Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

"Gang forces, resident groups, social workers and religious figures work together to maintain collective order in the walled city, provide certain public services, and to some extent replace the government's position. Those who violate the rules will be punished internally.

Moreover, gangs and civilians are clearly distinguished, with the former living in the east and the latter living in the west. After today, if you still want to come in and visit, I will ask someone to accompany you. But remember, don’t go to the east if you don’t have to. "

Yang Ye said and took Ridley to the east. As a result, Ridley finally met the club members in Hong Kong.

Yang Ye took him to a big room and met an old man with gray hair.

The old man was sitting on the Taishi chair, holding a teapot in his hand, listening to music.

"Master Chen, are you in good health?"

"Hey, you're a rare visitor! Ah Ye, why do you want to come back to see me today!"

Yang Ye took out a small box of tea and said, "This is Biluochun brought from China to honor you."

"This is a good thing. It's thoughtful. Do you have anything to do with me?"

"It's nothing. This ghost guy is a friend of mine. He wanted to come to our place for a visit, so I brought him here to see you."

"What does he do?"

"It's a director!"

"That's your counterpart, I understand."

Yang Ye chatted with Chen Shi for a few words and then left.

When I got downstairs, I saw Chui Shuiqiang standing there smoking.

"Aqiang, why are you here?"

"Young Master Yang, I heard someone said you were back, so I came over to Master Chen's place to wait."

Yang Ye nodded: "How are you doing lately?"

“It’s delicious and delicious!”

This guy now collects rent for Yang Ye every day. He is already the renter in name only. It's strange that he is unhappy.

Yang Ye actually didn't care about the rent, but it still had to be collected, and it couldn't be given in vain.

"I happen to be looking for you too. This ghost guy's name is Ridley, and he's a friend of mine. He wants to visit the Walled City during this period. Can you help him be his guide?"

"no problem!"

"Well, just watch him and don't let him touch things he shouldn't touch."

"understand!"

Yang Ye said to Ridley: "This is my friend. Let him be your guide next, but he doesn't speak English. You need to find a translator yourself."

"Nick, thank you so much!"

"You're welcome!"

After throwing Ridley to Fou Shuiqiang, Yang Ye went back to continue filming "Terminator".

As for the impact that Ridley's visit to the real Kowloon Walled City would have on his filming of "Blade Runner", this is not something Yang Ye should worry about.

……

Several movies invested by Baiyang Pictures a few months ago have been filmed, and as the Lunar New Year holiday is approaching, Yang Ye took some time to put together a few movies for a viewing party, so as to arrange the schedule.

These movies are:

"Crazy Robbery" directed by Ann Hui and starring Michelle, Sylvia Chang, and Xu Shaoqiang.

Chen Long had dumped Michelle a long time ago. When this guy was still a loser, he regarded Michelle as a goddess. After becoming famous, catching up, and realizing the dream, I suddenly felt boring.

However, the two were still friends after they broke up. Baiyang's management company treated Michelle well and helped her take on several movies, so even though she was heartbroken, she was quite comfortable in the company.

In Yang Ye's plan, Michelle was one of the beauties he favored after taking over Lishi.

Michelle, Zhao Yazhi, Chen Yulian, plus Lishi's original Chen Xiuwen. The emergence of the four major beauties was enough to eclipse Wireless's beauties.

"Legend of Thailand" planned by Yang Ye and co-operated by the Xu brothers, is also called "Thailand". Because the word "囧" has not been developed yet, it was renamed "Thailand Legend".

"Lam Sai Wing" directed by Yuen Woo-ping, starring Hong Jingbao and Yuan Biao.

In fact, Yang Ye doesn't really support making old-style kung fu movies like "Lam Sai Wing".

However, Yuan Heping is very talented as a martial arts instructor, but he is not very knowledgeable as a director.

Even though fashion action movies became very popular later, he still focused on making his costume action movies.

The themes have remained unchanged for decades, with Drunken Boxing, Wing Chun, Tai Chi, and various martial arts taking turns. Huo Yuanjia, Zhang Sanfeng, Huang Feihong, and Ip Man were filmed over and over again.

Yang Ye didn't bother to say anything and just let him go.

Yang Ye came to the screening room. The company's vice president Xia Meng, theater manager Jiang Zhiqiang, and the creators of the three movies were already waiting.

Yang Ye greeted everyone with a smile and said, "Sorry for being late, hey, there's a newcomer!"

Yang Ye found that there was a strange face among the people present, a fat man with a simple and honest appearance and black-rimmed glasses.

He said he was unfamiliar because it was the first time he appeared in front of Yang Ye.

In fact, Yang Ye recognized this guy at a glance.

Yuan Heping introduced: "This is the screenwriter of our film. His name is Wang Jing. I called him over today for the film viewing party."

Fatty Wang stood up and said respectfully: "Hello, Mr. Yang!"

"Hello, sit down!"

Yang Ye didn't say anything to Wang Xiaopang. He sat down in his seat and said, "Let's get started!"

