Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

As the Spring Festival approaches, major film companies have begun to promote their own New Year blockbusters.

However, these films seem to be boring at first glance, either rehashing old stuff or throwing in a bunch of celebrities.

Debao is addicted to rehashing old stuff.

After the hit "The Rich and Powerful" became popular, a new movie "The Rich and Powerful Again" was made, and then there was "The Rich and Powerful Three Times".

Last year, a middle-class movie "Three People's World" became popular. This year, "Three People's New World" will be released during the Spring Festival, and "Three People's World" will be released later.

Jiahe is obsessed with piling up heads.

Previously, Hong Jingbao helped Golden Harvest shoot several movies, all of which were filled with a lot of stars.

This year, Zheng Zeshi was appointed as the director and made a movie called "The Rich Army", which invited nearly 30 stars such as Hong Jingbao and Alan Tam, and it can be said to be a star-studded cast.

It's nothing more than Hong Jingbao's old prescription, not worth mentioning.

The original time and space of this movie was shot by Zhang Guozhong's Yineng Film Company.

In the original time and space, Zhang Guozhong was a famous agent in Hong Kong, and the artist resources he controlled were second only to Chen Ziqiang.

However, in this time and space, Yang Ye took the lead in opening an agency company, and almost all of Hong Kong's top stars were recruited by Yang Ye, so Zhang Guozhong naturally did not do much.

Fortunately, Yang Ye also knew that he was a talented person and recruited him a few years ago. He is now the deputy general manager of Baiyang Agency.

Although Cinema City is gone, Wong Jing is still there and released a comedy film "Good Luck" during this year's Spring Festival.

Previously, Wong Jing asked Johnnie To to help him shoot "A Lang's Story", which is a very good movie.

Although Yang Ye opposed Tian Gang and first came up with "A Moment of Romance", "A Lang's Story" became a follow-up.

But after A Lang was released last year, the touching plot still earned enough tears and a box office of nearly 20 million.

Wong Jing was very satisfied, so he used the original cast to make a big reversal, turning the tragedy into a comedy, and returning to the Lunar New Year box office.

However, the combined popularity of these movies is less than one-tenth of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Yang Ye is too much of a troublemaker. He put a trailer on TV in advance, with Dongfang Bubai and Linghu Chong having sex. What the fuck...

Some Jin Yong fans couldn't help but curse, saying that Yang Ye was messing around.

But Yang Ye’s movies are famous for being good, so no matter how much they criticize him, they will still go to watch him.

Some media outlets that were not on good terms with Yang Ye publicly predicted that "Invincible East" would be the Waterloo of Yang Ye's career.

However, film companies such as Golden Harvest and D&B were worried because all the attention of the Spring Festival period was taken away by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

As for whether "Invincible in the East" would become the Waterloo of Yang Ye's career, they didn't believe it.

It can be seen from the trailer that the film has a very good texture and is obviously a carefully crafted blockbuster.

Yang Ye arranged for Linghu Chong and Dongfang Bubai to go to bed, perhaps to attract attention, or perhaps for some other reason, but he certainly had his reasons.

On January 1, "Good Fortune" was released first and it was a great success.

The next day, "The Wealthy Army" officially started filming.

"Invincible in the East" was not in a hurry and waited until the Chinese New Year's Eve on the 20th to start its premiere.

Yang Ye doesn’t care whether others seize the initiative or not. What’s the harm in giving you a week?

On the day of the premiere, many big names from Yangji showed up to cheer, and there were also stars from Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and mainland China. The scene was star-studded and even more exciting than the Academy Awards.

The Japanese person is naturally Akina Nakamori, she came here to meet her lover.

The artists who came from Taiwan are from the Rolling Stones, and they came to join in the fun.

The people who came from South Korea were from CJ Entertainment, and the people from the mainland were brought by Liu Xiaoqing. The entertainment industries in these two places are relatively backward, so they came here to broaden their horizons.

Lee Mi-kyung of CJ Entertainment walked the red carpet with her first signed artist, Jeon Do-yeon, accompanied by Choi Jin-sil.

Although the Hong Kong media did not know the two of them, they knew Choi Jin-sil, so they took a lot of photos.

