Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

"Men in Black" was filmed from the end of July to the beginning of December, which took more than four months and was finally completed.

The annual Christmas season also arrives at this time.

The main movies released in Hong Kong during the Christmas season this year include Liu Hua's "Chariots of Fire" and Yang Ye's "The Matrix".

"Ten Brothers" starring Zhang Min, Kenny Bee, Hao Shaowen, Shi Xiaolong and others.

Danny Lee's "Public Servant 2", Andy Lau's "Haogen", and "Knife" starring Winston Chao.

The Japanese movie "Love Letter" and the Hollywood animated film "Toy Story".

Among them, Yang Ye undoubtedly occupied the best schedule. "The Matrix" will be released on Christmas Eve, and other movies will be advanced or postponed to try to avoid his schedule.

Liu Hua's "Chariots of Fire" was released a week ahead of Christmas.

The "Knife" starring Zhao Wenzhuo is different from the original time and space. The director is not Xu Ke, but Li Huimin.

Xu Ke only served as the producer because he was filming "Feng Yun", but it didn't make much difference. Li Huimin was just carrying out Xu Ke's will.

The Japanese film "Love Letter" is one of the works of Yang Ye's "Asian Rising Star Director" project.

In its original time and space, it was just a TV movie produced by Fuji TV.

But Shunji Iiwa filmed it in a pure and flawless way, sad but not hurtful, with a lingering feeling of wanting to say something, and it has become a classic Japanese love movie.

It was Yang Ye's turn to invest in this unexpected movie, but it was a deliberate move.

After the film was completed, it was immediately recommended and promoted extensively, and released in theaters on a large scale.

The film became an instant hit in Japanese theaters, earning 18 billion yen at the box office, equivalent to about 1200 million US dollars.

After its success in Japan, Topol Distribution immediately began operations to distribute the film throughout Asia.

The film first grossed NT$2200 million in Taiwan, and was later released in South Korea, where it also attracted 16 viewers.

It has now been announced that the film will be released in Hong Kong, and members of Girls’ Generation have been invited to help promote the film.

Baiyang Distribution Company also recommended this film to China Film Corporation in mainland China.

Copyrights have been sold throughout Asia, Europe and the United States.

With an investment of just one million US dollars, he received such a generous embrace, making the "Asian Rising Star Director" program led by Yang Ye famous.

News media across Asia reported the entire story of the "Asian Rising Star Director Program" and praised Yang Ye's keen eye for talent.

The other four films from the "Asian Rising Star Director Project" have also been repeatedly mentioned in reports from all over the country.

They are all considered to be distinctive works by film critics, and some overseas copyrights have even been sold because of this.

At this point, all five films directed by the “Asian Rising Star Director” have been released.

"One O'Clock Shift" broke even, "The Ice Seller's Son" lost money, "Forever Young" and "Ginkgo Tree Bed" made a small profit, and "Love Letter" made a huge profit.

Baiyang Pictures announced that it will continue to support the filming of new films by five directors, and also announced that it will launch the second round of the "Asian Rising Star Director Program". New directors from all over Asia are excited and eager to try.

……

Compared to the glory days of 1993 and 1994, the global box office has fallen sharply this year.

"Die Hard 3", which is currently the global box office champion this year, has a box office of more than million US dollars. It would not have been among the top three in the past two years.

At this time, the attention of movie fans around the world was focused on the East.

The “Matrix” released by Yang Ye last year was truly brilliant. Can the upcoming “Matrix 2” create another success?
In the original time and space, "The Matrix Reloaded" is the most exciting and the highest-grossing film in the trilogy.

At that time, the box office of the first film was 4.6 million US dollars, the second film made 7.8 million, and the third film slowed down and dropped to 4.2 million.

Yang Ye wanted to do something big this time, so he moved the premiere directly to the Chinese Theater in Los Angeles.

The Chinese Theater is a landmark building in Hollywood. It was built in 1927 and has hosted several Academy Awards ceremonies.

There are more than 200 famous movie stars from different periods and styles, such as Marilyn Monroe, who have left their handprints and footprints here.

The premiere of "The Matrix Reloaded" was prepared by United Artists Pictures. Yang Ye only needed to wait for them to finish their preparations and then go there.

