Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 554: Camp Nine Grid

Lunch was almost over, and Yang Ye called a few disciples to the living room.

Moon Lee obediently boiled water to make tea, while Kara Hui ran to cut a plate of fruit.

"Master, drink tea!"

"good!"

Yang Ye took a sip of tea and said, "Ah Hong, go to the study and get me some paper and pen."

"Oh!"

“Fighting, even murder, is inherently bloody and frightening.

Excellent action movie actors all have their own ways to resolve this hostility and make the audience accept them, which I have just analyzed in detail.

The so-called doing the opposite is not to eliminate, but to amplify this hostility, making the character more violent and wild! "

He Jiajin, who had been silent the whole time, heard this and said, "Doesn't that make me a villain?"

At this time Hui Yinghong brought over a pen and paper. Yang Ye drew a nine-square grid on the paper and said:
“Generally speaking, when we make action movies, we emphasize the opposition between black and white, good and evil.

If there is a third party, it is the neutral party, who is protected by the righteous and killed by the villains.

But the world is not black and white. There is no clear boundary between black and white. There is a lot of gray.

So when I divided the camps, I expanded them a bit, turning the traditional three into nine.”

Yang Ye said as he painted: "The so-called camp is composed of personal morality and attitude towards social order.

Personal morality can be divided into justice, neutrality, and evil. Attitudes toward social order can be divided into lawfulness, neutrality, and chaos.

By combining them, they can form nine camps: lawful justice, neutral justice, chaotic justice, lawful neutral, absolute neutral, chaotic neutral, lawful evil, neutral evil, and chaotic evil."

Yang Ye gave a relatively detailed explanation of the nine camps, and finally said: "Generally speaking, the camps of the protagonists in the movies are mostly neutral and righteous, and the camps of the traditional villains are mostly neutral and evil.

There are also many lawful and righteous protagonists, such as some movies shot in mainland China, and Li Mubai in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but Li Mubai is struggling inside.

There aren’t many Chinese-language movies that have protagonists in the chaos-justice camp! ”

Zhen Zidan grew up in the United States, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Are there more in Hollywood?"

Yang Ye nodded: "Yes, especially in Hollywood B-grade movies, this kind of protagonist is quite common, and there are even some more evil ones, such as anti-hero movies.

Given that the Chinese world is relatively conservative, and considering your own conditions, the camp that suits you best is Chaotic Justice.

People in the chaotic justice camp have their own set of moral standards and will act according to their own will.

As long as he thinks it is right, he will do it even if it is illegal or not in compliance with regulations.

In view of this characteristic, in order to increase the character's sense of contradiction and dramatic conflict, it is best to set your occupation as a policeman.

When you are faced with a criminal who has committed crimes and you cannot convict him through formal procedures.

You chose to break the law knowingly, fabricate evidence, frame others, and ultimately respond to violence with violence."

Yang Ye talked around in confusion for a long time before finally saying, "I've been busy with The Voice of China for the past six months and won't be leaving Hong Kong. I have time to tailor a movie for you called SPL!"

The reason for choosing "SPL" instead of the more commercially successful "Ip Man" is because Zhen Zidan's cheeks have not grown yet.

You can’t say that Zhen Zidan was not handsome when he was young, but he had a bit of a pointed face and monkey-like appearance, or in Cantonese, he looked like a monkey.

At this time, Zhen Zidan could not act out the temperament of a master, and was more suitable for playing the kind of role full of hostility.

"SPL" is also a very long series. In addition to the two orthodox parts, there are also "Flash Point" and "SPL 2: The Last Paradox".

"Flash Point" is actually the prequel to "SPL", originally called "SPL 2: The Lost Army".

It’s just that there were many accidents during the filming and it wasn’t going very smoothly, so I changed the name, hoping for good luck.

"Sha Po Lang?" Zhen Zidan felt a little confused when he heard this strange name.

"Sha Po Lang is the abbreviation of the three stars Qi Sha, Po Jun and Tan Lang. It is a fate in Ziwei astrology, representing destruction, contradiction and greed respectively.

These three kinds of fate are also reflected in the three protagonists. You play Pojun, I will ask Hong Jingbao to play the villain Tanlang, and Ajie will make a guest appearance as Qisha.

The action style is different from traditional Hong Kong action movies. It introduces MMA mixed martial arts and takes the path of violent aesthetics. Whether it can be successful depends on your luck. "

Zhen Zidan was overjoyed. How could it fail if his master personally took action? He immediately offered tea to Yang Ye: "Thank you, Master!"

Yang Ye nodded, and finally said to He Jiajin: "Ah Jin, your temperament is somewhat similar to Ah Jie, but he has eaten up all the dividends of this track. I suggest you continue to stay in the TV circle.

