Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

The candle flame suddenly turned green and flickered.

The three tomb raiders were all horrified.

Shirley Yang said: "Don't touch the gold when the chicken light is out, let go!"

Huang Bo's original line here is: "Hey, hey, don't worry, we haven't been open for several months, we can't let this cooked duck fly away."

In this version, Yang Ye changed this line.

Because a scene similar to this one will reappear in the sequel "The Lost Tomb: The Mystical City".

Huang Bo's lines are a habitual mistake and are inconsistent with the subsequent plot.

After a difficult psychological struggle, Hu Bayi unveiled the corpse.

The corpse...slowly opened its eyes and revealed a strange smile.

"Wow!" There was a burst of exclamations in the cinema.

Stephen Chow tells us that beauty needs contrast.

There are also some movies about Feng Shui, tomb robbing and the like in Hong Kong films nowadays.

However, every time the coffin was opened, there was usually an extremely disgusting and scary old zombie inside.

However, "The Ghouls" goes the other way. There is actually a peerless beauty in the coffin.

With such a huge contrast, it’s no wonder that the audience was amazed.

More importantly, the lighting and music atmosphere of this shot are very well created.

The beauty opened her eyes, smiled slightly, and the coffin exploded instantly.

Stunning, weird, terrifying, shocking and many other elements come at you in an instant, giving you a thrilling feeling.

In just this moment, countless audiences were stunned, shocked and frightened by the beauty.

"Clap clap clap clap!"

A burst of warm applause!

The next second, flying wood chips crackled and formed the three words of the film title "Mojin: The Lost Tomb". The creative title display made the audience's eyes light up.

Hu Bayi wakes up from his dream, and the narration prompts: In 1988, the tomb-raiding lieutenant retired and came to the United States!

Huang Zhan was very impressed with the shot of the female corpse opening her eyes. He pulled Yang Ye aside and whispered, “You said that Michelle would stun everyone as soon as she appeared on the stage. You really kept your word!”

Yang Ye smiled faintly and said, "Of course. Wouldn't it be a waste if we don't make a movie with such a beauty?"

Li Jiaxin was sitting in a movie a few seats away from Yang Ye. When the movie started, she felt a little nervous.

She wasn't watching the movie attentively, but was paying attention to the audience's reaction.

When she made her stunning appearance and the audience exclaimed in amazement, her mood instantly became extremely excited.

This is what Yang Ye said when he first met her.

Now, just as Yang Ye said, she really amazed everyone.

Two years of waiting, it was worth it!

She couldn't help but turn her head to look at Yang Ye, only to see Yang Ye whispering with Huang Zhan, as if they were discussing her, but she didn't know what they were talking about.

The movie "Mojin: The Lost Legend" was released more than 20 years later, and many of the things it showed were not understood or interesting to the audience at that time.

And it is very appropriate for the film to be released in this era.

The story takes place in 1988, which happened last year.

This was the time of immigration. Whether from Hong Kong, Taiwan or the Mainland, everyone was trying to find ways to go to the United States.

In Hong Kong films of this era, immigration films can directly become a genre of films.

Well-known films such as "Autumn Fairy Tale", "American Heart", "Love in a Season of Abroad", and "The Rich" appeared.

So, when the tomb-raiding trio showed up in New York, everyone thought it was normal and there was nothing wrong with it.

Unlike Yang Ye's previous life in the cinema,

With the appearance of the red spider lily, Hu Bayi recalled events from twenty years ago.

That group of crazy people really shocked the audience.

"Let's smash all these statues!"

"Yes, smash it!"

"Pull, pull harder!"

"Overcome all difficulties and strive for victory!"

“Comrades, this is the great victory of the people!”

"Great victory!"

"Next, let's destroy the goddess' tomb!"

People were shouting slogans crazily. Huang Zhan was frightened and said to Yang Ye, "You are quite brave to take pictures!"

This scene really shocked the audience.

At this time, the scary grasshopper appeared.

The swarm of grasshoppers was like a black cloud, which instantly wrapped around a person and sucked him dry. The death was extremely horrific.

Some people were even swept into the sky. The "buzzing" sound mixed with human screams and the tense music scared the audience in the cinema.

In order to make these grasshoppers, Ziqi Company can be said to have put a lot of effort into it.

Limited by the technological bottleneck of the time, even with the cover of darkness, Yang Ye still felt that the performance was unsatisfactory.

However, for people of this era, this is too realistic, too scary, and too awesome.

Where have they seen this?

Moreover, watching this group of lunatics being sucked dry by grasshoppers gave the audience a feeling of extreme fear, yet also a sense of inexplicable pleasure.

Too many people suffered in that era, even those as far away as Hong Kong might not have been spared.

Zhang Guorong's father, Zhang Huohai, did not trust the British Hong Kong government at that time, so he brought all the money he earned from running a clothing store in Hong Kong back to his hometown to save for his father.

