Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

With first-rate special effects and Jet Li's presence, "The Lost Tomb" sold 50 million Hong Kong dollars in its local market, making a good start for Yang Kee's summer blockbuster.

Some other movies, such as "Young and Dangerous 3" and "Lucky Stars", are still vulnerable despite the support of their predecessors.

Young and Dangerous only sold a few million, but Lucky Stars only sold over two million. It's a joke.

Hong Jingbao has now completely lost his appeal and can only rely on Fatty Wang in "Ghost Blows Out the Light" to make a living.

The Dou Xia that Yang Ye prepared for him has not been released yet. How it will be released depends on the situation.

Yang Ye is not saying how good he is to Hong Jingbao, but Hong Jingbao's image is too suitable for Fatty Wang and Bi Dou Xia, which is also helping the company make money.

After "The Lost Tomb", Yangji's other films to be screened this year include "Men in Black", "The Fast and the Furious", "Taxi", "Criminal Metropolis" and "The Matrix 3".

The vast majority of Hong Kong film human and financial resources have been concentrated in one company, Baiyang Pictures, while others can only eat leftovers and struggle to survive.

After "The Lost Tomb" was released for half a month and the box office began to decline, "Men in Black" was released next.

Yang Ye finished filming "The Perfect Match" at a very fast speed, and then went to North America with Chen Long and Yuen Biao to promote "Men in Black" and start the premiere of "Mission Impossible".

The North American media gave a good review to Men in Black.

The Chicago Tribune commented that Men in Black is a smart, funny and stylish adventure film.

The San Francisco Examiner commented that Men in Black has a compact plot, a well-controlled rhythm, and is light-hearted and enjoyable.

Los Angeles Weekly commented that Men in Black is a great movie.

The North American media were not surprised that Yang Ye could make such a movie, because Yang Ye had created too many miracles.

In July this year, "The Matrix 2" was screened worldwide and officially taken off the screen. The box office exceeded one billion US dollars, surpassing "Jurassic Park" by a slight advantage and setting a new global box office record.

Media from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia vied to report the good news, praising Yang Ye as the pride of the Chinese people.

Yang Ye's status in the eyes of Chinese people has once again risen to a higher level.

The box office performance of "The Matrix 2" was also reported by authoritative film magazines around the world.

These include The Hollywood Reporter in the US, Sight & Sound in the UK, Cahiers du Cinema in France, Kinema Junpo in Japan, Popular Cinema in the mainland, Film Fortnightly in Hong Kong, and World Cinema in Taiwan...

The Hollywood Reporter stated that the box office performance of The Matrix 2 marked that Yang Ye, with his popularity accumulated over the past years, had broken through racial and cultural barriers, surpassed those Hollywood movie stars, and became the world's top film star.

The Film Weekly claims that according to Chinese folklore, Yang Ye is the reincarnation of the star Ziwei, which means that Yang Ye is the god of movies who descended from the sky.

"Film Biweekly" promoted this as the glory of Hong Kong films.

"Popular Cinema" and "World Cinema" coincidentally did a special review of Yang Ye's films, detailing all the films Yang Ye has made since he entered the industry.

The Zhuhai Film Festival and the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards have announced that they will hold a retrospective of Yang Ye's films during this year's film festival.

In May of this year, United Artists proposed to the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce to nominate Yang Ye as the next recipient of the Walk of Fame, and this proposal was approved by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce.

After United Artists paid a fee of $1.5, a star-awarding ceremony was held for Yang Ye while he was in North America promoting his film.

Yang Ye took this opportunity to vigorously promote the movie.

Johnny Grant, the honorary mayor of Hollywood, held a star-awarding ceremony and highly praised Yang Ye's contribution to the world film industry.

Afterwards, a five-star star made of terrazzo, inlaid with a movie camera logo in brass and engraved with Yang Ye's name, was inlaid on the Avenue of Stars.

Chen Long, Yuen Biao and Tom Cruise attended the star-awarding ceremony.

Yang Ye took Ajani and her daughter to take a photo in front of their own star with a happy face.

Yang Ye officially became the third Chinese to have his name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after Huang Shuangliu and Bruce Lee.

At that time, the United States was still the beacon of the world, and countless people yearned for it. The Chinese world felt proud of this.

The media in the Chinese world reported extensively on Yang Ye's awarding of the star, and all said that Yang Ye deserved the star and that Yang Ye had once again become the pride of the Chinese people.

Lang Lang of later generations left his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2022 for his musical achievements, but he has little popularity in China.

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Taking advantage of Yang Ye's popularity as a star in Hollywood, "Mission Impossible" began its intensive promotion.