ATV bought the copyright of "Chinese Hero" and planned to make it into a TV series. I told them to let you play the role of Chinese Hero.

In the past, martial arts novels were often adapted into TV series, but this is the first time a martial arts comic has been adapted into a TV series, so it’s worth a try.”

"Thank you, Master!"

There is not much to say about Kenny Ho. After becoming a big star with "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", he started to try his hand in movies, filming several. He also appeared in Chen Long's "Police Stories", but it didn't make any splash at all.

On the contrary, his popularity has declined a lot because he delayed filming TV series due to filming movies. The master gave Hua Yingxiong to him, obviously to help him.

ATV is tired of filming martial arts dramas and has started to move towards fantasy dramas.

Starting this year, the company plans to adapt fantasy novels such as "Chinese Hero", "Swordsman of Shu Mountain", and "Feng Yun" into TV series, and is also preparing to make "Journey to the West" and "Investiture of the Gods" on its own.

Ziqi Company has also begun to explore special effects in fantasy themes, and all of this is naturally paving the way for subsequent fantasy movies.

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Zhao Yazhi took Yang Ritian back to her parents' home to pay New Year's greetings. After dinner, Yang Ritian and several cousins ​​clamored to go to the movies to watch "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

Zhao Yazhen said, "Haohao, your mom's drama 'The Story of Qianlong' will premiere tonight. Are you sure you want to go to the movie instead of watching TV?"

"This..." Yang Ritian said dejectedly: "I'm watching TV!"

On one side is his father, and on the other side is his mother. Although Yang Ritian would rather go to the movies, he is now at his mother's house.

When you live under someone's roof, you have to keep your head down. Just watch TV!

Zhao Yazhen smiled and patted his little head: "That's good, you are really your mommy's good boy!"

"Auntie, please stop touching my head all the time, okay? It will keep me from growing taller."

The family sat in the living room, eating snacks, chatting, and waiting for "A Play on Qianlong" to be broadcast.

"The Story of Qianlong" is broadcast simultaneously on ATV and Star TV, but the Zhao family only watches ATV.

Star TV is a Mandarin-speaking channel and has little influence in Hong Kong.

"It's started, it's started!"

"The mountains and rivers cannot bear too much sorrow, and the years cannot stand too long of waiting. Spring flowers love to sway in the wind, and the yellow sand insists on burying infatuation and resentment..."

The theme song "Asking about Love" sung by Teresa Tang sounded, and "A Play on Qianlong" officially started broadcasting.

There are two versions of "Ask Love" in the original time and space. The Taiwan version is sung by Cai Xinjuan, and the mainland version is sung by Zhang Jihong.

Zhang Jihong later went to Japan, and not many people know her. Cai Xingjuan is very famous in Taiwan, with a super sweet voice, second only to Deng Lijun.

Since there is a first place, who wants a second place? Yang Ye asked Deng Lijun to sing.

When the original film "A Play on Qianlong" was being filmed in the Forbidden City, we couldn't actually go inside and could only do it outside.

The filming at Guangming Film and Television City is different nowadays. It’s very open, so the momentum is extraordinary from the beginning.

Zhao Yazhen said: "Wow, this is the Forbidden City built by my brother-in-law? It's so beautiful!"

Zhao Yazhi nodded: "They are all restored in proportion. In the future, dramas about the Ming and Qing dynasties can be filmed here."

"Can I go visit?"

"Of course, the film and television city is open to the public for tourism. I will invite my family to go there someday. They are still building Hong Kong Street, Guangzhou Street and Shanghai Street. Then we can see what Hong Kong looked like in the 1930s."

After hearing what Zhao Yazhi said, the old couple of the Zhao family couldn't help but become very interested, because they could see the place where they had lived in their childhood again.

As we were talking, "A Play on Qianlong" officially began screening.

If it weren't for Zhao Yazhi starring in the show, it would be impossible for these people to get together to watch TV. They would have gone their own way long ago.

Fortunately, the TV series was filmed quite well and was very joyful. At the end of an episode, Zhao Yazhi finally appeared.

Yang Ritian immediately flattered her: "Mommy, you are so beautiful!"

Zhao Yazhi played three roles in "A Play on Qianlong". To be honest, her acting skills were not very good and were very routine, but the screenwriter Song Xiangru was very capable and helped her a lot.

Although it is a joke, the whole play is not only full of ups and downs, but also has beautiful dialogues, elegant language, and profound literary background.

The three characters played by Zhao Yazhi are also written with distinct personalities and characteristics.

