Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

After visiting the physical special effects studio of Ziqi Company, Yang Mingxin took Lan Naicai to visit the computer special effects studio on the other side.

Yang Mingxin introduced: "Let's watch "Dragon" and "Swordsman". The Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and the Six Meridians Sword in "Dragon". The sword energy in "Swordsman" were all made with computer special effects. In the past, When you do special effects at Shaw Brothers, you always draw directly on film, which is very cumbersome and the effect is not good. We no longer use it.

Three years ago, the Hollywood movie "Superman" used CGI special effects for the first time, and we quickly followed suit. However, this technology is still very rough at the moment. It can be used to generate waves during fights. Special effects related to real people still need to rely on physical objects and models. "

Lan Naicai was amazed by the special effects produced by Ziqi Company. God knows how much money Yang Ye spent on it.

He was originally worried about how to make this movie, but now he is confident.

In fact, from a plot point of view, "The Peacock Prince" is a terrible movie, it simply insults the original comic.

But the movie ended up being a box office hit. Why?

What’s interesting is that those battles are so cult and cool!

Now, the original comics have not been drawn at all, so people have no way to compare them.

Without comparison, there is no harm, and people will complain less about the plot.

Coupled with the level of special effects that transcends the times, Yang Ye is quite confident about the box office results.

In special effects movies, just look at the special effects, the plot is not that important.

Besides, Yang Ye's primary purpose is to support the special effects team, accumulate experience, and be able to afford it without fear of losing money.

After coming out of Ziqi Company, Yang Ye said to Yang Mingxin: "Third brother, I am going to Japan in a few days. A director named Yang Jie from the mainland will come to visit and inspect. Please welcome me."

Yang Mingxin was stunned: "Is my sister coming?"

"It's just the same name, and the second sister is not the director either!"

"Oh, I see!"

"But this Yang Jie is also an opera performer. Aren't you a fan? We happen to have a common language."

After Yang Ye finished speaking, he left. He and Lan Naicai went to the Yingren Tea Restaurant, where a very chubby little fat man was waiting.

This person is Cai Lan.

Yang Ye smiled and said to the two of them: "Find a partner for you. Mr. Cai Lam is very familiar with Japan. This time he will serve as the producer of the movie "Peacock King". You two will cooperate with each other."

Chua Lam's father was originally a retainer of Shaw Brothers (Shao Renmei) in Singapore. When Chua Lam grew up, he went to Japan to study filmmaking, and then came to Hong Kong to assist Shaw Brothers in cooperating with Japan in making films.

Later, Chow Wen-huai and He Guanchang quit Shaw Brothers and formed their own Golden Harvest. Chua Lam was appointed as the production manager of Shaw Brothers.

But as Fang Yihua took over the purchasing department and gradually became the actual head of Shaw Brothers, Cai Lam was gradually squeezed out and could only leave sadly.

In the original time and space, as soon as Chua Lam left Shaw Brothers, he was hired by Golden Harvest to be responsible for the co-production of Chen Lung and Hong Jingbao's "Fast Truck", "Brothers and Brothers" and other large-scale multinational productions.

But now, Jiahe is living a normal life, but Baiyang is enjoying great glory. Yang Ye offers an olive branch, and Cai Lan naturally accepts it happily.

Yang Ye made a plan: "If this "Peacock King" is filmed well, I will set up a studio for the two of you, and we will be responsible for cooperating with Japan in the future."

Cai Lam had heard of the film studio model of Baiyang Pictures for a long time. It had clear accounts and no arrears. It was much more cost-effective than working at Shaw Brothers or opening a satellite company in Jiahe.

Both Chen Long and Hong Jingbao made huge profits from their studios, but only Hu Jinquan lost his studio.

Recently, there has been another McDonald's studio, but no works have been released yet, so I don't know what the results will be.

In fact, with Cai Lam's qualifications, it is more than enough to establish a film studio.

However, Yang Ye still gave them a test question. Only after passing this test can they get something!

Cai Lan was a lonely person who had just been kicked out of Shaw Brothers. He didn't think Yang Ye's test questions were harsh, but he was very motivated!

……

The Christmas season of 1981 was full of excitement.

Bai Yang's side is "Sword Rain" starring the newly debuted kung fu boy Jet Li.

After watching the midnight screening of "Sword Rain", New Arts City chose to avoid its sharpness and release their masterpiece "The Best Partner" in the Spring Festival period, while the Christmas period released a thriller and horror film "Reborn Man" .

The movie that Shaw Brothers submitted to challenge was called "The Legend of the Sparrow Fighter". Since the success of "The King of Thousand Kings", Shaw Brothers has been running hard on the road of betting on movies. In the first half of the year, Wang Jing directed the movie "Thousand Kings Fighting Thousands". "Ba", which did well at the box office.

