Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

This summer, the films "Mission Impossible" shot by Yang Ye for Tom Cruise and "Men in Black" shot by Chen Long and Yuen Biao will both be released.

"Mission Impossible" was completed in the first half of last year, but has been delayed in its release because it is waiting for a good release date.

The promotional campaign for "Mission Impossible" in North America has already started.

Before the official release, Yang Ye will go to the United States to promote the film with Tom Cruise.

In order to promote "Men in Black", Yang Ye held the world premiere in Cannes, making it the closing film of the Cannes Film Festival.

Yang Ye and Chen Long usually have their own things to do and it is rare for them to meet, so they sat in the audience to discuss their trip to Cannes in May.

At this time, the award ceremony on the stage had already begun.

The host Dayo Wong called out Yang Ye's name and invited him to the stage to present the Best Newcomer Award.

Yang Ye muttered, why do I have to give out this award every time?
Yang Ye walked onto the stage, and another award presenter, Veronica Yip, followed suit.

Yang Ye stood in front of the microphone and said with a smile: "Not bad, I used to present this award alone, but this time I have arranged for a beautiful lady to come with me."

Ye Yuqing smiled and said, "Am I also a beauty in the eyes of the Lord?"

"Of course, otherwise why would I ask you to play the role of my daughter's mother."

"Oh, your daughter is so cute. I haven't seen her for a long time."

The two chatted casually for a few minutes and then announced the shortlist.

"The nominees for the 16th Hong Kong Film Awards are: Rene Liu for "A Young Fisherman", Kelly Chen for "Song of the Fairies", Ivy Liu for "The Man from Nowhere", Leung Wing Kei for "Chariots of Fire", and Ye Fanghua for "Rumble in the Bronx."

The quality of the candidates for Best Newcomer this year is very high. There are five candidates, four big and one small, all of them are beauties.

Among the four adults, Kelly Chen, Liang Yongqi and Ye Fanghua are all very good-looking.

Only Rene Liu is not very good-looking, but she has a clean temperament and artistic vibe, which gives people a very comfortable feeling.

Although Liu Yifei is young and looks like a porcelain doll, she was loved by countless audiences as soon as she appeared in "The Man from Lone Ranger" last year.

The judging panel gave Yang Ye face and shortlisted Liu Yifei for Best Newcomer.

However, she came here with the crew of "The Man from Nowhere" today, and Yang Ye didn't bring her in.

Yang Ye had many children, and everyone thought that Liu Yifei, who suddenly appeared, was just one of his illegitimate daughters.

There was no further investigation at all, and she was not actually Yang Ye's biological daughter.

Since Yang Ye likes to linger among the flowers and sow seeds everywhere, people would not believe it even if they found out that Liu Yifei's biological father was someone else.

People will only firmly believe that it must be Yang Ye who cheated on An Shaokang, causing Liu Xiaoli to become pregnant and give birth to Liu Yifei.

After Yang Ye found out about his daughter's background, he brought her and her to Hong Kong.

Just like that, Liu Yifei's biological father was inexplicably expelled from the family and was also accused of being a cuckold.

After "The Man from Lone Star", Liu Yifei received many offers for filming, and there was even a movie tailor-made for her. Without exception, she rejected them all.

Later everyone figured it out.

Since she is Yang Ye’s daughter, he can just praise her himself. Is it your turn?
People won't even appreciate the little pay you give them.

When we saw her again, she changed her stage name to Liu Yifei for filming, and everyone guessed that she might just be doing it for fun.

This time, the flattery hit the horse's leg, so everyone stopped making trouble.

Yang Ye opened the list of best award winners and took a look. He thought, "Everyone is really giving me face."

He couldn't make the announcement himself, so he gave Yuqing Yip a look, and Yuqing Yip immediately announced, "The winner of Best Newcomer is... Liu Yifei, congratulations!"

Liu Yifei in the audience happily high-fived Johnnie To and Andy Lau, then walked onto the stage to receive the award.

Liu Yifei was small and couldn't reach the microphone, so Yang Ye picked her up directly.

Liu Yifei was in Yang Ye's arms, holding the little golden man in both hands, and thanked her parents, the director uncle, and Uncle Liu Hua, and that was it.

This scene of Yang Ye holding Liu Yifei and Liu Yifei holding the little golden man was photographed by reporters on the spot and became the headline of the entertainment section the next day.

It will be difficult for other movies to beat Yang Ye in some subsequent technical awards.

Best Visual Effects, Best Action Design, Best Art Design and so on were all easily won by Yang Ye's team.

There is no way. He has mastered the best resources, and on the technical level, it is simply a dimensionality reduction attack on other people.

In fact, to this day, Yang Ye has long been numb to all kinds of film awards.

