Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 256 Chen Long’s Nanny

In 1980, the Golden Horse Awards began to integrate with international standards, holding an international film viewing exhibition for the first time, having the theme song "Golden Horse Galloping" for the first time, and starting to walk on the red carpet for the first time.

Of course, Yang Ye wanted to support him in this situation, so the main creators of the two films "Terminator" and "Crazy" shortlisted by Baiyang Company came over.

Yang Ye, with Lin Qingxia on his arm, appeared on the red carpet of the Golden Horse Awards with the crew of "Terminator" and immediately attracted the attention of the audience!

"Click, click!"

The most popular male star and the most popular female star in the Chinese film industry appeared at the same time, instantly murdering countless films. The sound of the shutter click was heard endlessly, and the spotlight flashed into a sea of ​​silver.

"Young Master Yang, Qingxia, are you in love?"

Yang Ye and Lin Qingxia remained silent, pretending not to hear.

"Young Master Yang, do you have the confidence to be crowned Best Actor again?"

"Hopefully!"

"Qingxia, do you have the confidence to win the title of Film Queen again?"

"It depends on what the judges want!"

"Will you work together on the next movie?"

"Not for the time being. Next, I will shoot a blockbuster about the Anti-Japanese War in Taiwan. Please stay tuned."

Yang Ye suddenly announced news about his new film, and the reporters immediately became excited. Is this first-hand news?

"Mr. Yang, can you reveal specific information about the movie?"

"Of course, this movie is called "Wushe Uprising", starring myself. It tells the story of Taiwan's aboriginal Seediq people who resisted Japanese aggression fifty years ago.

This film will employ more than 10,000 people to participate in the film, and the total investment will reach NT$300 million. It is the largest Chinese-language film to date. "

"Wow!"

Nowadays, very few Taiwanese films have invested more than NT$10 million.

Good guy, this guy shouted NT$300 million with just one mouth.

He is so powerful on horseback, he is worthy of being an international superstar, he has so much confidence!

So everyone started asking about the specifics of the movie.

In fact, 300 million is just Yang Ye's bragging statement. In fact, it doesn't cost that much money at all.

Many resources were provided by China Film Group Corporation, and many actors were assigned tasks without being paid, which saved a lot of money.

Ordinarily, if this is a co-production, Yang Ye should receive director's fee, starring fee, and screenwriter's fee. His current market price is 30 million Hong Kong dollars, which is more than 150 million New Taiwan dollars.

However, since China Film provided a large amount of resources for the filming of the movie, Yang Ye was exempted from his own expenses.

The final budget is around NT$50-60 million.

However, taking into account the resources provided by China Film and Yang Ye's salary, the investment of NT$300 million is not an exaggeration.

Yang Ye released a bombshell and dragged Lin Qingxia into the venue, regardless of the reporters' comments behind him.

This material was so loud that the reporters were talking a lot and were not interested in the crew walking on the red carpet behind.

After entering the venue, due to the deliberate arrangement of the organizing committee, the crew of "Terminator" and the crew of "Crazy" were next to each other.

The cast members of "Crazy Heist", Ann Hui, Michelle and Sylvia Chang were all here.

However, Sylvia Chang is the heroine of another Taiwanese movie "Jasmine", so she did not sit with the crew of "Crazy Heist".

But the "Jasmine" crew was arranged in the back row, right next to Yang Ye and the others.

Michelle is an oddity in Hong Kong dramas. Hong Kong dramas in the 1980s were very distinct. People with a discerning eye can tell whether it is a TVB drama or an ATV drama just by looking at the actors, because each of the two TV stations has its own team.

Michelle is the only actor who goes back and forth between two TV stations, without any restrictions, she is the heroine no matter where she jumps!

Of course, Yang Ye had to win over such a star and took Lin Qingxia to chat with Mi Xuere.

Yang Ye only hated that scumbag Chen Long for dumping Michelle, otherwise he wouldn't have worried about Michelle running away.

When Chen Long picks up girls, it's like a tough guy breaking off sticks and throwing them at each other.

In "A Dream of Red Mansions" directed by Li Hanxiang, Lin Qingxia plays Jia Baoyu, Sylvia Chang plays Lin Daiyu, and Michelle Michelle plays Xue Baochai.

The three women were old acquaintances. They chatted happily together and left Yang Ye alone.

Michelle smiled and said: "I wonder which one of you will win the Best Actress this time?"

Zhang Sylvia said: "I can't compare to Qingxia."

Lin Qingxia pointed at Yang Ye and said: "Everyone is watching the movie "Terminator" because of him. Who will pay attention to me? I think you have a greater chance of winning than me."

Sylvia Chang said: "That's Fengjiao, her acting skills are so good."

Michelle said: "Fengjiao has even beaten Zhuang, how can she win again?"

