Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

PS: It’s not bad. This thing was really written by Lin Qingxia. The author just changed a few words slightly to make it look neater.

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San Francisco!
The four children of the Lin family came with their partners and children to celebrate Lin Weiliang's birthday.

Sixty-six years old is not a big birthday, but this family usually lives in different parts of the world and rarely gets together, so naturally they are in high spirits.

The birthday banquet was held at Lin Zhai. We didn't go to an outside hotel, and we didn't invite any guests. After all, it wasn't a 70th birthday, so there was no big fuss.

The Lin family hired a chef from the hotel to help prepare the banquet, and they just had to wait for the meal to begin.

In the living room, Yang Xiao ran in and out with her cousins ​​and had a great time.

The little girl looks very cute, and her brothers and sisters love her very much.

Ma Lanying hadn't seen her eldest daughter for a long time, and she missed her so much that she took Lin Li's hand to greet her.

Others were watching Yang Ye and Lin Weiliang playing chess.

In fact, Yang Ye didn't want to play, but Lin Weiliang didn't know where he got the information, so he asked: "Aye, I heard that you can play blind chess?"

Yang Ye said modestly: "Know a little!"

Lin Weiliang said with great interest: "Can you let me see it?"

Yang Ye said helplessly: "Dad, you can do it, but you have to agree first, I won't hold back!"

Lin Weiliang said matter-of-factly: "Of course, what's the point of holding on?"

Yang Ye nodded and asked Lin Qingxia to take off the silk scarf around her neck, blindfold her eyes, and then asked her to take her place and play chess with her father.

This was the first time that everyone saw someone who could play blind chess with their own eyes, and they came over to watch.

For Yang Ye, there was no difference whether he was blindfolded or not. How could Lin Weiliang be his opponent?

Seeing that they were defeated, Lin Chengsen, Qian Shenyong, and Lin Lixia's boyfriend Zhang Weiming all went into battle to help Lin Weiliang.

However, if there are no eggs, what is the use of having more people? He was still killed by Yang Ye and left his armor behind.

"No more!" Lin Weiliang gave up.

Lin Lixia's boyfriend Zhang Wei met Yang Ye for the first time and was immediately shocked by his superb chess skills. He exclaimed: "Brother-in-law, with your chess skills, I'm afraid the world champion is not your opponent, right?"

Yang Ye shook his head and said: "It's not that exaggerated. I can play blind chess because my memory is better. Whether I can open my eyes or not, there is actually not much difference. But it does not mean that my chess skills can win the world championship."

In fact, the world championship is nothing, Yang Ye just doesn't want to scare this young man Zhang Weimin.

After a while, the banquet was served, and everyone came to the table to toast the birthday boy together.

Lin Qingxia has a bigger reputation at home, is more emotional, and likes to write articles, so she appeared on the stage to read the birthday message: "...Everyone has a different interpretation of happiness. This is a warm current that runs through the three generations of our ancestors and grandchildren. , for me, it is a great happiness.”

After reading the birthday message, Lin Qingxia began to get ready. She gathered the grandchildren of the Lin family together and sang "As Long as Grandpa Smiles", which she wrote the lyrics herself and composed by Yang Ye, to Lin Weimin.

No matter warm spring or cold winter

As long as grandpa smiles

You laugh, I laugh, mom laughs

The whole world laughed...

Although the lyrics are very crude, the children are still very cute. Lin Weiliang smiled happily and contentedly after watching the performance of his grandchildren.

"Qingxia, you are thoughtful, this song is pretty good!"

Lin Qingxia said happily: "Dad, you can listen to it if you like. This is the music composed by Aye herself."

"No wonder, Aye's composition is worth a lot of money. I, the old man, am so lucky!"

In fact... there is such a song in the original time and space. Lin Qingxia asked the famous Taiwanese musician Liu Jiachang to compose the music and asked the famous Taiwanese singer Wu Sikai to sing it.

Therefore, Yang Ye agreed to compose music for this thing, which was just a random thing, and it didn't take much trouble.

Then, Lin Qingxia asked Lin Weiliang what he wished for.

Lin Weiliang sighed: "My wish... is to return to the mainland in my lifetime, visit Weiyun and Jinju, go to Qingdao, and take a walk around my hometown."

