Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

There is no plot in "Female Boxer". The next step is to fight, keep fighting, five battles, and pass the level all the way!

Li Saifeng is not a cheater like Yang Ye, nor is he a cheater like Chen Long, who drinks cow blood.

Therefore, Yang Ye had to take care of her safety and could only slowly grind one movement at a time during filming.

Li Saifeng is petite and it is difficult to find a substitute, so she often has to do it by herself.

Moreover, when Yang Ye is filming, he does not use a substitute if it is not necessary.

Sometimes after a day of beating, she would be covered in bruises. The little girl would be in so much pain that she would hide in Yang Ye's arms and cry after finishing the work, but she still gritted her teeth and persevered.

Yang Ye also felt distressed, after all, he was his cute disciple.

But that’s how it is with action movies. If you’re just fooling around with it, it’s better not to make it.

Filming ends at the end of May, and "Fang Shiyu", a collaboration between Yuen Kui and Jet Li, will be released.

Li Lianjie is now the star of hope of Baiyang Pictures, and the company held a premiere specifically for this.

Poplar Pictures has too many action movies this year. In March, Hung Kyung-bo's "The Brave Man" was released, which grossed HK$2000 million at the local box office.

"Laughing Tai Chi", a collaboration between Yuen Heping and Donnie Yen, was released during Easter, with a local box office of HK$1000 million.

It will be followed by "Fang Shiyu" by Yuan Kui and Li Lianjie, "Peacock 2: Asura" by Yuen Biao Hiroyuki Sanada and Li Saifeng, "Shanghai Noon 2" by Chen Long and Tom Cruise, "Fighter" by Yang Ye, and "Peacock King" by Li Saifeng. "Female Boxer", "Provincial and Hong Kong Flag Soldiers" produced by McDonald, and "The Owl and Dumbo" by Hong Jingbao.

With so many films waiting to be scheduled, it was impossible to squeeze them all into the big schedules. Baiyang Distribution Company had no choice but to stagger the film schedules to grab some smaller schedules. For example, Jet Li's Fang Shiyu was scheduled to be released during the Dragon Boat Festival.

Although the Dragon Boat Festival in Hong Kong is not a holiday, it is still a large-scale festival. On this day, everyone gathers together, and the box office can also reach a small peak.

Since Yang Ye's "Boxing Fighter" and "Female Boxing Fighter" both went to the summer season, McDonald's felt that he couldn't beat them, so he wisely went to the Mid-Autumn Festival in September.

Only Yuen Biao and Chen Long still decided to go to the summer season, while Hong Jingbao went to the Christmas season.

In this way, Poplar Pictures will release four action movies in the summer of 1984.

In addition, "Double Dragon" produced by Hong Jingbao and "Love in a Fallen City" directed by Ann Hui are also scheduled for summer.

Basically, we have maintained the frequency of releasing a movie every other week during the summer vacation, leaving no gaps!
Other film companies in Hong Kong cried out after learning the news.

If nothing else, their summer season is in ruins and they can’t win at all!
There's no point in whining. The theater alliance's rules are completely open. You can set a schedule whenever you want, and no one will stop you.

Only New Art City is relatively calm. New Art City has its own rhythm of filming, and they focus on urban comedies, which do not conflict with the action films of Baiyang Pictures.

New Art City is a collective creation with central production supervision. Their filmmaking principles are: first, never make a loss. Second, not every movie makes money.

So, how to ensure that even though not every movie can make money, it will never lose money?

New Art City believes that when making a movie, you cannot bet your hopes on a book.

Professional film companies should have plans to produce movies in proportion.

For example, if ten films are planned to be produced in a year, they will be distributed according to the ratio of one large production, six medium productions, and three small productions.

Large productions make big money, medium productions make small profits, and small productions can lose money.

Big productions must invest the best resources to ensure success, because once a blockbuster loses money, it will not only lose money, but also damage the brand name.

After a major production is successful, the second part must be more expensive than the first part, and the third part must be more expensive than the second part. This is an unchanging law.

Because the actors are demanding too much, the director is under pressure and has to give the audience new ideas. The best solution is...add more money!
Why shoot at a low cost? Can you still lose money by default?

Because the small cost can train actors and behind-the-scenes production staff, you can try the possibility of new themes, and even if you lose money, you will not lose much.

Why can Xinyi City dominate Xiangjiang and make Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest lose their temper? This business strategy played a decisive role.

However, in the later stage, the spoils were unevenly distributed within Xinyi City, and this strategy was in name only, and finally fell apart.

The business model of Baiyang Pictures and New Art City is completely different. It is bulk and divided into film studios, and each studio is responsible for its own affairs.

In fact, Xinyi City's model is more scientific, but... Yang Ye is a wall-hanger, and Xinyi City's set of things are of no use to him.

If a person is awesome to a certain extent, he can transcend the rules.

The people selected by Yang Ye to open the film studio are all fierce men of the generation, the leaders of this era, and they can transcend the rules.

