Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 72 I want to get emotional

The Hong Kong film industry in the 80s could be described as having three pillars, the most popular of which was New Arts City Film Company, and Lei Juekkun was the founder of New Arts City.

New Arts City produced "The Best Partner", the first super blockbuster in the history of Hong Kong films, and set a record of 286 million moviegoers, which has not been broken yet.

At its peak, the old enemies of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest even joined forces to fight against New Art City, which shows how powerful New Art City is.

Xinyi City is famous for its talented people and large cast. Xu Guanjie, Zhou Runfa, Xu Ke, John Woo... are all from this company.

However, there were too many talented people and the spoils were unevenly distributed, which led to internal strife and it fell apart after only ten years of operation.

Yang Ye now released the tiger Lei Juekun five years in advance in order to do Jiahe, and he didn't know what kind of situation it would cause in the future.

However, I can’t control that much anymore, let’s give Jiahe a big bag first.

Lei Juekun holds the main shares of Kowloon Bus and Kowloon Construction, and is worth hundreds of millions. He is much richer than Yang Ye, but... Yang Ye is his client.

Yang Ye's current cinema chain is being built by Kowloon Construction.

However, Yang Ye did not appear in public. Xia Meng's husband Lin Baocheng came forward to do these things.

Moreover, the construction of Yang Ye's theater was a bit weird, so that except for the contractor, Kowloon Construction, no one else realized that it was a theater at all.

Lei Juekun didn't know why Yang Ye suddenly invited him to dinner, but there was no harm in making friends with this newly rising celebrity, so he happily went to the appointment.

The last time Jiang Zhiqiang followed Yang Ye to sell a film in Cannes, he got a 5% commission, and finally received 10,000+ US dollars. It was so funny.

This time Yang Ye invited him to dinner, which was of course a good thing. He came with his brother without saying a word.

After a while of pushing cups and changing cups, Yang Ye said straight to the point: "Boss Lei, two bosses Jiang, I hope to rent the cinemas of Lisheng and Anle to screen my "Fist of Heroes" during the Spring Festival."

When Lei Juekun heard this, he calmly wiped his mouth with a napkin and asked, "Isn't Mr. Yang cooperating with Jiahe?"

Yang Ye said: "I've been having some trouble with Jiahe recently, and I want to get a little emotional."

Yang Ye's emotional statement made the three of them laugh. Lei Juekun thought to himself that this boy was going to demonstrate to Jiahe, so he complimented him and said with a smile: "Young Master Yang has fought against all Japanese enemies. He is indeed a man of temperament." .”

Yang Ye cupped his hands carelessly and said with a smile: "I always say what I want, not so many twists and turns. Aqiang and I have been to Cannes, you know."

Jiang Zhiqiang said with a smile: "That's right, Mr. Yang is a man of his word and acts resolutely. The last time I went to Cannes with you, I made hundreds of thousands of dollars in two months. It's really a blessing in my life."

Yang Ye said: "So, Jiahe is not good to me, so I have to get into trouble with him and let him know that I am not easy to mess with. Moreover, during the Spring Festival, no one is interested in Western movies. If your theater is empty, it will be empty. It’s perfect for playing my Fist of Heroes.”

Yang Ye acted like a fool, and Lei Juekun and Jiang Zhiwen didn't even notice.Lei Juekun asked: "Should we screen it alone or together with Jiahe?"

Yang Ye said: "Of course it will be shown alone, but I will also rent some smaller theaters to assist in the screening."

When they heard that Jiahe was going to be left aside, the two of them became even more interested. They were both happy to let Jiahe suffer.

Jiang Zhiwen asked: "How to distribute the benefits?"

"How to distribute it? I'll pay the rent, and you can just rent the theater chain to me."

Jiang Zhiwen said: "Jiahe is a powerful dragon in the film industry. We risk offending Jiahe and only earn a little rent. Isn't this not good?"

Yang Ye thought for a moment and said, "So you guys want to split the bill, right? It's not impossible. In fact, when it comes to rent, I really don't know what the price is. In that case, split it [-]-[-], what do you think?"

Jiang Zhiwen and Lei Juekun glanced at each other. Jiang Zhiwen made a sign of six and said: "We heard that Yang Shao and Jiahe split their accounts between [-] and [-]. Now that they have come to us, we won't say [-] or [-]." ,what do you think?"

Yang Ye thought about it for a moment and said with a smile: "Then four or six. But please don't make any announcement when the three of you go back. Wait until I contact other theaters."

