Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Regarding the Shushan model, after Yang Ye had agreed on the shape with everyone, he just let it go.

Since this model is shared by "The Legend of Zu" and "Xiao Yao You", Xu Ke is in charge of the subsequent construction.

When Yang Ye returned to Hong Kong, the model had been completed.

For this model, Yang Ji also built Asia’s largest studio in Shenzhen.

The built model is shaped like five small hills surrounding a big mountain.

Four of the hills represent earth, fire, water and wind, and the remaining hill is the sword tomb.

The flying in "Harry Potter" is all on broomsticks, while in "Happy Journey" it is flying with swords.

As for flying a sword, how should it be done? This is a matter worth discussing.

It's definitely not possible to fly like Harry Potter, because he uses a broom and you have a sword.

If you are not careful when riding on it, your crotch will feel cold.

Another type is to hold a flying sword and be carried flying.

For the specific situation, you can refer to Thor, he was carried flying by his hammer, and it felt pretty good.

The sword fairy in the Ming Dynasty novel "Seven Swordsmen and Thirteen Heroes" took out a small sword from his sleeve, swung it in the wind, and the sword became as big as a door panel. He walked away while singing on the sword, which looked quite cool.

There is another type, where the sword of the sword immortal is actually a sword pill, which he usually holds in his mouth. When he needs to use it, he spits it out, turns it into a sword, and then flies on it.

It feels a bit disgusting to step on something in your mouth with your feet, just in case your shoes have stepped on dog poop before.

In Huanzhu Louzhu's "The Legend of Swordsmen from Shu Mountain", the sword turns into light, covering the whole body. Not only can it fly, but the light shield can also provide defense.

It sounds really cool, but when it's actually done, it looks like a Super Saiyan.

There are also those who fly by stepping on the hilt of the sword, those who throw the sword out and use it as a stepping stone to jump and fly, and those who fly by holding the sword in their mouths...the list goes on.

The first film to bring the sword-flying art to the big screen was probably Xu Ke's "A Chinese Ghost Story".

Ning Caichen and Yan Chixia went to the underworld to rescue Nie Xiaoqian. When they encountered danger, Yan Chixia grabbed Ning Caichen and threw him far away, and then threw the sword out as well, letting the sword carry Ning Caichen and fly all the way to Xiaoqian.

In the second part, it was further developed. When everyone was fighting the centipede monster on its back, the centipede monster crashed into the cliff. Everyone was knocked down by the shock, and only Yan Chixia was still on top of the centipede.

In order to save people, Yan Chixia used a move called "Dragon Roaring in the Sky, Flying Swords". Countless swords flew out from the sword box behind him and quickly came to the feet of the crowd.

Ning Caichen, Zhiqiu Yiye, Fu Qingfeng, Fu Yuechi, and Fu Tianchou were all flying on their swords.

Since Fu Tianchou was an old man and could not stand steadily, people were considerate enough to give him two swords as handrails.

The influence is huge. The first group of people who wrote online novels were those born in the 1980s who were greatly influenced by Hong Kong movies.

When they write fantasy novels, they will write like this subconsciously.

Later games were basically made in the same way, and TV dramas were also filmed in the same way.

Even in "Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky", the great immortal Gu Yue flew a group of people on his sword, and his sword became as wide as a road, and a group of people ate and drank on the sword.

Eventually, this formed the collective consciousness of later generations: when mentioning flying with a sword, what comes to most people's minds is always the posture of stepping on the sword with the foot.

Therefore, Yang Ye's modified version of "Xiao Yao You" also followed suit, and the protagonists also flew on swords.

At critical moments, you can control the flying sword by pinching the sword gestures in your hands and make various changes such as acceleration and turning.

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The auditions for "Xiao Yao You" covered both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, and were very grand.

There were more than 10,000 young actors participating in the competition. After more than a month of screening, more than 100 young actors finally passed the preliminary selection.

These people were brought to Hong Kong and interviewed by Yang Ye personally.

Those who are able to participate in the primary election all have certain conditions in their families.

Those who are most informed are definitely those in the entertainment industry, and they will send their children in as soon as possible.

These second-generation stars have been influenced by their surroundings since childhood, and generally display abilities that are stronger than others.

In addition, since the auditions are only held in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Taipei, the citizens of these cities have an inherent advantage.

Even if people in other small cities get the news, they may not participate because the journey is long and the hope is slim.

Therefore, Yang Ye saw many familiar names in the list.

Yang Ye's characteristic in selecting people has always been laziness. He would give priority to those who would become famous in the future.

Because being famous is a very metaphysical thing. If one can become famous in the future and even become a top star, he must have some skills.

