Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 190 Adult Fairy Tale

The audience in Hong Kong is much more familiar with "The Swordsman" than the audience in Cannes, and it is easier for them to get the excitement of the movie, so the whole movie watching process can be summed up in one word: It's exciting!
Especially every time the Dugu Nine Swords appear, there are endless voices of admiration such as "Monkey Sai Lei!" and "Monkey Shit!"

At the end of the movie, when the scene was frozen amidst the sky full of colorful clouds, the auditorium burst into endless applause.

This movie really makes the audience happy!
Because it was a premiere and the main creator had to take the stage for the curtain call, everyone sat calmly and did not leave.

When the subtitles finished, the screen suddenly went dark and the Easter egg appeared.

The audience suddenly exclaimed: “There’s more, there’s more!”

"It turns out to be a preview of the next episode!"

"Damn it, Dongfang Bubai is such a dick!"

"Who acted?"

"I do not know!"

The lights in the theater came on, and Yang Ye led the creatives onto the stage and bowed to everyone.

This was followed by a question and answer session, in which ten questions were answered according to convention.

The audience reacted very enthusiastically and raised their hands to ask questions. Yang Ye was very good at taking care of the fans' emotions, so he did not order a beautiful woman, but an average-looking woman.

Na Pu Nu was so excited that she stood up and shouted: "Young Master Yang, I like you so much!"

Yang Ye smiled and said: "I also like you, but please ask questions!"

"Wow!" That Pu girl, as well as many female fans present, screamed, asking questions and so on, their minds were already confused, and they asked nonsense.

Yang Ye had no choice but to order another handsome boy. As soon as the handsome boy stood up, he shouted: "Young Master Yang, I really like you too!"

"Hahahahaha!"

There was a burst of laughter on and off the stage.

Yang Ye covered his face, is there no fucking normal person?
Seeing that it was about to go on, the host quickly came to the rescue: "It seems that these two movie fans are not ready yet. Why don't we ask Mr. Jin Yong to comment on this movie? What do you think?"

"Good!"

The crowd applauded.

Jin Yong is not good at words. He took the microphone and thought for a moment before saying: "Actually, my novels are not arrogant at all. They are a state of longing for something but not getting it. But this movie is completely the opposite. , bringing the four words 'Swordsman and Proud Man' to full play. I would like to ask the director, what is your starting point for doing this?"

The atmosphere at the scene became a little tense. Jin Yong, as the author of the original work, came up and asked: Is this because he is dissatisfied with the movie and is he going to call for punishment?

Yang Ye said: "I think martial arts novels are fairy tales for adults. Since it is a fairy tale, it should have a happy ending. So when I adapted this work, although I also retained some of the political metaphors of the original work, I paid more attention to it. The key lies in how to make the audience happy!"

"Adult fairy tale?" Jin Yong chewed on this sentence repeatedly and praised: "A very exquisite discussion!"

In August 1979, the great mathematician Hua Luogeng was lecturing at the University of Birmingham in the UK. He happened to meet the martial arts master Liang Yusheng, and the two had a very happy conversation.

Hua Luogeng is a fan of martial arts and has read all Jin Guliang's novels. At that time, he was reading "The Yunhai Jade Bow" by Liang Yusheng.

Liang Yusheng asked Hua Luogeng what he thought of martial arts novels.

Hua Luogeng believes that martial arts novels are fairy tales for adults.

Hua Luogeng's exquisite discussion of martial arts novels was not revealed until 1988 in a memory article by Liang Yusheng, and was recognized by the majority of martial arts readers.

Now, this sentence is equivalent to being plagiarized by Yang Ye in advance.

The statement "Martial arts novels are adult fairy tales" made the guests and the audience marvel at it and applauded enthusiastically.

After the applause subsided, Jin Yong continued: "I think little friend Yang Ye perfectly integrates Linghu Chong's heroic Jianghu spirit and the bohemian spirit of the marketplace. This is the most successful Jin Yong movie so far. I am very satisfied!"

"Oh bang bang bang..."

The original author gave a thumbs up, and Yang Ye's fans were honored and gave another round of warm applause.

The host asked Huang Zhan to comment again, and Huang Zhan said: "I like the theme song of this movie very much. "Le Zhi" says that 'great happiness must be easy', but your song is composed of Gong Shangjiao Zheng Yu. , impassioned, singing about the vicissitudes of the world, which well proves this statement. What is the name of this song?"

Yang Ye smiled and said: "It's called "A Laugh from the Sea"."

"Great name, I doubt you did the movie for the song."

"Yes, this song is a bottle of good Shacha sauce, so I went to Mr. Jin Yong to buy beef."

"Hahahaha!"

The crowd laughed again.

Southerners eat less dumplings, so Yang Ye uses Shacha sauce to make beef, instead of Jiang Wen's famous saying: "It's just for this vinegar that I make the dumplings."

The comments from several celebrities served as a good example, making it easier for fans to ask questions later.

According to the rules, Yang Ye only answered half of the questions and gave the remaining opportunities to others.

