Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

After the opening of Empire Internet Café, it became unprecedentedly popular and people came to the Internet Café in an endless stream.

Within one month of opening, the six Internet cafes' turnover exceeded HK$15 million, including stored value, snacks, beverages, etc.

People chat online, browse BBS, play online games, watch movies, and play games, having a great time.

The most popular one is naturally the real-time strategy game (RTS) "Age of Empires" launched by Kingsoft.

In Europe and the United States, RTS games are developing in full swing. The "Dune" series, "Command and Conquer" and "Warcraft" are all very popular.

Kingsoft's Age of Empires, which was released ahead of time, shocked the gaming industry once it was released.

This game draws on the ideas of Civilization and uses real-time strategy techniques to show the process of human society's gradual development from the Stone Age to the Iron Age.

In the meantime, it takes into account the upgrade of multiple resource collection methods such as agriculture, hunting, mining, etc.

Players collect resources to develop technology and military, and then command their armies to conquer other civilizations.

After its launch, countless teenagers immediately became avid fans of this game.

Yang Ye's Empire Internet Cafe immediately became a gathering place for Age of Empires fans.

Under the deliberate guidance of the Internet cafes, players formed their own teams one after another.

网吧定期举行《帝国时代》比赛，有1V1、2V2、4V4多种模式，灵活多变。

The winners can get Internet cafe recharge cards or some other prizes, which attracts a large number of players.

Yang Ritian, Xie Nicholas Tse and other rich second-generations also got together to form a team.

They spent a lot of money, recruited experts from all over Hong Kong, and had a lot of fun.

Opening an Internet cafe is very profitable and there is no entry barrier. All of a sudden, all kinds of Internet cafes in different districts of Hong Kong have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Merchants from Taiwan and the mainland saw the business opportunity and followed suit, opening Internet cafes.

As a domestic game, "Age of Empires" has quickly become popular with the expansion of Internet cafes in various places and has become a hit across the country.

Under Yang Ye's instruction, Kingsoft began to step up the development of Kingsoft BattleNet.

With Battle.net, players on the WAN can join LAN games.

Genuine players must log in to Battle.net using the CDKEY key. The gaming platform has added advanced systems such as chat and ranking.

Players' data will be stored on Kingsoft's servers, and players can gain their own levels by playing against other players.

The system will randomly match players with opponents of similar levels based on their levels.

This allows all players who are determined to hone their skills to immerse themselves in the game of victory and defeat.

The launch of Battle.net will further boost the sales of Age of Empires.

After Battle.net was launched and players' technical skills were improved to a certain level, it was time to spend money on gaming competitions and develop e-sports.

Blizzard is still a small company. Yang Ye has already instructed Atari to spend some money to acquire this thing, but he is too lazy to show up.

……

Xu Ke was busy filming "The Legend of Zu", but he had no idea that Yang Ye was using him to train his troops.

Yang Ye's team began to travel to various provinces in the mainland to select locations for "Xiao Yao You", and he himself also went to Yunnan.

Because this year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival invited him and hoped that he could attend the awards ceremony.

Yang Ye agreed, and took the opportunity to collect folk songs, travel, and inspect the filming locations.

Yang Ye’s films have a huge influence. Once he chooses a place as a filming location, the local tourism value will be greatly enhanced.

Therefore, Yang Ye's location selection team will be warmly received wherever they go.

Yunnan itself is a major tourist province, so it attaches even greater importance to this.

As soon as Yang Ye got off the plane in Kunming, the Director of Culture and Tourism and several officials came to greet him in person.

Yang Ye had no choice but to step forward and greet him: "Director Ma, hello, hello!"

The two sides shook hands, and suddenly, a beautiful figure appeared in the crowd. It was Yang Liping.

Yang Ye smiled at her: "Liping, why are you here?"

Yang Liping said calmly: "Director Ma said you were coming, so I followed you."

Director Ma said, "Miss Yang is currently in Yunnan directing work. I heard that you two know each other, so I specially asked her to come over."

Yang Ye said gratefully: "Director Ma, you are so thoughtful. Liping and I met when we were filming Ong Bak. More than ten years have passed in a flash."

Director Ma said: "The movie Ong Bak is very well made. It promotes the beautiful scenery and martial arts of Yunnan and makes the world know Yunnan. We have been looking forward to Director Yang coming to Yunnan to film again!"

"Yunnan's scenery is so beautiful, I also hope to find a suitable location for filming."

