Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

The world is out of my generation, and the years are reminded as soon as I enter the world.

In the chat and laughter of Huangtu Hegemon, life is a drunken experience.

The design of Dongfang Bubai drinking is so amazing, and what’s even more amazing is that they found the best spokesperson, Lin Qingxia, to complete this scene.

From this moment on, the audience all forgot about the old and ugly hermaphrodite in the original novel, and remembered the Dongfang Bubai who was both male and female and had captivated everyone!

Then, everything that happened afterwards was a natural progression.

When Linghu Chong "rescued" Dongfang Bubai, the two flew in the woods. Under the moonlight, petals were flying all over the sky, and the audience did not feel uncomfortable, but all of them had a smile on their faces.

This scene is surprisingly magical and romantic!

Considering the previous trailer, some people actually started looking forward to their sex scenes.

Fortunately, the movie is relatively restrained. Dongfang Bubai did not really have sex with Linghu Chong, but instead let her concubine Shishi accompany Linghu Chong for one night.

That night, Linghu Chong and Shishi were being affectionate in the room, while Dongfang Bubai was killing people outside.

But when Linghu Chong finally "met" Dongfang Bubai, he was stunned.

"Shishi?"

"Linghu Chong?"

"The East is undefeated!"

"Hahahaha, come and meet your Uncle Dongfang. No, it's Aunt Dongfang!"

Coupled with Ren Woxing's wild laughter, the dramatic conflict is at its maximum.

"No need to argue anymore. We can argue with words instead of fighting with fists. But before we end it, I want to know if you spent the night with me that night?"

"Brother, you guys..."

This question burned out Ren Yingying and Yue Lingshan's CPUs.

"You two are in the bridal chamber? Hahahahahaha!"

On the screen, Ren Woxing laughed wildly.

"Hahahahahaha!"

In the cinema, the audience laughed out loud together.

There is a happy atmosphere both inside and outside the screen.

"Brother, let me ask you, she looks like a woman, but she is a man, how can you have a wedding night together?"

"Linghu Chong already has Yingying and Junior Sister. Even if he wants you, you will be the third one!"

Ren Woxing made a brilliant comment, and the audience almost went crazy with laughter. "Old Third, hahahahahaha!"

At this moment, Jin Yong, sitting in the cinema, felt mixed emotions.

He knew that the audience had completely accepted the... peerless and charming Dongfang Bubai played by Lin Qingxia.

And the Dongfang Bubai that he created, which is full of political metaphors, will probably be overshadowed from now on.

Ten years ago, when Adam Cheng’s Chu Liuxiang completely subverted Gu Long’s Chu Liuxiang.

Gu Long sighed, "People only know Adam Cheng, but not Gu Long."

Then he changed Chu Liuxiang into Zheng Shaoqiu with a stroke of his pen.

For Gu Long, making money is all that matters.

Jin Yong obviously has higher aspirations. He hopes to break away from the identity of a popular novelist and enter the ranks of literary masters.

He doesn't accept it!

The irony is that he can't do anything if he doesn't accept it, because the audience has accepted it.

At the end of the movie, Yang Ye led a group of main creators to the stage to express their gratitude. The audience’s warm applause and loud cheers were the best proof of this!

……

He raised his sword, mounted his horse and swung his sword to rain down ghosts, and the white bones turned into mountain birds startled and flew away.

There is not only love and hatred between men and women in the martial arts world, but also the flashing of swords and the shadow of sabers.

In a martial arts movie, the most important thing is to make the fighting look good.

Otherwise, no matter how stunning and charming Lin Qingxia is, it would be in vain.

First of all, there is the design of "Nine Swords of Dugu". Since Yang Ye plays Linghu Chong in both films in this time and space, they are of the same origin.

But if you look at the version of the original time and space, you will see obvious differences.

Because Jet Li's movements are much more graceful than those of Xu Guanjie.

Then there are the martial arts of the two big bosses, Ren Woxing and Dongfang Bubai, in the sequel, "Star-sucking Art" and "Sunflower Manual".

Ren Woxing's Star Absorbing Technique looks extremely vicious.
Ren Woxing can suck two guards into meat balls and suck the arms of a Fuso warrior into sausages. Such creativity is both terrifying and amazing.

The display of Dongfang Bubai's military power was also unprecedented.

In addition to allowing her to generate powerful internal force by shaking her shoulders, the most typical design is the embroidery needle.

The embroidery needle is filmed as a deadly weapon with a very high degree of restoration.

At the same time, it forms a strong contrast with Ren Woxing's pipa hook.

The hook of the pipa is extremely hard and masculine, stupid and terrifying.

Embroidery needles are very soft, subtle, small and flexible.

However, once they came into contact, the colorful embroidery needles became extremely powerful and unstoppable.

In addition to the amazing martial arts design, the sharp and fast editing also contributed greatly.

Someone has calculated that in the 70s, the average rate of violent scenes in martial arts films was one shot every 4 to 5 seconds. The fastest was a scene in King Hu's "A Touch of Zen", where the average shot rate was one shot every 1.5 seconds.

In Tsui Hark's film "The Butterfly", there is a scene where the average shot rate is 0.48 seconds per shot. The pace is so fast that it is called "violent editing".

By the time of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", this kind of "violent editing" finally reached its peak, opening up a whole new path for future martial arts films.

From "The Butterfly Transformation" to "Invincible in the East", Xu Ke spent a total of thirteen years to complete his exploration.

However, in this time and space, this exploration fell on Yang Ye's shoulders and took a total of fifteen years.

For the world, Yang Ye's exploration of martial arts films can be traced and upgraded step by step.

