Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 383: I’m all crying

In the 1980s and 1990s, there were two benchmark singers in the Chinese-speaking world, Cui Jian in mainland China and Luo Dayou in Taiwan.

After the two sides of the Taiwan Strait were able to travel freely, waves of Taiwanese went to the capital just to see Cui Jian.

When Luo Dayou finally went to Shanghai to hold a concert, at least 5,000 people from the capital chartered trains to make the pilgrimage to Shanghai.

That night, the 1980-person stadium in Shanghai was packed to capacity, and everyone sang "Childhood", "Love Song ", "Lukang Town" loudly in unison...

After composing the live concert album "Youth Dance" in February 1985, Luo Dayou left the following words in the record:

"It's time for me to say goodbye for a while. I can't lie to you and say that my head is full of notes..."

After that, Luo Dayou went to the United States to become a doctor.

After two years of silence, I finally made up my mind to settle in Hong Kong.

Later, he flourished in the Hong Kong film and television industry, scoring many Hong Kong films and composing award-winning classic film and television songs.

For example, "The Way You Look", "It Looks Like an Old Friend Is Coming", "Rolling in the Red Dust"...

It would be a waste for such a top talent to stay in the United States, so after Yang Ye participated in "LIVE AID", he stopped by to meet Luo Dayou and see if he could be brought to Hong Kong.

……

Yang Ye spent three days hanging out with Luo Dayou in New York, drinking beer, talking about music and life!
Luo Dayou showed Yang Ye the music score he had written on the box, and Yang Ye took advantage of the wine to fill in the lyrics!
Many of Luo Dayou's songs have melody first and lyrics second.

Some songs have been written for several years before the lyrics are released.

For example, for the song "Childhood", the song was written in one night, and the lyrics took three years to write. Finally, in order to win over Sylvia Chang, I gave it away!
It was so simple for a talented man to pick up girls. At that time, Sylvia Chang was still extremely innocent. As soon as Luo Dayou sent her three songs, Sylvia Chang was instantly impressed and fell into his arms!
Another example is "Queen's Road East". The song was written by Luo Dayou before he became a singer. The lyrics were only added after he met Lin Xi.

Yang Ye has always been proud of harvesting wool. After seeing the song "Queen's Avenue East", he got drunk and immediately wrote out the lyrics.

"Queen's Road West turns to Queen's Road East, and Queen's Road East turns to Queen's Road Central. Why is there no royal palace on Queen's Road East? People are flooding into Queen's Road."

Luo Dayou was originally very interested, but after reading these nonsense words, he looked confused. What was written about this horse?
Yang Ye continued to write:
"There is an aristocratic friend behind the coin. His youthful name remains unchanged and his name is Queen. He follows me around every time I buy and sell. He has no expression on his face but gathers achievements."

Luo Dayou understood this sentence clearly. It was talking about Hong Kong dollars.

"Cold and warm climates also affect this city, but the change of seasons may depend on special people."

Is this a satire on the Qigong craze?

In the 1980s and 1990s, a craze for supernormal abilities suddenly emerged around the world. All kinds of supernormal masters sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, and they even openly promoted them on TV, making it look like they were real.

China is no exception. Even Mr. Qian is studying Qigong. He is as crazy as riding a horse. You can’t even understand why such anti-intellectual things happen in an era of prosperous science.

Hong Kong movies have also followed this wave of craze and launched many special function movies, such as Zhou Xingchi's "The Gambler" series, Zhou Yunfa's "Citi Shaolin" and so on.

Luo Dayou said strangely: "I heard that you have a very good relationship with the mainland. Do you dare to ridicule them?"

Yang Ye curled his lips and said: "What are you afraid of? Don't let me bump into those masters of special powers, otherwise, I will punch them one by one and beat the shit out of them!"

Luo Dayou was amused: "Then why don't you find some masters of special abilities and have a duel?"

Yang Ye sighed, shook his head and said: "They are using religious things to brainwash people, and the believers who were deceived by them are like crazy. Even if I knock them down, or even expose their tricks, It's of no use unless..."

"Unless what?"

"Religion against religion, I can do it, but I don't want to take advantage of those fans and fans."

After hearing this, Luo Dayou couldn't help but look at Yang Ye with admiration!

"Dayou, how about we collaborate on an album? We'll split the money in half!"

Luo Dayou was delighted at first, then shook his head and said, "Although your albums are not many, your sales are much higher than mine. I can't take advantage of you!"

Yang Ye shook his head and said: "I saw these songs of yours and I was happy to see you. In fact, I took advantage of you.

Moreover, to be honest, don’t be unhappy. If I sing it, it will be more popular than if you sing it. Your song can be heard by more people, which is not bad! "

Luo Dayou was a little speechless. His voice was not as good as Yang Ye's, and he was not as handsome as Yang Ye. No matter how classic his songs were, his sales would still be bottlenecked.

"The main thing is... I am from Rolling Stone. If I cooperate with you, I feel sorry for Rolling Stone." Luo Dayou finally told the real reason.

When Luo Dayou first debuted, the record companies in Taiwan saw that this guy was not handsome, and the songs he wrote were weird, "Zhi Hu Zhe Ye"... what a piece of crap.