This saves time and effort.

For example, when he was filming "ET the Extraterrestrial" and was auditioning young actors, he directly chose the Four Heavenly Kings.

The heroine was chosen to be Gigi Lai, and when Gigi Lai grew up, this guy took her in as his wife.

I don’t know whether they are selecting actors or concubines.

This time, Yang Ye finally left behind thirty children, most of whom became famous actors in later generations.

Including Hu Ge, Liu Yifei, Shu Chang, Ma Sichun, Shi Xiaolong, Hao Shaowen, Zhang Ruoyun, Zhao Yat-ying, Aarif Lee...

Except for Brother Hu, everyone else was born after 1985.

The character played by Brother Hu is the captain of the Chiyan Peak team in the Fairyland Cuju Competition.

This character is modeled after Oliver Wood, the captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team in Harry Potter and the goalkeeper of the team. He has scenes in the first, second and seventh films.

The three main characters are Shi Xiaolong, Liu Yifei and Zhang Ruoyun.

There are two important female characters in "Harry Potter", one is Harry's wife and Ron's sister, Ginny.

One is Harry's first love, Zhang Qiu.

The role of Ginny was given to Ma Sichun.

Zhang Qiu, in "Harry Potter", is an oriental girl who was born into a magical family in China.

Rowling must have known about China's Longhu Mountain or something like that, so she gave the girl the surname Zhang.

Since Rowling added a Chinese girl to a Western fantasy novel.

Yang Ye followed Rowling's setting and set this character as a British girl.

They even named the character Hermione Granger out of humor, and planned to go to the UK to find Emma Watson to play the role.

It is impossible for "Harry Potter" to appear in this time and space, so... let Hermione come out to make a cameo appearance!

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After the Shushan model was completed, Xu Ke brought the Shushan Legend team he had built to officially start filming.

There was only one model, and since Xu Ke had started working first, Yang Ye would wait until he finished taking pictures.

Yang Ye’s movie has been modified too much this time, and he is only the director and not the actor.

He was not sure what the final effect would be, and if he was not careful, he would fail.

So he was using Xu Ke as a beacon, letting Xu Ke detect the mines first.

Now that he is not making movies, Yang Ye will do other things.

He first opened a training class for thirty children and asked teachers to teach them to read the original work carefully and understand the characters.

Then the location selection team traveled to various parts of China to choose filming locations based on the scenes in the novel.

The special effects for The Matrix 3 had been completed, and he went over them again personally.

In addition to the entertainment industry, there are also some side jobs.

One of the projects was to set up an agricultural company in the mainland, recruit many agricultural professionals, and contract large tracts of land in North China and Northeast China.

Yang Ye is a shareholder of both CJ Group and Uni-President Group, so he has no worries about sales, such as selling kimchi in Korea. He also commissioned a university professor to design circuits and develop computer-controlled integrated steaming cabinets, intending to enter the fast food industry.

They even registered a company called Zhen Kung Fu. Yang Ye personally took part in the product promotion and used his own image without having to piggyback on Bruce Lee. The goal was to become the number one brand of Chinese fast food.

Another thing is to open an Internet cafe, which we had been planning at the beginning of the year.

Yang Ye handed this business over to Xu Jie.

Yang Ye always felt that he owed a lot to this sister-in-law.

Yang Ye had affairs with other women, and that was it. Even if he was caught by the media, he would admit it generously.

But if he doesn't even let his sister-in-law go, that would be too beastly.

So their affairs will never be exposed to the public.

Because of this, Yang Ye gave her a career.

After the Spring Festival, Donglai Plaza cleared out several shops and used them to open Internet cafes.

After a period of preparation and decoration, at the end of September, Hong Kong’s first Internet cafe, “Empire Internet Cafe”, officially opened.

The reason why it is called "Empire Internet Cafe" is because Kingsoft's real-time strategy game "Age of Empires" was officially released two months ago.

As soon as this game was released, it was enthusiastically sought after by gamers everywhere.

The selling price in Hong Kong was HK$198, and more than sets were sold within two months of its launch.

The combined sales volume across both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the four regions reached 20 units, with revenue exceeding US$ million.

Kingsoft brought Age of Empires to Los Angeles, USA, to participate in the world's largest game exhibition, E3.

The high-quality game has been crazily sought after by game developers around the world. By next year, "Age of Empires" will be released all over the world.

A battle game like Age of Empires is not fun to play alone on the computer at home. It is only fun to play it online.

The average family only has one computer at most, so the best way to play is to call friends and go to an Internet cafe.

