Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

PS: I didn’t have enough time last night, so I didn’t finish writing the conversation between Yang Ye and Xu Ke. Now I have completed it. Friends who haven’t read it can go back and take a look. I’m sorry!
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From 1992 to 1993, there was a talent shortage in the Hong Kong film industry, which allowed many newcomers to quickly rise to fame.

Many directors and actors who originally made TV series have switched to making movies to make money.

Some photographers, screenwriters, and martial arts instructors behind the scenes also quickly took up the director's baton.

Xu Ke's dilemma is actually also the dilemma of Hong Kong's major film companies. From this time on, the behind-the-scenes bosses of Hong Kong filmmakers have actually changed from Hong Kong's four major companies to Taiwan's eight major film producers.

Yang Ye just watched all this with a cold eye. Not only did he allow the company's big directors and superstars to go out and make money, he also simply stopped many filming plans and started a rental business.

It's a bit funny to say that a big company is following its former subordinates to make money.

At the opening ceremony of Speed, a reporter pointedly asked the question: "Will Yangji no longer invest in movies in the future?"

Yang Ye smiled and said, "Why do you say that? Isn't today the opening ceremony?"

"But Yang Ji's big-name directors and actors have basically gone out on their own. They all make their own movies. Yang Ji is producing very few movies now, right?"

“I said a long time ago that people who don’t let others make money must have something wrong with their brains.

They are all experts who can stand on their own now, so it is normal for them to go out on their own. We are all good partners now.

Besides, who said that we at Yangji are not producing movies now?

The Wedding Banquet, directed by Taiwanese director Li An, won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival this year.

Mainland director Kai Zige's "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival last month.

Both of these films were invested and produced by our Yangji.

And my movie "Kung Fu" just won the Golden Goblet Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Kung Fu will be released next month, so please remember to come and support it!"

Both "The Wedding Banquet" and "Farewell My Concubine" were invested and produced by Xu Feng, and won two international awards in a row, which is an amazing record.

After Yang Ye finished his introduction, he did not forget to advertise the upcoming movie "Kung Fu".

“But The Wedding Banquet and Farewell My Concubine are not considered Hong Kong films, right? Does this mean that Yang Kee will mainly support Taiwanese and mainland directors in the future?”

Yang Ye asked in return: "How come movies produced by Hong Kong film companies are not considered Hong Kong movies?"

The reporter was speechless for a moment.

Yang Ye patted Chen Musheng's shoulder and said, "Let me introduce you to everyone. This is Chen Musheng, the director of our film Speed.

Ah Sheng is a very outstanding young man. Some time ago, he helped Xu Ke Studio shoot a movie called "The Crane Needle", starring Wei Zai, Ah Mei and Jia Hui. Jia Hui is also here today, come and say a few words to everyone. "

Rosamund Kwan stepped out and said, "Hello everyone, our movie 'The Crane Needle' will be released in major theaters across Hong Kong in mid-August this year. It is a very exciting martial arts movie, please come and support us."

Well, the couple both started advertising, and the reporter was speechless.

The reporter originally wanted to ask: Why, when everyone was rushing to make Hong Kong films, Yang Ji reduced the filming of Hong Kong films and went to invest in the filming of mainland and Taiwan films.

Unfortunately, he didn't get anything out of his question. Yang Ye believed that since movies like The Wedding Banquet and Farewell My Concubine were made by Hong Kong film companies, they were Hong Kong movies.

In fact, some media realized long ago that Yang Ye has been deliberately blurring the boundaries between Hong Kong films and other Chinese-language films, which is why problems like today arise.

Yang Ye would not admit to such a thing. Some things can be done but cannot be said.

Afterwards, a reporter asked what kind of movie "Speed" was. Yang Ye gave a brief introduction and said that the movie was mainly based on real shooting and would not use many special effects.

But he stressed that the scenes in "Speed" are very exciting and will definitely be a feast for the eyes of the audience.

After saying this, he asked the staff to pray to the gods and start the filming.

A group of reporters were about to leave after finishing the interview when suddenly a beautiful and voluptuous woman rushed in.

The woman ran towards Yang Ye, speaking Mandarin, and shouted loudly: "You unfaithful man, I wonder where you can hide today!"

Holy shit! The reporters who were about to leave were so happy when they saw this scene that they picked up their cameras and started taking pictures of the woman and Yang Ye.

Some reporters even recognized that this woman is a third-level film actress. The movie "Legend of Northern Girl" she filmed with Wang Jing last year was very explosive.

Damn it, Yang Ye actually had an affair with a pornographic movie actress. This will definitely be the front page news tomorrow.

