Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Entering the 1990s, exchanges between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau became increasingly frequent. Director Li Xing hoped that mainland films could also be nominated for the Golden Horse Awards this time.

Although it was not approved in the end, as a second best option, the mainland film industry sent a delegation led by director Xie Jin to observe.

Xie Jin wanted to meet Liuzi and was also approved.

Yang Ye wanted to join in the fun and meet this legendary figure, so he was approved to go with Xie Jin.

Yang Ye took a photo with Liu Zi and gave him a set of his complete movie collection, including the latest "Terminator 3".

Several years later, a photo of Yang Ye and Liuzi was revealed, and many netizens exclaimed that they had witnessed history.

"Terminator 2" was the global box office champion in 1987. Naturally, the sequel attracted much attention and expectations.

Yang Ye has released two films this year, "Bodyguard from Beijing" and "Kung Fu", both of which performed very well at the box office.

Now, for the first time ever, the third film is going to be released, and it is said that there is a fourth film to be released soon, which makes his fans very happy.

At the same time as "Kung Fu" was released, "Terminator 3" started its global promotion work and is now about to be released.

As soon as the Golden Horse Awards ended, Yang Ye flew to Japan and opened the world premiere of "Terminator 3" at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

The premiere was held at the Tokyo Film Festival this time because the Tokyo Film Festival has invited Yang Ye to participate many times since its establishment in 1985.

Yang Ye had always refused to go on the grounds that he had no time, but the Tokyo Film Festival persisted in inviting him for six consecutive years, and Yang Ye really couldn't refuse.

However, he did not agree to serve as the chairman of the jury, but only agreed to bring "Terminator 3" to the Tokyo Film Festival for its world premiere.

As soon as Yang Ye arrived in Tokyo, he received a warm welcome. After all, a film festival is all about starlight.

At this time, Wu Jing, Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry also rushed to Jingdong to meet up with Yang Ye.

At the premiere, the four main actors of "Terminator 3" gathered together, and Yang Ye solemnly introduced the three main actors to the media.

The little Wu Jing from back then has grown into a handsome man. Yang Ye introduced him as the national martial arts champion, which made the Japanese media exclaim that another kung fu superstar is about to be born.

As for the two beauties Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry, they are very beautiful and come from the fatherland of Japan, so they were also treated with great courtesy.

As early as 1983, Wu Jing played the childhood Ah Tian in "Ong Bak", and many movies invited Wu Jing to star in that time.

Yang Ye helped Wu Jing to refuse all the requests, and also suggested to Wu Jing's parents that he should practice Kung Fu well and lay a solid foundation first.

By the time "Terminator 2" was released, Xiao Wu Jing had become a world-famous star. Yang Ye still forbade him to take any acting jobs, but he adopted him as his godson and brought him with him to receive training in martial arts and acting.

In the original time and space, Wu Jing became paralyzed at the age of fourteen due to practicing martial arts and nearly died. Yang Ye helped him avoid this hurdle, and now his skills and physical fitness are stronger than in the original time and space.

After "Terminator 3" is released, I will prepare for my official debut.

Having made three movies with Yang Ye, Wu Jing had a very high starting point, but Yang Ye asked him to start from scratch instead of rashly taking on big productions.

Because his popularity is actually brought by Yang Ye, and it is rather superficial. Without Yang Ye, it may not be able to carry the box office, so it is better to proceed steadily.

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After the interview, the movie officially started screening.

This time in "Terminator 3", two Terminators are still sent from the future, and then the hunting mode is started.

The plot is unremarkable and there is no breakthrough in the clichés. The only eye-catching part is that the male Terminator is replaced by a female Terminator.

But Harley's figure is really great. When she appeared on stage, she was completely naked from the front, and many viewers stared at her with their eyes wide open.

The T1000 was amazing back then, but it had a flaw: although it couldn't kill, its lethality was insufficient.

This time the TX has been greatly enhanced in combat capability. In addition to the liquid skin of the T1000, it also has a metal skeleton. Not only is it indestructible and can be deformed, it can also carry various weapons such as plasma cannons, chainsaws, flamethrowers, etc. It is powerful and can beat the T850 badly.

But "Terminator 3" also has some advantages of its own. The film has clear sections and the rhythm is well controlled.

It divides the action and plot into two clear parts, and the two almost never overlap.

The action scenes are clean, sharp, fiery and exciting, making your adrenaline rush.

Most of the scenes explaining the plot take place in the getaway car, which serves as a rhythm adjustment and does not make it feel lengthy.

