Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 549: Ghost Blows Out the Light

Sally Yeh finished her performance, and then George Lam, Zhang Guorong, Leon Lai, Liu Hua, Zhang Xueyou, Aaron Kwok, Amy Chan, Zhou Huajian, Jeff Chang, Chen Shuhua, Chyi Yu, Chyi Chin, Girls' Generation...

Singers from the two major record companies, Baiyang and Rolling Stone, took turns to perform and bring an audio-visual feast to the audience.

Actors from the film company and ATV who were not serious singers would come on stage from time to time to sing a song and make a fool of themselves, and the atmosphere on the scene was really exciting.

For Yangji’s employees, this was even happier than the Chinese New Year, and everyone felt the love from their boss.

In 1990, the monthly salary of a full-time clerk in an average company in Hong Kong was around 8000.

The basic salary for a clothing salesperson in a shopping mall is around 5000 yuan, and the monthly income is over yuan.

The Hong Kong government recruits temporary workers for 240 yuan a day.

If the concert tickets were sold normally, the average ticket price would be just over 300 yuan.

It would be more enjoyable to treat employees to a concert than to give them the few hundred dollars.

In contrast, thirty years later in mainland China, the starting salary was less than 3,000 yuan, tickets for a concert could easily exceed 1,000 yuan, and it was common for front-row tickets to sell for 2,000 to 3,000 yuan.

Even if you search the whole world, you won’t find leeks that are so easy to harvest!
In the second half of the concert, Chen Long and Japanese actress Naoko Kawai came on stage to sing "Thousands of Entanglements" for everyone.

Naoko Kawai, with her two big breasts sticking out, walked onto the stage arm in arm with Chen Long, and there was an immediate cheer from the audience.

The two Japanese girls, Sachiko Kamachi and Minase Aikawa, have just arrived in Hong Kong and are here today.

Although they didn't speak the same language, the atmosphere was very warm and they were all infected.

The fact that the company is so powerful also means that their future is bright, so they are naturally more excited.

At this time, seeing Nahoko Kawai appear, I felt even more familiar and cheered with the crowd.

Chen Long is popular all over the world, and Japanese actresses are naturally no problem. He had an affair with Mizusawa Aki a few years ago. Later, Mizusawa Aki went on TV to praise Chen Long for his strong body and great kung fu skills, which made her unable to forget him.

Recently, I'm talking about Naoko Kawai. The two of them developed real feelings for each other and were entangled for seven years. Naoko even committed suicide for Chen Long. What a damn charm Chen Long has.

After Chen Long and his daughter Nai Baozi showed their affection, the host Deborah came on stage and interacted with Chen Long and Nai Baozi.

Deborah asked, "Brother, there is a TV series that is very popular recently. I wonder if you have watched it?"

Chen Long laughed and said, "As for Meteor Garden, I've watched it, and those four young men are very good."

Milk bun asked: "What are you talking about?"

Chen Long laughed and said, "We are talking about Meteor Garden!"

Milk buns said: "Ah, that one is very good-looking, and very popular in Japan. Many young people in Japan now regard them as idols."

Chen Long translated Naibaozi's words, and there was a sudden cheer from the audience.

Now that Chinese people are famous in Japan, everyone naturally feels proud of it.

Deborah said: "Then next, we would like to invite...F4!"

Four handsome guys made a grand appearance and began to sing their hit song "Meteor Shower".

"I will accompany you to watch the meteor shower falling on this earth. Let your tears fall on my shoulders. I want you to believe in my love. I will be brave only for you. Then you will see where happiness lies."

Thousands of people sang along at the scene, and the atmosphere was very lively.

The one hundred new Voice of China students were all jealous when they saw this scene.

Many people began to fantasize about winning the competition and becoming famous overnight.

Imagine yourself standing on the stage and singing loudly, with thousands of hands waving for you and millions of people cheering for you!

Sometimes, there is no need to say much when drawing a pie in the sky. The smartest approach is to let them see it with their own eyes and think about it for themselves.

