Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

The original version of "Sword Rain" was produced by John Woo himself and co-directed with Su Zhaobin.

Yang Ye went a step further and took on the role of producer, handing over the directorship to Hu Jinquan.

Then, the two divided the work.

Hu Jinquan is an expert on the history of the Ming Dynasty. He is responsible for the moralistic design based on the character's image, as well as secretly traveling to the mainland to select scenes.

This movie is about artistic conception. It must capture the feeling of mist and rain in the south of the Yangtze River to be good.

When it comes to artistic conception, among Chinese directors, Hu Jinquan considers himself second, and no one dares to call him first.

After discussion, Yang Ye selected the shooting locations in Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Shaoxing.

In particular, the water town of Shaoxing is the focus of inspection.

The most important scenic spot in "Sword Rain" is the stone bridge, which is in Shaoxing.

Hu Jinquan has always wanted to go back to the mainland. If Yang Ye hadn't asked him to film "Sword Rain", he would have secretly returned to the mainland to visit relatives at the invitation of the person in charge of overseas Chinese affairs in China soon.

Yang Ye is responsible for selecting actors for the movie.

With Yang Ye's status as a celebrity, no one would refuse the actors he named.

But this time it was a little different. Going to the mainland to film was risky. Faced with the possibility of being banned, Yang Ye had to explain it to them in advance.

Why is Yang Ye so tough? You must go to the mainland to film a movie, but you also rejected Hu Jinquan's suggestion to find a scapegoat to ask for directions?

Because there is a difference between providing help in times of need and adding the icing on the cake.

Hong Kong film companies all want to film in the Mainland. The Mainland has many scenic spots and historical sites, and the labor costs are low, which can save a lot of money.

It's just that no one dared to take this step first.

And Yang Ye has become the first "crab eater". He is a real warrior in the eyes of everyone, and his reputation in the entertainment industry will skyrocket again.

If someone else sets the precedent and then follows suit, the meaning will be lost.

In fact, Yang Ye didn't panic at all, because the original film "Running to the Angry Sea" had already given him a taste.

Has Taiwan banned Lin Zixiang and Liu Hua? No!

They are all fine, Yang Ye is afraid of a hammer!

Moreover, Yang Ye's reputation in the Chinese world is so great that the Taiwan authorities would bear huge public opinion risks by blocking him.

In the context of "communications, commerce, and navigation," people are looking forward to easing cross-strait relations.

Yang Ye just went to the mainland to make a movie, so you want to ban him?

You are going against the will of the people!

Furthermore, Yang Ye still has some connections in Taiwan. For example, although his cheap father-in-law Hu Gengnian has retired, he can still establish some connections through him.

In addition, Yang Ye has some other preparations!

All in all, as long as Yang Ye keeps a low profile and does not want to release the movie in Taiwan after it is made, the possibility of him being banned is very small.

……

In the list drawn up by Yang Ye, Hong Jingbao was only invited to make a cameo and play a supporting role. He didn't care and agreed directly.

Yuen Biao was invited to play Lei Bin in the "Blackstone" killer organization in the film. The role was quite heavy, but he didn't think much about it and quickly agreed.

Yuan Biao basically films with a few senior brothers. He doesn't go out to take roles, so he doesn't care about being banned. He will continue to work even if he is banned.

Moreover, he and Yang Ye formed a "Chinese Dragon Team" combination, and they even went to Japan with Yang Ye to show off.

Compared with the Japanese market, the Taiwan market is nothing.

The leader of the Black Stone, "The King of Wheels", is actually a eunuch, and Yang Ye originally wanted Liu Xun to play the role.

The impression that later generations of netizens have on Liu Xun is that... if he puts on his beard, he is the embodiment of justice, and if he removes his beard, he is an arrogant eunuch.

Liu Xun was originally a Peking Opera master from the Mainland and taught at the China Peking Opera Theatre. Because he was dissatisfied with the bureaucracy in the Mainland, he came to Hong Kong not long ago to develop his career.

If he had followed his original life trajectory, he would have taught at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts until 1986, when he served as the opera director in Tsui Hark's film "The King of Swordsman" and began his relationship with movies.

Four years later, Xu Ke invited him to play the role of the factory boss in "The Swordsman". With this role, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He became a blockbuster and subsequently created a large number of classic screen images.

However... Yang Ye gave up this idea after seeing Liu Xun himself.

Liu Xun is too thin and dry, and his temperament is very different from that of King Chakravartin.

In the movie "Sword Rain", almost all the characters have a strong air of pretentiousness.

It goes without saying that the male protagonist Jiang Ah-sheng is a bit of a nemesis, and so is the villain, the Wheel King.

It's just that Jiang Asheng is pretending to be a slap in the face. But if the Wheel King shows off, he will only be struck by lightning.

The Wheel King wields a heavy sword, which is very powerful. But in the end he had to show off his water-bending sword skills.

I also want to tell the heroine Xiaoyu: Your water-bending swordsmanship is missing four moves, let me demonstrate it to you...

In the end, Yang Ye gave the role to Bai Ying.

The Eunuch Cao played by Bai Ying in "Dragon Gate Inn" is full of character and impressive momentum, and it doesn't feel out of place to directly play the role of King of Wheels.

