Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

The next day, United Artists held a grand celebration dinner at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel.

Big directors and stars from Hollywood were invited to attend. The dinner was star-studded and attracted many media reporters to report on it.

Since changing hands eleven years ago, United Artists Pictures has been performing very well.

Its "Rocky" series, "First Blood" series, "007" series, "Spider-Man" series, "Shanghai Noon" series, and "Alien" series all performed well.

In addition, United Artists also launched a large number of low-cost horror films. Although these films had average box office performance, they were low-cost and, coupled with the video tape market, made considerable profits.

Last year, Golden Harvest produced "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", but Fox did not dare to release it, so it was taken over by United Artists and the global box office exceeded 200 million US dollars.

At that time, United Artists was planning to go public, and the success of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" made investors have great confidence in United Artists' vision.

In February of this year, United Artists finally reaped the fruits of its success in the horror film industry, with The Silence of the Lambs grossing over 2 million U.S. dollars in North America and opening up in overseas markets.

The smooth development of United Artists also indicates a bright future.

At the banquet, many handsome men and beautiful women rushed over to talk to Yang Ye, the upstart Hollywood star.

Although Yang Ye has long enjoyed a high reputation in the global film industry, he has always been ambivalent about Hollywood.

Even though he had made a movie in Hollywood before, he left after filming.

But now, after United Artists went public, he had transformed himself into one of the most powerful men in Hollywood.

Human relationships and social etiquette are everywhere, so naturally these Hollywood bigwigs will come and compete to curry favor with them.

On the stage, Shay was giving a speech.

"Let me think, when did this wonderful moment begin?
It was in…1975, I received a videotape of a movie from Hong Kong.

It was a kung fu movie called "Shaolin Temple". After watching it, I was completely stunned.

Oh, God! I could swear I've never seen such a wonderful movie before that.

So I went to Hong Kong to meet Nick and asked him to distribute the film.

Our friendship started that year, and guys, let me tell you, Nick, he is a genius!
I have never met such a smart and talented person in my life, and he has created many unparalleled works..."

Yang Ye looked at Shay who was boasting on the stage and laughed. At this time, Hollywood actress Jodie Foster, wearing a white dress, walked towards Yang Ye.

"Congratulations, Sir Yang!"

"Congratulations to you, too, Judy. You did an amazing job in The Silence of the Lambs!"

"I should thank you for this. It was you who gave me this opportunity despite all the opposition."

Judy has an IQ of over 130 and is a child prodigy who can speak multiple languages ​​by her teens.

When she was a child, she had soft blonde hair and beautiful blue eyes, which made her a famous child star in Hollywood and was hailed as the second Shirley Temple.

However, when she grew up, her appearance could only be described as delicate, and she had no advantage at all compared to those sexy blonde beauties.

Despite her unparalleled acting talent, Hollywood film producers were not optimistic about her, which caused her to lose many job opportunities.

For the movie "The Silence of the Lambs", the director's preferred heroine was the sexy beauty Michelle Pfeiffer, and Judy was not considered.

It was Yang Ye who went against the crowd and called Shay personally to recruit Judy.

Now that "The Silence of the Lambs" is a global hit, Judy is naturally very grateful to Yang Ye.

Yang Ye didn't take it seriously and said calmly: "The facts prove that you acted very well, so you deserve this opportunity!"

If nothing unexpected happens, "The Silence of the Lambs" will sweep the Oscars next year, and Judy will win the Best Actress award for the second time. Such talents are worth winning over.

Yang Ye chatted with Judy for a few words, and suddenly saw Spielberg walking in from outside, so he said to Judy: "Excuse me!"

"Hi, Steven!"

"Hi, Nick, I just got back to Los Angeles after filming, and when I heard you were having a party, I rushed over right away. Congratulations, I'm so envious of your achievement!"

"I just happened to be looking for you. Didn't Akina come back with you?"

“She’s back in Japan!”

"Okay, let's find a place to talk!"

Yang Ye and Spielberg took some food, found a secluded place, and talked while eating.