Generally speaking, making a sequel is about adding to the previous one, with each sequel having stronger combat power and bigger battle scenes, otherwise the audience's expectations will not be met.

"Terminator 3" follows this gameplay. The fighting scene between Yang Ye and Harley is very passionate. Yang Ye carries Harley and hits her madly without any mercy.

Especially the road chase scene full of metal collisions was so thrilling to watch.

Wow, not only did it destroy the entire road, but even the houses along the road were not spared.

In the past, when shooting this kind of scene, people would generally choose to use miniature models.

In "Terminator 3", a road was actually built, a house was built on the side of the road, and then it was actually destroyed.

This is a truly grand scene, and it is definitely considered a classic road chase scene in film history.

Moreover, compared with the original work, Yang Ye still made some innovations.

The first is to modify the character of John Connor. (Yang Han was adopted by an American couple, and his English name is John Connor.)
In the original third part, Connor is a decadent young man with no personal charm, which makes people wonder if he can be a leader?
This is inconsistent with his character in the second part and also weakens the charm of his mother.

Because his mother was a brave warrior, she taught him various skills since he was a child, and wanted to train him to be a warrior who could save the world.

So in the third part of Yang Ye's version, Yang Han inherited Yang Lisha's personality. Although he is not a superman, he is very fierce and is very good at fighting and using firearms.

Moreover, after reuniting with his former playmate Kate Brewster, he took the initiative to approach her, save her, and protect her, and the two even had a kissing scene.

In addition, Yang Ye also used his future experiences to add some high-tech things to the movie.

TX's settings, in addition to her powerful combat capabilities, she can also copy programs from any system, invade other computer systems, use nano-injectors to inject viruses, and tamper with programs in order to achieve the purpose of domination and control.

The story of the movie takes place in 2003. So what will computers and mobile phones look like in the future?

In Yang Ye's version of "Terminator 3", the mobile phone is a touch screen and the computer monitor is an LCD, which looks very sci-fi.

Although Yang Ye deliberately made his statements ambiguous, his fantasy about the future still opened the eyes of many viewers.

The 1990s was a period of rapid development of liquid crystal technology, so what he did was not excessive and it satisfied the fantasies of many people.

After Yang Ye's adjustments, the final film of "Terminator 3" can be considered to be just average.

The movie ends with a global nuclear explosion and the destruction of the world, and the audience gives warm applause.

During the Tokyo International Film Festival, there was a constant stream of audiences coming to see the film, and the screening rights for the film were naturally sold out.

..."Terminator 3" didn't win any awards at the Tokyo Film Festival, but Yang Ye didn't care much.

With nothing to do, he went to work as an art consultant for Kadokawa Pictures' upcoming film "The Tale of Genji".

"The Tale of Genji" is known as the Japanese "Dream of the Red Chamber", but it was written eight hundred years earlier than "Dream of the Red Chamber" and is the earliest novel in the world.

This book is well-known in Japan and has been adapted into a movie many times. As of 1993, ten versions have been produced.

Because of his different ideas with Haruki Kadokawa, Kadokawa Lehiko chose to leave, and the two brothers fell out, which made Haruki Kadokawa very depressed.

However, Yang Ye subsequently invested in Kadokawa Lehiko, helping him switch to light novels.

Kadokawa Koyomi has his own goals, and not only is there no competition between him and his brother, there are even unlimited possibilities for cooperation, and their relationship has become better.

Because if you want to make light novels big, you have to adapt them into movies or animations.

With a large film company at home, isn't it a perfect partnership?

One provides IP, the other is responsible for incubation. Together they make the business bigger and stronger, and both have a bright future.

So the two brothers became friends again.

The thing that Haruki Kadokawa is most proud of is that he decisively chose Yang Ye back then. Since then, his entertainment career in Japan has been booming.

He treated Yang Ye as a good friend and admired Yang Ye's vision. When he saw Yang Ye investing in Kadokawa Lehiko, he also decisively bought shares.

Now that Kadokawa Lehiko has the support of two conglomerates, he has a lot of money and almost unlimited ammunition, and is preparing to do something big.

In this year in the original time and space, Haruki Kadokawa, who was at the peak of his career, was interrupted because he was betrayed by his younger brother.

It was not until 2004 that he made a comeback and made several big productions, but the popularity was not as great as before.

One of them, "Gray Wolf: To the End of the Earth", tells the story of Genghis Khan.

