Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

There are too many talents and we cannot consume them all, so we have to expand, rapidly expand.

The 1990s was the golden age of the entertainment industry, and countless classics were born in this decade.

The larger the territory is expanded at this time and the more IPs are acquired, the more wealth will be accumulated in the future.

Many people did not realize that a glorious and prosperous era was coming, and Yang Ye happened to host The Voice of China at this time.

Taking this as an opportunity, it will siphon off talents from the entire Chinese music scene.

Every composer longs for his or her works to be heard by more people.

The Voice of China instantly brought fame to a large number of singers. These people have become famous, but they only lack good works.

If you let these people sing your works, they will definitely be widely spread.

This is a win-win situation for both parties, so composers are naturally happy to cooperate with Yang Ye.

What’s even more amazing is that, with the help of the huge platform of Star TV, Yang Ye has completely broken the situation where Chinese singers are divided among the five regions of mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.

In the past, if Chinese singers wanted to develop their careers, they could only open up one market at a time, which was time-consuming and laborious.

For example, Guang Liang and Pin Guan were only popular in Malaysia before. They became popular in Taiwan after being discovered by Li Zongsheng and forming MUJI. They then used Taiwan as a springboard to become popular in mainland China.

Now with Star TV, once a singer becomes famous through The Voice of China, he or she will become famous throughout the Chinese world, saving time and effort and achieving twice the result with half the effort.

Finally, the success of The Voice can be replicated.

The original voice of Time and Space originated in the Netherlands. After its success, it swept the world and many countries have their own voices.

Then, after the success of "The Voice of China", it can naturally be moved to Japan, South Korea, and even all over the world.

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The mentor assessment was successfully concluded and The Voice of China entered its third stage, the battle for the championship.

The mentor assessment for Yang Ye’s team was scheduled for the first game, but the championship match was scheduled for the last game.

Leave two months in between so that he can do other things.

However, Yang Ye's four students were not idle either.

In addition to taking them to rehearse the championship battle program, Yang Ye also took them to participate in various activities.

All in all, during this period of time, Yang Ye would take them with him almost wherever he went.

Since Yang Ye is so famous, they can increase their exposure by following Yang Ye to participate in various activities.

Entertainment stars rely on fame to make money. The higher the exposure, the greater the fame, and the greater the fame, the more money they earn.

In addition to Yang Ye, several other mentors did the same.

Zhang Guorong, in particular, doted on his four students so much that he even took them with him to play mahjong.

Yang Ye complained: "Why did you bring them along to play mahjong? You're having a blast on the table, how embarrassing it would be for them to be next to you?"

Zhang Guorong said: "I can introduce my friends in the industry to them and help them increase their network of contacts!"

Hey, you know what, it actually makes sense.

But there is nothing surprising about this, it is just Zhang Guorong's usual style.

When Charlie Yeung entered the industry, Rosamund Kwan took her with her all day long.

Zhang Guorong called Yang Caini "A Nu" and raised her as her own daughter.

While Zhang Guorong was playing mahjong, Charlie Yeung was sitting next to them collecting and giving change.

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In early August, "SPL" held a grand premiere in Hong Kong, becoming the third hit of Baiyang Pictures' summer season.

"SPL" was produced and written by Yang Ye and directed by Johnnie To. It brought together a large number of stars including Sammo Hung, Jet Li, Zhen Zidan, Sharla Cheung, Ti Lung, Poon Chi-man, Chen Kuan-tai, Cheng Yi-kin, and Kong Wah.

It is the most anticipated movie of this summer, and naturally attracted countless people's attention.

At the premiere, Yang Ye brought several of her students to the red carpet and arranged partners for them to walk the red carpet.

Su Huilun and Hong Jingbao, Liu Xiaohui and Zhen Zidan, Lao Lang came from the mainland, and Yang Ye asked Zhang Min to take care of him.

Yang Ye brought Yang Yuying with him, naturally because Yang Yuying came from the mainland and he was afraid that the Hong Kong media would make things difficult for her.

At the premiere, as soon as Yang Ye's car stopped, a large group of reporters immediately surrounded him.

Yang Yuying had never seen such a scene before and suddenly felt a little nervous.

Yang Ye patted the back of her hand gently and comforted her: "Gang Gang, don't be nervous, I'll take care of everything."

Yang Yuying nodded vigorously, and Yang Ye continued, "Your Cantonese is not standard. If they want to interview you, you should answer in Mandarin."

Yang Yuying nodded again, and Yang Ye continued, "As an artist, no matter where you are, it is your stage to show yourself. Just treat it as your performance in the song and dance troupe."

These words made Yang Yuying suddenly enlightened, and her nervousness was instantly reduced. She smiled sweetly at Yang Ye and said, "Teacher, I understand!"

