Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Albums of students of The Voice of China are being released one after another.

One after another, beautiful songs began to chart on major radio stations.

These songs were created by Yangji who spent a lot of money and invited outstanding producers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and even Japan and South Korea.

Once released, it immediately became a chart-topping song, and the most requested songs on major radio stations were all from the Voice of China group.

The singers who released records at the same time as them were in a miserable situation. They were terribly suppressed by the Voice of China groups. Even the album sales of some famous singers were not ideal.

That’s it, the album of The Voice of China champion Wang Fei hasn’t come out yet!

On Yang Ye's side, Lao Lang's "Lian Lian Feng Chen" was released simultaneously in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia.

Except for Hong Kong, where sales were average due to language issues, sales in other markets all exploded.

Through Yang Ye's operations, Lao Lang was sent to CCTV's "Revolving Stage". Lao Lang, wearing a white coat, long hair and a guitar, sat there and sang, which immediately caused a strong response in society, making the sales of the album "Lian Lian Feng Chen" exceed one million copies.

In Taiwan, "A Time to Live and a Time to Die" also sold 200,000 copies.

Another student of Yang Ye, Liu Xiaohui's album "A Lifetime of Love" also sold quadruple platinum sales in Hong Kong.

This album is in the old Hong Kong music mode, with a lot of disco dance music, which is not bad.

The Bay Area is developing very fast nowadays and has strong purchasing power, so this album is also very popular in Guangdong and Guangxi.

However, Yang Ji’s capabilities are far more than that.

Xia Meng, the general manager of Baiyang Pictures, has basically retreated to the second line, and Xu Feng is in charge of daily affairs.

Xu Feng is from Taiwan, and she also likes to invest in art films.

So, a lesbian movie called "Double Bracelets" fell into her hands, and Liu Xiaohui and Chen Derong were cast as the heroines, and the theme song of the movie also went to Liu Xiaohui.

There's not much to say about this movie except that Liu Xiaohui and Chen Derong are stunningly beautiful.

But the theme song "It Seems Like an Old Friend Coming" is really a classic, with lyrics and music combined in one, it's the best among all!
It was originally sung by Anita Mui, because the film was originally invested by Run Run Shaw.

Now that the movie is in Xu Feng's hands, there is no need for Anita Mui to play a role.

Xu Feng recently went to the mainland to pursue Brother Kaizi to be the director of "Farewell My Concubine".

After watching "The King of Children", Xu Feng thought that Brother Kaizi was really awesome and that he was the only one who could play the role in "Farewell My Concubine".

Many people say that "Farewell My Concubine" was directed by Kaizi Ge's father, which is bullshit.

His father had never made any decent movies in his entire life, so how was it possible that when he was about to be buried, he would suddenly be blessed by God and make "Farewell My Concubine".

To find out the truth about this matter, you can read what Lu Wei said in his memoir "Secrets of Film Screenwriters".

Lu Wei is the screenwriter of films such as "Farewell My Concubine", "To Live", and "Tuya's Marriage".

It is clearly written in the book that Kaizi's father played a role in this matter: he persuaded Kaizi to accept the script, gave up the request to modify the script, and temporarily put aside his obsessive pursuit of poetry.

If you watch Kaizi Ge’s previous films before Farewell My Concubine, you will find that they are really like a painting or a poem.

Lu Wei said in the book that when Farewell My Concubine was poetic, such as when the children were practicing singing, Brother Kaizi would applaud. Brother Kaizi was particularly sensitive to things that many directors could not see.

However, Brother Kaizi does not understand the structure of feature films and has not received any training in this area.

Lu Wei believes that the reason why Kaizige’s films keep failing is that he “forces sadness for the sake of making up new words”, which is pretentious and false.

We forget that even a movie as gorgeous as "Farewell My Concubine" owes its powerful power to the most authentic human nature.

Truth has its own overwhelming power!
Lu Wei also said that Kaizi became complacent after Farewell My Concubine, and his creative state before and after was completely different.

Before this, Kaizi was passionate and had sharp judgment, but later he became more calculating and conceited, and his moral aura was gone.

Of course, this is just Lu Wei's personal opinion. Lu Wei is suspected of belittling Brother Kaizi and taking all the credit for himself.

In fact, Brother Kaizi himself responded to this question.

The crosstalk artist Gangzi once interviewed Kaizi in a program. They drank a glass of wine and spoke their true feelings.

Brother Kaizi said: Just this once, I said everything I wanted to say, like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, and there will never be such an opportunity again.

The reason why "Farewell My Concubine" and "To Live" are so awesome is that they both tell a common theme, the miserable history of a nation, and they tell it clearly.

Both films had not passed the censorship at the time, but Farewell My Concubine was released by using connections, while To Live was not released.

These two movies are a true outpouring of emotion from Kaizi Ge and Zhang Yimou, and they will be put away in the future.

For their generation, historical suffering is the deepest mark.

Their youth and their thoughts are most profound in this area.

Only in this field can their self-expression rise to the level of art.

In fact, after "The Promise", Brother Kaizi also made many good movies.