Cheng Huaixiu, who appears first, has a distinct personality, independent thoughts and character, is not dependent on men, can take it or leave it, dares to love and hate, lives a transparent and rational life!
Some of her words, actions and thoughts are actually more like those of modern women, and even many modern women would feel ashamed of themselves!
If placed in later generations, she would definitely be the heroine.

The mainland broadcasting rights of "A Play on Qianlong" were sold to BJ Channel. After its broadcast, it received some criticism from the public because it subverted traditional historical concepts.

However, despite the criticism, the ratings are still very high.

The Communist Youth League newspaper used an entire page to report "A Play on Qianlong" and praised Zheng Shaoqiu for being "famous in Beijing".

CCTV's "Variety Show" also invited Adam Cheng to sing while wearing Emperor Qianlong's clothes.

……

During the Spring Festival, the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was very successful and the ratings of "The Story of Qianlong" also continued to rise, and it soon became popular across the Taiwan Straits and Hong Kong and Macao.

This year's Spring Festival was taken care of by Yang Ye's two wives.

Taiwan is Lin Qingxia's home base, and this movie is a female-centered film. Even Yang Ye serves as a foil to her, so the people of Taiwan naturally give it their strong support.

The number of moviegoers in the Greater Taipei area alone reached 51, with box office revenue exceeding NT$7500 million.

South Korea also celebrates the Spring Festival, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was also chosen to be broadcast during the Spring Festival, and ultimately attracted 47 viewers in the Seoul area.

In Vietnam, Hong Kong films have made a comeback in recent years.

People in that place also celebrate the Spring Festival and love to read Jin Yong's novels. After "Swordsman" was released, it was also crazily sought after.

Hong Kong films dominate Vietnam today. Hollywood films have no presence at all, and only French films are still popular.

However, Vietnam is now so poor that it is bleeding, even poorer than in the original time and space.

Our army in this time and space fought much better than in the original time and space, and the punishment inflicted on the monkey was at least twice as great.

If it weren't for the great international pressure, Vietnam might become the same as the Korean Peninsula.

So it can’t be sold for much money, just a drop in the bucket.

After the huge success in Asia-Pacific, the film will be released in Europe, America, South America and the Middle East at an appropriate time.

What makes Yang Ye better than other action movie actors is that after the global hit of "Shaolin Temple", he has continued to produce works and strive for breakthroughs, without causing the audience to feel aesthetic fatigue.

Therefore, in the past fifteen years, he has maintained a firm grip on the overseas market, becoming the world's number one action star, with fans spread across five continents.

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In the following period, Yang Ye began to prepare for "SPL".

He only served as the producer of this film and did not direct it himself, but handed the baton to Johnnie To.

Because he is also busy with "The Voice of China", being a mentor is a very tiring job.

Galaxy Impression, which was later founded by Johnnie To, is good at shooting dark and fatalistic films.

Of course, what is more important about "SPL" is its action style.

Because this movie is about real fighting, with every punch hitting the flesh, so that the audience feels that this is real combat and can feel the pain.

So during the filming process, injuries are inevitable.

When the original version of "SPL" was being filmed, the entire team was covered in injuries.

Yang Ye called Zhen Zidan, Hong Jingbao, and Li Lianjie over, and started targeted training with the martial arts team.

Try to familiarize yourself with this fighting style before filming so that you can avoid getting injured during the actual filming process.

Hong Jingbao used to play funny roles, but this time Yang Ye asked him to play a villain.

Hong Jingbao was reluctant at first, but he came anyway for Yang Ye's sake.

Every movie he made in recent years has been a flop, so much so that many people who used to call him "Big Brother" no longer give him face and just call him "Sanmao".

However, he ushered in a second spring in his career because of filming "The Mojin" with Yang Ye.

Yang Ye directly told Hong Jingbao: "Sanmao, the audience is tired of your previous approach. It doesn't work anymore. Why don't you try to transform and seek new breakthroughs?"

Hong Jingbao thought about it and it made sense, so he accepted it.

After Hong Jingbao hooked up with Miss Hong Kong Gao Lihong, he wanted to marry her.

I'm going through a divorce recently and I'm very upset, so I just stayed in Yang Ye's martial arts gym to practice.

Hong Jingbao’s wife Cao Enyu is a Korean. He met her when he went to Korea to film a movie.

After marriage, Cao Enyu gave birth to four children for Hong Jingbao. Now Hong Jingbao wants to kick her out, but it is not that easy.

She wants all of Hong Jingbao's property and wants the fat guy to leave the house with nothing.

Of course Hong Jingbao refused to do it. This was the money he earned with his life. I could pay for the divorce with compensation, but you wanted it all. That was too much.

The two sides are at a stalemate and the marriage cannot be divorced for the time being.

(End of this chapter)