Yang Yuying was originally a singer of the Jiangxi Song and Dance Troupe. In 89, she went south to Guangzhou and came to the forefront of Chinese pop music to pursue her dreams.

The process was not smooth. She was rejected by many audio and video companies and could only make a living by singing in a dance troupe.

Yuan Shikong signed a contract with Guangzhou New Era Records in October 1990, becoming one of the first signed singers in mainland China.

In this time and space, Yang Ye sent Chen Jiantian to Guangzhou to open a record company in the same year.

When Chen Jiantian arrived in Guangzhou, he spent the whole day hanging out in various dance halls. Naturally, the beautiful and sweet-sounding Yang Gangli caught his attention.

Chen Jiantian brought back to Hong Kong the singers' information he collected in Guangzhou, and also included a demo for each singer.

The people at Baiyang Records were neither blind nor deaf. Yang Gangli's qualifications were too good, and she quickly stood out and was brought to Hong Kong to participate in the Voice of China competition.

After arriving in Hong Kong, Yang Ye met Yang Gangli and returned her the stage name Yang Yuying.

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While Yang Ye was still explaining things to Yang Yuying, Zhen Zidan and the others had already walked the red carpet.

When Zhen Zidan saw the pure and lovely Liu Xiaohui, he was moved and called her "junior sister" all the time in a very affectionate manner.

This guy was not wrong to call her that. He was Yang Ye's apprentice, and Liu Xiaohui was Yang Ye's student, so it was reasonable to call her junior sister.

Hong Jingbao has been having a hot relationship with Gao Lihong recently, and he didn't have any feelings towards Elva Hsiao. He just took her down the red carpet as a routine matter and called it a day.

As soon as Yang Ye and Yang Yuying appeared on the red carpet, they instantly aroused cheers from the crowd, and countless fans shouted his name excitedly.

This scene shocked Yang Yuying so much that she stood beside Yang Ye, her face flushed with excitement. She thought Yang Ye was so great.

But she still tried hard to restrain herself, and like Yang Ye, she smiled and waved to the crowd.

"Sir, why did you choose to walk the red carpet with Miss Yang today?"

Yang Ye answered directly: "Yuying came from the mainland, she is relatively simple and honest. I was afraid that you would bully her, so I brought her here personally."

The reporter laughed dryly. Everyone still remembered clearly that Yang Ye banned a newspaper on the spot because of Zhu Lin's incident.

The reporter asked again: "Sir, do you have the confidence to win the annual championship of The Voice of China?"

It was pointless to ask such a stupid question, so Yang Ye casually performed Tai Chi: "Everyone's students are very good, anyone can win the championship." For a veteran like Yang Ye, reporters would not get any information from him unless he wanted to say it himself.

The reporter had no choice but to interview Yang Yuying instead, but he didn't expect that Yang Yuying was also very smart, and with Yang Ye's protection, he successfully passed the test.

When the two of them walked into the cinema, Yang Yuying relaxed and couldn't help sticking out her tongue.

Yang Ye smiled and said, “These are just small scenes. We will be fine after experiencing them a few more times.”

As soon as Yang Ye finished speaking, the people in the theater saw Yang Ye coming and stood up to greet him.

Just now outside, there were only fans of the movie, so it was okay.

The theater was full of prominent figures, and they all showed great respect to Yang Ye.

The feeling Yang Yuying got was... even more shocking.

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Sally Yeh rushed back from Taiwan to attend the premiere of "SPL" and sang the theme song "SPL" for the movie on the spot.

On the stage, Sally Yeh sang loudly, bringing out the song to its fullest.

Life is to prove the existence of love.

Fire, a greater life after burning.

Killing is to extol the magnificence before destruction.

Night is the wolf's deep eyes, waiting for dawn alone!
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Although this song is called "SPL", it actually doesn't fit the movie "SPL".

Of course, it has even less compatibility with The Chinese Paladin.

Because this song was originally written for the Hollywood movie "The Last Samurai".

Later, the crew of The Legend of Sword and Fairy thought this song was nice, so they used it as the theme song of the show and even changed the lyrics for it.

For example, "Who sealed the forgotten sword? It followed the sound of the flute and the horses' hooves. Finding you, the most glorious sacrifice, is the hero's destiny."

The original lyrics are "Who sealed the forgotten sword, following the sound of the flute and the horse's hooves. Finding you, the most glorious sacrifice, is the fate of the samurai."

All in all, this song is not suitable to be the theme song of "Legend of Sword and Fairy". If it is used as the theme song of "SPL"... at least the name is the same, and it is really singing about "SPL".

So Yang Ye just used it. After all, it was a good song and it would be easy to sing. If he gave it to Sally Yeh to make an album, selling hundreds of thousands of copies would be a piece of cake.

