Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

"Hello, Chairman Gu!"

Yang Ye warmly shook hands with Gu Zhenfu, chairman of China Film Group Corporation.

Gu Zhenfu identified with One China and was one of the promoters of the 1992 Consensus. Yang Ye still respected this old man.

"Mr. Yang, I have admired you for a long time. Your Chinese Kung Fu is famous overseas, which is the pride of us Chinese!"

"You're flattered, just call me Aye!"

Yang Ye humbly shook hands with Ding Shanxi, who was also here, and the group sat down.

Ding Shanxi smiled and said: "Qingxia, you still came out. I thought you were going to retire too!"

Lin Qingxia said: "Director Ding was joking, I just went overseas for vacation. I'm really sorry that I missed the promotion of the movie!"

Some time ago, "Blue Blood and Yellow Flowers" was released, with Lin Qingxia as the heroine. Of course, Ding Shanxi hoped that she could show up to promote it, but she couldn't find anyone.

Ding Shanxi said: "Fortunately, our box office is pretty good!"

"Blue Blood and Yellow Flowers" received a box office of NT$1450 million, which made Ding Shanxi very satisfied.

After everyone chatted for a while, Yang Ye said straight to the point: "Two years ago, I was filming "Swordsman" in Nantou County. I lived in the nearby Renai Village and visited the local Mona Ludao Anti-Japanese Monument. I was deeply moved when I learned about the Wushe Uprising in 1930, when Taiwanese aborigines fought against the Japanese invaders. So I began to collect information and wanted to adapt this hero's deeds into a movie.

Over the past two years, I have hired several Seediq descendants living in the city to go deep into the mountains to interview those who witnessed the Wushe Uprising fifty years ago. Every time I come to Taiwan, I will ask the elderly people in Ren'ai Village for advice, collect a lot of first-hand information, sort it out, adapt it, and finally write it into a movie script.

In my conception, I positioned it as an epic war movie. This will also be the most ambitious film I have shot since my debut. Not only do we need to go deep into the Taroko Grand Canyon for real-life shooting, but we also need to use a large number of aircraft and cannons, and the number of people mobilized may reach 10,000 people!

This scale of shooting is beyond my personal capabilities. So I visited Chairman Gu this time in the hope of cooperating with China Film Group to shoot this movie. I will star in it myself and use my personal influence to promote the film's global distribution. Show the Taiwanese people's spirit of resisting aggression to the world! "

After Yang Ye said these words, together with Lin Qingxia and Hu Yinmeng, he took out the collected information and the written movie script, stacked them thickly, and set up half the table!

Gu Zhenfu was stunned!

Shooting with tens of thousands of people? Yang Ye really dares to think!

However, Yang Ye is already the most successful director in the Chinese world. He is the only one who can do this. Others don't have such great appeal.

Looking at the piles of information on the table, it is obvious that Yang Ye is not joking, he has really worked hard!

The movie Yang Ye is going to make is the largest production in Taiwanese film history: "Sediq Bale"!

Seediq Balai is a transliteration of the word, which means: a real person!

This movie tells the story of a real historical event: the Wushe Uprising!

In 1895, the Qing government failed in the Sino-Japanese War and was forced to sign the humiliating Treaty of Shimonoseki. One of the items in the treaty was to cede Taiwan and its affiliated islands to Japan.

When the Japanese entered the peaceful and peaceful island of Taiwan, what was once a paradise instantly turned into a hell as they burned, killed, and looted.

The Seediq people, one of Taiwan's aboriginal people, lived a life like a dog-licking life under the trampling and rule of the Japanese.

Strong men have become the strongest labor force, and kind women have become the most undignified servants.

Excellent children will be beaten violently because of their excellence. Simple tribesmen were beaten severely because of their enthusiasm.

Even if they live cautiously, they still cannot appreciate the slightest bit of civilization in the Japanese mouths.

Therefore, the forbearing Seediq no longer forbears.

For the sake of totem and faith, they decided to live to death and launch a desperate counterattack against the Japanese!

With their hunting knives and guns, they were no match for the modern Japanese army. In the end... they all died in battle!

"Sediq Bale" took 12 years from project inception to release and cost NT$7 million, most of which came from director Wei Desheng through begging.

Because the production scale is too large and there is no overseas market for Taiwanese films, it is impossible to recover the cost, so no film company dares to invest.

It wasn't until his film "Cape No. 7" broke Taiwan's box office record that he was able to get some investment.

Then he went around asking for help. Milk Cha Lun provided 40 million, Yan Chengxu provided 10 million, and nearly 200 stars in Taiwan's entertainment industry generously donated money, so he could barely complete the film.

