Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

During the most glorious era of Hong Kong films, Cinema City, a film company with excellent performance and constantly creating box office miracles, actually went out of business.

This is actually a very magical thing, and it has made many people in the industry sigh.

The reason is that Cinema City was just a makeshift team when it first started.

At that time, Shi Nansheng went to Cinema City to play and found that Mai Jia and Shi Tian actually went to work at night. Only Wong Jing was better.

There is basically no one in the company except a small secretary.

Shi Nansheng felt that this was a crappy company that could not be expanded unless someone was found to manage it properly.

In fact, the three people from Cinema City also felt that they should find someone to manage it.

They thought the girl next to Xu Ke was pretty hot, so they decided to go find her.

Among the three, Wong Jing was the most eloquent, so he was sent to talk to Shi Nansheng.

Huang Baiming boasted for a long time, and Shi Nansheng asked: "What is your company's annual turnover?"

Wong Jing couldn't answer.

Shi Nansheng asked again: "How many movies does your company make in a year? How much business do you have? How much budget do you have?"

Wong Jing couldn't answer either.

Shi Nansheng asked again: "What plans do you have for the company? What scale do you plan to achieve in the future?"

Huang Baiming knew nothing, so he could only say to Shi Nansheng: "We have no idea about these things, so we would like to ask you to manage it."

To be honest, Shi Nansheng was not very interested. She thought it was just a makeshift troupe.

But Xu Ke was already helping Cinema City shoot "Ghost in the Shell".

After the movie was released, it did very well at the box office and even won the Golden Horse Award.

Shi Nansheng was very happy that her boyfriend had made it big. At this time, Huang Baiming suddenly said to her: "I have deposited your salary this month into your bank account."

Shi Nansheng felt very embarrassed and had to go to work at Cinema City.

When Cinema City was filming, it didn't even have a production manager. For every movie, Golden Princess would send an accountant to the set with a bag of money.

Then there were several groups filming, so each assistant director got a copy and everyone could use it as they pleased.

Shi Nansheng immediately felt that this was not right. What if the money was lost?
You trust him, you punish him, you want him to pay you back, or do you want his life?
So Shi Nansheng set about establishing a signature system, settling accounts once a month and reducing cash usage to a minimum.

Shi Nansheng made a form at that time and printed it out in triplicate. As a result, the form was still in use until Cinema City closed down and had never been changed.

At that time, when Cinema City was filming, they just did whatever they wanted, and they started working on whatever subject they thought of, with no concept of schedules at all.

Shi Nansheng helped them with planning, for example, how should a budget of 100 million yuan a year be allocated?

How much funding will be allocated to the four major periods, how many films will be made, and how will the staff be allocated to each film?

How much funds should be allocated and how many movies should be shot for the smaller periods, such as the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival?

Under Shi Nansheng's planning, there is a schedule for how many movies Cinema City will shoot in a year and how many people will be needed.

Found a rhythm.

Without Shi Nansheng, their efforts would be in vain.

When Cinema City first started its business, it adopted a collective creation model.

This is the secret to their success, but problems will arise over time.

Because each of the seven people has his or her own characteristics and views on things differently.

When they are not successful yet, they can tolerate and understand each other and communicate more easily.

But as we became more and more successful, problems began to arise.

When you are successful, you will be surrounded by sycophants.

Even if someone says you can't do it, you will naturally say, "You say you can't do it? I say I can do it."

The success of Cinema City was the result of collective wisdom. The Seven Freaks all thought they were great, so they could only undermine each other. The more they talked, the more strained their relationships became.

During the most serious period, Mai Jia, Wong Jing and Shek Tim all remained silent.

Under such circumstances, it would be strange if Cinema City did not collapse.

This is just about the leadership. There are even bigger conflicts both in front of and behind the scenes of the company.

Actors like Xu Guanjie and Chow Yun-fat felt that the movie’s box office success was all thanks to them.

However, directors like Stephen Ko and Ringo Lam think that the box office success of the movie is ours.

After all, Cinema City has never had a strong core figure to command everything and divide the interests.

There were many conflicts inside and outside, no one was willing to submit to anyone else, and the spoils were not divided evenly. It was a miracle that they could last for ten years.

On the other hand, Yangji has a leader like Yang Ye who can lead everyone to expand territory and make money together.

……

The dissolution of Cinema City is good news for its peers in Hong Kong.

After a few pretend sighs, everyone gathered around happily to pick up the body.

Who doesn't like to get coins?

Yang Ji accepted the two beauties, Ann Bridgewater and Fennie Yuen, and quickly arranged resources for them.

Ann Bridgewater played the leading female role in "Curry and Chili" directed by Corey Ko and starring Stephen Chow and Zhang Xueyou.

This movie was made for Wong Jing's company, but the director and leading actors were hired from Bai Yang's agency.

Fennie Yuen was arranged to play the second female lead, Ajiu, in ATV's Jin Yong drama "The Sword Stained with Royal Blood" this year.