Wang Jing is just a new screenwriter, and he was not even qualified to participate in the screening. But his father is a celebrity in the industry, so Yuan Heping probably asked him to come here to give him face.

"Lam Sai Wing" was played first, and everyone applauded after watching it.

Yang Ye commented: "The fight was good, from the beginning of the pen fight to the final Hong Fist Thirteen Bridges Breaking Five Elements Cinnabar Palm, every fight was different.

But not the script. This movie still follows the path of Drunken Master, but it is not as fun as Drunken Master, and too many people died. Corpses littering the fields are unpleasant. "

Yang Ye's words made Wang Jing blush. This guy is still just a little transparent. As soon as he came up, he was called out by the big guys in the industry and said no, which made him very embarrassed.

Yang Ye changed the subject and said: "Of course, this is not entirely the fault of the screenwriter. Director Yuan, I very much approve of your action design, but you have to pay attention to controlling the rhythm. If you fight too much, the fighting time should be controlled within About 70% of the film's length is better, allowing the audience to take a breath and giving the screenwriter some time to tell the story."

Yang Ye's words helped Wang Jing make amends for him, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Yang Ye always speaks directly and never beats around the bush, so when he pointed out the shortcomings of the movie, Yuan Heping was not angry, but accepted it humbly.

Jiang Zhiqiang said with a smile: "Although as Mr. Yang said, the movie "Lam Sai Wing" has some shortcomings, I am still optimistic about the box office. After all, there are not many such exciting action scenes in Hong Kong."

Yang Ye nodded and said: "That's a good thing!"

The company's employees brought some refreshments, and everyone ate, drank, and chatted for a while before continuing to watch the second movie "Crazy Heist."

This is Xu Anhua's first feature film. According to her later interviews, it was very difficult to shoot this film. She had no money to set up the scene, so she went to find an uncle to borrow a house to shoot. After a long period of hard work, the uncle was finally able to do it. promise.

There were no professional producers, no art directors, and no makeup artists. In order to put heavy makeup on Zhao Yazhi, she had to persuade Lishi's makeup artist.

It even took a long time to find a real female corpse to shoot for the autopsy scene.

I didn't find it after all, so I used a real person who was naked, and then cut and cut some pig skin, and it was fooled by editing. But now... there is no need for such trouble. Baiyang Pictures has protected her, so that she does not need to worry about too many trivial matters and only needs to concentrate on her creation.

But even so, the final film is just that.

After all, he was a newcomer, so Yang Ye encouraged him.

The King of Comedy comes to the finale of the Hui brothers' "Legend of Thailand", and it is indeed extraordinary. In addition to the few laughs provided by Yang Ye's script, Hui Guanwen himself also adds a lot to the film.

The whole audience laughed continuously, and when Teresa Teng came on stage with the BGM of "Sweet Honey" at the end, the whole audience was shocked.

The scene of Teresa Deng massaging the ugly man Xu Guanying simply made countless male viewers happy.

This is consistent with the concept in Japanese action movies that beautiful women must be paired with ugly men.

"Clap clap clap!"

There was a burst of warm applause, and Jiang Zhiqiang said: "This movie is so exciting. Not only is it full of laughs, but it was also filmed in Thailand and has an exotic feel. I think we should hold a premiere to promote it."

Jiang Zhiqiang's move is very powerful. Xu Guanwen's Hui's Pictures is still affiliated with Golden Harvest. This "囧" is produced by Baiyang Pictures, which originally made Xu Guanwen and Golden Harvest a little separated.

If Baiyang Pictures organizes a grand premiere for the Xu brothers, then this matter will basically be confirmed.

In fact, with the conditions offered by Yang Ye, it is not difficult for Xu Guanwen to leave Jiahe completely.

Because Jiahe is too impatient and everything is on the books, it is really difficult for downstream satellite companies to get their own money.

As for Bai Yang, the amount is as much as it is given, and it is given very quickly, without even having to wait for overseas funds to arrive.

For example, Xu Guanwen has a Japanese box office, but it is very difficult for him to get the money. Jiahe could hold him back for a year and a half with just one trick before the money arrived.

And what about Yang Ye? As soon as Chen Long's Japanese box office data came out, the company immediately transferred the money, and there was no such thing as receiving the money.

In fact, the money from Japan has been staying on the island to increase in value and has never come back at all. Anyway, Yang Ye is not short of cash.

Now some small companies have come to Baiyang Cinemas to show movies here.

However, the film source of Baiyang Cinema Line is already sufficient. Not all cats and dogs can be admitted, and they will not accept those who are not capable.

……

After hearing Jiang Zhiqiang's opinion, Yang Ye asked Xu Guanwen: "Brother Wen, what do you think?"

Xu Guanwen made eye contact with his three younger brothers and smiled: "That's great!"

Yang Ye said: "Okay, then I will invite Miss Deng Lijun to attend."

The specifications are high enough, and the Xu brothers are very satisfied!
  After watching the three movies and deliberation, "Crazy Heist" is scheduled to be released on December 12, Sunday, to take the lead. "Lam Sai Wing" is scheduled to be released on December 2, and "Legend of Thailand" will be released on December 12.