So in the second half of the year, he produced "The Legend of the Sparrow Fighter" and invited Xu Guanjie to sing the theme song, hoping to make another fortune.

The most bizarre thing about Golden Harvest is that the movie released was "The Prodigal Son" starring Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao.

Yang Ye has long said that people who don't let others make money must have something wrong with their heads.

The Baiyang Brokerage Company he opened does not have any sectarian views and welcomes everyone to come and hire people.

Jiahe hired Chen Long before, but this time it invited Hong Jingbao and Yuan Biao. Baiyang Agency did not stop them and readily let them go!

For Hong Jingbao, he already knew that "Sword Rain" would be released in the Christmas season.

Moreover, due to the merger of Lisheng and Baiyang, Xinyi City will also come to compete for the slots. It will be too crowded.

So after he talked to Yang Ye, he ran to Jiahe to film.

As a result, a pattern has been formed in which three major theater chains and four major film companies compete for the Christmas schedule.

After merging with Lisheng, Poplar Cinemas is the largest cinema chain in Hong Kong. Its location, environment and facilities are all first-class. Even though two movies were released at the same time, it still leads the box office.

In the 1980s, Hong Kong films entered their most prosperous period of development, with box office records constantly breaking and action films reaching their peak.

There are so many stars and so many movies, and dozens of action movies are released every year, which makes the audience become very professional. As long as an actor makes a move or strikes a pose, the audience will know how much "weight" you have.

Action movie actors work hard to make their scenes more difficult to excite the audience. You jumped from the eighth floor and fell into the pool? Then I will jump off the ninth floor and jump into the sea of ​​fire.

At that time, there was no talk of keeping quiet while watching movies. There can be as few as five hundred people in a theater or as many as a thousand people. They applaud if they see something good. If they don't like it, they just throw it away. The momentum is very huge.

Sometimes they know that the director and actors are on set, and they will deliberately scold you. Damn street boy, making bad movies, wasting my money!

How does it feel when hundreds or even thousands of people criticize you together? Who can bear it?

Under such circumstances, it is basically impossible for a person without kung fu skills to be the protagonist in an action movie. If he does, he will be scolded, thrown into the street, and lose money three times in a row.

Therefore, Baiyang Pictures released Jet Li, whose elegant movements and agile skills immediately attracted the audience's attention.

Although "Sword Rain" was released in a low-key manner without large-scale publicity, and Yang Ye and Lin Qingxia were in a state of mind at the beginning of the film, the movie still became a box office hit.

"Film Fortnightly" commented: "The movie "Sword Rain" grasps the audience's mentality to the extreme. The appearance of Yang Ye and Lin Qingxia at the beginning made the audience full of expectations.

But the two of them left the scene quickly, leaving the audience very disappointed. The rest of the plot relied on suspense. Until Jet Li finally took action, the audience's emotions immediately rose from the bottom to the top, which was more enjoyable than riding a roller coaster.

This refreshing feeling is not only caused by the reversal of the plot, but also because Yang Ye has found the best spokesperson.

Li Lianjie's agility can almost rival Yang Ye.

We seem to have seen that another new star is rising in the Hong Kong film industry. ""Sword Rain" finally led the Christmas season with a box office of 1610 million, ranking third in the 1981 annual box office. Second only to Yang Ye's "Wushe Uprising" and Xu Guanwen's "Modern Bodyguard".

Hong Jingbao and Yuen Biao's "The Prodigal Son" received 915 million at the box office. Shaw Brothers' "The Legend of the Sparrow Heroes" ranked third with a box office of 649 million, and New Art City's "Reborn Man" ranked last with a box office of 608 million.

In 1981, there were more than 30 Hong Kong films with a box office of more than million yuan in the local area. It seemed that overnight, the film market exploded.

The golden age of Hong Kong films has officially begun!

After this battle, people were even more surprised by the strength of Baiyang Cinemas, which released two movies at the same time and achieved good results of 1600 million and 600 million.

Although "The Reborn" ranks last, it is not far behind Shaw Brothers' "The Legend of the Sparrow Heroes".

However, several bosses at Xinyi City were not very happy.

Mai Jiandao: "If we had a separate theater chain, "The Reborn" would not have lost too much, not to mention beating "The Prodigal Boy"."

Shi Tian said: "There are too many fierce people in Baiyang, and now there is Jet Li, who really can't get the time slot."

Huang Baiming said: "Then what can we do? They said it was fair competition and they didn't play tricks. The attendance rate of our film is not as good as others, so we have to let the film be scheduled."

