Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

"Little Anfeng, long time no see!"

Yang Ye lowered his head and waved to Xiao Anfeng.

"Hello, Uncle Yang!" Little Anfeng greeted Yang Ye obediently.

The little girl is six years old. She is very cute and delicate.

Yang Ye picked her up and said to her mother, "Come in first!"

The three of them walked into the Typhoon Shelter Restaurant, which had just opened in Wuhan, and entered a private room reserved specifically for Yang Ye.

In the 1990s, due to Guangdong's developed economy, Cantonese cuisine flourished in major cities across the country, and business banquets at that time were mainly based on Cantonese cuisine.

Yang Ye asked Lin Fengjiao to invest in A Xi's catering business. Within a few years, they took advantage of this favorable situation and opened dozens of chain restaurants in major cities across the country.

Under the banner of Yang Ye, every time a restaurant is opened, it becomes popular and many people come to try it.

The simplest side job for celebrities is to engage in the catering industry. Alan Tam opened a chain of hotpot restaurants in Hong Kong as early as the 1980s.

Many mainland celebrities in later generations opened hotpot restaurants to make money, and their main selling points are that the food is expensive and tastes terrible, and they specifically rip off their fans.

Yang Ye is in the catering business...

The main feature of Cantonese restaurants nowadays is that they are expensive, because business banquets are all about face, and people won’t come to eat if you are not expensive.

In comparison, Yang Ye's restaurant is more affordable.

Because it does not focus on fresh seafood, but on the special typhoon shelter cuisine.

The signature dishes include Typhoon Shelter Fried Crab, Typhoon Shelter Fried Shrimp, and Typhoon Shelter Chicken Wings, and they also sell Cantonese-style snacks.

It was the morning market, and the three of them entered a private room. Yang Ye casually ordered a few dim sum dishes, including steamed chicken feet, steamed spare ribs, bean curd rolls with abalone sauce, and crystal shrimp dumplings. He also ordered a plate of vegetables and two bowls of shrimp wonton noodles.

The snacks were served quickly, and Yang Ye picked up a shrimp dumpling for Xiao Anfeng: "Try this."

Because his mother is from Northeast China, Xiao Anfeng likes to eat dumplings very much, but this is the first time he has seen such beautiful shrimp dumplings.

She looked at the crystal clear shrimp dumplings on the plate and couldn't bear to pick up her chopsticks: "Mom, these dumplings are so beautiful!"

Liu Xiaoli smiled and said, "It's more enjoyable to eat this way."

After listening to his mother, An Feng finally put the dumpling into his mouth and took a bite. He felt that the dumpling skin was soft and flexible, and the fresh shrimp was smooth and delicious. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "This dumpling is delicious!"

"Then eat one more!"

Yang Ye picked up another one for her, making four in the basket.

"Thank you uncle!"

Xiao Anfeng was busy eating, and Yang Ye said to Liu Xiaoli: "Xiaofeng is very cute!"

Liu Xiaoli asked: "You have children too, right?"

Yang Ye nodded and said, "My daughter's name is Yang Xi. She's older than Xiao Feng and she's fourteen this year. But she lives in the United States with her mother. I rarely see her."

Liu Xiaoli recalled the past, her gossipy spirit burning, and said: "I remember that year's Spring Festival Gala, you and that French film queen Adjani were both guests."

"Yes, Adjani is my daughter's mother. At that time we were filming a movie called Kill Bill, and our daughter also appeared in it."

Liu Xiaoli had seen that movie, so she asked curiously, "Why don't you live together?"

"There are too many cultural differences between us, and we each have our own careers, so we didn't get married, we just raised our daughter together."

"So that's it!"

"I heard from Xiaoqing that you are divorced?"

"Yeah!" Liu Xiaoli nodded sadly.

Yang Ye did not ask her why she wanted to divorce, but asked: "Xiao Qing said you want to go to the United States?"

"Yes!"

Liu Xiaoli and her husband were not on good terms, and after their divorce, she wanted to go abroad.

These days even a dog wants to go abroad. Day after day, there are long queues of people waiting for visas outside the US Embassy.

It is understandable that Liu Xiaoli has such an idea.

In the original time and space, it took Liu Xiaoli several years to finally make the journey.

