Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 33

Wen Jun looked at his classmates arrogantly and said proudly: "How about it? I'm not bragging, am I? Isn't Yang Shaoniu awesome?"

"Awesome, really awesome!" The students were all convinced.

"I always feel it's a bit fake. How can a person jump so high?" There was still a classmate who felt something was wrong.

"I think it's a stunt?"

"What kind of stunt? The camera didn't even switch. Can't you tell?"

"Maybe it's the hanging wire?"

"Where's the wire? Did you see it?"

The current wire-hanging technology can only do some simple somersaults, and the camera must be hidden.

Generally speaking, when a character wants to perform Qing Kung Fu, the camera will switch to half-body, so that the tightrope is out of the frame.

In "Shaolin Temple", there is a full panoramic long shot, and there is no possibility of hiding the camera. It looks as if a person can really jump so high and perform such complicated movements.

This group of students discussed for a long time, and they had to admit that Yang Ye was even more awesome than Bruce Lee!
But a question arises. If Yang Ye is better than Bruce Lee, then Liu Jialiang, Chen Yuanlong, Yuen Biao, Yuen Hua and others who performed difficult actions in the movie are all better than Bruce Lee?
Even that Zhao Yazhi looks awesome!
This... everyone couldn't accept it and fell into deep thought!
……

Five days, 200 million box office, there was a long queue at the entrance of Jiahe Cinema, prime time movie tickets were hard to get, many people took the trouble to watch it over and over again, some students skipped classes just to see the movie.

Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were sitting together and smoking cigars, they were so happy.

The last time we saw such a grand occasion was three years ago when Bruce Lee's "Way of the Dragon" was released, and this time the scene was even more popular than the last time.

Zou Wenhuai sighed: "Ah Ye is a talent. Before the filming of "Shaolin Temple" started, he carried out a series of hypes and raised people's expectations to the extreme. This helped the movie become an instant hit. I think we will do it in the future. You can learn how to make movies.”

He Guanchang said: "Yes, and his movies are extremely exciting. After watching this "Shaolin Temple", those old kung fu movies were simply unwatchable. Many people were still unsatisfied after watching it, and they called their friends again to watch it again. Buy a ticket and watch it later.”

Zou Wenhuai laughed and said: "It's ridiculous that Shao Laoliu deliberately made a movie of the same name to fool around with others. It's a pity that he is a villain in vain. His fake Li Gui met A Ye's real Li Kui and immediately became incompetent."

"Yes, we are not afraid of not knowing the goods, but we are afraid of comparison. Shaw Brothers Theater is now crowded. People have seen Ah Ye's "Shaolin Temple" and are not interested in taking a second look at their "Shaolin Temple"."

"It seems that breaking the box office record this time is a sure thing. What do you think the box office will be in the end?"

"It's hard to say. The population of Hong Kong is only 450 million. A few months ago, "Double Star" mobilized 150 million people. I thought it was the limit. But now it seems that it is far from it. I estimate that it can reach 200 million this time. people.”

"That's 800 million at the box office. What a terrifying future! However, after selling so much money, Aye only received a salary of [-]. I wonder what he would think in his heart."

"Are you considering future cooperation?"

"Yes, Aye is a versatile man in both civil and military affairs. We must win him over well."

"I think this kid is very smart. When the movie started filming, he clamored in front of many newspapers to break the box office record. I'm afraid he has already thought of this situation."

Zou Wenhuai sighed and said: "I am also considering this issue now. According to the agreement, the film copyright belongs to him. I'm afraid that in the next step, he will use the power of breaking Hong Kong's box office record to go to Japan to sell films. If he really opens up the Japanese benzene market, he will be the second Bruce Lee, and at that time, we will not be able to control him."

"So what do you mean?"

"His eyes darkened, and he went to Japan alone to sell movies. I'm afraid it won't be that easy. Who among those movie companies in Japan is a good person? If we don't eat him up by then, we will have to let him go. He was frustrated. What I thought was that after he suffered a lot, he would use our channels to help him sell films in Japan. Then he would know our importance."

