Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

After finishing his meal, Potato went into his room. Yang Ye stopped him and said, "Wait a minute, where are you going?"

Potato said: "I'm going back to my room to surf the Internet."

Surfing the Internet is a very new thing nowadays and only a few people can experience it.

The first Internet cafe in Hong Kong did not appear until 1999, but rich second-generations like Tudou had already become internet addicts, surfing the Internet every day.

"I brought you something, try it out and tell me how it went."

"Is it a new game from Kingsoft?"

Whenever Kingsoft released a game, Yang Ye would give a copy to his sons.

Tu Dou wasn't very interested in this; he was tired of those crappy martial arts games.

"This is a little different. It's a MUD called 'Martial Arts World'. Have you heard of MUD?"

"I've heard of it. There are some abroad, but I've never played it."

“Go ahead and give it a try!”

"okay!"

……

Tudou returned to the room, installed the game first, and then sent an email to Ritian.

He didn't call but sent an email because he felt jealous.

"Boss, my dad gave me a game called "Martial Arts World". Do you have it?"

After a while, I received a reply from Yang Ritian: "Yes, I'm playing now. Find me when you enter the game. My name is Yang Ritian!"

"Okay, wait for me!"

Tudou quickly registered an account, gave himself an ID called "Yang Aotian", and logged into the game.

The so-called MUD is a text-based online game, translated into Chinese as "mud", which has already appeared abroad.

"World of Martial Arts", developed by Kingsoft, is the world's first Chinese mud game.

Yang Aotian logged into the game and saw a pitch-black interface with a dialog box circled by a blue symbol and several lines of green text inside.

"World of Martial Arts!"

“This game is based on martial arts novels by Jin Yong, Gu Long and other writers.”

"Put down the book, close the door, stroke the sword and sip the fragrant tea. There will always be a time when the wind and clouds are over, sit and listen to the void, and let the horse go from Yangzhou, where the knights of Jin Yong and Gu Long are going."

This type of text-based online game is very primitive. Since there are no pictures, the system can only describe the scene where the player is in a short text.

"You are in a wilderness. There is a big tree to the east, a high mountain to the south, a small river to the west, and a cave to the north, which seems to be an entrance."

Yang Aotian studied it for a while and input a command: "Move north."

"You enter the cave, and it turns out to be an ancient tomb. A beautiful woman in white suddenly appears in front of you."

Yang Aotian thought: "Wow, could she be Xiao Long Nu?"

"Little brother, this is not the place for you. Drink this bottle of jade honey and get out!"

"You drank the jade honey that Xiao Long Nu gave you, and you felt your body warm and full of strength..."

"Haha, it's really Xiao Long Nu. I wonder where Yang Guo is."

Although it was just a simple text description, it gave Yang Aotian a sense of being immersed in the scene and he thought it was very interesting.

He continued to play and completely forgot about Yang Ritian.

After he left the ancient tomb, he dived into the ancient tomb from the back mountain under the guidance of the game, and learned the "Nine Yin Scriptures" left by Wang Chongyang.

“Ahhhhhhh!” Yang Aotian was extremely excited: “I actually learned the Nine Yin Scriptures!”

Yang Aotian was eager to show off and finally remembered his elder brother Yang Ritian.

He studied it for a while and sent a message to Yang Ritian: "Boss, I have learned the Nine Yin Manual."

After a while, Yang Ritian replied: "You finally remembered me? What's the big deal? I can do it, too. I even learned the Toad Kung Fu."

"Where can I learn Toad Kung Fu?"

"I'm fighting with someone now. Let Zhatian teach you."

At this time, a man named Yang Zhatian sent a message to Yang Aotian: "Second brother, I am Yang Chen."

"Why are you here too?"

"My dad told me there's more!"

"Who else?"

Yang Aotian had just sent the message when he received another message from a man named Yang Dingtian: "Second brother, I'm Yang Sheng."

Yang Aotian rolled his eyes: "What a crappy name you have. Yang Dingtian died tragically. Change it quickly."

"Oh, wait for me!"

After a while, he came back and changed his name to Yang Potian.

Yang Aotian sighed and said, "This is equivalent to not changing it. Change another one."

In the serialized version of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber", the leader of the Ming Cult is called Yang Potian, and he is a fellow disciple of Cheng Kun.

Yang Potian is a gay, but Cheng Kun is a straight man. He doesn't want to be gay with Yang Potian and only likes his junior sister.

In a rage, Yang Potian planned to marry his junior sister.

Yang Potian's death was designed by himself. It was not like in the modified version, where Yang Dingtian found out that his wife was having an affair with Cheng Kun and was cheating on him, and he became so angry that he went insane and died.

