Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Yang Ye put his arms around Hu Yinmeng's slender waist, kissed her gently on the face, and said affectionately: "Yinyin, you have worked hard for me during this time, running around."

Hu Yinmeng received a lot of cold looks in Taiwan and felt a little aggrieved. He sighed: "It's a pity that the results have been very little."

Yang Ye said: "It doesn't matter, anyway, Taiwan has not banned me like it did with Li Hanxiang. As long as we open a crack, we can slowly pry it open."

Hu Yinmeng felt a little confused when Yang Ye's big hand touched her waist.

She hadn't enjoyed Yang Ye's big eagle for a long time, and she said infatuatedly: "You want me!"

……

Yang Ye took Hu Yinmeng to Ziqi Company to check the progress of "The Peacock King".

Walking into Yang Mingxin's office, he found that Xu Ke and Cheng Xiaodong were also there. He smiled and said: "Director Xu, Director Cheng, rare visitors!"

The two stood up quickly, shook hands with Yang Ye politely, and explained their purpose of coming. It turned out that they were doing post-production work for the martial arts movie "The Secret of Life and Death" that they were filming.

"The Secret of Life and Death" is Cheng Xiaodong's famous work. Cheng Xiaodong relied on this movie to establish his unconstrained action style.

The American Time magazine once invited 50 professionals who knew the action movie genre well to select the 101 greatest action movies of all time.

"The Secret of Life and Death" is among them, ranking 100th.

The ninja battle in the middle of the movie and the final life-and-death duel between Chinese and Japanese masters are simply amazing.

Cheng Xiaodong's fast action editing techniques are undoubtedly very imaginative for martial arts films of this era.

Full of explosive power, all the moves are hearty, and the blood seals the throat without any sloppiness. Even if you watch it many years later, it will still be unconventional.

However... this style has been copied by Yang Ye with "Swordsman", so now he is just imitating Yang Ye.

Moreover, although the action design is beautiful, the traces of Wia that cannot be hidden are very unsightly.

Therefore, when they found Ziqi Company this time, they naturally hoped to hide these traces.

This kind of thing is a piece of cake for Ziqi Company. After collecting 200,000 yuan, it was over quickly.

Cheng Xiaodong and Xu Ke came over to receive the goods and found that after removing the wires, Liu Songren and Xu Shaoqiang in the movie seemed like they could really fly to the sky and escape from the earth. They were so happy to watch.

But it’s so painful and expensive!

Later, several people went to watch the post-production of "The Peacock Prince".

Chua Lam and Lan Naicai are also watching the post-production process at Ziqi Company. The Hong Kong film industry is so big and everyone knows each other, so they say hello to each other.

In front of a computer, the staff is combining special effects layers and character layers.

I saw Yuan Biao making complicated gestures with both hands, a nine-character mantra in one move: Lin, Bing, Du, Zhe, Jie, Formation, Row, Advance, Line...

Suddenly an air wave was emitted, knocking away the monster on the screen.

This miraculous skill made Xu and Cheng's eyes sparkle.

Yang Mingxin said proudly: "In the past, to do this kind of special effect of waves, you could only draw on film. It was very troublesome, soft, and the effect was very poor. Nowadays, it is very convenient to use computers to create it."

Xu Ke sighed: "I didn't expect Ziqi Company's technology to be so advanced!"

Yang Ye said: "Relatively speaking, we are still slower than Hollywood. Hollywood began to use CG technology four years ago. The "Tron" released in Hollywood this year used computers on a large scale for image processing, and the effect was very good. sharp."

Xu Ke nodded and said, "I've seen that movie too."

Xu Ke is a technology geek and dreams of filming "Shu Mountain". He has come to Ziqi Company more than once, and every time he sees those realistic props, he gets itchy.

It's a pity that he never got the money, and it was all in vain.

During this time, Xu Ke was in frequent contact with Zou Wenhuai.

It's a pity that Zou Wenhuai was deceived by "Blade Runner" and was a little hesitant to make such a special effects blockbuster.

Yang Ye did not tell the truth. Not only did he not tell the truth, he also planned to add some chips to Xu Ke.

The "Peacock Prince" produced by Chua Lam and Lan Naicai looks pretty good. If it does well at the box office, it will definitely stimulate Zou Wenhuai's determination.

Yang Ye asked Cai Lan: "How long will it take to finish this film?"

Cai Lan said: "Come on, adjust the effect of this wave. It will be done in a week at most."

Yang Ye said: "So soon? I thought it would be completed by the end of the year. I have seen the theater schedule before, and the second half of the year is more crowded. Do you want to go directly or wait until next year?"

Cai Lan was stunned and said, "Is it very crowded?"

Yang Ye said: "In September, I will film the Western film "Shanghai Noon" starring Aaron. In October, I will film "The Wrathful Sea" produced by Sister Meng. In November, I will film the Western film "First Blood" directed by me. During the Christmas season, I will film San Mao's "People are scary".

