Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Regarding the disagreement between Xu Feng and Chen Long, Yang Ye cannot blindly stand on Xu Feng's side, otherwise he would be putting love before friendship.

He first threw a big pie at Chen Long, and then said: "Regarding the disagreement between you and A Feng on the movie "Pili Fire".

You all insist on your own judgment, and neither is wrong, but Afeng is my wife and the general manager of the company, so I must protect her authority in the company.

So if you want to shoot your Thunderbolt, you should find other investors and the company will not be involved."

Chen Long nodded. He and Xu Feng had no personal grudges and they had a good relationship.

Yang Ye did not forcefully choose sides, but instead gave him a big gift like "Men in Black", which was a great honor for him.

Chen Long said: "I understand! Let's invite Sister Feng out some other day and have a gathering together."

Yang Ye readily agreed.

However, Chen Long still had some hope and asked, "Is that Thunderbolt really not good enough?"

Yang Ye shook his head: "It's not that it's impossible, but it doesn't match your style, so the risk is very high.

But this movie is too expensive, and it can’t be made without an actor of your level.

This is too twisted, I can't make a clear judgment, so you can figure it out yourself!"

Yang Ye didn't say anything definite, and acted like a non-stick pan.

Chen Long himself is also very twisted. He has always wanted to transform himself, so he collaborated with Huang Zhiqiang on "Criminal Investigation Team", which is adapted from a true story and has a serious style.

But he couldn't let go of his box office success, and as a result, he became less and less confident as the film went on. Eventually, he drove Huang Zhiqiang away, shot the second half himself, and returned to his own style.

Because of this incident, he became enemies with Huang Zhiqiang. In a fit of rage, Huang Zhiqiang found Wang Jing, who had an unpleasant experience with Chen Long because of the filming of "City Hunter".

After discussing it together, they found Yuan Kui, one of the "Seven Little Fortunes" who had always been dissatisfied with Chen Long.

The three of them worked together to create a movie called "Dragon Ball", which vilified Chen Long.

Yang Ye chatted briefly with Chen Long and Yuen Biao about matters related to Men in Black.

The first thing is to discuss the approximate shooting time and period of the film so that they can arrange the schedule calmly.

For big names like them, their schedules are extremely tight and everything has to be arranged in advance; they can't be available on call at any time.

Yang Ye is very busy. He has the task of going to Europe to promote the movie and also helping Tom Cruise with Mission Impossible.

In addition, "Men in Black" was a temporary project, so the early preparations also took time.

After some discussion, it was scheduled to start filming in July and be completed by the end of the year, competing for the 1996 summer season.

After the approximate start time was confirmed, Chen Long and Yuen Biao said goodbye and left.

After Yang Yuying saw the two of them leave the restaurant, she said to Yang Ye, "Thank you, Teacher."

"no need thank me?"

"That Lai Wenfeng incident! Thinking about it now really scares me. If it weren't for you, I would have been doomed."

Yang Ye said seriously: "Do you really like that loser?"

Yang Yuying shook her head: "I don't know either! It's just that he was so persistent, chasing me all over the country to show his support, creating romance, creating surprises, and giving me gifts. I... I'm just a little girl, I'm easily moved. If you hadn't reminded me, I might have fainted and couldn't stand it."

What Yang Yuying said was true. Few women could withstand such an attack.

If she hadn't seen the world with Yang Ye and Yang Ye hadn't given her a heads-up beforehand, she would have fallen long ago.

Yang Ye asked, “What if a person who doesn’t have much money does his best to show his support for you, creates romance, surprises, and gives you… well, not very valuable but carefully made gifts, would you be touched?”

Yang Yuying lowered her head and thought for a while, then said, "Can it be the same?"

Yang Ye sighed, and suddenly felt a little sorry for the other self in this world.

I feel good, but what about him?
Ever since he mysteriously fell into a coma on the Yangtze River Bridge, Yang Ye decided not to have any contact with his past life.

But deep down, I can't let it go.

Yang Ye shook his head, collected his thoughts, and dispelled those outrageous thoughts. He said to Yang Yuying, "How is your new album going?"

"Still choosing songs. I've already chosen more than half of them."

"Don't choose. I'll help you with your new album."

"Really?" Yang Yuying was surprised and happy.

Yang Ye hasn't written songs for others for a long time. To this day, Yang Yuying's most popular song is still "Love You", which Yang Ye created for her.

