Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 654 Stunning Long Legs

After Chen Musheng got the script of "Speed", he was so excited that he didn't sleep the whole night.

It wasn't just because his opportunity had come, but because the script simply touched his soul.

In most of the films shot by Chen Musheng during his career, the evil behind-the-scenes bosses often came from within the government.

The villains with the highest combat power are often those who are forced into a desperate situation and go astray.

For example, Tian Yangsheng’s goal in “True Man” is actually to take revenge on the mastermind who deceived them, and this mastermind is the Chief Superintendent of Police.

In "New Police Story", A Zu is actually the son of the Chief Superintendent of Police. He deliberately retaliates against the police because he is dissatisfied with his father's actions.

In "Raging Fire", Ao was originally an elite in the police force. However, he was used and blamed by the Chief Superintendent, and was thrown into prison. After he was released from prison, he took revenge on the police.

There are other movies that are similar. In short, the bad guy is always the chief police officer.

Because Chen Musheng believes that violent organizations with weapons and authority will become a breeding ground for crime if their power is not restricted.

Therefore, his films are full of various bad policemen who hold high positions, abuse their power to commit crimes, and still enjoy the love of the citizens with their dazzling halos.

The exciting part is that the protagonist takes action on behalf of the audience, pulls out the big boss hiding behind the scenes, and kills or cripples him.

The plot of "Speed" is about a policeman who was treated unfairly and holds a grudge against the police force, and his act of revenge against the police force.

So, Chen Musheng loves this script from the bottom of his heart, and he is full of energy every day when filming.

With this kind of enthusiasm, there is no need to worry about not being able to make a good film, and it also makes Yang Ye very worry-free, because Chen Musheng will 100% execute what he says.

Not only do they not give any discounts, but sometimes they even put forward their own ideas.

This movie is actually a "remake". Moving it from Hollywood to Hong Kong, it is naturally impossible to restore it completely. Many places have to be modified accordingly according to local conditions.

Having followed Johnnie To for so many years, Benny Chan has already acquired a good foundation, and the suggestions he makes based on actual conditions are often very effective.

For example, in the original version, when the villain threatened the protagonist, he said, "You, your wild cat, and everyone in the car will die."

This made the protagonist suddenly realize that there was a camera in the car and the villain could see what was going on in the car.

Because the heroine's clothes have the logo of the University of Arizona Wildcats, which is a very powerful team.

The villain said something like "wild cat" because he saw the logo on the heroine's clothes.

So if the film was shot in Hong Kong, what method should be used to make the protagonist react?

The suggestion given by Chen Musheng made Yang Ye's eyes light up. Although it felt a bit ridiculous, there didn't seem to be anything wrong with it. The audience could quickly understand it and adopted it.

……

"Speed" is being filmed intensively on the Beijing-Hong Kong line, which has not yet been put into use.

This segment shows the bus flying over an unclosed gap in the road. It is a very thrilling scene in the movie.

However, it is not easy to complete this stunt. It is impossible to drive across that gap at high speed. It will kill people.

The props team specially selected a flat road and built a ramp on it.

In order to make the bulky bus fly, the props team first removed all unnecessary body parts of the bus, leaving only the driver on the bus.

This person is naturally Ke Shouliang, no one else can do this.

The props team also installed a buffer device to absorb impact on Ke Shouliang's seat to prevent him from injuring his spine.

After everything is ready, start shooting.

The first jump ended with the bus sliding off the slope and crashing, but Ke Shouliang was unharmed.

The props team got another bus, dismantled it and modified it, and then filmed again two days later.

With the order, Ke Shouliang made an OK gesture, started the bus, accelerated all the way, and the bus took off into the air.

With a loud bang, it landed perfectly, and the camera recorded this spectacular scene.

The crew members felt relieved and applauded enthusiastically.

When Ke Shouliang came out of the car, everyone gave him a thumbs up.

Yang Ye took out a red envelope of 100,000 yuan and stuffed it into Ke Shouliang's pocket. He patted his shoulder and praised him, "Awesome!"

Instead, Ke Shouliang felt a little embarrassed as it took him two tries to succeed and he wasted a bus.

At the director's command, a group of people got on the car and continued to act out the drama of surviving a disaster.

Afterwards, all we have to do is composite the footage of the car speeding onto the real background of the gap and we’ll be done.

The filming lasted until 5pm. Chen Musheng called it a day. Rosamund Kwan came over and said sweetly, "Brother Ye, where are we going to eat tonight?"

Ever since the filming of Speed ​​began, Yang Ye has been monopolized by Rosamund Kwan.

Yang Ye said: "Jiahui, let's go to the movies tonight!"