Lei Juekun thought to himself that this boy was trying to catch Jiahe off guard. He smiled and said, "That's natural."

……

Next, Yang Ye contacted some independent theaters and began to receive film distributors invited from all over the world.

With the experience of selling "Shaolin Temple" in Cannes, Yang Ye established contacts with film distributors around the world.

And Shaolin Temple sells it everywhere, and the box office has soared, giving these film distributors confidence.

This time I heard that a new movie starring Yang Ye was released, and it was also a Kung Fu blockbuster. After receiving the invitation, they naturally came one after another.

In order to receive these people, Yang Ye spent a lot of money on entertainment fees, but it was worth the money. If they come again in the future, they will have to pay out of their own pockets, and I don't have time to serve them.In the original time and space, Li Lianjie suffered a loss only after "Shaolin Temple", because the follow-up resources did not keep up.

He is a mainlander, and Hong Kong and Taiwan film companies did not dare to use him. He could only go to the United States to open a martial arts gym in frustration. It was not until Xu Ke found him back in 1991 to film Once Upon a Time that he became famous again.

From 1982 to 1991, he only made a few bad movies intermittently and missed the most glorious period of Hong Kong movies in the 80s.

In those years, he was in his 20s, and the best years of his life were all wasted.

Otherwise, he might have been even more accomplished than he is now.

Yang Ye is different from Li Lianjie. After using "Shaolin Temple" to gain global recognition, follow-up resources immediately increased.

Here comes another one of the most classic action movies in history, "Fist of Heroes". Riding on the popularity of "Shaolin Temple", it is no surprise that it has become popular all over the world.

Now, "Shaolin Temple" has been released in more than 900 theaters in North America, and its box office has exceeded [-] million, with more theaters being added all the time.

Shay is very stable. This is a crucial battle in his life. All his wealth has been invested. He has made a careful plan and carried out it in an orderly manner.

For Yang Ye, if so many people are invited to watch the movie, it is naturally not just a matter of "Fist of Heroes".

"Drunken Master", "Snake-Shaped Trickster", and "Spiritual Rain in the Sky Mountain" are all for sale.

"Drunken Master" was a huge hit in Japan, selling 20 billion yen at the box office, making Chen Long famous in Japan.

This means that Yang Ye will give him another salary increase.

As for Hu Jinquan's "Spiritual Rain in the Sky", it is still a hit and miss. It grossed 120 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in Hong Kong. It has made a circle in Taiwan and Southeast Asia, successfully recouping the cost and making a small profit.

However, this kind of unique movie is very suitable for foreigners' sense of curiosity. After watching the movie, I sold a lot of copyrights and made a small profit again.

The sales of "Snake" was quite tragic, and only a few film producers were willing to buy it.

Only "Drunken Master" took advantage of its popularity in Japan and Southeast Asia to sell a large number of copyrights.

This is the advantage of kung fu comedy. It relies entirely on body movements to make it funny, rather than relying on literary lines.

No matter how subtle Xu Guanwen's jokes are, no one outside Hong Kong can understand them. Therefore, although he is the king of comedy for a generation, he can only pretend to be cool in Hong Kong and Nanyang.

And Chen Long can become famous all over the world by relying on comedy and kung fu.

Because this thing transcends language, everyone can understand it and enjoy it.

In mid-January, the premiere of "Fist of Heroes" finally began.

This is the second movie starring Yang Ye, and it caused such a big incident in Japan that the tickets for the premiere were sold out as soon as they came out.

People who didn't get tickets began to pay extra money to buy tickets, making the scalpers make a lot of money.

Due to the assassination of Yang Ye in Japan, in order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, the Japanese starring actors were not invited to the premiere.

But just the night before the premiere, Yang Ye suddenly received a call from Momoe Yamaguchi.

"Ye Jun, can you pick me up?"

Yang Ye was shocked and asked: "You came to Hong Kong?"

"Well, I'm at the airport."

After Yang Ye asked her roughly where she was, he said, "Just wait for me there and don't run around."

Yang Ye rode out his motorcycle and ran to Kai Tak Airport. After searching around for several times, he finally found Yamaguchi Momoe in a phone booth.

It was raining cold outside at this time, and she hid in the phone booth, her little body shivering with cold, like a homeless kitten.

Yang Ye held her in his arms with some distress and scolded her: "Why did you come to Hong Kong alone?"

But she raised her head and said the lines in the movie seriously: "I have given up everything, you have to support me for the rest of my life!"

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