Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 154 Casting for the new film
Although Yang Ye himself was not satisfied with the box office of "Alien", the reporters at the scene felt so honored after hearing Yang Ye personally admit that the box office would surpass "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that they applauded one after another. !
Someone shouted loudly: "Young Master Yang, you are so sharp!"

Someone else shouted: "Young Master Yang, you are the pride of us Chinese people!"

Yang Ye said modestly: "The audience is all cheering."

Another reporter asked: "Mr. Yang, when will your next movie be released?"

Yang Ye smiled and said: "It will be released soon. This time it is a very interesting fashion and kung fu movie. Please support me when the time comes. Aaron is here, you ask him!"

When the three Chen Long brothers arrived, when Yang Ye saw them, he immediately took the blame and ran away with Chen Sisi.

When the reporters saw this, they swarmed towards the three Chen Long brothers.

"Brother Bao, Brother Long, and Biaozi, when will your movie be released?"

Chen Long knew that he was a big talker, so he remained silent and let Hong Jingbao answer.

Hong Jingbao smiled and said: "The premiere will be held next week, so please come and support me!"

Since "Alien" was so good at the box office, Poplar Pictures decided to strike while the iron was hot and ride the wave of popularity by moving "Food Truck" to the end of the summer season.

But this way, the time for publicity becomes very tight. After the celebration party today, Baiyang Film Company will start the publicity bombing tomorrow.

Another advantage of the two movies being released at the same time is that they can build off each other's popularity. If you go to see "Alien" and can't buy a ticket at the right time, you can choose "Fast Truck", which was filmed by Yang Ye anyway. Well.

"Do you think it will beat Mr. Yang's "Alien" at the box office?"

The reporter from "Oriental Daily" dug a hole for the three brothers. No matter whether the three brothers answered yes or no, he could make a big fuss.

It's a pity that Hong Jingbao is very good. He smiled and said: "Both movies were directed by Yang Shao. There is no question of who wins and who loses, right?"

After finally dismissing the reporter, the three brothers headed towards the hotel. Hong Jingbao complained: "These reporters are so cunning and insidious, I almost got into trouble with them."

In fact, Yuan Biao also wanted to know this question. He asked: "Boss, do you think our "Food Truck" will surpass "Alien" at the box office?"

Hong Jingbao shook his head and said, "It's hard to say. "Alien" changed the traditional stereotype that aliens are evil creatures, and it was very innovative. "Fast Truck" moved Kung Fu movies to modern times and added a car chase. Duan is also very innovative. I have been thinking about a few of Yang Shao's films recently, and he has been constantly innovating and never repeated. I really don't know what his next film will be like."

Chen Long said: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose. I think the nine elements of Kung Fu movies invented by Mr. Yang are the most important. The more I think about it recently, the more I think it makes sense. If you can use it flexibly, it will be of endless use in your life. Anyway, it will be released soon. , wait and see the results!”

Yuan Biao said: "I still think we will win. After all, "Food Truck" has you two bosses, as well as the French beauty Adjani, and the cast is larger than that of "Alien."

Chen Long put his arm around his shoulders and said: "Brother, the cast cannot decide everything. Except for Sister Sisi, the remaining three children in "Alien" are all newcomers, and they are not a box office hit yet!"

Yuan Biao laughed and said: "I am hanging out with the two big guys anyway, please protect me!"

……

As the hosts, Yang Ye and Xia Meng held wine glasses and toasted to some distinguished guests.

When he came to the literary table, Yang Ye said to Jin Yong: "Cha Sheng, I want to buy the adaptation rights of "The Swordsman" and make it into a movie."

When Yang Ye said these words, everyone present was surprised.

Yang Ye has said before that he will star in the next action movie. Everyone is still guessing what he will make. Now we know that it is an adaptation of Jin Yong's novel.

Jin Yong's novels have been adapted into movies since the 50s. I don't know how many movies have been made now. Zhang Che Chuyuan and others make them almost every year.

Zhang Che's most famous movie, "The One-Armed Sword", was basically plagiarized from "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", but the name was changed.

As for the box office, in recent years it has been between 200 and [-] million.

This box office was quite good in previous years, but in the past two years, the box office of Hong Kong movies has skyrocketed, and it has exceeded [-] million, which is a bit unsatisfactory.

Everyone is curious about what kind of flowers can be photographed by poplar leaves.

Jin Yong and Run Run Shaw have a good personal relationship, so Jin Yong's movies have always been made by Shaw Brothers. Now Yang Ye suddenly proposed to shoot "Swordsman", which shocked Jin Yong.

Jin Yong put down his wine glass and said, "You want to play Linghu Chong?"

Yang Ye smiled and said: "That's right!"

Fourteen of Jin Yong's novels have been remade into more than 100 versions of film and television works, making him the most remade among Chinese writers.

Among so many versions, when it comes to movie versions, the most successful is probably Xu Ke's "Swordsman" series.

"The Swordsman" in 1990 can be called the pioneer of Hong Kong's new martial arts movies. It is an eternal classic among martial arts movies and has a huge influence.