In addition, the three Aaron brothers will soon start filming "Plan A", which will be either Christmas or Spring Festival. Oh, there are still several films waiting for New Art City, McDonald's also has a film to be released, not to mention some other small companies. "

When Cai Lan heard this, he realized that Yang Ye, Chen Long and Hong Jingbao were all untouchable, and Xia Meng's "Journey to the Wrathful Sea" seemed to be easy to bully.

Xu Anhua is making literary films, and there are no big names in the film. How can it get any box office?

Cai Lan planned to pick up a soft persimmon and squeeze it, then said: "Can we go up in October? Let's go to the midnight stall in September first and test the reaction."

Yang Yexin said, if you think "Running to the Raging Sea" is a soft persimmon, then it's just a piece of iron.

Yang Ye said: "You discuss with Manager Jiang and ask him to stagger your and Sister Meng's films by half a month as much as possible. In addition, communicate with the publicity department, make a plan, and start publicity first."

Cai Lan nodded and said hello, and Yang Ye added: "In Japan, I personally told President Kadokawa to start a publicity plan and let's have a simultaneous release."

The competition in Japan is even fiercer. It has to compete with Japanese movies and Hollywood at the same time. Chua Lam doesn't expect to get a good schedule. It would be good if the whole movie can be released simultaneously.

Cai Lan said hello again.

Yang Ye said: "By the way, how about you and I go to Singapore in a while?"

Cai Lan asked curiously: "Why are you going to Singapore?"

Yang Ye said: "Aren't you a Singaporean? Be a guide for me. I'll go over there to discuss some cooperation."

It didn't matter, Cai Lan agreed casually.

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After the route was decided, Lin Baocheng, Jiang Zhiqiang, and Huang Xizhao began frequent business trips to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.

As for Yang Ye, he only waited until the matter was almost settled before finally taking action. It was impossible for him to go into battle shirtless in the early stage.

Jiang Zhiqiang inspected Singapore and Malaysia, and first met with Robert Kuok, the boss of the local Rainbow Group.

Robert Kuok is the Sugar King of Malaysia. His Rainbow Group is a shopping mall manufacturer with assets of approximately MYR 50 million.

This is not a lot of money, but the shopping mall in his hands is very good and suitable for opening a movie theater.

Lin Baocheng, on the other hand, went directly to invest, seeking to open Donglai Plaza to Singapore and Malaysia.

Huang Xizhao went to Singapore to discuss with SMG about investing in an entertainment company and co-producing a TV series there.

All work is going on in an orderly manner, and Yang Ye is preparing his new film while gathering the news coming back.

This new film needed a capable second male lead to fight alongside him, so Yang Ye called Donnie Yen back.

Donnie Yen was sent to Thailand by Yang Ye some time ago to practice Muay Thai with Prayuth Chan-ocha.

Donnie Yen has Tai Chi in his family. He went to the capital and learned national standard martial arts. After returning to Hong Kong with Yang Ye, Yang Ye asked him to learn free fighting from Binny and finally practice Muay Thai.

At this point, his martial arts system has been very rich. Yang Ye tried Donnie Yen's skills and was very satisfied and said, "During this period, please practice Qing Gong with me first!"

Qinggong is the parkour of later generations, but Yang Ye secretly changed its name.

As Yang Ye, Chen Long and others continue to demonstrate Qinggong in movies such as "Food Truck" and "Terminator", they have gained many fans around the world.

Many young people followed the movements in the movie and regarded them as fashion, which became popular.

Yang Ye decided to strengthen the concept of Qinggong, so he planned to launch "Violent Street".

"Violent Street" is a French movie with a very simple plot. The main attraction is the miraculous parkour performance of the two leading actors.

The story roughly tells that in the future, the underworld is rampant in Paris, France. The gang headed by the drug lord Taha is even more rampant, and even the local police are afraid of it.

The weak police cannot fight against the powerful gangs and can only use walls and fortifications to isolate the areas where the criminals are located.

In this place called "Area 13", there is a mixture of good and bad, and the young gangster Leto refuses Taha's drug business, and the two sides have a fierce conflict.

Leto originally took Taha to the police station, but was tricked by the corrupt police. Not only was Taha at large, Leto's sister Lola was also taken away by the drug lord.

Six months later, the agile policeman Damiere received a difficult case.

A powerful neutron bomb was hijacked during transportation and fell into Taha's hands.

In order to prevent the bomb from exploding, Damiere must recover the bomb within 24 hours.

He had to turn to Leto, who was waiting for an opportunity to rescue his sister...

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Yang Ye changed the place where the story takes place to Hong Kong. There is a ready-made place in District 13, the Kowloon Walled City, which is very suitable.

Parkouring in Kowloon Walled City is quite cool.

The time when the story takes place has also been changed to the future.

Then the name of the protagonist was changed, Leto was renamed Luo Lei, and Yang Ye played the role himself. The younger sister Lola is just called Lola. The original version was a sweet-looking and petite French girl, so it was very suitable for Li Saifeng to play the role.

It is worth mentioning that the heroine’s name is Dany Warisimo, and she has joined Woodpecker.

LSP knows what a woodpecker is, search it yourself.

The second male protagonist, policeman Damier, directly uses Donnie Yen's English name Danny.

The big villain K2 in the movie was played by Cheng Kui'an.

