Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 146 Let him do the hard work

On the banks of the Seine!

A Citroën food truck painted in bright yellow drove gracefully on the road along the river.

In a square by the river, gypsies were dancing happily, graffiti art painted huge portraits of beautiful women on the ground, vendors were shouting about business, and people coming to shop were bustling.

The food truck drove into the square. After parking, the wings and back cover were all opened, and a few aluminum plates stretched out, turning it into a simple mobile restaurant.

Yang Ye couldn't help but feel a little emotional when he looked at this food truck, because when he was a child, he saw the movie "Food Truck" on TV and dreamed of owning such a food truck.

Unexpectedly, through time and space, he himself became the creator of the movie "Food Truck".

"We're ready to start shooting. Everyone is in position. Where's the lighting?"

"Young Master Yang is here!"

"The light is too biased at this time, so remember to block the light when taking pictures."

"Yes!"

“Where’s the skateboard stuntman?”

"Here!" Xu Feng came over with a young man and said to Yang Ye: "Director, his name is Ishihara Shigeru, he is the skateboard stuntman this time."

"Hello!" Yang Ye said hello to the little book, then suddenly turned to look at Xu Feng, frowning and said: "What the hell are you doing? His hairstyle is different from Aaron's, how can he be a substitute for Aaron?"

In the movie "Food Truck", there is a scene where Chen Long uses a skateboard to attract customers. Although it does not help the plot of the movie, his fancy skateboarding skills enhance the watchability of the movie.

If you watch the original movie carefully, you will find that... the man on the skateboard is not Chen Long at all. In the credits at the end of the film, the name of the skateboard stuntman also appears.

Even though she was his wife, Yang Ye showed no mercy and scolded Xu Feng in public.

Xu Feng knew that he was delaying things and did not dare to talk back. He quickly said: "I will think of a way right away."

Although Xu Feng is nominally a producer this time, she is actually just an errand boy. The real person in charge is Chen Ziqiang.

Xu Feng had to do everything Chen Ziqiang ordered in person. Only in this way could he become familiar with this position as soon as possible.

"What can you think of? Props team, find a newspaper and a pair of scissors!"

Yang Ye scolded him, but he still had to wipe his wife's butt.

Xu Feng didn't dare to reply, so he ran to find newspapers and scissors with the prop team and gave them to Yang Ye.

Yang Ye asked Ishihara Shigeru to sit on a stool and said to him: "Mr. Ishihara, let me give you a look."

Then he said to Chen Long: "Aaron, help me be a model."

"Okay!" Chen Long came over and sat down with Ishihara Shigeru to smooth things over: "Young Master Yang, do you still have your skills?"

Yang Ye compared the hairstyles of Chen Long and Shigeru Ishihara, and said expressionlessly: "Fortunately, his hair is long enough."

After saying this, Yang Ye opened the newspaper, cut a hole with scissors, put it around Ishihara Shigeru's neck, transformed into Tony, raised the knife with his hand and dropped it, raised the knife with his hand...

"Okay, let's do it!"

When everyone saw that their hairstyles were [-]% similar, they were all impressed.Hong Jingbao praised: "Young Master Yang is so good at his craftsmanship!"

Yang Ye twirled the scissors with his fingers and said proudly: "With the skills in hand, you don't have to worry about eating!"

Shigeru Ishihara's skateboarding skills are really six, and he made a flashy performance, walking through the crowd, causing bursts of exclamations.

Chen Long has practiced specifically before, and he has no problem taking on a few frontal actions under the camera.

After shooting like this all morning, Yang Ye said: "Let's have dinner first and then continue shooting in the afternoon."

Lunch was simple, a sandwich with a piece of fried chicken and a cup of coffee.

Chen Long, Yuan Biao and Adjani gathered around Shigeru Ishihara, asking for advice on skateboarding skills while eating. There was also a three-person skateboarding scene between them in the afternoon.