Mai Jia said: "Oh, it's really not a problem to be crowded together like this. It would be great if there was a separate theater line!"

……

Japan, NHK TV station, backstage at the Red and White Song Contest.

As she was about to go on stage, Akina Nakamori felt a little nervous.

Yang Ye hugged her gently and encouraged: "Relax!"

"Ok!"

Yang Ye's warm embrace gave Akina Nakamori, who was debuting on stage, inexplicable confidence.

……

"Momoe Yamaguchi has been away from the entertainment industry for two years. People must be curious, where has she gone?

Today, on the stage of the Red and White Song Festival, we will solve this mystery.

The next song is performed for us by Yang Ye and Yamaguchi Momoe...'s disciple, Nakamori Akina! "

The host gasped and paused when he mentioned Yamaguchi Momoe. The audience thought Yamaguchi Momoe was back.

Damn, Bai was excited for a while.

But, Yamaguchi Momoe’s disciple?

In the past two years, a lot of newcomers have appeared in the Japanese music scene, all of them claiming to be Yamaguchi Momoe's successor.

Is this going to be a real thing, so that we can listen to it?

The fake Li Gui is about to meet the real Li Kui, and the audience can't help but look forward to it.

Beautiful music played.

Suddenly there was fog on the stage, and the lights on the dome fell like stars!

A man with a high honour, dressed as an ancient Confucian scholar, stepped onto the stage, held a microphone, and sang: "It's still, all the flowers are blooming. It's far away, and love is clear. The sky is depressed, but love is very fond of me. At that time, I didn't Understand this is called love!”

Then, a girl in a pink dress, dressed like a fairy, also came up and sang: "You like it, standing on that window sill. You haven't come back for a long time. The colorful time is dyed blank, it's the tears you shed open."

Yang Ye's clothes have a touch of pink, like peach blossoms. Nakamori Akina's clothes are more pink, like a cherry blossom fairy!

The Peach Blossom Fairy and the Cherry Blossom Fairy looked at each other from a distance and sang together: "I don't want you to leave, the distance can't separate you. Longing becomes the sea and can't come in outside the window. Forgiveness is said too quickly, love becomes an obstacle..."

What Yang Ye and Nakamori Akina sang was "Sea of ​​Flowers" composed by the later music king Milk Cha Lun.

This song "Sea of ​​Flowers" was written by Milk Cha Lun in tribute to Naka Kosuke's island singing style.

The island singing style is called island chant in Japanese and is a traditional folk song originating from the Ryukyu region.

Therefore, although this is a song decades later, it was composed in the style of the Showa era.

The Japanese audience both at the venue and in front of the TV felt that it sounded very good and comfortable, without any feeling of violation.

All I can say is that milk tea is awesome!

After singing a section in Chinese, the two switched to Japanese.

Maiい戻れ花の海 (flowers bloom and fade, this sea of ​​flowers)

Yae に咲く涙 Sin めて (The flowers are blooming, drowning my tears)

Kaiming Yuya Yuna (Even the sea is crying, if it can be realized)

あの日まで帰りたい (Let me go back to that day)

Many lights on the scene lit up together, rendering the stage in an orange glow, which looked very warm.

Some fine petals fell down, and Akina Nakamori danced gracefully among the flying flowers in the warm light.

What about Yang Ye? He stood aside, smiling and looking at the dancing fairies, singing the harmony softly.

The audience was stunned. The atmosphere was so romantic and beautiful. Many people covered their mouths with their hands.

They forgot to scream and did not dare to scream for fear of disturbing the beautiful atmosphere.

The second time I sang it, the lyrics were reversed. I sang it in Japanese first, and then switched to Chinese.

When they sang: "I don't want you to leave, distance can't separate you. Missing becomes the sea, can't come in outside the window. Forgiveness is said too quickly, love becomes an obstacle."

Countless petals suddenly fell from the sky!

"I owe you your favor, and I'm waiting for a comeback. The sky is still bright, and it loves the sea. The love song has been defeated, and love no longer exists."

In the sea of ​​flowers flying all over the sky, the warm voices of two people came.

People could no longer control their excitement. They screamed loudly and stretched out their hands to welcome the flying petals.

Whether they were the audience at the scene or the audience in front of the TV, they all made the same move.

Many people were moved by this song and had tears in their eyes!

The stage design from forty years later, coupled with such a touching song and beautiful lyrics, is so beautiful and dreamy!

"Thank you!"

"Thank you!"

Yang Ye and Nakamori Akina bowed to the audience together, and returned backstage amidst the crazy and warm applause of the audience!

"Onii-chan, did we succeed?"

"Of course, Akina. Starting tonight, your name will be resounding throughout Japan, and even throughout Asia!" (End of Chapter)