Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Yang Ye has a good appetite. He has already eaten three of the nine beautiful girls from "Girls' Generation".

Moreover, the three little girls came to the door by themselves, Yang Ye did not force them.

However, it is a bit inefficient to just wait and see. Yang Ye is considering whether to take the initiative or something.

As there are more and more women, he needs to spend more and more time with her. He has to meet once or twice a month, right?

Those who bear children for him need companionship even more!
In addition, there were still many work matters to deal with. Gradually, he no longer had so much energy to spend all his energy chasing a woman.

Speaking of which, Yang Ye never works overtime when filming, except that he is a time traveler and hates 996 deeply.

Another reason is because he wants to set aside time to spend with his women.

This trend of not working overtime started with him and slowly spread throughout the company.

After all, the boss doesn’t even work overtime when filming, so you guys are better than the boss?

As a result, many crews at Baiyang Pictures gradually became less likely to work overtime.

Then everyone discovered that in fact, don’t be so hasty. If you polish a work well, the box office data will often be much better than those shoddy and bad movies.

And everyone will be much more relaxed and not so tired.

Of course, there is another important reason: after the theater chain alliance is established, all theater operators in Hong Kong no longer have to worry about film sources, and they no longer have to work hard to make films to fill the theater lines as before.

As a result, the films we shot have gradually become more sophisticated. Some of the bad films that were eye-catching in the original time and space are now difficult to get approved.

Take Debao as an example. After Debao took over the Shaw Brothers theater chain in the original time and space, there was a shortage of film sources.

In order to cope with the movie theater schedule, we had to invest in filming, so Debao's film was easily started.

As long as you think the script is okay and the cost is okay, then start working on it. After the filming is completed, there will be a midnight show and a seven o'clock show... We will see if the box office is good, and then we will decide how much money to invest in promotion.

But now, they don't do that. They used to make at least fifteen movies a year in the original time and space, but now they have reduced it by about one-third, to only about ten movies.

The reason why there are still so many is because overseas demand is too strong. Unless the film is too eye-catching, it will probably make money.

This culture of not working overtime first took shape at Baiyang Film Company, and later spread to ATV. Everyone felt that if our brother companies don’t work overtime, why should we work overtime?
The situation of Hong Kong television stations is different from that of film companies. There are many film companies, but there are only two television stations.

Everyone is in short supply of films. In order to cope with the demand for broadcasts, we have to shoot films day and night, otherwise there is a risk of shortage of supply.

Now you say you won’t work overtime, how is this possible? Therefore, the TV series crew's willingness not to work overtime can only be suppressed, which makes many people complain.

As a result, ATV began to appropriately introduce some high-quality Japanese and American dramas, Japanese dramas, and even Taiwanese dramas, and new dramas to reduce the number of homemade dramas every year.

At the same time, he also began to control the quality of his own dramas, take the high-quality route, and more actively seek overseas markets.

In terms of salary, since the number of films has decreased, everyone's salary has naturally decreased.

Especially those famous and paid actors have seen their income drop sharply.

However, Baiyang Agency is not just for free, it will help these famous actors to take other jobs, such as endorsements, advertising, corporate platforms, ribbon cutting, singing, dubbing, etc.

You can make up for it from this aspect, and it's easier than staying on set all day long and working hard to film.

However, some established companies, such as Wireless, although they have many celebrities, are basically unable to make extra money by accepting these endorsements and other activities.

Because there is so much money to be made outside, if you become ambitious, you won’t have the heart to film properly.

This is a matter of the company's business philosophy and is not affected by the environment.

Even decades later, TVB still maintains this method of trapping employees, but it is just a little more relaxed.

Other companies are not as perverted as Wireless, nor do they have the diversified business paths of Baiyang Company. They also have other ways to deal with it.

That is...making local films.

The so-called local films are films that do not go to theaters in Hong Kong and are sold directly overseas.

In the 1980s, Hong Kong was the leader in Asia's entertainment industry. The demand for Hong Kong films in overseas markets was huge, reaching the point where supply exceeded demand.