Before online games became popular, Internet cafes relied on games like Empire, Red Alert, StarCraft, and CS to attract customers.

Before 1997, Hong Kong's Internet infrastructure was not very complete, and the first Internet cafe, i-ONE, did not appear until 1999.

When it appeared, no one knew what it was for. It was free for a week, which attracted some people to try it out. Then everyone realized that it was for playing games.

Although Hong Kong is developed, the housing area is very small and many families do not have computers.

Therefore, after the emergence of Internet cafes, they were extremely prosperous for a time. During their heyday, there were more than 500 Internet cafes in Hong Kong.

In order to attract customers, Internet cafe owners use various tricks, such as hiring beautiful women to work as cashiers, offering them a monthly salary of more than 20,000 Hong Kong dollars.

The internet fee has been reduced to HK$4 per hour, and all you can eat pineapple buns is available. Compared with Hong Kong's income, it can be said to be very cheap.

Yang Ye's opening of an Internet cafe is a new thing for Hong Kong and is a high-end product.

Before the Internet cafe officially opened, advertisements were everywhere.

On the opening day, Yang Ye personally attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Countless citizens were attracted by Yang Ye, resulting in a huge crowd of people at the Internet cafe on the opening day.

The charge of Empire Internet Cafe is HK$30 per hour, and it is free for seven days during its opening period.

At the same time, the stored value service is activated, and the recharge amount in the first seven days will be doubled.

In 1996, the average annual income of Hong Kong citizens was HK$19023, and the monthly salary of ordinary workers was between HK$1 and HK$1.5.

Therefore, this charging standard is actually not too high considering the income of Hong Kong citizens.

After the cutting ceremony, Yang Ye personally went to the Internet cafe to demonstrate what can be done on the Internet.

He first entered a chat room and chatted with netizens.

This was still the wild age of the Internet. There was no communication software, and chatting in a chat room was a very fashionable activity.

Netizens are very friendly and sincere to each other.

Because there is no firewall, netizens from the mainland often go to chat rooms and forums in Hong Kong and Taiwan to play.

Once netizens from Hong Kong and Taiwan discover netizens from the mainland, they feel like they have found a treasure and are extremely enthusiastic.

For example, in this era's popular online game Nidba, if a mainland netizen enters the game, he will be able to feel what it means that there is true affection and true love in the world.

Netizens from Hong Kong and Taiwan taught us how to complete various tasks and answered various questions. They were so caring, enthusiastic and thoughtful.

If netizens from Hong Kong and Taiwan make rude remarks to netizens from the mainland, they will most likely be criticized.

It's so hard to get a netizen from the mainland here, are you trying to scare him away?
As soon as Yang Ye came online, the chat room administrator immediately gave him permission and announced to netizens that Yang Ye was here.

Yang Ye sent a message: "Hello everyone, I am Yang Ye!"

Netizens were immediately excited: "Wow, really?"

"Hello, Mr. Yang!"

"Hello, Young Master Yang!"

"Hello, Sir!"

"Hello, Giant Warrior Yang!"

"Hello, Condor Hero!"

Yang Ye's face was filled with black lines. What kind of a crappy name is this? Aren't they said that today's netizens are very simple and honest?

"Brother Yang Ye, I love you!!!"

Well, this MM is still cuter, um...it might also be GG.

"Master Yang, when will The Matrix 3 be released?"

"It's coming out on Christmas Day, everyone remember to come and see it!"

"Master Yang, what's your next movie?"

"It's called 'The Perfect Match' and it will be released during the Spring Festival next year."

Yang Ye patiently answered everyone's questions. Since the chat room was limited to 500 people, Yang Ye moved to another room after staying there for ten minutes.

Every time he arrived at a room, the administrator would announce it, as if he was making a ward round.

As a result, after receiving the news, too many people flocked into the chat room and it became paralyzed in a short while.

Yang Ye had no choice but to quit, and went back to the forum and posted a message. The administrator immediately pinned the message to the top.

Then he left a message personally to verify that this was Yang Ye himself.

Countless netizens rushed to leave comments under the post.

Not long after, the forum was crowded again.

In Internet cafes, in addition to visiting forums and chat rooms, you can also watch movies.

Yang Ji has authorized all of Yang Ji's film copyrights to Empire Internet Café, and the films can be watched through the pre-made Internet café system.

The most fun thing is, of course, playing games.

Yang Ye selected several netizens on the spot and had a "Age of Empires" competition.

He logged into the game, selected the Shang Dynasty, and the game began.

"Cut, cut, cut, cut the woodcutters!"

As soon as the voice sounded, Yang Ye seemed to have returned to his youth. (End of this chapter)