Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 157

The three brothers Yang Ye and Chen Long, coupled with the gimmick of the first fashion kung fu film, are really powerful.

As soon as it was released, the box office was an instant hit. The day before the movie was released, there was already a long queue at the cinema. There were even scalpers buying dozens of tickets. Some people broke the glass of the box office in order to grab tickets. The scene was incredible. A new fruit product launch conference inferior to later generations.

Compared with the tenderness of "Alien", this kind of funny, lively and hilarious movie with beautiful women to watch is still more suitable for the appetite of Hong Kong people.

So, "Alien" had just broken the box office record, and before it even got hot, it was overtaken by "Food Truck".

Hong Kong's first fashion comedy action film was "The Best of Us" in 1982, which attracted 264 million moviegoers, which was equivalent to half of the people in Hong Kong watching the movie at that time.

Since then, traditional Kung Fu films from the early Republic of China have basically disappeared.

Now, the first one to take advantage of it has become "Food Truck", and it has refined the nine key elements that are the key to the success of Chen Long's movies from the very beginning, and also added parkour elements. It is really powerful.

"Fast Truck" was released at Poplar Cinema for 43 days before closing, creating a box office of 1820 million, becoming the champion in Hong Kong film history.

The final box office of "Alien" was only 1450 million, which was 370 million less than "Fast Truck".

What's even more terrifying is that "Fast Truck" attracted 230 million moviegoers, accounting for 48% of the total population of Hong Kong. Nearly half of Hong Kong people watched the movie.

Yang Ye directed two movies in succession. He did not appear in the movie, but he broke box office records one after another. The Hong Kong media not only felt the power of the three Chen Long brothers, but also called Yang Ye invincible!

Yang Ye secretly sighed: After all, it was still a little bit behind. If he didn't choose a food truck and chose Five Lucky Stars, he should be able to surpass the record of "Best Partner".

However, Yang Ye does not regret it, because he chose "Food Truck" just to join Adjani and help Chen Long enter the French market. If he chose "Five Lucky Stars", this effect would not be available.

Moreover, Hong Kong's film records are just that, whoever loves to break them will break them. Even if "The Best Partner" broke the Hong Kong record, it was only awesome in Hong Kong. Globally, Chen Long still has the higher box office!

Mainstream newspapers in Hong Kong are debating which movie is more exciting, "Alien" or "Food Truck".

With such a good topic, well-known writers from all walks of life came to make money, and newspapers were happy to watch them quarrel, adding fuel to the flames and making huge sales.

People in the market, represented by "Oriental Daily", naturally support "Food Truck". Movies should be lively and exciting.

The intellectuals represented by "Ming Pao" strongly supported "Alien". These people deconstructed the movie in various ways, such as humanistic care, mirroring the Cold War, etc., and they all did it, which made people stunned. Stunned for a moment.

……

As soon as "Food Truck" was released, the three brothers Chen Lung and Adjani went on a road show in major theaters in Hong Kong and Macau. They were warmly welcomed wherever they went. They even went to Taipei.

Yang Ye himself worked overtime and finished filming the MV for "A Touch of Love" with Teresa Teng.

In early September, Yang Ye took all the main creators of "Food Truck" to France to promote the French premiere.

EMI is very satisfied with this cooperation with Yang Ye. After "Food Truck" was released in Hong Kong, it successfully detonated the box office and then became popular in Southeast Asia.

Film purchase contracts came in from all over the world, making EMI a lot of money.

Most importantly, this movie allowed Adjani, a French actress, to successfully enter the Asian market.

Adjani's stunning beauty has skyrocketed her popularity throughout Southeast Asia.

Although the market in Southeast Asia may not be attractive to EMI, what about adding Japan, the second largest film market in the world?
This is why EMI attaches great importance to its cooperation with Yang Ye and provides all conveniences during the filming of the film.

Before Hollywood dominated the world, there were two types of movies that were most popular in France: one was a pretentious literary film, and the other was a silly comedy.

The French contributed a classic comedy routine to the film industry, that is, a normal person paired with a fool, and the two caused countless jokes.

In the end, people discovered that the fool might be a normal person, and he had a huge shining point of humanity.

The so-called normal person may not be normal at all. He has huge personality flaws.

Filmmakers around the world have used this routine to produce countless classic comedy movies.

In the Chinese mainland film industry after the millennium, Xu Zheng's "囧" series is one of the successful examples.

