Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

"Who else?"

Feng Xiaogang had just returned from the United States after filming "A Native of Beijing in New York". As soon as he got off the plane, he was pulled to the set by Yang Ye to play the role of the boss of the Crocodile Gang.

The guy bared his big yellow teeth, pointed at Ning Jing who was sitting beside him and said, "Such a beautiful woman was brought here by you just because she spit on the ground. Is there still the law? Is there still the law?"

Ning Jing was wearing a floral cheongsam, sitting on a chair, smoking a cigarette, with a disdainful expression on her face.

"Your chief has to give face to our Crocodile Gang, otherwise he can't be the chief! Don't you know me?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't know she was your wife!"

"Ahem... tui!"

"What are you looking at? I've never seen such a handsome boss?"

Yang Ye sat in front of the monitor and wanted to laugh. This guy was really good at acting.

"Not bad, let's call it a day and eat!" After finishing this scene, Yang Ye gave a thumbs up.

……

It was already September, the back-to-school season, and all the students from the Shanghai Theatre Academy returned to school.

Yang Ye spent a whole day going to the theatre to select actors.

Xu Zhen, Wang Lin and Ning Jing were all selected to join the crew, and other students were also called in to play members of the Axe Gang.

These students would be willing to act in Yang Ye's dramas even if it means just playing minor roles.

They are all professionally trained, sensible and obedient, and much better than finding extras from outside.

Xu Zhen naturally plays Jiangbao. In fact, Jiangbao is the name in "Shaolin Soccer". He has no name in "Kung Fu".

Yang Ye did not ask Xu Zhen to act in the same way as Jiang Bao, but he ended up performing with his own characteristics.

Originally, Aunt Xue was asked to play "such a beautiful woman", but on a whim, she was replaced by Ning Jing.

Ning Jing has a very sexy figure, and she looks very sexy in the cheongsam, which shows her curvy figure.

Those who have watched "Sunny Days" should be quite impressed by Ning Jing's pair of car lights.

Aunt Xue was assigned to play the female character Azhen, who has more lines.

It’s just that this Ah Zhen doesn’t have buck teeth. Yang Ye thinks it’s enough for her to have Aunt Xue’s aggressiveness.

Yang Ye is deliberately weakening some of the symbolic elements in Stephen Chow's movies, such as deliberately creating some clowns to make people laugh.

Not only did Azhen's buck teeth disappear, but the scene where Jiangbao deliberately exposed his cleavage and the vulgar scene where he pooped everywhere were also deleted.

But some things were added, such as the road chase scene between the landlady and the male lead. In fact, Liu Zhenwei originally designed a water chase scene, but Stephen Chow thought the ditch was too dirty, so he didn't shoot it.

Two years later, Liu Zhenwei watched a Hollywood movie and found that a scene in the movie was exactly the same as the water chase scene he wrote. He then looked at the film's producer, Columbia.

Yang Ye had plenty of money, so he added this paragraph.

When Stephen Chow first collaborated with Columbia, Columbia hoped that this movie would be understandable not only to Chinese people but also to audiences in other countries, so the script was revised several times and took a whole year.

As a result, after the movie came out, many Chinese audiences thought that the movie was not like Stephen Chow at all and scolded him.

"Kung Fu" had a score of only 7.2 on Douban at the beginning, and it did not soar to 8.8 until a generation grew up.

"Hero" received the same treatment, initially scoring only 6.1 points, but later soared to 7.7 points.

"Shushan" initially failed, but later rose to 6.9 points.

Speaking of which, those movies with oriental aesthetics in the millennium all received pretty good scores later on, which can be considered as a vindication.

Except for "The Promise"!
……

Yang Ye followed the principle that Columbia wanted this movie to be shown to people all over the world, and made further adjustments to the original "Kung Fu".

So Ah Zhen’s buck teeth are gone in the movie, and the scene where Jiang Bao poops everywhere is also deleted.

Although doing so would weaken the movie's humor, Yang Ye still did it ruthlessly.

After all, this movie will be released worldwide, and foreigners will not get these jokes at all. It would be better to add some fighting and special effects scenes.

It doesn't matter how evil and perverted the villains in the movie are, but deliberately creating some ugly characters is not only unnecessary, but also has the tendency to vilify the Chinese people.

Of course, this is also due to the different styles of Yang Ye and Zhou Xingchi.

Zhou Xingchi is the king of comedy, and Yang Yip is a kung fu superstar, so it’s okay if there are fewer funny things in the movie.

……

The weather was hot and Yang Ye didn't want to eat, so the logistics department specially packed a portion of Xingzhou fried rice noodles for him from a nearby restaurant.