As for Liu Xun, now that he has met the real person, he must not waste his talents. Yang Ye invited him to play the role of the cai artist of the "Black Stone" organization.

Cai Shi is also a pretender, and Yang Ye feels that Liu Xun is quite good at playing this kind of yin and yang character.

The character Ye Chanqing of the "Black Stone" killer organization shows off her glamorous image. The original version cast a big S, who was neither beautiful nor sexy, so it was considered a huge failure in casting.

Now that Yang Ye came to shoot, he chose Guan Zhilin to act, which is both sexy and beautiful.

It's just...she has already announced her breakup with Yang Ye, and Yang Ye still has to coax her back.

Finally, there are the male and female protagonists. They all have two skins.

The male protagonist needs to find an inconspicuous supporting role to play the role of Zhang Renfeng, so that the audience can ignore him.

As for Jiang Ah Sheng, it was natural that Li Lianjie played the role, and he was also a newcomer who had never shown his face before. The purpose of this is to make the audience think that he is a courier in the early stage of the movie.

The heroine is with him because she just wants to find an honest man to marry and live an ordinary life.

The heroine also has two skins.

Lin Xilei's skin in the early stage was relatively beautiful. When she was undergoing plastic surgery, she said to the ghost doctor, "Give me a face like an ordinary person."

So I changed to Yang Ziqiong's skin.

Yang Ye decided to use Lin Qingxia and Hui Yinghong instead.

In the early stage, it was Lin Qingxia’s skin. She said to the ghost doctor, give me the face of an ordinary person.

So I changed to Hui Yinghong skin.

Although Yang Ye's good disciple is quite beautiful, he can't compare with Lin Qingxia.

But... Lin Qingxia also has to be coaxed back.

Damn, Chai Wife Crematorium!

……

Yang Ye called Guan Zhilin's home, but no one answered. He made another call to the agency and said directly: "I'm Yang Ye, help me check if Guan Zhilin has any announcement today!"

The other end said respectfully: "Young Master Yang, please wait a moment!"

Yang Ye hummed and put down the phone. After a while, the person over there said: "Young Master Yang, Miss Guan is filming a commercial at LiTV today."

"What commercial are you filming?"

"Fur advertising."

"understood!"

Yang Ye hung up the phone and muttered, the spicy guy next door couldn't be the fur merchant Peter Wen, right?

Damn it, someone was trying to catch fish in my pond due to a moment of negligence.

Yang Ye couldn't sit still anymore and quickly drove to Lishi.

……

Guan Zhilin is in a bad mood recently!

Some time ago, there was a lot of noise about Yamaguchi Momoe's retirement, and the news said that she would marry Yang Ye.

Guan Zhilin was so angry that she burst into tears and announced her breakup with Yang Ye.

In fact, Guan Zhilin didn't really want to break up. Otherwise, when Yang Ye personally admitted that Lin Qingxia and Deng Lijun were both his women in Taiwan, Guan Zhilin should have broken up.

She just couldn't get angry at the moment!

Guan Zhilin fully thought that Yang Ye would come to coax her and beg her for forgiveness, and then she would...

As a result, she didn't even see Yang Ye's ghost until she got up at noon the next day.

Guan Zhilin was even more angry and went straight to the company, only to be told that Yang Ye was not in Hong Kong.

If it's not in Hong Kong, where can it be? He must have gone to Tokyo to date that Japanese woman.

Guan Zhilin became even more angry and stomped home without eating dinner.

After sleeping for another day, I suddenly remembered something: "If I said I broke up with Brother Ye, he wouldn't take it seriously, would he? Then... my credit card?"

Guan Zhilin was shocked and quickly ran to Donglai Plaza to buy a bag. She does know that the wealth does not go to outsiders.

Just swipe the card and hey, it still works. This made Guan Zhilin relieved.

After getting together with Yang Ye, she lived a life of buying whatever she wanted. If her credit card was frozen, she really didn't know what to do.

Now that the credit card has not been frozen, it means that Yang Ye did not take her breakup seriously.

Yang Ye personally admitted to Guan Zhilin that he was worth billions, and she really couldn't let go of such a rich and handsome boyfriend, who she had been secretly in love with since she was a child.

"They just said angry words and refused to coax me. I don't know where they died!"

Guan Zhilin carried her newly bought bag and returned home dejectedly.

Two days later, Guan Zhilin suddenly became happy when she heard that Lin Qingxia and Deng Lijun also broke up with Yang Ye.

This is a good thing! There are fewer love rivals!

It's best if they all break up, and Brother Ye belongs to me alone!

As a result, Guan Zhilin immediately changed into a different person, and she took all notices received by her agency seriously.

Chen Ziqiang, the manager of the brokerage company, was shocked: "Why did this aunt suddenly work hard?"

……

LiTV studio!

Guan Zhilin worked with the photographer for a long time to shoot the advertisement and finally completed it.

"it's too hot!"

Guan Zhilin fanned herself with her hands and took off the furry thing on her body.

A man beside her quickly came over, held her shoulders, and said with a smile: "This dress looks very beautiful on Miss Guan, why don't I give it to you!"

This guy is Peter Wen. In addition to being in the fur business, he is also interested in acting. He is an actor in Lishi.

"Take your hands away!" (End of chapter)