"Food Truck" is actually a variant of this "idiot comedy", except that one is a good guy and one is stupid. It becomes two good guys and one is stupid. Hong Jingbao plays the stupid role.

Therefore, the French can still accept it. Coupled with the unique and exciting fighting scenes and their favorite Adjani, the French can't stop.

In the end, "Food Truck" sold 620 million moviegoers in France, which is almost the same as "ET".

The average ticket price in France in this era was 14 francs, which translated into a box office of approximately 8600 million francs.

This box office result means that two films directed by Yang Ye have simultaneously entered the top ten in France's annual box office. The title of an international director is well deserved!
……

Yang Ye signed the custody agreement.

After the child is born, Yang Ye needs to pay a monthly support of US$10, which will increase by [-]% annually to cope with inflation until the child reaches adulthood.

Adjani is indeed not a fuel-saving lamp. The proposed agreement actually has provisions to deal with inflation, and the currency is settled in the US dollar, the most stable currency.

Overall, Yang Ye would have to pay about $6000 million to raise this child, which is a fucking sky-high price.

But money is just a number to Yang Ye. Besides, this is his own flesh and blood, so he can’t raise it too much, so Yang Ye signed the contract readily.

Yang Ye only added one thing: Adjani was not allowed to marry anyone else before the child became an adult. If she did, the custody of the child would belong to Yang Ye, and she would not want any of the money left behind.

In this era, around the world, actors' incomes are not ridiculously high.

Even in Hollywood, actors' incomes began to rise in the 90s.

Moreover, the commercial value of actresses is not as good as that of male actors, even lower.

Currently, the highest-paid actress in Hong Kong is Lin Qingxia, reaching HK$50, but she is a special case because "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was filmed with her as the heroine.

If she was invited to film in Hollywood, her remuneration would remain the same and be directly converted into currencies. However, there are no roles suitable for her in Hollywood, so the $50 remuneration would be just a talk.

As for other Hong Kong actresses, their highest salary is only HK$10,000+.

Adjani's French market is much larger than the Hong Kong market. Her current salary is about 60 francs. After "Food Truck" becomes a hit, it will probably rise to 80 francs.

Although it's not low, how many movies can she film in a year?The two are amazing!

Coupled with advertising endorsements, attendance at events, etc., Adjani's annual income ceiling is now about 200 million francs.

To give birth to a child for Yang Ye would cost 120 million U.S. dollars a year in child support, which is equivalent to more than 600 million francs, and it would have to increase year by year. This is totally a big deal.

Adjani originally thought that Yang Ye would bargain with her, but Yang Ye didn't care about money at all. He only mentioned a condition that Adjani should not marry anyone else before the child reaches adulthood, and he readily signed it.

This... Adjani regretted that she didn't order more.

Adjani hasn't shown her pregnancy yet. Yang Ye finished signing and said to her: "You can't be too tired now. There is no need to go to the promotional activities in the United States and Japan!"

Adjani didn't want to miss this opportunity to go to the United States and Japan to brush her face. She shook her head and said, "No, I have to go. My dear, don't you want to be with me?" Adjani used this trick, and Yang Ye had no choice but to surrender: "Of course I want to!"

……

Not long ago, the crew arrived in Los Angeles, where "ET" is currently being screened in North America.

Spielberg's version of ET grossed US$3.5 million in its first run at the North American box office, which is a miracle.

Now it has been snapped up by Yang Ye and made into a Hong Kong version. Although it has received great reviews after its release, the box office has shrunk significantly. The final box office may be only a quarter of the old version, which makes Yang Ye very helpless!

If "ET" can't break [-] million US dollars in North America, Yang Ye doesn't know what movie can.

Although Yang Ye is dissatisfied with ET's box office, he won't show it because that would be too Versailles.

"Nick, my brother!" As soon as Xie saw Yang Ye, he laughed and came over for a bear hug!
Then he met with Adjani, Chen Long and others.

"Hi Jack, finally meet you. Do you know how popular you are in America?"

At this time, Chen Long could not speak English, so he could only communicate with Xie Yi through Yang Ye's translation.

Chen Long later learned to speak English through the secret of... picking up American girls!
I don’t know how many American girls this guy has played with, but he finally learned English!

After returning to New Line, Yang Ye asked: "How much is the box office of "Alien" now?"

Shay said cheerfully: "It's almost 5000 million. I really didn't expect that without any effort this time, the box office would hit a new high."

Yang Ye smiled and said: "So in the future, the Hong Kong movies I sell will not use kung fu?"

