Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

There are only three worthy roles in "The Last Emperor", Puyi, Wanrong and Wenxiu.

Among them, Wen Xiu is a supporting role and doesn't have much role.

When Wu Junmei went for the interview, because she didn't have a company, the producer casually gave her a salary of 600 yuan.

Wu Junmei was quite happy, because in the 1980s, six hundred yuan was quite a lot.

Moreover, the cook on the set was brought by Bertolucci from Italy, and he often made pizza for everyone.

At that time, the material conditions in the mainland were not good. For Wu Junmei, who was eating pizza for the first time, this thing was simply a delicacy in the world.

After the filming was completed, Bertolucci felt bad and secretly gave Wu Junmei 2000 US dollars, which touched the girl deeply.

Yang Ye has no interest in Wu Junmei. He hopes that people from his company can be selected.

Since the little girls in Girls' Generation were clamoring to audition, Yang Ye didn't want to favor one and let them all go.

After that, Yang Ye still felt a little uneasy. If that old guy Bertolucci chose a Japanese girl or a Korean girl, this might be a bit troublesome.

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The artists at Baiyang Agency have been very busy recently, and here Bertolucci's international crew is casting.

On the other side, ATV's annual drama "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" has finally decided to start filming, and the casting activities are in full swing!

ATV's version of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" is destined not to be the original cast of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" from Time and Space 83.

Because Huang Rihua, Weng Meiling, Miao Qiaowei, and Yang Panpan are all TVB people, it is impossible for ATV to activate them.

Especially for Weng Meiling, it was even more impossible for Yang Ye to use her.

This is for her own good!
Weng Meiling's character is not suitable for the entertainment industry. Due to her family of origin, her psychology is too fragile.

It’s okay if you’re not popular, maybe you can still live well.

Red, it must be a tragic ending.

In fact, she committed suicide more than once. She committed suicide when she was studying in England in her early years.

So Yang Ye never thought about recruiting her or flirting with her.

If Yang Ye flirted with her and she became Yang Ye's lover, she would probably be dead now.

And now, she is still alive and well.

Good!

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Speaking of 83 Shooting Condor, it is very popular in the mainland and has extremely high ratings, with a Douban score of 9.2.

However, many people may not know that when 83 The Condor was first released, it was scolded by the Hong Kong audience.

At that time, various columnists in newspapers even criticized 83 Shooting Condor.

Everyone agrees that the 76 Shooting Condor is the most classic, and the 83 Shooting Condor can shoot so many things!

Damn this wireless station, randomly changing the script, disrespecting the original work, what a jerk!

Huang Rong is a talkative eighth sister, and Guo Jing is like a retarded child, a fool and a fool.

Especially Weng Meiling's Huang Rong received the most abuse, and she was even asked to commit suicide to apologize.

Does this situation sound familiar?

That's right, when the mainland version of The Condor was released later, it was treated the same way.

How Hong Kong audiences scold Huang Rihua, mainland audiences scold Li Yapeng.

Same hair!
British science fiction writer Douglas Adams has a famous "Three Laws of Technology".

1. Any technology that existed when I was born is part of the normal order of the world.

2. Any technology born between the ages of 15 and 35 is a revolutionary product that will change the world.

3. Any technology born after I am 35 years old violates the laws of nature and will be punished by God.

Douglas Adams' works are famous for their humor, and these three sentences of his are also full of ironic wisdom.

If you use this sentence to make a sentence in other fields, it will be equally effective, such as in pop culture:
1. Most of the popular culture that existed when I was born was trite and trite and not worth mentioning.

2. Most of the pop culture that was born between the ages of 10 and 30 are classics that cannot be copied.

3. Most of the pop culture that came out after I turned 30 was silly, superficial, childish and ridiculous.

……

People tend to regard things they knew and liked in their youth as classics.

When a new generation of things comes out, they often scorn them because they don’t conform to their own established perceptions!
For example, some people may firmly believe that a certain food they ate as a child is the most delicious.

However, if people today are asked to eat the kind of food they ate when they were children, they will often get comments that it is really unpalatable.

At this time, this person will find various reasons to explain that what you eat is not authentic and what you eat does not taste the same.