“Are you interested in dinosaurs?”

"Dinosaurs? Those ancient creatures that are now extinct? Of course, that's interesting!"

"Have you ever thought about what would happen if dinosaurs existed in this world?"

"You mean, humans and dinosaurs exist in this world at the same time?"

"Yes, just like there are lions, bears, and wolves in the world."

Spielberg felt his brain freeze. He thought about it carefully and the more he thought about it, the more interesting it became: "This is a really great idea. If we expand it and make it into a movie, it will be very interesting."

Spielberg was very interested in dinosaur themes. He had already set his eyes on the novel "Jurassic Park" before it was published. However, the author of the novel, Michael Crichton, asked for $150 million and also wanted a proportional share of the profits, so the deal was not reached.

Warner Bros., Tim Burton, Sony Pictures, Richard Donner, 20th Century Fox and Joe Dante competed for the rights to adapt the novel.

After a wave of competition, Universal Pictures became the ultimate winner.

However, things have changed a bit now. After Yang Ye figured out the rules governing the operation of this world, he stockpiled a lot of things, including the Jurassic series.

In recent years, Ziqi Company has done a lot of preliminary preparations, making the filming of "Jurassic Park" possible.

Now, it's time to start the series.

Yang Ye said: "Sixty-five million years ago, there was a mosquito that had sucked the blood of a dinosaur and was resting on a pine tree.

Suddenly, a large drop of resin dripped from the tree, right onto the trunk and wrapped the mosquito.

The resin continued to drip and accumulated into a resin ball. Later, the land sank, the sea water flooded, and the resin ball was buried underground.

After tens of millions of years of changes, the resin ball became a fossil and turned into amber.

This amber was eventually discovered, and after research, scientists found that due to being isolated from the air, there was still dinosaur blood remaining in the mosquito's body.

Scientists then used this drop of dinosaur blood to extract the dinosaur's genetic information. Using this information, scientists bred and reproduced real dinosaurs, bringing back the prehistoric animals that had been extinct on Earth for 65 million years.

People built a theme park on an uninhabited island in Africa, far away from human habitation, to show the world the existence of dinosaurs.

The name of this park is "Jurassic Park"..."

Yang Ye told Spielberg a story about "Jurassic Park", which made Spielberg very excited.

“You want me to direct this movie?”

"Of course, United Artists Pictures has just gone public, and we want to show our strength to investors. We plan to shoot the largest and most expensive movie in the world, and I can't think of anyone other than you to direct it."

Spielberg hesitated. He said, "I have promised Columbia to bring the story of Peter Pan back to the big screen."

Spielberg's Peter Pan movie is "Hook". In order to get Spielberg to agree to shoot this movie, Sony, with its deep pockets, promised to give him and the two male protagonists 40% of the total profit.

Yang Ye knew about this a long time ago, and said indifferently: "You can finish filming Peter Pan and then film "Jurassic Park". I can wait!"

Spielberg was very happy and felt that Yang Ye was very reasonable.

……

Yang Ye stayed in Los Angeles for a while. He first found his old friend, the great director Ridley Scott, and invited him to shoot the sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs", "Hannibal".

The sequel to "The Silence of the Lambs" in the original time and space was not started until ten years later. The popularity has faded and the leading actor Anthony Hopkins has aged beyond recognition.

Yang Ye’s idea is to strike while the iron is hot, and release “Hannibal”, “Red Dragon”, and “Young Hannibal”!

Afterwards, Yang Ye found a young Chinese man named Huang Yiyu.

Huang Yiyu was born in Hong Kong. When he was ten years old, his family immigrated to California, USA. When he was a teenager, he became fascinated with movies and wrote many scripts.

One of them, a youth comedy called "The Boy Next Door", was picked up by a film company and made into a movie with good box office performance. Huang Yiyu then became a professional screenwriter.

When Yang Ye found him, he had already edited several well-received movies and TV series.

Huang Yiyu is very interested in horror elements in American movies and entertainment literature.

What made him famous in the North American film industry was the horror TV series "The X-Files" and the horror movie "Final Destination" series.