Zhang Xueyou, Chen Yulian, Guan Zhilin, and Hui Yinghong all got the opportunity to show their faces.

To sum up, in addition to praising "The Swordsman", the question everyone is most interested in is: Who is the Invincible Dongfang?
Naturally, Yang Ye wanted to keep it secret and refused to say anything, but just told everyone: "There is a surprise in the sequel!"

At the end of the premiere, of course, Yang Ye sang the theme song "A Laugh in the Sea".

The sea laughs, and the tide surges across the strait.Ups and downs follow the waves, only remembering the present.

The sky smiles, and the world is full of tides.God knows who will lose and who will win.

The country is smiling, the misty rain is far away.The waves wash away all the beauties in this mortal world
The breeze laughs, causing loneliness.There is still a night photo left of the pride.

The common people laugh and are no longer lonely.The pride is still smiling foolishly.

la la la la la...

"Come on, everyone sing with me! La la la la la, la la la la la..."

This "la la la" is so amazing that there is no need to learn it at all. The whole audience just waved their hands and started "la la la la la..." along with Yang Ye.

The premiere of "The Swordsman" ended successfully in this cheerful atmosphere.

……

The next day, newspapers across the city reported on the grand premiere of "The Swordsman."

The saying "Martial arts novels are adult fairy tales" has also become widely circulated.

After waiting for so long, Yang Ye's movie fans were already thirsty. As soon as the theater started releasing tickets, they rushed in one after another.

Suddenly, there were long queues in Jiahe and Baiyang theaters, as if they were celebrating the New Year.

When the box office came out on the first day, the industry was dumbfounded, it was 312 million!
In just one day, nearly 40 people went to watch the movie.

Of course, this is mainly due to the power of dual screenings, which fully unleashes the needs of the audience.

If it was only released in Baiyang theaters, it would not be able to achieve this power.

Zou Wenhuai looked at the box office results and was both happy and worried. He was happy because he was making a lot of money, but he was worried that he couldn't win the battle because his opponent was too strong.

He Guanchang sighed: "If we had not tripped up Yang Ye..."

Zou Wenhuai waved his hand and said: "We are destined to be unable to control people like Aye. Even if there was no original discord, he would still leave."

He Guanchang thought for a moment, nodded and said, "That's true."

Zou Wenhuai looked at the problem more thoroughly than him and acted more decisively than him.Therefore, he has always been Jiahe's second-in-command. The two have worked together for many years. Zou Wenhuai has always been making decisions, while He Guanchang is responsible for execution.

While the two were discussing, a lady in her 40s walked into the office and said, "Brother Wen, I just got the news that another movie starring Yang Ye will be released in August." This woman's name is Liu Lianghua, and she is Jiahe. shareholders, mainly responsible for administrative work.

Liu Lianghua was a female star of Shaw Brothers when she was young. She was very beautiful and later married the great director Luo Wei.

After Luo Wei took Liu Lianghua to join Jiahe, Zou Wenhuai fell in love with Liu Lianghua, and the two fell in love.

Liu Lianghua kicked Luo Wei and became Zou Wenhuai's mistress.

In the original time and space, this woman also helped Zou Wenhuai snatch Chen Long from Luo Wei.

Although Luo Wei himself has problems as a person, his wife and general were robbed, and no one would say a word of misfortune to him.

Zou Wenhuai said strangely: "When did Yang Ye star in a movie? Why didn't I know about it?"

Liu Lianghua said: "It's a Japanese movie called "The Girl Who Killed", starring Yang Ye and Yamaguchi Momoe. Hong Jingbao also participated."

He Guanchang said: "I remember that Yang Ye disappeared for two months at the beginning of the year. It turned out that he went to Japan to shoot a movie."

Zou Wenhuai frowned and said: "That's a big cast! Judging from the title of the film, it seems that Yamaguchi Momoe is the first protagonist."

He Guanchang smiled and said: "That should be A Ye's work on picking up girls."

Zou Wenhuai said thoughtfully: "It seems that what Aye said is true."

Liu Lianghua said: "What?"

Zou Wenhuai said: "Last time at the premiere of "The Swordsman", Ah Ye once said that as long as the remuneration is reasonable and the script is suitable, he can be hired to make a movie. I thought he was just talking casually, but now I see Come on, it can be done.”

Liu Lianghua was surprised: "How much will the salary be?"

Zou Wenhuai sighed: "Money is a trivial matter. As long as you hire him, you can make it back. But he himself is a great director and screenwriter, so he may not like ordinary scripts."

He Guanchang said: "In fact, this time we cooperated with Warner, there was an intention to invite Aye, but we thought it was impossible, so we gave up."

Zou Wenhuai said: "This matter needs to be discussed in the long term, but this matter also provides us with a new idea.

In the past, we used the Shaw Brothers method and strictly controlled our own artists. Except for some satellite companies, they were absolutely not allowed to accept other people's films.

But Aye has opened an artist management company, and his artists are completely open to the outside world. As long as you pay enough, even he himself can come out to take roles.