The female lead Wen Qingqing in this drama is played by Fu Mingxian, and the male lead Yuan Chengzhi is played by Aaron Kwok.

Aaron Kwok played the second male lead for several times, and finally he became the first male lead.

Not long ago, Aaron Kwok released the album "Endless Love for You" in Taiwan, which sold 450,000 copies and caused a sensation in Taiwan.

At this time, it is time to star in a Jin Yong drama to consolidate his popularity.

……

After the release of "My Endless Love for You", it quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of Taiwan.

When these stupid young men see a beautiful woman, they always make a Aaron Kwok comparison on their chest and yell “I can’t stop loving you”!
The Taiwanese music scene was even more shocked. It was like a fierce dragon that could not cross the river.

After Yang Ji and Rolling Stone became one family last year, Teresa Teresa took the lead in launching "Light Love 2", which sold over four million copies across Asia (including sales in mainland China).

That’s fine, after all, Teresa Teresa is a superstar.

An idol singer was launched in Taiwan this year and his sales exploded to this level.

And it was sold under the label of Wang Jie's "Do I Really Have Nothing?"

"Do I Really Have Nothing" is Wang Jie's masterpiece, which sold 50 copies in Taiwan.

At the same time, Zhou Huajian of Rolling Stone also released a new album "The Truest Dream", which sold 20 copies in Taiwan.

During the same period, many super platinum records emerged in the Taiwan record market, indicating that the golden age of Taiwan records had arrived.

After Aaron Kwok's successful trial, Baiyang Records decided to send more singers to Rolling Stone to release records.

One is time. Singers such as Zhang Xueyou, Liu Hua, Leon Lai, Sally Yeh, and Vivian Chow have all come to Taiwan.

Seeing this, record companies such as Huaxing and Warner naturally did not want to lag behind.

So Anita Mui, Alan Tam, Sandy Lam and Alex To also rushed to Taiwan.

A large number of Hong Kong singers have been constantly performing the "Enter the Dragon" drama in Taiwan, turning the Taiwanese music scene upside down and putting a lot of pressure on Taiwanese singers.

The influx of these outstanding singers also inspired endless inspiration for Taiwanese musicians. A large number of excellent works emerged like a blowout, causing the focus of the Chinese music scene to gradually shift from Hong Kong to Taiwan.

……

In July, Chen Long's "Miracle" grossed 3400 million Hong Kong dollars in Taiwan, and ended perfectly. Yang Ye's "Mojin: The Lost Tomb" began to take over. The Ghost Blows Out the Light series is a Chinese-style treasure-hunting blockbuster that Yang Ye claimed to spend billions to create. The release of the first work this time naturally attracted much attention.

Many overseas film producers went directly to Hong Kong to attend the premiere, for fear that if they were a step late, the copyright would be snatched away by others.

The premiere will be held on the 1st, leaving a week for the final wave of publicity.

Yang Ye took Zhong Chuhong out of the car, immediately attracting a large number of fans.

Although it is a hot summer day, it cannot stop the enthusiasm of star-chasers.

The two greeted the fans enthusiastically while standing there waiting for other crew members.

In the car behind, actors including Hong Jingbao, Li Jiaxin, Zheng Peipei, Ng Man-tat, He Guorong, and Nishixie Michiko got off one after another.

"Sister Pepe, stand on my side!"

Yang Ye asked Zheng Peipei and the three tomb-raiding gang to stand together next to him.

On his left is Cheng Pei-pei and on his right is Cherie Chung.

Hong Jingbao stood on the other side of Zhong Chuhong, while Li Jiaxin stood next to Hong Jingbao.

The main creators stood in a row for the media to take photos and accept brief interviews.

"Sir, I heard that the investment scale of "Mojin: The Last Airbender" is even larger than that of "Terminator 2"? "

Yang Ye shook his head and said, "No, Terminator 2 was filmed entirely in the United States, and the cost was terrifying. This time, most of it was filmed in Hong Kong, which saved a lot of money. The final cost was probably a little over 2 million, less than half of Terminator ."

"Indiana Jones and the Last Airbender is now showing in theaters around the world. As both are about treasure hunting, does your Mojin: The Last Airbender have a chance to beat it at the box office?"

"I've seen Indiana Jones and the Last Airbender, it's great! Spielberg is a very good director. But our Mojin: The Last Airbender is also very good, I think it will also do well at the box office!"

Yang Ye doesn't think that "Mojin: The Last Airbender" can be better than "Indiana Jones and the Last Airbender".

Raiders of the Lost Ark 3 is the best in the entire series and the pinnacle of all treasure-hunting movies.

If it's "Indiana Jones 1", there's still a chance.

If we look at it from the perspective of future generations, The Treasure Hunters 1 is just so-so, it's just a precedent and a milestone.

Yang Ye did not respond to the reporter's provocation, nor did he say anything harsh. After talking nonsense for a while, he led the film's main creators into the cinema.

……

The cinema was filled with noise.