But now, Liu Xiaoli has Liu Xiaoqing as her sworn sister.

Liu Xiaoli knew very well that Liu Xiaoqing had a wide circle of friends and many connections, so she asked her for advice.

Liu Xiaoqing naturally told Liu Xiaoli that if she wanted to go to the United States, the easiest way would be to ask Yang Ye for help. It would only take a word.

Yang Ye did not ask Liu Xiaoli why she wanted to go to the United States, as that was a redundant question.

For many Chinese, the United States is a distant, unfamiliar and prosperous land where people believe there are countless good opportunities.

In order to realize their dreams, they are willing to pay a huge price and go to the United States.

Yang Ye asked: "Have you ever thought about how you will survive after you go to the United States?"

Liu Xiaoli hesitated for a moment and said, "I can dance, so it shouldn't be difficult to find a job, right?"

"Have you ever seen Beijingers in New York? Wang Qiming is a cellist, an artist like you, but when he went to America, he ended up washing dishes."

In fact, Yang Ye’s use of the word "fallen" is a bit wrong, because these days, washing dishes in the United States can earn more than being a cellist in China.

Liu Xiaoli said: "Well...it's just the way it's played on TV."

“If you think everything on TV is just acting, let me give you some real examples.

Wang Bozhao, who played the little white dragon in "Journey to the West", is a big star in China.

He went to the United States in 86, but couldn't find a job there and made a living by washing dishes.

It was not until the year before last when Taiwanese director Li An was filming "Pushing Hands" in the United States that he got the opportunity to play a role in it.

It was just an accident that Wang Bozhao was able to play this role, because "Pushing Hands" was the directorial debut of Li An.

"Pushing Hands" was filmed in the United States with a budget of only $300,000, which was not enough to hire actors.

Wang Bozhao got this opportunity because he is a well-known actor in the country.

After "Pushing Hands" won the award, Wang Bozhao left the United States and went to Taiwan to film.

Wang Bozhao's opportunity is rare. After the director Wu Tianming of Xi'an Film Studio was stranded in the United States, no one wanted him to wash dishes because he was too old.

He made a living by selling dumplings at a stall. If it weren't for his student Zhang Yimou's help, he would have starved to death on the street. "

What Yang Ye said was well-reasoned and all true stories. After hearing it, Liu Xiaoli couldn't help but hesitate.

She realized that she had taken going to the United States too lightly.

She thought there were opportunities everywhere in the United States, but she didn't expect that these celebrities in the literary and art circles would live like this after going to the United States.

Liu Xiaoli couldn't imagine that after going to the United States, she would have to wash dishes every day to survive.

It would be fine if she just washed the dishes, but she also brought her daughter with her. What about her daughter?
In fact, Liu Xiaoli later went to the United States and was unable to make a living.

Fortunately, she was pretty and soon married a Chinese lawyer, finding a long-term meal ticket.

Later, as Liu Yifei became famous, this meal ticket became insignificant and was thrown away by Liu Xiaoli again.

Yang Ye looked at Liu Xiaoli's expression and knew that she was wavering, so he said, "Anyway, think it over carefully.

If you really want to go to the United States, I can help you get a green card in one or two years.

But I have another suggestion that you might want to hear.”

Liu Xiaoli's heart moved, and she asked, "What suggestions?"

"If you just want to leave this sad place, you don't have to go to the United States. Maybe you can go to Hong Kong."

"Going to Hong Kong?"

"Yes, it is a Chinese place. Musician Wu Weili came to Hong Kong alone when he was 50 years old.

He devoted himself to film music composition, and in just a few years, he became a music composition master as famous as James Wong.

Moreover, in the past two years, as the return to China approached, hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong's middle-class people fled, setting off a wave of emigration.

If you go now, it will be a good opportunity to fill the gap left by those people, and your talents can be fully utilized."

These words made Liu Xiaoli's heart beat fast.

Hong Kong is so rich and famous these days that the Chinese people need to look up to it.

If you can go to Hong Kong, it is also a good choice.

“Is it easy to go to Hong Kong?” “It’s easy to go to the United States, let alone Hong Kong.”

As soon as Liu Xiaoli said this, she knew she had said the wrong thing.