So no one wanted to pay attention to him, and he ran into obstacles everywhere. At this time, the newly formed Rolling Stones wanted to make some different music, and the two parties hit it off immediately, creating a legend in the Chinese music world!
Although Luo Dayou has come to the United States now, the Rolling Stones have been kind to him, and it is understandable that he is not willing to join another company!
Yang Ye took a sip of beer and said, "What does it matter? I can just buy the Rolling Stone!"

"puff!"

Luo Dayou spat out a mouthful of beer, and Yang Ye instantly ducked to the left, a perfect dodge!

Luo Dayou witnessed Yang Ye's ghostly movement with his own eyes and was so shocked that he could not speak.

"You still said you don't have special powers?" "I can do Qinggong!"

"All right!"

Luo Dayou tidied up a bit and said, "You just said... buy the Rolling Stone?"

"Yes, can't I afford it?" Yang Ye said matter-of-factly.

Luo Dayou was convinced, this is so inhumane.

Yang Ye added: "But it won't work for now. I'm still banned. I'll buy it when the ban is lifted!"

"When do you think you will be unblocked?"

"After Taiwan lifts martial law, I will have the opportunity to unblock it, soon!"

"Will Taiwan lift martial law?"

Taiwan has been under martial law for thirty-six years. Yang Ye actually said that the martial law would be lifted. Luo Dayou didn't believe it.

Yang Ye said: "Of course, Taiwan's economy has developed too fast in the past few years, and there is no place to go with a large amount of money. This is what capitalists are most afraid of.

If you go to the United States, their little money is nothing compared to the Japanese, and they can't compete at all. The best destination for them is to change their minds and open up the inner subway!
Therefore, they will definitely try their best to promote this matter. Not only them, this is also the wish of countless Taiwanese people. Do you want to go to the mainland to see it? "

"miss you!"

"Then it's over. I can return to Taiwan in three years at most!"

……

After some deception, Yang Ye finally turned Luo Da right back to Hong Kong to serve as the music director of Baiyang Records.

However, Luo Dayou did not take office immediately. He wanted to see everywhere in Hong Kong!

Moreover, the recording of their collaborative album did not start because Yang Ye did not have time.

At this time, "Heavenly Love" has been released for ten days, and the box office has exceeded 15 million, which is a critical success.

Johnnie To has become famous with this film!

The most surprising thing is that "Love" and Chen Long's "The Great and Powerful" are movies from the same period.

In addition to not being as good as "The Great and Powerful" at the box office on its first day of release, "Love in the Sky" has been beating Chen Long since the second day.

The combination of Liu Hua and Zhou Huimin actually killed the international superstar Chen Long. This...

There's more to it than that!
"The Great and Powerful" was not only defeated by "Love" in Hong Kong, but also in the entire Asian market!
On the contrary, "Heavenly Love" has made rapid progress in the entire Asian market, setting off a trend of cowboys and motorcycles.

The way Liu Hua rides a motorcycle, taking off his helmet and lifting his hair, has become the most handsome side of his career. His hormones are overflowing, and his heroism and coolness are surging. Countless girls across Asia are crying and shouting that they want to marry Liu Hua, even if it means eloping.

Liu Hua, with a nosebleed, rode a motorcycle to carry Zhou Huimin, who was wearing a wedding dress. Accompanied by the singing of "Dream Chaser", she had no choice but to rush to the end of life and love, interpreting the romance of love to the extreme.

At that moment, countless men and women burst into tears in the cinema!
Let youth blow your long hair and let it pull your dreams. Unknowingly, the history of this city has remembered your smile.

Cry, cry for me!
……

Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand...the box office is booming!
Since it was released in Japan a week ahead of schedule, the box office has already reached 8 million yen, and it is a sure thing to break 10 billion.

This is the first time a Hong Kong film, apart from action films and historical films, has a romance film that has successfully broken through in Japan!

When it comes to making love movies, Japan is second to none in Asia. Now, a Hong Kong romance film can become popular in Japan, which is really rare!

This is the first time that a new genre of Hong Kong films has succeeded in breaking through across Asia, following action films and comedy films.

The Hong Kong media is like celebrating the Chinese New Year, boasting about "Heaven Has Love" in major newspapers!
Writers in Hong Kong have also published reviews of "Heavenly Love". The male writers praised Zhou Huimin for her innocence and cuteness, while the female writers were crazy about Liu Hua!

Liu Hua's fame almost surpasses that of Yang Ye.

Only Li Bihua expressed a different view on this. She wrote in a column in Ming Pao:
"Everyone is praising Liu Hua, Zhou Huimin, and even Johnnie To.

But no one noticed that the screenwriter of this movie was Yang Ye, and the theme song was also written by Yang Ye.

People think that Yang Ye only knows how to fight and kill, but they don't know that he knows love even more!
There are rumors that Yang Ye has many confidantes, but it is not known whether this is true or not.

But we should remember the touches that Liang Xiao, Liu Yingying, and Hua Xiaoshuang brought to us twelve years ago.

Remember the saying, "I will never leave this life. I am old and my heart is in the Tianshan Mountains." '

I remember that Yang Ye once wrote so many touching love songs.

All these tell us that Yang Ye... is not only a kung fu master, he is also a love master! "

(End of this chapter)