Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Yuen Biao's popularity has declined significantly in recent years.

After shooting a few movies in Japan, it gradually became out of fashion.

He had previously set up his own film studio and imitated Chen Long in his efforts, but after making several films, the box office results were not ideal.

After two years, the studio closed down.

In the original time and space, all the movies directed by Yuen Biao suffered losses, gradually became outdated, and fell to the terrible point of no longer having any movies.

At that time, the Hong Kong film industry suddenly died out, so Yuen Biao retired and went to Canada to live a happy life with his wife and children.

But he still loved movies and couldn't let go, so he returned to the film industry within a few years.

Although I only played supporting roles, I still enjoyed myself.

The reason is that Yuen Biao was overshadowed by his two senior brothers and never found his own style, lacking distinctive features.

When Yuen Biao was young, he was a "Kung Fu Kid" and he has always played similar roles, which were very popular at the beginning.

But later, when he was in his thirties, he was still playing kung fu boys in "The Six-Fingered Lute Demon" and "The New Sword Stained with Royal Blood". Naturally, he failed one after another and could no longer make it.

Now Yang Ye has asked him to act in "Ghost Blows Out the Light", and if nothing unexpected happens, he will have a stable job.

However, Hu Bayi is not that easy to play, so Yang Ye asked him to go to the rural area of ​​Northeast China and Beijing to experience life for half a year.

Yuen Biao was very grateful to Yang Ye for giving him the role of Hu Bayi.

I also know that the "Ghost Blows Out the Light" series is huge in scale.

He felt the pressure so much that he packed his bags without saying a word and went to experience life in the Greater Khingan Range.

After Zhang Yimou took on the role of "The Yellow Skin Tomb", he was also very cautious.

This is a very mainland story, involving things like educated youth going to the countryside and Northeastern folk customs.

Yang Ye suggested that Zhang Yimou should not look for screenwriters from Hong Kong, but instead look for screenwriters from the mainland, because Hong Kong people do not understand these things.

Although Yang Ye was the author of the book, he said to Zhang Yimou: "I don't understand it either. These things were told to me by Blind Chen. I just sorted them out. How to restore them is up to you."

Yang Ye was good at shifting the blame. Even when "The Yellow Skin Tomb" was serialized in "Ming Pao", he did not sign the author's name, but only wrote "Compiled by: Yang Ye".

……

Ming Pao had already put out an advertisement that Yang Ye’s new novel was about to be serialized.

A week later, "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Yellow Skin Grave" was officially launched on Ming Pao and was sold out in an instant.

Many people grabbed the newspapers and started reading them on the spot.

The Yellow Skin Tomb begins with a recollection, and begins with, "My ancestors had a torn book called The Sixteen-Character Secret of Yin and Yang Feng Shui. This book contains a total of sixteen words for finding dragons..."

Then, when Hu Bayi was about to go to the United States and was packing his luggage, he came across an old photo album, which brought back memories, so he decided to tell his story.

This story begins with Hu Bayi's grandfather Hu Guohua, who spent all his family wealth on drinking, whoring and gambling.

Hu Guohua couldn't make it any longer, so he had to go to his uncle to defraud money.

When his uncle heard that he wanted to mend his ways, he gave him twenty dollars and let him marry a wife so that they could live a good life.

Hu Guohua took advantage of his uncle's old age and poor eyesight and squandered all his money, so he found a craftsman who made paper people and paper horses, and made a paper woman out of white paper in order to fool his uncle.

A few days later, the uncle came to see his new daughter-in-law. Hu Guohua said that his daughter-in-law was sick and could not see guests because she was lying in bed, so he asked his uncle to just take a look at her from a distance outside the door.

But my uncle insisted on seeing his wife, and the two started arguing. A woman lifted the door curtain and bowed to my uncle.

Hu Guohua's heart skipped a beat. Oh, isn't this the paper figurine I asked someone to make? How did it come to life?

The first day of serialization ends here.

It is serialized in newspapers, with only about a thousand words published every day.

This fragment is so damn obscene that many people feel itchy after reading it.

Oh my god, how did this paper man come to life? What happened to him later? I can't wait to see the sequel.

"Ghost Blows Out the Light" is written in the style of storytelling, and is full of suspenseful things. It is really suitable to be serialized in a newspaper.

……

Readers finally waited until the next day and rushed to buy newspapers to read the follow-up.

The content of this day was that the paper daughter-in-law was virtuous and cooked a table of meals for her uncle, which made her uncle very satisfied. He was so happy that he gave Hu Guohua another ten dollars.

Hu Guohua, however, felt uneasy. After seeing his uncle off, he did not dare go home. Instead, he spent the ten dollars on eating, drinking, gambling, and smoking.

When all his money was gone and he had nowhere to go, he had no choice but to go home and burn the paper figurine.

The paper figurine suddenly spoke: "You are such a heartless person! I helped you out of good intentions, but you want to burn me!"

Then she said that she felt sorry for Hu Guohua and wanted to really marry him. But Hu Guohua would never agree and said that humans and ghosts are different and it was impossible.

However, the white paper man told Hu Guohua that her real body was in a deserted graveyard in Shisanlipu, and if Hu Guohua couldn't make it one day, he should go find her.

There were gold, silver and jewelry in her coffin. As long as Hu Guohua dared to go, he could take and spend those treasures at will. After saying this, he lay motionless.

Hu Guohua plucked up his courage and burned the paper man into ashes.

Another thousand words, the serial ends here.

Readers can't stop reading. Will Hu Guohua go to Shisanlipu to get the gold and silver jewelry? What will he encounter? This wave of expectations is really full.

On the third day, the story begins by saying that two years later, Hu Guohua was penniless and had nowhere else to turn, so he finally went to the cemetery.

