Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Jenny is a person with a very noble character, which is reflected in the fact that she doesn't like to play with noobs.

But she is really good at singing, so there is nothing much to say.

If she approves of you, she's a really fun person.

She also loves driving, and her driving skills are comparable to those of Teresa Tang.

She was also very infatuated, and her love with Fu Sheng was overwhelming. After Fu Sheng's accidental death, she closed her heart and locked away her love, and never fell in love again.

Four years later, because she missed her husband so much, she gave birth to a daughter using Fu Sheng's frozen sperm.

This incident was so shocking at the time that she chose to keep it secret until 25 years later, when she revealed the truth.

Yang Ye and Zhen Ni have a good relationship.

As early as the 1970s, when Yang Ye opened the folk music era, he invited Jenny Tseng to sing a song "Lupinus".

The two formed a friendship, and Yang Ye later wrote several songs for Jenny.

Last year, they also sang the theme song for the Asian Games together.

Yang Ye persuaded Zhen Ni, who had a very good relationship with Luo Wen, and helped to persuade Luo Wen.

And because being a mentor on The Voice of China can bring visible benefits, the other party’s record company did not object.

On the other hand, Zheng Donghan and Xu Guanjie were good brothers, and he persuaded Xu Guanjie to join.

In this way, the new mentor lineup was determined.

Xu Guanjie, Luo Wen, George Lam and Jenny Tseng are all legendary singers in the Chinese music industry, and the lineup is still strong.

……

Meanwhile, The Voice's tour has come to an end.

Yang Jiguang invited music producers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong to start recording albums for the students.

Prior to this, The Voice of China series of records had sold more than 20 million copies in total.

Recently, a "New Year Collector's Edition" containing all the good programs from the first season was launched for a second harvest.

As for the question of how the trainees will be exposed after the show, Yang Ye timely launched a derivative variety show of The Voice of China, "I Love to Remember Lyrics".

The original version of "I Love to Remember Lyrics" was "Chorus Bee" launched by the United States in 2007. After the show became popular, it was copied by Blue Channel.

After the broadcast of Blue Channel's "I Love to Remember Lyrics", the ratings were very high. It once became Blue Channel's ace program and also made the host Zhu Dan famous.

"I Love to Remember Lyrics" is both entertaining and educational, combining karaoke and lyrics memory games. The program selects popular pop songs and designs singing games to allow contestants to recall the lyrics on the spot and sing them out loud. The contestant who sings the most correct lyrics will be the champion of the game.

And once a guest sings the right song, the lead singer will come out to perform the song.

Yang Ye cleverly set the Voice of China students as the lead singers of the show.

In this way, after the show is broadcast, these students can continue to gain exposure and increase their popularity.

Since Chinese music at that time was divided into two major categories: Cantonese and Mandarin, ATV and Star TV also faced the problem of internal resource competition.

They simply produced two versions, with ATV producing the Cantonese version and Star TV producing the Mandarin version.

Since Hong Kong people's Mandarin is too poor, Star TV simply moved the studio of "I Love to Remember Lyrics" to Taipei and directly invited Taiwanese users to participate in the program.

It’s a pity that due to policy issues, Star TV has not yet landed in Taiwan.

The popularity of the students of The Voice of China is guaranteed, which means that producing albums for them can get a lot of exposure. Besides, Yang Ye is not short of money, so everyone is very happy to produce albums for the singers of The Voice of China.

There were even musicians who were not invited and came to consult, hoping to serve as producers for the singers of The Voice of China.

This... is the power of brand!

Although there is a company taking the lead, the individual apprentice is of personal concern.

Zhang Guorong called on his friends to produce an album for Wang Fei.

Yang Ye also has four great disciples, so naturally he cannot fall behind.

Yang Ye had his own arrangements for the subsequent development of his disciples.

But he is very busy and has to wait until he finishes filming "The Myth" before making any decisions.

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In mid-January, the crew of "The Myth" finished filming all the "Heavenly Palace" scenes and moved to the Dadieshu Waterfall in Jiuxiang, Shilin County, Yunnan.

Jiuxiang Dadieshu Waterfall is the largest waterfall in Yunnan, with a drop of 92 meters and a width of more than 30 meters.

In the dry season, the two sides of the waterfall hang down like white silk, and the middle is covered like a veil; in the rainy season, it looks like a roaring dragon, which is extremely spectacular.

Two scenes are to be filmed here. One is the story of Meng Yi and Yu Shu relying on each other after they fell into the water.

The first part is about Yi Chuan and William finding the entrance to the imperial tomb.

That is the thrilling scene in the original movie where Chen Long is catapulted into the waterfall.