Before leaving, Yang Ye made some arrangements for Ayumi Hamasaki's debut.

After Akina Nakamori retired, Avex Music introduced Izumi Sakai and Nanase Aikawa to take over, but both of them sang rock music and could never become mainstream.

It was not until this year that Avex Music signed Namie Amuro that it had a real trump card.

In later generations, there was a saying of "Three Great Divas of the Heisei Era", namely Ayumi Hamasaki, Utada Hikaru and Kuraki Mai, but Namie Amuro was not included.

But in fact, this title comes from China, reflecting the influence of Japanese pop music on China around 2000. However, few people use it in Japan.

Namie Amuro debuted earlier. In 1997, she gave up the J-pop route, introduced American hip-hop music, and independently developed the Hip-Hop style in Japan.

In this era, the Chinese-speaking world is not very receptive to hip-hop music, so Namie Amuro's fame in China cannot be compared with that of Ayumi Hamasaki and others.

Ayumi Hamasaki debuted several times in Japan. She was initially signed by Columbia, but her albums sold poorly and she was abandoned.

She could only go back to nightclubs and perform there for a long time before she was discovered by Avex Music, but she was just an ordinary artist.

It was not until she was spotted by Katsuto Matsuura and sent to New York for training that she made her debut again in 1999 and soared to become the queen of Asia.

Today, Ayumi Hamasaki has received two years of training in Hong Kong, and has become very good at singing and dancing.

Yang Ye plans to make a movie with Ayumi Hamasaki as the heroine, to stir up the popularity first, and then release an album.

For this matter, Yang Ye went back home first.

……

Yang Sheng was eating alone. When he saw Yang Ye coming in, he quickly stood up and shouted, "Father!"

Yang Ye smiled and sat down at the table: "Why are you eating alone? Where's your mother?"

"Mother is out playing mahjong, and grandma is visiting auntie, whose baby is about to be born. Have you eaten?"

After Yamaguchi Baihui followed Yang Ye, she also brought Yamaguchi Masako and Yamaguchi Shuhui to Hong Kong.

After graduating from university, Yamaguchi Shue worked at Yang Kee and later married a Hong Konger.

The couple had a daughter, and this pregnancy is their second child.

"No, I'm just hungry."

Yang Ye was about to ask the servant to serve him a bowl of rice, but Yang Sheng took the initiative to say, "I'll serve you some rice."

As he said that, he ran to the kitchen, got a set of bowls and chopsticks, served Yang Ye a bowl of rice, and cracked an egg on it.

Yang Ye actually doesn't like this way of eating, it feels sticky.

However, after being with Japanese women like Yamaguchi Momoe and Nakamori Akina for a long time, I got used to it.

You can eat anything, such as rice with raw egg or rice with natto.

Yang Sheng is Yang Ye's fourth son. Under his mother's education, Yang Sheng is very polite in dealing with people.

Yang Ye actually doesn't like this, he likes to be more casual, but there is nothing wrong with being polite, the more polite the better.

Yang Laosi has a shy personality, which may be related to his Japanese ancestry.

In the past, when he was playing with a few brothers and had conflicts, those guys would call him a Japanese, which made him feel very wronged.

After Yang Ye found out, he strictly prohibited this behavior and even punished Yang Ritian and Yang Tudou for it.

After Yang Laosi went to school, he would learn about the history of Japan's invasion of China and the Nanjing Massacre in class.

There is also a lot of content about the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in the film and television works he comes into contact with on a daily basis.

When people mention the Japanese, they often call them "Little Japan" or "Little Japs".

In this environment, he naturally developed a somewhat inferior character.

Yang Ye had no good solution for this. Yang Sheng's mother was Japanese, and Yang Ye couldn't teach him to hate the Japanese.

Yang Ye could only educate him: "Schools teach the history of the Anti-Japanese War to remind us Chinese people to remember history, not to spread hatred.

Now is a peaceful era. You have the blood of both China and Japan. When you grow up, you should be a bridge of peace between China and Japan and make more contributions to the friendship between the two countries."

Yang Laosi is a thoughtful person. For example, when he served rice to Yang Ye just now, he considerately cracked an egg for him.

