Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Regarding the Brooklyn Jones eight minutes at the closing ceremony of the Atlanta Olympics, the Brooklyn Olympic Committee invited some well-known domestic directors to submit plans.

Yang Ye was naturally among the invited guests, and Kaizi Ge, who swept the world with "Farewell My Concubine", was also among them.

The only one missing was Zhang Yimou, because he violated regulations by filming "To Live" and submitted it to Cannes for competition, but was ignored.

When the novel "To Live" was first written, no magazine dared to publish it. It was Ba Jin who went against all odds and published the full text in "Harvest".

Later, Changjiang Literature and Art Publishing House published the novel with an initial print run of 20,000 copies. Half of the copies were sold and the novel was then confiscated again.

The remaining books were required to be destroyed, but the publishing house was unwilling to do so, so they were all sent to Yu Hua.

Yu Hua was stunned for a long time when he received several sacks of books sent to him by the publishing house.

The next day, he started riding a tricycle, carrying the sacks of books, and delivering the books to his friends everywhere.

The matter ended there, and no one was punished for it.

Speaking of which, Yang Ye was also involved in the filming of "To Live".

Because Zhang Yimou has always been associated with Yang Ye, all his films were funded by Yang's company.

But Yang Ye was treated differently and still received the invitation. After all, his value in united front work was not comparable to that of Zhang Yimou.

However, even though he received the invitation, Yang Ye just accepted it casually.

Firstly, there is no ready-made solution, and secondly, it is too troublesome.

Since we are playing away, we have to communicate with Cortlandt University about various factors such as the venue. You can't just do whatever you want.

When Zhang Yimou was working on Eight Minutes in later generations, it took him nearly half a year, and several of his plans were rejected because people did not cooperate.

The one that came out last actually had a pretty good live effect, and many foreigners said they wanted to go to China after watching it.

But he was badly criticized in China, saying that he got a bunch of girls wearing cheongsams and showing their thighs to sell their bodies at the Olympics, which was really shameful.

Zhang Yimou was criticized so much that he became autistic and did not even go to bid at the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Later, he was persuaded to go, and fortunately, he finally avenged himself.

The current situation is that Zhang Yimou was not invited, so he continued to work on his "The Wrath of the West Hunan".

The heroine of this movie, Hong Gu Niang, is played by Gong Li.

The two's breakup work in the original time and space, "Rock, Rock, Rock to Grandma's Bridge!", did not appear.

Gong Li has already been snatched away by Yang Ye, so there is no chance of them breaking up or anything like that.

In fact, although Gong Li broke up with Zhang Yimou in the original time and space, she was still reluctant to give up Zhang Yimou's resources.

She said that although they are no longer together, they can still work together in the future.

But Zhang Yimou immediately turned around and found a new actress, and ten years later, the two worked together again.

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Yang Ye's proposal had no highlights at all, so it was naturally not selected.

But the story of "To Live" became Yang Ye's protective color.

The Olympic Committee thought that he was unhappy about the ban on "To Live" and so they just did it to fool him.

Little did they know that Yang Ye was nothing but a plagiarist. He was no good when there was nothing to copy.

Yang Ye went to Beijing and attended the Second Shanghai International Film Festival.

The Shanghai International Film Festival was changed to be held every two years after the millennium, so two years have passed and this is only the second edition.

This year's jury chairman is Taiwanese director Li Xing, an old acquaintance of Yang Ye.

Yang Ye stayed for only one day before returning to Shenzhen to continue filming Men in Black.

This movie doesn't have many special effects and they're not very complicated, so the filming went very smoothly.

After producing a series of special effects blockbusters such as "Kung Fu", "Terminator 2", "Jurassic Park" and "The Matrix", Ziqi Company's technology has become very mature.

Yang Ye thought that with such great technology, it was time to develop a new series.

After Xu Ke finishes "Feng Yun", let him work on the "Shu Shan Zhuan" that he has been dreaming of.

Over in Hollywood, Yang Ye was thinking about whether or not to create the Marvel Universe.