"I have prepared a dinner. Let's meet as old friends and catch up first."

……

Yang Ye gave face to the leaders and everyone drank to their heart's content.

When the banquet was over, Yang Ye was helped by Yang Liping into the hotel room in a daze. He lay down on the bed and lost consciousness.

Seeing him like this, Yang Liping hesitated for a moment, then helped him take off his coat, covered him with a quilt, and wiped his face with a towel.

After packing up, she was ready to leave. Suddenly, Yang Ye grabbed her hand from behind: "Li Ping!"

Yang Liping turned around and asked in surprise: "You are not drunk?"

Yang Ye nodded: "I'm pretending, otherwise I would have to continue drinking."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and pulled Yang Liping, who involuntarily sat on the edge of the bed.

The two looked at each other without speaking.

They were each busy with their own affairs and hadn't seen each other for several years.

At the beginning, they contacted each other frequently by phone, but both of them were on the move, traveling all over the world, and often lost contact. Later, their contacts became less and less frequent.

This reunion felt familiar yet strange, even... a little awkward.

"I...I'm going back."

Yang Liping said that she wanted to leave.

"Don't go!"

Yang Ye sat up and hugged her into his arms.

When their bodies pressed together, they immediately felt a jolt of energy and created a great harmony of life.

……

The clouds and rain stopped, and the two sat on the bed. Yang Ye put his arms around Yang Liping's shoulders, and the woman lay on his strong chest.

"I watched the drama 'Prince of Lanling' that you starred in last year."

Yang Liping looked up and looked at Yang Ye in surprise. This movie had never been released to the public.

"You're paying attention to me?"

"Ok!"

"why?"

"I'm worried that you're not living a good life!" Yang Liping felt a strange feeling in her heart. She paid attention to me, but then left me, and said that she was worried that I was not living a good life. Isn't this a contradiction?
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Yang Ye asked, "Why are you suddenly acting in a movie?"

"When I went to Hawaii to perform, there was a director named Hu Xuehua. After seeing my performance, he invited me to be the leading actress in his movie. I thought it was interesting, so I agreed."

Yang Ye said, "I thought you wanted to develop in the film and television industry. If that's the case, why don't you come to me?"

Yang Liping hesitated for a moment and said, "I think we...will never see each other again."

Yang Ye asked back: "If that's the case, why did you come to see me again?"

Yang Liping was silent for a while, then suddenly complained: "That Director Ma is so nosy!"

Yang Ye thought her angry look was adorable and couldn't help laughing.

Seeing Yang Ye laughing happily, Yang Liping became even more angry. She squinted her eyes and said, "What's so funny?"

Yang Ye stopped laughing, hugged her light body, sat her on his thighs, and said softly: "I missed you so much!"

……

Yang Liping asked: "What do you think of the filming of "Lanling King"?

"The camera sense is good, but the traces of stage play are too strong. It is completely divorced from the real topic and is not based on Han culture. Even if it is released, it will not attract many audiences and will be a pure loss of money."

"You can't judge it by the standards of a commercial film. Besides, I'm not Han Chinese."

Yang Ye shook his head: "I am not discriminating against ethnic minorities. Minority culture can arouse curiosity, attract audiences, and sell copyrights overseas.

But if you take away the real meaning, it's just pure self-expression. This won't sell box office, nor will it sell copyrights. I don't know how he found investment."

Yang Liping thought to herself that it was true. After the movie came out, although it participated in several film festivals, not a single copyright was sold and it was not allowed to be released in China. It was a pure loss.

She thought for a while and said, "If a person makes a movie just to express himself, is it difficult to find investment?"

Yang Ye said: "Investors invest in your project to make money, otherwise why would they invest? Too much money, are you just burning it for fun?

The producer has taken the investors' money and must be responsible for it and try not to let the investors lose money. Otherwise, it would be a lack of professional ethics!
Hey, why are you asking this?"

"I..." Yang Liping hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, I took this movie because I wanted to learn about the film production process. I also... want to make a movie."

“Alas…” Yang Ye sighed and said, “Then why don’t you just tell me directly? Why bother going far away? I will invest in you!”

"I just want to express myself. I'm afraid that if I make a movie, there will be no audience and I will lose money."

"I do not care!"

"You just said that letting investors lose money is unethical, so am I unethical?"

"No, it was me who spent a fortune to win the beauty's smile. I am stupid and unjust!"

