Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

The 17-year-old Ayumi Hamasaki, with a head of yellow hair and a Shamatte look, sat in front of Yang Ye's desk, looking a little uneasy.

"I heard that you often skip classes?"

"Occasionally... Er!" Ayumi Hamasaki said while playing with her fingers and lowering her head.

"Why do you want to skip class?"

"Those vocal lessons were very boring, and the dance lessons were very tiring. The teachers were very strict, and... I was not good at Chinese or English, so I couldn't understand."

Yang Ye flipped through the information in his hand: "You are always on the verge of being eliminated, but you just happen to not be eliminated. Is it intentional?"

"No, I've tried my best!"

"You work so hard but still skip classes?"

"I... don't understand!" Ayumi Hamasaki raised her head and said aggrievedly.

Yang Ye wanted to teach her a lesson, but he had dark circles under his eyes and looked very funny, so he couldn't be strict with her.

Yang Ye sighed and said, "I have read all the letters you wrote to me."

"Ah?" Ayumi Hamasaki blushed immediately.

Two years ago, Yang Ye brought Ayumi Hamasaki to Hong Kong on the grounds that he saw her performance in a TV series and thought she had the potential to become a star.

Afterwards, he took her to watch the Voice of China concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum that year. That day, Ayumi Hamasaki saw the spirited Li Wen on the stage.

Li Wen dyed her hair blonde and wore gorgeous performance clothes. She sang and danced on the stage, looking coquettish and sexy, driving tens of thousands of audiences crazy.

Yang Ye told Ayumi Hamasaki that this girl was unknown half a year ago, but now she has become the focus of everyone's attention.

At that moment, she knew what it felt like to realize her dream, and she wanted to be someone like Li Wen.

But it only burned for a short while, and soon it became a thing of the past.

Because Ayumi Hamasaki's situation is somewhat different from those girls who were brought to Hong Kong by Yang Ye before.

Akina Nakamori came with Yamaguchi Momoe and became her disciple. She also had Zhou Huimin and others as her playmates.

Later, Kudo Shizuka and Amami Yuki, Sakai Izumi and Aikawa Nanase all came as a team.

They all have someone to rely on in Hong Kong, but Ayumi Hamasaki came to Hong Kong alone and didn't even have anyone to talk to.

She was alone in the unfamiliar Hong Kong, unfamiliar with the place, unable to speak the language, and without any friends, so she was very depressed.

In addition, she had a rebellious personality and at one point wanted to give up and return to Japan.

When those Japanese girls came to Hong Kong in the past, Yang Ye would occasionally go to see them.

But he has been much busier in the past two years than before, and he has no time to pay attention to Ayumi Hamasaki at all.

It was only after I heard that Ayumi Hamasaki wanted to leave that I called her and gave her some encouragement.

He also left his email address so that she could write to him if she had anything on her mind.

However, Ayumi Hamasaki wrote many letters to Yang Ye, but Yang Ye never replied to any of them.

Ayumi Hamasaki thought that Yang Ye might have never read the letter she wrote, and the so-called asking her to write a letter was simply a lie.

Later, she treated the mailbox as a tree hole, and wrote all her girlish thoughts in the letters and poured them out, since Yang Ye wouldn't read them anyway.

She didn't expect that Yang Ye had seen it all. This... was really embarrassing.

In an instant, Ayumi Hamasaki wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

"Then...why didn't you reply to my letter?"

"I think you might be treating that place as a tree hole, so it's better not to respond. And what you wrote are all girlish thoughts, I really don't know how to respond, so I can only remain silent."

The term "tree hole" comes from a well-known fairy tale in Japan, and Ayumi Hamasaki naturally knows what it means.

"Okay!" Ayumi Hamasaki thought about it and realized that she didn't say anything too outrageous. She was just complaining about some troubles.

"Then why are you telling me now?"

"I noticed that you have good writing skills. Have you ever thought about writing your own songs?"