So I think, in fact, we don’t need to fight against Aye, cooperation is more cost-effective.

Baiyang Company has male stars with great box office appeal such as A Ye, A Long, A Biao and Sanmao, as well as a lot of popular female stars such as Lin Qingxia and Zhao Yazhi.

If you can't find a suitable role for a movie in the future, it would be a good idea to go directly to Baiyang Agency to hire someone. "

Hong Kong is a port city, and the most profitable business is cargo transshipment, so it is easy to think that buying is worse than making.

Many people want to make quick money quickly without any long-term planning.

This is why once Hong Kong actors become famous, they will shoot more than a dozen movies a year and work in various movies.

Even a powerful man like Zou Wenhuai would inevitably have such thoughts.

……

This day is over.

During the summer vacation, there was no one in the cinema.

On one side, the Baiyang and Golden Harvest theaters were full, while on the other side, the Shaw Theater was deserted.

Run Run Shao couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

He is getting old and is really not willing to let the film career he has loved all his life end with this ending.

But what can he do?

Yang Ye's martial arts films have evolved to such an extent, but people like Chu Yuan and Zhang Che still only make those cliched indoor martial arts films with fake mountains and water.

The Shaw Brothers movie released at the same time as "The Swordsman" is "Peacock Dynasty" starring David Jiang and Yu An'an. This movie is adapted from Gu Long's novel "A History of the Martial Arts".

As a result, the film failed to make even 100 million at the box office, and it was hastily completed within a week of its release.

It's a romance movie that focuses on differentiated competition, but it's still the same.

Run Run Shaw frowned and said to Fang Yihua: "Ahua, do you think we can make a movie like "The Swordsman"?"

Fang Yihua thought for a while and said: "People like Zhang Che and Chu Yuan have been making martial arts films for more than ten years. Their thinking has long been formed into habits and it is difficult to change. Unless we train new people, but that doesn't happen overnight."

These two people have different ideas from Zou Wenhuai. The secret for Shaw Brothers and TVB to make money is to squeeze artists to death, so they hired people from Poplar Company to make movies...

nonexistent!

……

Chajia!

Jin Yong invited Yang Ye to dinner.

"The Swordsman" exploded at the box office as soon as it was released in Hong Kong. It was also released simultaneously in Japan and the box office was good.

At the same time, the Japanese version of Jin Yong's novel "The Swordsman" was also released together with the movie.

Before this, Jin Yong's influence was only in the Chinese world. This time the novel was published in Japan, which was undoubtedly due to Yang Ye's credit, so he naturally wanted to treat Yang Ye to dinner.

"Let me toast to my Linghu Chong!" Jin Yong said happily raising his glass.

Yang Ye quickly raised his glass and said, "I should respect you!"

He and Jin Yong touched each other for a while and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

Seeing that Yang Ye was so happy, Jin Yong drank half of his glass of wine.

Yang Ye was about to fill him up when Jin Yong's wife Lin Leyi, who had been taking care of his daily life, quickly stopped him and said, "Cha Sheng is old and can't drink too much."

When Yang Ye heard about it, he put down the wine bottle and said with a smile, "That's the end of it."

There is a theory that Jin Yong cheated on Lin Leyi and wanted to divorce his wife Zhu Mei. His eldest son Cha Chuanxia begged his father not to divorce, but Jin Yong ignored him, so Cha Chuanxia committed suicide.

This is a rumor!Cha Chuanxia had been staying in the United States and committed suicide in the United States. If he begged his parents not to divorce, he would at least have to return to Hong Kong to ask for it, right?
In fact, Cha Chuanxia broke up with his girlfriend, couldn't think about it for a while, and committed suicide in love.Jin Yong was very sad, and Lin Leyi took advantage of him, and the two got married.

Why did Jin Yong marry Lin Leyi, who was 29 years younger than him? Yang Ye understood it as soon as he saw Lin Leyi.

Why did Professor Yang Zhenning marry Weng Fan, who was decades younger than him?You will understand if you take a look at the photo of his late wife Du Zhili.

When Weng Fan and Du Zhili were young, they looked like giant horses!
And this Lin Leyi...

He looks like a giant horse riding on Xia Meng when he was young!
Yang Ye also understood why Zhu Mei was divorcing Jin Yong in minutes.

Who can bear this horse riding?
Zhu Mei has a strong personality, and she initiated the divorce.

From Zhu Mei's point of view: Cha, you have always had a summer dream in your heart, so I can't bear it. You can't lick it anyway.But now you actually found a copycat version, what the hell is going on?

……

PS: The above paragraph is the author’s guess.

Due to the lack of photo evidence, the author is not sure whether the young Lin Leyi and the young Xia Meng look alike.

The statement that Lin Leyi looks like the young Xia Meng comes from Ni Kuang, so it should be credible.

Lin Yanni wrote in the article "The No. [-] Talented Man in Xiangjiang - Cha Liangyong": "Zhu Mei is a person with a strong character."

(End of this chapter)