In his suicide note, he wrote: "I used the Great Shift of the Universe to close the secret passage, and I will stay in the same room with my junior fellow apprentice until the end of time, and we will never be separated again."

Although the serialized version is bizarre and bloody, Cheng Kun's motivation for vowing to destroy the Ming Cult is more reasonable.

It's disgusting enough to be liked by a gay man, but he also stole my beloved woman and wanted to drag me to die with him.

Who can bear this? If we don't destroy the Ming Cult, we will never be able to get rid of the hatred in our hearts!

After listening to Yang Aotian, Yang Sheng changed his name to Yang Batian.

So, the four brothers Yang Ritian, Yang Aotian, Yang Zhatian and Yang Batian happily played "World of Martial Arts" together.

……

Yang Ye came back today specifically to spend the night. After dinner, he sat in the living room and watched the competition of "The Voice of China Season 6".

The one singing on TV is this year's favorite to win the title, Hong Kong's white, rich and beautiful, Kelly Chen.

Kelly Chen originally studied in the United States and returned to Hong Kong last summer. Because of her good looks, she was asked to shoot two commercials.

Then I participated in the shooting of the MV for Zhang Xueyou's album "Stealing Heart".

Zhang Xueyou thought she was a talent and introduced her to Yang Ji.

When the company saw that Huilin Chen had a good appearance, was pretty, had a sweet voice, and was a potential superstar, they signed her immediately.

Because her conditions were so good, her information was sent to Yang Ye, who ticked the box to indicate that he would support her.

After that, I participated in training, arranged to shoot a movie, and then used this year's Voice of China to promote it.

If nothing unexpected happens, she will be the champion this year.

But halfway through, a new member of Rong Group, named Zhang Huimei, showed up.

Although neither of them is as pretty as Kelly Chen, their singing skills are very strong.

It is still unclear who will win.

The Voice of China has been held for six sessions, and there are extremely outstanding newcomers almost every year.

Wang Fei and Yang Yuying from the first session are now at the peak of their careers and have become the most popular music queens. The queens of the 1980s either retired or were suppressed by them. Only Sandy Lam, with the support of Leehom Wang, can compete with them.

However, Sandy Lam followed Li Zongsheng, a member of the Rolling Stones, and was also a member of the Bluebird Music Group.

Bluebird Music Group now has four divas: Sally Yeh, Sandy Lam, Wang Fei, and Yang Yuying, plus one from Singapore, Stefanie Sun.

In Japan, there is Izumi Sakai, and at the instruction of Yang Ye, Namie Amuro has just been signed, which can be said to be a group of powerful players.

Wait until Chen Huilin, Rong Zuer, Zhang Huimei, and Li Wen have all become successful, plus Ayumi Hamasaki who is still a trainee.

A brilliant "Asian Tianhou Palace" is taking shape.

Yang Ye watched TV and thought that Ayumi Hamasaki had almost finished her training, and it was time to send her to dominate the Japanese music scene.

What plan can we come up with to make her make a stunning appearance and become a big hit?

Xu Jie brought out a bowl of fruit and placed it in front of Yang Ye: "Brother-in-law, have some fruit."

Yang Ye said "hmm", his eyes fixed on the TV, but he was still thinking about Ayumi Hamasaki's debut plan.

The most direct and effective way is to take action yourself and support her.

When Akina Nakamori made her debut, Yang Ye took her directly to the Red and White Songs Festival and made her an instant hit with a super romantic song "Sea of ​​Flowers" and stage lighting that was ahead of its time.

Later, she helped Izumi Sakai make her debut using the theme song of "Shiratori Reiko" called "Don't Give Up".

When "Don't Give Up" was released, Japan's stock market collapsed and the employment rate was low.

"Don't Give Up" has a moving melody and positive lyrics, especially the sincere phrase "Don't give up" in the lyrics, which is very contagious and immediately touched countless listeners. It sold 164.5 million copies, replicating the miracle when Akina Nakamori debuted.

Now it is Ayumi Hamasaki's turn. The trick that was used to promote Akina Nakamori didn't work the second time. With the development of the times, stage design has made great progress.

Now that we have seen it so many times, it is difficult to create the same stunning effect as before.

Sending Izumi Sakai to debut was timely and captured the pain points of the times. There is no such opportunity now.

How about... I take the initiative and make a movie for her?
As Yang Ye was thinking, something icy cold was suddenly brought to his mouth.

Yang Ye looked down and saw that it was Xu Jie who had peeled a grape and was feeding it to him.

Yang Ye opened his mouth and ate it, and also sucked on Xu Jie's finger.

Xu Jie blushed, retracted her hand, and continued peeling the grapes. As she peeled them, she asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"Something about work. I'm planning to open an internet cafe."