This segment is an unprecedented action scene in Hong Kong movies, which makes people very excited.

……

When the crew of "The Myth" entered the Qingshui Canyon where the Dadieshu Waterfall is located, they were immediately attracted by the beautiful scenery in the valley.

Yunnan has a warm climate and flowers that bloom all year round. Even in winter, you can still see flowers dotted among the green shade.

The cliffs on both sides of the canyon are majestic and imposing, and the streams are winding and clear.

The mountains and rivers complement each other, and the flowers, plants and vines shine brightly, making it look like a fairyland on earth.

"It's so beautiful here!" Choi Jin-sil couldn't help but exclaim, "Oppa, China is really beautiful!"

During this period, Cui Zhenshi followed Yang Ye to film, traveling across most of China from south to north.

After visiting the Terracotta Warriors, the Yellow River Stone Forest, and the Great Wall, we now arrived in the south of the country to visit the scenic canyon waterfalls.

Wherever she went, the scenery, climate and culture were different, making her deeply feel the vastness and beauty of China!

After changing into their costumes, the crew first filmed a scene where Meng Yi and Yu Shu fell into the water from a high place, and then Meng Yi rescued Yu Shu.

This scene is very simple, just film Yang Ye pulling Cui Zhenshi up.

But it is winter now. Even in Kunming, the water temperature is below 5℃. Choi Jin-sil shivered as soon as she got into the water.

Luckily, there was only one shot, and as soon as the two of them finished filming, they immediately wrapped themselves in blankets and crawled into the tent to keep warm.

Yang Ye looked at Cui Zhenzhen, whose lips were a little pale, and asked, "Zhenzhen, are you okay?"

Cui Zhen nodded and said, "Not bad!"

It was daytime and there were a lot of people outside, so the two of them couldn't be too close.

Yang Ye held her hand, rubbing it slowly, and said, "This scene is more difficult. For the fight scene later, you just need to stand and act for a while, and I'll do the rest."

Cui Zhenshi hummed and said, "I heard that you are going to jump off that waterfall?"

Yang Ye nodded: "Yes!"

“That’s too dangerous!”

"Don't worry, we have invited a professional mountaineering team and a diving team to assist us in the filming task. We have also invited a mechanics expert to simulate the process of jumping over the waterfall in theory. The expert will calculate the force and angle of the jump based on my weight and load."

Cui Zhen was still a little worried: "I don't really understand either. Anyway, you have to be careful."

"Don't worry, I will."

"The weather is so cold that it's hard to move around. Why did you come to shoot this scene in winter?" "Winter is the dry season, so it's possible to shoot successfully. If you come here in the summer, the waterfall will be three times bigger than it is now, and you will definitely die!"

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Although there are mechanics experts providing theoretical information, in the end everything still requires Yang Ye to control his own body to accomplish.

Because the weather was too cold, the shooting difficulty increased greatly. The "Myth" crew took a total of seven days to complete the shooting of this scene.

In other words, a group of people braved the cold and soaked in the water of the Dadieshu Waterfall for seven days in a row. This physical torture greatly challenged everyone's endurance limit.

In order to make the scene perfect, before Yang Ye was assigned to shoot an action, he would ask the mountaineers and divers to demonstrate it, and then Yang Ye would follow suit.

After confirming that it was possible, Yang Ye completed a thrilling jump.

This made the professionals at the scene extremely impressed: "Mr. Yang, you are so professional and courageous."

In fact, they couldn't understand why someone like Yang Ye, who was already successful and famous and worth billions, didn't care about his life at all and would take on such extreme challenges.

That's because, for Yang Ye, there are very few things that can make him excited, and he is very confident in his skills. Since these athletes can do it, so can he.

For the people in Yang Ye's crew, although this action was thrilling, no one was too worried.

Because Yang Ye has challenged his limits more than once or twice over the years, everyone has great confidence in him and believes that he can complete each move smoothly.

……

The last branch, New Delhi, India.

The Indian film market is very strange. Even during the 1990s, when Hollywood was at its most powerful, it was unable to penetrate the Indian market.

While multiplex theaters are becoming popular all over the world, India still has large auditorium-style theaters.

It was not until the 1910s that India finally started building multiplexes.

This is because there is a severe shortage of electricity in India and the climate is hot, so people use watching movies as a way to cool off.

In this context, Indian films must be suitable for all ages and as long as possible.

A fucking 90-minute movie? I won’t watch it.

Not worth it!

In order to make the performance longer, they started adding singing and dancing.

You know what, singing and dancing later developed into the characteristic of Indian films, and they are pretty damn good.

After Hong Kong films were exported overseas with their kung fu films, Indians also started making action films.