Guan Zhilin was very happy and asked, "Okay, what are you looking at?"

Yang Ye said: "Boundless Oceans and Vast Skies!"

"Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" is the movie that Yang Ye made for Beyond, and it was originally going to be called "Beyond Band".

But Sizi felt that he was not bold enough to use it.

In the end, we used the name of the movie theme song, "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies".

Yang Ye thought that the name "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" was also a good one, after all, it was Beyond's representative work.

The later biographical film about the band Queen also used "Bohemian Rhapsody" as its title.

"Boundless Oceans" started to form a production team in April and was released in July. The entire cycle took only three months, which is not long, but for Hong Kong films, it is not short either.

Well, it’s July now and Ka Kui is still alive!

……

In the original time and space, "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" was the title song of Beyond's album "Joy and Fury" released in May 1993.

(Author's note: The previous article wrote that "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" won the Golden Melody Award. This is incorrect because according to the time, "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" had not been released when the award ceremony was held. This has been changed.)
When Beyond's first album was released, it only sold a few hundred copies, and the sales were abysmal. Many people laughed at Yang Ye for making mistakes.

The first album "Abraham Girl" only sold 20,000 copies and did not even reach the gold record level.

But not long after, Beyond became successful, and their albums all achieved platinum sales, and occasionally even double platinum sales.

Although the sales of 100,000 copies is not impressive compared to those of Hong Kong's top pop singers, there are only so many rock fans in Hong Kong, so it is already pretty cool.

The economy in coastal areas is developing rapidly now, and the Pearl River Delta is still a Cantonese-speaking area. Beyond's songs have no language barriers and are very popular.

But they are mostly pirated, because tapes are so easy to pirate.

Moreover, the profits from the sale of genuine copies had to be shared with the Guangzhou record company, so Beyond didn't get much money.

The sales of "Music and Fury" in its original time and space were not very ideal. It performed mediocrely when it was listed on the Hong Kong Radio Charts and never topped the charts. It dropped out of the top ten three weeks after its release.

At the time, sales were only over 20,000 copies, which was comparable to that of "Abraham Girl".

Not long after, Beyond went to Japan to promote the Japanese version of the album "Music and Fury".

On June 6, Huang Jiaju participated in a game show on Toyama TV for the purpose of publicity, but he had a stage accident and fell and was seriously injured.

On June 6, Huang Jiaju died...

After the news reached Hong Kong, everyone mourned the untimely death of this musical genius. The album "Music and Rage", which had originally been unpopular, suddenly became popular again.

At this time, everyone realized that they had missed such good music.

"Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" instantly topped the charts of major radio stations, and Ka Kui's songs were sung in the streets and alleys of Hong Kong.

The sales of "Music and Fury" soared wildly, and finally sold 400,000 copies. In Hong Kong, this is the top sales record.

Unfortunately, this sales volume was achieved at the cost of Ka Kui's life. To Yang Ye, he felt that this was a very ironic and sad thing.

People realized Ka Kui's talent only slowly, and by the time they discovered it, he was already gone.

Although the album sales hit a new high, all that was left was endless regret.

In Yang Ye's opinion, the album "Music and Fury" itself is one of the few masterpieces in the Chinese music scene, and can even be called great. It does not need to be elevated by the death of Ka Kui.

Yang Ye remembers that when he was in middle school, Beyond's tapes were the favorites of countless boys.

At that time he didn't know Wong Ka Kui and didn't know that he had passed away.

He was still young at that time, did not know the taste of sorrow, and had not experienced the ups and downs of life, but he was still moved by the song "Boundless Sea, Vast Sky".

Later, when he grew up, he struggled in society and was bruised and battered. When he listened to this song late at night, he would often burst into tears.

Decades have passed, and the popularity and influence of "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" among the general public no longer needs too many words to evaluate.

……

"Boundless Oceans" is not a particularly popular movie and was not originally eligible for a premiere.

Under normal circumstances, it would be screened at midnight first, and then based on the specific circumstances, it would determine how much to spend on publicity and promotion, and then it would be released, and that’s it!

Beyond is just a rock band with little fame. If they were to star in a movie, they wouldn't be able to sustain the box office.

Even though its leading lady is the now very popular Wang Fei, and even though it has the gimmick of being produced by Yang Ye.

Holding this premiere today was actually Yang Ye's initiative to build momentum for Beyond.

He not only wanted to use the premiere to promote the movie "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies", but more importantly, to promote the song "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies".

He firmly believes that this song is a classic, but fans now fail to recognize its value.

So he wanted to make something happen. He wanted to make the song "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" completely popular!

