Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

After the car got off the highway, Yang Ye found a quiet place to stop, gently patted Guan Zhilin's shoulder and said, "Don't be sad."

Guan Zhilin cried once, and her eyes were swollen like walnuts. She raised her head and said to Yang Ye, "I hate you!"

"Don't like me anymore?"

"I don't like it anymore!"

Yang Ye opened the storage box in the car, took out a small box, and said, "When I went to attend the Golden Horse Awards yesterday, I took the time to buy you a gift. I don't know if you like it or not."

After saying that, she opened the box. When Guan Zhilin heard that Yang Ye bought her a gift, she couldn't help but turn around and take a look. She saw a dazzling diamond necklace lying in the small box, which almost blinded her.

"Brother, put it on for you!"

As he spoke, regardless of whether she agreed or not, he moved over to lift her hair and hung the necklace on her swan-like neck.

The jeweled beauty complemented each other so well that Yang Ye couldn't help but lift her chin and kissed her seductive red lips.

Guan Zhilin struggled symbolically for a few times and quickly responded. After yesterday's teaching, she is now more proficient.

After kissing for a while, Yang Ye found a few pedestrians approaching in front of him, and then let go of Guan Zhilin.

The pedestrians walked by the side of the road laughing and laughing, and took a curious look at the car. After all, this was a rural area and there were not many cars.

Yang Ye asked: "Do you like it?"

Guan Zhilin's face turned red after being kissed by Yang Ye. She lowered her head and played with the pendant on her necklace to relieve her confusion and infatuation.

At this time, Yang Ye asked. She wanted to be angry and say she didn't like it, but this necklace was so beautiful and expensive at first sight. She couldn't put it down and whispered, "I like it!"

"Didn't you just say you didn't like it?"

Guan Zhilin snorted: "I like the necklace, but I don't like you!"

Guan Zhilin has not had a good life these past few years. Six years ago, Guan Shan had enough experience as an actor and opened a film company. As a result, the management was not good. All the films she made were sold out, and she lost all her money. She also owed a lot of debt. .

In desperation, he went to Jiashi to be an actor, but Jiashi went bankrupt again.

Guan Shan's adopted lover, because he couldn't afford to support her, left her behind.His wife Zhang Bingqian took her son to the United States.

In the original time and space, Guan Shan went to Taiwan to hang out for a few years, while Guan Zhilin stayed alone in Hong Kong, with no money for living expenses. She had to work to support herself even before graduating from middle school.

Fortunately, Yang Ye's appearance changed everything.

Yang Ye cast Guan Zhilin as the heroine in "The Swordsman" and became Guan Shan's lifeline. Everyone knows that the heroine who plays Yang Ye's movie will definitely become famous.

When his daughter becomes a big star, Guan Shan's predicament will be easily solved.

Moreover, Guan Shan sees the relationship between Guan Zhilin and Yang Ye.

Yang Ye is not only a movie star, but also a newly rising young rich man, so he naturally supports it.

Although his daughter was too young and he didn't have the nerve to say it explicitly, in his usual words, he also consciously or unconsciously told his daughter to get along well with Yang Ye.

Guan Zhilin is not stupid, she also knows that Yang Ye is her life-saving straw, and Yang Ye is young, wealthy and handsome, which really makes her fall in love with him.

However, Yang Ye suddenly admitted that Lin Qingxia and Deng Lijun were both her girlfriends. The blow to Guan Zhilin was so severe that she almost collapsed.

Yesterday, I only talked about Lin Qingxia, but Guan Zhilin could still bear it, vowing to compete fairly, and even offered to kiss her.

As a result, another Teresa Teng popped up today.Teresa Teng is beautiful and sweet, and is the dream lover of countless men.

Guan Zhilin couldn't beat just one, but she had to fight two, which made Guan Zhilin sad and discouraged.

She wanted to say to Yang Ye: "Let's break up!"

But then he remembered that Yang Ye had never admitted that she was his girlfriend.

This... was so sad that Guan Zhilin wanted to cry again.

Unexpectedly, Yang Ye suddenly said solemnly: "Jiahui, would you like to be my girlfriend?"

Guan Zhilin was filled with sadness and sudden joy. Just when she was about to agree, she still maintained her sense and said, "But... you already have a girlfriend."

"What does it matter? I still like you!"

"I can be your girlfriend, but I don't want a third party between us."

"You are the third party, okay?"

Guan Zhilin collapsed!
Yang Ye hugged her over and said, "Jiahui, Brother Ye likes you, and you like me too. Can't we just be happy together? Why do we have to think so much?"

"How about that?"

"Deng Lijun can do it, why can't you?"

"Uh..." Guan Zhilin was speechless for a moment. Lijun Deng's reputation was so great that Guan Zhilin couldn't help but wonder: She can do it...why can't I?

