Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 147 Selling New Concepts

"Aaron, Xiaohei, you two will design the scene about the riot in the square. Sanmao, you will direct it. Aqiang, the crew will be left to you for the time being. Afeng and I have something to do and have to leave."

Yang Ye directly delegated power, explained to Chen Long, Ke Shouliang, Hong Jingbao, and Chen Ziqiang, and left with Xu Feng.

As for Adjani, there are no scenes for her these days. She took leave to shoot an advertisement.

Yang Ye and Xu Feng drove to the airport. After waiting for a while, among the crowd leaving the gate, a girl wearing a yellow dress and cut bangs excitedly waved to this side.

That is Xu Feng's sister Xu Jie. Xu Jie looks very similar to Xu Feng, but she is prettier than Xu Feng.

When King Hu was filming "Legend of the Mountain", Xu Jie went to South Korea to visit the cast. As a result, the Koreans ignored the two major actresses Xu Feng and Sylvia Chang and came to Xu Jie for autographs.

Of course, in this time and space's "Legend of the Mountain", Lin Qingxia replaced Zhang Sylvia, and Xu Jie did not have this treatment.

Xu Jie has big black eyes, plump lips, and a very pure and cute smile.

The two sisters have completely different temperaments. Xu Feng is very cold, while Xu Jie is softer.

This is because the two sisters have half-fathers. Xu Feng is a spoiler and has not been treated by her stepfather since she was a child, so her world is closed, while Xu Jie gets much more family care than Xu Feng.

Despite this, Xu Feng still loves this sister very much, and the relationship between the two sisters is also very good. At that time, Xu Feng had a huge debt, and Xu Jie went into filming to pay off the debt for his sister without saying a word.

Of course, that debt had been written off long ago because of Yang Ye's intervention, which made Xu Feng fall into Yang Ye's arms.

"Hello, Mr. Yang!" Xu Jie bowed respectfully to Yang Ye.

Yang Ye was stunned and said in surprise: "We are all one family, why are you so polite?"

Unexpectedly, Xu Jie changed his face in a second, took Yang Ye's arm affectionately and said, "I just wanted to thank you for saving my sister from the fire pit and completely getting rid of that rotten person. Now start changing your words, brother-in-law!"

"Hahaha!" Yang Ye said to Xu Feng, "Our little girl is so cute!"

Xu Jie let go of Yang Ye and said proudly: "Everyone says that about me."

Xu Feng said helplessly: "She has been like this since she was a child."

Yang Ye took her luggage and said, "Let's go back to the hotel first, have something to eat, and then take a shower and sleep."

……

In the hotel room, Xu Jie just came out of the shower and said to Xu Feng: "Sister, help me blow down my hair."

Xu Feng took out the hair dryer and connected it to the line. The hot air blew out, and Xu Jie's hair dried quickly under Xu Feng's fingers.

Xu Jie asked: "Sister, when will your wedding be held?"

"tomorrow!"

"So fast?"

"Yes, we are waiting for you."

"Hey, will there be many celebrities attending the wedding?"

"No, there are only family members on both sides, that is you."

"what?"

"Aye is an orphan!"

"Um...so I am the only witness in your wedding?"

"Yes!"

"Isn't Yang Ye going too far? Since I want to marry you, why don't I let you see the light of day?"

"I didn't want to. If Aye hadn't insisted on you coming to witness, I wouldn't have even told you."

"Ah? Why?" Xu Jie couldn't understand.

"Do you remember what Ding said when he was making trouble? He called the police and said that in order to occupy me, Ah Ye asked the underworld to beat him, force him to divorce, and also threatened him personally. This incident caused a huge uproar in Taiwan at the time. It is known to everyone. If I really married Aye, this matter will be confirmed in people's mouths, and it will have a great negative impact on Aye. Maybe Ding will come back after getting the news. There’s trouble in Taiwan.”

Yang Ye did not tell Xu Feng that Ding Deyang had been thrown into the Pacific Ocean to feed sharks.

Xu Jie said: "So... you would rather wrong yourself?"

"I'm not wronged! The luckiest thing in my life is meeting Aye. He has given me unparalleled love. As long as I can stay with him, I won't care about anything."

Xu Jie looked at Xu Feng's determined eyes and couldn't help but said: "Sister, you are so stupid!"

But Xu Jie can also understand that since she was sensible, she has known that her sister's life is very difficult, and since she is young, she can't help with anything. Instead, her sister has been taking care of her.

Now, after all the hardships, the elder sister has found her rightful husband, so it is normal for her to focus on her brother-in-law's reputation.

Little did she know that not announcing it was entirely Yang Ye's idea to raise more fish.

In order to protect Yang Ye, Xu Feng took the initiative to take the blame and said it was his own idea.

