Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 509 Return to Taiwan Island

"Do you like Xiaoxian the most?" Xiao Qiang said coquettishly while lying in Yang Ye's arms.

"How could that be? Of course I love Yingying the most!" Yang Ye kissed Xiao Qiang on the left cheek and spoke nonsense.

After saying that, he felt something was wrong, so he turned his head and kissed Yi Nengjing on the right cheek, and said, "I love Jingyi the most, too!"

"Scoundrel!" Xiao Qiang couldn't help but complain.

Yi Nengjing ignored her and said happily: "Brother, I love you the most too!"

Xiao Qiang teased, "Hey, didn't you just call me dad? How come you're calling me brother now?"

Yi Nengjing was not convinced and retorted: "What about you? Didn't you shout?"

Yang Ye hurriedly tried to stop the fight: "Stop it. We were just having fun, don't take it seriously, and don't use this to make fun of each other."

"Humph!"

The two little beauties glared at each other and stopped.

Yang Ye said: "Do you think I treat Xiaoxian better than you?"

Xiao Qiang spoke frankly and nodded, "Yes, Xiaoxian refused to be with you, so you tried your best to please her all day long. If I had known, I would not be with you, and you would beg me every day!"

"That's impossible. You are all equally important to me. I never show favoritism."

"It's weird to believe you!"

Yang Ye smiled and asked, "Speaking of which, do you have any plans for your future?"

Xiao Qiang had never thought about this question. She lived a carefree life every day. She was stunned when she heard this.

Then he said, "I think it's good now. I can travel around the world and many people like me. But... Xiaoxian is much more powerful than me now. This won't do. I want to be more powerful than her."

Yang Ye has become addicted to Han Ying recently. Since Xiao Qiang wants to compete with Wang Zuxian, he will help her.

The most classic Korean romance film should be "If You Were Me", which has received more praise than "My Sassy Girl" and "My Sweetheart".

This movie tells the story of the similar fate of two generations, it is destiny, it is God's will, and the ending is also very touching!
A classic love movie often has a classic famous scene, such as the pottery making in "Ghost" and the bow posing in "Titanic".

In "A Moment to Be", Jo In-sung opened his clothes to shield Son Ye-jin from the rain, and the scene of the two running together was beautiful, romantic, and heart-pounding.

Son Ye-jin is considered one of the top beauties in South Korea, known for her pure temperament. The 20-year-old Xiao Long is also very pure and is not inferior at all.

This movie features one woman and two men, and tells two stories.

The first story takes place in 1968, during the Vietnam War.

Zhuxi is the daughter of a congressman. She comes from a prominent family and is pure and lovely.

She came to Suwon from Seoul to spend the summer and fell in love with the poor student Junhe at first sight.

Jun-ha later went to the battlefield and the two ended up in tragedy!

The second story took place in 2003 at a university.

Joo-hee's daughter Ji-hee has a crush on Sang-min from the drama club.

The final ending...Sangmin is Junha's son.

A love that left regrets was fulfilled by their children. This is... love is destined!
Due to the time period, if you want to watch this movie, you have to move the timeline forward to... the Anti-Japanese War period.

The first part of the story takes place in Kunming, Southwest Associated University, the rear area of ​​the Anti-Japanese War!

The heroine Yinqiu is the daughter of a high-ranking official in the National Government. She falls in love with the poor university student Jinjue at first sight. Jinjue later goes to the battlefield to fight against the Japanese...

The second story takes place in Hong Kong in the 1980s. There is basically no need to change anything, just follow it.

The difficulty of filming lies in restoring the main background of the movie, Southwest Associated University in the 1940s!

However, the old site of Southwest Associated University is still preserved, and you can go to Yunnan to shoot.

In addition, based on old photos from that time, we restored the school uniforms of the Liandu students at that time, as well as some street signs, food and other things in Kunming at that time.

In fact, it is not difficult to do this. The key is to be careful.

Because Southwest Associated University served as a rear base during the war and trained a large number of talents, these people later wrote many memoirs.

Therefore, there is a lot of information available for reference regarding the Southwest Associated University of that time.

The key is to be attentive and not to fool around.

Only by producing with care can we bring the audience back to those glorious days!

If this movie is well made, it will definitely be a hit in the Chinese world. It's hard to say about Japan and South Korea, but it will definitely have a good reputation.

Just like when this movie was released in China, the box office was not high, but it was very famous and many people liked it.

After Yang Ye made up his mind, he said, "Okay, I'll help you make a movie, but whether you can be more impressive than Xiao Xian depends on your performance!"