Lin Qingxia glanced at Yang Ye. She knew that Yang Ye was well connected in the mainland, so she naturally hoped that he could help with this.

In fact, Lin Weiliang has immigrated to the United States. It is not difficult for him to go to the mainland. Even if he can't do it himself, he still has his daughter who can help him.

It's just that... Lin Weiliang is a believer of Baldhead. After Baldhead landed on the island, he implemented the three no principles of "no contact, no negotiation, and no compromise" with the mainland.

Therefore, even if Lin Wei wanted to go to the mainland in his conscience, he would not go.

Yang Ye couldn't bear to live up to his wife's wish, but he also understood the concerns in Lin Wei's conscience. After thinking about it, he said: "Actually... it won't be long before cross-strait relations will further ease, and it will be a matter of time before we are allowed to visit relatives on the mainland."

Lin Weiliang was shocked and said quickly: "Really?"

Yang Ye said: "Jianfeng is now facing three pressures: First, out of interests, the United States constantly urges Jianfeng to communicate with the mainland, which has caused a certain amount of political pressure on the island.

Second, as the reform and opening up in the mainland continues to deepen, Taiwanese businessmen have taken a fancy to the business opportunities in the mainland. They hope to invest and set up factories in the mainland, so they are vigorously promoting this matter.

Third, the veterans are launching the 'Freedom Return Movement'. They have gathered thousands of people, wearing 'homesick' shirts, taking to the streets and handing out leaflets!

Those flyers all read words such as, "Looking across the Strait for forty years, thinking about my loved ones hard," and "It's been forty years, please let me go home." They are old and just want to go home.

Under the triple pressure, Jianfeng will not ignore it. We are all Chinese and blood is thicker than water. I believe that family ties will definitely defeat politics! "

Lin Weiliang felt excited after hearing Yang Ye's words. He couldn't help but look forward to it, hoping that the policy would be opened up.

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After celebrating Lin Weiliang's birthday, Yang Ye took the time to visit Deng Lijun and her two children.

But I saw Teresa Teng happily preparing costumes for the performance.

Yang Ye said strangely: "What are you doing?"

Teresa Teng said: "CCTV in mainland China invited me to participate in next year's Spring Festival Gala through friends in Hong Kong."

Yang Ye snorted and said, "You agreed to go?"

"I agreed. What song do you think I should sing?"

"What song are you going to sing?"

"I plan to sing the three songs "Small Town Story", "Sweet Honey" and "Star". What do you think?"

"No problem, these three songs are all very nice, and they are all your masterpieces."

"There are two songs written by you. Hehe, are you praising yourself?"

Among these three songs, "Small Town Story" and "Star" were written by Yang Yezuo, and "Sweet Honey" was adapted from an Indonesian folk song.

Yang Ye hummed, but knew that Deng Lijun was happy too early.

Under the influence of Taiwan’s “three no’s” policy of no negotiation, no contact, and no compromise,

Despite the active efforts of many parties on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to facilitate Deng Lijun’s trip to the mainland,

Including Teresa Teng's own persistence, she has never been able to get approval from Taiwan. Jianfeng even personally summoned Song Chuyu and used him to prevent Deng Lijun from traveling to the mainland.

Many years later, when Song Chuyu disclosed the matter to the news media, he also expressed great regret and helplessness.

Seeing Yang Ye's lack of interest, Deng Lijun asked strangely: "You don't want me to go to the mainland?"

Yang Ye said: "How come I don't want you to go? Do you remember that I once told you that the 'Billion Applause' concert will not be over until you go to the mainland to sing.

It's just that... this matter is not that easy, and there will definitely be many people who will come out to obstruct it. Whatever... Now that things have reached this point, let me figure it out! "

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Back in Los Angeles, filming of "Terminator 2" continues.

Due to the limitations of traditional special effects, some shots of "Terminator 2" will use new computer special effects.

Unlike later movies, which often have thousands of special effects shots, the total number of special effects shots in "Terminator 2" is only 47.

But just these 47 special effects shots are enough to shock this era!

For this day, Yang Ye started preparing very early.

Yang Ye sent computer technology to the country in order to promote the development of related industries.

