Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 184 Magically modified Terminator

When Yang Ye was about to look for Yang Ziqiong, he found that he had fallen into a misunderstanding.

He has been choosing roles based on his own stereotypes. For example, for the role of T800, he felt that the actor must look tall and powerful.

Because the image of the governor is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

But... in the initial setting, the T800 is not like this.

He is a character who can hide among ordinary people and not attract attention.
Because this image is more in line with the killer's positioning.

But Cameron later chose Schwarzenegger. In view of his image as a fitness gentleman, Cameron modified the role to be more of a robot than a killer.

Would this movie have been successful if he had followed his original role?
Maybe even if it doesn't work, it will succeed.

Because in "Terminator 1", T800 actually didn't have many scenes. Apart from chasing and killing the male and female protagonists, he didn't say a few words.

The most impressive thing about this movie is actually only two scenes.

The first is the steel machine that came out of the flames after the explosion.

The second is the finale, when Sarah used a hydraulic press to crush the T800 into a pile of scrap metal, while the T800 still desperately stretched its robotic hand forward.

As for the part played by Schwarzenegger, the most impressive thing may be that he shows off his big bird when he appears.

That thing sways as it walks, it can indeed be called a big bird.

The T800's image has been enriched thanks to the second film. In "Terminator 2", the T800 shines brilliantly and becomes a classic.

In Yang Ye's envisioned version, the role in "Terminator 2" was actually reserved for himself.

After all, how could I play such a classic role for others?

Yang Ye's initial idea was this: He would play the villain T800 in the first film, and then find another actor to play Li Kai (Kyle), so that in "Terminator 2", he could act crazy.

In the end, Yang Ye rejected this idea for three reasons.

First, playing such a cold and ruthless villain who only cares about killing would have a huge impact on Yang Ye's image, and the audience did not know that the T800 would shine brilliantly in "Terminator 2".

And he also carried sedan chairs for other actors.The last time he filmed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he played the role of a little tiger. He did nothing the whole time and just went to bed with Lin Qingxia.

At that time, many people accused him of being an LSP who gave up his image in order to take advantage of female celebrities.

If "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" hadn't catered so well to the American palate and eventually swept the Oscars, the movie might have collapsed.

Second, "Terminator 1" also has a passionate scene between Kyle and Sarah.

Well, you Yang Ye not only gave up the male lead this time, but also gave up the sex scene. What are you trying to do?
Your movie fans buy tickets for you. What do you want them to watch in the cinema?
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" can still watch you fuck Lin Qingxia, but this "Terminator" only depends on you chasing people like a fool?
Ranking is actually very important, even if the actor doesn't care about it.

If a big-name actor plays a small role in a movie, it must be marked with the words "friendly guest appearance."

It means that the protagonist in this movie cannot overpower me. I came here to do a favor because I have a good relationship with the director or someone else, and I came to do a favor, that's all.

Otherwise, your fans will be very angry and criticize you for not caring about feathers.

Because idols are the capital for fans to act cool. If an idol makes fans unable to act cool and makes fans lose face, then the idol deserves death and may even cause backlash.

Third, Yang Ye felt that he was not suitable because of the stereotype of the Schwarzenegger version of the T800.

In the end, Yang Ye chose the tall and powerful Dasha Cheng Kui'an, who is similar to the governor, to star in T800.

And he himself plays the male protagonist Li Kai (Kyle), who not only has to fight robots, but also has sex with the heroine.

In this way, Yang Ye's image has been maintained, and fans will have nothing to say.

But here comes the fatal question, what about "Terminator 2"?
If "Terminator 2" also casts Cheng Kui'an as the T800, what role would Yang Ye play?
Playing T1000?

it's out of the question!

At that time, Yang Ye had traveled through time for more than ten years. According to his development plan, he had already become a world superstar. Can Dasha beat his own fan?
He agrees, but fans disagree!

So the plot still needs to be changed.

When Cameron was filming "Terminator 2", Schwarzenegger had already become a superstar, so he had to be the male lead.