Ho Guan-chang nodded repeatedly: "When the time comes that he wants to make new films, he will have to be willing to negotiate with us about the contract. But at that time, the initiative is in our hands, and he can't open his mouth even if he wants to."

Zou Wenhuai smiled like an old fox: "The best result is that he accepts our investment and his Baiyang Pictures becomes our satellite company."

"In this case, we just need to wait and see what happens. If necessary, we can even contact Japan's partners to create some trouble for this kid."

Zou Wenhuai looked like he was in control: "The celebration banquet after breaking the record should be grander."

...Yang Ye's "Shaolin Temple" was released for 20 days, and the box office exceeded 700 million, successfully breaking the Hong Kong box office record.

However, Shaw Brothers' "Shaolin Temple" was miserably suppressed. In fact, Shaw Brothers' all-star cast of "Shaolin Temple" still maintains Chang Cheh's usual standards.

I had no choice but to come across Yang Ye's "Shaolin Temple", and it immediately became nothing.

The two movies are not from the same era at all. People who have watched Yang Ye's "Shaolin Temple" will no longer have the slightest interest in the Shaw Brothers movie, and would rather watch Yang Ye's "Shaolin Temple" again.

Shaw Brothers' "Shaolin Temple" broke the 100 million box office mark in just five days. After Yang Ye's "Shaolin Temple" was released, it immediately became unavailable. It reluctantly dropped after a week of release, and the final box office was 120 million.

It only took in 20 box office in the following week, which was really miserable.

After Shaw Brothers' "Shaolin Temple" was put into production, the new release was Li Hanxiang's romance film "Legend of Hong Kong and Macau".

These days, Hong Kong movies have not yet implemented classification. Li Hanxiang's romance films are actually pornographic films, and they are all shown in theaters in a grand manner.

Li Hanxiang has prospered with these pornographic films. In recent years, Li Hanxiang's pornographic films are indispensable in the top ten annual box office.

But this time I ran into Yang Ye's "Shaolin Temple", which was a bad luck.

When Yang Ye's "Shaolin Temple" was released for 20 days, and Li Hanxiang's "Legend of Hong Kong and Macau" was released for 11 days, the box office was only over 80. It seems that it will be difficult to break one million this time.

For the first time in three years, it did not exceed one million, and Lao Li wanted to cry but had no tears.

……

"Actually, I never thought about long-term cooperation with Jiahe from the beginning." Yang Ye said to Xia Meng.

"Even if they promise me a 30% share, I may not sign it, because the theater chain is in their hands. If they want to cheat me, I have no choice."

"As for overseas markets, they have the final say on how much they sell. If he sells it for 100 million, tells me he sold it for [-], and then gives me [-], who am I going to ask to reason?"

"So, I'm going to Japan to sell films in person."

When Yang Ye signed that weird contract with Jiahe, Xia Meng thought he was stupid, but now he knows that he understands everything.

Xia Meng was a little worried and said: "Japanese people are not kind to you. You are not familiar with the place. If you go to Japan alone, you must be more careful."

Yang Ye said: "Sister Meng, don't worry, I never fight an unprepared battle."

Xia Meng dreamed of Yang Ye's extremely detailed storyboard, and naturally believed what he said, but he still couldn't help but be a little worried. After all, they were thousands of miles apart and no one could tell what had happened.

"Anyway, stay safe."

"Don't worry! There's one more thing. During this time, you can help me keep an eye on which other places in Hong Kong are suitable for building a theater. Let's buy the land."

Xia Meng was shocked: "You want to set up your own theater?"

Yang Ye raised his eyebrows: "Of course, the initiative must be in your own hands. As I said, I never thought of relying on Jiahe."

"Where did you get the money? And building a theater chain cannot be solved by money alone. Both black and white are related. If you deny it, people will come to your door every day to cause trouble, and you will be spoiled in a few days."

Yang Ye explained: "During the stock market crash the year before last, I bought a batch of stocks. Now that the stock market is recovering, if I sell these stocks, I will have enough money to build a theater chain."

Xia Meng's eyes lit up and she smiled: "So you were prepared?"

"I said, I won't fight the battle I prepared for."

(End of this chapter)