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Speaking of Weng Meiling, many mainland netizens praise her Huang Rong very much.

But in fact, Weng Meiling's Huang Rong has been criticized in Hong Kong.

Meiling Weng made her debut in the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant in 1982, and took on the important role of Huang Rong in 1983.

Since Weng Meiling had no acting experience at all, she chose a shortcut.

That is... to act like Huang Rong played by Michelle in the 1976 Jiashi version.

Since Weng Meiling and Michelle are both girls with buck teeth, they are quite similar when imitating them.

But the problem is that Hong Kong audiences think: I can just watch Mi Ronger, why should I watch your copycat version of Weng Ronger?
You are neither as beautiful as Michelle, nor as cute as Michelle!
The Hong Kong media is quite vicious and almost scolded Weng Meiling to the point of being autistic.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wireless did two things:

First, after the bankruptcy of Jiashi, the copyrights of the TV series belonged to TVB. In order to prevent viewers from comparing, Fang Yihua destroyed the master tapes of Michelle's version of The Condor.

There's no competition now, right?
For this reason, later generations of audiences never had the opportunity to see the 76 version of The Condor.

Second, a bunch of media interviews were arranged to clear Weng Meiling's name. For example, the following picture is a screenshot of a magazine from that year, with the title: "Who should I complain to? Weng Meiling will never believe in evil!" 》

Try the illustration function:

Extract part of the text content for easy reading:
"I have already been mentally prepared, because Huang Rong is written so well and perfectly in the original work. When writing a novel, you can deify the protagonist with just one stroke of your pen. It is as unconstrained as the imagination, regardless of the real environment, time, or plot space. There are restrictions, but it's different when filming a TV series. At least props and scenery are a problem. In addition, my Huang Rong's performance is stupid and unpleasant, so it's appropriate to make fun of her!" Weng Meiling said aggrievedly.

In fact, the responsibility for shaping Huang Rong into the character of "Eight Sisters" cannot be entirely attributed to Weng Meiling. She just followed the director and the script! If you want to criticize Weng Meiling, you should observe whether her acting is competent, attentive, and hardworking.

"Honestly, I tried my best. What makes me uncomfortable the most is that many people compare me with Michelle. In fact, we are two different types of people. Why insist on comparing us? High or low."

Jin Yong once said that when adapting his novel, he had a four-character proposal, and he would rather delete it than change it. If the TVB screenwriters and ladies did not rewrite or add "subtleties" for Huang Rong, I believe that Weng Meiling would be scolded less.

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Talking back to this time and space, Yang Ye's ATV Jin Yong dramas have always had a good reputation.

This is because:

First, ATV’s Jin Yong dramas are relatively close to JiTV and TVB’s Jin Yong dramas, and the audience is in the same age group.

Second, ATV has spared no expense in upgrading its shooting methods. The fighting methods of previous Jin Yong dramas produced by Jiashi and TVB were very crude.

ATV's Jin Yong dramas always use people from the Seven Little Fortunes such as Yuan Kui and Yuan Bin as martial arts instructors, and they present movie-level fights.

Third, ATV's previous films "Dragon", "The Swordsman", "The Hero" and "Snow Mountain Flying Fox" were all the first long-form TV series in history. This is the first version and there is no way to compare.

As for "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", although there was a 76 version first, the looks of Luo Lelin and Li Tongming, Yang Long, were outrageously low.

Later generations will laugh at Michelle Chen’s Little Dragon Girl for being a Xiaolongbao. Go and see Li Tongming’s Little Dragon Girl. That horse riding is the authentic Xiaolongbao, okay?

Therefore, ATV's Liu Hua and Chen Yulian's handsome male and female version of Yang Long immediately received rave reviews.

Without comparison, there is no harm!
Even Jin Yong stood up and waved the flag, shouting that Liu Hua and Chen Yulian were his Yang Guo and Xiao Longnu.

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83 The Condor and The Condor were broadcast in Hong Kong in the same year, but their treatment was completely different. The Shooting Condor has received a lot of bad reviews, but the Divine Condor has received overwhelming praise!
But in the Mainland, it is another situation:
The Mainland's 83 Shooting Condor has received rave reviews, but the 83 Divine Condor has been deserted. Speaking of the divine eagle, everyone talks about the 95 divine eagle.