For example, half of "The Taoist Goes Down the Mountain", half of "The Orphan of Zhao", and half of "The Legend of the Demon Cat".

Especially "Legend of the Demon Cat", the first half is simply the best of the best, it makes people stunned and they have no idea how it will end.

As a result, I realized later that even Brother Kaizi couldn’t finish it himself!

This guy probably has premature ejaculation. He always fails halfway through.

Yang Ye touched his chin and thought, "I can't let Chen Hong suffer this!"

……

Shanghai, Songjiang!
Spielberg is filming Memoirs of a Geisha with his crew on schedule. In this film, the three main female characters Sayuri, Hatsumomo, and Mamiu are played by Akina Nakamori, Keiko Matsuzaka, and Ching-Hsia Lin respectively.

Lin Qingxia plays the mentor of Akina Nakamori, while Matsuzaka Keiko plays the rival of Akina Nakamori.

Strictly speaking, this most beautiful woman in Japan in the 1980s was a Korean, because her father was Korean. Although she lived in Japan, she never changed her nationality.

In addition to the three female protagonists, if this movie has a male protagonist, it would be the president.

The president only appeared four times in the whole film, but he was a key character. It was he who changed Sayuri's life.

United Artists and Spielberg both hoped that Yang Ye could play this special role.

Because this is an Asian-themed movie, if you want it to sell well in Europe and the United States, it must have big-name stars.

Lin Qingxia became very famous in Europe and the United States thanks to the "Terminator" series, but it was not enough.

If Yang Ye is added, then it will be stable.

After some consideration, Yang Ye felt that it would be better to do it himself than to find a Japanese actor.

There were only four scenes anyway, and it wouldn’t take up much time, so I agreed.

Although it was just a guest appearance this time, he finally didn't have to die.

……

Spielberg spent five months building a geisha district with a strong Japanese flavor in Songjiang.

After the film is finished, this place will definitely become a popular tourist attraction for Shanghai people, and it will be a good place to make some money.

Yang Ye walked into the small town where cherry blossoms were in full bloom, and he couldn't help but admire Lao Si's generosity. This guy was really capable of making a fuss.

A real town was built just to make a movie.

Fortunately, the filming location was chosen in China. If it had been done in Los Angeles or Kyoto, the cost would have been too prohibitive.

"These cherry blossoms were transplanted here with the help of the Shanghai government. We didn't spend a penny," Spielberg said proudly.

Yang Ye smiled and said, "Steven, you are really an eye-opener!"

Yang Ye praised her casually for a few times, and then he saw a Japanese girl in a geisha costume, moving quickly with small steps, wearing heavy cherry blossoms, appearing in front of Yang Ye.

Akina Nakamori showed a bright smile and said happily: "Onii-chan, you are here!"

"Akina, you're so beautiful like this!"

"Really?" Akina Nakamori turned around on the spot, blooming her beauty in front of Yang Ye, like a butterfly flying among cherry blossoms.

"I asked a Japanese expert to customize this according to the costumes of Japanese geishas!"

"Steven, you are very professional and this will definitely be a great movie."

After a few people flattered each other, Yang Ye began to change clothes and put on makeup. He was very busy and had to hurry up!

While Yang Ye was putting on makeup, Akina Nakamori sat beside him and chatted with him about some things related to filming.

Yang Ye learned that Lin Qingxia had finished filming her scenes and left, so he casually asked, "Is the actor who plays Chiyoko here?"

Sayuri is a stage name, her real name is Chiyoko.

In the movie, a child actor was needed to play the role of Chiyoko in her childhood.

Yang Ye asked this question because he was thinking about acting with Chiyoko in a while.

Akina Nakamori said: "Yes, she is very kawaii!"

"Can you bring her to meet me? I want to get to know her first and rehearse our scenes so we can start filming later."

"You are very thoughtful. I will go find her!" Akina Nakamori said, then turned and left.

Yang Ye looked at the mirror and thought, could the little girl who will come later be a future Japanese star?

To be honest, this probability is not low, because a large number of people who want to pursue acting careers in the future have actually been nurturing since childhood.

If Spielberg were to select actors on a large scale, given his fame, many families would send their daughters to try their luck. There is really a chance of getting picked.

Not long after, Akina Nakamori appeared in front of Yang Ye with a little girl, and Yang Ye was really surprised.

"Chinese?"

Akina Nakamori was surprised and asked, "Hey, she didn't say anything, how do you know she is Chinese?"

Yang Ye said: "The temperaments of Chinese and Japanese people are somewhat different, and you can tell at a glance. But why would you choose a Chinese kid?"

Akina Nakamori said: "To save trouble, the director held an open audition in Shanghai. She is very good and was chosen from thousands of children. Anyway, this is an English movie and she can speak English, so that's all!"

Yang Ye nodded: "That makes sense. Little friend, you are so cute, what's your name?"

The little girl was not shy at all and said openly, "Hello, Uncle Yang, my name is Tang Yan! My parents like you very much!"

"Hello, little friend Tang Yan. Do you like me?"

"Of course I like it too!"

"Then we will film together later, you have to cooperate well!"

"I will, I have memorized all the lines!"

"Great! So smart!" (End of this chapter)