As a result, his father was murdered, all his property was confiscated, and Zhang Huohai suffered a stroke in anger.

Zhang Guorong, a young man, saw his family fall into poverty and had to drop out of school and return home to help support his family.

This group of people were being chased by grasshoppers, so they hid in a cave and blocked the exit with wooden boards and clothes, which made them temporarily safe.

They began to explore the cave, only to discover that it was an underground fortification left by the Japanese.

After the electricity was turned on, everyone saw the dried corpses of the Japanese devils on the ground and the stone statues that had been carried in.

At this time, the group of people started pulling again.

Shouting slogans, they rushed forward and smashed the statue.

The audience was stunned, and some people couldn't help but complain: "These crazy people are really fucking crazy."

At this moment, a strange red light poured down from the top of the head, and the picture instantly turned bloody.

The Japanese army that had turned into mummies...resurrected!

The Japs drew their sabers, picked up their guns, and began a frenzied massacre.

The props, lenses and other aspects of the films produced by Yang Ye are extremely sophisticated, and are never shoddy and designed to fool the audience.

These Japanese zombies were created by Ziqi Company after a long time, and the effects are extremely realistic.

So the sudden change of the picture also maximizes the effect.

At this point, the movie has only been running for thirty minutes. The plot is sometimes tense and sometimes loose. Before going down to the tomb, three big scenes have already appeared, which fascinated the audience.

Chen Long, who was sitting in the cinema, was looking at the big screen, thinking about something.

Before this, there was a treasure-hunting blockbuster "Dragon Brothers", so when I watched it, I couldn't help but compare the two movies in my mind.

He discovered that Yang Ye, like him, had also borrowed the tactics from Raiders of the Lost Ark.

For example, at the beginning of the movie, the protagonist will appear directly and experience a small adventure.

He found a sword in an African tribe, and the tomb-raiding team also went to a tomb to look for something.

However, Yang Ye put more effort into the film's rhythm, special effects, and props.

It is similar to the genre of "Indiana Jones", but also unique. He added a lot of funny elements into it, and finally turned the treasure-hunting film into his own humorous style.

But the problem with doing this is that the unique sense of tension in treasure-hunting films is weakened a lot.

And Yang Ye did a very good job in creating a tense atmosphere.

The female corpse that suddenly opened her eyes, the grasshoppers that suddenly appeared, and the Japanese zombies that suddenly appeared always frightened the audience.

Chen Long is a man with a strong spirit of learning. He decided to talk to Yang Ye after the movie.

……

“The long road ahead is as hard as iron, but now we are able to start over again! Our king has returned in triumph!”

The magnificent prairie appeared on the big screen, and the Ergun River meandered through the green grassland like a jade belt.

Next came a large group of galloping horses, and the background music changed to grassland style.

June is the most beautiful season in Hulunbuir grassland. Audiences feel happy when they see the beautiful scenery here on the big screen.

The villain group is online, and the Japanese girl Yoko played by Michiko Nishiwaki did not forget to advertise.

She got out of the car with a game console in her hand, which was the "Pocket Elf" released by Yang Ye's Kingsoft Company.

Sister Hong’s identity is also very representative in this era. She is the leader of a cult and claims to have magical powers.

Everyone is very familiar with this thing.

The story of "Mojin: The Lost Legend" takes place in 1988, and Yang Ye happened to make this movie in this era.

The content is very relevant and very...close to current events.

Therefore, the way the audiences of this era see and feel things is completely different from the way the audiences of later generations see and feel things.

Audiences in later generations have watched too many special effects blockbusters and treasure-hunting movies, and have no impression of the eras set in the movies, so they just look that way.

But now, treasure hunting and exploration is still a new theme, movie special effects are not well developed, and the story of the movie keeps up with current affairs, which is really exciting.

Moreover, everything told in "Mojin: The Lost Legend" is Chinese in style, making it more immersive than Chen Long's "God's Arms", and the viewing experience is also better.

When everyone entered the tomb, faced with difficulties, Hu Bayi used a compass to locate the location and used the "Magic Dragon" method to solve the puzzle, which was very novel for the audience.

“To find the dragon and divide the gold, look at the winding mountains. Each winding is a barrier. If there are eight layers of danger, they will be in the shape of Yin and Yang Bagua.”

Hu Bayi recited a mantra, and the eight trigrams on the compass instantly became larger, and the ancient tomb where they were located seemed to have become a map.

"The entrance is the horse, and the horse is the Li hexagram. The rat meets the horse and it is Kan Li, the sheep meets the horse and it is Kun Li, and the dog meets the horse and it is Qian Li. Qian is on top and Li is on the bottom to see the life gate, and the dog is the exit!"

Yang Ye's beeping made the audience suddenly feel awe-inspiring.

Huang Zhan said: "Your gossip-solving is very interesting and looks very professional. It's not like the treasure-hunting movies made by foreigners, which only focus on hard work."

