Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Yang Ye discussed with Dayo Wong the rules of "Stand-up Comedy Club", and he didn't have to worry about anything else afterwards.

ATV has a group of professional TV people who will naturally plan this program together with Dayo Wong.

Audiences have always loved to pry into celebrity gossip, and now that celebrities have come out to mock each other, it is bound to attract a large number of viewers.

Yang Ye proposed a novel way of playing, and all that was left was for Dayo Wong to provide some awesome jokes.

The combination of novel ideas and awesome jokes makes it hard for "Stand-up Comedy Club" to fail to be popular.

Half a month after the Academy Awards, Yang Ye led the crew of "Men in Black" to Cannes.

Instead of staying in a hotel, they moved into the mansion that Yang Ye bought in Cannes.

Although Cannes is only a small city with a population of tens of thousands, it is the most famous holiday resort in France and even in the whole of Europe.

Purchasing a property here is a very worthwhile investment.

Movie moguls from all over the world like to buy houses here, and Yang Ye is no exception.

As soon as Yang Ye arrived in Cannes, he hosted a banquet at home to entertain guests.

Most of the participants were celebrities from the film industry, including Hollywood director Coppola, Italian director Bertolucci and other internationally renowned directors.

There is also the crew of Kaizi Ge's "Feng Yue" and Hou Hsiao-hsien's "Southland, Goodbye Southland", both of which were shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival this time.

Manyu Zhang, who was recently filming a movie in France, Kate Winslet, who had just made her mark in Hollywood, and Leonardo Dicaprio, who was still a young teenager, were also invited.

Both Leo and Fat Wen have passed the audition for "Titanic", and this year's Cannes Film Festival was the first time they met.

Yang Ye would certainly not miss out on a super movie like "Titanic". This was another opportunity for him to prove himself to the investors of Yang's Fund.

Yang Ye and Cameron have been working together for a long time. Without "Terminator", "Alien 2" became Cameron's rising work.

Later, United Artists was one of the investors in several of Cameron's films.

Cameron has a weird temper and is difficult to get along with, but he is very willing to cooperate with Yang Ye.

Because Yang Ye understands movies, has confidence in him, and never tells him what to do.

When it comes to spending money, I just spend it and never feel sorry about it.

And Shirley Lansing, president of the Young Foundation, also really enjoyed "Titanic."

You know, she was originally the president of Paramount, and Paramount was also the producer of "Titanic" in the original time and space.

Under the leadership of Shirley Lansing, the Young Foundation began to invest in well-known directors, big stars, or potential newcomers in the film industry, helping them to establish their own independent film companies.

It was under such circumstances that Cameron founded his own label...LightStorm.

Yang Fund and Light Storm signed a five-year investment contract for three films.

The first project was "Titanic", but "Titanic" took five years to make.

In addition to these people from the film industry, there was also a delegation from Zhuhai.

The Zhuhai Film Festival will be held for the second time this year. The organizers intend to turn the festival into an international Chinese-language film festival and have come to Cannes specifically to learn from it.

Cannes has a population of less than 70,000, but during the annual film festival, the population surges to over 200,000.

Including tens of thousands of film industry professionals and hundreds of thousands of movie fans.

Three months before the opening of the film festival, the luxury hotels in Cannes will be fully booked, and the price of a few hundred euros on weekdays will skyrocket to 20,000 euros.

The prices of vacation homes and short-term rentals will also double.

Cannes has more than one hundred hotels, more than eight thousand holiday homes, and more than thirty Michelin-star hotels.

There are more than 3,000 luxury stores, including Chanel, LV, Hermes, Dior... everything you can think of.

Each film festival generates economic benefits of more than 100 million euros.

In addition to the film festival, Cannes also has the International Yacht Show, International Equestrian Competition, International Music Festival, Cultural Festival, Art Festival, Sports Festival, etc. There are constant events and high-end entertainment activities throughout the year, which can attract a large number of tourists.

