Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

It was a rare occasion for Yang Ye to protect his fans, so he naturally would not let Victoria down.

Unfortunately, Yang Ye ran away the next day, which made Victoria quite regretful!

Yang Ye returned to Hong Kong and the family celebrated a lively New Year.

This Spring Festival, all the women who had children with him, except Anjani, were present.

So far, he has thirteen children in this time and space.

The eldest son Yang Hao born to Zhao Yazhi, nicknamed Ritian; the eldest daughter Yang Xi born to Ajani, French name Irena; the second son Yang Yu born to Xu Feng, nicknamed Tu Dou. They were all born in 1979 and are already years old this year.

Yang Xiao, the second daughter born to Lin Qingxia; Yang Chen, the third son born to Lin Fengjiao; they were both born in 1982, on the same birthday, and are thirteen years old this year.

Yang Sheng, the fourth son of Yang and Yamaguchi Momoe, was born in 1983 and is twelve years old this year.

The twins Yang Xin and Yang Min, born to Deng Lijun in 1986, are nine years old this year.

Yang Qing, the fourth daughter born to Hu Yinmeng, was born in 1987 and is eight years old this year.

Yang Zhao, the sixth son born from a one-night stand with Zeng Huaqian, nicknamed Yang Liulang, was born in 1988 and is seven years old this year.

Yang Sheng, the seventh son born to He Qing, and Yang Jing, the eighth son born to Fu Yiwei, were both born in 1992 and are three years old this year.

Yang Mian, the ninth son born to Zhu Lin, was born in 1994 and just turned one year old this year.

The word "冠" (crown) is not actually the radical of "日" (sun), but "冠" (crown) is the crown of the emperor, and Zhu Lin is Yang Ye's beloved queen, so Yang Ye deliberately gave her the word "冠" (crown) to show his favor.

In addition to these thirteen biological children, there is also a stepdaughter Yang Mi, also known as Liu Yifei, brought by Liu Xiaoli.

After Liu Xiaoli came to Hong Kong, she found out that Yang Ye had a lot of women and children. However, Yang Ye gave her too much and treated her daughter as his own, so she finally accepted her fate.

In fact, Yang Ye's title of the richest man played a big role. After becoming the richest man, he seemed to have special privileges, and his women all tacitly agreed that he could have multiple wives.

Among these, in addition to the fact that the women who followed Yang Ye in the early days did have deep feelings for him, the more important factor was that the children born to him would be able to inherit a huge amount of property in the future.

In all parts of the world, women are generally regarded as the "second sex".
The richest man naturally has privileges in choosing a spouse. For example, Musk in later generations had many children with different women, and no one said anything.

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On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Yang Ye returned to his old house in Lion Rock. All his disciples, students, and adopted sons and daughters came to pay New Year's greetings.

As the richest Chinese in the world, Yang Ye treats people around him very well, so the relationship between him and his disciples, students, and adopted children has become closer and closer.

Inside the room, Zhou Huimin was like a hostess, directing, busying herself, and arranging tonight's banquet.

The sun was shining brightly outside. Yang Ye was sitting in the yard basking in the sun with a big yellow dog lying beside him.

Barley has died of old age, and this is its son, wheat.

Because of the two famous movies "ET Robot" and "Terminator", Da Mai became a world-famous dog.

When it died, it made some local news.

Zhou Huimin built a tomb specifically for it, and fans went to pay tribute to it.

Its life as a dog has not been wasted.

Not long after, Jet Li's family, Deborah brought Nicholas Tse and Tiffany Xie, Lao Lang, Donnie Yen, Kara Hui, Moon Lee, Ho Ka-chun, Liu Xiaohui, Elva Hsiao, Yang Yuying, Ning Jing, and Li Binbin came to visit Yang Ye one after another to wish him a happy new year.

A large group of people gathered together to chat and say auspicious words to each other, and the atmosphere was very festive.

Among Yang Ye's group of disciples, students, and adopted children, there are industry bigwigs like Jet Li, little-known people who have just entered the industry like Li Binbin, and minors who have not yet entered the industry like Nicholas Tse.

Nicholas Tse is fifteen years old this year. He is a super rebellious boy who often skips school and fights with others.

He often hung around outside the school in a lazy manner and was photographed by reporters and reported in the entertainment news, saying that he was a second-generation rich kid. This gave Deborah a headache.

But she had no choice. Nicholas Tse had been exposed to the Hong Kong media since the moment he was born. In Hong Kong, he had nowhere to hide.

In the end, it was Yang Ye who made the decision to send him to Horikoshi High School in Tokyo, a famous private high school known for its ability to cultivate performing talents.

Nicholas Tse studied music at Horikoshi High School, but when he came back he had a big afro and a Shamatte look, which gave Deborah even more of a headache.

But he seemed to be really into music and even wrote a song called "Miscalculation".

The gist of it is that you all say I am a second-generation rich kid who relies on my parents. I will prove to you that you are wrong.

