Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

The moonlight is so beautiful tonight!
The surface of the lake is like a mirror, shimmering with a faint glow.

As the 15th day of the seventh lunar month approaches, some people release lanterns on the lake.

The lanterns floating on the lake are like stars hanging in the sky.

Yang Ye brought candles over, lit them one by one on the shore, and arranged them into a heart shape.

He Qing swam around, returned to the shore, and said comfortably: "This lake water is so cool!"

Yang Ye looked up and saw He Qing standing in the water under the silver moonlight, her beautiful figure fully revealed.

She stroked her wet black hair and smiled at Yang Ye: "Aren't you coming down?"

The moonlight, the beauty, and the lake water complement each other, creating a truly extraordinary picture of a beauty emerging from her bath.

He Qing stood up from the water, and Yang Ye also swelled up.

He took off his coat and stepped into the lake. A cool breeze came over him, making him feel extremely comfortable, but it was not enough to dispel his heat!

When He Qing saw Yang Ye finally coming down, she splashed water on him mischievously.

Yang Ye naturally refused to be outdone and immediately fought back.

"Oh, hahaha!" He Qing was splashed by Yang Ye and laughed!
Under the moonlight, the two splashed water around, and their laughter could be heard far away from the lake.

Humans have been playing this boring game of splashing water between men and women for tens of millions of years and still never get tired of it.

Because this is the best way to get closer to each other. You splash me and I splash you, and after splashing for a while, we hug each other.

In the lake, Yang Ye hugged He Qing's waist and asked with his head down, "Why did you seduce me?"

"I didn't!"

"You still don't admit it?" Yang Ye tickled her.

"Oh, hahaha, stop scratching, there is...hahaha, there is!"

Yang Ye stopped, He Qing looked up and said seriously: "I like you very much, I'm afraid if I miss this opportunity... I won't have another chance in the future."

Yang Ye thought, this is in line with her personality. If this woman meets someone she likes, she will take the initiative to make a move. She doesn't care whether the other person has a wife or not.

Her famous saying is: It was your husband who wanted to cheat. Even if it wasn't He Qing, there would be Li Qing and Zhang Qing.

Because of her stunning beauty, few men could resist her and some might abandon their wives and children to be with her.

In fact, what she said is correct. There are very few men who don't cheat. It's just that they don't have enough capital or the temptation is not big enough. It's meaningless to blame the vixen when something goes wrong.

Nowadays, people from Hong Kong and Taiwan have a kind of halo of superiority over mainlanders, not to mention a superstar like Yang Ye, who is simply radiant.

So when He Qing faced Yang Ye, she felt a little inferior. She asked anxiously, "Do you think I..."

Before she finished speaking, Yang Ye lowered his head and sealed her lips.

……

In the following days, Yang Ye felt happy.

Either he was having an affair with Fu Yiwei or Liu Xiaoqing, or he was dating He Qing.

Soon, his script of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy" was agreed to be filmed by the United Production Company.

The Beijing Film Studio and Changchun Film Studio also got involved.

While Yang Ye was interviewing actors, he was also transferring a special effects team from Hong Kong to do some preliminary preparations.

The scene of "Yang Zirong going up the mountain to fight the tiger" only lasts a few minutes, but in this era, if you want to film it without being exposed, you need at least half a year of preparation.

They first have to select a real Siberian tiger and use it to "clone" a fake one. When filming, they use the real tiger and the fake tiger alternately to achieve a lifelike effect.

This is very complicated. First, the tiger needs to be scanned to obtain its detailed data, and then the overall skeleton is cut and welded out of steel pipes.

Then high-density sponge "muscles" are shaped on the surface of the skeleton, and special tools are used to carve out the fine texture of the muscles.

The sponge is then covered with a layer of special fibers and then coated with liquid silicone to create a realistic texture.

Only at the last moment do you glue the fur on to create a tiger that looks realistic enough to be mistaken for a real one.

Mechanical devices must be installed inside the skeleton and connected to the circuit board controller so that it can move vividly.

