Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 153 Global record breaking

Yang Ye showed up at the cinema with a family of four from the movie "Alien", which was definitely a huge surprise.

"Young Master Yang!"

Someone screamed, and then a group of girls rushed towards Yang Ye, including Lin Chunjiao.

Fortunately, Yang Ye was prepared. A group of security personnel immediately stopped the person. Yang Ye took the microphone and said, "Please don't get excited, please give me some face, and go back to your seats, okay?"

Despite his repeated appeals, some female fans still rushed to the stage regardless of the situation. After hugging Yang Ye, they screamed loudly and shed tears of excitement.

It wasn't until this moment that the Zhao family finally understood what the crazy fans their daughter was talking about were about.

Mother Zhao was extremely disgusted with the lunatics on the stage, and she somewhat understood her daughter and son-in-law's helplessness.

With Yang Ye's constant persuasion, everyone finally returned to their seats.

Yang Ye apologized: "I understand everyone's mood, and I am happy to meet you, but I still ask everyone to obey the order. Because if a stampede accident occurs in a claustrophobic space, it is very dangerous."

Lin Chunjiao, who returned to her seat, looked at Yang Ye with a look of infatuation and exclaimed: "He is so handsome and so considerate. He is such a perfect man!"

Zhang Zhiming next to him rolled his eyes: "There's no need for this, right?"

Lin Chunjiao said: "Hey, aren't you even jealous of my idol?"

"You're even jealous of my elementary school classmates!"

While the young lovers were bickering, Yang Ye had already expressed his intention.

First of all, of course, the four protagonists in the movie were introduced grandly. Although Chen Sisi has been out of the industry for many years and the three children are all newcomers, the four of them are all good-looking. In addition, the movie is very exciting, and the audience at the scene Naturally, they responded with warm applause.

Yang Ye said: "The premiere of "Alien" was held in Cannes. Because this time it was released simultaneously around the world, there will be no premiere in Hong Kong. I know everyone is disappointed, so I brought "Alien" to the premiere. The creators of "Starman" started this road show together and talked with everyone about the movie. We will randomly select ten audience members to answer ten questions. We will also give you a souvenir afterward. "

"Clap clap clap..."

The audience in the theater felt extremely lucky and applauded vigorously.

"Okay, now you can ask questions. Since time is limited, please try to ask questions related to the movie. I will not answer irrelevant questions. Thank you for your understanding."

The audience raised their hands one after another, and Yang Ye casually called out: "The pretty girl in red."

The pretty girl in red stood up and asked Yang Ye the first question: "Young Master Yang, why did you make a movie about aliens?"

Yang Ye replied: "When I was 15 years old, my relative passed away and I was left alone. I felt very lonely. I often fantasized about an alien friend accompanying me and practicing kung fu with him. He gave me a lot. My courage allowed me to find ways to drive away the people who wanted to occupy my property. Later... I entered the film industry and decided to make a movie about aliens.

Hollywood has made many such movies. In their movies, aliens are very evil creatures. After they come to the earth, they start burning, killing and looting. I think this is based on the underlying logic of Western civilization, because when they first arrived in the Americas After that, that's what happened.

But I think that if an interstellar civilization has the ability to cross the endless starry sky, then their technology must be very advanced and their wisdom must be very high. Then why can they not get along with the people on earth?Stealing resources?There are things on Earth, Mars, and Venus. There are so many desolate planets in the universe. Where can’t we dig?You can't be here to grab oil, right? "

Zhao Yangming, who was sitting in the audience, couldn't help but laugh when he heard these words. Many people also laughed because these words obviously had the connotation of American imperialism.

Yang Ye continued: "We Chinese are a peace-loving nation, and I want to tell you a warm story! So I created a peace-loving alien civilization. They came to the earth only to study plants and did not want to disturb humans. .”

"it is good!"

"Clap clap clap..."

After Yang Ye finished speaking, the audience immediately cheered loudly and clapped their hands to pieces.

The question continued, and Yang Ye said: "That handsome guy wearing glasses, yes, that's you!"

The man with glasses stood up and said: "Young Master Yang, I have been obsessed with your kung fu movies since "Shaolin Temple". Unfortunately, you only played a supporting role in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and hardly showed any kung fu. This " "Alien" is not even a kung fu movie. I don't mean to say anything bad about "Alien". I think this movie is great. I just want to ask, do you still act? Do you still make kung fu movies?"