Yang Ye is the richest person in Hong Kong. Helping her go to Hong Kong is just a matter of a word.

Go to the United States or to Hong Kong?

Liu Xiaoli weighed the pros and cons in her mind and asked, "You said that hundreds of thousands of people fled Hong Kong. What was the reason?"

"It's just short-sighted. Those who leave will come back sooner or later. But I'm afraid a large part of them won't be able to come back by then."

Liu Xiaoli nodded thoughtfully and asked the last question: "Why help me?"

After all, she and Yang Ye had only met twice, and this time was only their third meeting.

Liu Xiaoli was just a nobody to Yang Ye. Why did Yang Ye devote himself to such a nobody like her?

Yang Ye put on an attitude of eagerly seeking talents and said, "I have a celebrity agency, and I have recruited many newcomers as trainees, teaching them to sing, dance, and act.

After completing their training, they will make their debut. Under this system, many well-known Asian artists have emerged, such as Girls' Generation and F4.

Now, Teacher Yuan Jingmian, who is mainly responsible for dance, is old and ready to retire, and I need to find a successor.

I have seen your dance, it is absolutely masterful, I think you may be able to take over her position and become the company's principal dancer."

Yang Ye's words made Liu Xiaoli's heart beat even more.

She is now getting divorced because her mother-in-law and husband do not support her dance career.

If I could go to Hong Kong and be valued and become the chief dancer of Baiyang Company, then there would be no point in going to the United States.

Liu Xiaoli wanted to agree immediately, but she felt that this was too easy.

She just mentioned her desire to go to the United States when she was chatting with Liu Xiaoqing on the phone, and Yang Ye came to Wuhan eagerly.

Are you so important?

She hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Is... just this reason?"

Yang Ye put away his cynical smile and said seriously: "Of course there are other reasons.

Xiaoli, I first saw you at the Spring Festival Gala eight years ago.

Seeing your wonderful dancing moves is really amazing and will be unforgettable forever.

It’s a pity that you were already married at that time, so I didn’t think much about it.

I was filming in Chongqing some time ago and heard the news that you had divorced and were single again.

I think God still has pity on me after all.

So, as soon as I finish filming, I will come to see you."

When Yang Ye said this, he reached out and grabbed Liu Xiaoli's hand on the table, and said affectionately: "Xiaoli, let me take care of you!"

Little An Feng, who was eating happily at the side, couldn't help but widen his eyes with curiosity when he saw Yang Ye suddenly grab his mother's hand.

Liu Xiaoli struggled a little, but couldn't get free, so she had to let Yang Ye hold her.

Liu Xiaoli was somewhat surprised by Yang Ye's behavior, yet also somewhat moved.

Because according to Yang Ye, this man had been secretly in love with her for eight years without saying a word.

Just because he got the news, he came over immediately and arranged everything for her.

Few women can withstand this kind of domineering CEO's style of play.

Liu Xiaoli thought about it and said with a red face: "I...I am a second marriage and have a daughter. I am not worthy of you!"

Yang Ye smiled and said, "I'm not a first-time bride either. I also have a daughter. What's there to be unworthy of? As for your daughter..."

Yang Ye glanced at Xiao Anfeng and said, "I will treat her as my own daughter and let her receive the best education. I will not treat her unfairly, don't worry."

Liu Xiaoli hummed softly and added, "I...just feel it's too sudden."

"Love comes from nowhere, but it grows deeper and deeper. Falling in love with someone happens in an instant, doesn't it?"

Liu Xiaoli was not an innocent teenage girl. In order to survive in the United States, she found someone to marry.

How could she resist when a billionaire like Yang Ye confessed his love to her?
Yang Ye's words had already given her enough face, so she stopped pretending and nodded lightly, saying "hmm".

Yang Ye was very happy. He grabbed her hand and kissed her gently on the lips. Their relationship was thus confirmed.

……

Yang Ye and Liu Xiaoli had just gotten together, so naturally they were in love.

Yang Ye was going to Beijing to shoot an Olympic promotional advertisement. Liu Xiaoli stopped going to work, took a leave, left her daughter to her ex-husband, and went to Beijing with Yang Ye.

In the Beijing Film Studio studio, as soon as Yang Ye saw Brother Kaizi, he smiled and congratulated him: "Kaige, congratulations on winning the Palme d'Or!"