But they don’t have the awesome action directors in Hong Kong, nor can they afford to spend money like Hollywood, so what can they do? In one word… copycat.

They chose to copy the actions in Hong Kong movies verbatim. Chen Long, Jet Li and Zhen Zidan were all severely affected by the copycats.

Some fighting scenes were even restored one-to-one, and after copying so many times, they gradually developed their own characteristics.

The characteristics of Indian action movies are very consistent with their national characteristics, that is... exaggeration.

Looking at the myths of various countries, India is the most boastful.

All the mythologies of China, Egypt, Rome, Greece, Babylon, Nordic and Maya put together cannot surpass that of India.

China's anti-Japanese dramas have been criticized for being exaggerated, but if you watch India's anti-China dramas, you will know that tearing the Japanese apart with bare hands is nothing.

In an Indian movie about the 1962 war, the Indian male protagonist tore apart thousands of PLA soldiers by himself. Are you convinced?
Of course, in addition to the weird and wonderful movies, India also has many very classic realistic films, which are appealing to both the elite and the masses, thought-provoking, and very good to watch!
Although Yang Ye's films did not do well at the box office in India, his videotapes are still very popular in the country.

Yang Ye is quite famous in India, otherwise he would not be allowed to shoot at India's cultural relics.

Even so, they could only shoot a segment outside, and inside, they could only pose and shoot a few empty shots. It was impossible for them to actually shoot action scenes in someone else's temple and play with someone else's coffin.

The action scenes in the temple were all shot in a studio in Shenzhen.

In a subsequent scene, Yi Chuan is chased by Indian believers and jumps off a mountain, but is saved by a beautiful woman.

When he woke up, he saw a group of Indian beauties practicing yoga!
The Indian woman in Chen Long's original version had a great figure and was pretty, but she was still a little inferior to Madhuri.

Madhuri is worthy of being the Queen of Indian Dance. Bathed in the morning light, she moves gracefully and dances lightly, with such elegance that one cannot take their eyes away.

Madhuri was doing yoga. When she saw Yang Ye coming towards her, she went up to him and asked, "What do you think?"

"Much better, thank you! Why am I here?"

"You were seriously injured and drifted here along the river."

"Then my..."

"Sword? Follow me, this way!"

Madhuri took Yi Chuan to see an Indian charlatan and had a duel with his men.

Yi Chuan was not his opponent at first, but when he held the sword, Meng Yi suddenly possessed him, and with a series of smooth moves, he not only defeated Asan, but also took away his weapon.

Afterwards, both sides discussed their past and present lives.

"Young man, do you have the answer in your heart now? You can become one with the sword. This must be your destiny in your previous life."

"Master, do you really believe that people have past lives?"

"What was the previous life, and what is the current life? What is an illusion, and what is real?"

"I often dream about an ancient general and a princess. I don't know what this has to do with me. I also don't know whether the dream is true or false.

But yesterday, I saw the portrait of the princess at the bottom of the coffin. This was the first time that my dream was confirmed in real life. Master, I am really confused now. "

"Although dreams seem mysterious and disorganized, they can actually explain reality. On the one hand, dreams come from the imagination and innovation of the human brain, and on the other hand, they come from real memories. That's why dreams are both real and unreal. If you see the same person over and over again in your dreams, this is probably the release of memories deep in your heart."

"Memory? What should I do? Who is he? What is he trying to tell me?"

“The answer to this can only be found by you.”

Myself? Yi Chuan thought about the master's words and looked into the distance...

"Crack!"

"That's all for today, let's call it a day!"

Yang Ye relaxed, left the camera, and asked Yuan Bin: "Ah Bin, the only scene left is the factory scene, have you guys made contact?"

Yuan Bin said, "It's all done. We can just go over and start filming tomorrow."

"That's good. Tomorrow is the Little New Year. Let's finish it quickly and go back to celebrate the Spring Festival."

The group came out of the temple and got on the car back to the hotel.

Maduri sat next to Yang Ye and chatted with him casually: "After the filming of the scene tomorrow, will you leave?"

"Yes, the live-action part has been completed, and the next step is post-production."

"I really don't want to leave. It was a pleasure to film with you. Your team is very professional. It opened my eyes and I learned a lot."

Yang Ye said calmly: "If there is a chance in the future, maybe we can cooperate again."

Madhuri was surprised and asked, “Really?”

"Of course, this is a very pleasant experience of cooperation, isn't it?"

"Yes, I have had a fulfilling life in these four months!" Madhuri said, smiling brightly at Yang Ye.

Yang Ye looked at her exotic smile, and his heart was moved. He said in a mysterious way: "I will treat you to dinner tonight!" (End of this chapter)