Jeon Do-yeon had never experienced such an occasion before and couldn't help but feel very excited.

Especially when she found that the person in front of her was Zhang Guorong, she was almost unable to walk.

Fortunately, Choi Jin-sil was experienced and had given her some precautions before she came so that she could be mentally prepared. This allowed her to pass the red carpet smoothly without making any embarrassment.

When she walked into the cinema and saw the bright stars on the seats, Jeon Do-yeon couldn't help but exclaimed: "There are so many stars!"

Choi Jin-sil explained, “Because it’s the premiere of Sir Yang’s movie, everyone will come to support it.”

Jeon Do-yeon said admiringly: "Sir Yang is such an amazing person!"

Jeon Do-yeon is the first Korean actress to win the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

She, Choi Jin-sil, Shim Eun-ha, and Kim Hee-sun are known as one of the four major female stars in Korea in the 1990s.

The reason why CJ Entertainment was able to sign Jeon Do-yeon before she became famous was naturally because of Yang Ye’s recommendation.

Next, Jeon Do-yeon will also receive training in Hong Kong before returning to the Korean entertainment industry.

Liu Xiaoqing brought several advertisers to watch the premiere. This is the essence of business.

Liu Xiaoqing did business in the original time and space by using his fame to constantly support others.

She owns dozens of companies, involved in all kinds of industries, but none of them are actually owned by her.

They are all invested by others and run under her name, so she is equivalent to a spokesperson.

It would be strange if nothing went wrong with this kind of thing, so she went in.

There is no need for this now. I can just rely on Yang Ye, guard the film and television city, and maintain my network of contacts.

……

"I'm coming!"

Yang Ye's exclusive Citroen CX Prestige drove in slowly. After the door opened, Lin Qingxia got out first.

She was wearing a white suit today, looking very handsome.

Afterwards, Lin Qingxia took another woman out of the car, and it turned out to be Lin Fengjiao who had not been seen for a long time.

Lin Fengjiao was wearing a black dress and standing next to Lin Qingxia, looking like a little bird.

"Hey, it's not Yang Ye, it's Lin Qingxia!" a reporter said in surprise.

But they didn’t care about that anymore and crowded forward to take pictures.

The drama is called "Swordsman 2: Invincible in the East", so Lin Qingxia was the first to appear.

Since she was playing a dead demon, she dressed up as a man today and appeared in a suit. Lin Qingxia's handsome look immediately attracted a large number of reporters and countless fans who came to watch the fun.

As for Lin Fengjiao, she was only famous in Taiwan, and she had not appeared in public for so many years, so not many people knew her.

Erlin smiled and waved to the fans, but stood still, obviously waiting for someone.

The reporter took advantage of this gap to start the interview: "Qingxia, your performance as Dongfang Bubai this time has caused a lot of controversy. Do you have anything to say?"

Lin Qingxia said calmly: "Before everyone has seen the movie, this kind of controversy is meaningless. I suggest that everyone make comments after watching the movie."

At this time, the second car stopped, and Yang Ye walked onto the red carpet holding Guan Zhilin's left hand and Chen Yulian's right hand.

Damn, other people walking on the red carpet only hold one person, but this guy holds two. It's really enviable.

The three of them came to Erlin and waved and greeted the fans together.

Then, Cheng Xiaodong and Hui Yinghong got out of the third car...

After all the main creators arrived, they all accepted a brief interview together...

Yang Ye introduced: "This time we are still using the original cast from the previous filming of "Swordsman". The roles of me, Jiahui, and Alian remain unchanged. The new characters added are Qingxia's Dongfang Bubai and Fengjiao's Shishi. This Shishi is a character that does not exist in the original novel."

"What is the relationship between them?"

"The key is simple. Yue Lingshan, Ren Yingying, Dongfang Bubai and Shishi are all Linghu Chong's women."

"puff!"

Everyone was shocked.

One man and four women, what the hell is this?
So much information!
After Yang Ye finished speaking, he didn't care whether others could bear it or not, and took the two women, Er Lin and the other main creators and left.

……

There were many celebrities from the Hong Kong entertainment industry sitting in the cinema, including Jin Yong, who was very dissatisfied with Yang Ye's choice of a woman to play Dongfang Bubai.