So Cameron made a very clever transformation: the rebels captured a T800, modified its program, and asked him to travel through time and space to protect Sarah and her son.

Therefore, there was a scene in "Terminator 2" where Sarah was so frightened that she peed when the T800 appeared in front of her.

Yang Ye thought, since Cameron can change the setting and replace the villain with a decent one, why can't I change it?

After some thinking, Yang Ye decided to change the plot of "Terminator 2" to this:

Skynet used Yang Han (John)'s feelings for his father to create a Terminator wearing the skin of Li Kai (Kyle) to assassinate Yang Han (John). It was eventually captured. After modifying the program, it was sent to protect Yang Lisa (Kyle). Sarah) mother and son.

In this way, the plot of "Terminator 2" becomes Yang Han (John) and his family of three fighting against the T1000, which should be quite interesting.

we are family!

Yang Ye is not a blind person, because such a plot exists in the Terminator series.

In "Terminator 3", Skynet took advantage of John Connor's feelings for the T800 and sent a T800 with the same appearance as the T850 to kill John Connor.

Then, John Connor's wife, Kate, the second-in-command of the resistance, modified the program of T850 and sent him back in time to protect John Connor and his wife.

Therefore, the modifications made by Yang Ye are completely reasonable.

……

In the end, in Yang Ye's version of the "Terminator" universe, Yang Ye himself is the most important existence, which is also in line with Yang Ye's world superstar status.

The T800 played by Cheng Kui'an only appeared in the first film for 10 minutes and then was offline.

In this way, as the absolute core of the Terminator series, Yang Ye has to choose a wife for himself.

If Cameron's original version is copied directly, Yang Ziqiong is indeed the most suitable for the role of Sarah Connor.

But if Yang Ye's magic version is followed, she is not very suitable.

Yang Ziqiong is very capable of fighting. If you don't let her fight, it will be a waste of talent. But if you let her pretend, what is Yang Ye pretending to do?
In addition, Yang Ziqiong is also a little younger.

Even if "Terminator 2" is filmed eight years later, she will still be 25 years old, and she will not look like a teenage mother.

Unless Yang Ye postpones the filming of "Terminator 2", or simply changes Yang Han's age and changes him to a seven or eight-year-old kid.

But that would be too troublesome, and even the character would have to be completely changed.

Cameron's version of John Connor's character is very good, and the little actor is also very handsome.

Yang Ye didn't plan to go under the knife, he just needed to find a replacement, which would save trouble.

Yang Ye had already thought about the replacement candidate, who was 13-year-old Wu Jing at the time. …

In Yang Ye's vision, he wants to use all the Kung Fu stars among Chinese actors, and he wants to catch all the action classics in world movies.

Moreover, they will be arranged in tiers as planned to ensure that in the next 30 years, Chinese action stars will not cease to exist, and Chinese action blockbusters will be far ahead of the world.

He alone is a cow, not a cow, and a single tree cannot make a forest.

These kung fu superstars are all cultivated by Yang Ye and fed with classic action movies from all over the world in the next few decades, so that everyone has at least one classic series in their hands, so as to create a dazzling kung fu empire. Only then can he become a true - The King of Kung Fu!
However, it is not enough to have superstars and classic movies, there also needs to be a huge market.

Why Hollywood can dominate the world in the film field is because it has the world's largest single market and can afford the film industry.

The same cannot be said for Hong Kong and later South Korea. Although they rose for a while, they did not have a stable and large-scale base camp.

The local market is too small and we can only rely on overseas markets.

The overseas market is the most unstable. With a change in policy, the market may disappear in an instant.

Hong Kong films exploded in 1994 and lost the Taiwanese market.

Korean movies declined in 2015 and lost the mainland market.

Why did it take eight years for Korean films to die after losing the mainland market?

Because South Korea's local market is much larger than Hong Kong's local market, and the mainland market has not been fully open to South Korea.