This kid is quite submissive to Yang Ye, because Yang Ye really knows how to beat him.

For a while he ignored his mother, thinking that Deborah had abandoned his father. After being severely punished by Yang Ye, he became obedient.

At this time, Nicholas Tse brought his sister and came over to wish Yang Ye a happy new year. Yang Ye was indifferent to him, but asked Tingting Xie if her brother had quarreled with her mother.

Tiffany Hsieh said that after her brother came back, he often chatted with her mother, which made her mother very happy.

Yang Ye's expression eased a little, and he said to Xie Tingfeng: "I read the song you wrote, it's pretty good. If you want to make music in the future, I will support you!"

Lao Lang brought his girlfriend Pan Qian to pay New Year's greetings to Yang Ye. Yang Ye casually asked, "When are you two going to invite me to your wedding?"

Lao Lang smiled and said, "Pan Xi's work is going well now. She wants to work hard for two years first. I support her."

Pan Qian said: "Don't blame me, it's you who doesn't want to get married so soon."

Yang Ye was amused: "Why are you guys blaming each other?"

Li Binbin brought a little girl who looked very similar to her.

"Godfather, this is my sister Xiuxiu. I brought her to Hong Kong for a trip, and she came to wish you a happy new year."

"Uncle Yang, Happy New Year!" Li Xiuxiu greeted Yang Ye obediently.

"Welcome, welcome, happy new year, you are as beautiful as your sister!"

Li Binbin's sister's real name is Li Xiuxiu. She changed her name to Li Xue after she became Li Binbin's agent.

One is ice, the other is snow, it sounds more suitable.

Donnie Yen got married last year, but he came alone this year.

Yang Ye asked casually: "Danny, why didn't you bring your wife here?"

"Master, I'm divorced."

"Ah... you've only been married for a short time, right? Last time I heard your wife was pregnant."

"We had so many differences that I tried to communicate with her and find ways to save our marriage, but she ignored me. Tolerance has its limits, so I filed for divorce."

"What about your child? His parents separated before he was even born."

"After the baby is born, let her take care of it."

Yang Ye was convinced. What a ruthless person this was.

"After all, she is your own flesh and blood. Please take care of the follow-up matters."

"I pay 40,000 yuan a month, which is enough to support them and their children and to pay for the servants. Our previous house was rented out, and the rent belongs to her. When the old house is sold in the future, she will also have half of the money."

Yang Ye nodded: "That's good!"

Speaking of which, Donnie Yen's ex-wife gave birth to a child for him, which gave him a long-term meal ticket, so it was not a loss.

The child born after Donnie Yen’s divorce is named... Zhen Wenzhuo.

Donnie Yen's old rival Zhao Wenzhuo has one son and two daughters. The eldest daughter is named Ziyi, the eldest son is named Zilong, and the youngest daughter has only a nickname. Her real name has never been made public. It is rumored that her name is... Zidan.

Not long after, the banquet was prepared and a group of people came to the banquet hall, eating and chatting, and they talked about nothing but movies.

During the Spring Festival this year, Chen Long's "Rumble in the Bronx" was a big hit, grossing 5700 million in Hong Kong. Thanks to Yang Ji's strong distribution capabilities, major markets around the world followed suit.

Due to its timely release and better publicity and promotion, the box office is expected to be 30% higher than the original time and space, and it will easily break through 100 million US dollars.

The second place is "Chinese Hero" directed by Xu Ke. The original film he released was "Full House of Gold and Jade", but because of Yang Ye's intervention, this project was postponed.

With Xu Ke taking over and no shortage of money, the special effects of "Chinese Hero" are far better than the original, especially the final duel at the Statue of Liberty, which is very cool.

The film grossed over 3800 million in Hong Kong, which is pretty good. With this box office revenue, the overseas copyright was sold very smoothly.

He Jiajin has established a firm foothold in the film industry with this film, and he no longer has to work so hard filming TV series.

As for other movies, the box office was not so good.

Stephen Chow's "A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Pandora's Box" and "A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella" were released one week apart, with a combined box office of over 40 million.

The box office is actually not low. If nothing unexpected happens, both films can make it into the top ten of Hong Kong's annual box office.

But this is a movie starring Stephen Chow, and given his fame, the box office is bound to flop.

What's more, this movie hired Zi Qi Company to do the special effects, and the cost was 10 million Hong Kong dollars higher than the original time and space.

But better visual effects did not bring higher box office for the film. Instead, Hong Kong audiences felt that the plot of the film was crazy and that such good special effects were wasted.

When "A Chinese Odyssey" was released in Taiwan, it was an even worse flop. The box office for the two films combined was only over NT$2000 million.

This is fucking...Taiwanese film producers want to die.

When it was released in mainland China, it was so criticized that it was directly taken off the screen and the box office only reached 20.

The reason why the box office was so bad is that the two films were shot quite separately.

Liu Zhenwei made it as a commercial film and wanted to make a lot of money from it.