His mother, Yamaguchi Momoe, was a very honest person. She lived her life quietly without fighting or competing.

Yang Ye also dotes on Yamaguchi Baihui. Whenever he is in Hong Kong, he will always try his best to make time to accompany her.

Yamaguchi Baihui was one of the first women Yang Ye met. She gave up everything and came to Hong Kong with him, and has followed him for so many years without any regrets.

Although Yang Ye met many women later, no matter how young or beautiful those girls were, they could not compare to him.

The father and son ate quietly. Yang Ye asked, "I heard that you were playing games with your brothers recently?"

"Yes!"

"Did they laugh at you?"

Yang Sheng was suddenly a little embarrassed, because the MUD they were playing was called "Niba" in Chinese.

Yang Sheng's nickname is "Mud", so his brothers often joke with him, saying "Mud is so funny" and so on. "It's my fault for giving you a random nickname."

"No, my mother told me that my father gave me a nickname because of his love for me. A nickname is easier to raise, and this is our Chinese tradition."

Yang Sheng answered appropriately, but Yang Ye secretly sighed, feeling that there was a gap between father and son.

He finished a bowl of rice, put down his bowl and chopsticks, and said, "I'm going to look for your mother. Do you want to come with me?"

Yang Sheng thought for a moment and said, "I have made an appointment with my brothers to play games together later."

"Well, go ahead and have fun. I'm leaving now!"

"Goodbye, father!"

Yang Ye nodded, stood up and left.

Yang Ye doesn't care whether his children will have a bright future or how big a career they can achieve.

No matter how big you become, you can never surpass him. Living a worry-free life is better than anything else.

So he always told his wives that as long as the children didn't learn bad things and didn't develop bad habits, it would be better than anything else.

……

Yamaguchi Baihui left her country and hometown, and Yang Ye didn't have much time to spend with her throughout the year, and she gradually formed her own circle.

At the beginning, she liked to do patchwork art quietly by herself after work.

She made all the clothes that Yang Sheng wore when he was a child, and she also made a few pieces for Yang Ye.

The patchwork circle in Hong Kong is very small. She once went to Japan to participate in a patchwork exhibition, signing her name as Yang Baihui. She also published books on patchwork.

Later, influenced by a group of women like Lin Qingxia and Deng Lijun, he became addicted to playing mahjong.

Especially now that the children have grown up and Lin Qingxia has retired, the situation is really bad.

Yang Ye went out and drove to Lin Qingxia's house.

In the mahjong room, Lin Qingxia, Deng Lijun, Yamaguchi Baihui and Hu Yinmeng sat at the same table and were having a lot of fun.

Lin Qingxia saw Yang Ye coming in and asked curiously, "Why are you here at this time? Have you eaten?"

Yang Ye said: "I miss you guys!"

Hu Yinmeng curled her lips and said, "Stop it, we are all a group of old women, why would you care about us?"

In order to open a film company in Germany and reap the benefits, Yang Ye arranged for Hu Yinmeng to immigrate to Germany.

Because Hu Yinmeng majored in German in college and is fluent in German.

Later, when the company acquired BMG Records, she became a director of the record company.

She often has to travel back and forth to Germany to handle affairs there, and also to manage relationships in Taiwan, so she doesn't spend much time in Hong Kong.

Yang Ye walked over, hugged her from behind the chair, kissed her on the face, and said, "Yin Yin, when did you come back?"

Hu Yinmeng said to the other three women, "Look, he doesn't even know when I'll be back, and he still says he misses me. Do you believe it?"

The three girls immediately shook their heads and expressed their disbelief.

Yang Ye ignored all this and hugged Hu Yinmeng's neck and gave her a passionate kiss.

Hu Yinmeng struggled for a second and then responded enthusiastically.

Lin Qingxia slapped the table with a mahjong tile, making a loud clacking sound: "Hey, hey, hey, do you want to play cards or sex?"

Yang Ye let go of Hu Yinmeng and said with a smile: "We have to play cards and Bo as well."

Then he ran over to kiss Lin Qingxia, who yelled at him, “Get lost, get lost, um…”

Yang Ye attacked from all directions, and soon, he kissed the four women until they were completely lost in passion, and the cards on the table became a mess...