In previous premieres, the film’s creators would first go on stage to be interviewed, play games, etc., and then the film would begin showing.

Today, however, she did the opposite. Deborah went on stage and said, "Considering that there are many controversies about our Swordsman 2: Unbeaten in the East, we will show the movie first today, and then we can talk about everything about the movie after watching it."

Everyone thought, this is not bad.

The cinema went dark. Yang Ye shook Lin Qingxia's hand and smiled at her.

Regarding this movie, people are more curious about how Yang Ye will adapt the plot about Dongfang Bubai, and how Lin Qingxia will interpret Dongfang Bubai, a character who is extremely disgusting in the original novel?
It’s nothing actually, just one word: you can be willful if you are pretty!
Yang Ye only used two scenes to dispel all the audience's doubts.

In the first scene, Dongfang Bubai appears.

At the beginning of the movie, Dongfang Bubai showed her extraordinary power, took off the head of the East Factory chief, and demonstrated her peerless martial arts.

But the Dongfang Bubai here is wearing a mask, and the shots of her are either from the side or from a distance.

Until she stood on the treetop with her hands behind her back and asked Linghu Chong: "My martial arts skills are so high, aren't you afraid?"

Linghu Chong said, "I almost fell to my death, but I still saved this pot of wine. Tell me, do I want the wine or my life?"

"What a drunkard, hahaha!"

Dongfang Bubai laughed and flew down from the tree.

At this time, there was finally a frontal shot. A branch scraped off Dongfang Bubai's mask, revealing her face.

At this moment, Dongfang Bubai faced the audience, floating in the air, like the flying fairies in the Dunhuang murals, extremely graceful and unforgettable.

It was only a few seconds of footage, but it carried decades of memories for future audiences and became an eternal classic in the history of martial arts movies.

……

In the original time and space, this shot was actually added at the end.

After the film was completed, Lin Qingxia planned to travel, and Xu Ke held a banquet at Fook Lam Moon.

Lin Qingxia said to Xu Ke: "I'm so happy, we've finally finished filming."

Xu Ke asked, "What time do you board the plane tomorrow?"

Lin Qingxia felt very warmed that Xu Ke cared about her: "Eleven o'clock!"

Xu Ke said, "The hotel will announce tomorrow that we will add a close-up of Dongfang Bubai's appearance."

This extra shot is the scene where Lin Qingxia’s mask is scraped off by a branch.

Without this shot, the movie would be much less impressive.

……

The second scene is even more classic.

It is recognized as one of the five famous scenes of beauties in Hong Kong movies: "Qingxia Drinking"!
Dongfang Bubai met Linghu Chong by chance. She put Linghu Chong's Erguotou close to her nose, let him smell it, and then poured it into the lake to feed the fish.

Just because he thought his wine was not good enough, he threw his own wine to Linghu Chong.

Linghu Chong took only one sip and then rolled around in the air with excitement, praising the wine highly, saying it was so delicious.

Then Linghu Chong threw the wine back to the other party. Dongfang Bubai, dressed in red, tilted his head back to drink, creating the most textured shot in the history of martial arts films.

When this scene came out, not only Linghu Chong was stunned, but also the audience in front of the big screen.

Yang Ye was sitting in the cinema and could clearly hear the low exclamations from the people around him.

The character design of the two scenes creates a unique scene for Dongfang Bubai.

Let her fly in the trees and drink in the lake.

To the point that no one seems to care whether she is good or evil, male or female.

In fact, none of these are important, as long as it is beautiful, it is enough.

Because this is a world where appearance matters.

In fact, Xu Ke's starting point for choosing Lin Qingxia to play Dongfang Bubai was very simple.

When he was filming "New Shushan Swordsman", he was stunned by Lin Qingxia in a red dress.

Xu Ke believed that Lin Qingxia was a peerless beauty that only appears once every fifty years. At that time, he told Lin Qingxia: "In the future, I will make a movie specifically for you."

Now that this play has been snatched away by Yang Ye, I wonder which play Xu Ke plans to shoot for Lin Qingxia?
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Illustration: Qingxia drinking (end of this chapter)