Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Gu Zhenfu took Yang Ye's script to see the second young master, and within a week something had become clear.

The Second Young Master has a high reputation in the cultural and publicity circles, and he has presided over the production of many patriotic films.

Liu Jiachang became friends with the second son because of his good performance in "Plum Blossom", and he has been running wildly in Taiwan's literary and art circles!

When it comes to making movies, Yang Ye is a hundred times better than Liu Jiachang, but he used to make kung fu movies, so the second son didn't take it to heart.

The second young master doesn’t love money, and he doesn’t really like movies. He does them just to gain prestige!

Because his goal is... to become the third generation!

Now Yang Ye, a kung fu master, wants to make an anti-Japanese blockbuster and promises to star in it and distribute it globally.

Think about it, if the anti-Japanese blockbusters produced in Taiwan were released on a large scale in the United States, wouldn't their reputation skyrocket?

Not to mention that this theme can unite the indigenous people!

So the second young master held a banquet in honor of Yang Ye and discussed the matter in person.

Yang Ye is an internationally renowned film master, and this guy is very respectable.

With the support of this guy, you can really get everything you need. For example, the aircraft, cannons, and guns used during filming can all be real. This not only saves the cost of making props, but also increases the quality of the movie.

When Taiwan was filming "The Legend of Jianqiao Heroes" three years ago, a lot of biplanes were made, which could be used directly after being modified.

There are also actors and actresses, Taiwanese stars can be chosen at will, and they are available at any time without paying a penny.

In the end, Yang Ye estimated that...this movie could be made for tens of millions of NT dollars.

With the support of a large amount of manpower and material resources, Yang Ye became the hands-off shopkeeper.

He appointed himself as chief director, and Ding Shanxi became his deputy, taking charge of the preliminary preparations.

Yang Ye has already selected several main actors. There are Japanese names in the movie. Yang Ye plans to communicate with Kadokawa Haruki and use all Japanese actors under Kadokawa Pictures.

Especially a very important role in the movie, Genji Kojima, played by Hiroyuki Sanada, who is now famous in Japan, was named by Yang Ye.

Yang Ye has good partners in the Hollywood, Japanese and French film circles. In the entire Asian film industry, his energy and influence are second to none, not even compared to Akira Kurosawa.

Because the unique genre of kung fu films can make his films popular across races, Kurosawa's historical films and sword and halberd films cannot.

His strong box-office appeal allowed those partners to rally closely around him.

Things in this world are nothing more than fame and fortune. If Yang Ye can bring benefits to these people, then it's easy to talk about anything.

Yang Ye formed an art and photography team, and Zhang Shuping was one of them.

Before leaving Taiwan, Yang Ye held a meeting with these people and said: "You have a very heavy task this time. You need to go to the Taroko Grand Canyon according to the description of the script to find a suitable shooting location. Set up the shooting scene and produce Clothing, styling.”

Zhang Shuping was a little nervous, but very excited, and promised Yang Ye: "I will go all out!"

Yang Ye pointed at another young man and said, "His name is Guo Mingzheng. He is a Seediq youth. This time he will be your guide in the mountainous area!"

After explaining the preliminary preparations, Yang Ye temporarily left Taipei.

It was now June, and "Terminator" had begun intensive pre-publicity.

On the other hand, Li's voice finally couldn't hold on any longer and began to seek to sell its business in Asia and fully retreat to the UK.

As soon as Yang Ye returned to Hong Kong, he got the news from Huang Xizhao!

"Contact Olson for me immediately and tell him that I want to acquire all his businesses in Asia!"

A week later, Yang Ye successfully met with Olson, the president of Li’s Voice.

Yang Ye didn't want to talk nonsense, so as not to have long nights and dreams, and said straight to the point: "President Olson, I want to take over all the business of Li's Voice in Asia, including Li's TV Station in Hong Kong, and Li's Voice Radio Stations in Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. .”

Olson smiled and said: "Mr. Yang, you have a big appetite!"

Yang Ye said: "I will give you a satisfactory price, a fixed price of 300 million Hong Kong dollars. What do you think?"

Olson said: "Mr. Yang, you are very generous, but HK$300 million is not enough!"

"I think the price I offered is very fair. Even if others can afford this price other than me, they won't take all your business in one go."

"That's true, but if I take it apart and sell it slowly, I can probably sell it at the same price."

"The cost of time is also money, right? If you just sell it to me in one go, wouldn't it save a lot of trouble?"

"Mr. Yang, your ambition is very high. You want to be an entertainment tycoon in Asia. Am I right?"

"I guess you're right!"

"As you said, time is money. If I take these businesses apart and sell them, you will eventually find a way to buy them back. At that time, you will need to spend more money and more time, right?"

This... is really what happened.

"Then, make a price!"

Olson held out a finger: "One hundred million dollars!"

Yang Ye frowned and said, "Mr. Olson, are you kidding me? Although I can get the money, you can't kill me as a scapegoat!"

Since 1978, the Hong Kong dollar has begun to depreciate. It is understandable that this guy does not want Hong Kong dollars but US dollars, but the asking price of million US dollars is too outrageous.

According to the current exchange rate, this is probably worth 5.5 million Hong Kong dollars, which has almost doubled.

Olson said: "No, no, listen to me. I admit that the price of 100 million US dollars is high, but what I want to sell to you is not only the business in Asia, but also the business in the Caribbean. We are in Barbados There are also four radio stations in Commonwealth countries such as Jamaica and Jamaica." Yang Ye was speechless: "Although my geography is not very good, I probably know that the combined population of that place is probably not as large as Hong Kong. And besides Barbados is very poor. I can offer you two million dollars for those ghost radio stations, and you’ll laugh to death! And what’s the use of me coming?”