Yang Ye replied: "Of course I will. "Alien" can be regarded as an episode in my career. I will still focus on kung fu movies in the future. Another movie I directed, "Food Truck", will be released to you soon." . This is a very interesting fashion kung fu movie. I hope everyone will come and support it.

In addition, the action blockbuster starring myself is expected to start shooting at the end of this year and will be released during the summer vacation next year.This movie will have many innovative action designs and is very sharp. I believe everyone will like it. "

Yang Ye personally promised that in the future, he will mainly focus on action movies, and the action blockbuster starring himself will be released next summer, which made the audience very satisfied, full of expectations, and warmly applauded.

After answering two more questions, Yang Ye said, "You can't keep asking me. Can you leave the following questions to our leading actors?"

Yang Ye made it clear that he would not answer the question, so everyone had to turn their interest to the four leading actors. Fortunately, Chen Sisi is beautiful enough, Liu Hua is handsome enough, the young lady Liming is also very pretty, and the little sister Gigi Gigi is even more adorable. Everyone is interested in them. Not small either.

After a period of interesting questions and answers, Yang Ye said: "Okay, the last question."

Everyone immediately raised their hands high. Yang Ye found that Zhao Yazhen was also raising her hands and looking at him expectantly, so he had no choice but to click on her.But I said in my heart, what question should I ask in public?

Zhao Yazhen stood up excitedly, took the microphone and said, "Mr. Yang, I heard that you wrote a song for your fans called "Star". Can you sing it to everyone?"

Yang Yexin said that you, a clever little guy, are quite good at handling things.He smiled and said, "It's possible, but without instrumental accompaniment, the effect may not be very good if you sing a cappella!"

An audience member stood up and said, "Mr. Yang, I have a harmonica. Can I accompany you?"

Yang Yexin said it was okay and asked: "Do you know music?"

"Of course!"

"OK then!"

Yang Ye asked the staff to find paper and pen, write down the music score and give it to the young man. The young man tried to play it first, and a melodious melody flowed out, and he played it very well.

Then the two began to perform officially...

When you see the stars in the sky, do you think of me?

Do you remember that my face used to smile more than the stars for you?
What will happen to you when you remember the past?But you will sigh sadly, remembering the time when I shined in your heart.

I'm like the stars in the Milky Way that you loved silently
Let that soft radiance relieve your pain

When you see bright stars, please think of me
When you see the stars shining brightly
Please remember me in your heart...

The lyrics are sincere and heartfelt. Under Yang Ye's low singing and the melodious melody of the harmonica, Yang Ye's fans burst into tears!
……

Yang Ye and the main creators of "Alien" unexpectedly appeared in the cinema, interacted wonderfully with the audience, and sang a song dedicated to the fans live. After the show, he shook hands with the fans one by one and gave everyone gifts. Signed poster of the movie.

The fans who won the big prize were so happy that they almost fainted. After returning home, they immediately promoted "Alien" like crazy and went around to buy tickets.

In the following days, the film's creators randomly appeared in major movie theaters in Hong Kong, and even appeared once in a theater in Macau.

This move simply made fans crazy. They kept buying tickets, hoping to have close contact with the protagonists. Under such circumstances, the box office will naturally increase.

The Hui brothers' "The Pact" was released three days earlier than Yang Ye's "Alien", but under Yang Ye's novel marketing model, it was no match at all and was quickly defeated.

"The Pact" was already very exciting, but "Alien" was rated as "the most heartwarming science fiction film in history" by the media, and its reputation was so good that it exploded.

In the original time and space, "ET" still ranked fourth in the year in 1983, the heyday of Hong Kong films, not to mention that it has now become a Hong Kong film, the story takes place in Hong Kong, and all local actors are used. .

In just one week, "Alien" surpassed "The Pact" and ranked first in the year with a box office of 800 million. At this time, "The Pact" was released for ten days, with a box office of just over 500 million, of which 300 million I got it four days ago.

At Jiahe Company, Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang are feeling what it means to be in a difficult world.

He Guanchang sighed: "This Ah Ye, who doesn't make kung fu movies and doesn't act as a starring role, is actually even more powerful. This..."

Zou Wenhuai said: "The ticket price has increased again this year, and the average ticket price has reached eight yuan. This is also a reason."

He Guanchang said: "Everyone is increasing prices, but Ah Wen's box office has not increased. This shows that the audience has been robbed by Ah Ye. Otherwise, "The Pledge of Allegiance" would now have at least 600 million box office.