Several French staff members, including Hong Kyung Bo Taek and Adam, gathered together to talk about movie-related topics.

The French are very curious about the way Hong Kong people make movies. After getting along with each other for a few days, they feel that Hong Kong filmmakers are a bunch of lunatics.

How could anyone jump off a building without taking any protective measures even though they knew they would be injured?
Yang Ye said to Xu Feng, who was eating silently beside him, "The young man you are looking for has really good skateboarding skills, and his figure is similar to Aaron's, which is good."

Xu Feng looked at Yang Ye in surprise and thought, "Did you scold me just now?"Now he praises me again.

Yang Ye changed the subject: "You must pay attention to the details next time. Fortunately, Shigeru Ishihara has long hair. If he had short hair, how would it end today?"

"Oh!" Xu Feng lowered his head and agreed.

"What I said before was a bit harsh, but in front of so many colleagues on the crew, I can only treat them equally. If you are unhappy, you can deal with me at will at night!"

When Xu Feng heard this, she couldn't help but feel warm in her heart. She knew that Yang Ye was teaching her how to do things, and reprimanding her in public was just a matter of business, so she was not angry.

Moreover, Yang Ye scolded her, but he actually cared about her feelings, so he would apologize now.

Xu Feng whispered: "I'm not angry, I understand everything."

"When will Xiaojie come over?"

"Next week!"

"Don't you have to wait for another week before you can be my wife?"

"I have always been your wife!" Xu Feng said with a blushing face.

Yang Ye wanted to laugh a little, Xu Feng was already a mature woman, but after confirming her relationship with Yang Ye, she would often act like a little daughter in front of him.

This should be a kind of... mentality of lacking love when she was a girl, and now looking for compensation in Yang Ye.

She has the face of a royal lady, but has such a soft and cute personality. How did she become a strong woman later?Yang Ye is a little curious!
Then I realized that Xu Feng was just being soft and cute, but he was not like that when facing other people.

She has a pair of three-white eyes. The biggest characteristic of these eyes is that they are cold and ruthless when glaring at people. Why is Lin Qingxia's Dongfang Invincible so domineering?Just rely on these eyes.

What’s interesting is that this sense of majesty will not appear until you are 30 years old and have cheeks and your face becomes square. The pointed face you had in your teens and 20s will not work.

……

We continued working in the afternoon, still filming the skateboarding scene, but mainly the scenes of Chen Long, Yuan Biao, and Adjani playing together.

"Oh my God, this Adjani is also very good at comedy!" Chen Ziqiang, who was sitting next to Yang Ye watching the show, said in surprise.

Yang Ye laughed and said: "She is a graduate of the Comédie Française, and she can play any role. It's just that she is too pretty, so she doesn't really look like a comedian."

The Comédie Française, also known as the Théâtre Française, is proud to protect the theatrical heritage and promote the glory of Molière's comedies, but in fact it performs everything.

Chen Ziqiang sighed: "Compared with her, we all look like bumpkins."

Yang Ye said: "That can't be compared. She came from a major. We all explored on our own, with different starting points. Speaking of which, Hong Kong doesn't have a dedicated film school yet."

After shooting for an entire afternoon, Shigeru Ishihara retired. Yang Ye said: "After dinner, we will continue shooting. Adam, if you want to get off work, just leave."

The French staff are mainly responsible for supervising property and doing some coordination work. After all, they are local snakes and are more familiar with the local situation. It is much more convenient for them to handle some things than Yang Ye.

Adam said nonchalantly: "Let's stay. If anything happens, it will be easier for me to communicate."

Yang Ye smiled and said: "It's rare that you French people are willing to work overtime. Have the actors I wanted come?"

Adam looked at the time and said, "It will be there soon."

……

In the dark alley, a middle-aged woman was smoking and standing against the wall.

Adjani came in beautifully dressed and leaned towards her silently.

The middle-aged woman looked her over and said, "Are you new here?"

At this time, a man walked in. He looked around and quickly spotted the young and beautiful Adjani: "Miss, how much does it cost?"