The reason why Yang Ye did not acquire Marvel as a whole but only took a small Spider-Man was because he did not want to make United Artists too big, lest it attract attention.

When the Japanese went on a buying spree in the United States, Panasonic and Sony entered Hollywood, and Columbia and Universal changed hands, Yang Ye was no longer so prominent.

The Yang Fund controlled by Yang Ye even invested in several Universal movies, just to make Universal stand out, so as to avoid Panasonic selling Universal to Jews due to poor management. Among the eight major Hollywood companies, three are backed by Asian capital, collectively known as the "Asian Three".

After "Jurassic Park", United Artists has been at the center of controversy and there is no need to keep a low profile anymore.

But if you want to create the Marvel Universe, you must start with Iron Man.

Robert Downey Jr. is 30 years old this year. Because of his outstanding acting skills, he is hailed as one of the most promising male stars in Hollywood today. He is also in his prime.

However, this guy will die from drug abuse next year and become a famous bad boy in Hollywood.

Yang Ye pondered for a while and decided to let this guy go to jail.

It's too risky to use him now.

Just think about it, the movie is being filmed and this guy is addicted to drugs, what to do?
By then, a bunch of negative news will also affect the movie’s box office.

Without Iron Man, the Marvel Universe would not work.

Yang Ye thought about it and decided that working on "X-Men" might be a good idea.

So, Yang Ye simply wrote a plan and sent it to Shay, asking him to take the lead in working on "X-Men".

The director is Bryan Singer, the male lead is Hugh Jackman, and Halle Berry plays "Storm"...

Shay always believed in Yang Ye's vision and readily agreed, but he told Yang Ye that he wanted to produce The Hobbit, a masterpiece by British writer JRR Tolkien.

"The Hobbit" is the originator of modern Western fantasy literature, and its film adaptation is more difficult than one might imagine.

Although this IP is super famous, it has been kicked around like a ball in Hollywood.

Industry giants such as Disney have all rejected "The Lord of the Rings".

Harvey Weinstein, who held the copyright, couldn't get the money anywhere, and finally had no choice but to let Peter Jackson look for investment for the project himself.

When Shay from New Line heard about it, he thought it was an opportunity, took a gamble, and sold everything he had to film "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy."

When it comes to New Line’s success, it all depended on gambling.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" took a gamble and took off.

"The Lord of the Rings" took a gamble and became a god in one go.

"The Golden Compass" took a gamble and ended up going bankrupt.

Of course, after Xie Yi in this time and space took a gamble on Yang Ye's "Shaolin Temple", his life became smooth and prosperous.

Under the control of Ye Yang, Xie Yi and others, United Artists did not produce many works, but specialized in blockbusters.

It owns many hit film series including "007", "First Blood", "Rocky", "Jurassic Park", and "Spider-Man".

New Line Cinema, a subsidiary of United Artists, produces more films, but specializes in B-movies.

He produced hit horror and action movie series such as "Alien", "Final Destination" and "Shanghai Noon".

It also owns the copyright to all novels by Stephen King, the king of horror novels, and has filmed well-known movies such as "The Shining" and "The Shawshank Redemption".

Since Shay is very rich now, he will not wait to pick up bargains like he did in the original time and space, but chooses to take action.

Seeing the success of special effects in movies like "Jurassic Park", he became eager to make his own moves and set his sights on "The Hobbit".

In the email, Shay said to Yang Ye: "Brother, don't you think it is a very fulfilling thing to film Middle-earth?"

Yang Ye certainly had no objection to this, as this was one of the most successful film series in history.

Yang Ye said: "As long as you can get the copyright, I will definitely support you!"

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PS: After Fei Li died, the protagonist no longer had anyone to deal with.

Without enemies, there is no conflict.

Yang Ye is old now, and it is not appropriate for him to mess around with young girls anymore.

I’ve been having a hard time writing lately, and you may all think I’m having a hard time.

But Yang Ye’s story cannot end so hastily.

Yang Ye's career is still lacking the last peak.

Thank you to all the readers who have accompanied me all the way. There are still hundreds of thousands of words to go, please read on patiently. (End of this chapter)