Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

During the Christmas season in Hong Kong in 1994, Yang Ye's "The Matrix" was a huge success, earning 6300 million Hong Kong dollars, leaving other movies far behind.

This result broke the box office record in Hong Kong and became the third film released in Hong Kong with a box office of over 6000 million.

Compared to the miracles created by Yang Ye, other movies are gloomy and dismal.

After Wang Jing's "The Demon Cult Leader" flopped at the box office, he had no plans to make any more films.

But Yang Ye wanted to watch "I'll Wait for You in Dadu", so he took the copyright back and invested in the second part.

Yang Ye was willing to pay and didn't care whether he could get his money back or not. Since he was so willful, Wang Jing let go and filmed the second part.

In Wang Jing's adaptation, Zhang Wuji still continues his sinister character in "The Demon Cult Leader".

In the original novel, Zhang Wuji was undecided between Minmin and Zhiruo, but in this version... I want them all!
Wang Jing adapted it this way, completely according to Yang Ye's wishes, and customized it for him.

The movie was released a week before "The Matrix" and grossed over 1400 million in Hong Kong, which was several million more than the first one.

This surprised Wang Jing quite a bit, as he thought the amount would be no more than tens of millions.

Taking into account overseas income, even if we don’t make money, there is no problem in breaking even.

Wang Jing was really convinced!

Everyone, including Wang Jing himself, believed that the project was bound to lose money, but Yang Ye actually managed to break even after taking over. Could it be that he was really the reincarnation of Purple Star?

Although the box office was not high, it was the second best performing film during this year's Christmas season.

Other films, such as "Three Young Men in Love" produced by Yonggao, had a box office of less than 10 million.

"The Fall of Hong Kong", produced by Jingyi and directed by Wang Jing's apprentice Qian Wenqi, grossed less than five million yuan.

This is a Category III film, and the original heroines were Amy Yip and Shu-zhen Yau.

Since Shu-zhen Qiu followed Yang Ye, it was naturally impossible for her to make this kind of film. Wang Jing actually tricked Christy Chung into coming over.

Although she didn't expose her private parts, it was probably about to happen. Christy Chung is a foreign girl who grew up abroad, so she is very open-minded. The movies she starred in later, "Natalie Port" and "Lust, Caution", were both great!
Among his other movies, "The Strange Hero Yizhimei" written by Wong Jing only had a box office of over 2 million, which was considered a Waterloo in his screenwriting career.

This year, Red Rose and White Rose, which swept the Golden Horse Awards and won Chen Chong the Best Actress award, only grossed over one million in Hong Kong.

Such poor results make people sigh and wonder how deserted this Christmas season would be without Yang Ye.

Under such circumstances, Hong Kong's cinema chains also presented a situation of extreme contrast.

The theaters that joined the theater alliance were naturally very fortunate. With Yang Ye as their support, they would never have to worry about not making money.

Both Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers' cinema chains make money thanks to Yang Ye. They were not happy about the stock exchange back then, but now it seems that they have made a lot of money.

The bosses of the two companies were now very polite when they saw Yang Ye, even Fang Yihua maintained a polite appearance.

However, some theaters that have not joined the theater alliance are in trouble. On such a beautiful holiday, there are few customers.

Some people began to find ways to join the theater alliance, even at the cost of making concessions or offering bribes.

The cinema alliance has very strict requirements for joining theaters, and not just anyone can join.

During the heyday of Hong Kong films, cinemas sprang up like mushrooms after a rain, and at one point the number increased to more than 200.

The cinema alliance has less than 100 theaters affiliated with it, not even half of that.

Due to the prosperity of Hong Kong films, these cinemas are doing well even without joining the franchise.

Many theaters don’t want to join at all because it costs money to join.

But now, since we can’t squeeze in, we have no choice but to close down.

So, at the end of 1994, when The Matrix was booming at the box office, a wave of cinema closures suddenly occurred in Hong Kong.

Many people didn’t enter the market for long, as Hong Kong films only reached their peak in 93. Who would have thought that they would decline within a year.

Opening a cinema requires a considerable investment, and many people lose all their money.

When you see the market is booming, you think about squeezing in to get a piece of the pie, and that is the only possible outcome.

It is cheaper for those who sell equipment.

……

A few days later, ATV’s New Year’s Eve concert.

Tickets for the Hong Kong Coliseum were sold out half a month ago, and more people chose to watch at home.

Yangji has produced a large number of singers in recent years. Every year’s New Year’s Eve concert is like a team-building event organized by the record company. It is extremely lively.

This year's New Year's Eve concert has a very strong lineup with more than 40 singers including the Four Heavenly Kings, Zhou Huajian, Chyi Yu and Chyi Chin, Ren Xianqi, Wang Fei, Yang Yuying, Karen Mok, Li Wen, and Prince Ji.