Countless overseas film producers came to Hong Kong with money, begging Hong Kong filmmakers to make films.

These days, whenever a well-known Hong Kong producer wants to make a movie, he says I need to invest 10 million in the movie.

Within two or three days, Taiwan and Southeast Asia will come over with money, and once it arrives, it will be 20 to 30 million.

The entrance to Huang Baiming's house is always crowded with people. If you want to see him, you have to wait and line up slowly.

Huang Baiming didn't want to show off, he really had no choice, there were too many people coming to give money.

Investors' money was so profitable that the port film was born.

Take the money from overseas investors, find a few second-tier Hong Kong stars, make a random movie and deliver it, make sure you don't lose money, and have no box office pressure.

Li Saifeng specialized in making local films in the original time and space.

This model later intensified, and evolved into the abnormal model of "selling movies for sex", which was one of the factors that caused the sudden death of Hong Kong movies. This is all a story later.

Yang Ye was thinking about whether to take the initiative to attack, and who to attack? Xiaoxian or Minmin, or Doudou?
Hu Yinmeng suddenly walked in and said, "Director Bernardo Bertolucci wants to see you."

Yang Ye waved, and Hu Yinmeng said: "It's time to go to work!"

"We are an old married couple, why are you being so coy? Come here!"

Hu Yinmeng had no choice but to walk over and sit in Yang Ye's arms. Yang Ye touched her butt twice and said with a smile, "Is it for the filming of the movie "The Last Emperor"?"

Bernardo Bertolucci is a masterful Italian director. Among his works, "The Last Emperor" is the most familiar to Chinese people.

Hu Yinmeng said: "How do you know?"

Yang Ye said: "The old guy visited China some time ago. After visiting the Forbidden City, he wanted to film the story of Pu Yi. The people from Beijing Film Studio received him. How could I not know that."

Hu Yinmeng said: "Did you know that he would come to you?"

Yang Ye smiled: "I bought the copyrights of both Pu Yi's "The First Half of My Life" and Pu Yi's teacher Johnston's "Twilight in the Forbidden City". If Bertolucci wanted to film Pu Yi's story, he couldn't avoid it. These two books can only come to me.”

Hu Yinmeng said: "Don't you want to play Pu Yi?"

Yang Ye originally wanted to say, who wants to play the role of boar skin when riding a horse? Suddenly he thought that Hu Yinmeng was a Manchu, so he suppressed his words and said jokingly: "If I play Pu Yi, you can play my beautiful face." How about the queen?" Hu Yinmeng said: "Wanrong is Guo Bulao, and I am Guarjia. I can play your mother just fine!"

Yang Ye was speechless for a moment, because Puyi's biological mother was Guarjia.

Yang Ye said helplessly: "Okay, why do you just want to be my mother?"

Hu Yinmeng said: "Now that I'm your mother, if you dare to go out to flirt with women again, I'll slap you with big-eared melon seeds!"

Yang Ye said seriously: "Yinyin, no matter how many women I have, you are unique in my mind."

That's what this guy is good about, sweet words come out of his mouth, he speaks very seriously, and he's very good at providing emotional value.

After hearing this, Hu Yinmeng felt soft in his heart and said, "That's it, you dog can't change its habit of eating shit anyway."

She bit Yang Ye hard on the shoulder and suddenly said: "I'm tired and ready to leave."

Yang Ye was startled and lost his voice: "Where are you going?"

Hu Yinmeng said sadly: "I don't know either, you won't even let Yingying go. I'm already old, and I might be abandoned by you one day, so it's better to leave first!"

Yang Ye has been dating girls of seventeen or eighteen years old recently, and he had three of them when he was a girl. Hu Yinmeng is the closest person to Yang Ye. Seeing this, he suddenly felt a little discouraged.

In a few years, Yang Yepao's little girl may be too young to be her daughter.

People like the new and hate the old, and their energy is limited. She thought that Yang Ye's thoughts were all on those little girls. Sooner or later, she would not get Yang Ye's attention one day, so it was better to leave as soon as possible.

Yang Ye understood what she meant, hugged her waist and said softly: "Yinyin, can we have a baby?"

