Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Yang Ye elaborated on the benefits of establishing a martial arts union to Yuan Xiaotian. Of course, making profits for himself was definitely not mentioned.

After hearing this, Yuan Xiaotian was greatly impressed and said: "It's rare that you, Yang Shaofei, still remember these hardships after your rise to prominence. In this case, I will do whatever you want with me."

Yang Ye shook his head and said sternly: "My purpose of launching the martial arts union is, to put it bluntly, to maintain the long-term and healthy operation of my film career. When you become the president, you will be responsible for the interests of the Dragon and Tiger martial arts masters. Responsibility, rather than being used by me. If I do anything that harms the interests of martial artists, you should oppose me!"

When Yuan Xiaoping heard this, he knocked on the table and praised: "Well said, then I will do my part as president!"

Nowadays, the dragon and tiger martial arts masters in Hong Kong are basically from the four drama academies of China, Zhonghua, Chunqiu and Oriental.

Of course, there are also some wild ways like Liang Xiaolong.

There are famous people here, and Yang Ye has basically invited them out to meet and drink tea during this period.

Needless to say, the Seven Little Blessings of the China Academy of Drama.Chinese Chen Huiyi, Liu Zhihao, Curry.Lin Zhengying, Dong Wei and Yang Panpan in Spring and Autumn Period.Xu Zhongxin, Cheng Xiaodong, etc. from Dongfang.

There are also some wild martial arts masters, such as Liang Xiaolong, Xu Xia, etc.

Including Chen Yiyan, who specializes in speeding stunts, and Li Jiading, who specializes in equestrian skills, Yang Ye also met them one by one and exchanged opinions.

These people basically strongly supported Yang Ye's proposal.

Anyone who is not a fool will understand the benefits of a union. The problem is that everyone is scattered among the major film companies and TV stations, and is controlled by those companies. It is actually difficult to unite.

Now, a film company boss like Yang Ye actually jumped out and took the lead in establishing a martial arts union.

So what else can you say?Of course I support it!

By the time Yang Ye went to see Yuan Xiaotian, most of the martial arts leaders he met said that as long as Yang Ye took the lead, they would definitely support it, except for the Shaw family.

In terms of scale alone, Shaw Brothers is still the largest film company in Hong Kong. Its annual production volume is almost the sum of other companies combined. They also have a television station.

Shaw Brothers has a large number of action actors, and the great director Chang Cheh alone has dozens of apprentices.

There are also Liu Jiaban and Tang Jiaban who also depend on Shaw Brothers for their survival.

Yang Ye had met both Zhang Che and Liu Jialiang. Zhang Che had always been Run Run Shaw's right-hand man, so Zhang Jiabaan refused directly.

Liu Jiaban's attitude was ambiguous.

The martial arts team in Hong Kong are basically all from the Northern School, which uses southern boxing and northern kicking. The Northern School has bigger movements and better visual effects, so it is more popular.

But Liu Jiaban is the only southern faction.

The father of the Liu brothers is Liu Zhan, Liu Zhan’s master is Lin Shirong, and Lin Shirong’s master is the famous Huang Feihong!

Therefore, the Kung Fu of the Liu brothers is authentic Hong Quan.

Liu Jialiang took a sip of tea and said: "Young Master Yang, I support your idea, but we are a group of old brothers who are all working in Shaw Brothers. The establishment of this martial arts union is to make it clear that we will fight against our boss. This... …”

Yang Ye said: "The only ones in Shaw Brothers that can run their own dramas are the Zhang Family Class, the Tang Family Class, and your Liu Family Class. Now the Tang Family Class has agreed to join. Even if you agree, what can Shaw Brothers do? If Shaw Brothers dare to make things difficult You, we can initiate a boycott of all martial arts masters. Without martial arts masters, how can Shaw Brothers put on a show?"

Liu Jialiang said in disbelief: "Tang Jiabaan also agreed to join?"

Yang Ye said: "Everyone elected Senior Yuan Xiaotian as the first president of the union. Tang Jia is the senior disciple of Senior Yuan Xiaotian. How could he go against the master's words? Besides, you also know very well that this is very important to our martial arts masters. A great thing.”

Liu Jialiang was even more surprised: "Aren't you the president?"

Yang Ye said: "Why should I be the president? You don't think that I do this because I want to control all the Longhu martial arts masters, right? I can promise that I will never hold any position in the martial arts union."

Liu Jialiang did have this doubt. Hearing what Yang Ye said, he felt a little more relaxed and said, "I'll think about it again."

Yang Ye gave him an invitation letter and said: "Tomorrow, "The Swordsman" premieres in Hong Kong. Remember to come and watch it!"

Liu Jialiang quickly accepted the invitation and said, "I will definitely come!"

……

After discussion, the premiere of "The Swordsman" was held at the Jiahe Theater.

After running away from others for two years, Yang Ye was too lazy to fight for this gain and loss.

A few days ago, Golden Harvest held a press conference and announced that it would spend US$6000 million to cooperate with Hollywood to shoot six Hollywood blockbusters.

The first work is "The Killer" starring Chen Long.

Later, Baiyang Cinema announced that it would co-screen "Swordsman" with Jiahe Cinema.

All this seems to mean that Jiahe and Baiyang have made peace.

Regarding the fact that Chen Long took over the filming of Golden Harvest and went to Hollywood to star in "The Killer Trench", some people at Baiyang Pictures were actually very critical.

They felt that a pillar like Chen Long should be tightly held in their hands and not allowed to go out to take roles.

What if he tastes the benefits outside and comes back to terminate the contract?
Yang Ye refuted this statement and thought it was Shaw Brothers' old-fashioned way of thinking.

Everyone does things just to make money. Anyone who prevents others from making money must have something wrong with their brains.