Lin Qingxia also felt that Lin Fengjiao's words of three letters were incredible. Then he pointed at Yang Ye and said, "If this person guesses the prize accurately, ask him."

Everyone looked at Yang Ye. Yang Ye finally found a chance to speak, but unfortunately he couldn't answer this question.

Originally, Xu Feng was supposed to win the second Golden Horse Best Actress title this year, defeating Lin Qingxia and Sylvia Chang.

But Xu Feng was taking care of her baby at home, and Qiu Jin only made a two-minute cameo in "Blue Blood and Yellow Flowers". Yang Ye could guess the ghost.

He had no choice but to spread his hands and said: "The strength of the three of you is between the same people. You can't guess."

The shortlisted crews entered one after another, and Li Xing walked in with the creators of "Good Morning Taipei" and "Lu Binghua".

Although they are two crews, the actors basically overlap.

The male protagonist of "Good Morning Taipei" and the art teacher of "Lu Binghua" are both played by Zhong Zhentao, and Odie also starred in these two movies.

When Yang Ye saw them coming in, he waved and greeted them.

Wang Zuxian, who plays the sister in "Lu Binghua", also came with the crew. She was wearing a little white skirt today and looked very cute. When she saw Yang Ye waving to them, she immediately ran over and sweetly shouted: "Brother Ye!"

Yang Ye smiled and said: "Just call me someone? It's not polite!"

Wang Zuxian stuck out his tongue and quickly called "Sister Qingxia, Sister Michelle, Sister Aijia, Director Xu..." in a circle.

Lin Fengjiao and Zhong Zhentao also came over to say hello. Michelle said: "Fengjiao, they said you will win three times in a row tonight."

Lin Fengjiao quickly waved her hand and said, "No, you will be struck by lightning!"

"Hahaha!" All the girls laughed together.

……

Awards were being awarded one after another. Yang Ye was drowsy in the audience. The fierce battle with the two girls all night consumed Yang Ye a lot of energy. In addition, he had no interest in winning awards, so he simply closed his eyes and rested.

Just as he was about to fall asleep, Lin Qingxia suddenly pushed him: "I'm calling you!"

"Ah? What's wrong? What award did you win?" Yang Ye quickly opened his eyes. "I want you to go up and present the award!"

"Oh!"

Yang Ye quickly stood up, walked quickly onto the stage, took the list from the host, and immediately let out a sigh, then announced: "The winner of the Best Child Actor in a Drama Film is... Wang Zuxian. Congratulations!"

"Did I win the prize?" Wang Zuxian jumped three feet high, and then high-fived Ou Di next to her: "Yeah!"

Then he bowed to Li Xing and said, "Thank you, director!"

Li Xing smiled kindly and said, "Hurry up and receive the award!"

Like a little butterfly, Wang Zuxian quickly ran onto the stage, making the audience chuckle.

After happily taking the trophy from Yang Ye, Wang Zuxian began to deliver his acceptance speech.

She is thirteen years old this year and is already tall and graceful. Unlike Odie, who won the award last year, she couldn't reach the microphone.

"Thank you to the Golden Horse Awards for giving me this award. I'm so happy. I want to thank my family, my parents, director Li and grandpa, thank you to the uncles and aunts on the crew, thank you little Odie. Finally, I want to thank me My big brother...Yang Ye! You are the person I admire the most. I will be an excellent actor like you in the future and make many, many movies."

Yang Ye stood aside and gave Wang Zuxian a thumbs up with a smile.

"Clap clap clap!"

The audience gave this cute little sister warm applause without hesitation.

Later, Yang Ye won the Best Original Screenplay, but missed the Best Actor.

Lin Qingxia also did not win the best actress, and it was taken away by Sylvia Chang.

The couple was sad to lose the hero and heroine. They looked at each other and smiled, but they didn't feel disappointed. After all, they had taken it before, so they felt better.

"Terminator" won one award and then died out. Instead, "Heist" won two awards for Best Cinematography and Best Editing.

The person who won the best photography was Zhong Zhiwen. He now works at ATV and is an employee of Yang Ye.

Chung Chi-man ranks fourth among Hong Kong photographers in terms of the number of Academy Awards he has won, second only to Wong Yuet-tai, Du Kefeng and Bao Dexi.

After Zhong Zhiwen gave his acceptance speech, he happily returned to his seat. Yang Ye directly asked: "Awen, are you interested in filming my new film?"

Zhong Zhiwen was overjoyed and said quickly: "Yes!"

"But the position of director of photography cannot be given to you. It will be taken by Mr. Hua Huiying, and you will be his deputy."

"Then I will learn more from Mr. Hua."

"This movie is going to be shot at the Taroko Grand Canyon. Mr. Hua is old. In addition to being a photographer, you also have to take care of his safety. Isn't it a bit hard?"

