Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Almost everyone who came on stage tonight thanked Yang Ye.

It was only right for the award winners from the "Kung Fu" crew to come on stage and thank Yang Ye.

"Farewell My Concubine" and "Love Unforgettable" are movies invested by Yang Ye, and they did not forget to take advantage of them.

Even the Japanese Emi Wada thanked Yang Ye after receiving the award.

Wada Emi's old partner, Kurosawa Akira, officially retired last year, so she will rely on Yang Ye from now on.

Yang Ye released four films last year, with a cumulative box office of over $1 billion.

Moreover, "Speed" is still being released in many places.

It was too fierce.

Two male actors were invited to present the Best Actress award, and when it came to the Best Actor award, the organizing committee invited two female stars, Liu Xiaoqing and Cheng Yuling, to come on stage to present the award.

As soon as she came on stage, Cheng Yuling asked Liu Xiaoqing, when filming in mainland China, are male actors paid higher or female actors paid higher?

Liu Xiaoqing asked in return: "Who is taller, the men or the women in Hong Kong?"

"The man is taller, so tall that there is no limit to his height."

"In mainland China, I have never seen anyone taller than me."

"So that means women are taller?"

"Yes!"

Cheng Yuling immediately hugged her thigh and said, "Can you introduce me to film in the mainland?"

As Shenzhen’s Guangming Film and Television Base continues to expand, the government has built various supporting facilities in the area.

More and more film crews started working there, and Liu Xiaoqing became more and more famous in the Hong Kong entertainment circle.

As the number of film and television projects in Hong Kong has continued to decrease recently, even well-known actresses like Cheng Yuling have begun to get close to Liu Xiaoqing.

The two chatted for a while and began to introduce the shortlist.

The nominees for Best Actor are: Yang Ye for "Kung Fu", Zhang Guorong for "Farewell My Concubine", Huang Qiusheng for "The Eight Immortals Restaurant: Barbecued Pork Buns", Andy Lau for "Love Unforgettable", and Chen Long for "Crime Squad".

Cheng Yuling looked at the shortlist and said to Liu Xiaoqing, "Hey, your boss is on it!"

"Yup!"

“What if the winner is announced and it’s not your boss?”

"Why don't you help me? I'll just read out my boss' name when I announce the list. Don't expose me!"

"I want to help you, but you should speak softly."

The two women were telling boring jokes on the stage. Among the five finalists below the stage, Yang Ye and Chen Long were relatively calm, while the other three were very nervous.

Andy Lau had just made the transition from TV dramas to movies, so naturally he hoped to become an overnight sensation and open the door to the film industry.

Zhang Guorong tends to get nervous when encountering big events. The last time he was on "Days of Being Wild", he was at the Canadian University of Finance and Economics and was unable to attend, which he has always regretted.

This time, I was nominated for "Farewell My Concubine", so my chances of winning are very high, which makes me even more nervous.

Huang Qiu Sheng was the person who won the Best Actor award in the original time and space. He is also the only person in the history of the Academy Awards to win the Best Actor award by starring in a Category III film.

Because this role was so fucking perverted, all the roles that other people offered him afterwards were perverted. He was unwilling to accept this and refused to take them. As a result, he had no more roles to shoot and his acting career hit rock bottom. For this reason, he even came up with the famous "Three Years of Bad Luck Theory after Winning an Award" in the entertainment industry.

But this time, he didn't stand a chance.

As expected, Liu Xiaoqing opened the list and announced, "Sorry, boss, the winner of Best Actor is Zhang Guorong!"

"Yeah!" Zhang Guorong cheered, stood up from his seat, hugged everyone around him, and then quickly ran onto the stage.

Cheng Dieyi is the most important role in Zhang Guorong's life and he cherishes it very much. One can imagine how excited he was to win the award for the role of Cheng Dieyi.

He ran up to the stage, and instead of taking the award, he moved his face towards the two beauties.

The two women kissed him on the face each, and he held up the little golden man contentedly. However, he was so excited that he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Seeing this, Cheng Yuling teased, "Ms. Liu, do you know that after Leslie came back from Cannes, he invited almost everyone he knew to watch Farewell My Concubine."

Cheng Yuling did this to give Zhang Guorong some time to relax. Liu Xiaoqing quickly responded: "Oh, really?"

"One time, he called me and said, 'I'll go see Farewell My Concubine with you!' I said I'd seen it twice. He said, 'But I haven't seen it with you yet!'"

"Hahahaha!"

What Cheng Yuling said was true. Many people in the audience had been harassed by Zhang Guorong because of this incident, and they immediately burst into laughter.

Amidst the laughter, Zhang Guorong finally came to his senses and calmly gave his acceptance speech.

Next come the most important Best Director and Best Film awards.

Brother Kaizi is full of confidence. From last year to this year, he has swept almost all the awards he has participated in with "Farewell My Concubine". In his opinion, the Academy Awards are no exception.