Yang Ye was not in a position to say that he was thinking about how to promote a Japanese girl, so he changed the subject.

"What is an Internet cafe?"

"It's just finding a place, putting it full of computers, and charging people to access the Internet."

Xu Jie's eyes lit up: "It seems like a good deal. How did you come up with this idea?"

Yang Ye shook his head: "It's not something I thought of. Some people in Europe and America have already opened one. I saw it on the news."

"Oh, that also shows that you have a keen eye."

Yang Ye laughed: "Am I omnipotent in your eyes?"

"Yeah, I think... you are the most amazing person in the world."

Yang Ye reached out and hugged Xu Jie in his arms, and asked with a playful look in his eyes: "Which aspect is the best?"

Xu Jie said coyly: "Great in all aspects...My sister is here!"

Yang Ye hesitated for a moment, but finally let her go.

I really don't know how to tell Xu Feng about this matter.

Xu Jie didn't know how to face his sister, so he sat next to Yang Ye and sighed.

Yang Ye tilted his head and looked at her worried face. He finally made up his mind and said, "Where is Ah Feng?"

"In the shower!"

"wait for me!"

Stand up and walk towards the bathroom!

……

"The Man from Nowhere" ultimately grossed 3800 million in Hong Kong, over NT$7000 million in Taiwan, and million RMB in mainland China.

It was a huge hit in China, and then a large number of copyrights were sold in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia.

Such achievements helped Liu Hua to wipe out the haze of the past two years and return to the peak.

Yang Ye specially held a celebration banquet and invited all the main creators of "The Man from Nowhere" to attend. Some bigwigs of the company also came to show their support.

The popularity of "The Man from Nowhere" in Asia was celebrated with such a grand ceremony, and "The Matrix" was a global hit, but there was no celebration party. Yang Ye only gave a bonus to the staff involved.

At the celebration banquet, Liu Hua solemnly toasted Yang Ye: "Boss, I couldn't resist the temptation in the past and betrayed the company. It's rare that you let go of the past and helped me when I was in the most difficult time. I have no way to repay you..."

Yang Ye interrupted Liu Hua and said, "It's not a betrayal, I never blamed you!
I have watched you grow up all the way. Now that the little eagle has grown up, it is only natural for him to want to go out and try his luck.

In fact, I hope you can succeed more than anyone else. It doesn’t matter if you failed this time.

If you still have a dream, you should accumulate energy, accumulate strength, and start again! "

Liu Hua was deeply moved. He drank the wine in his glass in one gulp and said solemnly, "I will!"

Liu Hua sat down, and Johnnie To also expressed his gratitude to Yang Ye.

He was not only grateful to Yang Ye for helping him, but also because this movie made him vaguely see a path that he had not understood before.

In fact, this is not surprising. Korean gangster films are inherited and developed from Hong Kong gangster films.

Johnnie To's gangster films are the best among Hong Kong gangster films, and Koreans have learned a lot from them.

Bong Joon-ho, who later won an Oscar, made a living by writing film reviews before he became famous.

After becoming famous, he compiled and published these film reviews, including a large number of Hong Kong martial arts and gangster films.

These Hong Kong films have been a great inspiration to him and many Korean directors.

Now, Yang Ye has inspired Johnnie To with a Korean gangster film, which can be said to be very dramatic.

Johnnie To walked out of the Kowloon Walled City together with Yang Ye.

When Yang Ye first debuted, he followed around and ran errands, working as a script supervisor for six years before being promoted to executive director.

Later, Yang Ye made him famous with the drama "A Moment of Romance". Along the way, he has been supported by many people.

At this moment, Yang Ye used the same words to say to Johnnie To, encouraging him to work hard and create greater glory.

When the Hong Kong film bubble was at its biggest, Yang Ye generously let a group of people go.

When the bubble burst, this group of people were badly beaten and bloodied, so they were shown kindness and generously recruited back.

This wave of operations has won the hearts of the people.

Yang Ye drank the wine the two toasted and said, "The facts have proven that you two are the best partners. You should try to cooperate with each other in the future."

The two of them agreed deeply and nodded quickly.

Yang Ye then said to Liu Hua: "Hua Zai, do you know why you were able to make a comeback this time and are more popular than before?"

Liu Hua thought for a long time, but he didn't understand. He remembered that at the premiere, Yang Ye and Huang Zhan both said that being handsome is also a kind of acting. He hesitated and said, "Handsome?"

Yang Ye said: "Being handsome is only one of the factors. You were also good at being handsome before, but you couldn't reach such a level.

This is because two factors are missing. Only when the three factors come together can such results be achieved. "

Liu Hua's eyes lit up, and he humbly asked, "What are the three major factors?"

Yang Ye said: "Beautiful! Strong! Miserable!" (End of this chapter)