But Liu Zhenwei just stuffed a lot of Wong Kar-wai's jokes into the film, making many parts of the film look very literary.

For example, the widely circulated line "I once had a true love in front of me, but I didn't cherish it... If I have to put a time limit on this love, I hope it will be 10,000 years."

Actually, it comes from "Chungking Express", "If memory is also a can, I hope it will never expire. If it really has to be limited, I hope it will be 10,000 years."

There is also Zhou Xingchi holding a sword standing on the top of the city. His appearance and lines are all from "Ashes of Time"...

The addition of this literary gag, coupled with the fact that the film has a tragic ending, made the audience at the time very uncomfortable.

The audience may think: I am watching a movie during the Chinese New Year, just want to have some fun, but you gave me so many bad plots and even made it a tragedy...

As a result, the box office flopped.

Due to the disastrous box office failure, Zhou Xingchi's entrepreneurial journey got off to a bad start and he lost a lot of money. His "Color Star Film Company" declared bankruptcy and he continued his working life.

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A few years later, with the rise of the Internet era, lines from "A Chinese Odyssey" were excerpted and became golden sentences, widely circulated on the Internet.

At that time, when you surfed the Internet, you could often see various classic lines from "A Chinese Odyssey".

Some students would even copy these lines into their notebooks, like Yang Ye did. He thought these lines were so classic.

In addition to the most well-known "...love you for ten thousand years".

And "My crush is a great hero. One day he will come to marry me on a rainbow cloud. I guessed the beginning but I couldn't guess the ending."

"It turns out that girl left a tear in my heart. I can totally feel how sad she was at that time."

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Gradually, "A Chinese Odyssey" became a super classic movie, and Joker became Stephen Chow's most classic role.

Especially for the post-80s generation, almost everyone has seen this movie, and many of them can recite the lines in the movie by heart.

Because of this movie, Athena Chu became the eternal "Fairy Zixia".

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Zhou Xingchi was not the only one to fail during the Spring Festival this year. Another comedy master, Xu Guanwen's "The Rich and the Beautiful", did not even make over 10 million at the box office and completely lost its appeal.

The film also stars the comedy duo "Soft and Hard Master" which has become extremely popular in recent years. Ge Minghui, one of them, is highly praised by Wang Jing, who hopes he can become the next Zhou Xingchi.

The result is that it doesn't work at all. They are fine telling jokes on the radio, but they are very awkward and even a little disgusting when making a movie.

"The God of Cookery", a collaboration between Ge Minghui and Zhou Xingchi, is the drama with the worst reputation since Zhou Xingchi became famous. Ge Minghui's performance in it even makes people feel a little nauseous.

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If Xu Guanwen's films were like this, the box office performance of his other films would be even worse.

During the Spring Festival of 1995, the film industry was shrouded in mixed feelings.

The scenery here at Yangji is unique. "Rumble in the Bronx" had a huge box office and "Chinese Hero" performed well.

The others were gloomy and depressed.

Having lost the Taiwan market, the Southeast Asian market is shrinking, the mainland market is impossible to penetrate, and Hong Kong is also facing the invasion of Hollywood.

It’s not like the past two years when you could make money by shooting a piece of shit. Now, a movie made with all your effort may still lose money.

Even Zhou Xingchi suffered heavy losses, let alone others.

As a result, Hong Kong film production dropped drastically, and many practitioners who were extremely busy suddenly found themselves with no work to do.

Even once-popular actresses like Kara Hui and Moon Lee have become unavailable for roles.

Faced with this situation, the Guangming Film and Television City that Yang Ye had planned in Shenzhen in advance began to take effect.

He launched several large-scale TV drama projects in succession, attracting a large number of practitioners to Shenzhen to start work.

Kara Hui's "Royal Sister" series has been filmed for eight episodes in a row, but now she can't continue filming, so she started to turn to TV dramas.

As for Moon Lee, Yang Ye helped her create a "violent loli" persona through the movie "Female Boxing King", which made her very popular for a while.

But the biggest problem for cute actresses like her is that their careers are relatively short.

If you still act cute after you are over 30, fewer people will pay for your services.

Moon Lee decides to retire from acting!
The banquet was over and the guests left one after another, but Moon Lee stayed.

Late at night, Yang Ye slipped into the guest room where Li Saifeng lived and climbed onto her bed.

"Aman, do you miss Master?"

"Yes, Master, I want you to love me!"

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After the passion, Moon Lee lay softly in Yang Ye's arms. Yang Ye hugged the beauty and said, "Ah Man, your 30th birthday is coming in a few days. What gift do you want?"

"As long as it's a gift from Master, I like it!"

Yang Ye thought about it for a while, but couldn't think of what to give him, so he said, "Do you have any wishes? I will help you fulfill them."

Moon Lee thought for a moment, shook her head and said, "I don't seem to have any wishes, but... I don't want to continue filming."

Yang Ye nodded: "Then don't shoot, from now on... just stay by my side!" (End of this chapter)