At the just-concluded 46th Cannes International Film Festival, "Farewell My Concubine" successfully won the Best Film and the Palme d'Or.

Brother Kaizi's face was flushed, and he said with some regret: "It's only half a seat."

"Farewell My Concubine" shared the Palme d'Or with another Australian film "The Piano Lesson", so Kaizi said there was only half a seat.

Yang Ye shook his head and said, "That movie cannot be compared with Farewell My Concubine."

Brother Kaizi is so awesome, so the task of shooting the Olympic promotional video naturally fell on him.

Brother Kaizi was very happy with Yang Ye's affirmation of Farewell My Concubine. After praising each other for a while, they returned to business.

Kaizige said: "This film is mainly used for the final presentation in Monaco in September this year, where the International Olympic Committee will vote to decide the host city of the 9 Olympic Games."

Yang Ye hummed and asked, "What do you need me to do?"

Brother Kaizi said: "We want to show some Chinese elements in the promotional video. The first one is Kung Fu. You are the representative of Chinese Kung Fu. We need you to show a set of Tai Chi in the opening of the video."

"no problem!"

Yang Ye was a master of Tai Chi. Many people still remember that he went to Japan and defeated the Japanese Aikido master Yasuo Kobayashi with his Tai Chi.

If we were to find someone to do Tai Chi in a promotional video, who else could it be but him?

After adjusting the lighting, Kaizi put forward his own requirements: "Tai Chi is the quintessence of the Chinese nation. We want to show the feeling of Tai Chi's aura and prosperity."

Yang Ye nodded, stood in front of the camera, and led a few Tai Chi masters to start boxing.

The set of movements was performed smoothly, which amazed the Tai Chi masters present and complimented them: "Mr. Yang's Tai Chi is both spiritual and physical, and he is worthy of being a master of his generation."

Brother Kaizi also praised: "Mr. Yang is indeed a Tai Chi master. With your performance, our film will surely capture the spirit of the Chinese people!"

Yang Ye calmly accepted the flattery from these people, but in his heart he was thinking: In the International Olympic Committee vote in September, the North lost to Sydney by two votes. How can he win back these two votes?

Coming out of the studio, Liu Xiaoli saw that Yang Ye was worried and couldn't help asking, "What are you thinking about?"

Yang Ye came back to his senses and did not mention the Olympic voting. He asked casually, "Now that you are divorced, does Xiaofeng still follow your ex-husband's surname An?"

Liu Xiaoli had just divorced and had not thought about this issue yet. When Yang Ye suddenly brought it up, she thought thoughtfully, could he want Xiaofeng to take his surname?
For Liu Xiaoli, it is not impossible for her daughter to have the surname Yang Ye.

In this way, Yang Ye will treat her daughter more like her own.

Yang Ye is the richest Chinese, a martial arts master, and a movie tycoon. He has a halo around him.

When my daughter grows up, she will be able to do whatever she wants as long as she relies on the name of Yang Ye.

After careful consideration, Liu Xiaoli felt that if her daughter wanted to change her surname, it would be better to change it to Yang Ye, so she said, "How about letting Xiaofeng take your surname Yang?"

"Ah..." Yang Ye was stunned.

What he meant was that changing An Feng's name to Liu Yifei would be better than the name Liu Qianmeizi that An Feng's grandmother had given him.

Unexpectedly, Liu Xiaoli had a strange idea and wanted An Feng to have the surname Yang.

Well, it’s not impossible.

Yang Ye nodded and said, "Sure!"

Seeing Yang Ye agreed, Liu Xiaoli thought that he really meant it, so she decided to go all the way and said, "I've always felt that the name An Feng doesn't sound good. Since you're going to change her surname anyway, you might as well give her a new name!"

"The name..."

Yang Ye thought about it, and suddenly said with a sense of humor: "My child's name has the word '日' in it. If I change her name, I'll call her... Yang Mi, what do you think?"

"Yang Mi?" Liu Xiaoli thought the name was weird, but it sounded good, so she nodded and said, "Nice!"

Now it was Yang Ye's turn to be upset. He was just joking, but Liu Xiaoli took it seriously. Did she really have to call her Yang Mi? (End of this chapter)