"No problem, I will take good care of Mr. Hua."

Yang Ye was chatting with Zhong Zhiwen, and over there Li Xing won the best movie for "Good Morning Taipei".

Li Xing was tired of winning awards, so he went up and said a few words casually and then came down.

This is the end of this Golden Horse Awards, and Yang Ye will return to Hong Kong with a large team of people the next day.

Lin Fengjiao and Lin Qingxia each have movies to shoot, and they both stay in Taiwan.

Yang Ye didn't care at all about inviting Taiwanese singers and hosts for the New Year's Eve concert. It was impossible for him to do everything himself.

He just came up with an idea for this matter and left the rest to Huang Xizhao.

With Yang Ye's current reputation in the Chinese world, almost no Chinese singer will refuse as long as he is invited.

Yang Ye returned to Hong Kong on the front foot, and Chen Long came back on the back foot. He was going to prepare for a concert in Tokyo with Yang Ye and Yuan Biao.

"The Killer", which was released not long ago, failed miserably at the box office, which made Chen Long very unhappy and he was preparing to return to Hong Kong.

Yang Ye asked: "Aren't you going to stay there?"

Chen Long shook his head and said: "Those ghost guys are too rigid and can't be flexible at all. I plan to come back!"

Yang Ye said: "American film production pays attention to procedures and has a fine division of labor. People perform their duties and the studio follows steps. This is actually what I have been pursuing."

Chen Long nodded and said: "I also think your working style is a bit similar to that group of ghost guys. You have to think about everything before doing it. But you also taught me to be flexible. Why is this?"

Yang Ye said: "This is determined by the route you take. The route you take is that of a market hero. It is suitable for adapting to local conditions and adapting to changes. If it is too rigid, it will be difficult to perform. Jiahe invites you to the United States to arrange the film and let you listen to those ghost guys. You I must be feeling uncomfortable and unable to express my own characteristics. It would be strange if it doesn’t hit the box office!"

"Did you guess this movie would be a hit?"

Yang Ye did not answer, but said: "Actually, Hollywood has invited me many times, but I have always refused. Because I have not thought about how, as a Chinese, I would solve the identity problem if I make an English film. Can Americans accept a Chinese Do people star in American movies, beating up their men and picking up their girls?”

Chen Long was stunned and said: "I thought it was just that the two sides had different ideas. So there is still such a way?"

Yang Ye said: "Actually, with a market as big as Asia, there is no need to break into Europe and the United States. But since you have gone, you can't come back in such a dejected manner."

Chen Long heard the meaning of Yang Ye's words and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "You want to help me?"

Yang Ye thought to himself, I will be your nanny.

He said: "I'll tell you a way. It's up to you whether you accept it or not."

"Just wait for me, I'll write it down."

As Chen Long said this, he took out his small notebook and pen and started taking notes. This guy is very studious and will write down any ideas he has.

"First of all, you have to divide some of the functions of your protagonist. That is to say, add a protagonist, and then you partner with him. This person should preferably be a white man. When casting, you should choose someone who is handsome and has just debuted. Newcomer, so that he can obey your arrangements."

When Chen Long heard this, he nodded repeatedly: "It makes sense!"

"Secondly, in terms of subject matter, you cannot make a pure Hong Kong-style Kung Fu movie. We need to integrate a certain type of Hollywood movie with our Kung Fu movie, and the Kung Fu movie cannot take away the characteristics of this type of movie. In my opinion, The best choice is...western movies. Because western movies and kung fu movies already have many similar elements, which makes them easy to integrate."

"In the end, it's better for you to lead the team yourself instead of listening to those ghost guys' random instructions. If you follow their instructions, your characteristics will be completely lost and the movie will lose its selling point."

The more Chen Long listened, the more he felt it made sense, and he couldn't help but be deeply impressed.

Yang Ye said: "I thought of a story outline for you. A Chinese princess was kidnapped to the United States. The emperor sent his imperial guard to the United States to rescue her. In the desolate western United States, the guard met a cowboy. The two didn't know each other before fighting. Make an appointment to rescue the princess together.

The story is very simple, and you need to fill in the jokes and fights in the middle by yourself. But try not to make jokes that are Chinese, because ghost guys can’t understand them. You have to find a Hollywood screenwriter to help you add various Western references that are familiar to Americans to the story. "

"What does it mean?"

"You can interpret it as a punchline or a foreshadowing."

"understood."

"After you arrive in the United States, go see Shay and ask him to hire a screenwriter to help you complete the script. The film will be produced by United Artists. This way you can ensure your right to speak."

"Ok!"

"Also, I have a candidate for the white protagonist. You can meet him after you go to the United States. His name is... Tom Cruise!"

(End of this chapter)