The schedule of "Legend of Thailand" is extremely good. The 23rd is Sunday, the 24th is Christmas Eve, and the 25th is Christmas Day, which means that it can be held for three days in a row.

"Lam Sai Wing" is a week ahead of schedule, so the schedule is much worse. However, now Hung Kyung-bo can't compete with Xu Guanwen. A week ahead of schedule is good, and you can also have some Christmas soup.

Baiyang Cinema's film schedule is to have a major movie released every Sunday. As long as you have good quality, you can dominate this week.

Of course, if you think your film is powerful enough, you can also screen it together with other films. Anyway, there are enough theaters.

For example, "Lam Sai Wing" can be moved to the same day as "Legend of Thailand". However, Brother Yuan Heping is not confident, so it is safer to take a week's box office in advance.

……

After confirming the premiere, Yang Ye called Deng Lijun back from Japan.

"What are you calling me back for?"

Because Yang Ye copied a bunch of Japanese songs for Deng Lijun, Deng Lijun became more popular in Japan than before. Her records sold like hotcakes and she was invited to participate in the Red and White Song Festival five years in advance.

This matter is very important and she is currently actively preparing for it.

But when Yang Ye called, Deng Lijun came back immediately.

"I want to sing a love song with you!"

"Have the songs been written?"

"Yes!"

"It's not easy. We've been asked to wait for a whole year!"

……

Yang Ye promised to release a new album when "The Swordsman" is released, and now "The Swordsman" is almost finished being released worldwide.

This new album is long overdue.

In fact, Yang Ye felt a little conflicted about not being able to release this album, because...it was a bit too much, which made Yang Ye feel that it was too much.

But later he also thought clearly that as a time traveler, he should be proud of gathering wool and should not be ashamed of it.

Otherwise, he will be a disgrace to the time traveler!
  ……

Poplar Records, Conference Room.

Zheng Donghan held the music score and felt a little excited.

"You wrote a song for each of Jin Yong's novels?"

"No, the quality of Jin Yong's novels can be roughly divided into seven or eight. I have only written theme songs for seven of the top novels. Others are more average novels like "The Book of Swords and Enmities", and I didn’t write short stories like "White Horse Roaring in the West Wind" and "Mandarin Duck Knife"."

Eighty percent of the martial arts songs in the Chinese world are written by Jin Yong.

The theme song of "The Swordsman" that Yang Ye composed before, "A Smile from the Sea", can be called the first divine song of martial arts.

And the ones gathered now are all very impressive.

They are: 83 The Condor Theme Song "Iron-Blooded Heart", 91 Snow Mountain Flying Fox Theme Song "Dream Chaser", 92 The Deer Cauldron Theme Song "Happy Act", 94 Yitian Theme Song "Swords Are Like Dreams", 95 The Divine Condor Theme The song "Mythical Love Story", the theme song of 97 Tianlong "The Hard-to-Recite Sutra".

In addition to the seven theme songs, there is also an ending song from 82 Tianlong, "Two Forgettable Smokes in the Water", and "Dream Chaser" and "Mythical Love Story" each have a Mandarin version, which adds up to ten songs. Enough to make an album.

As soon as this album comes out...the theme songs for Jin Yong's TV series will basically be finalized. There will be no need to release new songs, and no one will take them seriously.

Zheng Donghan hummed one song after another and sighed: "Now Jin Yong will treat you as a confidant!"

Teresa Teng looked on and was shocked. She is from Taiwan and said, "Don't write all about Jin Yong, but also write a few songs about Gu Long!"

Yang Ye smiled and said: "When I go back to buy the copyright of Gu Long's novel next time, I will write it for Gu Long!"

"I'm telling you, you can't afford to be too early if you don't have any profit. So you are doing it for the copyright of Jin Yong's novels?"

"Otherwise, why would I go to all this trouble? That movie "The Swordsman" is just for proofing. A movie plus an album. There is no one in the world who understands Jin Yong better than me. If he doesn't sell it to me, who will he sell it to?"

Deng Lijun said: "Actually, you don't have to be so tired. If you let Sister Meng come forward, Jin Yong will sell the copyright to you in minutes, right?"

Yang Ye said seriously: "I have no relatives in this world, and Sister Meng is my biological sister. How can I use her?"

Deng Lijun was very ashamed of Yang Ye's words. She said: "You are right, I am too selfish."

Yang Ye smiled and said: "Actually, Sister Meng is equivalent to a nuclear weapon. The kind we promise not to use first. If it is absolutely necessary, she still has to come forward."

These words made Deng Lijun instantly relieved. She asked: "Why are you so persistent about Jin Yong's copyright? You are not willing to do so many things as a bargaining chip?"

Yang Ye said: "What I want is not Jin Yong's copyright, but the exclusive copyright. I will pay a large sum of money to buy it out in one go. From now on, these copyrights will be operated by me and have nothing to do with him." (End of Chapter)