In the end, although it grossed NT$8.8 million at the box office in Taiwan, the film still lost nearly NT$ million due to the high investment.

But it is definitely a wonderful war movie. It has a rating of 8.9 on Douban, far ahead of other Chinese-language war movies.

There are many reasons for the box office failure, such as the strange title of the film, which makes people have no desire to watch it.

And because of the director's obsession, all aboriginal actors were used as leading actors, and none of the stars were able to carry the box office.

Xu Ruoxuan, the only person whose name is recognizable, played a small part, but he didn't receive any salary and joined the group with money. He just asked for it. Yang Ye is not a native of Taiwan, so he has no such obsession. He didn't plan to use a weird title like "Sediq Bale", but directly used the simple and clear "Wushe Uprising"!

He also plans to lead the starring role himself and use an all-star cast. Coupled with the overseas influence brought by his starring role in action movies, as long as this movie is completed, the possibility of losing money is very small.

Moreover, his move from the field of action films to the field of war films not only broadens the subject matter, but such high-quality films will also bring him great prestige.

Of course, another purpose is to get China Film into the car and get himself an amulet!

I definitely want to go to the mainland to film, and Yang Ye can't wait. But in order to avoid being banned, he had to get himself some extra insurance.

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Gu Zhenfu looked at the dense information that Yang Ye brought out and said with emotion: "Xiao Yang, no wonder you can achieve such great achievements in the film field. It's really admirable!"

Ding Shanxi was flipping through Yang Ye's script. After looking at the previous paragraph, he frowned and said, "Mr. Yang, your script starts with the story of the Seediqs being headhunted! It seems..."

Yang Ye smiled and said: "The behaviors of going out and headhunting are very barbaric. Not great enough, right?"

Ding Shanxi nodded and said, "That's true!"

Yang Ye said: "But their customs are like this, and I didn't spread rumors. I made this movie to illustrate a concept. Even if I am a barbarian, it is not a reason for you to invade me. If you want to enslave me, then I I will fight you to the end. This is a truth that applies to everyone, and only in this way can we bring this movie to the world."

Ding Shanxi understood and sighed: "No wonder your movies are so popular overseas. Compared with you, I am narrow-minded."

Yang Ye said: "That's not true. The movies you made are actually more expressive of patriotic feelings. However, human beings' joys and sorrows are not the same, and foreigners are not actually interested in the war between China and Japan. I put the theme of the movie Only when it becomes a relationship between people, rather than between countries, can more people feel the same.

This is equivalent to changing a way to let the world understand this war! Moreover, if "Wushe Uprising" is to be successfully shot, it may be the most expensive Chinese-language film in history. Without overseas markets, it will not be able to recover its costs. "

Gu Zhenfu highly recognized Yang Ye's achievements in movies. He spent two years preparing to meet him again and presented so much information, which shows his sincerity. It also expresses extraordinary insights into the concept of the film. Naturally very willing to cooperate.

Filming a film about aboriginal resistance against Japan was a good political achievement for him.

And Yang Ye's movies have never failed before. If you follow him, you can also make a lot of money for China Film Company. Why not?

Gu Zhenfu asked: "How are you going to cooperate?"

Yang Ye said: "Joint investment and copyright sharing. Baiyang Company is responsible for overseas distribution, and China Film Company provides all conveniences for the filming of the film."

Gu Zhenfu gave a thumbs up: "Refreshing!"

Then he asked: "According to your estimate, how much investment will be made in this movie?"

Yang Ye said: "About NT$200 million!"

Gu Zhenfu took a breath. The investment in Taiwanese movies is usually only a few million Taiwan dollars, and a large-scale production costing tens of millions of dollars, this guy asked for 200 million Taiwan dollars!

However, according to Yang Ye's description, the number of moving people may reach 10,000, so... 200 million is really not much.

Yang Ye added: "If we can bring the second young master in, maybe we won't need so much money."

This sentence is Yang Ye's truest purpose.

Let the second young master get in the car, and then it will be almost impossible to block him!

Yang Ye said: "If the second young master can also participate, and we are filming an anti-Japanese blockbuster and have a righteous cause, then many resources can be tried for free!"

"For example, we can choose any of the well-known actors in Taiwan without paying a penny."

Yang Ye used the same routine that later generations of Mainland China filmed in the Three Major Industries. He chose well-known actors at will and was not paid a penny. Everyone still competed to act. In the end, all the money earned went into China Film's pocket. It was so cool!

Gu Zhenfu was convinced, Yang Ye's move was really good!

As for sharing the profits with the second young master, that's fine. He was worried that he wouldn't have the chance to curry favor with the second young master!

Gu Zhenfu said happily: "Okay, I'll contact the second young master!" (End of Chapter)