Therefore, Korean films have been slightly less affected and can survive for a few years. It will not be until US capital comes in to harvest them that they will be completely eliminated.

Before 1994, Taiwan was the biggest dumping ground for Hong Kong films. The vast majority of Hong Kong films could only rely on the Taiwan market to make their money back. Once lost, they would die instantly.

Oh, actually there is more than one Taiwan.

For each other, Thailand has also begun to limit the number of Hong Kong movies released, and Vietnam has also completely lost due to political reasons.

The co-productions with mainland China, which were in full swing, were restricted from the end of 1993. The craze for co-productions temporarily subsided, and they only restarted after the signing of the services trade agreement in 2004.

In 1993, Hollywood's computer special effects finally came to fruition, and a dinosaur wreaked havoc around the world.

Over there, Hollywood is making rapid progress, but over here, Hong Kong movies have lost most of their market due to various factors. What are you trying to do with them?
The so-called "Oriental Hollywood" can only be like a dream, shattered in an instant.

……

If Yang Ye wants his idea to grow into a giant tree in the sky, he must find soil that can take deep roots.

There is no doubt that it is the mainland, which has a market of one billion people.

How can one break into this market?After much deliberation, Yang Ye had only one solution, use a plug-in instead!

This market is still very poor and has insufficient spending power. What should we do?
Use plug-ins and overtake in corners to help him grow up quickly.

Ever since Yang Ye traveled to this time and space, he has been thinking about the use of his powerful plug-in.

Yang Ye is not very interested in using plug-ins to speculate in stocks, invest, buy land, etc.

Yang Ye would do this kind of thing casually twice at most, and didn't take it to heart at all.

Money is just a number to Yang Ye.

You have traveled through time on horseback, and you still have such an awesome plug-in, and you are still thinking about making money. How hopeless are you?
As for buying lottery tickets, buying horses, buying football, gambling, etc., it is even more nonsense.

After you have more money than you can spend, it becomes just a number.

Such an awesome plug-in should be used to... develop technology!

But Yang Ye is developing shitty technology in Hong Kong.

Whether a technological invention can be used or not, the biggest factor is actually...the market.

For example, when Japan develops hydrogen energy vehicles, it has a first-mover advantage and has applied for a lot of technologies.

As a result, China and the United States chose another path, and I built a tram.

Damn that hydrogen car of yours!

When Yang Ye came to this world, he knew that his plug-in would stay in his own hands, and that was it.

If you want to exert the greatest impact, there is only one way, and that is... to hand it over to the state.

If you hand it over to the state, what should you do?
Do you want to receive 500 yuan and a banner?

Yang Ye's choice is: the country eats meat, and I eat soup.

So he entered the entertainment industry.

Trading plug-ins for the market is enough to make his mouth water.

……

Yang Ye made a big bet.

When he was in Tokyo, he first met with Ambassador Chen and revealed that he had information from the Monkey Country, which later came true.

At the beginning, Yang Ye asked Ambassador Chen to witness his single-handed challenge to the Shaolin Temple in Japan, and his entry into the single-handed challenge to the entire Japanese martial arts world, which was to pave the way for his subsequent actions.

Later, he embarked on a world tour, with the ultimate goal of going to Saigon to collect intelligence.

All he did was wait for the war in 1979.

In the end, Yang Ye got his wish.

Yang Ye provided information to help the country's science and technology take off, and the benefit the country gave Yang Ye was... to open the market to him.

Due to the special nature of Yang Ye's plug-in, he had to travel around the world and meet people everywhere to be effective, so he quickly returned to Hong Kong.

From then on, there was an extra bodyguard by his side.

　Some readers may not be able to accept the setting of this chapter.

　　But that’s how the book was conceived from the beginning.

　　In the early days, many people wondered why the plug-in function was so popular, but it was used for entertainment.

　　Now this chapter explains everything clearly.

　　As for the subsequent development of technology, it only exists as the background of the story and will not be dwelled on too much.

　　The protagonist will only focus on his entertainment career.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)