Olson spread his hands and said, "Anyway, if you want to buy it, I'll package it up and sell it to you, otherwise I won't sell it!"

Yang Ye thought for a while and said: "For 80 million US dollars, forget it if you don't sell it. Otherwise, I would rather buy it piecemeal instead of being so cowardly as you!"

"Okay, it's a deal!"

Yang Ye shook hands with this guy and felt extremely sick.

Jamaica? He knew the people there were fast.

Barbados? The motherland of my great Shandong diva? But Rehana isn’t born yet!

A business of 3 million yuan has been completed with more than 4 million yuan, and it is just a pile of rags. Damn it!

However, just buy it. Small countries have advantages. These four radio stations are local monopolies. Although they don’t make much money, mosquito legs are also meat!

Moreover, Hong Kong films can be sold through the promotion of radio stations. Mosquito legs are also meat!

Yang Ye could only comfort himself in this way.

The main reason is that he can't afford to wait. If it drags on any longer, the Australian consortium that acquired Lishi will come to compete.

Moreover, LiTV's "Love from the Earth" series will be launched soon. It was the peak moment of Hong Kong TV dramas and the most prosperous time of LiTV.

The two factors combined will inevitably push up the acquisition price.

Also, Yang Ye has always hoped to get a complete Lishi. Not the Lishi that was turned into shit by the Australian consortium later.

Now Lishi has strong troops and horses and is at its peak.

Yang Ye took over at this time, and then gave Jin Yong IP, Lishi was even more powerful, and Jubi was able to press Wireless to the ground and rub it.

……

Yang Ye has already prepared the money to acquire Lishi. Although it is a bit higher than expected, it is not difficult for Yang Ye to temporarily mobilize 100 million Hong Kong dollars. The cash flow of Donglai Plaza alone is Tens of millions.

In July 1980, Yang Ye and Hu Yinmeng walked into the Lishi Building with their heads held high!

Huang Xizhao leads the production staff of the "Beautiful Three Heroes" including McDonald, Li Zhaoxiong, and Tu Yongxiong, as well as "screenwriting masters" Xiao Ruoyuan, Xu Xiaoming, and Huang Tailai.

Pan Zhiwen, Gu Guanzhong, Bai Biao, Dong Biao, Huang Yuanshen, Liang Xiaolong, Leslie Cheung and other male stars.

Actress Yu Anan, Bao Qijing, Wei Qiuhua, Chen Xiuwen, Ma Miner, Mo Shunyun and other actresses.

The whole Taiwan mobilized to express a warm welcome to Yang Ye's arrival!

Yang Ye once said: "Those who don't let others make money must have something wrong with their heads!"

This sentence is widely circulated in the industry. The performance of Yang Ye's film company is much better than that of other companies, and the treatment of employees is also very good.

Now that he has taken charge of Lishi, it is simply a blessing for Lishi. The entire Lishi team is celebrating the Chinese New Year.

After a burst of warm applause, Yang Ye delivered his inaugural speech. He smiled and said: "Everyone knows me, so there is no need to introduce myself!"

This was not a humorous remark, but everyone felt it was very cordial, so they laughed and applauded warmly!

"LiTV was originally a TV station set up in Hong Kong by the British company Rediffusion. Now that it has returned to the hands of the Chinese, the new station has a new atmosphere, so the name of the station has to be changed. My dream is to become the leading TV station in Asia. So I decided to change the name of the channel to...Asia Television!"

"it is good!"

As soon as it came up, it was called Asia Television. Very fierce!

It sounded very promising upon hearing it, and everyone clapped excitedly!

"There will be no major personnel changes in the company within one year. Performance adjustments will be made after one year. I hope everyone will work hard and perform well!"

Generally speaking, when a company changes to a new boss, the leadership team must be replaced by one of their own confidants, so many people in Lishi are a little uneasy, but Yang Ye actually announced that it will remain the same, which immediately made everyone feel relieved and there was another burst of enthusiasm. of applause.

It's not that Yang Ye doesn't want to change, but the current ATV is the strongest moment in history, with so many talents and powerful generals, there is no need to adjust at all.

"However, all the actors from the TV station will be transferred to Baiyang Agency. After the transfer, the agent system will be implemented like the actors of Baiyang Agency. The agent will be responsible for assisting in taking care of your work, so that you can devote yourself to Get into show business.”

The actors have no objections to this. To them, there is not much difference between signing with a TV station and signing with Baiyang Agency.

And having your own agent means you can get jobs outside of the TV station.

Otherwise, what's the point of having an agent?

Another burst of applause!

For Huang Xizhao, this adjustment means that it will not be so easy for him to control these actors in the future, and it will weaken his power.

But this was something Yang Ye had already discussed with Huang Xizhao. Compared with 5% of the shares, this loss is acceptable.

"I also bring you a big gift today. As you all know, I own all the copyrights of Jin Yong's novels. Now I announce that ATV will start filming Jin Yong's TV series in a planned series. The first one is... "Dragon". "

"Clap clap clap clap!"

This time the applause was even more enthusiastic. Starting from 1976, LiTV's ratings were first suppressed by Jiashi's Jin Yong drama, and later by TVB's Jin Yong drama.

And now, it's finally my turn!

All LiTV employees feel proud and confident in ATV's future!

"A week later, the crew of "Dragon" will conduct an audition for actors throughout the company. If you want to play any role, you can sign up in advance. Everyone will have a chance!"

This is awesome, all the actors of Lishi are gearing up and eager to try it! (End of chapter)