Yang Ye asked again: "Do you think Brother Ye is capable?"

"Of course you are capable. You can make movies and run a company. You are both civil and military, and you are a good-looking guy..."

Guan Zhilin counted Yang Ye's advantages. The more she counted, the more she felt Yang Ye was too good and the more reluctant she was to leave him.

Yang Ye said shamelessly: "Look at those capable men in Hong Kong, which one only has one wife? The gambling king has four wives. When has Sir Shao shown up without being accompanied by a lot of beauties?"

Although Guan Zhilin didn't want to admit it, it was the truth. She said, "Then you will also find a lot of beautiful women to accompany you?"

Yang Ye shook his head and said: "How could it be possible? I am not a casual person. Only a beauty like you, Jiahui, can tempt me. But how many people in the world are as beautiful as you? Woolen cloth?"

Yang Ye praised Guan Zhilin to the best of both worlds, which made her very happy, and her resistance was reduced, but she still said aggrievedly: "Can't you just be nice to me?"

"Fool, if I was only nice to one person, I should just ignore you."

Guan Zhilin thought the same thing. It turns out that I am the third...fourth person?Suddenly I collapsed again!
She thought for a while and felt that she was younger and more beautiful than Lin Qingxia and Deng Lijun. She decided to compromise first and wait until she got Brother Ye's favor before driving the two old women away and said: "Then... I promise to be your girlfriend." , please don’t have any new girlfriends in the future, okay?”

Yang Yexin said just agree, and what happens in the future is not up to me. She said cheerfully: "Of course, brother Ye has Jiahui, and other women will not like him."

He took out a credit card and handed it to Guan Zhilin's hand: "Take this card and buy whatever you want. You don't have to ask your father for money in the future."

"Brother Ye, you are so kind!"

Guan Zhilin happily accepted the credit card, took the initiative to kiss Yang Ye's neck, and the two made love. If this was not on the side of the highway and in broad daylight, Yang Ye would have done it to her.

After a while, the two of them let go. Guan Zhilin breathed out and said, "That Zhu Lin can't do it either."

"Who is Zhu Lin?"

"Isn't she the most beautiful woman in the mainland as you said?"

"Hey, I just said it casually, don't take it to heart."

……

The two of them spent their time returning to Xiluo Town in the afternoon, changed into costumes, and went to the bamboo forest to make up a few scenes of meeting the Sun and Moon God Cult, and then the last location scene was left.

The decisive battle between Linghu Chong and Yue Buqun!

Yang Ye's movies pay more attention to details. The movie "The Swordsman" was shot too perfunctory due to various reasons in the original time and space.

For example, in the scene of the Lin family dyeing workshop, in the original movie, a lonely shabby house was built in a barren mountain.

When Yang Ye came to shoot, he moved the scene to the bank of Qingshui Creek, a tributary of Zhuoshui Creek, and built a dyeing workshop in the style of ancient architecture. There was a large waterwheel next to it and a cloth drying ground.

Taking a closer look, the dyeing workshop stood quietly in the sun. The water wheel turned and brought up the clear stream. The colorful cloths were dried on the shelves and fluttered in the wind.

The flow of light and shadow, intersecting with the architecture, makes people seem to hear the call of history.Of course, this dyeing studio only has the appearance, and the inside cannot withstand scrutiny. All indoor scenes have to be shot back at the Daguan Studio.

……

Linghu Chong led Ren Yingying and his juniors out of the dyeing workshop. One of his juniors asked, "Are we going back to Huashan now?"

"Can we go back now?"

"In the future, we may wander around like these Miao people."

The camera showed a close-up, and all the Huashan disciples looked confused.

"Senior Brother, I picked up your scroll in the house. I will give it back to you now."

"Swipe, swipe, swipe!"

One after another sword energy passed by, the junior brothers fell to the ground injured, and the scroll fell into the hands of Yue Buqun who suddenly appeared.

"Hahahahaha, Sunflower Book!"

"No, it's the music score of Swordsman..."

When Yue Buqun opened it and took a look, he suddenly became angry and said: "Go against me? You will die!"

The disciples endured the pain and showed their weapons. Yue Buqun pointed his sword and said shamelessly: "It's shameful for a disciple to beat a master!"

Linghu Chong stood up: "I am no longer a Huashan sect, I will fight with you!"

The assistant director said: "OK, change the scene!"

……

The original version was played in an open space, but here it was replaced by a cloth drying field, with colorful cloths fluttering, and the use of colors is a bit like Zhang Yimou's.

No, Hu Jinquan began to pay attention to color matching as early as when he was filming "Dragon Inn".

In his classic work "Ran", Akira Kurosawa used color matching to the extreme.