Yang Ye was holding a bowl of fried rice noodles and eating slowly while sitting in his director's chair when he suddenly noticed someone was looking at him.

He turned his head and saw Ning Jing, who was not far away, immediately buried her head in eating her lunch box with a blush on her face.

Yang Ye's heart moved, it turned out that this little girl was looking at me. He waved to Ning Jing, and Ning Jing saw this, so she had to carry the lunch box and walked over with some trepidation.

Yang Ye asked directly: "Why are you looking at me all the time?"

Ning Jing was embarrassed, but she was a straightforward person, so she blushed and told the truth: "I thought you were very handsome, so I couldn't help but look at you a few more times."

Yang Ye thought, you didn't just look at me a few more times, your saliva is almost flowing into the bowl.

By the way, the star halo is really lethal to young girls in their teens and twenties.

Yang Ye casually said: "Your acting is good, have you ever made a movie before?"

Ning Jing said: "Yes, I used to..."

It turns out that before Ning Jing came to Shanghai, she stayed in Guangzhou for a period of time. Because of her recognizable appearance, she became a well-known advertising model in Guangzhou. Later, she also participated in several films produced by Zhuying Studio.

Zhuhai Film Studio does not have many resources of its own, but it is close to Hong Kong, so it often co-produces films with Hong Kong, especially with the Silver Capital Film Group. Baiyang Pictures has also collaborated with Zhuhai Film Studio on several films.

Yang Ye said "Oh" and said, "So you have worked with Yindu before, then have you met Shi Hui?"

Ning Jing said excitedly, "I met her once. She was accompanied by the leader of the Pearl Film Studio. But I didn't have a chance to talk to her."

Yang Ye said casually: "I will introduce you to each other when there is a chance. Sister Hui is a very nice person."

In fact, Shi Hui had already immigrated to Cal State UC a few months ago. She didn't know him at all. Yang Ye was just making it up.

"You know her?"

"Of course, we are good friends. I even call her sister. Her little daughter is an actress in our company."

If you want to make it in the entertainment industry, connections are extremely important. The more people you know in the industry, the more job opportunities you will have.

Many times, a role doesn't have to be played by just one person. Actor A is good at playing the role, and actor B is also good at playing the role.

But it is very likely that this role is an opportunity to become a big star.

Therefore, in the entertainment industry, the most important thing is not acting skills, but... resources!
Ning Jing was quite excited because she looked at Yang Ye a few more times and actually started talking to Yang Ye.

Ning Jing told Yang Ye that she was a loyal fan of Yang Ye and had watched every one of his movies.

Yang Ye asked Ning Jing which movie she liked best. She didn't answer those action movies, but said her favorite was "Lover".

Yang Ye was very outgoing with beautiful women. He chatted casually with Ning Jing, and a few jokes made the little girl giggle.

After Yang Ye finished eating the fried rice noodles, he didn't feel very satisfied. He wanted to fry some noodles himself, so he put away the lunch box and said, "The show tonight is quite important. I'll explain it to you later."

Ning Jing happily said, "Okay!"

……

In order to minimize inconvenience to the public, the gang fight scenes were scheduled to be filmed in the early morning. Shooting exteriors during the day is very different from shooting exteriors at night. It is very troublesome during the day, and you have to find ways to deal with the sun.

The light is bad at noon, the light is in different positions in the morning and afternoon, and suddenly a cloud comes, and it is cloudy and rainy again...

It was much simpler at night. Yang Ye was shooting a street scene and deliberately chose a moonless night to shoot. He simply used street lamps as the main light source.

So after dinner, the group went straight back to the hotel to rest, and only a small number of staff went to the site to make arrangements.

It was only afternoon and still early, so Yang Ye called the actors over and started rehearsing.

However, Feng Xiaogang, who plays the leader of the Crocodile Gang, is an artist. He felt benefited a lot from seeing the art arrangement of Yang Ye's film.

Seeing that the staff were going to the Bund to set up, I followed them, thinking of learning a few tricks.

Then... in order to explain the play to Ning Jing, Yang Ye could only play the role of the boss of the Crocodile Gang.

"When you walk, you must be charming, walk like this!"

In front of Ning Jing, Yang Ye imitated the way a woman walked, and his charming posture made the little girl laugh.

Yang Ye said seriously: "Be serious, I am explaining the play to you, you have to listen carefully."

"Oh!" Ning Jing stood up straight immediately.

"Come and walk it once, just as I show you!"

"Ok!"

Ningjing pondered for a moment, then followed Yang Ye's example and walked seductively with her big groove twisted.

"Not bad, do it again!" Yang Ye looked at Ning Jing's big hips with admiration.