From then on, whether it was martial arts movies or TV series, they all became this unconstrained style of flying into the sky and escaping from the earth.

The film's cast was extremely luxurious, and it was the top resource for Hong Kong films at the time.

The director alone employed six people.

Hu Jinquan, Xu Ke, Li Huimin, Cheng Xiaodong, Jin Yanghua, Xu Anhua.

Except for Jin Yanghua, who is not well-known, the other five are all outstanding Chinese directors.

As many as eight screenwriters were deployed, and Jin Yong himself also participated in the screenwriting.

After the movie was released, not only the box office and word-of-mouth exploded, but Jin Yong himself was also very satisfied.

Jin Yong's evaluation of this movie is: Linghu Chong played by Xu Guanjie has been recognized by most people, and is recognized as the Linghu Chong whose character is most in line with the spirit of the original work.But he is too old and can be regarded as a "senior brother". He is suave and wild, but his appearance is lacking a little. Fortunately, he can sing "A Laugh from the Sea".

Therefore, Xu Guanjie is too old and does not know Kung Fu, which is probably the only shortcoming of this movie.

By the way, the theme song of this movie "A Laugh in the Sea" is also known as the first martial arts song!

Not only can you listen to movies, but you can also listen to songs. It’s like killing two birds with one stone!
Jin Yong said: "Yang Sheng is a leading figure in Hong Kong films. It is an honor for me that you are willing to shoot "The Swordsman". If Yang Sheng can shoot this film with the specifications of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", I am willing to... Money transfers the copyright of "Swordsman"."

Yang Ye smiled and said: "Thank you very much. I believe you won't let Cha Sheng down!"

Jin Yong likes to do stunts, especially in front of the goddess, he has to show off!
Don't take advantage of the bastard. Buying the copyright for one dollar is so satisfying. Of course, Yang Ye will help him.

The two clinked glasses, and the surrounding guests applauded enthusiastically. Huang Zhan said with a smile: "Cha Sheng's original work coupled with Yang Shao's kung fu, this collaboration can be regarded as a good story in the martial arts world!"

Yang Ye chuckled and said in his heart: "There are still your songs!"

……

Yang Ye returned to his seat, and a young and beautiful girl ran over, hugged Yang Ye's arm and said, "Brother Ye, are you going to start filming your new movie again?"

There was still wine in Yang Ye's wine glass and he almost spilled it. He said helplessly: "Jiahui, let me go!"

"Oh!" Guan Jiahui let go of Yang Ye and said sweetly to Xia Meng and Chen Sisi: "Hello Aunt Yang! Hello Aunt Chen!"

Xia Meng smiled and said, "Jiahui is becoming more and more beautiful as she grows older!"

"Aunt Yang, Aunt Chen, you are so beautiful!"

Yang Ye sat down and said seriously: "Jiahui, what do you want from me?" Guan Jiahui said: "You said before that you asked me to be the heroine of your next movie, does that count?"

Yang Ye snorted and said, "What are you talking about? No problem, I want to film "Swordsman". I will play Linghu Chong and you will play Yue Lingshan."

Guan Jiahui said: "Why is Yue Lingshan and Ren Yingying the heroine?"

Yang Ye coughed and waved to Guan Jiahui.Guan Jiahui came over knowingly, and Yang Ye whispered in her ear: "The person Linghu Chong loves most is his junior sister. In this movie of mine, Yue Lingshan is the heroine. Don't tell anyone else, to avoid spoilers!"

After hearing this, Guan Jiahui couldn't help but feel elated. She nodded repeatedly and said, "Yeah, I won't spoil it. Aunt Yang, Aunt Chen, I'm leaving!"

Guan Jiahui said and skipped away.

Yang Ye sighed and said to Xia Meng: "Sister Meng, help me find someone."

Xia Meng was stunned: "Who is it?"

"There is a newcomer from TVB named Chen Yulian. In the first half of the year, she played Xiao Zhao in "The Legend of Heaven and Dragon Sword"."

After Jiashi successively filmed "The Condor" and "The Condor", which became popular, they wanted to continue their efforts and continue filming Jin Yong dramas.

But Run Run Shaw saw the power of Jin Yong's dramas, and based on his personal relationship with Jin Yong, he monopolized the copyright of Jin Yong's dramas.

Jiashi had no choice but to film "Dream of Red Mansions" instead, sparing no expense and producing [-] episodes in one go.As a result, I played too much and killed myself.

After Run Run Shaw obtained Jin Yong's copyright, he immediately started filming "The Legend of Heaven and the Dragon Sword", starring Zheng Shaoqiu as Zhang Wuji, Wang Mingquan as Zhao Min, and Zhao Yazhi as Zhou Zhiruo.Chen Yulian, who just debuted, also played Xiao Zhao.

Of course, in this time and space, Zhao Yazhi has been following Yang Ye and has not filmed a TV series so far. The role of Zhou Zhiruo is played by TVB Hua Dan Huang Xingxiu.

Xia Mengmeng thought for a while and said, "She? It seems that she heard that she was having an affair with Fa Zai, but Fang Yihua hid it."