He also worked with Jet Li to shoot a science fiction film "The Savior".

As a screenwriter by profession, Huang Yiyu has a precise control over film scripts and is also good at using small scenes to create intense dramatic conflicts.

Yang Ye came to him naturally to start the "Final Destination" series.

This series was shot in five parts in the original time and space, with a total investment of 1.5 million US dollars, but it earned 7 million US dollars at the box office, which is a very considerable profit. If the income from the disc market is included, it is simply a huge profit.

The routine of each "Final Destination" is the same, a group of people are preparing to travel to a place or participate in an event.

At this time, the protagonist suddenly had a bad premonition, so he took his friends and left the scene.

Then, a terrible disaster occurred on the scene, and they were spared death because they left early.

However, the god of death will not let these fish that slip through the net go easily, and these people will die one after another...

The highlight of this series of movies is the various bizarre ways these people die.

The reason why it later became mediocre was that after so many people died, it was no longer possible to come up with anything new.

In the beginning, everyone was very creative in how they died, dying and dying, and later on, they just forced themselves to die in all kinds of ways.

The script that Yang Ye gave Huang Yiyu only had a very simple outline.

The details, mainly the way the characters died, need to be figured out by Huang Yiyu himself.

This was originally Huang Yiyu's script, and Yang Ye believed that he could pull it off.

Yang Ye said to Huang Yiyu: "Yizi, have you ever had this kind of premonition? When you pass by a place, you suddenly have a sense of déjà vu. Sometimes, you can even briefly predict what scene will appear next, and then the next second, it really appears."

Huang Yiyu thought about it carefully, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Yes!"

Many people have experienced this feeling, it is nothing special, but it is universal, because everyone has experienced it, so everyone is interested in it.

Yang Ye said: "Have you ever thought that this process from intuition to perception and then to fulfillment is all caused by fate?"

Huang Yiyu was moved by Yang Ye's words and fell into silence.

"In short, you have to understand that this is not a bloody horror film. In this film, there is no suspense about death. Everyone is doomed to die. Its entertainment value lies in the process of death rather than the result. You and your team must design a new and eye-catching way of death."

Yang Ye dug out Huang Yiyu in the hope of infiltrating some Chinese influence into Hollywood.

Chinese directors have created several good series in Hollywood, except for Huang Yiyu's "Final Destination" series.

Justin Lin and James Wan have both directed the "Fast & Furious" series, and James Wan's horror films are unique in Hollywood.

John Woo once won the global annual championship with "Mission Impossible 2".

Of course, the one who did the best was Li An.

Speaking of Li An, after being a househusband in the United States for several years, he made his debut last year with "Pushing Hands".

Now that Yang Ye has entered Hollywood, United Artists Pictures will be the base camp for Chinese directors in the future.

After Yang Ye finished handling some matters in Hollywood, he flew back to Hong Kong without stopping.

Between May and June 1991, floods occurred in 5 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China.

The worst hit provinces were Anhui and Jiangsu, where 100 million people were affected, leading to China's first large-scale direct appeal to the international community for humanitarian assistance.

TVB, ATV and Star TV all dispatched reporters to Jiangsu and Anhui to conduct large-scale coverage of the flood.

On the TV screen, there was a flooded land everywhere. On the Huaihe River embankment, homes were flooded and the tents set up by the homeless victims were endless.

Scenes of disaster victims crying and wailing because of the loss of their loved ones, and the pitiful and helpless eyes of orphans flashed across the screen.

The reporter stood on the levee and said to the audience with a heavy face: "There are still two million people homeless, and some victims have suffered from infectious diseases such as intestinal diseases and malaria. A large number of roads, bridges and other facilities are in urgent need of repair. They need all kinds of supplies and equipment..."

Countless viewers in front of the TV shed tears, and some people took out their bankbooks at home and went to various donation points to donate their own efforts.

This year, China received donations from both inside and outside the country totaling RMB 23 billion, of which nearly % came from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas Chinese. (End of this chapter)