Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

This time and space has undergone some deviations due to the appearance of Yang Ye.

Because Yang Ye has become the king of kung fu with his powerful achievements, the dragon and tiger martial arts masters in Hong Kong are now closely united around him and regard him as their spiritual leader.

This resulted in Golden Harvest having to change course and start supporting "new wave" films.

In 1978, after Teddy Robin returned to Hong Kong, he went directly to Golden Harvest and filmed "Pointing to the Soldiers" with Zhang Guoming.

He did not seek investment from Liang Li Shaoxia, so Zhucheng Film Company, the promoter of the "new wave" in the original time and space, did not appear at all.

Liang Li Shaoxia is still doing her clothing business.

By 1981, a strange pattern had temporarily formed in which New Art City focused on comedy, Baiyang focused on kung fu, Jiahe focused on new wave, and Shaw Brothers hit the streets.

After Yang Ye bought out the copyrights of Jin Yong and Gu Long, the two generals of Shaw Brothers, Zhang Che and Chu Yuan, were completely confused.

The two of them originally specialized in photographing Jin Yong's cologne, but suddenly they didn't have any more to do. For a while, they didn't know what to do.

Now I can only settle for the second best and shoot the works of Liang Yusheng, Ni Kuang and Huang Ying.

However, the influence of these authors is far inferior to that of Jin Yong and Gu Long, their IP value is not high, and their box office performance is not good.

But at this time, Shaw Brothers suddenly released Wang Jing, and the film "Thousand Kings Fight Thousand Tyrants" did well at the box office.

However, the Shaw Brothers system cannot retain Wang Jing, and he will run away sooner or later.

Entering the summer season, Golden Harvest took the lead in launching "Cream Valley Fresh Milk" directed by newcomer Shan Huizhu. With its fresh and realistic style, it achieved a box office of 480 million and attracted the attention of the film industry.

Shan Huizhu also became an important director of the new wave of Hong Kong films with this film, and later directed a series of films with unique styles.

Immediately afterwards, Xu Ke, who left Golden Harvest and joined New Art City, suddenly showed his power, and his movie "Gui Ma Zhi Duo Xing" earned nearly 8 million in box office.

Yang Ye had previously predicted that Zou Wenhuai would regret his youth, and it turned out to be true, causing many people to admire Yang Ye's vision.

Under this effect, Zhong Chuhong, a newcomer who joined Baiyang Pictures not long ago, suddenly became popular, and many people rushed to find her for filming.

The reason is simple, Yang Ye predicted that she would become popular.

Since you, Yang Ye, have such a good taste and say that Zhong Chuhong will become popular, let's quickly sign two dramas with her.

This kind of change... Yang Ye and Zhong Chuhong were both unexpected.

But it is precisely because of this reason that Zhong Chuhong suddenly became the heroine in various movies. Her sweet smile, Southeast Asian appearance and very in line with the aesthetics of Hong Kong people, and then she became really popular!

Some people discussed this issue in later generations. In the final analysis, was it Yang Ye's ability to discern pearls, or was it Yang Ye's celebrity effect that led to this result?

I'm afraid it's hard to tell clearly!

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After Yang Ye returned to Hong Kong, he participated in some company affairs every morning and went to the studio to edit films in the afternoon.

Xia Meng handles the company's daily affairs, and Yang Ye only needs to participate in some matters that require decision-making.

After get off work, I go to spend time with my wives. Each of them takes a day, taking turns. The little life is very pleasant.

Being Yang Ye's editor is a very unfulfilling job, because Yang Ye is completely in charge, and the editor only passively follows the instructions.

The editing room usually looks like this:

From this screen, go back eight seconds and start from that frame.

Okay, next one, I don’t want this one.

I want another one. Which shot should you cut one second back from this scene...

The editor is Yang Ye's tool.

By early August, Yang Ye had edited two versions. One is a four-hour long version, which was sent to the Venice Film Festival for exhibition.

This version will also be used when it is released in Taiwan and Japan later, divided into two parts.

The upper part is "Flag of the Sun", which tells the story of the Wushe uprising and ends with the school battle.

The second part is "Rainbow Bridge", which tells the story of the indigenous people who resisted to the death and vowed not to surrender in the face of the crazy revenge of the Japanese.

The second version is the 150-minute international version, which is used in Hong Kong, Europe and the United States.

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ATV's strategy of using long-form dramas to enter the wireless market is still going on, and the results are impressive.

In the first half of the year, "Swordsman" once again defeated TVB's key drama "Dragon and Tiger" by half.

However, although the momentum was huge, the investment was also huge, and although the ratings on paper exceeded Wireless, once the accounts were calculated, it was a loss!

On the contrary, wireless is in a defensive posture, consumes less energy, and is profitable.

Unless Yang Ye is willing to continue to lose money and replenish ATV's blood, this strategy cannot last long.

Under this circumstance, ATV began to adopt the strategy of going global. The local market was too small and it could not make money, so it sought overseas markets.

Under Yang Ye's operation, "The Love of the Earth" was the first to land on Chinese TV stations in North America.

Later, McDonald's competed for the Emmy Award with the English version of "The Great Love" and took home a trophy for Best TV Series.