Why is this so?

Because 83 The Condor is the first Jin Yong martial arts drama introduced to the mainland, where have mainland audiences seen this before? It would be strange not to be happy!
The 83 version of The Return of the Condor Heroes was not introduced at all, and the first version of The Return of the Condor Heroes that mainland audiences watched was the 95 version!

First love is always the best!

Of course, Louis Koo and Li Ruotong are also very good.

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ATV has previously filmed five Jin Yong dramas, all of which were filmed without any pressure.

This time it's Alexander's turn to shoot the eagle.

Michelle's version of The Condor Heroes was so popular that it was the first TV series in Hong Kong to have a viewership of over one million people.

Michelle also won the title of "Oriental Saint" for this.

Don't worry about the title of "Er-Bi-Bou-Bi-Pi". In short, it means that she was very popular back then!
Now, the time is too long, from 76 to 86, there is a difference of ten years, and an era has already passed.

According to the laws of "popular culture" mentioned above, it is almost certain that ATV will be scolded if this Condor Shooting movie is filmed.

ATV's directors are also more cautious.

Even Yang Ye is more cautious. Jin Yong's drama is ATV's golden brand, and its golden body cannot be broken!
In fact, ATV's Jin Yong dramas are made at a loss because they spare no expense every time. They are made at a loss to make money.

It's just that Yang Ye has always insisted on taking the overseas route. As ATV's Jin Yong dramas are continuously introduced to overseas countries, he can barely maintain a balance of payments.

For this remake of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", ATV made two strategies.

First, when I was filming "Flying Fox in the Snow Mountain", I cooperated with Changchun Film Studio and Xiaoxiang Film Studio, and went to Northeast and Western Hunan for filming.

The majestic and beautiful scenery of the real mountains and waters made the Hong Kong audience thoroughly addicted and won a lot of praise.

Therefore, for the filming of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" this time, ATV still adopted the strategy of cooperation with the mainland.

Moreover, it cooperates directly with CCTV. After the filming is completed, the mainland copyright will directly belong to CCTV.

This is a consistent practice in this era, for example, "The Last Emperor" also played this way.

The mainland has no money and no technology. We can only provide help and support. After the filming is completed, we can get the copyright, which can be regarded as a steady profit.

Secondly, Yang Ye suggested that for the couple Guo Jing and Huang Rong, actors with good skills should be chosen.

Huang Rong, in particular, must be solid in her kung fu and take the field in person to really fight.

Only in this way can we have a chance to suppress Michelle, who uses her fists and legs to fake fights.

Because, even if this version of Ronger is not as cute as Mi Ronger, I played beautifully, so there is no credit but hard work, right?

Yang Ye's request was simply opening a back door for his disciple.

Sure enough, even though the actresses from Baiyang Agency were all dressed up and went to audition for Huang Rong.

The final result was...none of them were selected.

Even the most vocal candidates, Lan Jieying and Zeng Huaqian, both lost.

The crew of The Condor Shooting is targeting Yang Ye's apprentice Li Saifeng.

Li Saifeng is nicknamed the "Innocent Beating Girl". Those who can beat her are not as beautiful as her, and those who are beautiful are not as good as her.

After becoming Yang Ye's teacher, he gained Yang Ye's support and became famous in Asia with the "Peacock King" series and "Female Boxer".

"Peacock King" is not like the original film that ended after two films. Now it has filmed the third film, and there will be more films in the future, at least there will be five films.

However, Li Saifeng is now a first-line movie star, how can he possibly make a TV series?

That would be unreasonable, and the brokerage company would not agree to it!

The cast of The Condor Shooting was worried to death. After much deliberation, they found that except for Li Saifeng, no one else met Yang Yetti's requirements.

It seems that Yang Ye means something!
To untie the bell, the person who tied it must be tied. Tu Yongxiong, the director of Condor Shooting, decided to find Yang Ye and let him speak personally.

Originally, Yang Ye was a man who made things difficult for others. If you wanted Li Saifeng to play Huang Rong, just specify him or her. There are so many things! (End of chapter)