Adjani said: "One thousand!" The man was a counteroffer, so he said: "Three hundred!"

Adjani: "Go to your mother."

"Don't speak so hastily." The man muttered, then looked at the middle-aged woman next to him.The middle-aged woman held the cigarette in her mouth and said, "Three hundred!"

The man said: "One hundred!"

"roll!"

At this time, Chen Long came over with a dinner plate and said hello to the middle-aged woman. Then he saw Adjani standing next to her and quickly went over to take a closer look.

When Adjani saw an acquaintance, she quickly turned away, but Chen Long had already recognized her. He was startled, ran back to the food truck, and said to Yuan Biao: "I saw the princess."

"Stop joking, why would the princess appear in a place like this?"

"I was just afraid that I would be dazzled, so I asked you to come over and have a look."

Yuan Biao put down the spatula and walked into the alley with Chen Long. He saw Adjani saying to an American wearing a cowboy hat: "One thousand!"

The man said: "It's equivalent to two hundred US dollars, not expensive, let's go!"

Adjani glanced at Chen Long and Yuan Biao and followed the man away.

Yuan Biao said in frustration: "She really went up."

Chen Long said angrily: "What are you going to do? It's for others, not for us."

The middle-aged chicken lady came over and said with a smile: "If you two want to have sex, you usually treat me to a lot of food. Today it is my turn to treat you. I want to make you have a full meal."

The two brothers quickly refused: "You're welcome, we can do it ourselves, thank you!"

After rejecting the middle-aged chicken lady, the two looked back while walking. Chen Long sighed: "I thought she was very noble, but it turns out she is also..."

Yuan Biao said: "It's different, she is very expensive!"

Chen Long: "..."

Yuan Biao: "I think she must be waiting for the money. How much money do you have?"

"What?"

"Bring it!"

"I only have 2000 yuan."

Chen Long took out the money and gave it to Yuan Biao. When he found that Yuan Biao also took out his own money, he was surprised: "What are you doing? You can't use so much money for a night stay."

Yuan Biao: "I just want to give her all the money and tell her to go home, so she doesn't have to work hard to do it."

Chen Long: "That means giving her a day off. She will still come out and do it tomorrow!"

Yuan Biao collapsed!

……

After several days of shooting the literary drama, Binny and Prayuth arrived in Paris, and the crew began filming the fight scene.

Yang Ye said to Binny: "Binny, you learned the technique of retaining force when you were in Hong Kong. Did you teach it to Prayuth?"

Binny said: "I explained it to him, but he is not very proficient in it yet."

Yang Ye said: "Then I'll give you two more days, Ah Hua, for you two to get used to it."

Yuan Hua and others quickly agreed.

A ring champion like Prayuth will injure an actor in one fell swoop if he doesn't retain his strength.

Yang Ye pays great attention to safety when filming, because safety means efficiency, and efficiency equals money.

For example, if a martial artist who was originally very good worked hard during filming, but ended up falling to his death and causing a lot of trouble, where can you find another one like him?

In the early 80s, the Dragon Tiger martial arts masters in Hong Kong played too hard and had a very high loss rate. This was something Yang Ye did not want and did not want to see.

You don’t have to work hard to make a movie. The fake thing can be made real and the audience will be shocked after watching it. This is technology.

This concept of having to risk one's life was not changed until the 90s by Yuan Heping. Later, the Yuan Jiaban was able to play better while ensuring safety, and the Hong Jiaban was eliminated in one fell swoop.

Yang Ye taught Adjani a few tricks and asked her to practice slowly.He said to Chen Long who was exercising on the side: "Aaron, come over and have a chat."

"Okay!" Chen Long took a towel to wipe his sweat and sat down next to Yang Ye.

Yang Ye said: "Aaron, I hope you will design the action scene in two days."

Chen Long was stunned: "Shall I design it?"

When making movies with Yang Ye, Chen Long never thought that he would have the right to speak.