Of course, it is not a real tiger after all, so when shooting it, we have to use stop-motion shooting method, shooting frame by frame.

In order to achieve the best shooting effect, the production team also has to make some additional partial structures, such as tiger heads and tiger paws.

Logically speaking, the plot of "Yang Zirong Fights Tiger Mountain" is only a few minutes long, so there is no need to make it so elaborate. It can be fooled by just making it up.

However, during the experience accumulation stage of Ziqi Company, every detail is refined. Yang Ye is a golden signboard. In the field where he excels, his golden body cannot be broken, so naturally he cannot be careless.

As for the actors, since the film will be released overseas, the male lead must have great appeal, so the role of Yang Zirong must be played by Yang Ye.

The other actors are all from mainland China, and the other male lead, Shao Jianbo, is confirmed to be played by Tang Guoqiang, an actor from the Bayi Film Studio.

The villain Zuoshandiao is played by Ge Cunzhuang, an actor from Beijing Film Studio, who is also Ge ​​You's father.

The two female characters, Ma Qinglian and Xiao Baige, were confirmed in advance, and they are Liu Xiaoqing and He Qing.

We’ll talk about other characters later. The film is scheduled to start shooting in September next year, so there’s still a year left, so no rush!
But Yang Ye also had several candidates in mind. For example, the Eighth Master of Wohu Mountain, who was the funny man in the movie, Yang Ye preferred Zhao Bensan to play the role.

After the people from Ziqi Company got the data of the tiger selected by Yang Ye, they returned to Hong Kong and began to produce it. Yang Ye also left the capital at this time.

However, he did not return to Hong Kong directly, but went to Shenzhen first to inspect the progress of the film and television city and game consoles.

The construction of the film and television city is in full swing, and the first phase of the project is expected to be completed next year.

The prototype of the game console has already come out, but it still needs testing, and it will take some time before it can be put into production.

……

Before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yang Ye finally returned to Hong Kong, and the first thing he did was to go see Hu Yinmeng.

While Yang Ye was trapped in Tokyo, Hu Yinmeng gave birth to a daughter and named her Yang Qing.

The name was naturally chosen by Yang Ye. Hu Yinmeng even complained on the phone that the name was too ordinary.

But there are not many words, these are already very good words.

"You finally remembered to come back!" Hu Yinmeng said resentfully.

When Yang Qing was born, Yang Ye was trapped in Tokyo, which Hu Yinmeng could understand.

However, after this guy was allowed to leave, he did not return to Hong Kong to see them and their daughter immediately. Instead, he went to Beijing to hang out for so long, which made Hu Yinmeng quite unhappy.

Yang Ye looked at the delicate little baby in his arms and felt quite pity for him. This was his eighth child and he was not around when the baby was born.

Yang Ye did not make any excuses for Hu Yinmeng's complaint. He just admitted his mistake with a playful smile, and then accompanied the mother and daughter every day, asking about their well-being and taking care of them in every possible way. At least this helped Hu Yinmeng calm down.

Hu Yinmeng was so pleased with Yang Ye's service that she finally told him, "The situation in Taiwan has loosened up!"

Baiyang Company has been banned in Taiwan for more than two years.

However, during this period, Baiyang Company not only did not fail, but became stronger and stronger.

Yang Ye used the resources at hand to create stars crazily. First, Liu Hua and Zhou Huimin became popular in the Asia-Pacific region with the movie "A Moment of Romance" and successfully entered the Japanese and Korean markets. Then Chen Long and Zhang Xueyou filmed "Dragon Brothers" and successfully brought Zhang Xueyou into the Japanese market.

This is something that Chen Long did not do in the original time and space. At that time, he wanted to bring Alan Tam into the Japanese market, but failed.

Why did it succeed this time?
The first is that the script of the original time and space "Dragon Brothers" was too rough, and Alan Tam's character in the movie was too bad, making people very disgusted.

What dragon brothers and tiger brothers? They are just dragon brothers and rat brothers.

In response to this problem, Yang Ye adjusted the script of "Dragon Brothers" to make Zhang Xueyou's character less annoying.