With the holding of the Zhuhai Film Festival, Yang Ye invested a large amount of money in Zhuhai to build a high-standard film festival palace and theater.

With Yang Ye taking the lead, luxury hotels such as Shangri-La also announced their entry into Zhuhai.

In addition, the national International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition was announced to be held in Zhuhai this year.

Zhuhai has also built a permanent international racing circuit, and the International Automobile Federation (FIA) has announced that it will host international events in Zhuhai, making Zhuhai the racing center of Asia.

The establishment of a series of large-scale domestic and international events has led Zhuhai to begin transforming into a tourism industry as its industrial sector cannot compete with Shenzhen.

In fact, this transformation was quite successful. Zhuhai later became one of the richest cities in the Pearl River Delta, with a per capita GDP exceeding that of Guangzhou and second only to Shenzhen.

Especially after the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, a large number of Hong Kong people went to Zhuhai for consumption, driving Zhuhai's economy to soar.

It is for this reason that Yang Ye invested heavily in Zhuhai.

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Today's banquet was in the form of a buffet. The guests took their own food and chatted with each other, which was very pleasant.

Compared to many of the big names in the film industry present today, both Fat Wen and Leo are still newbies.

Since no one paid any attention to them, and they were both the male and female protagonists of the same movie, they naturally got together.

Leo asked, "Do you know why we were invited to this party?"

Fei Wen said: "It's not surprising, because our movie was invested by Nick Young."

"That amazing Chinese guy?"

"Correct!"

"No wonder there are so many Chinese at today's banquet. Are these Chinese people easy to get along with?"

"It's easy to get along with. Chinese people are very gentlemanly, considerate, kind and tolerant."

Last year, Fei Wen starred in "Sense and Sensibility" directed by Li An.

After the film was released, it won the Golden Bear Award and Best Director at the 46th Berlin Film Festival.

Fat Wen herself was also nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Golden Globe and Academy Awards.

"Are you talking about Director Li?"

“Yes, he taught me Tai Chi to help me relax and do my job in a simpler way.

He also made me read poetry to help me understand the character in the film, and he is not only a great director, but also a great person.”

"Director Li's movies are good, but I think Director Yang's movies are cooler. It turns out Director Li also knows Chinese Kung Fu?"

"Ah, that's different. Director Li said his Tai Chi can only be used for relaxation, not for hitting people like Director Yang."

"What's the difference between the two?"

"I don't know either. I asked Director Li, and he said Director Yang has real kung fu skills."

"Do they know each other?"

"I know him, but I think Director Yang's personality is different from Director Li's. He's probably more explosive."

"Well, I think you have a point."

As the two were chatting, Yang Ye appeared at the banquet with a girl, and immediately attracted a group of people to greet him.

Yang Ye saw Chen Long chatting with Zhang Manyu, and said with a smile: "Along, Ayu, what are you talking about?"

Chen Long said: "I told Ah Yu that this time, we are going to shoot Police Story 4 in Ukraine and there will be no scenes for her."

"Police Story 4" is very entertaining and even features a nuclear submarine, which gives Chen Long a lot of face.

But it’s a pity that Amei, played by Maggie Cheung, is not in this movie.

Speaking of the "Police Stories" series, Yang Ye personally prefers the first two films directed by Chen Long, and doesn't like the last two films directed by Tang Jili.

The two films directed by Stanley Tong, though more action-packed and more international, were more successful at the box office.

But Ka Kui's personality is gone, and May's image has become very flat.

Yang Ye said, "You can make a cameo appearance. Before Ka Kui left, A Mei went to see him off, and the two of them said goodbye at the airport."

The two thought it was a good idea and agreed to it.

Yang Ye said: "Ayu, you are getting better and better. Even the French have invited you to film a movie."

Zhang Manyu knows French, so she has acted in many French movies and has lived in France since she retired. Zhang Manyu tossed her hair and said coquettishly: "Since you don't support me, I have no choice but to come out and make money on my own."