Yang Ye said casually, "The last time I went to London, it was foggy and the plane had to make an emergency landing in Cambridge next door, so I went to Cambridge University for a stroll.

Looking at those ancient buildings, I suddenly had an idea to write some songs with European elements and full of little girl's fantasy.

These songs are collected into an album, and you can sing them all! "

Yang Yuying was ecstatic: "Thank you, teacher!"

Oh my god, it's not just one song, it's a whole album.

She asked uncertainly, "All...for me?"

"What do you mean?"

"And Xiaohui, Huilun and the others..."

"Give you all!"

Yang Yuying's expression suddenly became a little shy: "Why?"

"Because I love you the most!"

Yang Yuying smiled as beautifully as a flower, and became even more shy.

After they finished their meal, signed the bill and left, Yang Yuying became even closer to Yang Ye and held his arm tightly.

Yang Ye felt very comfortable as he felt the soft jade and warm fragrance around him. Suddenly, he heard Fang Yihua cursing in a low voice behind him: "This bastard, he didn't even let his own students go."

……

Yang Ye got some drawings and gave them to Ziqi Company, asking them to make the props according to the regulations.

Then he worked hard to sow seeds for Akina Nakamori, Rosamund Kwan and other girls.

It was not until he celebrated Moon Lee’s 30th birthday that he set off for Europe to continue his promotional tour for “The Matrix”.

This time, Yang Yuying was brought along, as well as a filming team, to help her shoot the MV for her new album.

The director of the MV is Wilson Yip, who was selected from last year's "Asia Rising Star Director" program.

Last year, Wilson Yip received $1 million in funding to make a three-part horror film, "One O'Clock".

The film starred Veronica Yip, Sammi Chan, Andy Yuen and others, and grossed over 6 million yuan.

This kind of film can’t sell much copyright overseas, so it’s considered a loss-making business.

However, Yang Ye did not take it seriously and asked him to come again to shoot the album MV for Yang Yuying.

The album that Yang Ye created for Yang Yuying is called "Castle".

It includes songs such as "Prague Square", "Greek Girl at the Trevi Fountain", "Madrid Wonderful", "The Sun Never Sets", "Laurel Goddess", "Aurora", "Norse Mythology", "Green Light" and so on.

Yang Yuying is pretty, sweet, and good at singing and dancing. Yang Ye wants to make her a combination of Cai Yilin + SHE + Wang Xinlin + Zhang Shaohan. After the 1990s, she is the unique sweet song queen in the Chinese music scene.

Unless we bring up Teresa Teng, who lived two generations before her, no one else can help.

Although Yang Ye has lived in Hong Kong for more than 20 years, deep in his heart, he always remembers where he came from.

Emotionally, he was also closer to people from mainland China. Among his three female students, he loved Yang Yuying the most.

Of course, Yang Yuying is much stronger than the other two.

……

The group arrived in Paris and someone came to pick them up when they got out of the airport.

The man saluted Yang Ye and led everyone onto a bus.

It was Yang Yuying’s first time to come to France. Looking out the window at the exotic street scenes, she was filled with excitement and curiosity.

She asked: "Teacher, can we see the Seine on the way?"

Yang Ye said, "We are leaving the city of Paris and heading to a castle to shoot the music video there. The castle is right on the banks of the Seine."

"Wow!" The people in the car exclaimed, and they all felt that this trip had come.

Yang Ye couldn't help but shook his head. Paris has a strong filter in the hearts of the Chinese people.

Especially in the hearts of some little girls, France, especially Paris, is simply synonymous with romance.

But it’s not surprising. The Seine River, Fontainebleau, Champs-Elysées... hearing these dreamy names, people naturally attach all kinds of beautiful images to them.

Just like West Lake Vinegar Fish, it sounds delicious.

Yang Ye thought with some evil amusement, if she knew that the Seine River in twenty years would be a huge public toilet with piles of feces floating in the river, she wondered what her expression would be.

More than two hours later, the bus arrived at a quiet village. A castle, leaning against the mountains and beside the water, stood there, looking quite imposing.

The bus stopped and Yang Ye got off first. A well-dressed old man who looked like a butler came forward with a few people.

He took off his hat and saluted Yang Ye, saying respectfully: "Dear Sir, welcome home."

Yang Ye nodded and asked him to lead the way and invite everyone in.

Yang Yuying didn't understand French, but she saw that the man was very respectful to Yang Ye, so she asked curiously: "Teacher, aren't you a British knight? How come it works in France?"