Yang Ye and Tom Cruise visited various TV stations together, telling various interesting stories during the filming of the movie and performing Kung Fu together.

The two's agility and super popularity mean that wherever they go, the ratings of that TV station will skyrocket.

When the film was officially released in August, it instantly attracted a large number of audiences.

The plot of "Mission Impossible" can be said to be full of suspense.

At the beginning of the movie, the protagonists suffered a devastating blow, and only Tom Cruise survived.

When he asked the organization for help, the organization considered him a traitor.

In desperation, he could only run away.

This is when the movie shows its first big scene, a huge aquarium being blown up.

Tom Cruise was running away madly as the turbulent water was chasing him.

This scene was thrilling and the visual effects were amazing. The North American audiences in the cinema couldn't help but shout, "Oh my god!"

Throughout the entire movie, there were constant exclamations in the cinema, with people exclaiming in surprise every now and then because of the plot twists.

Sometimes I exclaimed in amazement at the creative action scenes, such as stealing things by hanging from a rope from the sky.

Well, this shot has been imitated by many later movies.

For example, in the Chinese mainland comedy "Crazy Stone", the international thief Mike used this plot to steal jade.

However, when he bought the rope, the unscrupulous merchant shortchanged him the length, which resulted in him being unable to reach the target after he lowered himself down. It was quite funny.

However, this method is not original to "Mission Impossible". Similar practices have been used in movies a long time ago, and "Mission Impossible" simply carried it forward.

In fact, the plot and scenes in the first part of the movie were all fine, until the very end, when the audience saw Tom Cruise climbing on a high-speed train, they were all so shocked that they forgot to even say "Oh my God".

Yang Ye looked at the audience's reactions and thought, "Crossing a high-speed train is nothing, this guy will also try to steal an airplane in the future!"

In the world of film, when it comes to thrilling movie scenes, Chen Long and Tom Cruise are the best, both of them are experts in committing suicide.

Fans of both sides often battle on the Internet, comparing whose moves are more difficult, more thrilling, and more exciting, Chen Long or Tom Cruise.

When the movie was over, there was naturally warm applause in the theater.

Tom Cruise was very excited to see the audience's reaction, and said to Yang Ye with gratitude: "I loved the TV version of Mission Impossible when I was a kid.

After becoming an actor, I have always hoped to star in a movie like this. Master, thank you for helping me realize my dream."

"Mission Impossible" is a spy-themed film, and the success of the first movie means that Tom Cruise will have a stable job in the future.

Every few years, I can make a movie, and every time I make a movie, I can make some money back.

This way you can keep eating, keep having fun, keep having fun, keep eating...

007 is a living example. As of 1996, 007 films have been made in the series, making it an evergreen in the film industry.

However, compared with the Japanese movie "Tora-kun's Story", it is still a bit dwarfed.

It lasted for 26 years and made 48 films, each of which performed well at the box office, which can be called a miracle in the world film industry.

It was not until 1996 that Atsumi Kiyoshi, who played Torajiro, fell ill and died, and the series had to come to an end.

...The media commented that "Mission Impossible" has rhythmic montage processing, tracking long shots, and unique visual effects.

The film's ingenious plot, meticulous layout and superb suspense design are breathtaking.

In particular, the "dance" scene in which Ethan Hunt sneaks into the CIA headquarters and airdrops to steal the list of agents pushes the director's ability to construct dramatic tension to the extreme.

With good reputation, the box office will naturally be booming.

"Men in Black" and "Mission Impossible" were released one after another and became box office hits all over the world.

With Yang Ye's support, despite having an all-Chinese cast, "Men in Black" still earned $3.6 million at the box office.

Although it is a significant reduction compared to the original version's 5.1 million, it is still very impressive.

"Mission Impossible" earned $5.2 million in global box office, nearly million more than the original time and space.

Yang Ye not only used his fame to attract a large number of fans for the movie.

And with Yang Ye's support, the action scenes in the movie became smoother.

Due to the influence of these two factors, the box office only increased by 70 million US dollars, which Yang Ye actually thought was a bit too little.

Yang Ye spent some time with Adjani and her daughter in Los Angeles, checked the progress of "X-Men" and "The Lord of the Rings", gave some of his own opinions, and then returned to Hong Kong.

Both films are in the script writing stage, with Bryan Singer and Peter Jackson set to direct the two films.

The casting work has not yet started, and there is only one actor confirmed so far, and that is Halle Berry who will play Storm.

As for the soul of the "X-Men" series, "Uncle Wolf" Hugh Jackman, we will talk about it later.

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As soon as he returned to Hong Kong, he received good news that Li Jiaxin's belly was finally big because of him.