Yang Ye put on the face of a tyrant and finally made Yang Liping laugh.

She began to tell Yang Ye about the movie she wanted to make. The movie was called "Sun Bird".

"In the remote mountains, there lived a tribe that depended on nature. They called the peacock, a symbol of love and sex, the sun bird.

In the tribe, a marriage ceremony is held under a big banyan tree. The chief dances in clothes that simulate a peacock spreading its tail, and the newlyweds complete intercourse to the sound of solar drums and dancing.

A little girl named Tana spied on the ceremony from a banyan tree and was mesmerized by the dance of Chief Mao Tian.

She admired Mao Tian and his peacock dance, and fantasized that one day she would dance the peacock dance for Mao Tian.

One day, a man named Feixiang came to the mountains. He brought things that little Tana had never seen before: a small mirror, candy, etc., and took little Tana, who had lost his parents, out of the tribe.

A few years later, Tana created many unique dances based on her feelings about nature and life..."

Yang Ye listened quietly and said, "This is your autobiography, right?"

Yang Liping said: "It can be regarded as a combination of my real experience. This time I went back to Yunnan to find a filming location and try to see if I can cooperate with the government."

"I'll send you a producer. If you need money or people, just tell him. He will help you with everything."

"Ok!"

"I'm also scouting locations for my new film. I'm going to Lijiang and Diqing in a couple of days. You can come with me!"

"it is good!"

What makes men happy is different from what makes women happy.

For example, the fun part of male-oriented novels is that the protagonist obtains everything through his own efforts (plug-ins), such as killing people with a sword while awake or lying on the lap of a beautiful woman while drunk.

The fun part of female-oriented novels is that she doesn't have to do anything, as all kinds of men will be crazy about her, compete for her favor, give her money and gifts, and protect her.

In short, Shenwei is Yang Ye’s cheat, allowing him to have everything.

And Yang Ye is the cheat for his women, allowing them to have everything.

When Yang Liping wanted to make a movie, Yang Ye immediately invested and gave her whatever she wanted. For Yang Liping, this was the cool part.

She did not refuse and gladly accepted everything Yang Ye arranged for her.

In front of Yang Ye, she just had to be a good little woman.

……

This year's Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival was held in Kunming.

These days, the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards are held in major cities across the country in rotation. It was not until 2019 that they were fixed in Xiamen in order to compete with the Golden Horse Awards.

As an international superstar and global box office record holder, Yang Ye caused an immediate sensation when he appeared at the Kunming Gymnasium.

The host solemnly introduced his arrival and the audience stood up and applauded.

Yang Ye said a few polite words and took a seat in the front row.

This year's Golden Rooster Awards are not very star-studded. Two of the nominees for Best Actress are middle-aged women and one is an underage girl.

There were also two old men and a young man on the male protagonist's side.

Yang Ye looked uninterested and finally made it to the end, when he was invited to the stage to present the award for Best Feature Film.

Yang Ye exchanged a few polite words with another award presenter, Wu Tianming, on the stage, and then announced: "The film that won the Best Feature Film is... Red Cherry!"

At the end of the movie, the tattoo that the Nazi officer tattooed on the girl's back was very horrifying. Yang Ye watched it as a child and remembered it for many years.

Wu Tianming sold dumplings in Los Angeles for several years and was finally allowed to return to China. He made a movie called "Face/Off" (not the one with John Woo), which won a lot of awards at home and abroad.

The next day, Yang Ye took Yang Liping westward. The Department of Culture and Tourism sent them a special car and arranged for a staff member to accompany them.

We passed through Dali and Lijiang and arrived in Diqing. Wherever we went, we were warmly received by the local cultural and tourism bureaus.

The place Yang Ye was looking for was called Bigu Tianchi. It was still in its original state and had not been damaged by tourists.

Looking at the beautiful scenery here, Yang Ye was very satisfied and asked the accompanying official: "How do you say this place in Tibetan?"

The official said: "Shangri-La means the sun and moon in our hearts!"

Yang Ye said: "British writer James Hilton once wrote a book called Lost Horizon.

It tells the story of four Westerners who accidentally came to the secret place of Shangri-La nestled in the mountains in the 1930s because of a plane crash.

After the book was published, it achieved huge success. The Shangri-La described in the book became synonymous with paradise, Garden of Eden, beauty, happiness, etc. and was yearned for by countless people.

So this is all true, Shangri-La is right here?" (End of this chapter)