Besides, Chen Long's contract was signed with Baiyang Agency. What does the agency do?

If you don't accept external work, why sign artists?What kind of brokerage company?
Of course, this is just a high-sounding statement on the surface.As a time traveler, Yang Ye clearly knew that Chen Long's attempt in Hollywood was a failure.

So it's not taken seriously at all.

……

As soon as Yang Ye appeared on the red carpet with Chen Yulian on his arm, there was a burst of screams.

Yang Ye waved to the fans and said, "Calm down, just wave like me."

Chen Yulian had already experienced this kind of battle once when she was in Cannes. She was not very nervous and completed her work calmly.

Behind them, Cheung Suet-you also walked onto the red carpet with Guan Zhilin on her arm. Guan Zhilin was wearing a pink dress, which was stunning. Although Cheung Suet-you had dressed up carefully, she looked like a hanging silk next to Guan Zhilin.

Entering the theater, Zou Wenhuai greeted Yang Ye with a smile: "Aye, you have won glory at Cannes this time and you have won glory for us Hong Kong filmmakers!"

Yang Ye said casually: "It's just a FIPRESCI Award, not worth mentioning. But you, Zou Sheng, invested 6000 million US dollars in Hollywood, which is definitely a big deal. The younger generation admires it!"

Zou Wenhuai smiled and said: "Then I also want to thank you for lending me Aaron the courage!"

Yang Ye said sternly: "I run a brokerage company, and what I do is artist management. As long as the clients are willing to pay, there is no reason to push the business outside."

"Oh? I heard that Aye, your own agency contract is also signed with Baiyang Agency. In other words, it is okay for us to pay you to film a movie?"

"As long as the script is suitable and the remuneration is reasonable, of course it will be fine!"

"Okay, then I wish we have the opportunity to cooperate next time."

The group sat down, and Guan Zhilin whispered in Yang Ye's ear: "Brother Ye, why do you want me to walk the red carpet with Ayou?"

"Isn't Ayou good?"

"Ayou is very nice. I have a good relationship with him, but am I not the heroine? I should go with you."

Yang Ye said: "Other people haven't seen the movie and don't know that you are the real heroine. After all, I play Linghu Chong and should go with Ren Yingying. And you play Yue Lingshan and should go with Lin Pingzhi. This is Common sense comes with it.”

Guan Zhilin had nothing to say, so she could only say: "Okay!"

……

For this premiere, Zou Wenhuai invited a large number of celebrities from three generations, old, middle and young, in order to save face. Suddenly, the screening hall was filled with stars, which was so dazzling.

And he also invited a lot of media from all walks of life.Yang Ye specially invited some famous dragon and tiger martial arts masters to participate.

While the celebrities were communicating with each other, photographers began to take pictures.

A thin young man led a tomboy with short hair and walked quickly into the screening room.

The two of them looked around for a while and quickly walked towards their seats. As soon as they sat down, the people around them said: "Lao Xu, why are you two here?"

This thin young man is naturally the future great director Xu Ke, and the tomboy beside him is his wife Shi Nansheng.

Xu Ke smiled and said: "There is a traffic jam on the road. There are many people today."

The person who spoke to him was Zhang Guoming, the director of "Point to the Soldiers". Zhang Guoming said: "Boss Zou and Boss Yang have made peace, and the two major theaters are doing joint screenings, so everyone will naturally give face!"

The people in their row were all New Wave directors. Tan Jiaming, who was sitting next to Zhang Guoming, said: "How much do you think the box office of "The Swordsman" will be?"

Zhang Guoming said: "Have you seen the report in "Movie Weekly"? It said that "The Swordsman" is an upgraded version of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". I guess the box office will not be lower than "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", right? !”

Shi Nansheng sighed: "Before Yang made this movie, he said that the domestic box office was ten times that of Shaw Brothers Jin Yong's movies. Although I haven't watched the movie yet, from the interview in "Film Fortnightly", and today's huge lineup Judging from the premiere of the movie, he shouldn’t be bragging.”

These words made everyone envious. What is the happiest thing in life? That is to pretend to be cool, brag, and make big promises, but in the end it all comes true and becomes a reality!
A new wave director Yan Hao asked: "Lao Xu, I heard that you have also made a martial arts film. When will it be released?"

Xu Ke said in a muffled voice: "It was originally scheduled for July 7th, but to avoid the spotlight of "Swordsman", it was moved to August."

The martial arts film Yan Hao is talking about is Xu Ke's directorial debut "Butterfly Change".

While a few people were chatting, the premiere officially began.

Zou Wen unexpectedly invited the gold medal emcee He Shouxin to come on stage to host. Yang Ye was not interested in this man, and he preferred the female host.

"We invite all the main creators of "Swordsman" to appear! Yang Ye, Guan Shan, Han Yingjie, Guan Zhilin, Zhang Xueyou, Chen Yulian, Hui Yinghong..."

Following He Shouxin's roll call, Yang Ye took the entire crew on stage to say hello to the audience, and a burst of warm applause erupted from the audience!

The premiere is all about those tricks, hosting interviews, actors interacting, singing a theme song, and starting the movie.

However, today's theme song singing session was rejected by Yang Ye.

Yang Ye explained: "This theme song runs through the entire movie. If I sing it now, it will be a bit spoiler and will affect everyone's viewing experience. If you want to listen to it, I will sing it again for you after the movie is over. , okay?"

The audience thought to themselves that Yang Ye was very thoughtful and what he said did make sense, and they all cheered!
Then, the theater lights dimmed and the movie officially started.

After watching it for less than 10 minutes, Xu Ke felt cold all over. Yang Ye has already made martial arts movies like this. Is it necessary for his "Butterfly Transformation" to be released? (End of chapter)