Ah Ye set up an electronic screen at the entrance of Baiyang Cinema to update the box office results of "Alien" in North America, Japan, France, Singapore and Malaysia every day.

This trick was so powerful that it immediately aroused the interest of many people. Even if they didn't go to the movies, they couldn't help but go and see how much the box office of "Alien" was.

When I thought that Hong Kong films were selling so well abroad, I felt so proud that I couldn't help but contribute another ticket.

Those newspapers also set up a section in the entertainment section to update the box office of "Alien" every day. It has only been seven days, and the global box office has exceeded [-] million Hong Kong dollars. "

"Three hundred million?" Zou Wenhuai was startled and quickly opened the newspaper. After confirming the data, he suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness.

"Alien" is breaking box office records for Chinese-language films in major movies around the world. It exceeded HK$[-] million in just one week. The final box office may break HK$[-] billion...

How can you fight with your opponent who is so powerful that you can't even see the taillights of your car?

Zou Wenhuai felt that all his ambitions seemed to have disappeared in an instant.

After all, he is already over fifty, and when faced with a powerful opponent that suddenly appears, he naturally loses the courage and fighting spirit of his youth.

Zou Wenhuai said: "Don't worry about Ah Ye, let's focus on ourselves. The box office of "The Famous Sword" is not bad, which proves that we made the right move in supporting new directors with ideas. We now need more overseas experience A new director. Have you heard that Jiashi is going to go bankrupt?"

At this time, there are still ten days before Jiayi TV Station officially declares bankruptcy.However, a big shot in the industry like Zou Wenhuai would naturally have known the news for a long time.

He Guanchang said: "I have also heard that last year, the two dramas "The Condor" and "The Condor" were very popular when they were broadcast. I didn't expect that they could not hold on so quickly."

Zou Wenhuai said: "Jiashi has insufficient financial resources and always likes to play with big productions. Although "The Condor Shooting" caused a sensation, the production cost was too high and it didn't actually make much money. This time, it actually made a big deal and filmed it. A hundred episodes of "Dream of Red Mansions", if he doesn't die, who will die?"

He Guanchang sighed: "It's just a shoot. Since the ratings are not good, we should stop the losses in time. Jiashi actually launched some kind of July offensive. All the artists came out empty-handed and paraded in the scorching heat. All 92 districts in Hong Kong promoted JiTV programs and advertised heavily in newspapers. Unfortunately, despite the offensive, the results were mediocre and the cost was extremely high. The blood was finally drained."

Zou Wenhuai said: "Whether Jiashi dies or not has nothing to do with us. What I like is Jiashi's talents. Last month Jiashi had a TV series called "The Golden Sword Lover", which was very innovative. I asked about it, that The director's name is Xu Ke, and he studied film in the United States. You invite him out for a chat and ask him if he has any movies he wants to make. If so, we can invest in him."

……

"Alien" won the annual box office title within one week of its release, so naturally there was a big celebration party.

Yang Ye took Chen Sisi's arm and got out of the car, followed by Liu Hua, Liming and Gigi Lai.Liu Hua held little Gigi Gigi in her hands.

A large number of reporters immediately swarmed the scene.

"Mr. Yang, will "Alien" break the box office record of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"?"

"Do you mean Hong Kong or the world?"

"Of course it's global. It's already a done deal in Hong Kong."

The Hong Kong box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was 1280 million, and "Alien" exceeded 800 million in one week. There is no doubt that it will break the record of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Yang Ye smiled and replied: "It should be fine all over the world. Anyway, thank you to the audience for their love."

Although the global box office is predicted to exceed one billion Hong Kong dollars, Yang Ye is actually not satisfied with the box office.

Because converted into US dollars, it is less than 7.9 million US dollars, and Lao Si's "ET" has a global box office of [-] million US dollars.The Yang Ye version is only a quarter of the Lao Si version.

Discrimination against Chinese-language films is still very serious in European and American countries. The highest global box office for "Alien" was not in North America, but in Japan.

Of the [-] million Hong Kong dollars now converted, the Japanese box office accounts for [-] million Hong Kong dollars.

This is because the Japanese yen is experiencing a sharp appreciation, and the current exchange rate against the US dollar has risen to 190:1, which gives Yang Ye a big advantage.

The money Yang Ye made from his previous movies was all left in the Japanese stock market and was never taken back. It was time to get out.

(End of this chapter)