Yang Ye didn't care much about having children before.

Now that he is over 40, his wives are also getting older, and each of them wants to give birth to a child with Yang Ye and inherit the billions of assets in the future.

Yang Ye began to have children like crazy, and his wives also tried their best to keep up with the trend and became pregnant one after another.

This guy is not only as prolific as a sow when it comes to making movies, but also as prolific as a boar when it comes to giving birth.

Yang Ye’s wives, Chen Yulian and Zhong Chuhong, don’t want to have children, but Yang Ye lets them do as they please.

This guy started to target the members of Girls' Generation, with his first target being his favorite Amin.

Zhou Huimin is the captain of Girls' Generation and one of the better performers among the nine girls.

She is not only very famous in the Chinese world, but also extremely famous in Japan.

He has released several Japanese albums, all of which sold well, and has also starred in several Japanese dramas.

She is also an excellent comic book author. Under the influence of Yang Ye, she created two classic comics, "Sailor Moon" and "The Cooking Master Boy".

"Sailor Moon" directly used the members of Girls' Generation and Akina Nakamori as prototypes. After its release, its popularity exceeded that of the original time and space.

After being adapted into an animation, it became popular in Asia and was loved by audiences from all over the world.

The peripheral products of this thing are extremely profitable. As the original author, Zhou Huimin receives a large sum of money in copyright fees every year.

Even if she just lies down and does nothing, she will never be able to spend all the money in her lifetime.

Later, Yang Ye helped her draw another classic comic book "The Cooking Master Boy".

"The Cooking Master Boy" is actually called "Cooking Master Boy" in Japan, and the name of the original work is somewhat different from the one that Chinese audiences are familiar with.

For example, the protagonist of the original work is named Liu Maoxing, but most Chinese audiences call him Xiao Da Jia.

The heroine's name is Zhou Meili, but most Chinese audiences call her Dudu.

The heroine’s biological father is actually named Zhou Yu, but most Chinese audiences call him Master Jidi.

Later, a remake of "The Cooking Master Boy" was released. After watching it, many viewers were furious: "Damn, it's so bad, even the name is different, it's just a random change, what rubbish..."

This... is really a wrong accusation.

This is because when "Cooking Master Boy" was broadcast in Taiwan, Uni-President became a sponsor, so the names in the series were changed to those of Uni-President Foods.

Xiao Da Jia comes from "Xiao Da Jia Crispy Noodles", Dudu comes from "Dudu Sausage", and Jidi Shifu comes from "Jidi Dumplings"...

Yang Ye is the spokesperson for Uni-President, and later even got shares in Uni-President.

Yang Ye was able to acquire shares in Uni-President not only in exchange for shares in Star TV, but also because he had strong connections in the mainland and could help Uni-President enter the mainland market.

In this case, Yang Ye turned against Tian Gang and directly changed the name of the main characters to Uni-President Foods when helping Zhou Huimin create "The Cooking Master Boy".

Uni-President Group also happily paid a sponsorship fee.

Thus, names like Liu Maoxing and Zhou Meili disappeared completely.

In February of this year, after releasing her last Japanese album "逢いにゆきたいの" (I Want to See You), Chow Hui-min announced her retirement from the entertainment industry.

After announcing her retirement, Zhou Huimin has been spending time with Xiaomai, painting at home every day, leading a leisurely and comfortable life.

As soon as Yang Ye's car drove into the yard, Xiaomai came up to him. Yang Ye touched its head and asked, "Where's your mother?"

This son of a dog understood human nature and barked a few times into the house. Zhou Huimin heard the dog barking, came out, and said in surprise: "Brother Ye, you are back."

Yang Ye nodded and said with a smile: "As soon as I return to Hong Kong, I will come to see my Amin and see what gift I brought you."

As he spoke, he quietly picked up a kitten from the car.

The cat is yellow-brown all over, covered with black spots like copper coins. It has a slender body and looks more like a little leopard than a domestic cat.

"cat!"

Zhou Huimin likes small animals very much and ran over in surprise.

"Can I touch it?"

"Of course, you will be its owner from now on!"

Zhou Huimin carefully picked up the kitten. The kitten was still small and let her hold it without struggling.

"So cute, what kind of breed is this, why haven't I seen it before?"

“It’s an ocelot.”

"Ocelot? No wonder it looks like a little leopard."

"Now you have both a cat and a dog."

"hey-hey!"

Zhou Huimin was very happy and smiled brightly at Yang Ye.

Yang Ye looked at her beautiful face, his heart moved, and he hugged her by the waist.

"Amin, do you remember what I told you before?"

"What?"

"Let's have a lovely daughter!" (End of this chapter)