Yang Ye said: "It's best to hide it in the snow. Tell her that as long as she is willing to sign with Baiyang Agency, I will give her the role of Ren Yingying in the new film."

Xia Meng was shocked: "Ren Yingying is the heroine, right? Are you looking for a new person to be the heroine?"

Yang Ye smiled and said: "We also found a new actor for "Alien", no problem. I have observed this actor and he is very smart."

In the 90s version of Swordsman, the role of Ren Yingying was played by Zhang Min, and she did a good job.

Zhang Min's image is very cold. Among the actresses Yang Ye currently has, he feels that only Lin Qingxia is suitable for this role.

However, Lin Qingxia is the chosen one and will shine when filming the second part, so this matter can only be forgotten.

Then Yang Ye thought of Chen Yulian. Although Chen Yulian was cold enough and not gorgeous enough, she was still a super beauty.

Such beauties and Guan Jiahui are placed together to compete for beauty, which makes Linghu Chong's beauty and blessings endless.

Martial arts and movies are all about creating dreams. Who doesn’t like such dreams?

Another thing is that with the collapse of Jiashi, the competition between TVB and Lishi will become fierce. Lishi will be sold soon, and Yang Ye is already planning to take over.

In the original time and space, ATV and TVB were fighting, but the biggest disadvantage was that they could not get the copyright of Jin Yong's drama. Even a short story "Yue Nv Sword" was a treasure, and the leading actress Li Saifeng was invited to star, and eight episodes were produced out of the blue.

Yang Ye is different. He is confident that he will get the copyright of all Jin Yong's novels. The novels that were serialized in "Ming Pao" were his stepping stone. This "Swordsman" movie is the key to the door.

Yang Ye looked at Hui Yinghong who was lowering his head to eat and said, "A Hong, how about you come over and help Master play a role?"

"Ah... Me?"

"Yes, if you have a movie at hand, finish it quickly and don't take any more movies. Come here and help me play Blue Phoenix."

"Okay, thank you Master!"

Hui Yinghong was very happy. Although Lan Fenghuang was only the third female lead, there were still a lot of people rushing to star in Master's movies, even if she was a supporting role.

"Go and call Ayou over."

Hui Yinghong yelled, ran to Zhang Xueyou and Liu Hua's table, and said, "Ayou, my master asked you to come over."

Zhang Xueyou was shocked and asked, "What's going on?"

"I don't know, it should be a good thing!"

Zhang Xueyou was a little excited. In "Alien", he only played a supporting role and only had a few lines, while Liu Hua played the second male lead. Now, people are asking for autographs wherever he goes. It's such a beautiful scene, and he is envious of it. !
Zhang Xueyou straightened his clothes, walked up to Yang Ye, and said solemnly: "Hello, Mr. Yang, hello, Manager Yang!"

Yang Ye smiled and said: "Ayou, I heard that among the trainees, you are the most diligent and studious, and your singing and performance scores are among the best."

Zhang Xueyou said modestly: "Everyone is excellent."

Yang Ye said: "I'm going to open a new play called "The Swordsman". Come over and help me play Lin Pingzhi!"

"Yes, thank you Mr. Yang for your cultivation!"

Zhang Xueyou was so excited that he wanted to look up to the sky and laugh three times.

Lin Pingzhi, that’s the second male lead!

It’s finally my turn, hahaha!

Zhang Xueyou returned to his seat with empty steps, and Liu Hua asked, "How is it?"

Zhang Xueyou said with a trembling voice: "Young Master Yang... let me play Lin Pingzhi!"

"Congratulations, we are going to treat you tomorrow!" Liu Hua punched Zhang Xueyou. The two of them are the oldest among the trainees, so they often play together and have a good relationship.

Next, Yang Ye arranged other roles. Yang Ye invited Guan Shan to play Yue Buqun. Guan Shan was a great actor, so it was easy to play a hypocrite.

Moreover, he is Guan Jiahui's biological father, so it is good to play father and daughter in the movie.

Zuo Lengchan chose Yuan Hua, Liu Zhengfeng chose Wu Ma, and Qu Yang chose Lin Zhengying. These three are the same as the 90 version of Xiaoao, without any substitutions.

The three of them are characterized by being very old, just like Ni Dahong. The younger one is already 50 years old.

When Uncle Ying filmed "Mr. Zombie", he was only 32 years old. He had a white beard and it felt completely out of place to play an old Taoist priest.

Next is another important villain in the movie, Gu Jinfu.This is a classic villain, played by Liu Xun in the 90s version.

The problem is that Liu Xun is a mainlander and has not come to Hong Kong yet. Even if he goes to the mainland to find someone, it will not work. If Yang Ye dares to use him, the end result will be that the film is blocked in Taiwan.

Yang Ye himself doesn't care about being blocked by Taiwan, he has a global market.

It's a pity that he still runs a company and has a big business. Once he is banned, the artists under him will also be unlucky and they will disperse.

So Yang Ye could only find someone else.

However, Liu Xun was the ceiling for playing the role of eunuch, and it was really not that interesting for another person, which gave Yang Ye a headache.

(End of this chapter)