Yang Ye shook his head: "It's not because of my status as a knight that it works, but because... I am the owner of this castle."

"Ah?" Yang Yuying was stunned.

She never dreamed that Yang Ye actually owned such a beautiful castle.

"This... You are Chinese, how come you have a French castle?"

"I bought it! Most castles in Europe are privately owned and can be traded, so I bought one."

Yang Yuying was convinced and thought, he is really rich. He doesn't live here, but bought a castle and even has a butler living in it.

In Yang Yuying's view, this is simply a waste of money.

However, she didn't know that buying a castle might be a waste of money for others, but not for Yang Ye.

Yang Ye has a lot of wives and children. Women like to come to Paris to play. When they come, they can live here and be served by a group of white servants. It's quite exciting.

Yang Ye said: "Let's stay here for one night, and then go to Paris tomorrow to find a fashion designer to match clothes for you according to the characteristics of this album, and then start shooting."

The album is called "Castle" and the main scenes of the MV are all inside this castle.

In addition, we also had to go to the streets of Paris, the famous places of interest in Paris, and the Alps to shoot scenes. All scenes were completed in France.

This is naturally to save money and effort. It is impossible to actually go to Prague to shoot "Prague Square". Besides, there is no such square in Prague.

When Linlin was shooting the MV, she just randomly found a place to shoot it. She didn't go to Prague or Madrid. As long as it looked European in style, it was fine.

The MV team was busy in the castle, while Yang Ye himself went to participate in the promotion activities of "The Matrix".

For this promotion in Paris, Ajani brought Yang Xi with her to specifically support him.

The three of them also went to the TV station together, participated in variety shows, and accepted interviews.

Although they are not married, this situation is very common in France and is no longer surprising.

They don't get married and raise their children together.

Only idiots get married!
Sixteen-year-old Yang Xi inherited the advantages of her parents and is very beautiful, like an elf in a fairy tale.

She loves music and sang the song "My Name is Elaine" in public on TV.

"My Name is Elaine" has never been published publicly, but Yang Ye often sang it to Yang Xi when she was a child.

Yang Xi's French name is Elaine. She always believed that this was a song her father wrote specifically for her.

This song is beautiful and pleasant to listen to. Yang Xi is beautiful and has a good voice. When she sang it on TV, countless audiences were immediately fascinated by it.

Especially when she happily said that this was a song her father wrote for her and had sung to her since she was a child, the host expressed envy and jealousy, and even asked Yang Ye to sing it herself.

So Yang Ye held the guitar again and sang to Yang Xi.

The scene shown on TV: Yang Ye looked at his daughter and sang tenderly. Yang Xi held his chin with both hands, looked at his father, and listened quietly.

This scene was full of love, infinite warmth, and extremely infectious, which greatly won Yang Ye's favor.

The day after the show was aired, the box office of "The Matrix" in France soared.

Not long after, Yang Xi recorded "My Name is Elaine" as a single. After its release, it became the number one single that topped the charts for 23 consecutive weeks and became well-known in France.

In a short period of time, Yang Xi's fame caught up with the original singer of the song, Irène Hollet, and she became one of the two most famous Irènes in France.

The song "My Name is Elaine" has a beautiful melody and was soon covered in various versions and spread all over the world.

The story of Yang Ye writing a song for his daughter Yang Xi has also been widely circulated, so countless fathers like to sing this song to their daughters.

People call this song a masterpiece among songs written by fathers for their daughters, on par with "Hey Jude".

In fact, the original lyrics of this song are just the singer Irina's self-narration, telling the story of a girl's inner loneliness when pursuing love.

However, when Yang Xi said in public that the song was written for her by her father, the meaning changed completely.

People automatically imagined it as a father's wish for his daughter to find love when she grows up.

……

Afterwards, Yang Ye went to two other cities for publicity.

During this period, the preparations for Yang Yuying's album MV have been completed and filming has begun.

The progress was very fast. When filming "Prague Square", we choreographed a dance in the castle.

The rap part was recorded by Chen Xiaocun in a recording studio in Hong Kong and can be added in later.

We filmed "Sun Never Sets" on the streets of Paris and strolled along the Seine River.

Filming "Norse Mythology" and "Aurora" was a bit troublesome.

Yang Ye took Yang Yuying, Ye Weixin and others to the Alps to take some photos of the snow scene. (End of this chapter)