Not only the reporters, but everyone at the scene couldn't help but look towards Yang Ye.

Although their expressions were different, they all secretly guessed in their hearts that Yang Ye was a playboy and today he had fallen into trouble and was actually being bullied at his door.

Some people secretly envied Yang Ye's good fortune. This woman was really good-looking.

Some people secretly laughed at Yang Ye for being so affectionate and causing romantic scandals.

Guan Zhilin glanced at the woman, then at Yang Ye, feeling angry and stomping her feet, she turned her back.

The reporters were even happier. Wow, two women competing for a husband. That was so fucking exciting. They started taking pictures again.

Yang Ye enjoyed the same treatment as Duan Zhengchun for no apparent reason. He was speechless and complained to himself: Damn it, even a launch conference can lead to such a mess!
He said helplessly: "Miss, who are you looking for?"

The woman came in a threatening manner, but when she saw Yang Ye, she was very polite. She stood in front of Yang Ye and said, "Boss Yang, I'm sorry to have disrupted your press conference. I really have no other choice but to come to you for justice."

Yang Ye waved his hand and said, "Just tell me who you are, who you are looking for, and what's the matter."

The woman pointed at the cast behind Yang Ye and said, "My name is Le Hui, and I was originally an actress from the mainland. I'm here to see Luo Lie today.

He tricked me into coming to Hong Kong, saying he wanted to marry me, but it turned out he already had a wife. Now he wants to abandon me, Boss Yang, you have to give me some advice.”

As soon as these words came out, the reporters at the scene couldn't help but sigh. Damn, it wasn't Yang Ye's fault, but Luo Lie's fault.

Luo Lie is just an out-of-date actor in his fifties, and his romantic scandals are of no value at all.

The people around him couldn't help but feel embarrassed because they misunderstood Yang Ye.

The most embarrassed person was Luo Lie.

Lo Lieh was a popular action star of Shaw Brothers in the 1970s. Now he is old and has long been out of fashion. He works for ATV and makes a living by filming TV dramas.

He played Baimei in the film "Kill Bill" with Yang Ye and became popular for a short time.

This time when Yang Ye was filming "Speed", he got the opportunity to play the villain, and he was hoping to become popular again with this role.

He didn't expect that his lover would come to his house and disrupt the opening ceremony. Now it depends on how Yang Ye will deal with him. It would not be surprising if he asked him to get out if they don't agree with him.

Things have come to this point, there is no way to hide, in front of the crew and a group of media reporters, Luo Lie can only bite the bullet and stand up.

He went forward to pull Le Hui and whispered, "Ayun, if there's anything, let's go home and talk about it, okay?"

Le Hui has a very strong personality. She made a scene at the film producers today and threw Luo Lie away, angrily saying, "Why go back home? You kicked me out a long time ago, where should I go back to?" As soon as she said this, everyone immediately despised Luo Lie.

Nowadays, it is very common for Hong Kong men to keep mistresses, not to mention the eldest brother.

But after playing with someone, you kick them out. Is this something a human being would do?

What's more, Le Hui was very beautiful. When she burst into tears, she looked like a tearful and heartbroken woman, which immediately made many men at the scene feel pity for her and despised Luo Lie even more.

Some men couldn't help but secretly think that such a beautiful woman was actually ruined by an old man like Luo Lie. It was such a waste. It would have been better if she was with me.

Luo Lie was almost going crazy. He never dreamed that a woman like Le Hui would be able to do such a thing and even dare to make a scene on the set.

He is now in a difficult position and cannot do anything to Le Hui in public.

Such a scandal happened at Yang Ye's launch conference, implicating the movie. Once Yang Ye was furious, he had no ability to resist.

At this moment, Luo Lie was like a prisoner waiting to be executed, with nothing to do but wait for death.

Guan Zhilin was jealous at first, but suddenly she realized that it had nothing to do with Yang Ye, and she became embarrassed.

She immediately turned around and wanted to say something to Yang Ye, but Yang Ye glared at her unhappily.

Guan Zhilin knew she was in the wrong, so she had to bury her head, playing with her fingers, drawing circles with her toes, and cursing Luo Lie, the dead scum.

Things have come to this point, Yang Ye is also helpless, this kind of shit has nothing to do with him.

He used Lo Lieh because all the famous villains in Hong Kong now have several film contracts and have no schedule at all.

Luo Lie's image and acting skills are more than enough for this role.

But now, Le Hui made a scene at the press conference, making it clear that she was determined to fight to the death, and he had no choice but to show up.

Yang Ye knew a little about Luo Lie and Le Hui.