……

F4 is so powerful!
"Meteor Garden" quickly became popular after it was broadcast on Star TV.

Subsequently, television stations in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, the Philippines and other places purchased the copyright to rebroadcast the program.

After their album "Meteor Shower" was released, it sold out quickly, with legitimate sales reaching three million copies, and it also topped the Japanese Oricon chart.

Prior to this, only a few Chinese people such as Chen Meiling, Deng Lijun and Yang Ye had appeared on the Oricon chart.

The royal families of Indonesia, Brunei, and Thailand have all invited F4 to perform.

F4 is currently holding concerts in various parts of Asia. Wherever they go, the streets are packed with people and tickets are hard to come by.

However, coming back to participate in the New Year's Eve party is the top priority, and they have reserved time for it early.

This sudden emergence and rapid momentum that swept across Asia created a huge wave in the Chinese world.

Even European and American media paid attention to this scene and made lengthy reports.

The Little Tigers also became popular overnight, but compared with F4, they are still a bit dwarfed.

This is mainly because F4 has the blessing of Meteor Garden, and has more fans than Little Tigers.

This type of teenage idol attracts the most teenage fans, and this type of fans are the craziest in chasing their idols. Although the previous "Hong Kong Love" was popular, the fans it attracted were urban men and women, who were not so crazy.

With the popularity of F4, F4's agent Chai Zhiping naturally became famous as well. However, what everyone is most interested in is Yang Ye, who created F4.

The media said that F4 is another masterpiece of Yang Ye since Girls' Generation.

Half of the stars who have become popular in Hong Kong in recent years are under Yang’s label, and people in the circle are full of admiration for Yang Ye’s ability to create stars.

He can make clouds with a flip of his hand and rain with a flip of his hand. Whoever he wants to make famous will become famous.

……

At the end of the concert, Teresa Tang, who had not made an official appearance in Hong Kong for a long time, made her final appearance and sang the classic Cantonese song "Walking Down the Road of Life" to build momentum for the mentor who was making a comeback with "The Voice".

That night, the students of The Voice of China lay in bed, thinking about everything in the Hong Kong Coliseum, and could not fall asleep for a long time.

They all hope that their names will also be included in this joyous New Year’s Eve concert!
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After the New Year's Eve concert, Yang Ye still couldn't resist Zheng Donghan's soft and hard persuasion and agreed to be a mentor for "The Voice of China". He originally thought that this was a waste of energy, but later he thought it through.

The reason why "The Voice of China" became such a hit was that there was already a mature model in Europe and the United States, and they just copied it.

But now, good voices have not appeared in this time and space, and he is needed to control the rhythm.

Otherwise, no one else would know how to play.

As for the movie, let’s talk about it in the second half of the year. It won’t start shooting for a while anyway.

A large-scale costume war film like this is produced in a U-shaped structure.

The pre-production preparation takes a long time, and the post-production takes a long time, but the shooting time is the shortest.

His previous films, such as "The Ghouls" and "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", both went through long periods of preparation before filming began.

However, for an urban film like "God of Gamblers", you can just start working on it as soon as you think about it.

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Yang Ye found Xu Ke and Cheng Xiaodong and continued to work on adapting Jin Yong's novels into films.

After Xu Ke finished filming "The East is Red" in the original time and space, Jin Yong refused to give him the novel to film.

As a result, many subsequent works were not filmed.

Tsui Hark dreamed of filming The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes, but he had to wait until Jin Yong passed away before he got the copyright.

It’s a pity that martial arts films were in decline at that time and there were no powerful action actors. In addition, Xu Ke’s creative ability had declined, so even if the film was shot, it would have been a thankless task.

Today, Xu Ke and Cheng Xiaodong are still in their prime, so it's worth a try.

As for the copyright, it was all in Yang Ye's hands. Xu Ke could change it however he wanted, even if Jin Yong got angry to death.

But Yang Ye would not really make Jin Yong angry to death.