New Art City can only produce one or two blockbusters every year, but Baiyang Pictures has a lot of superstars. What would they do if they don't produce blockbusters?
The salary of a superstar can be enough to make a small-budget movie, which is not small at all!

As for cultivating actors, Yang Ye is just a deadbeat. As soon as a newcomer enters the industry, Yang Ye knows that he has no potential to tap.

He selects those who are famous in the original time and space to train, and the cost of trial and error is extremely low. This is the most powerful thing!
……

The promotional activities for "Fang Shiyu" were very lively. On the day of the premiere, a red carpet was laid out, and reporters and industry insiders were invited to the scene, making it clear that they were full of support!

The plot of "Fang Shiyu" in this time and space is similar to the original version, but the fighting is slightly different.

Fortunately, Yuan Kui himself is very talented and has worked with Yang Ye for several years. When Yang Ye gave him the script, he also helped him determine his action style.

Coupled with the kung fu genius Li Lianjie, he can vividly express the movements designed by Yuan Kui.

Therefore, the action scenes throughout the movie still look exciting and thrilling, and the audience will yell "Fuck" when watching it.

Moreover, the highlight of "Fang Shiyu" is not all the action. It is also an excellent comedy film.

The script of "Fang Shiyu" was written by Liu Zhenwei in five days in the original time and space.

Liu Zhenwei is Hong Kong's master of nonsensical movies, so there are many nonsensical elements in this movie.

Lei Huhu competed in martial arts to recruit a bride, but his daughter Lei Tingting ran away, so Lei Huhu used an ugly maid and covered her with a hijab.

Fang Shiyu and Li Xiaohuan competed and hit the head stakes. As a result, Fang Shiyu's head stakes were beaten black and blue by Li Xiaohuan. Those head stakes ran away one after another, shouting as they ran: "We support you mentally, we support you mentally!"

Fang Shiyu was about to win, but when he suddenly saw the bride's "true face", he was so frightened that he immediately gave up and ran away.

Fang Shiyu lost. His mother, Miao Cuihua, transformed into Fang Shiyu's brother Fang Dayu and came to fight again. She also teased Li Xiaohuan. The melon-eating crowd below shouted, "Marry your mother-in-law too," but his wife beat him up.

Later, Fang Shiyu and Lei Huhu were beating gongs and scolding each other early in the morning, dong dong dong clang, dong dong dong clang, which was even more amazing.

And Lei Huhu, who "conquers people with his virtues", makes me laugh every time I watch him.

Today's Hong Kong audiences have never seen Stephen Chow's nonsensical comedies. Faced with such a plot, everyone in the cinema laughed so hard that they couldn't stand up straight.

Li Lianjie is indeed a genius. Not only is his martial arts moves extremely cool, but his acting skills are also very good, and his comedy skills are also very good.

In addition to Li Lianjie, two heavyweight actresses, Xiao Fangfang and Zheng Peipei, joined the cast. They fell in love with each other and played Lily. They were also very brilliant. Xiao Fangfang and Zheng Peipei are both experienced actors with excellent acting skills, comprehensive abilities, and can play and make trouble!
Siu Fong-fang is one of the very few actresses who can steal the limelight from two iconic actors in Hong Kong films, Chow Sing-chi and Jet Li.

She was in "The Dragon" with Zhou Xingchi, and she was in "Fang Shiyu" with Jet Li. She had amazing performances in both movies, and it can be said that she stole the other's limelight.

Cheng Peipei has never collaborated with Jet Li (both of them appeared in "Mulan", but they were supporting roles and there were no opposite roles, so it doesn't count).

But in "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance", Zheng Peipei and Zhou Xingchi did not fall behind in their roles. Her Mrs. Hua can be said to have stolen Tang Bohu's limelight.

Nowadays, one of these two people is 38 years old and the other is 39 years old. They still have their charm and good looks. They look pleasing to the eye. They are very colorful when they fight. The audience is really fascinated and enjoys it!

Yang Ye facilitated the cooperation between these two legendary actresses, which can be regarded as a good story in the Chinese film industry.

Others, Donnie Yen's Nine Admirals and Guan Zhilin's Lei Tingting, also added a lot to the film!
During the final BOSS battle, Chen Jialuo, played by Zheng Shaoqiu, even held a sword and a magic weapon descended from the sky.

All in all, the movie "Fang Shiyu" has exciting fighting, funny plot, and all the actors are awesome. If it doesn't sell well, it will be a ghost.

After the movie ended, there was endless applause in the cinema.

Yuan Kui, Jet Li and other major creators took the stage to express their thanks and answer questions from the audience.

Yang Ye sat in the audience and watched with a smile, but Deborah, the host of the premiere, asked him with a smile: "Mr. Yang, are you satisfied with the performance of Ajie and Danny?"

Yang Ye had no choice but to stand up, take the microphone, greet the audience in the theater, and then said: "I am very satisfied. Their performance is very good, but compared to Sister Fangfang and Sister Peipei, they are not even interesting."