When filming "Fist of Heroes" before, although there was a martial arts instructor, he was actually just Yang Ye's deputy.

Yang Ye is still in charge of how to fight, and everyone is just implementing Yang Ye's will.

Now, Yang Ye actually delegated this power to Chen Long, and Chen Long was naturally surprised.

Yang Ye smiled and said: "You have filmed with me before, and you know that I am always well prepared. In my storyboard, I have to clearly arrange the placement of the camera. But this time, the script But it’s extremely rough. Have you ever thought in your heart that I have no intention at all for this movie?”

Chen Long didn't know how to answer these words.Because he really thought about it. Not only was the script not detailed enough this time, but Yang Ye's previous four movies had a shooting cycle of 3-5 months, but this time it was only two months. It looked like perfunctory work.

Although this time it was a completely cross-border shooting, the cost was too high, which was also one of the reasons.

"Indeed...a bit." After struggling for a while, Chen Long chose to tell the truth.

Yang Ye patted his shoulder and said with a smile: "Aaron, I have always believed in your talent in movies. Although I am the director of this movie, I don't want to erase your personal style, so although there are I have skipped many of the fighting scenes, leaving it to you to design and complete them yourself.”

After hearing this, Chen Long suddenly realized. He was a little moved and said: "I'm sorry, Mr. Yang, I wrongly blamed you!"

Yang Ye said: "Based on your image, I suggested that you adopt a market style and be a civilian hero. You have done a good job. Your current image is very close to the people and is very popular in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia.

I suggest that when you are fighting, you should integrate the environment of the scene and make reasonable use of various props on the scene to make the fight humorous and interesting to enhance the audience's sense of involvement. You have also done it.

The box office of the movies you have made in the past few years has been higher than the last, which is proof.

"Food Truck" is your work of transformation, but it only changes the background of the times, and the core of your film will remain unchanged.

Moreover, the background of the story has become modern, the audience will feel more intimate, and the design of martial arts is also broader. You can try to integrate any scene and props from the real world into your movie, making the movie more exciting. "

After hearing these words, Chen Long couldn't help but feel enlightened and high-spirited: "I understand!"

Yang Ye continued: "In fact, there is no successful experience in how to make a fashion action movie in the world, and I don't know any more than you do, but I have summarized a few key points based on some of my own ideas. You can take it for reference.”

Yang Ye said and handed Chen Long a small notebook. Chen Long opened it and saw "Winning Elements of Fashion Kung Fu Movies" written on it.

He flipped back and found that Yang Ye had proposed nine items in total, namely: superb skills, grassroots heroes, social justice, compassionate heart, funny kung fu, props and venues, high-risk actions, never give up, and fist versus gun.

Behind each element, there are detailed notes, some of which Yang Ye once mentioned to him, such as grassroots heroes, funny kung fu, props and venues, etc.

Some are unheard of, such as the last fist versus gun.

There are some things he can understand, such as social justice, which is nothing more than good people beating bad people.

But in the Heart of Mercy article, it was mentioned that the protagonist must save the villain when necessary, but he couldn't understand it.

Yang Ye said: "In our "Food Truck", these nine elements I mentioned will all be reflected. When the time comes, we will implement them one by one. If you don't understand, I will explain it to you on the spot."

Chen Long suddenly realized, did you co-write the script based on these nine elements?
However, these elements are indeed interesting. Chen Long scratched his head and became very excited about the box office results after the movie was released.

In fact, these nine items were not invented by Yang Ye, but he copied them from later time-travel novels. He just happened to use them, so he threw them to Chen Long. Anyway, this thing was originally summarized from Chen Long's movies. .

Yang Ye was busy. He was on a trip to Paris, had several women to accompany him, and planned to marry Xu Feng and Zhao Yazhi. How could he have so much time to watch and film action scenes every day?

Throw a secret book to Chen Long and let him figure it out on his own!
(End of this chapter)