Since Cheng Kui'an finished starring in "The Terminator" with Yang Ye, he has often starred as villains in various Hong Kong films and has prospered.

In the preparatory stage of the film, there were many good news. "Shanghai Noon" combines kung fu movies and western movies, which is very suitable for the appetite of North American audiences. It sold 30 million US dollars at the box office, allowing Chen Long to fight a turnaround, and Tom Cruise also relied on this The movie became a hit.

In Hong Kong, it is a little acclimated. With Chen Long's fame, he barely exceeded 1500 million, which is not satisfactory.

Fortunately, it is much higher than the previous film "The Killer". The Hong Kong box office of "The Killer" was just over 5 million, which is terrible. This time it can be regarded as a redemption.

"Into the Wrath" was originally not optimistic, but it was a surprise after its release. The box office soared by 1600 million, breaking the box office record of literary films. With this battle, Xu Anhua became a god and promoted to the first new wave director.

It's unreasonable for a literary film to be a big winner at the box office.

The following "Peacock King" was released simultaneously in Japan and Hong Kong. It sold 18 billion yen in Japan and 1800 million box office in Hong Kong. Yuen Biao relied on this film to consolidate his popularity in Japan.

The terrifying scene of the hell messenger's transformation in the movie scared many viewers into crying.

Three movies in a row have been hits, and Asian film companies have come to buy the films. Next, they will attack all Asia.

Unfortunately, "Shanghai Noon" was blocked by Taiwan because it went to the Forbidden City for filming.

Yuen Biao previously starred in "Sword Rain", which caused "The Maurya" to be blocked in Taiwan.

"Running to the Angry Sea" went to Hainan Island for filming, but was also blocked by Taiwan.

Three consecutive films have been blocked by Taiwan. Some Hong Kong filmmakers are saddened, while others are gloating about their misfortune.

However, after they laughed a few times, they stopped laughing.

Although they are banned in Taiwan, they are selling well at the box office in North America and Japan. In comparison, Taiwan’s box office is nothing?

Even if it sells for NT$20 million, it is only converted into HK$4 million. Compared with the Japanese and North American markets, is it nothing?

Not even a hair!

Even if "Into the Wrath" fails to sell for money in Japan and North America, so what? Hong Kong is full of food, and if you travel around Southeast Asia, it’s all about money!

Taiwan is also riding a tiger and is unable to get off. It is the sharpest weapon to block people. People don't take it seriously. What can you do?

In anger, Taiwan almost banned the entire Baiyang Pictures, but Yang Ye sent Hu Yinmeng to spread money and connections around Taiwan some time ago.

China Film Chairman Gu Zhenfu, the second son, and some officials who had received Yang Ye's benefits all had ambiguous attitudes.

This ban order was not issued after all.

Yang Ye only needs to maintain this state, and the rest is to grind and endure slowly.

Anyway, Jianfeng doesn’t have a good life for a few more years, and full opening up will be a matter of time.

"Qi Men Dun Jia", "Shanghai Noon", "Journey to the Raging Sea" and "The Maurya" have four consecutive films dominating within three months. Films from New Art City are also performing well, and Baiyang Cinemas has entered its heyday.

Next, Baiyang Cinema will release three movies: "Rambo", "The Scary Man" and "Plan A".

These are masterpieces by Yang Ye, Chen Long, Hong Jingbao, Yuan Biao and others, and they are almost guaranteed to explode.

There is no doubt that in 1982, the entire second half of the year belonged to Baiyang Cinema.

Moreover, in the first half of the year, Baiyang Cinema Line also released high-grossing movies such as "The Best Partner", "Sword Rain" and "Pretty Girl".

After a whole year like this, among the three major theater chains in Hong Kong, the box office output of Poplar Cinema will probably exceed 80%.

It is truly a domination of one family, and it is terrible to see that the theaters of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers are depleted.

Seeing that the movie market is so booming, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest can only eat soup. They are all suffering.

Of course, while the flowers are blooming, there are also undercurrents.

Because the three brothers Yang Ye, Chen Long and the newly rising Li Lianjie are too strong, New Art City cannot get a good slot at all.

Although Yang Ye has expressed his attitude, fair competition will not prevent New Art City from being released in popular schedules.

But how could New Art City defeat those monsters Yang Ye and Chen Long?

They have begun to consider whether to quit Baiyang and form another theater chain.

Lei Juekun was a bit stuck. He didn't expect Xinyi City to be so powerful.

Now that I think about it, buying a stake in Baiyang Cinemas was a bad move.

However, Baiyang Cinema Line was making huge money every day, so he was reluctant to quit the Baiyang Cinema Line and form another one.

Damn, I have a headache!

Run Run Shaw's situation is becoming increasingly difficult, and he has begun to think about quitting.

However, Zou Wenhuai was very motivated. Seeing Bai Yang's special effects blockbuster "Peacock King" selling well at the box office in Japan, he finally decided to invest 2500 million Hong Kong dollars to help Xu Ke create "The Legend of the New Shushan Swordsman".

But who could know that stepping on the horse is a dead move? (End of chapter)