"Really?"

"Of course!"

"Brother Ye, I love you so much!" Xiao Qiang immediately hugged Yang Ye and gave him a sweet kiss.

Yang Ye felt unsatisfied with just one kiss, so he pulled Yi Nengjing, who was on his right, over and attacked her from both sides...

"Jingyi, what about you? What do you think?"

"I...want to sing!"

"Singing, isn't that the album that was just released?"

"I want to release an album on my own, like Xiaomin and Shizuka."

Vivian Chow has released two Cantonese albums, and Shizuka Kudo has also released a Japanese album, and both have sold well.

Joey Wong’s singing skills are average, but her voice is good, so there is no problem for her to release an album.

As for Kudo Shizuka, her singing skills were so good that she didn't look like a girl idol, so Yang Ye asked Bluebird Records to help her create a Japanese album.

As for Yi Nengjing, her voice has a kind of girlish cuteness, which is not bad for her to be an idol singer when she is a teenager.

It doesn’t work as you get older, because you can’t pretend to be young all your life, even though Yi Nengjing has been pretending to be young all her life!

An idol singer is just an idol singer. Fortunately, she is pretty and looks like an idol.

In Girls' Generation, when the Taiwanese sub-unit performed alone, Yi Nengjing was the lead singer.

Although her singing skills are so-so, she can still surpass Xiao Qiang and crush Wang Zuxian.

Yang Ye pondered for a while and said, "Jingyi, you are more suitable to be an idol singer. If you want to go solo, the best way is to film an idol drama and sing the interlude in it. If the drama becomes popular, you can release an album!"

"Is it an idol drama like Hong Kong Love?"

"That's about right! I thought of a story. You are a girl from an ordinary family named Chu Yuxuan. Your parents sent you to an aristocratic school. There are four young masters in that school..." Hey, why is she called Chu Yuxuan instead of Shancai?
Because Shancai doesn’t sound like a Chinese name at all!
When Taiwan purchased the copyright of "Boys Over Flowers", the characters were all based on the original novel, named Shancai, Daomingsi, Hanazawa Rui, Ximen Sojiro, Mimasaka Rei... That would have been fine.

Yang Ye grabbed the show before it was even released. It's a Chinese TV series but all the characters have Japanese names. That's really weird!

In the 2018 version of Meteor Garden starring Shen Yue, Shancai was given a new surname, Dong Shancai. Meizuo was also given a new surname, Chen Meizuo.

Are you crazy? Who the hell would give their child a name like this?
So it was inevitable to change it to a proper Chinese name, but Yang Ye was too lazy to think about it, so he just replaced it with the name in "Let's Watch the Thunderstorm Together", and that was it!
If Mango TV really remakes this TV series in the future, the name does not need to be changed and can be used directly.

As for the plot, it would be more reliable to follow the Taiwanese version of "Meteor Garden", and forget about "Let's Watch the Thunderstorm Together".

As for the selection of F4, it is naturally impossible to use the "Four Heavenly Kings" to create a gimmick.

Liu Hua and Zhang Xueyou are too famous now. It would be a waste of their talents to use them to act in this kind of role. It is an insult to them to use a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

Leon Lai and Aaron Kwok now mainly rely on TV dramas. Their status is slightly lower than that of Liu and Zhang, but they are already very popular.

It’s better to save this “Meteor Garden” to create some new stars!

Meteor Garden and Love of the East are different. The protagonists of Love of the East are all ordinary people. It is closer to life and the things that may happen around everyone.

Meteor Garden is a Mary Sue domineering president romance drama, which is the fantasy of ordinary girls. Although the story takes place in school, Daomingsi’s character is that of a domineering president!

The biggest feature of this kind of idol drama is that it has to be as far away from real life as possible. Otherwise, how can we fantasize about it?
When it comes to choosing the heroine, it’s enough as long as she’s acceptable, the requirements are not high.

But the male lead must be a pretty boy and handsome!

Acting skills... no acting skills are needed, just be handsome and know how to act cool.

So the first choice for the male lead is... Causeway Bay's boss, handsome Nan!
Daomingsi, oh, Murong Yunhai is him.

This name is so fucking childish, and it’s a double surname. Yang Ye doesn’t want to admit that he is the one who created this drama.

The handsome boy Nan is pregnant, do you want to take his brother Shan Ji, Da Tian Er, and foreskin...

Forget it, these are too ugly, each one is uglier than the other, this is an idol drama!

Yang Ye considered whether to ask the Little Tigers to perform, but decided not to do so because Su Youpeng was only fifteen years old, too young.