Le Hui's actual name is Le Yun. She was an up-and-coming actress in mainland China at that time. She was born with a pair of phoenix eyes and originally had the opportunity to play Wang Xifeng in "Dream of Red Mansions".

But she wanted to go abroad and gave up this opportunity.

In 1987, Luo Lie went to the mainland to film a movie. He was the director and Le Yun was an actor in the crew.

He is a famous director from Hong Kong, rich and influential in mainland China, and Le Yun was immediately hooked up with him.

Le Yun wanted to be with Run, so Luo Lie brought her to Hong Kong.

Le Yun originally thought that Luo Lie would marry her because of true love, but Luo Lie just wanted to support her.

After arriving in Hong Kong, Luo Lie kept Le Yun in a villa.

Just keep her, let her live in a villa, have a Filipino maid to serve her, give her living expenses every month, and live a good life. Le Yun also brought her mother to Hong Kong.

However, as Luo Lie grew older, he had fewer film contracts and no more movies to shoot. He could only make TV series. Gradually, he could no longer support Le Yun, and the living expenses he gave her became less and less.

So, Luo Lie used his connections to introduce Le Yun to film a movie so that he could make some money.

Luo Lie helped Le Yun sign a contract with an agency called Pan Asia Entertainment and changed her stage name to Le Hui.

It would have been fine if she didn't come out to film, but as soon as she came out, Luo Lie's wife Tang Jiali discovered their scandal.

Tang Jiali was originally an actress. Since she married Luo Lie, she has retired from the entertainment industry and stayed at home to take care of her husband and children.

She was also supported by Luo Lie. If the affair between Luo Lie and Le Yun had been exposed earlier, Tang Jiali would not have been able to do anything to them.

But Tang Jiali has a younger brother named Tang Jili, who used to be a martial arts stuntman and action director, but his career was average.

It was not until he was promoted by Chen Long and directed "Police Story 3: Super Cop" that he caused a sensation and instantly became a hot star in the Hong Kong film industry.

With the support of her brother, Tang Jiali went to Le Yun's house and slapped her several times, giving her a severe lesson.

Luo Lie was afraid that his brother-in-law would punish him, so he did not dare to resist. He immediately swore to his wife that he would break up with Le Yun.

This guy kicked Le Yun out of the house and cut off her living expenses. Le Yun had no way to make a living and came to his house to make trouble several times.

Luo Lie was so angry that he decided to call the police. How could the police handle such a trivial matter? He could only ask Le Yun to stop causing trouble, as it would not be good for her.

In the original time and space, Le Yun was abandoned by Luo Lie and ridiculed by her own mother. In a fit of rage, she jumped off a building and committed suicide.

After her death, no one came to collect her body. In the end, it was ATV host Lam Kin Ming who stepped forward and asked the Hong Kong Performing Artistes Guild to help with her funeral arrangements.

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Yang Ye thought of Le Yun's experience in the original time and space, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

For Yang Ye today, he doesn’t think there is anything wrong with women being greedy and vain.

To kill someone with a sword when awake and to lie on the lap of a beautiful woman when drunk is the dream of countless men.

If women were not greedy for fame and fortune and were all serious, how could such a dream come true?

Where did Yang Ye get so many women? And why were they willing to bear children for him? Wasn't it because... he gave enough?
The problem with Le Yun is that she has poor vision. She mistook a former Hong Kong male star for a wealthy man and got close to him without saying a word. In fact, Luo Lie is nothing.

If she had met the powerful Yang Ye, it would have been a different story.

Of course, she no longer had a chance, as Yang Ye had no interest in her.

When Yang Ye took in a girl, he was not only attracted by her beauty, but also looked at her value.

On the surface, it was Yang Ye who was using the money to support his women.

In fact, it was very helpful to his career that he made these women famous.

Therefore, he also accepted married women like Xu Feng and Liu Xiaoqing.

However, even if he didn't accept it, it was still a living life after all. Now that he had encountered her, Yang Ye was still unwilling to watch her commit suicide by jumping off the building.

Yang Ye thought for a moment and said to the reporters, “This matter is a private matter between Mr. Luo Lie and Miss Le Hui. To be honest, it has nothing to do with our company.

But since it has caused a stir today and involves our crew, it has become a public matter. Please give us some time, media.

Our company will give you an explanation after we understand the whole story. Now, let’s go!”

After Yang Ye said this, the reporters dispersed out of respect.

Today's opening ceremony was a mess, and everyone in the crew felt unlucky. They looked at Luo Lie and Le Yun with unfriendly eyes.

Yang Ye looked constipated and said to the two of them, "Please follow me!" (End of this chapter)