Zhang Yimou never escaped from their cage throughout his life, he has been imitating and paying tribute.

……

Yang Ye jumped off the trampoline, fell into the camera with a graceful posture, held the sword in his hand, and asked loudly: "Yue Buqun, I have something to ask you!"

"Stop talking nonsense!"

"Who is Feng Qingyang?"

"Feng Qingyang? He is my uncle of the Huashan Sect. Why do you, a shameless junior, ask me about the Huashan Sect?"

"What is your identity? He is my sworn brother, so I am your uncle?"

The original version mentioned Uncle Qian Taishi, which was a mistake, but Yang Ye corrected it.

"How unreasonable, you actually talk to me about seniority?"

"It doesn't matter what your seniority is. It's wrong for you to betray so many people without conscience. The Huashan sect cannot sacrifice for your own ambition."

"You traitor, I will kill you as a warning to others!"

Guan Shan is indeed an experienced actor. He has done this type of drama over and over again, and then the fight begins.

Action scenes are not what he is good at. Except for the frontal scenes where his face needs to be shown, he always uses a double.

When it comes to the beauty and gracefulness of postures, few martial arts masters can match Yang Ye, so Yang Ye does it himself most of the time, and only uses a stand-in on rare occasions.

Because his life is too precious, if he feels that he has little certainty, he will not try easily.

But...if he can't do it, it will be difficult for others to do it, so...this is basically a false proposition.

And Yang Ye always appears in person, which makes the crew admire him very much. This is called dedication.

……

In the movie "The Swordsman", although the fighters flew into the sky and escaped from the ground during the fight, they did not use those colorful and fancy special effects to show the power of martial arts.

Sword energy is invisible and relies entirely on physical means.

With a strike of the sword, a gap instantly opened in the ground, and wooden frames, fences, and various props on the scene cracked.

Everywhere they went, whether they were humans or horses, they were cut in half.

Tell the audience truly what sword energy is!
During the decisive battle in the dyeing workshop, colorful cloths were flying in the sky. Yue Buqun laughed loudly and said: "Your sword energy is not even [-]% as good as mine. If you have the ability to get within the ten-foot range of my sword energy, that would be great."

Before he finished his arrogance, Linghu Chong used the Dugu Nine Swords.

This section of Dugu Nine Swords is really difficult to shoot on horseback, and unlike the last time I shot Feng Qingyang, it was all night scenes, so you can cheat.

This scene is in broad daylight with bright colors, and it is a decisive battle between two people, and the action choreography is much cooler than the previous scene.

All kinds of tumbling in the air exhausted Yang Ye almost to death. It took just 5 minutes and five days to complete the filming.

Yang Ye dropped straight down from the air with Wia hanging, Guan Shan was horrified: "What kind of sword technique is this?"

"Nine Swords of Dugu!"

During the battle, Linghu Chong cut Yue Buqun's wrist with a sword. Blood flowed out and the sword fell to the ground.

The shot of the long sword falling to the ground is a close-up.

"Ding!" With a sound, a long sword reflected the sunlight and fell from the sky. The brilliance was dazzling and the visual effect was extremely good.

"father!"

Linghu Chong brought down his sword, and Yue Lingshan rushed up and stood in front of Yue Buqun.

Linghu Chong sheathed his sword, walked around Yue Lingshan, kicked Yue Buqun away, and charged forward again!
"father!"

Yue Lingshan stood in front of her father again: "Let him live, you have cut off his meridians."

"Huashan Mountain is not his alone. He has sacrificed so many innocent people for the sake of power. He is the real traitor!"

"The Swordsman" is a political novel disguised as martial arts, full of various metaphors.

For example, the Huashan Sect is divided into "Sword Sect" and "Qi Sect", which actually alludes to the struggle between the left and the right!
Although Xu's version of "The Swordsman" has greatly changed the plot of the original work, it is full of political satire and can be said to have grasped the core of the original work.

……

Yue Lingshan stayed with her father and watched Linghu Chong riding away on the hillside with a sad expression.

Suddenly, the camera turned and Linghu Chong galloped over and stretched out his hand to Yue Lingshan.

Holding their hands together, Yue Lingshan mounted the horse, and the two of them galloped away.

Yue Buqun took out the music score of "Swordsman" in his arms, tore it into pieces and scattered them into the sky.

This is the only one among the dozen or so versions of Swordsman that Linghu Chong and Yue Lingshan are together.

Later, the second film "The Invincible East" was filmed, and they were still together.

In the last shot, there are green grass in the distant mountains and colorful clouds in the sky. Four people ride two horses and drive into the distance. The scene is frozen, and the atmosphere of the rivers and lakes is vividly interpreted.

This is called...Swordsman! (End of chapter)