"Can I?"

Yang Ye's suggestion made Ayumi Hamasaki feel flattered, but also a little nervous because she didn't know if she could do it.

Yang Ye encouraged: "Although you often skip classes and are not a good student, you have completed the training course, and the company has decided to let you debut.

I thought since you have a talent for songwriting, why not give it a try and write the lyrics for your first album.”

"I..." Ayumi Hamasaki didn't want to admit that she couldn't do it, so she finally nodded and said, "I will definitely try my best!"

As she spoke, she stood up from her chair and bowed to Yang Ye.

Yang Ye clenched his fist, waved it in front of her, and said with a smile: "Daddy!"

Ayumi Hamasaki writes almost all of her songs herself.

Her early lyrics fully revealed the inner feelings of a young girl and expressed the voices of her peers, which resonated greatly among Japanese high school girls, making her a new leader believed by Japanese high school girls at that time.

So Yang Ye decided not to interfere and planned to throw a bunch of songs to her and let her write the lyrics herself.

In fact, Ayumi Hamasaki is also very talented in composing music. She has a dog named Gaea. All the songs signed by Gaea are composed by her.

"I asked you to come here today for another thing. I'm planning to make a movie and I want you to be the leading actress. Are you willing?"

“Dangdangdangdang… heroine?”

Ayumi Hamasaki is dumbfounded!
Yang Ye wanted to help her debut and let her write the lyrics for her new album. This was already surprising enough, but was there an even bigger surprise?

She was the heroine of Yang Ye's movie, something that many people dreamed of, and yet she actually ended up like that.

"I, I, I, I...I do!"

The little girl nodded vigorously. Yang Ye was not surprised by her reaction. He smiled and said, "Wait for the director to come over and we can chat together."

Ayumi Hamasaki was stunned: "Isn't it you who directed it?"

Yang Ye shook his head: "You also know that I have selected some Japanese singers to train in Hong Kong before, and then sent them back to Japan.

Each of their debuts was very hype and caused a lot of sensation. Now it's your turn to debut, and I was wondering, what kind of hype can you create?

After much thought, I decided to make a movie with you as the heroine. I wrote the script specifically for you.

But I'm busy, so I plan to hire another director, but I will star in this movie with you."

Ayumi Hamasaki is very smart and immediately understood what this meant.

Having her play the leading role in a movie is actually not a big gimmick.

But acting in a movie with superstar Yang Ye and playing the leading female role can be said to be full of gimmicks.

As soon as the movie is released, people will immediately know her and the three words Ayumi Hamasaki.

Ayumi Hamasaki was really flattered to the extreme.

Yang Ye tailored a script for her, made her the heroine, and co-starred with her. Oh my God...

Ayumi Hamasaki felt her heart pounding, her cheeks burning, and she was so happy that she almost fainted.

In fact, after Yang Ye finished filming "The Matrix", he no longer starred in movies, but he did not officially announce his retirement.

He planned to release the gimmick of retiring from the screen when "The Matrix 3" was released to boost the box office.

So it can't be considered as breaking one's promise to appear on camera this time to support Ayumi Hamasaki.

After a while, the secretary called Yang Ye to tell him that the person he was looking for had arrived.

"Let him in!" Yang Ye said and put down the phone.

Ayumi Hamasaki turned her head curiously and saw the door being pushed open. A dwarf-like man, less than 1.5 meters tall, walked in.

"Sir, you're looking for me?"

Yang Ye introduced Ayumi Hamasaki: "This is the famous Hong Kong director, Mr. Teddy Robin!"

Then he introduced to Teddy Robin: "This is Ms. Hamasaki Ayumi from Japan."

Ayumi Hamasaki stood up and bowed politely: "Hello, Mr. Teddy!"

Ayumi Hamasaki called him Mr. Teddy, and Yang Ye inexplicably wanted to laugh. This guy is small and often plays some very vulgar roles. He really looks like a Teddy.