In "Shaolin Temple", which was released on New Year's Day in 1975, everyone performed traditional martial arts routines.

But there was also a visual spectacle of ignoring gravity, flying into the air and kicking three times.

In 1977's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the film was even more exaggerated. The characters could not only fly over eaves and walls, but also take off on the spot and walk on water.

But at this time, martial arts were still relatively traditional moves.

The 1979 "Swordsman" was a further upgrade, with the characters' moves no longer limited to traditional martial arts techniques.

Every move he made caused explosions, truly recreating the miraculous martial arts described in martial arts novels.

In the following ten years, although Yang Ye continued to make action films, he no longer made martial arts films.

Although he made a guest appearance in "Sword Rain", it was only to promote Jet Li.

Everyone thought he had stopped there.

However, during this period, Baiyang Pictures shot a large number of martial arts films, and ATV and TVB also produced a large number of martial arts TV series.

Among them, the most outstanding are the "Fang Shiyu" series starring Jet Li, as well as "The Sword of Three Young Masters" and "The Sentimental Swordsman" and other adaptations of Gu Long's novels.

"Fang Shiyu" was made into a trilogy and has been completed.

Having filmed three adaptations of Gu Long's novels, Jet Li has now become the undisputed spokesperson for martial arts films.

In addition to filming at Baiyang Pictures, he was also invited by Wu Siyuan to shoot two martial arts films, which performed well at the box office.

During this period, martial arts movies have been developing, with all kinds of incredible martial arts designs and wire-hanging techniques emerging one after another.

Even bullet time and ink-and-wash special effects were added, dazzling the audience and making them unable to stop watching.

Until this moment, Yang Ye returned to martial arts films, and the experience that Baiyang Pictures had accumulated in martial arts films over the past 15 years was finally integrated into one.

The character modeling, action design, special effects production, and sharp editing have all reached the pinnacle, making "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" the "culmination" of martial arts movies!
It is worth mentioning that Yang Ye and Lin Qingxia's version of "Invincible East" has more grand and sophisticated scenes than the original version.

Due to technical and financial limitations, many parts of "Invincible East" in the original time and space looked fake, rough and imperfect.

For example, there are traces of wire work everywhere, and the model of the collapsed city wall looks too fake.

When Dongfang Bubai used his internal energy to make a hand print on the cauldron, the cauldron looked so fake.

These problems were solved with the help of Ziqi Company, which made the action scenes of the entire movie reach a higher level and naturally received more praise!

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The main creators bowed to express their gratitude on the stage, and the audience's applause was louder and louder.

Yang Ye said helplessly: "Everyone, if you keep shooting, your waist will break."

"Hahahaha!" The audience burst into laughter, and then stopped.

Next, Deborah invited the audience to talk about their views on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". The first person invited to speak was naturally the original author Jin Yong.

Jin Yong originally didn't want to come, but Xia Meng's name was on the invitation letter sent by Baiyang Pictures.

This was a very common thing, because every time Yang Ye’s movie premiered, the invitation letters sent to VIPs were jointly signed by Yang Meng and Yang Ye.

But when Jin Yong looked at Yang Meng's name on the invitation letter, he couldn't bear to refuse.

The older people get, the stronger their obsessions become. The so-called "let's move on" and "let's move on" are all nonsense.

Those unforgettable things in our youth will always be cherished in our hearts.

Even if there are countless nights of sighing and drinking, pretend that they are all in the past and continue with the present life without any care.

There were even many trance moments when I almost believed that I didn't care.

But it’s really over, so now you don’t care about it anymore?

It’s not over, it’s just accepted!
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As the author of the original work, Jin Yong must be the first to speak.

However, even though Jin Yong came and watched the film for Xia Meng's sake, it doesn't mean that he accepted the haphazardly altered version of "The East is Red".

Jin Yong thought for a moment while holding the microphone, and said, “I think Linghu Chong, played by Yang Ye, likes to drink, pursues freedom, is not burdened by power, and has the demeanor of a famous scholar in the Wei and Jin dynasties.

Ren Woxing tempted Linghu Chong to join the Sun Moon Sect in exchange for his daughter. On one hand, he might lose Ren Yingying's love, and on the other hand, he had the position of future sect leader that others dreamed of.

Linghu Chong resolutely chose to refuse. His free nature is consistent with the style of the Wei and Jin dynasties. The adaptation is very good, and the heroines are also very beautiful and lovely! "

Deborah breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said with a smile: "Thank you, Mr. Jin Yong, for the wonderful review."

She was a little worried that Jin Yong would make a fuss, which would make the situation awkward. However, Jin Yong was right there, and it would be wrong not to invite him to speak.

Fortunately, Jin Yong was very careful about the occasion. Although he could not accept such a Dongfang Bubai, he chose to ignore it and praised Yang Ye's Linghu Chong.

After Jin Yong sat down, Deborah turned to Yang Ye and asked, "So, as the actor who plays Linghu Chong, what do you think of the character?"

Yang Ye said: “For me, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, Linghu Chong and Dongfang Bubai are all projections of reality.

Everyone has the dream of being the best in the world, and everyone is also troubled by worldly affairs like Linghu Chong.

Even someone like me who has achieved what the world calls success and mastered the Dugu Nine Swords, a unique martial arts skill like Linghu Chong, once had the thought of escaping and quitting the world.

However, as Ren Woxing said in the movie: As long as there are people, there will be grudges. As long as there are grudges, there will be the world. People are the world. How can you quit?
That’s why they recited that line of poetry in the movie… The world is like a tide and people are like water, but I can only sigh that few people return to the rivers and lakes!” (End of this chapter)