Yang Ye thought for a moment and said, "Come to think of it, your acting is so good, it's a pity that I haven't worked with you before. I'll invite you to act in a new play next year."

"You said so!"

"Of course, you just need to reserve your schedule for the first half of next year. You are not allowed to overlap with other projects in my movies. Your reputation as Zhang Yida won't work with me."

In the golden age of Hong Kong films, everyone was an expert at multitasking. Cheng Yuling worked on nine crews at the same time, nicknamed Cheng Jiuzu. Zhang Manyu made twelve films a year, nicknamed Zhang Yida.

"I'm still busy with filming. I don't have any filming right now."

"You don't want to do it. By the way, how does it feel to make a movie with the French?"

In fact, it’s not that Maggie Cheung doesn’t want to act, but her pay is too high. The Hong Kong film industry is on the decline, and the number of film and television projects has decreased significantly.

The actresses of her generation are basically semi-unemployed, and the producers prefer to find younger, prettier and cheaper actresses.

Because male actors are enough to support the box office, actresses most of the time just act as vases.

Zhang Manyu said: "90% of this film was shot with a DV, a very small camera, and the lens was moving for a long time. For me, it was a very new experience."

In 1995, Sony released the world's first DV camera, the DCR-VX1000, priced at $4000, and movies began to enter the digital age.

The way of making movies has also undergone fundamental changes.

In the past, when making movies, actors had to rehearse several times to avoid wasting film.

Just shoot now, and start over if the shot isn’t good. Tapes are very cheap.

In the past, it was difficult to fix the focus, which made it difficult to move the camera and the actors had to move.

For example, when walking, the actor has to calculate the focal length and walk back after taking a few steps.

Now it is more free, with digital zoom possible, the photographer can always follow the shot, and the actors don't need to be in a fixed position.

Yang Ye chatted with Zhang Manyu for a few words, then went to greet other people.

This guy is never short of women wherever he goes. This time, the one accompanying him is Yi Nengjing, whom he hasn't seen for a long time.

Hou Hsiao-hsien's film "Goodbye South, Goodbye" was shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival. Yi Nengjing is the leading actress and also came to Cannes.

Yi Nengjing has known Yang Ye since she was a child, and was essentially raised by Yang Ye.

This time when Yang Ye hosted a banquet, she naturally stayed by Yang Ye's side.

Gong Li, who also had an affair with Yang Ye, was pushed aside.

However, Gong Li doesn't seem to care about it.

At first, Gong Li was taken advantage of by Yang Ye because she was hurt by love. At that time, she was in love with him very passionately and once dreamed of marrying Yang Ye.

But over the years she gradually understood, just as she understood in the original time and space that Lao Mouzi would not marry her.

In the original time and space, after Gong Li broke up with Zhang Yimou, she still expressed her willingness to continue working together.

This shows that she deeply understands the importance of resources as an actor.

Yang Ye has much more energy than Zhang Yimou, plus he is really generous, so Gong Li now does not have a breakup like in the original time and space.

Instead, she continued to be Yang Ye's secret lover with peace of mind, sacrificing her body and freedom in exchange for Yang Ye's resources and support.

Yang Ye was "well-informed and well-remembered". He could talk about the masterpieces of the film industry bosses present at the scene at will and give brilliant comments, making those bosses feel very happy.

He has a high status in the industry and is a super wealthy man, so everyone gives him face and naturally the host and the guest have a very pleasant conversation.

Those people were also very polite to Yi Nengjing who was following Yang Ye, which made Yi Nengjing very vain.

Yang Ye casually greeted everyone and chatted with them, and soon he ran into Bertolucci.

Yang Ye invested in Bertolucci's "The Last Emperor", which earned more than 50 million US dollars at the global box office and was a very successful collaboration.

Later, when Bertolucci was short of funds for filming, he would always ask Yang Ye for money, because Yang Ye gave money promptly and did not interfere.

Yang Ye would invest a little every time. For this kind of investment, Yang Ye didn't care whether he lost money or not.