"Hello, you're very cute!" Teddy Robin shook hands with Ayumi Hamasaki.

"Thank you!"

Yang Ye said sternly: "A Peng, I heard that you are planning to retire?"

Teddy Robin said helplessly, "I don't want to retire. The market is not doing well now. There are so few crews working and it's hard to find investors. I have no choice but to retire." "I thought you had made enough money?"

"I'm out here to fish. Who would complain about having too much money?"

"I asked you to come here because I want you to help me make a movie."

Teddy Robin's eyes lit up: "What play?"

Yang Ye picked up the script on the table and handed it to Teddy Robin, and gave another copy to Ayumi Hamasaki, saying, "This play is tailor-made for Miss Hamasaki.

We will go to Japan to shoot the film, starring the three of us. I am a Hong Kong police officer, and you are my old partner in Japan.

When I was on official duty in Japan, I fell in love with a Japanese woman named Keiko.

Later, Huizi left without saying goodbye, and I returned to Hong Kong alone, but I could never forget this relationship.

Until one day, I received a call from Japan telling me that Keiko had died of cancer and I became the heir to her $200 million estate.

She also told me that we had a daughter and asked me to take good care of her. This daughter was played by Ms. Ayumi Hamasaki.

So I set off for Japan to receive the inheritance and reunite with my daughter, but I found that Keiko's death was not that simple.

When she left me, there was another reason behind it, so I started to investigate and avenge her..."

Teddy Robin exclaimed when he heard this. A Chinese man had a love affair in Japan.

More than a decade later, his ex-lover left him a legacy of $200 million and a beautiful daughter.

He went to Japan to take over the inheritance and his daughter, and defeated a group of Japanese... What a cool plot!

Ayumi Hamasaki flipped through the script and said, "Hey, aren't we playing a couple?"

Yang Ye shook his head: "They are not a couple, but father and daughter. Yamaguchi Baihui will also appear in this movie, she plays your mother."

"Yama... Yamaguchi Momoe?"

Ayumi Hamasaki was so shocked this time that she was speechless and had no idea what to say.

Although Yamaguchi Momoe has retired long ago, she has become a legend in Japan. She actually appeared in this movie specifically for herself and played her own mother.

If this movie is released in Japan...

It turns out that the gimmick that Yang Ye was talking about was not that he would act with himself personally, but that it was Yamaguchi Momoe who would perform.

For the Japanese, this... is the ultimate gimmick!

Teddy Robin suddenly realized: "No wonder she's called Keiko, it turns out that Yamaguchi Momoe is going to play the role. Sir, except for you, there is no one in this world who can make her appear in front of the camera again!"

Yang Ye said, "Bai Hui only appears in one scene. Ah Peng, I'm going to the United States next, so I'll leave the preparations for this play to you. You will be the director, and we'll start filming when I return from the United States."

"OK!" Teddy Robin took on the task readily. He did not talk about money. Everyone knew that Yang Ye never treated anyone unfairly in terms of money.

"You're so nice to me!"

Ayumi Hamasaki had tears in her eyes and bowed deeply to Yang Ye.

Yang Ye made such a big effort for her debut, she really didn't know how to express her gratitude.

At the same time, she also felt embarrassed. If she didn't perform well or messed up, she didn't know how to face it.

Yang Ye touched Ayumi Hamasaki's head and said lovingly, "Don't feel stressed. Just deal with it seriously. I'll memorize the script before I come back."

"Yeah!" Ayumi Hamasaki wiped her tears. She was really moved.

……

In late November, Yang Ye arrived in Los Angeles.

Also accompanying him were the film's other two leading actors, Ti Lung and Jet Li.

As for the heroine Lin Qingxia, she was busy playing mahjong and taking her daughter's final exams.

For this premiere, Yang Ye invited quite a few Hollywood celebrities to attend.

In addition to the film's main creative staff, there are also his partners Robert Shea, White Dana, and Shirley Lansing.