In fact, there are a lot of Emmy Awards in the United States. Yang Ye just spent some money to run an Emmy Award trophy during the off-peak period and came back to brag.

After McDonald came back with the trophy, the "Asia Radio" in Southeast Asia controlled by Yang Ye was ordered to make it a key news and hype it up. "Asia Broadcasting Station" is the original "Li's Yingsheng". After Yang Ye acquired it, the name was changed.

However, operations in various places are as before, without any changes.

For Yang Ye, these are all small businesses. He is too lazy to take care of them and has no energy to take care of them for the time being.

As long as the annual financial report does not make a loss, let them make it.

In May, McDonald's also went to France to exhibit in France and attended the Cannes Film Festival with the English version of "The Love of the Earth".

With this kind of momentum, "Love from the Earth" successfully went overseas and was broadcast in 25 countries and regions in Western Europe and Southeast Asia, becoming the pride of Hong Kong dramas.

ATV also gained momentum with this record, leaving TVB breathless.

Under this situation, Shu-Yi Chow abdicated in favor of a more talented person, and Fong Yat-wah took over the power of TVB again.

As soon as this woman came up, she used all kinds of tactics to successfully poach ATV's gold medal director Xiao Sheng, as well as the popular actress Yu An'an.

Yang Ye didn't care about this kind of normal business competition, as long as Fang Yihua didn't use tricks to blackmail other actors like last time.

Personnel changes were normal. Xiao Sheng left. ATV immediately reorganized Lai Shuiqing to take charge of the filming of "The Walking Dead". They also poached Liu Songren and partnered with Michelle to play Zhang Danfeng and Yun Lei. The ratings still exploded.

Liu Songren and Michelle also became classic screen heroes because of this TV series. They have partnered many times in their careers and left a deep impression on audiences on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.

So much so that in the later mainland remake of "The Shadow", Liu Songren and Michelle were invited to play Zhang Danfeng and Yun Lei's masters, Xie Tianhua and Ye Yingying.

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At the end of August, Yang Ye, Xu Feng and Jiang Zhiqiang appeared in the water city of Venice.

In fact, the female characters in "Sediq Bale" are all secondary characters. Xu Feng just found a reason to travel with Yang Ye.

And Jiang Zhiqiang, naturally came here to do distribution work.

The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world and the ancestor of film festivals.

But its fate was rather bumpy, as it was temporarily suspended due to the war.

There were also several events that were run by the Nazi government and were not recognized.

In 1969, due to protests, the awards activities were stopped for ten years, and even suspended for three years.

It was not until 1980 that the Venice Film Festival resumed the selection of awards such as the Golden Lion Award.

The Venice Film Festival, which has just resumed its award judging, is very weak and cannot accept good works at all. As a result, the Best Actor and Actor has been vacant for three years because those scumbags do not deserve to win the award.

Yang Ye is targeting the Venice Film Festival this time because this is the time when Venice is at its weakest and it urgently needs a well-received movie to re-establish its reputation.

As an international director, Yang Ye has won the Palme d'Or and the Oscar for Best Director. His new work appeared at the Venice Film Festival, which is a timely help.

Venice is indeed very generous. Not only did "Sediq Bale" be selected as the opening film, it was also shortlisted for the Golden Lion Award.

Face is given to each other. Since Venice is so upright, of course Yang Ye led a large group of people to come to support him.

In this time and space, the movie "Sediq Bale" has many names. In the Chinese-speaking world, it is called "Wushe Uprising", the Japanese version is called "Sakura in the Wind", and the English version is called "Real People". The original name "Sediq Bale" was not used.

Seediqbale is the transliteration of the Aboriginal language, which means real people.

But if you just look at these few words and don’t translate them, you don’t even know what they mean. Everyone is confused when they look at the title of the film.

Xiang Huasheng, the last overlord of Hong Kong movies, once summarized the eight keys to success in commercial movies, the first of which is "attractive title".

Wei Desheng insisted on using the strange title "Sediq Bale" because he couldn't deal with the money.

As a side note, readers may be curious about Xiang Huasheng’s eight keys to victory? Listed here together, they are:

Film title attraction, theme selection, cast matching, concurrent opponents, theater analysis, publicity momentum, schedule advantages, and film quality.

Xiang Huasheng believes that the box office of a movie is the sum of various factors.

Among these eight winning factors, the film quality that audiences value most is the least important.

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After the Venice Film Festival resumed awarding, the last one was deserted, with only three or two kittens, which led to a lack of interest among film producers.

This session suddenly became very lively, with dozens of film producers from around the world gathered here.

This is not because of the Venice Film Festival’s reputation, but because of Yang Ye’s contribution.

They all came to attend the world premiere of "Sediq Bale".

Moreover, since Yang Ye has not released a movie for a long time, this time he suddenly appeared in Venice, many fans followed him, the most conspicuous of which was the Japanese fan group.

Yang Ye's Japanese fan group consists of a lot of girls. Thanks to Japan's unprecedentedly strong economy today, they are not short of money. Many people follow Yang Ye all year round.

Once he learns where and what kind of activities Yang Ye is doing, he will immediately buy a ticket to go.

For such a big event as participating in a film festival, of course they have to come and cheer for their master. (End of chapter)