Xie Yi quickly said: "NO! NO! NO! Kung Fu is the signature of your Hong Kong movies! "ET" is a miracle, I think it is difficult to copy. Many people said after watching ET, even the aliens People are so peaceful, but humans themselves want a cold war. I think the current anti-war sentiment helped this movie. Of course, ET itself is very good, there is no doubt about it."

Xie believes that "Alien" has been very successful at the box office, but Yang Ye does not agree very much.

Yang Ye is very satisfied with the version he shot. The reason why the box office is not as good as the Lao Si version is entirely due to race and stereotype prejudice.

But Yang Ye is not in a hurry. The market is cultivated, and it takes a process for the audience to accept something.

As long as Yang Ye continues to produce excellent works, he will subtly change people's movie-watching habits, and the box office will gradually increase. It will only be a matter of time before it breaks [-] million in North America.

Yang Ye casually looked at the script of "Alien 2" that Xie gave him, frowned and said: "This script is too bad. Let's not make any more sequels to "Alien" for the time being."

Shea said: "The box office of "Alien" is so good, shouldn't we strike while the iron is hot?"

"Alien" shocked the Hollywood industry by earning a box office of US$1000 million at a cost of US$[-] million.

You know, the most suitable way to watch this kind of horror movie is not in the cinema, but at home.Therefore, its later video revenue is extremely considerable.

With one "Alien", New Line has become famous in the Hollywood production industry, and Shea certainly wants to strike while the iron is hot and start filming the second one.

Unfortunately, Yang Ye said that he didn't have time to write a script, so Xie Yi had to find a screenwriter to write it. Then he picked one that he thought was good and showed it to Yang Ye. However, Yang Ye took one look at the script and killed it.

"This script of yours still continues the style of the first part, continuing to do things in a claustrophobic space. It's not interesting to shoot such repetitive things. In the second part, we should make the scale bigger, but how to do it specifically, I haven't yet Think about it and wait a little longer.”

What is Yang Ye waiting for?Of course, we are waiting for Cameron to make his debut!
Yang Ye himself has no time to direct this series, and he wants a second one that is awesome. The most reliable way is of course to wait for Cameron to make his debut.

The characteristic of the "Alien" series is that the directors of each film are unknown newcomers, but they will all become internationally famous directors in the future.

This is very interesting, Yang Ye wants to keep this.

Shay said: "Well, I'm actually going to invest in filming Stephen King's novel. Can you give me some advice?"

Yang Ye said: "Find a great director!"

Shay was stunned: "Why, horror films can survive because they cost less and big directors are too expensive."

Yang Ye said: "If we want to make horror films our main business, we have to raise the quality of horror films. The simplest way is... to find a great director."

"Who do you want?"

"Kubrick!"

"This guy is very difficult to deal with. People who have worked with him say he is a lunatic."

"That's up to you, I'm just making a suggestion!"

……

"Didn't you say you called me?"

At the North American premiere of "Food Truck", Brooke Shields suddenly appeared in front of Yang Ye.

Yang Ye looked at her angelic face and said nonsense: "I'm sorry, as soon as I arrived in Paris, I encountered a pickpocket, and the small notebook with your phone number was stolen. I thought you would call Hong Kong. , but I didn’t wait.”

In a city of thieves, it is normal for small books to be stolen, and Brooke Shields understands.She apologized: "I thought you just regarded me as a child and didn't want to talk to me, so I didn't call you in Hong Kong."

Yang Ye smiled and said: "How could it be possible? You are my friend!"

This made Brooke Shields very happy, she said: "I recently met a new friend, I came with him, and he said he knew you!"

"Who?"

"Michael Jackson!"

"Yes, I know him. How did you know him?"

"Two months ago, at the Oscars."

The 1978 Oscars ceremony was strangely moved to July, where Michael Jackson and Brooke Shields began to form a deep friendship.

Yang Ye took Brooke Shields to find Michael Jackson.

"Hi Nick, long time no see, I'm glad you invited me to the premiere." Michael Jackson said to Yang Ye.

Yang Ye didn't respond and stared at Michael Jackson's neck without saying a word.

Michael Jackson was a little embarrassed when Yang Ye looked at him. He couldn't help but take a step back and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yang Ye said: "Michael, are you sick?"

Michael Jackson was stunned. He has vitiligo hereditary in his family. It has started to show up now. It first appeared on his neck, but he used makeup to block it. Unexpectedly, Yang Ye could see it at a glance.

(End of this chapter)