Second, in Girls’ Generation’s debut movie “Happy Ghost”, Zhang Xueyou was the happy ghost.

This series did well at the box office in Japan. Although the main characters are a group of beautiful girls, the happy ghost played by Zhang Xueyou cannot be ignored.

This movie has now been filmed into three parts, and Zhang Xueyou has become a familiar face in Japan because of it.

Third, the issue of song selection. The theme song of this version of "Dragon Brothers" was changed to "Take Me to Your Heart", the English version of "Goodbye Kiss", which is extremely powerful.

After the movie's soundtrack was released in Japan, it sold more than 300,000 copies, which was a good result.

Following Liu Hua and Zhang Xueyou, Zhang Guorong also partnered with Wang Zuxian and entered the Japanese and Korean markets with "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Although the original version of "A Chinese Ghost Story" was very popular in Japan, the scale of its screening in theaters was very small. It became popular later through the distribution of videotapes and the sale of TV station copyrights.

This is because Cinema City’s distribution capabilities are not good enough. It would be different if it were Baiyang Pictures, which already had its release date scheduled in Japan.

The authentic plot, coupled with more sophisticated special effects, grossed 28 billion yen at the box office after its release, making Zhang Guorong famous in Japan.

"A Chinese Ghost Story" was even more popular in South Korea, with 33 people watching the movie in Seoul. How high is this box office?

It is only 10,000 less than the Hollywood masterpiece "Back to the Future", ranking fifth of the year.

(Author's note: In the early days, Korean moviegoers only counted those in Seoul. Just like in Taiwan, Taiwan box office only counted those in Taipei.)
During their promotional trip to Korea, Jang Guk-yong and Wang Zu-hyun were asked by Korean media why no Choi Jin-sil's movies were released recently?
Zhang Guorong immediately said that the fantasy romance film "Unforgettable Lovers" starring him and Choi Jin-sil will be released soon.

This advertisement is well made, and we are all looking forward to it.

South Korea's current record for moviegoers is the 1986 Hollywood blockbuster "The Killing Fields," which saw 92 viewers.

Yang Ye's record is 88 for "Shaolin Temple", and Chen Long's record is 89 for "Drunken Master".

The two reached their peak as soon as they debuted in South Korea, and although they have filmed many movies since then, they have never broken this record.

Yang Ye's salary usually hovers around 500,000, while Chen Long's fluctuations are a bit larger. When things are going well, he can get 500,000 or 600,000, but when things are going badly, he can only get 200,000 or 300,000.

The main reason is that Chen Long's movies are still a bit monotonous, while Yang Ye's movies have richer themes and greater changes, but the only thing that remains unchanged is that he is always super good at fighting.

However, last year's "God of Gamblers" and the first half of this year's "Diary of a Good Man" set the lower limit of the box office for Yang Ye's starring movies in South Korea.

God of Gamblers’ 30 viewers is not bad, but it is the first time that a movie starring Yang Ye has not made it into the top five of the year in South Korea.

This is mainly because he didn’t perform kung fu or have sex with foreign girls like in “The Lover”.

The following film, "Diary of a Good Man", performed even worse, with less than 20 viewers, failing to make it into the top ten this year.

Just when Korean media were lamenting that Yang Ye was no longer popular, "Terminator 2" swept across Asia and entered the Korean market like a whirlwind, quickly triggering a movie-watching craze and breaking the box office record of "The Killing Fields" in the blink of an eye.

Korean media once again exclaimed that Yang Ye has returned as the king.

In Japan, "Terminator 2" also set off a box office frenzy, with the allocated box office reaching 58 billion, ranking second in Japanese film history.

The current box office record in Japan is "ET the Extraterrestrial" directed by Yang Ye in 1979, which grossed 100 billion yen.

It was a miracle that could not be replicated. It was not achieved with any effort, but entirely due to the tender warmth that was everywhere in the film.

In the original time and space, ET's record was not broken until 1997 by Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke, and was broken again by Titanic in 1998.