As the Spring Festival was approaching and The Smiling, Proud Wanderer was about to be released, Yang Ye suddenly called Pan Yuesheng and told him that he had a novel that he wanted to serialize in Ming Pao.

Pan Yuesheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and personally ran to Yang Ye's office to get the manuscript.

Yang Ye asked his secretary to make a cup of coffee for Pan Yuesheng, and then took out "The Yellow Skin Grave".

Yang Ye slightly modified the order of the eight parts of "Ghost Blows Out the Light", and "The Yellow Skin Grave" became the first part.

But some content from the opening of "The Lost Tomb" was added in.

It mainly tells the story of Hu Bayi's grandfather Hu Guohua, which leads to the "Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique".

There is also a chapter about life as an educated youth and "Ancient Tombs in the Mountains".

This is mainly done to straighten out the timeline.

Tianxia Bachang loves to listen to storytelling, so when he wrote novels, he used the tone of a storyteller.

Moreover, he is from Tianjin and he likes to listen to crosstalk, so he used a lot of crosstalk jokes.

For example, the opening part about how Hu Guohua obtained the "Sixteen-Character Yin-Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique" tells a story about a blank paper man digging out people's hearts, which was taken from the traditional crosstalk "The Legend of Ji Gong".

If you listen to Guo Degang's "The Legend of Jigong", you can hear it.

The long passages of jargon in the book come from Liu Baorui's crosstalk.

In addition, because I have played a lot of Japanese games, many elements of Japanese games are incorporated into the book. The inspiration for the whole book comes from "Tomb Raider", and Shirley Young is Laura.

The novel is naturally interesting because it combines various essences into one.

Of course, the main thing is that it blends well, looks very smooth, and has no sense of patchwork. This is the talent of Ba Chang.

Pan Yuesheng only read a few pages before he was attracted by the content and soon couldn't stop reading.

Yang Ye ignored him and let him sit aside and watch while he went about his own business.

At noon, Yang Ye called Pan Yuesheng to eat, and the old man put down the manuscript and said, "The setting of this novel is novel and the plot is attractive. It is really the only one I have ever seen in my life, so I wish I could finish it in one breath."

Yang Ye understood his feelings, nodded and said, "Let's go eat first and talk while we eat."

The two went to the cafeteria, and Pan Yuesheng expressed his doubts while eating. This novel was written vividly, and a lot of the content in it was really not something that Yang Ye, a Hong Konger, could write.

Yang Ye continued to use Blind Chen as a shield: "I had already explained this when Mojin: The Lost Tomb was released. These things were told to me by Blind Chen.

I just sorted out the story he told me, and then made some modifications and polishing.

Blind Chen is from Tianjin, where there is a traditional art called crosstalk. The unique style of this book comes from this.

It’s actually an old tradition, not a new thing.”

Due to the huge success of the movie "Mojin: The Lost Tomb", Yang Ye's super popularity, and the novel's originality, excitement and interest, Pan Yuesheng offered a sky-high fee of 1,000 yuan per thousand words for the novel.

But Yang Ye didn't care much about it. This little money was nothing to him. He just wanted to expand the audience of the movie through the novel.

After seeing Pan Yuesheng off, Yang Ye began to think about the new candidate for Hu Bayi.

Yang Ye personally starred in "Mojin: The Lost Tomb" for safety reasons, fearing that it would be a dud.

Even though the box office is booming now, he can't keep acting. It's too energy-consuming and he has a lot of things to do.

From now on, he will only be responsible for publishing the novel of "Ghost Blows Out the Light".

The adaptation, filming and leading roles were all done by new actors.

The new director candidate...Yang Ye chose Zhang Yimou.

As for Hu Bayi, after Yang Ye pondered for a while, he called Yuan Biao over.

Yuen Biao and Hong Jingbao are brothers from the same school, and they have a good understanding as a partner. He himself also has a certain box office appeal, so he is the one.

(End of this chapter)