As an aside, the movie "The Last Samurai" was actually originally called "The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom".

The general plot is that Tom Cruise was hired to go to China to train a modern army for the Qing court to deal with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Tom Cruise was injured and captured during the battle with the Taiping Army, but he was moved by the revolutionary ideals of the Taiping Army and joined the Taiping Army...

However, China disagrees with Warner's plan to "interpret the historical Taiping Heavenly Kingdom from a Western perspective."

Therefore, Warner took a different approach and moved the story background to the Meiji era in Japan.

This is just as well, as Hollywood movies of this kind often feature a crude plot in which a native woman falls in love with a foreign man.

For example, in "The Last Samurai", Tom Cruise killed Dorothy's husband in a battle, and Dorothy later fell in love with Tom Cruise.

I really don’t know whether I should say MMP or not.

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After the theme song, the movie officially started.

The opening scene is a scene of intercepting and killing a witness. Jet Li appears coldly and cruelly cuts the witness's neck.

This is completely different from the hero roles that Jet Li played in the past.

But he performed well, his eyes were cold and evil, and he looked like a professional killer.

This subversive performance made many viewers feel uncomfortable.

Hong Jingbao also changed his previous image of a smart and funny fat boy and turned into the powerful gangster boss Wang Bao.

Some people who played villains when they were young often become more kind-looking when they get older.

Some people who play decent characters when they are young will become more and more ferocious in appearance as they get older.

The representative of the former is Yuen Wah, and the representative of the latter is Hong Jingbao.

Sammo Hung was over 40 at that time, and his appearance was between fierce and not fierce. In short, he had no special features.

In the original time and space, he lost money on every movie he made during this period, and eventually he was in debt, which was probably related to his change in appearance.

He did not quickly transform himself, find a new positioning, or create a role that would allow the audience to recognize him in a new way.

The Hong Jingbao in this time and space is even worse than the one in the original time and space, because after he followed Yang Ye to film "Mojin: The Lost Tomb", which earned 200 million US dollars at the box office, his salary naturally increased.

Under such circumstances, the production costs of Hong Jingbao's films also increased, but the things he produced were still the same old things, resulting in even greater losses.

He couldn't say anything. Yang Ye asked him to be famous all over the world. This was not harmful to him, right? As for the fact that all the movies he made later failed, what did it have to do with Yang Ye?
However, for Yang Ye, Hong Jingbao is only over 40 years old and is in the prime of his life. It would be a waste for him to remain silent.

It can still be used as a cash cow and continue to generate gold coins.

In Yang Ye's opinion, Hong Jingbao after the age of 40 is an enhanced version of Ma Dongxi. It will definitely be a hit if Hong Jingbao is to shoot the "Crime City" series of Bi Douxia.

"Undercover 2" once created a miracle of 4 million US dollars in global box office, and "Undercover 164" even created the myth of pre-sales in countries around the world, which has never happened in the golden age of Hong Kong films.

A movie "Mojin: The Last Wagon" helped Hong Jingbao to become famous all over the world, a movie "SPL" helped Hong Jingbao to achieve transformation, and then "Criminal Investigations" could be launched.

In the future, with "Ghost Blows Out the Light" in his left hand and "Crime City" in his right hand, Hong Jingbao will be able to enjoy success for at least another ten years.

However, the copyrights of these two series are in the hands of Yang Ye, and Hong Jingbao is basically tied to Yang Ye for the rest of his life.

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Yang Ye has been thinking about how to extend the life of Chinese action movies.

After much thought, the simplest and most brutal way is to take advantage of Korean movies.

There are many realistic crime action films in South Korea, which are worth checking out.

Moreover, South Korea also belongs to the Confucian cultural circle, so it is actually smoother and more convenient to watch Korean movies than Hollywood movies.

For example, in "Criminal City", Zhang Qiandan, a criminal from Harbin who was wanted by China, came to South Korea to kill people.

All we need to do is change it to the criminals wanted by the Guangzhou police coming to Hong Kong to kill people.

Um, does it seem to affect the relationship between the mainland and Hong Kong? This is not a problem, because he is a wanted criminal.

Besides, the relationship between the mainland and Hong Kong was quite good at that time and not so sensitive. Didn’t everyone enjoy watching "The Flag Soldiers of Hong Kong and Guangdong"?

Yang Ye was thinking about watching a Korean movie. On the big screen, Jet Li, dressed in white, took a run-up, flew over the goal, and stabbed Zheng Yijian's arm with a knife.

It was cold and cruel. Some female audience members in the theater covered their eyes in shock, but could not help but peek through their fingers.

One great general was madly killing another great general. It was really so beautiful and exciting. (End of this chapter)