However, although Yang Ye's version of "ET" achieved the same height as the original version by Old Smith in Japan, it was far worse than Old Smith's version in Europe and the United States, resulting in the final box office being less than a quarter of Old Smith's version.

Terminator 2 was released four years earlier than the original. During this four-year period, Hollywood made some amazing movies and technology developed further.

For example, Cameron's "The Abyss" contains the prototype of the liquid robot in "Terminator 2".

Yang Ye's version of "Terminator 2" has no transitions, it is all done in one go, like a bolt from the blue, giving people an incomparable shock!
In Europe and the United States, people were stunned when the various magical abilities of T1000 appeared on the screen.

Zun Long's performance was great, he played the role of a cold-blooded machine killer in a stylish and cool way.

When he starred in "Year of the Dragon", he was rated as the most handsome gangster boss in Hollywood. The role of T1000 was really suitable for him.

At the company meeting, Jiang Zhiqiang happily announced: "In the Asia-Pacific region, Yang Shao has broken all other box office records except Japan. Of course, the record in Japan was originally held by Yang Shao!"

“Clap, clap, clap!” Warm applause!

"Yang Ye's box office in Europe and America has also broken new records. In North America, the box office for a single film will exceed $100 million for the first time!"

"Bah, bang, bang!" There was another burst of warm applause.

Yang Ye’s reaction to this news was, Damn, it finally broke 100 million!
"The North American film critics gave high praise to Terminator 2. The Washington Post said that Terminator 2 is another masterpiece of Yang Shao after Shaolin Temple that has swept the world!"

"Terminator 2 has already been released in mainland China, and has also set off a viewing frenzy. We estimate that the final global box office will exceed US$ million!"

Five hundred million!
USA Today published a huge headline in its newspaper: "Yang Ye has defeated Hollywood!"

Twelve years ago in "Shaolin Temple", Yang Ye stepped onto the world stage for the first time with his unparalleled kung fu, which was truly earth-shattering!

In subsequent movies, although Yang Ye always brought surprises to the audience, his changes never left the scope of action movies.

"Terminator 2" released twelve years later is completely different. This time, it not only features amazing kung fu, but also astonishing special effects.

The combination of the two created an unparalleled visual miracle that fascinated countless movie fans.

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The influence of Baiyang Pictures has reached the point where many film producers are willing to abandon the Taiwan market.

Along with Yang Ye's disciples, Zhang Guorong, Liu Hua, Zhang Xueyou, Lin Qingxia, Zhong Chuhong, Girls' Generation and others have established a firm foothold in the Asia-Pacific region.

Southeast Asian film producers began to ignore Taiwan’s ban and paid them to make films and perform. At worst, they would not release their films in Taiwan and would just sell them.

Japan is not good? Or South Korea is not good? Taiwan is nothing!
Taiwan's capital can no longer sit still. Baiyang Company is a super cash cow. Who doesn't want to get rich by relying on it?
Many people began to get excited and wanted to push for the lifting of the ban on Yang Ye in Taiwan.

In addition, Yang Ye himself asked Hu Yinmeng to help him with activities in Taiwan. The combination of the two has formed a considerable force.

After listening to Hu Yinmeng's words, Yang Ye said, "Don't worry, take your time!"

As early as the early 80s, after the mainland's reform and opening up, adventurous Taiwanese businessmen broke through numerous political, legal and policy barriers and began the journey of cross-strait trade exchanges and indirect investment in the mainland.

For 100% profit, capitalists dare to trample on all human laws. For 300% profit, they dare to commit any crime, even risking being hanged.

It encourages unrest and strife if it brings profits. Smuggling and the slave trade are proof of this.

Baiyang Company has become so profitable that Jianfeng would be courting his own death if he dares to prevent Taiwanese capitalists from getting on board!

Oh, and he won't live for more than a few months.

Yang Ye picked up the phone and dialed a number he hadn't seen in a long time: "Sanmao, I have a movie and I want you to be the male lead. Would you like to come?"

Hong Jingbao on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, then said, "Come!" (End of this chapter)