……

When Yang Ye woke up in the morning, he felt hollowed out, with dark circles around his eyes.

Deng Lijun, Hu Yinmeng, and Lin Qingxia are all over 36, and Yamaguchi Baihui is also years old. They are all at the age of " is like a wolves, is like a tiger". It is really a bit too much for Yang Ye to fight against four of them alone.

"It seems I need to eat some sea dog pills to replenish my body!"

Yang Ye muttered something quietly, but then he heard Hu Yinmeng say behind him: "What did you say?"

Yang Ye turned around and grinned: "Yin Yin, you woke up so early."

Hu Yinmeng looked around, pulled her legs out, hugged her knees and sat down, complaining: "You are so ridiculous. If this happened in ancient times, you would be a tyrant."

Yang Ye said indifferently: "As long as I can stay with the woman I love forever, what's wrong with being a tyrant?"

As he spoke, he leaned forward, hugged Hu Yinmeng in his arms, and asked with a serious look, "Were you satisfied last night?"

Hu Yinmeng said: "If you don't have this ability, I won't follow you."

"Fuck, so you followed me because I'm big and good at sex?"

"What else? Do you know why these sisters would rather stay alone than cheat on you and find men behind your back?"

"Because I love you!"

"You love everyone, what's so special about that?"

"why?"

"Most of them were virgins when they were with you, but I wasn't. Before you, I had an American boyfriend. I told them that Americans are nothing compared to you."

Yang Ye was stunned. Was this the reason?

It turns out that I applied my divine power to "bang bang bang", allowing them to have this magical experience, and then they became dismissive of other men?

That's it!
Hu Yinmeng looked at Yang Ye's stunned expression and smiled sweetly: "So, should you reward me?"

Yang Ye nodded mechanically: "Yes!"

He came back to his senses and said, "What do you want?"

Hu Yinmeng licked her lips and asked seductively, "What do you think?"

She pushed Yang Ye down and sat on him...

……

The circles around Yang Ye's eyes became darker.

At this moment, he was sitting at the dining table with a pair of panda eyes, eating breakfast silently.

Several women looked at his miserable face and snickered.

Hu Yinmeng said, "It seems that we need to nourish our husband."

Yamaguchi Baihui thought it made sense, and after thinking about it, she seriously suggested: "I think we should use black rice to cook porridge for breakfast, and add wolfberry and black sesame."

Deng Lijun agreed and nodded, "Two more sea cucumbers."

Yang Ye complained: "Who the hell eats sea cucumber for breakfast?"

Lin Qingxia said seriously: "This is all for your own good!"

Yang Ye said with a look of grief and indignation: "Don't you want to kill me?"

Deng Lijun chuckled and said, "You are the one who wants to show off!"

Yang Ye shook his head and stopped talking about this topic.

He finished his breakfast, drank some water, wiped his mouth, and said to Yamaguchi Baihui seriously: "Baihui, I actually came here to see you."

Yamaguchi Baihui asked curiously: "Looking for me?"

"Well, I went home and you weren't there. Xiao Niba said you were playing mahjong at Qingxia's place, so I went to look for you. Who knew I would be almost squeezed dry!"

Yamaguchi Baihui covered her mouth and laughed: "You came to me specifically, what's the matter?"

"I want to make a movie, but I feel the script is not very good, so I want to do something gimmicky. I hope you can help and play a role."

Yamaguchi Baihui frowned and said with some embarrassment: "I have retired for more than ten years."

"I'm not asking you to make a comeback, it's just a shot, just show your face."

"One shot?"

"Yes, just one shot."

Yamaguchi Baihui thought about it, and seeing Yang Ye's expectant look, she couldn't bear to refuse him, so she said, "Okay!"

Yang Ye was overjoyed, hugged Yamaguchi Baihui and kissed her, saying: "Baihui, my dear, you are still the best!"

Hu Yinmeng said: "Oh my, we kissed again, it seems you are still good!"

Hu Yinmeng said, eager to try again. Yang Ye was startled and let go of Yamaguchi Baihui. With a "whoosh", he ran away. (End of this chapter)