Yang Ye said that, firstly, their performance was indeed good, and secondly, it was to give face to the seniors in the film industry. Jet Li and Donnie Yen are both smart people, so they accepted it humbly, saying that they would definitely work hard and learn from their seniors!
After Yang Ye briefly answered a question, he sat down again.

Wu Siyuan, who was sitting next to him, said: "Master Yang, congratulations on teaching two good apprentices!"

Yang Ye smiled and said, "It's just luck. I happened to visit the capital and met them. I thought they were very talented, so I brought them back."

Wu Siyuan said: "Then you have to be awesome enough and have enough face. If I go, will they be willing to come with me?

Even if they are willing, I can't take them back to Hong Kong! After all, you are a world superstar and have greater united front value. "

Yang Ye asked with a smile: "I heard that you signed a ghost girl? She is quite beautiful!"

Wu Siyuan exclaimed: "You know all this?"

Yang Ye smiled and said: "How big is the entertainment industry in Hong Kong?"

Wu Siyuan nodded and said with a smile: "I did sign one, her name is Rovero, an American, and she is the world women's karate champion.

The first term was won by your Japanese apprentice. After your apprentice withdrew, Rovero won the following terms.

However, I didn't know how to arrange it after signing her. She is a ghost girl and there are no suitable scenes for her in Hong Kong.

I now pay her a regular salary every month and let her learn to speak Chinese first and wait for the opportunity! "

Yang Ye nodded and said, "Lend her to me?"

Wu Siyuan was stunned: "Use... for a moment?"

"Damn, don't get it wrong. I've planned a movie and want her to be the heroine."

As soon as these words came out, Wu Siyuan's thoughts became even more distorted: You praised her as the heroine when you first came up, didn't you...want to use it?
Damn it, the more I explain, the harder it is to explain. Yang Ye glared and said, "Can you borrow it?"

"Of course I'll borrow it. You made her famous and I wake up laughing in my dreams."

"That's it, you bring her to see me tomorrow!"

……

As soon as Yang Ziqiong came to Hong Kong, she was wildly pursued by Hong Kong businessman Dickson Poon. In a few years, she would marry into a wealthy family and become a young mistress.

In order to attract Yang Ziqiong, Pan Dickson spent crazy money to make a movie for her.

Yang Ye wants to get Yang Ziqiong, unless he gets Yang Ziqiong.

However, there were too many girls waiting for Yang Ye to woo, and Yang Ye was not interested in competing with Pan Disheng to grab this Malay girl.

Since it can’t be used by me, I’ll seize her IP.

Yang Ziqiong's Hong Kong film career is divided into before marriage and after divorce.

Before getting married, she was best known for her movies in the "Royal Sisters" series.

The first part of "The Royal Sisters" grossed HK$1000 million at the local box office, making Yang Ziqiong an instant hit.

The local box office of the second film rose to HK$1400 million, allowing Yang Ziqiong to firmly establish himself in the Hong Kong film industry.

It's a pity that when filming the third part, she got married and became a young mistress.

Dickson Poon refused to let his wife appear in the spotlight again, so the "Royal Sister" series had to be replaced.

However, the most taboo thing in a series of action movies is changing people, especially the protagonist.

Li Lianjie did a good job in "Once Upon a Time", but if he were replaced by Zhao Wenzhuo, the IP would be bad.

In fact, Zhao Wenzhuo's performance was also good, but the audience had preconceived ideas and just didn't buy it. What can they do?
Yang Ziqiong is the soul of the Royal Sisters series. Replacing her would have a huge impact.

Although Yang Lijing, who was replaced later, was good, beautiful and capable, the box office of the third film dropped by 700 million, less than half.

Moreover, Yang Ziqiong is a Malaysian and is very influential in Southeast Asia. Yang Lijing cannot compare with this, which has led to a sharp decline in overseas box office.

Therefore, the IP of "The Royal Sister" is very good, but giving it to Yang Ziqiong is actually a waste, unless she does not marry Dickson Poon.

In this case, Yang Ye thinks, why not give it to my good disciple Hui Yinghong!

The original director of "Royal Senior Sister" was Yuan Kui and the screenwriter was Huang Bingyao. Both of them are now working under Yang Ye. They can borrow Rovero from Wu Siyuan and they can live together.

After the divorce, Yang Ziqiong had not started working for several years and was already out of fashion. Fortunately, Chen Long asked her to film "Police Story 3: Super Cop".

In "Super Cop", Yang Ziqiong and Chen Long performed together and became famous again, starting their second career.

Yang Ziqiong even entered Hollywood because of this, starring in "007: Tomorrow Never Dies" and became a Bond girl.

Now Chen Long is following Yang Ye, and the 007 series is also in Yang Ye's hands.

It’s really hard to say what Yang Ziqiong’s future acting career will be like! (End of chapter)