Sure enough, the Best Director award was given to him.

Just as he proudly went on stage to give his acceptance speech and was about to win another award, the Best Film award was given to "Kung Fu"!
He forgot about the system of the Academy Awards. Under this system design, there are many human factors involved.

It's a miracle that he won the Best Director award.

Yang Ye took the main creative team of "Kung Fu" to the stage to receive the award, and then gave a speech:

“Kung Fu is a summary of my 20-year career.

So at the end of the movie, everyone saw my image in my first movie, “Shaolin Temple.”

"Kung Fu" is also a brand new beginning.

In the next ten years, I will continue along this newly opened path.

As for what the result will be, let's wait and see!"

……

At the Academy Awards dinner, Yang Ye sat at a table with a few close friends.

I wanted to have a quiet meal, but that was impossible. Many people came to congratulate me, saying, "Congratulations Sir on your great victory tonight!"

Yang Ye naturally greeted him with a smile, but he didn't drink the toast. No matter how much he could drink, he couldn't drink it all. He just raised his glass symbolically.

Brother Kaizi, who was sitting at the next table, felt a little upset. He thought that since he had won the Cannes Film Festival and the Oscars, the Golden Image Award should be a piece of cake. But he didn't expect to lose to Yang Ye.

Seeing this, Gong Li had no choice but to explain: "Brother Ye said that there was a flaw when the Academy Awards was first designed.

In fact, considering Ye Ge's status in the Hong Kong film industry, it is a miracle that you can win the Best Director award."

Ge You on the side asked curiously: "What defect?"

Gong Li said: "The rules of the Hong Kong Film Awards were designed based on the template of the Academy Awards.

But our Chinese-language films are actually divided into three parts, which is quite different from Hollywood.

Under such circumstances, filmmakers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the mainland like to form groups, hoping that their own people can win awards.

In the early days of the Academy Awards, almost all the winners were from Hong Kong, because Hong Kong had the largest number of members at that time.

Everyone values ​​personal connections, so of course people will vote for their own people.

In recent years, as the membership scale of our mainland filmmakers has increased, we have gradually won some awards.

In addition, the Oscars can be promoted through public relations, and every year there are special public relations companies responsible for helping to win the awards.

In order to win awards, film companies are also willing to pay money.

For example, in order to help "Farewell My Concubine" compete for the Best Foreign Language Film, United Artists paid more than one million US dollars. "Huh?" Brother Kaizi was confused.

Before the awards were announced, he was invited by United Artists to attend several film critics meetings in the United States, where he won the Best Foreign Language Film awards from the three major film critics associations in New York, Los Angeles, and Boston.

It turns out that all this costs money?

Gong Li said as a matter of course: "Yes, I won these awards just to build momentum for the Oscars."

Ge You asked curiously: "Is this fair?"

"It's fair. The United States is a democratic society. They have to vote for everything. It's normal to do public relations in order to get elected. That's how they choose their president.

In Ye Ge's words, the members of the Oscars are still relatively principled. Generally speaking, only for films with relatively strong strength can public relations have a slight impact on the situation.

If the difference between the nominated films is too big, then PR is useless.”

Ge You was confused and felt that it was impressive. He ate a piece of beef and said, "Interesting!"

Gong Li continued, "Many filmmakers in Hong Kong rely on Ye Ge for their livelihood. If he wanted to, as long as he gave a hint, it wouldn't be a problem for him to win any award. It's just that he doesn't bother to do that."

Zhang Fengyi smoothed things over: "Actually, I think Kung Fu is pretty good."

After hearing what Gong Li said, Kaizi felt relieved and said, "Kung Fu is indeed impeccable in every aspect."

There is no way to feel relieved, the arm cannot twist the thigh!

……

"Master!"

Jet Li came over with a child and greeted Yang Ye.

After he opened his Zhengdong Film Company, he was initially ambitious, but his consecutive films were critically acclaimed but not commercially successful.

"Tai Chi Master" barely made over 10 million, and "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber" didn't even make over 10 million. Although they were able to recoup their costs through the overseas market, it was embarrassing.

The recent "New Shaolin Five Ancestors" did better at the box office, but it still didn't exceed 20 million.

For a star of his level, it is really disappointing.

On the other hand, his master became more and more courageous, and the movies he made became global hits one after another.

This made him realize that, as a kung fu star, he was okay at acting, but when it came to making movies, he was far behind his master.

When Yang Ye met Jet Li, he thought of something and asked, "Ajie, how about you help play a role in my new film? Although it's not the protagonist, it's also very important!"

Yang Ye spoke, how could Jet Li refuse, he agreed without hesitation.

This role is the one played by Zou Zhaolong in "The Matrix".

In the original version, the Wachowski brothers originally planned to invite Jet Li to play the role, but Jet Li refused.