Yang Ye hasn't performed on stage for many years, but he sang a song "BJ One Night" at the Hong Kong Coliseum not long ago. Afterwards, the media said that he wrote this song while picking up girls in Beijing.

Music critics gave the song high praise, saying it was a model work that combined Eastern Peking Opera with Western rock, and classical with modern elements.

Afterwards, the audience frantically called ATV's hotline, requesting Yang Ye to sing this song at the New Year's Eve concert.

Yang Ye hadn't spoiled his fans for a long time and decided to meet their demands.

When Yang Ye released the studio version of "BJ's One Night", he invited the original female singer Liu Jiahui to record it. She was a member of the Rolling Stones.

But Yang Ye took the opportunity to invite her to perform at the New Year's Eve concert, but she refused.

Liu Jiahui is a very interesting person. She doesn’t like to be famous and just wants to work behind the scenes.

The only album she released was forced by the Rolling Stones. When they wanted to release a second one, she refused.

Rolling Stone gave the album that was prepared for her to Rene Liu, and one of the songs in the album was called "Crazy for Love", which made Milk Tea an instant hit.

Since Liu Jiahui refused to come, Yang Ye asked Yang Yuying to come and go on stage with him.

Before the concert, Yang Yuying returned to Hong Kong early to rehearse with Yang Ye.

As soon as Yang Yuying saw Yang Ye, she started to flatter him.

"Teacher, The Matrix is ​​so good. You are so handsome! So super handsome!"

"Where did you watch it?"

"In Beijing, I went to watch the show with Brother Wolf, Sister Pansy, and many other friends. We booked a theater together."

"Wow, you two have a good relationship!"

"Of course. Me, Brother Lang, Huilun, and Xiaohui, the four of us often keep in touch with each other."

"How did you get in touch?"

"Let's play mahjong!"

"Ah, this... You four are from all over the world, yet you often get together to play mahjong. You really have nothing better to do... You have a deep bond!"

"Of course!" Yang Yuying said happily, but suddenly she felt something was wrong, "Salted eggs?"

Yang Yuying has never heard of the phrase "bored to death" because it is a network term from later generations.

Yang Ye couldn't explain, after all, she was a girl, so he changed the subject and asked, "What did you say on the phone last time?"

"I'll have dinner with you. When I came here, I told Huilun and Xiaohui that we'd meet at the Typhoon Shelter tonight."

"I have no problem with that. Aren't you afraid of scaring Huilun and Xiaohui to death?"

"They love it so much that they cry while eating it."

"This reminds me of Xiaoxian. She even took her allergy medicine with her to eat crabs."

When Yang Ye talked about Wang Zuxian, he felt a little pain in his heart.

Yang Ye had too many women. He was a philanderer and had no place to live. Wang Zuxian didn't want to continue with him in such an ambiguous relationship, so she gradually withdrew from the entertainment industry and left Hong Kong. In the past year, Yang Ye had been in Shenzhen filming "The Matrix". Wang Zuxian left quietly without even saying goodbye. When Yang Ye remembered her, she had disappeared without a trace.

If it was ten years ago, Yang Ye would definitely find her back, but now he felt that it might not be a bad thing for her to leave him.

What can I give her?

Money? She had it all.

A name? She already had one.

Love? The love she shared with dozens of women. She didn't want it.

In the end, Yang Ye gave up the idea of ​​looking for her and decided to just let things take their course.

Although Yang Ye had already investigated where she was.

Yang Yuying saw that Yang Ye suddenly became silent and thought that she had said something wrong, but Yang Ye quickly returned to normal: "Let's start rehearsing!"

"Okay!"

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The two of them prepared for a while, and Yang Yuying got ready and sang in a shrill voice: "I don't want to ask you anymore, where are you? I don't want to think about whether you can come back. I think about your heart, think about your face, I want to hold it in my heart, and I won't let go if I can..."

As soon as Yang Yuying opened her mouth, the lyrics inexplicably touched Yang Ye's heart.

In this life, he really enjoyed himself, but he also committed real sins.

……

After Yang Ye and Yang Yuying finished their rehearsal, they drove to the Typhoon Shelter Restaurant in Kowloon, where Liu Xiaohui and Su Huilun were already waiting.

As soon as they saw Yang Ye, they stepped forward and called him teacher affectionately.

With three beautiful girls accompanying him, Yang Ye felt much better. He said with a smile, "Long time no see, long time no see."

The two female students also flattered each other. Liu Xiaohui said, "I missed you so much. Yesterday I called my friends to go to the cinema to see you."

"how do you feel?"

"So cool! When will the sequel come out?"

“Next year!”

“Isn’t the sequel even cooler?”

The four of them walked into a pre-booked private room chatting and laughing, and were suddenly stopped by a young man in the aisle.

The man ignored Yang Ye and said to Yang Yuying with a look of surprise: "Gang Gang, what a coincidence, you are here to eat too!"

Yang Yuying said speechlessly: "Mr. Lai, you know very well that this is not a coincidence."