There are also Adjani and her daughter, Michael Jackson's brothers and sisters, and Tom Cruise and his wife.

Schwarzenegger, Stallone, black singer Whitney Houston, North America's most popular actress Madonna, and Hollywood actress Jodie Foster.

Great directors such as Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, Ridley Scott, etc.

As well as the French actress Sophie Marceau who is currently working in Hollywood, and the Japanese idol Seiko Matsuda.

It was a gathering of many superstars, which naturally attracted countless media to come for interviews and reports.

In addition, the Spice Girls, who just made their debut with the theme song "Reflection" of the animated film "Mulan", were also invited to participate.

As the movie was released worldwide, they also gained a certain degree of fame and are about to release their first album "Spice".

……

The premiere was divided into two parts. The first part was an activity where Yang Ye left handprints and footprints at the entrance of the Chinese Theater.

There are two things in Hollywood that are very prestigious: leaving hand and foot prints at the entrance of the Chinese Theater and leaving your name on the Walk of Fame.

The difference between the two is that the Avenue of Stars is an official one, divided into five categories: film, television, music, radio and drama.

The people who get the stars are determined by their identities, and the stars they get are different depending on their identities.

If you are awesome enough, you can theoretically get five types of stars.

There are thousands of people who have received stars, and dozens more are added every year.

Because it is a big road, it can extend forever.

Leaving handprints and footprints at Chinese theaters was a private activity of the theater owner.

It appeared as early as 1927, decades earlier than the Avenue of Stars.

Due to limited space, only more than 200 people in total were the top Hollywood celebrities who were able to leave their prints on the square.

If you don’t have the qualifications, you will be criticized even if you leave a mark.

In 1992, Tom Cruise left his stamp at the Chinese Theater and was badly criticized.

People wonder how this guy deserves to have his name put next to Marilyn Monroe?

However, after the millennium, leaving your mark on India became a very commercial activity.

Theoretically, as long as you are willing to pay $15,000, you can hold a handprint and footprint ceremony in front of the Chinese Theater.

Many movies leave handprints and footprints when they are promoted in Chinese theaters.

Even movie props, like Harry Potter's magic wand.

Virtual characters, such as Snoopy Dog, Optimus Prime, etc., can also leave marks.

During the filming of the Chinese movie "Running Man Hollywood" in the United States, the two leading actors Zhao Yanzi and Huang Xiaoming also left their hand and foot prints at the Chinese Theater.

At that time, a press release was issued in the country and the event was heavily promoted.

Many domestic celebrities left messages expressing their envy and saying that they were awesome.

In fact, the two of them just spent money to create a gimmick in front of the Chinese Theater.

The cement slab where they left their hand and foot prints will not be embedded in the square of the Chinese Theater, so fans will not be able to find it even if they go looking for it.

Not only these two, but also the marks left by superstars outside the film industry like Kobe and Britney will not be placed in the square.

Before the millennium, Chen Long was the only Chinese who had left his mark in India.

Chen Long's hand and foot prints were stolen by fans, who later took them again and also printed his big nose on them.

With Yang Ye's influence, the handprints and footprints he left behind were confirmed to be embedded in the square, otherwise he would not bother to print them.

So, he surpassed Chen Long and became the first Chinese to leave his mark in a Chinese theater.

Yang Ye knelt on the red carpet, first signed his name on the cement slab, then stretched out his hands and smiled at the camera.

"Click! Click..."

Countless flashes of light flashed, and under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he pressed his handprints on the cement slab.

Then he stepped on it twice with his big leather shoes, leaving footprints.

The seal-leaving ceremony was successfully completed, and a large group of superstars and celebrities witnessed the ceremony.

Even in their opinion, this was a very honorable thing, and they all cast envious glances at Yang Ye.

Yang Xi, Li Wen, and the other girls in the Spice Girls group all had faces full of admiration. (End of this chapter)