The album "Music and Fury" has not been released yet.

……

There are a lot of guests attending the premiere today, most of the Hong Kong music scene is here, and there are even quite a few movie stars.

Alan Tam, Leslie Cheung, Benz Hui, James Wong, and Joseph Koo, these music industry bigwigs and seniors.

The Four Heavenly Kings, Sally Yeh, Priscilla Chan and other popular superstars.

There are also Yang Ye’s apprentices, new singers who have made their mark through “The Voice of China”.

Even this year's popular students from "The Voice of China" came.

The Voice of China has been held for several consecutive years, and many singers have become famous thanks to this program.

Every summer, "The Voice of China" becomes the hottest program. When it is broadcast, even the movie box office of the day will be affected.

This really surprised the four members of Beyond. They never dreamed that so many people would come to support them.

Director Chen Kexin, along with the four members of Beyond and the main actors Wang Fei, Danny Summer, and Alan Shan, were welcoming guests at the theater entrance.

Several of them kept shaking hands and greeting the big names and newcomers in the music industry, and their hands were almost sore.

There were also many journalists present today, and they were also stunned: What is the origin of this movie? So many celebrities came to support it.

Zhou Xingchi walked into the theater alone. The creators of "Boundless Oceans" were immediately flattered and hurried forward to greet him: "Hello, Mr. Xing, welcome, it's a great honor for us!"

Zhou Xingchi smiled and said, "You're welcome, you're welcome. I heard your movie is great. I'll come and take a look!"

As soon as Zhou Xingchi entered, two girls followed him in, chatting in low voices as they walked.

A long-legged girl asked, "Was that man Stephen Chow just now?"

Another curly-haired girl said, “Right!”

"I really like his movies. I'm going to ask him to sign it."

The long-legged girl said this, waved to Sizi and the others, and chased after them.

The curly-haired girl behind him said sheepishly, "I'm sorry, she wanted to get Stephen Chow's autograph, so she ran faster."

Wang Fei took the initiative to say, "It's okay. You are the students of this year's Voice of China, right? I've seen you on TV."

The curly-haired girl nodded and said with a smile, "Yes, I am also a student of Teacher Zhang Guorong. My name is Li Wen. Hello, Senior Sister!"

When Wang Fei participated in The Voice of China, he followed Zhang Guorong. In fact, the two can be considered to be from the same school.

Wang Fei was very happy and said, "You sang very well. Many people said you would win the championship!"

Li Wen said carelessly: "It depends on the strength. I think everyone is very strong. By the way, I wish your movie a big box office success!"

"Thank you!"

"Then I'll go in first!"

When Li Wen was chatting with Wang Fei outside, the long-legged girl had already followed her in.

She chased after Zhou Xingchi and shouted, "Master Xing, can you sign an autograph for me?"

Zhou Xingchi turned around in surprise and asked, "Who are you?"

"I'm a contestant of this year's Voice of China. My name is Mo Wenwei. I really like watching your movies!"

Zhou Xingchi looked her up and found that although this girl's appearance was not top-notch, her figure was really great.

Especially those long legs, which are only seen in Zhou Xingchi's life.

Oh my god, she was wearing a very short skirt today, and most of her long legs were exposed.

The legs were long, slender, straight, and white, without a trace of excess fat, and paired with a pair of white stockings...

Zhou Xingchi instantly put away his cold expression and said with a smile: "Sure!"

……

Li Wen walked into the theater, found her seat, sat down next to Mo Wenwei, and asked, "Did you get Stephen Chow's autograph?"

Mo Wenwei said excitedly: "I got it, but..."

She changed the subject and said with a bitter face: "There are so many seniors, I want to sign with every one of them!"

Li Wen glanced at the front row. It was the first time she saw such a great person and she was very excited.

But then he said with a gloomy look: "Do you think the Jazz will come tonight?"

"That Sir?"

"Sir Yang Ye, our boss, who else is there?"

Mo Wenwei smiled and said, "You called the boss too early. The company hasn't signed a contract with us yet."

Li Wen glared at her and said confidently, "They will definitely sign me!"

Just then, Yang Ye walked in holding Guan Zhilin's hand. Li Wen's eyes suddenly lit up. She stared at Yang Ye, and in an instant, tears welled up in her eyes.

Mo Wenwei, who was standing by, saw this and gossiped, "Oh, so you have a crush on the Lord."

"Where can I have it?"

"If you have it, then you have it. Why are you embarrassed to admit it? Sir is so handsome, it's normal to have a crush on him. But you don't have to be so excited, right? You're almost crying!"

Li Wen wiped her tears and said, "It's not what you think!"

(End of this chapter)