Eight years have passed since he secretly went to the mainland in 1978. The seeds he planted back then have blossomed into gorgeous flowers, making it possible to realize these 47 special effects shots!
Yang Ye has plug-ins, but he can't conjure these things out of thin air.

In other words, only when the level of computers in today's world has developed to a corresponding level can corresponding special effects be produced.

This is also the biggest reason why there was no sequel immediately after the filming of "Terminator".

Because with the level at that time, it was impossible to make T1000.

Without T1000, how can I watch this movie?

Before filming "Terminator 2", Cameron shot a movie called "The Abyss", which had a special effect where a water column transformed into a human face.

It is the prototype of T1000, and T1000 is an upgraded version of that water man.

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Illustration: Hydroman in "The Abyss", which is the prototype of the T2 in "Terminator 1000".

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Among the four leading actors in "Terminator 2", the hardest one is not "a family of three", but Zun Long.

Because almost all the computer special effects in "Terminator 2" are focused on his character T1000.

In order to create this character, Ziqi Company's special effects makeup department, prosthetics department, props department, and animation department needed to work together to overcome every difficulty.

Of course, when they encountered difficulties and were unable to continue, Yang Ye would occasionally give some key pointers.

The most important of these is the animation department, whose energy is almost entirely focused on Zun Long alone.

They studied Zunlong's body and observed his movements. He walks, he runs, his various ways of action...

All of this will be the key to promoting visual effects.

The animation team drew grids on Zunlong's body so that the computer could accurately capture his movement trajectory, and then shot a lot of moving shots of Zunlong.

They studied how the mesh on Zunlong's body moved when his muscles moved.

Finally, the computer learned to simulate the way liquid T1000 walks.

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This is not enough, the background picture must be taken in advance, and then computer technology is used to place the liquid T1000 into the corresponding background picture.

If you want to create a perfect picture, you need to imagine what the final picture will look like in advance, and then arrange a specific scene.

Then shoot according to the lighting and camera angle to make it a corresponding special effects scene.

In addition, in order to combine real people and computer animation, sometimes real people need to shoot relevant shots in a green screen environment.

In the end, real people, computers, and scenes are integrated to form the required picture.

All in all, it is to organically combine computer special effects and real-life special effects.

The hardest part here is that the final effect is synthesized weeks or even months later.

So you have to think about what the final picture will look like in advance and implement a strict plan to avoid mistakes.

Otherwise, all the previous work will be in vain.

But... for Yang Ye, the most difficult point here is actually the simplest.

Because Cameron has to use his imagination to avoid making mistakes, while Yang Ye eats ready-made.

No one knows better than him what this film needs to look like in the end.

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John Woo, Zun Long and other creative teams stood in front of the computer, their mouths wide open in surprise!

They saw Zunlong, who was wearing a police uniform, just pause for a moment before miraculously crossing the railing.

This scene was really shocking, no wonder they were so surprised.

Yang Ye patted Zunlong on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Guoliang, you are performing the most exciting role in the world, and you are more popular than the three of us!"

Yang Ye said, then reached out to hold Xiao Wu's chin, closed it, and joked: "Xiao Wu is so shocked, his chin is about to fall to the ground!"

Xiao Wu couldn't help but said: "Uncle Yang, you are really amazing!"

Yang Ye smiled slightly and said: "I am very good at this matter, I know it!"

Xiao Wu was shocked and speechless for a moment. He wanted to say that the liquid terminator in the computer was too powerful.

But... this thing was created by Yang Ye, so there's nothing wrong with saying he's awesome!

John Woo said: "I never expected that the combination of real people and computers could produce such incredible effects."

Yang Ye said: “In the late 1970s, computer graphics production began to develop, but it was not widely used and could only be used in animation production.

Many people believe that computer graphics can only be used to create fictional and not real images.

In fact, everyone who has been in contact with him knows it.

As long as you have enough time, money and dedication, this technique can do almost anything.

Just wearing it like that cost $150,000. "

Everyone was secretly stunned when they heard that, just like that, one million Hong Kong dollars were gone.

At this time, Lin Qingxia looked at Yang Ye with a look of obsession and admiration!

Her man is so awesome! (End of chapter)