't stand other people's movies at all."

When Lijun Deng said this, she looked appreciative.

She really admired this man. He was talented in literature, martial arts, and extremely talented. He was also very powerful in that area. He could make her rise to the top every time.

The only drawback... is that it's too fussy.

Forget it, a man like him is destined not to belong to just one woman!
Deng Lijun thought to herself and asked, "I heard that you wrote a poem for Qingxia?"

"what?"

Yang Yexin said, what the hell is Qingxia doing? Why is this matter being told outside?
"Don't deny it, I've seen it all... you, look at me sometimes, and sometimes look at the clouds. I feel that you are far away when you look at me, and very close when you look at the clouds. What a beautiful poem!"

"Uh...it's just a random limerick!"

"Hey, I know you're very talented, but there's no need to show it off like this, right? You're just making random limericks. Do those poets still want to live? No, you have to write one for me too."

Yang Ye spread his hands: "You can't just write this, right?"

Deng Lijun snorted: "If you love me, you can write it down, otherwise you don't love me!"

"Um..." Yang Yexin said, where can I get a suitable poem at this moment?He thought for a while and said, "You are a singer, can I write a song for you?"

"You can also write songs!"

"Eat first, let me think about it!"

Deng Lijun ate with great interest while looking at Yang Ye, wondering what song he would write.

There were too many good songs and they had to be relevant. Yang Ye thought about it for a while and pretended to write and draw on a piece of paper for a while.

He called the waiter and said a few words to him. The waiter nodded and immediately went to say a few words to the female musician playing the piano in the restaurant.

The musician was very surprised and quickly nodded to Yang Ye and let the piano out.

Yang Ye walked over with a smile, signed her autograph, sat in front of the piano, installed a microphone, prepared, played and sang:
Where would I be if I hadn't met you

How is life going, should life be cherished

Maybe know someone, live an ordinary life

I don't know if it will be, but there is love as sweet as honey
Let the time go by, I only care about you
Willing to infect your breath
Life geometry can get a confidant
It's not a pity to lose the power of life

So I beg you, don't let me leave you

I can't feel any affection except you...

……

Yang Ye sang a song "I Only Care About You" released by Deng Lijun in 1986 and gave it to Deng Lijun. Deng Lijun was really happy after listening to it.

Yang Ye came back after singing and asked, "Does it sound good?"

The lyrics of this song are like licking a dog. "Please, don't let me leave you" was sung. Teresa Teng was so happy that she hugged Yang Ye and kissed him on the face: "Listen well!"

Yang Ye said: "We have to go, someone will come up and talk nonsense soon."

This is a high-end restaurant, and although there won't be any crazy fans who come here to go crazy, the two of them are exposed eating here, and it is inevitable that someone will come over and strike up a conversation.

The two of them quickly returned home, immediately closed the door and started fighting...

Deng Lijun felt so full today, so full in all directions. She lay lazily in Yang Ye's arms and said, "My contract with PolyGram is about to expire. Dong Han asked me to renew the contract the day before yesterday."

Yang Ye said: "Don't renew it. I still have half a year to expire. How about we open a mom-and-pop shop?"

(End of this chapter)