This Danaizi, this Dagouzi, is second only to Lizhi among all the women Yang Ye knows.

Ning Jing walked twice more, and Yang Ye said with satisfaction: "Now, I am the boss of the Crocodile Gang, you come with me!"

"Ok!"

The two stood together, and Yang Ye shouted, "Ready!"

Ning Jing's big groove immediately twisted. Yang Ye stretched out a big hand and touched her round groove, complaining: "No matter what business I do, I can't make movies. There was no one in the cinema on Sunday. It's a shame for these bastards!"

"Puchi!" Ning Jing couldn't help laughing.

Yang Ye was stunned: "Did I tickle you?"

Ning Jing shook her head: "No, shit... There is no place on the butt that would itch. I heard you say that it's a bit funny to do nothing but make movies."

"Uh, what's so funny about this?"

"Because you are in the movie business, and every time your movie is released, the streets are always packed with people. How can there be no one there?"

"I was just kidding myself, let's do it again!"

"Ok!"

Yang Ye touched the quiet ditch, and the two walked back and forth two more times.

Yang Ye said: "That's right, we can just perform like this tonight!"

Ning Jing was very happy and asked, "Director, do you think my acting is okay?"

Yang Ye gave him a thumbs up: "You acted very well, you are very talented, and you are also very beautiful, but you are a little fat."

Ning Jing was very happy after hearing the first three sentences, but rolled her eyes after hearing the last sentence, and said coquettishly: "What do you know, this is called plumpness, men will drool when they see it."

Yang Ye pretended to wipe his saliva, but said: "Really? I can't!"

Ning Jing laughed out loud, and couldn't help punching Yang Ye's chest with her little fist: "You are so bad!"

Yang Ye grabbed her hand, took advantage of the situation and held her in his arms, and whispered in her ear: "Jing'er, how old are you this year?"

Ning Jing was a little flustered. She pressed against Yang Ye's chest and said in a trembling voice, "Nineteen years old!"

"Would you like to be my goddaughter?"

"I am willing, but it is impossible for a godfather and goddaughter to be like this..."

Ningjing felt Yang Ye's big hand wandering around her crotch.

"Godfather and goddaughter, this is the natural thing..."

……

It’s actually the first blood!

Yang Ye has been a star for so many years, but this is the first time he has cooked fried noodles seriously. It feels quite innovative.

The first blood cannot be taken for free, so at night on the set, Yang Ye announced publicly that he recognized Ning Jing as his goddaughter.

Yang Ye has two godsons, Wu Jing and Xie Tingfeng, and this is the first time she has adopted a goddaughter.

Although Tingting Xie also called him godfather, that was just because she followed Nicholas Tse. Yang Ye had not officially acknowledged him, so it didn't count.

We were shooting a gang fight scene in the evening, and many students from the Shanghai Theatre Academy came to act as extras.

When they saw that Ning Jing had such an awesome godfather, they all looked at him with envy.

With Yang Yezhao, Ning Jing's star journey can be said to be smooth.

……

We continued filming the Bund scenes the next day, but it would be a little more troublesome if we switched to daytime.

"Robbery, where is the money?"

The boy robbed the girl under a poster of the Hollywood movie "Top Hat".

"The Top Hat" is a love musical, and the two lovers in the poster finally get married.

However, below the poster, two people are holding knives and confronting each other, which is quite ironic.

A crystal tear fell from the corner of the girl's eye. She took out the lollipop she had treasured for many years and told the boy in sign language how he saved her that year.

The breeze blew up the girl's sweaty hair, and the boy looked at her innocent smiling face, his memories overlapping with the scenes of that year.

With a "pop", the boy dropped the lollipop and ran away!
……

In the last scene on Nanjing Road, the girl, wearing a white shirt and a floral skirt, pushes an ice cream cart and walks past a candy store.

The boy came out of the store and they were finally reunited.

"Click! Change people!"

Xiao Hu Ge and Xiao Tang Yan come on stage.

Brother Hu smiled and stretched out his hand to Xiao Tangyan. The two held hands and ran towards the candy store together.

The camera stretched to a wide angle, and all the people who appeared in the movie appeared in this scene.

Jiangbao is having sex with a girl, and the landlord is holding the landlady and walking around the city...

The overlord among the beggars appeared again: "Kid, I see that you have extraordinary bones and are a rare martial arts genius. Maintaining world peace depends on you!"

"I have a copy of the secret manual of the Tathagata Palm here. I think it's meant for you, so I'll sell it to you for ten dollars!"

"Wait, this isn't appropriate? And!"

The beggar showed off "Nine Swords of Loneliness", "One Finger of Sun", "Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Subduing"... (End of this chapter)