But that’s a story for later, so let’s not discuss it for now.

And another story about a mouse friend.

When Hu Guohua was smoking opium, he met a mouse and gave it a couple of puffs.

Later, the mouse returned the favor by bringing silver dollars to Hu Guohua to spend, and Hu Guohua became rich. But the ending says: When you get rich, you meet good friends, but when you are unlucky, you meet bad people. It was also destined that Hu Guohua would be poor, and he was targeted by a bad person.

Which villain? Well, let’s talk about it tomorrow.

Damn, this is really whetting the appetite. Readers all over the city are driven to ecstasy by Yang Ye.

Everyone was really impressed that so many things could be done with just a thousand words.

Yang Ye himself was convinced. The storytellers in the old days were able to make a living by just talking, so they were really good.

……

Ming Pao's current daily sales volume is approximately 18 copies, making it one of the top three best-selling newspapers in Hong Kong.

The Oriental Daily and South China Morning Post, which are ranked at the top, only have sales of 10,000 to 20,000 more copies than Ming Pao.

The serialization of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" brought the sales of "Ming Pao" to a new level, reaching 21 copies, making it the best-selling newspaper in Hong Kong.

Old man Cha was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling. He personally wrote the title of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" and even invited Yang Ye to dinner.

The meal was quite enjoyable, but within two days, the old man could no longer laugh.

"Invincible in the East" launched a large-scale publicity campaign. After a round of materials were released, the image of Lin Qingxia as Invincible in the East was posted everywhere.

The Dongfang Bubai in the poster was dressed in red, looking enchanting, charming and full of charm, which surprised old man Cha.

That’s not all. In the evening, the trailer for “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” began to be broadcast on ATV and Star TV.

In the trailer, Linghu Chong holds Dongfang Bubai and flies through the woods under a full moon.

The two of them were still gazing at each other affectionately, with smiles on their faces, and love in their eyes and brows.

That would have been fine, but there was even a sex scene between the two of them later on, which made Old Man Cha wish he could dig his eyes out.

Not only Jin Yong, the whole city was shocked.

Dongfang Bubai and Linghu Chong are in love...in love?
And you still want to... go to bed?
Yang Ye is crazy!
After watching the trailer, Huang Zhan immediately called Yang Ye and asked, "Are you going to ask Lin Qingxia to play a transvestite?"

Yang Ye said calmly: "What's the matter?"

Huang Zhan couldn't understand and asked, "What on earth are you thinking?"

Yang Ye did not explain, but just said: "You will know after you see it!"

To be honest, this modification is too subversive.

When Jin Yong was writing The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, his writing skills had already reached the level of perfection, and he truly achieved the "subtle clues that stretch for thousands of miles" of The Dream of the Red Chamber.

The character of Dongfang Bubai runs through the entire novel of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" and is finally introduced after more than ten layers of foreshadowing and background.

Before his official appearance, he had always been portrayed as a conspirator who was the best in the world in martial arts, ruthless, and scheming, with the demeanor of a great hero.

When Dongfang Bubai actually appeared on the stage, his image underwent a shocking reversal.

He had shaved his beard and had put on makeup on his face. He looked neither male nor female, and he was embroidering with an embroidery needle.

The reason for writing this way is that "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" is a political satire novel.

Dongfang Bubai was greedy for power and was willing to castrate himself in order to practice martial arts.

In the end, his personality changed drastically. He became neither male nor female and no longer cared about any power. He just wanted to be a woman and wait for the bearded Lian Di to come and fuck him.

……

Jin Yong's writing style is already eye-popping enough, but Yang Ye subverts it again based on Jin Yong's subversion.

Use a peerless beauty to play an old, ugly, dead shemale.

This horse riding...

Moreover, Yang Ye's operating method is also different from Xu Ke in the original time and space.

When Xu Ke first invited Lin Qingxia to play Dongfang Bubai, Jin Yong immediately called Xu Ke to express his opposition, and the two sides parted unhappily.

By the time the movie was released, more than half a year had passed and the topic had long lost its popularity.

Yang Ye said nothing, and didn't even hold a press conference. He finished filming the movie quietly.

It was not until the film was about to be released that Lin Qingxia's image of Dongfang Bubai was suddenly released, which instantly surprised everyone.

What’s even more amazing is that this guy also released a shot of the two of them flying together in the moonlight in the trailer.

The scene where Linghu Chong and Shishi were having sex was also cut in in a mean way.

That was originally a scene at night, and the audience had preconceived ideas and naturally thought that this was Linghu Chong and Dongfang Bubai having sex.

Not to mention Jin Yong, even fans of Jin Yong's books and the drama "Swordsman" were all stunned.

What the fuck is this?
Suddenly, there was a huge discussion in the whole city.

Yang Ye's influence is not comparable to Xu Ke's, and there is also the monster Star TV.

Soon, the mainland, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia... the entire Chinese world knew that Yang Ye was filming "Swordsman", making Dongfang Bubai the heroine, letting Lin Qingxia play Dongfang Bubai, and letting Dongfang Bubai and Linghu Chong go to bed.

Newspapers and television stations across the country have initiated discussions.

There are also media outlets that are not interested in the topic at hand and are so shameless as to interview Jin Yong.

Faced with the surging public opinion, Lin Qingxia herself was a little scared.

She has been filming for so many years, and the good image she has accumulated, won't collapse just like that, right?
Yang Ye acted as if nothing had happened, and calmly hugged the beautiful lady Lin: "Don't worry, you can't trust others, but you can't trust your husband?"

These words calmed Lin Qingxia down instantly. Yes, my husband is so awesome.

She asked Yang Ye: "Why are you so confident?"

Yang Ye smiled: "My confidence comes from your charm!" (End of this chapter)