He also gave face to Zhang Minyi and tried his best to attend the Golden Melody Awards and the Golden Image Awards.

He was too lazy to even go to the Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan.

Even the three major European awards and the Oscars, he doesn't really care about them.

As he becomes more and more successful, it becomes easier and easier for him to succeed.

This is not nonsense, because after he has mastered a huge amount of resources, he can control many things.

He can manipulate these film awards if he wants.

However, if this is done, these awards will lose their credibility and be dead.

Therefore, Yang Ye tried not to interfere, and only cheated for Joey Wong once in all these years.

Even so, he couldn't resist others who insisted on flattering him.

Liu Yifei's performance this time was not particularly outstanding, but for Yang Ye's sake, she had to be the best newcomer.

Next was the acting award. Ann Hui's "A Woman of 40" performed very well, winning the Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor awards.

Only the Best Supporting Actress award was won by Karen Mok for her role in the film "Fallen Angels".

In this way, Josephine Siao won three Best Actress awards in Berlin, Golden Horse and Hong Kong Film Awards with just one movie.

In addition, the newly established Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards also presented her with a Best Actress award.

Yang Ye was also nominated for Best Actor this year, but ultimately lost to Qiao Hong in "A Woman at Forty".

But he said last year that people should not vote for him just to give him face. Otherwise, will the Academy Awards still be held?
After everyone interpreted these words, Yang Ye actually had no difference from withdrawing from the award competition, except that Yang Ye did not directly announce his withdrawal.

For Yang Ye, he felt that withdrawing from the competition for the award and giving the opportunity to the younger generation was a very ridiculous thing.

Otherwise, you should just retire and never show up in public again.

You are a person who works in the circle, but you announce that you will no longer accept awards and give the opportunities to newcomers. What's going on?

Winning an award should be based on your ability, not on seniority or relying on others to give way to you.

There's no point in taking a prize that's given to you.

In direct competition, those old guys may not be able to outperform the young people.

Yang Ye hopes that everyone can vote according to their conscience and vote for whoever they truly think is good.

In the end, I found out that it was just wishful thinking.

As long as one is a human being, he or she will have his or her own little plans.

Didn't Yang Ye openly help Wang Zuxian cheat? He had no right to criticize others.

The last two awards, Best Director and Best Film, went to "A Woman at 40".

In 1991, Ann Hui's films "The Fifth Estate" and "Shanghai Holiday" both suffered box office failures, and her film career hit rock bottom.

Disappointed, he traveled to Japan and hibernated for four years before finally releasing "A Woman at Forty" to revive his reputation. …

After the award ceremony, the group went to the hotel for a celebratory banquet.

Yang Ye brought Halle Berry and Liu Yifei with him, and sat at the same table with Zhang Guorong, Liu Hua and others.

From time to time, people came over to toast her and praised Liu Yifei for her cute looks.

Yang Ye would only exchange a few pleasantries depending on the situation, otherwise he would be so exhausted that he wouldn't even be able to eat.

Liu Hua and Halle Berry were both nominated tonight, but neither of them won an award, which is a bit disappointing.

Yang Ye casually said a few words of comfort, saying that there would be opportunities in the future.

Zhang Guorong also said: "It took me more than ten years to get the award. Sometimes, awards are given based on seniority."

Yang Ye looked at Huang Lei, who was sitting next to Zhang Guorong with long hair and a melancholy face, and felt like laughing.

This guy really acts like an artistic youth. No wonder he has bewitched Rene Liu, who also has an artistic style.

Yang Ye asked casually: "Your name is Huang Lei, right?"

Huang Lei was flattered. He didn't expect Yang Ye to know his name. He stood up and said shyly, "Hello, Sir. I toast you a glass."

Yang Ye clinked his glasses with him and said, "Yang's is going to start filming April in the World. Have you received an invitation to play the role of Xu Zhimo?"

Huang Lei said: "Got it, I have agreed to act in it."

Yang Ye nodded: "Yes, I feel that your temperament is a bit like Xu Zhimo, so I chose you, please act well."

"I will definitely work hard!"

Speaking of Xu Zhimo, he was the earliest one who "studied one year in the UK for a master's degree and had a lifelong love for England".

British universities in later generations had a very good business, which was to fleece Chinese students.

British universities have opened the door to convenience for Chinese students. They can study for a master's degree in a British university and graduate in one year.

Although the tuition fees are extremely expensive, countless Chinese people are flocking to it.

After these people have been in the UK for a year, they will all be imbued with the British aristocratic atmosphere.

They always "inadvertently" mention their experiences studying in the UK in life, work, and on various social networks.

I will miss the blue sky and white clouds with England, and...fish and chips.