Damn it, it’s time to sacrifice the birth of a child again.

Hu Yinmeng said "Ah": "Having a baby?"

She really hadn't thought about this problem.

Yang Ye said: "Don't you want to have a cute baby with me? There is a throne in my family that I want to inherit!"

Hu Yinmeng curled his lips: "You have too many princes in your family. Aren't you worried that when the time comes, you will be given a ninth son to take over the throne?"

Yang Ye said: "I will make arrangements. I guarantee that our baby will grow up healthily and happily. He will not have to worry about external things like money throughout his life."

Hu Yinmeng was noncommittal: "You want to tie me up with your child?"

"Yeah, I'm afraid you'll run away. Yin Yin, I never want to be separated from you in my life."

"Fancy words, let me think about it!"

"Okay!" Yang Ye looked happy, but thought in his heart, are you still considering it? Brother will make your belly grow bigger in minutes.

"By the way, we were just talking about Bertolucci. Have you seen him?"

"Of course I'll meet you. Make an appointment with him. I'll meet him when I get back from Shenzhen."

……

After nearly a year of negotiations, Domeka Toys Company officially settled in Shenzhen!

Tomica's president, Takashi Matsui, went to Shenzhen to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony in person.

As a shareholder of Domeka and the person in charge of this project, Yang Ye was naturally invited to participate.

"Click!" "Click!" "Click!"

Mayor Liang, Takashi Matsui, and Yang Ye held gold scissors together and cut off the red flower bulbs.

Mayor Liang announced happily: "I announce that Japan's Domeka Toy Company has officially settled in Shenzhen!"

"Click!" "Click!" "Click!"

The media reporters who came to interview pressed their shutters one after another to record this scene.

Domeka will recruit 3,000 employees in China to specialize in manufacturing various toys.

For Shenzhen, which is just starting out, this is a big project.

Don't underestimate the toy factory. In the 1980s, the most enviable job in Shenzhen was that of "Kaida girl".

In 1982, Hong Kong businessmen established the Kaida Toy Factory in Shekou, Shenzhen, which mainly produced various types of toys such as cars and plush dolls.

The salary of ordinary employees is 3.1 yuan per day. If they work overtime, the salary is 1.5 times on weekdays and double on weekends. The monthly income is as high as yuan.

You know, a regular actor in a state-owned film studio like Liu Xiaoqing only earns 60 yuan a month.

The "Keda girls" of this era are well-paid and well-paid people. Why are they not enviable?
Anyone who worked in that era knows:

The best choice for working is to go to a Japanese-owned factory, followed by European and American factories, and then Hong Kong-owned factories.

Don't go to Taiwan-owned factories unless you have no choice. That's no place for people.

Unless you want to starve to death, don't go to a Chinese-owned factory. It's hell.

Yang Ye quickly brought in a large Japanese-owned toy factory, which was equivalent to solving the feeding problem of 3,000 families. It was a great merit.

Mayor Liang was very happy. After the ribbon-cutting ceremony, he pulled Yang Ye and said, "Mr. Yang, I have to thank you for your mediation for the successful settlement of the Domeka project this time!"

Yang Ye said: "The labor costs in the mainland are low and the people are hard-working. It was originally the only choice for foreign investors to invest in building factories. It's a win-win situation. I just play a matchmaking role and I don't dare to take credit!"

Mayor Liang said: "In any case, Mr. Yang promotes the prestige of us Chinese people overseas and cares about the people's livelihood and suffering in the mainland. I admire him very much."

Yang Ye said: "Mayor Liang, thank you for the award. Speaking of investment, I actually have another project that I want to talk to the mayor about."

"Oh?" Mayor Liang was overjoyed. He still had a project and said quickly: "Please tell me!"

Yang Ye said: "I want to invest in building a large-scale film and television base in Shenzhen to restore the Forbidden City, Daming Palace and other large ancient buildings to the same proportions, specifically for the filming of ancient film and television works."

In the last episode, Yang Ye told Xiao Qiang that he wanted to build a palace, but it was not just for fun. (End of chapter)