For Yang Ye, money is something that is inexhaustible.

It is very cost-effective to use money to weave a huge network of relationships.

Yang Ye and Bertolucci clinked their glasses and introduced their female companions to each other.

Yang Ye pointed at Yi Nengjing and introduced her: "This is Annie. She is a singer and an actress."

Yi Nengjing shook hands with Bertolucci: "Hello, Mr. Bertolucci, it's an honor to meet you. I really like your film The Last Emperor."

Bertolucci said: "Thank you for your love, beautiful lady. It is my honor too."

He then asked Yang Ye: "Nick, is she your daughter?"

Yang Ye said: "She has grown up with me since she was a child. According to your Western saying, I am her godfather."

Bertolucci nodded, pointed at the beauty next to him and introduced her to Yang Ye: "This is Miss Liv Tyler, she is the heroine of my new film "Stealing Beauty"."

In his previous life, Yang Ye liked Liv Tyler very much. He thought she was plump and charming, with super sexy lips. If he wanted to ride a foreign horse, he would ride a big foreign horse like this.

Today I finally got to see the real person, and he was the youngest one, at the age of nineteen.

Yang Ye shook hands and exchanged greetings with Liv Tyler while thinking about how to seduce her.

"Stealing Beauty" is also a very interesting movie. It tells the story of a young girl looking for her biological father.

The movie itself is average, but the interesting thing is that the inspiration for the story is Liv Tyler herself.

Liv Tyler has many fathers, all of whom are famous and very good to her.

She also relied on her fathers' resources to successfully enter the entertainment industry and her career has been smooth sailing.

What bothers Liv Tyler is that...she can't figure out who her real father is.

This is because her mother is a famous American model, a Playboy girl, and a famous rock star.

It is said that she has had affairs with half of the European and American rock circles, and has slept with David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Todd Rundgren... and countless other rock celebrities.

The rock industry is so dirty.

After Liv Tyler was born, no one cared who her biological father was and just treated everyone as her father.

In the Qiong Yao drama "The Romance of Plum Blossoms: Between Water and Clouds", Wang Zixuan, played by Chen Hong, has a line that is so shocking that it has been widely circulated on the Internet in later generations.

"Please stop talking about who is the father of the child, and keep your hope and love for the child deep in your heart.

Turn your open robbery into covert care. You can take care of me and the child, but don't fight over who is the child's father.

Let my children live with confidence and dignity! "

The ending of the TV series is also very harmonious. After all, Chen Hong is so beautiful that the men readily accepted her.

Everyone is a father, everyone has equal opportunities, and the family lives happily together.

This plot may seem ridiculous, but considering Liv Tyler's life experience, Qiong Yao is still a bit conservative.

Yang Ye raised his glass to Liv Taylor and said, "Miss Taylor, I would like to invite you to make a movie. Are you interested?"

Liv Tyler was surprised and delighted, and said in disbelief: "Really? It's my honor. May I ask, what movie is it?"

Bertolucci was also very surprised. As soon as Yang Ye met Liv Tyler, he directly invited her to make a movie. This was too fast.

Yang Ye was not one to play tricks, and said directly: "Of course, we plan to bring Tolkien's famous work The Lord of the Rings to the big screen.

I think your image is very suitable for the elf princess Arwen in the novel."

Bertolucci and Liv Tyler were both stunned. Tolkien's novels were so famous in Europe and the United States, and Yang Ye actually wanted to bring "The Lord of the Rings" to the big screen?

This is definitely a big event that will shock the film industry, and this movie will undoubtedly be a super production.

Bertolucci said: "Is this true? Over the years, many people have wanted to shoot The Lord of the Rings, but it is too difficult."

Yang Ye said: "We have obtained the copyright and are currently writing the script and forming a production team. How about it, Miss Taylor, is she interested?"

Liv Tyler said happily: "It would be an honor for me to star in this movie."

"Well, when the casting stage comes, I will invite you to audition."

"Thank you!" (End of this chapter)