The Japanese filmed the Mongolians and made them look like a piece of fucking shit. They lost money like idiots.

And now, Haruki Kadokawa has nothing to do. He is addicted to making movies and has set his sights on "The Tale of Genji", and is preparing to adapt it into a movie.

It happened that Yang Ye came to Tokyo and met with them brothers, so he took the opportunity to ask for Yang Ye's opinion.

The novel "The Tale of Genji" tells the story of the decadent life of Japanese aristocrats, the fate of the world and the tragedy of women.

A thousand years ago in Echizen Province, Emperor Fujitsubo had a son with a concubine of humble status.

The other concubines were extremely jealous, and within three years, they had this concubine killed.

It would be difficult for the little prince to gain a foothold in the palace without the support of powerful relatives.

Emperor Kiritsubo had no choice but to demote him to a vassal and gave him the surname Minamoto.

Genji was not only stunningly handsome, but also extremely talented, but although he was a prince, he did not have the status of a prince.

After Genji had his coming-of-age ceremony at the age of twelve, he married Aoi, the daughter of the Left Minister, but he did not love her.

Since childhood, Genji had been in love with his father's favorite concubine Fujitsubo, and had an incestuous relationship with her. He even got her pregnant and gave birth to a son.

Later, Genji accidentally discovered a girl named Murasakigami who looked very much like Fujitsubo, so he raised her at home and married her as his official wife.

Genji also had ambiguous relationships with dozens of noble women, including Akashihime, Sakamoto Tsukiyo, and Rokujo...

In short, this guy is Ximen Qing from "Jin Ping Mei" who traveled through time and space and became Jia Baoyu from "Dream of Red Mansions". He is handsome, tall, rich and handsome, and he specializes in fucking beautiful, rich and pretty girls...

Since the novel was too long to be told in one movie, Yang Ye suggested that Kadokawa Haruki only film the story of the first volume.

This way, a lot of the women can be cut out and only seven need to be filmed.

Find a famous and well-reputed veteran actress to play Murasaki Shikibu, as the narrator of the story.

Find another beautiful woman with a strong wifely vibe to play Genji’s stepmother, and have her commit incest with Genji.

Find another beautiful woman to play the heroine Murasaki, and a few other beautiful girls to play Aoihime, Akashihime, Oborozukiyo, etc., and all of them will be fucked by Genji.

The most important thing is that the male protagonist Genji needs to find a woman to play the role.

After all this talk, the key point is to find a woman to play the role of Genji.

"Invincible in the East" starring Yang Ye and Lin Qingxia was very popular in Japan. The ninja fighting scenes in the movie opened the eyes of the Japanese and amazed them.

Lin Qingxia's cross-dressing role as Dongfang Bubai was extremely charming and beautiful, and was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people in Japan.

Yang Ye suggested: "Genji is extremely handsome. Using an ordinary man to play the role will not satisfy the audience's fantasy. I suggest using a woman to play the role."

Haruki Kadokawa understands literature. Since the characters in literary works are described with words, readers need to imagine them on their own.

Haruki Kadokawa understands that a character that is deeply rooted in people's hearts and that readers empathize with is often perfect.

If a character in a novel is very handsome or beautiful, even if you find a handsome man or a beautiful woman to play the role, readers will often be very disgusted and think, "How can this guy, with such a look, be qualified to play XXX?"

Some people can even empathize with the characters when watching porn movies. They imagine Youyou to be pure and flawless, and many serious female stars are not worthy of comparison.

As for the scenes of his pure goddess eating and drinking in the movies, he would automatically block them out.

Or imagine that she has her own reasons and cannot help it, which makes us feel more distressed and sympathetic towards her.

Therefore, Yang Ye's suggestion of using a woman to play the role of Genji was highly agreed by Kadokawa Haruki.

Because from the perspective of human aesthetics, no matter how beautiful a man is, he is not as beautiful as a woman.

For many women, they prefer men with soft, feminine looks and think they are handsome.

Men are not averse to very beautiful women.

This is why in the entertainment industry, the androgynous beauty of both men and women is often the most popular and has the highest commercial value.

This is also the fundamental reason why Lin Qingxia is known as the most beautiful woman in Southeast Asia.

So who will play the role of Genji? Of course it's Yuki Amami!

When Yang Ye dressed up Amami Yuki and made her stand in front of Kadokawa Haruki in a gentleman's outfit, this guy's eyes widened.

Yang Ye also admired it very much: "You are so damn handsome! It's you tonight, don't even change your clothes." (End of this chapter)