The big names of Baiyang Pictures all came to show their support for their boss, and many of their colleagues naturally came to check out what was going on.

Together with the film producers, the media from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau were extremely lively.

The emcee Deborah walked up to the stage and announced, "Let us welcome the entire cast of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Mojin: The Lost Tomb" to the stage with warm applause!"

"Clap clap clap clap!"

After a round of warm applause, Yang Ye led everyone onto the stage and bowed to the audience at the scene and in front of the TV.

Then, as usual, a brief interview began, with some interesting stories from the filming of the movie.

Li Jiaxin talked about her interesting experience of eating salmon in Inner Mongolia, which made Deborah marvel.

"How can there be salmon to eat so far away, thousands of miles from the ocean?"

"Because there is an Ergun River where we filmed, which is the source of the Heilongjiang River. Every summer, salmon from the Pacific Ocean will migrate thousands of miles along the Heilongjiang River and swim all the way to the Ergun River to spawn."

“Nature is so amazing.”

At the end of the interview, everyone showed off the props used in the movie.

Yang Ye used the Flying Tiger Claw as a rope dart and performed a set of martial arts on the spot. This thing was as easy as using one's own arm in his hand, and he wielded it with great force. Naturally, the audience in the audience cheered continuously.

Next, Hong Jingbao showed off the multifunctional uses of his engineer shovel, such as opening wine bottles, cutting vegetables, digging soil, chopping wood, and even frying an egg on the spot.

This naturally made the audience laugh, and after playing for a while, Yang Ye began to sing the theme song as usual.

The others stepped down, leaving the stage to Yang Ye.

The theme song sung by Yang Ye is called "Demons".

It is a song released by the American rock band Imagine Dragons, and is also the theme song of the movie "Nine-story Demon Tower".

This song once ranked sixth on the US Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, which can be said to be very popular.

The song "Demon" by Menglong describes how a person fights against the monster in his heart.

The "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series depicts how the tomb-robbing team fights against unknown horrors.

Quite appropriate!

Yang Ye grabbed it casually, thinking that the movie would be released overseas, he might as well not translate it into Chinese and just sing the English version to save trouble.

This song will also be directly ranked on Hong Kong Radio, Taiwan Golden Songs Chart, US Billboard and other platforms to promote "Mojin: The Lost Tomb".

Yang Ye was shouting at the top of his lungs on the stage, shocking the audience below.

After Yang Ye finished singing and stepped down from the stage and returned to his seat, the movie officially began.

Huang Zhan was moved by the song and sighed, "Ah Ye, if you don't do anything, it's fine. But when you do, it's a masterpiece!"

……

"Mojin: The Lost Legend" begins with a narration:
More than a thousand years ago, China was divided into three countries: Wei, Shu and Wu, which were constantly at war with each other.

The first thing to do when fighting a war is to have enough food. In order to prevent the soldiers from going hungry, Cao Cao of Wei State set up an official title called Mojin Xiaowei in the army.

What does this title mean? It means exploring ancient tombs, breaking into coffins, and borrowing money from the dead to buy food.

The rules for tomb raiders were very strict. Whenever they opened a large tomb, they had to light a candle in the southeast corner of the tomb before they could open the coffin and search for gold.

If the candle goes out, you must put the property you have obtained back and leave the tomb, otherwise disaster will occur.

A thousand years later, there are only three tomb raiders left in the world, they are Hu Bayi, Wang Kaixuan and Shirley Yang.

……

As the movie is narrated, the three tomb-raiding duo keep moving, showing their professionalism.

When the three people were introduced, they were given separate shots to show their faces.

When LSP Huang Zhan saw Cherie Chung's Laura look, his eyes lit up.

The design of this tomb passage is somewhat different from the original version. It adopts the concept from "The Lost Tomb".

It will be useful when filming "The Lost Tomb".

The audience was stunned when they saw several people struggling in the dangerous tomb passage.

Huang Zhan couldn't help but ask, "How was this filmed?"

Yang Ye whispered, "It was shot in a studio with a blue screen, and then computer technology was used to combine the real people and the background. If you want to know more, you can go and visit when the second part is being filmed."

Huang Zhan sighed and said, "Your technology is really becoming more and more advanced."

Yang Ye said: "This is just the beginning. With the development of technology, we may be able to shoot a movie directly in the studio in the future."

"Uh..." Huang Zhan couldn't help but complain: "Won't that be a return to the old days of fake scenery?"

“It’s essentially the same, except that computer-generated scenery is more realistic and cooler than artificial scenery!”

Huang Zhan chatted with Yang Ye in a low voice, his eyes fixed on the big screen.

At this time, Hu Bayi had already climbed onto the coffin and opened the lid, revealing a corpse lying inside.

Different from traditional Hong Kong movies, where there is always a very scary old zombie in the coffin, this movie has a beautiful woman in it.

Through the red veil, a vivid face can be vaguely seen.

Huang Zhan was very surprised and couldn't help but say, "This... is alive?" (End of this chapter)