What about Gu Tianle? This is good!
Now she is still white and tender, isn't this Hua Ze Lei? Oh, Duan Mu Lei.

Damn, why are all these crappy names double surnames?

Louis Koo is still working as a security guard, but he is easy to find because his father, Gu Zhenguang, was an actor of Shaw Brothers. After Shaw Brothers ceased production, he switched careers and opened a clothing store.

For this reason, Louis Koo has a solid foundation in acting. He is handsome and has good acting skills, so he quickly became the leading actor after his debut.

It's better to dig him out now so that he won't go to jail for robbing women with his cronies.

As for the other two, it doesn’t matter. They are just two supporting roles. Let the crew decide for themselves. Yang Ye is worrying too much.

……

Asia Satellite Corporation is much more efficient than the original space and time. Its first communications satellite, Asia-1, is scheduled to be launched in April next year, one year ahead of schedule.

Yang Ye also began to mobilize his own connections to lobby the Hong Kong government to relax restrictions and issue Hong Kong's third television license.

Yang Ye has many connections in the Hong Kong government. For example, Mao Mei’s husband Liao Benhuai is a senior official of the Hong Kong government.

Of course, there is also his secret lover, Director of Broadcasting Department Zhang Minyi.

The Queen said last time that she would award Yang Ye an honor, but there has been no news since then.

Some people said that the Queen was trying to trick him, but those who knew the matter said it was good news.

Because the British Knight's Medal is divided into five levels, the lower three levels can be awarded every year, and the upper two levels are only appointed once every four years, and the next appointment will be next year.

In other words... Yang Ye will most likely be knighted.

Although Yang Ye had no interest in this thing, it would be more convenient to act in Hong Kong with this identity.

For example, when it comes to lobbying the Hong Kong government to liberalize television licenses, his words will carry much more weight.

Any disturbance on Yang Ye's side made Wireless nervous.

Yang Ye already has an ATV, so if they add another satellite TV station, they will be out of business.

So, Run Run Shaw also began to mobilize his own connections, hoping to stop this incident!

……

"God of Gamblers 2" was filmed very quickly.

On the one hand, Wang Jing was very efficient and had done sufficient preliminary preparations.

Wang Jing doesn’t like to nitpick over details, he will just pass it if he thinks it’s okay.

Moreover, he edited while shooting. The film shot that day would be developed and printed in the evening, and the editing team would start editing the next day.

On the one hand, most of the actors in these films are experienced veteran actors who are very familiar with filming.

Even a newbie like Gong Li, who has only filmed two dramas, is a gifted person!

It’s just the choreography of a few fighting scenes that is a little troublesome.

In the end, everything was done in less than a month, but when we took it to Taiwan for review, we encountered trouble.

Because this movie featured three mainland actors, Zhu Lin, Gong Li and Wu Jing, it was stuck at the film censorship department.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in this era.

Stephen Chow's film "God of Gamblers" could not be released in Taiwan because the female lead was Gong Li.

Finally, Yongsheng had no choice but to invite Taiwanese singer Fang Jiwei to reproduce the same plot, and it was finally passed the review.

But this kind of thing is not unsolvable, because... there have been precedents.

Previously, "The Last Emperor" directed by Bertolucci was successfully released in Taiwan and earned NT$1.2 million, breaking Taiwan's box office record.

There are a lot of mainland actors in "The Last Emperor", so why can't there be the same in "God of Gamblers 2"?

The key is to have the right relationships and to make sure everything is in place!

While the original "God of Gamblers" was stuck in Taiwan, Jet Li's movies were making a lot of money in Taiwan. Does that mean Jet Li is no longer a mainlander?
Because Jet Li is more valuable, so the relationship is in place. Gong Li is relatively less valuable, so Yongsheng does not need to spend money to smooth the relationship for her.

It would be more cost-effective to replace it with a Taiwanese woman and reshoot some of the scenes.

Besides, Gong Li won’t cooperate!

At this time, the effectiveness of Yang Ji's long-term cultivation of personal connections in Taiwan came into play, and they received a lot of benefits from Hu Yinmeng.

With the collaboration of these people and the eight major companies, "God of Gamblers 2" finally passed the censorship and was allowed to be released, but Gong Li and Zhu Lin were not allowed to go to Taiwan to promote the film.

This is not a problem. If you don’t want to go, then don’t go. It’s no big deal. Don’t be petty.

After an absence of three years, on August 1988, 8, Yang Ye returned to Taiwan successfully with Zhen Zidan, Liang Jiahui and Girls' Generation!
(End of this chapter)