The young man laughed, not embarrassed at all, and said, "You are really smart. I knew you were having dinner here, and I came here specially to wait for you. Why don't I treat you today?"

Su Huilun and Liu Xiaohui looked at Yang Yuying with curiosity, wanting to know who this man was. He was really shameless.

Yang Yuying said helplessly: "No need, I am having a party with my teacher and sisters today, please don't disturb me, thank you!"

The young man then looked at Yang Ye, and then at Su Huilun and Liu Xiaohui beside Yang Ye. They were both beauties, but he only had eyes for Yang Yuying.

He knew Yang Ye, who was also Yang Yuying's teacher. He extended his hand and said politely, "Hello, Mr. Yang. I am Lai Wenfeng, the general manager of the Fireworks Group. I am a fan of yours and have loved watching your movies since I was a child."

Yang Ye ignored this guy, pulled Yang Yuying past him, entered the box, and ignored him.

You are of no rank, and you are worthy of shaking hands with me.

Lai Wenfeng felt insulted and wanted to chase after him, but Yang Ye’s bodyguards showed up and stopped him.

The four of them entered the box, and the two curious babies, Elva Hsiao and Liu Xiaohui, immediately asked, "Gang Gang, who is that person?"

Yang Yuying said with a bitter face, "Didn't he just introduce himself?"

Liu Xiaohui asked, "What group's general manager? He's young and promising. Is he pursuing you?"

Yang Yuying nodded helplessly.

Elva Hsiao said: "He is so shameless. He is not angry at all even though you exposed him."

Yang Ye frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you to stay away from this guy?"

As soon as Yang Ye spoke, Elva Hsiao and Liu Xiaohui were immediately stunned.

The three of them were close friends, but they had no idea that Yang Yuying was being pursued by this playboy-looking man.

And Yang Ye not only knew about it, but also seemed to be involved in the matter.

Yang Yuying said helplessly: "I didn't dare to provoke him, but he just stuck to me. Later he gave me gifts, but I didn't dare to accept them..."

Yang Yuying gave a brief account of the incident, and her writing style was quite arrogant.

In order to pick up girls, he staged a trick on the first day by ramming six Mercedes-Benz cars in a row to attract Yang Yuying's attention.

In the evening, another piece of fine jade was given to me.

A few days later, when Yang Yuying's concert opened, he presented a flower basket.

What kind of flower basket? A flower basket made of 800,000 RMB.

Yang Yuying was on a nationwide tour, so this guy got a motorcade and took a bunch of friends with him, chasing her all the way from Xiamen to Chengdu to support her.

Wherever he goes, he will buy the most expensive tickets in the front row, and he often lets the young master pay for all the expenses in the venue, showing off his money power!

After Yang Yuying finished speaking, Liu Xiaohui sighed, "He is so infatuated!"

Elva Hsiao also sighed: "He loves you very much!"

Yang Ye glared at the two girls. Seeing that Yang Ye was unhappy, they immediately felt that this matter was not simple and chose to shut up.

At this time, the unique flavor of the Typhoon Shelter dishes were served.

Yang Ye picked up a rich shrimp, peeled off the shell, took a bite, and asked casually: "Are you tempted?"

"I..." Yang Yuying wanted to deny it, but she was indeed a little touched in her heart, so she didn't say it out loud.

"As the saying goes, a strong woman is afraid of a clinging man. It's normal for you to be moved by him being so persistent and spending a lot of money on you. It's nothing."

Yang Yuying said helplessly: "I...I don't know what to do."

Yang Ye sighed and said, "In theory, this guy is indeed good to you, but what he is doing now is courting death. I can't watch you become a widow. Let me handle this matter!"

Yang Yuying was still a young girl, but Yang Ye mentioned being a widow. Yang Ye couldn't help but blush and said shyly, "What? That's so ugly."

Elva Hsiao and Liu Xiaohui were even more confused after hearing this. Why did it bring up widowhood?
Is it true that Lai Wenfeng will die? Will Yang Yuying become a widow if she marries him?

How did Yang Ye know this? Could he really be the reincarnation of Purple Star?

Yang Yuying explained to the two sisters: "The teacher has investigated Lai Wenfeng. He is a smuggler. He smuggles cars, oil and other materials from Hong Kong to the mainland. The amount is very large, so he is so rich."

The two were shocked and said quickly: "Then stay away from him!"

Yang Ye thought, you two are not the parties involved.

The minds of men and women are indeed different. Even if a man is an unforgivable bastard, as long as he is handsome and treats women well, he can still move the woman to tears.

Later, there was a very popular online article that told the story of a woman whose boyfriend was a narcotics police officer who was killed by drug dealers.

She lurked around the drug dealer to avenge her boyfriend, but fell in love with him.

Yang Ye was completely shocked by this plot, but this thing actually became popular on the Internet and was crazily sought after by countless young girls. (End of this chapter)