Jet Li said that the Wachowski brothers wanted to use a computer to record his movements, but he felt that this was his livelihood and there was no way he could give it to others easily, so he refused.

"Well, I'll have someone give you the script in a few days. Please adjust your schedule and let me know when you are free so I can arrange it."

"No problem, how long will it take?"

"This movie will take a whole year to shoot, and your part will take about a month. It will be fine if you have time this year!"

"Okay, I'll arrange it."

When filming Yang Ye's movie, he cannot overlap with other projects, so Jet Li had to make time for it.

Yang Ye hummed, looked at the child beside him, and said jokingly: "Is this your son?"

Jet Li quickly said, "His name is Xie Miao, and he played my son Hong Wending in The New Shaolin Five Ancestors. Xiao Miao, call him."

Xie Miao plays Jet Li's son in the movie. When he saw Jet Li's master, he thought for a moment and shouted, "Hello, Grandpa Yang!"

"puff!"

Guan Zhilin, who was beside Yang Ye, was drinking, and when Xie Miao called out "Grandpa Yang", she couldn't help but burst out laughing.

“Sorry…” Guan Zhilin quickly took a napkin to wipe the wine stain, but couldn’t help laughing: “Grandpa Yang, hahaha!”

Not only Rosamund Kwan was laughing, but everyone else at the table was also trying to hold back their laughter.

Xie Miao realized that he had shouted the wrong thing and his face turned red.

Seeing this, Yang Ye quickly patted his head and comforted him, "Don't be nervous, it's right for you to call him that, Ajie is your dad!"

As he spoke, he searched his pockets but found nothing, so he had no choice but to ask Guan Zhilin, "Do you have any money?"

"Bring it!"

Yang Ye took two Red Bulls from Guan Zhilin's wallet and stuffed them into Xie Miao's pockets, saying with a smile, "I'll give you a red envelope. You can't call me grandpa for nothing!"

Li Lianjie signaled Xie Miao to accept it, and Xie Miao accepted it and said, "Thank you, Grandpa Yang!"

"Hahaha!" Rosamund Kwan laughed again.

Yang Ye couldn't help but roll his eyes, thinking that your sense of humor is too low.

Yang Ye looked at little Xie Miao and suddenly thought of the child's future path.

Xie Miao made his debut at the age of nine. He left a deep impression on people by playing Jet Li's son in "The New Shaolin Five Ancestors" and "A Letter to Dad", and was called "Jet Li's successor."

Wang Jing thought this guy was good and planned to sign a long-term contract with him.

As a result, Xie Miao faced a problem: whether to continue filming or go back to school.

Xie Miao's mother asked Zhou Runfa about this question at the celebration party of "God of Gamblers 2": "Brother Fa, Xie Miao's contract with director Wang Jing is about to expire. Do you think it is better for him to continue making movies or go back to school?"

Zhou Runfa thought for a while, took out 5,000 yuan and stuffed it into Xie Miao's mother's pocket, and told her: "I just suffered from my lack of education. I'd better study more. It's never too late to film a movie."

Fatty Wang was so anxious that he kept jumping up and down: "You have to become famous as soon as possible! Of course, you should continue to film, and make more movies! You can also hire a tutor to make up for the homework!"

In the end, Xie Miao's mother thought it over again and again, listened to Zhou Runfa's advice, and took the eleven-year-old Xie Miao back to the capital.

So, Xie Miao shed his star halo, became an ordinary child, and continued his studies.

When he graduated from college and wanted to act again, there was no place for him.

After repeated efforts, I finally found a way forward in online movies.

In Yang Ye's opinion, Zhou Runfa's starting point was good, but Wang Jing's point of view was correct.

Being famous is a very metaphysical thing. Small fame depends on promotion, while great fame depends on luck.

Even a time traveler like Yang Ye, when promoting someone, tends to promote those who were famous in the original time and space, so that the cost of trial and error is low.

Xie Miao has finally become famous, so he should take advantage of this opportunity to make more money. If he misses this opportunity, he will never get it again.

As for studying, as long as you have money, you can hire someone to tutor you while filming, and it won’t delay anything.

Yang Ye decided to give Xie Miao a chance and let him continue filming, so he asked, "Where's your mother?"

"My mother didn't come today!"

Yang Ye said to Li Lianjie: "Ajie, tell his mother later that I want to invite little Xie Miao to act in the movie!"

Jet Li's eyes lit up: "This is good news, what kind of movie are you filming?"

Yang Ye said: "Isn't ATV's "Justice Bao" very popular? Now we plan to strike while the iron is hot and shoot a "Young Justice Bao".

It tells the story of some bizarre events that happened when the young Bao Zheng went to Beijing to take the imperial examination, with the main focus being on solving cases.

Xiao Xie Miao is so good at martial arts, I think he can play the role of Xiao Zhan Zhao." (End of this chapter)