Yang Ye smiled and said, "Ours is Chinese style, so of course it has to have oriental characteristics."

As the movie progresses, the three levels of Ghost Gate, Naihe Bridge and Red Spider Lily appear one after another, each level is different and thrilling.

Whenever the situation gets tense, they would ask Hong Jingbao and Wu Mengda, two funny guys, to add some jokes to liven up the atmosphere.

The film also interweaves events from 20 years ago and tells the love story of Hu Bayi and Ding Sitian.

Although the story doesn't have much plot, it was filmed beautifully and romantically.

Under the dim tones, the eighteen-year-old Li Jiaxin is beautiful and pure, and is simply the first love in countless men's dreams.

The whole movie has a good balance between tension and relaxation, and the audience is naturally fascinated by it!

Come to the last level.

Hu Bayi lit a candle in the southeast corner of the tomb.

The three tomb-raiders put on the tomb-raiders talismans, held hands in a circle, interlocked their thumbs, and said together: "Tomb-raiders, together we live, apart we die."

Big Gold Teeth exclaimed: "This is the authentic tomb-raiding style!"

This whole set of actions is full of ritual sense!
Huang Zhan couldn't help but say, "Oh my God, you didn't really rob a tomb, did you?"

Yang Ye said: "Damn, people like me are like fireflies in the dark, so bright and outstanding. No matter where I go, I will be recognized. How can I rob tombs?"

"Don't tell me you made all this up? This is too real. How could someone who has never worked in this industry know this?"

"I did make up this story, but it's not entirely without reason. When I was young, there lived an old man named Chen in the Kowloon Walled City. He was blind and everyone called him Blind Chen.

I felt sorry for him, so I often gave him something to eat. After he had eaten and drunk his fill, he would tell me stories about his youth. He told me all this knowledge about tomb robbing."

"Is he a tomb robber?"

"According to his boasting, he was the leader of the bandits in the world during the Republic of China period, controlling more than 100,000 bandits in 13 provinces, and all the bandits in the bandits obeyed his orders. I don't know if it's true or not."

"So sharp? Then I have to go meet this person."

"He died a long time ago. I already said he lived during the Republic of China era."

"Alas, I never got the chance to meet you. What a pity!"

When the tomb-raiding team opened the coffin, the floor collapsed instantly.

After a narrow escape, several people discovered that they had been here twenty years ago.

At this moment, a red light emanated from the coffin, and the entire ancient tomb instantly turned into a purgatory-like scene.

All the statues in the tombs came to life, holding knives and chopping anyone they saw.

At this time, Sister Hong finally revealed her true colors.

"I don't have any magic power. I only have the drugs in the ring and a lot of money. I can't save you!"

"I won't live for more than a few days. Something has grown in my head and it can't be cured. I need red spider lily."

She took off her hood...

"Fuck!"

A bald head with several centipede-like scars on it.

The audience was all shocked; the special effects makeup was so realistic.

To be honest, the movies that Yang Yehua spent a lot of money to produce are completely different from the shoddy Hong Kong movies on the market today.

Yang Ye’s previous film, “God of Gamblers 2”, also mentioned special abilities, but in the end it was revealed that he was just a magician.

And this time, the main villain, the Grandmaster, is another old con man.

Obviously, he was satirizing a phenomenon in today's society!
The underground palace destroyed itself, and the tomb-raiding team escaped. On the lake, Hu Bayi proposed to Shirley Yang romantically.

The happy ending made all the audience smile.

"Is this the underworld or paradise?"

Big Gold Teeth shouted out the last words, and the play ended!
……

"Clap clap clap clap!"

The warm applause lasted for a long time.

Yang Ye took the main creators to the stage to express their gratitude. Deborah took the microphone and asked, "Do you think this movie is good?"

"nice!"

The audience below cheered.

Indeed, there is no other Chinese treasure-hunting adventure film with such a high degree of completion.

Many people even think that this is more exciting than "Raiders of the Lost Ark".

Because they can resonate emotionally with this movie, but they can't do that when watching Western movies.

Deborah asked: "After watching the movie, I can't wait to watch the sequel. When will the sequel be released?"

Yang Ye said: "The sequel will be released soon. In fact, "Mojin: The Lost Tomb" is just an introduction to the whole story.

In the next movie, we will start from the origin of this story and take you through even more bizarre adventures.

I said before that this will be a series of movies, but in my plan, it is not just a series of movies, but a world of its own.

In this world, there are not only stories about tomb raiders, but also stories about other sects, such as the stories of the Ridge-Removing Warriors and the Mountain-Mountain Moving Taoists.

These stories are independent of each other, yet interrelated, forming a grand...Ghost Blowing Light Universe!"

Are there other sects? What is the Xiling Lishi? What is the Banshan Daoren?
Ghost Blows Out the Light Universe? It seems pretty awesome.

This wave of expectations is really full! (End of this chapter)