Xu Jie said sincerely: "Sister, I wish you and your brother-in-law a happy wedding and a long life together!"

Xu Feng smiled and said: "We will!"

……

In a small church in the suburbs of Paris, Yang Ye and Xu Feng invited a priest to hold their wedding.

"Miss Xu Feng, do you want this man to be your husband and enter into a marriage contract with him? Love him, take care of him, respect him, accept him, and always treat him regardless of sickness or health, poverty or wealth, or for any other reason. Be loyal until the end of your life?”

Xu Feng said with a smile: "I do!"

"Mr. Yang Ye, do you want this woman to be your wife and enter into a marriage contract with her? No matter in sickness or in health, no matter poor or rich, or for any other reason, love her, take care of her, respect her, accept her, and always treat her Be loyal until the end of your life?”

"I do!" Yang Ye replied.

They exchanged rings and kissed each other.Xu Jie, the only guest attending the ceremony, applauded desperately.

"Sister and husband, when are you going to give birth to a baby for me to play with?"

Xu Feng said angrily: "Is the baby here to play with?"

"Then I don't care, I want to be an aunt anyway."

Yang Ye smiled and said: "Isn't it just about giving birth to a baby? Isn't this something easy to do? I will let you be my aunt next year. Remember to come and help me take care of the baby."

Xu Jie was overjoyed: "Really? Then it's my duty."

"Wait a minute, I haven't asked your sister for her opinion yet! She said you can only give birth to a child."

"Yes, you know how to respect my sister and be a good husband."

Yang Ye hugged Xu Feng and said, "Honey, let's have a baby, okay?" Xu Feng was totally willing to do this and nodded quickly.

Yang Ye rubbed his hands and said impatiently: "Xiaojie, you can play by yourself, let's go!"

"Where are you going?"

"Go back to the hotel to give birth to the baby. Don't run around. Let's have dinner together tonight."

Yang Ye took Xu Feng and left, leaving Xu Jie alone and messy in the wind.

"Isn't this... too impatient? It doesn't matter, I haven't visited Paris yet, so I won't disturb them and I'll play by myself."

……

The two got up again, feeling refreshed and satisfied. They called Xu Jie, who lived next door, and left the hotel to find a restaurant for dinner.

The three of them were walking on the street when Xu Jie suddenly said: "Brother-in-law, someone is watching us."

Yang Ye had noticed it a long time ago and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, just ignore it. Your brother-in-law doesn't pay attention to a few street gangsters."

When Xu Jie thought about it, her brother-in-law was very good at beating her, so she became excited, thinking: It would be fun if those gangsters came over to tease me, and then they were beaten to a pulp by her brother-in-law.

After walking a few steps, those gangsters really came over. Yang Ye quickly protected the two sisters behind him and said warily: "Is something wrong?"

There were about ten gangsters in this group, both white and black. The leader saw that Yang Ye could speak French and quickly asked happily: "Are you Nick Yang?"

Yang Ye felt relieved, damn, he turned out to be a fan, and said: "Yes, I am!"

The group of young people looked at each other and were all overjoyed. Suddenly, they knelt down on the ground and knelt down to Yang Ye.

Sisters Yang Ye and Xu Feng were both dumbfounded. Yang Ye said: "What are you doing?"

The young man said: "We heard that this is the Chinese etiquette to show respect. We watched your "Fist of War", my God, it is a masterpiece. So we want to salute you and express our respect. A feeling of admiration.”

Yang Ye said oh, so that's what happened. Unexpectedly, time and space changed, and the French young man was still such a badass.

When Jet Li's "Fist of Heroes" was released, it caused a sensation overseas. When director Chen Jia went to attend the Cannes Film Festival, he was stopped by fifteen French youths and asked him if he was the director of "Fist of Heroes". After receiving a positive answer, , they knelt on the ground, knelt down to Chen Jia and thanked him for making such a good movie.

It seems that God has his own will. Even if time and space change, this kind of nonsense must be staged.

Yang Ye murmured: "It's really interesting. It's like a remake of a movie. Similar things will always happen, but some details will be changed."

However, he spoke very quietly and others could not hear him clearly. Yang Ye said to Sister Xu Feng, "It's okay. They are my fans and are greeting me with Chinese etiquette."

As Yang Ye said this, he happily helped several young people up, took pictures, signed autographs, and made a fuss for a while, and then the group of young people went away happily.

Seeing this group of people disappearing around the corner, Xu Jie exclaimed: "Brother-in-law, you are so awesome! If this matter is reported, it will definitely be a big deal."

"It's a small thing, what's the reward? Let's go have a meal!" Yang Ye said, pulling the two sisters into a restaurant...

Yang Ye used pliers to hold the snail shell, then used a double-tine fork to take out the meat inside, and put it into his mouth to chew.