If I have the chance to go to the UK again in my life, it will definitely not be to go to the UK, but... back to the UK.

Of course, Xu Zhimo's level was obviously much higher. He not only wrote a large number of poems and articles expressing his nostalgia for Britain, but also left a tourism project for Chinese people in the local area.

When Chinese people visit Cambridge University, the British boatmen who row the boats have to recite a few lines from "A Farewell to Cambridge" for you.

Yang Ye chatted with Huang Lei for a few words, then saw Huang Zihua not far away and waved to call him over.

"Zihua, I've heard your stand-up comedy, it's very funny, very good!"

Dayo Wong made an exaggerated expression: "No way, I haven't seen you on the scene!"

“I heard it on the radio.”

"The effect will be much worse. I'll give you a ticket. Would you mind going to the scene to show your support?"

Dayo Wong took advantage of the situation and Yang Ye couldn't help but laugh.

The so-called stand-up comedy is a performing art form introduced to Hong Kong from the West by Wong Cho-lam. It is called "stand-up comedy" in English and translated into "stand-up comedy" in mainland China.

When Dayo Wong introduced the term, there was no relevant translation word in Chinese, so he translated it into "Stand-up Comedy" based on its meaning.

Dongdu means standing in Cantonese, and Dongduxiao means telling jokes while standing. This translation can be said to be very vivid.

Dayo Wong wanted to be an actor, but he couldn't make a breakthrough until he was 30. He felt that his life was hopeless, so he just accepted his fate.

However, he was still a little unwilling to give up, so he worked hard at his desk for nine months and wrote an article "A Bloody History of the Entertainment Industry" to record his sorrows and setbacks along the way.

Then he rented a small theatre with a capacity of 300 people at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre and invested tens of thousands of dollars to give a farewell performance.

Unexpectedly, the performance was so good that everyone came to see it again the next day.

Then he became more and more popular, performing all the way to the Hong Kong Coliseum, telling jokes to tens of thousands of audiences, and became the founder of stand-up comedy.

Yang Ye said: "Although your stand-up comedy is interesting, I think it is still a bit too monotonous. I have an idea. Are you interested in listening to it?"

"I'm all ears!"

"Have you ever thought about getting a group of people together and telling stand-up comedy together?"

Dayo Wong thought for a moment and asked doubtfully, "Similar to the crosstalk in the north?"

Yang Ye shook his head: "Not quite the same!"

Dayo Wong thought about it again, shook his head and said, "Then I can't think of what form it will take."

Yang Ye said: "My idea is to make it into a TV show. Invite an influential celebrity as the main guest in each episode.

In addition, six or seven artists are invited to serve as assistant hosts, who create stand-up comedy content based on the main hosts.

Using a humorous and sharp style, the main guest's acting skills, scandals, singing skills, dancing skills and other aspects are judged.

Finally, the main character came on stage and fought back against everyone. "

The program that Yang Ye was talking about was naturally the "Tucao Conference" which became very popular on the Internet in later generations.

"Tucao Conference" made a group of talk show hosts popular, but Yang Ye always felt that something was missing.

Because compared to the American original, the scale is still too small.

Seeing Dayo Wong as the host at the Academy Awards today, Yang Ye suddenly thought that if "Roast Conference" were moved to Hong Kong, the scale would definitely be extremely large and the effect would definitely be excellent.

Because now these artists can all take jokes, and Hong Kong's public opinion towards artists is not as perverted as it was in the Internet age.

It’s okay for Zhang Guorong to drive in public, but in "Defenseless Tonight" many people swore and smoked, and Rosamund Kwan even openly said that she had been someone’s mistress.

If we get these people together to host a "Tucao Conference" and the content of the show is passed down to future generations, how interesting would that be?

Dayo Wong is a smart man. After thinking carefully, he figured out the selling point of this program and why Yang Ye wanted to find him.

Because the jokes written by Dayo Wong are very funny, but those celebrities obviously can't write jokes, the best they can do is provide materials.

And Dayo Wong had to act as a screenwriter, helping the stars to organize the materials into funny jokes and teaching them how to perform.

In addition, he also has to go on stage as the host or even a guest and take on the responsibility of controlling the situation.

Dayo Wong has always wanted to promote stand-up comedy, and if it could be put on television, it would undoubtedly expand its influence, so he agreed immediately.

Then the two began to discuss the name of the show.

Tucao is a later internet term that originated from Japan and does not exist at all now.

Even if Yang Ye forced to use this word, the audience would not understand the meaning of it.

If you do it in Hong Kong, you will have to use a new name instead.

After discussing it, the two decided to name the show "Stand-up Comedy Conference".

Zhang Guorong is a playful person. After listening to the two people's discussion, he said eagerly: "I want to be the main guest!" (End of this chapter)