It's really troublesome to eat this stuff, but it's still fun to eat the snails.

"Xiaojie, I heard from your sister that you are also an actor now?"

"Yes, I have nothing to do after graduation. Last year, my sister introduced me to the movie "Shining Days", starring Liu Wenzheng and Sylvia Chang. However, it was only released for two days before being withdrawn."

"Ah, why? Liu Wenzheng is very popular, right?"

"Liu Wenzheng's fans couldn't accept the ending of the movie and ran to make trouble, which affected the theater's business, so the theater canceled the movie."

At this time, Taiwan was still operating a guarantee system. All theaters had the final say, and the producers had nothing to do.

"There is nothing going on in Taiwanese movies. Why don't you come to Hong Kong to develop? Your sister is now switching careers to become a paper artist. You can help her."

"I have come to Hong Kong. Although the movie "Shining Days" was only released for two days, I was spotted by a Hong Kong director. He asked me to shoot a martial arts movie, and I also became a heroine. Where’s the protagonist?”

Yang Ye searched for information and found that Xu Jie had no movie released in 1978, so he asked: "Which director and what movie?"

Xu Jie said: "Director Tan Jiaming, the movie is called "The Famous Sword"."

Yang Ye was shocked. "The Famous Sword" is a famous "new wave" movie. Although the box office is not very good, it is widely praised in the industry.

At that time, most of Shaw Brothers' films were interior scenes, which were very fake. However, Tan Jiaming used a lot of natural scenes. The pictures were beautiful, and the color, light and shadow were very well matched.

There are no more than three main colors in each picture, and the calm picture of blue light is mainly used, which opened the way for the aesthetics of later Hong Kong movies. Later Galaxy Image films often used this tone.

In addition to fighting, the martial arts design also includes a lot of leaping in the air, which is very beautiful when combined with the fluttering clothes. This movie also allowed martial arts director Cheng Xiaodong to show his talent for the first time.

Director Tan Jiaming himself is a very powerful editor. He uses multiple angles to shoot, including upward shots and bird's eye views. Together with innovative editing, he gives the audience a novel feeling.

However, the plot of the movie is very ordinary, rambling, and the pacing is very poor. This is one of the reasons why it did not explode at the box office.

"Which company produced this movie and who else is starring in it?"

"Jiahe. The male protagonist is Qiu Guan and the villain is Xu Shaoqiang."

Yang Ye thought to himself: The lineup has not changed. In this way, Tan Jiaming has conceived the movie "The Famous Sword" for a long time.

Could it be that because I recruited the Seven Little Fortunes in advance, Jiahe had no cards to play with, so Zou Wenhuai had no choice but to find another way out, thus giving birth to this movie in advance?
"The Famous Sword" is Tan Jiaming's directorial debut. If "The Famous Sword" can be released in advance, will Xu Ke, Xu Anhua and Yan Hao also be released in advance?

Oh, Xu Anhua is in my hands now.

Okay, give her a chance when you get back.

Yang Ye thought for a while and asked, "Is this movie released?"

Xu Feng shook his head: "Hurry up, they said they want to release it before your "Alien" to avoid crashing with you."

"Well, if I don't finish painting after I get back, I'll go watch your movie."

The news that "Alien" is selling well in Cannes has already been released in Hong Kong. The movie is scheduled to be released on August 8. Now there are only two months left, and advertisements are already everywhere.

In order to build momentum, this time they also made a gimmick of simultaneous global release, and the momentum was amazing!
Under this situation, other film companies in Hong Kong were all numb and chose to avoid it and advance or postpone the schedule of their own films.

But August is the best time of the year. Whether it is brought forward or postponed, it means huge economic losses.

The bosses of the film company had already secretly cursed Yang Ye eight hundred times for giving birth to a son without a penis.

However, Baiyang Cinema's Jiang Zhiqiang found those production companies at this time and promoted a new concept to them called "heating the market."

In the conference room of Baiyang Cinema Line, Jiang Zhiqiang said: "Our theater chain has a rule that no matter how popular a movie is, the screening rate cannot exceed 60%. Even if it is Yang Shao's own movie, it must abide by it.

This will lead to a situation where when audiences flock to our cinemas to watch "Alien", there are no seats or they have to wait for a long time.So... will they buy another movie ticket to pass the time because they don't want to make the trip in vain, or are too lazy to wait?
Of course, this is not possible in single theaters because they can only show one movie at a time.But our theaters can show multiple movies at the same time.Therefore, Yang Shao's film is not a disaster, but an opportunity.

Mr. Yang's movies are popular and attract crowds. Everyone can have their own movies released at the same time and enjoy the soup together, which is pretty good. "

(End of this chapter)