Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 757 Rebellious Teenager
As the song "March of the Volunteers" was played, the five-star red flag and the Bauhinia District flag fluttered over Hong Kong.

The President came to the stage and solemnly declared: China resumed the exercise of sovereignty over Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was formally established.

Afterwards, a lively cultural performance began. Chen Long, Liu Hua, Zhang Xueyou, Sally Yeh, George Lam... took turns to sing various songs such as "Chinese" and "Descendants of the Dragon".

Yang Ye also went on stage happily, holding hands with Wang Fei, and sang a classic song he released in the 1980s... "Pearl of the Orient".

First, Wang Fei sang: "The river meanders southward, flowing to the Xiangjiang River to take a look. Pearl of the Orient, my love, are you still as romantic as ever?"

Then Yang Ye sang: "The moon is crescent in the harbor, the lights are shining in the deep night. The Pearl of the Orient has been awake all night, keeping the promise that has changed over the years."

The two sang together: "Let the sea breeze blow for five thousand years, every teardrop seems to speak of your dignity, let the sea tide accompany me to bless you, please don't forget my face that will never turn yellow..."

Amid the singing, British Crown Prince Charles, British Prime Minister Blair, the last Governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten and their entourage boarded a boat in Victoria Harbour and sadly left Hong Kong!

The humiliating history of 155 years of invasion has finally come to an end at this moment, and Hong Kong will open a new chapter.

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The next day, on July 1997, 7, Thailand announced that it would abandon the fixed exchange rate system and implement a floating exchange rate system.

On that day, the exchange rate of the Thai baht against the US dollar fell by 17%, the foreign exchange and other financial markets were in chaos, and the Southeast Asian financial crisis broke out.

Under the influence of the fluctuations of the Thai baht, the Philippine peso, Indonesian rupiah and Malaysian ringgit have successively become the targets of international speculators.

The "Four Asian Tigers" that had been experiencing thriving economic development have never recovered since then.

In late October, international speculators moved to the Asian financial center of Hong Kong and targeted Hong Kong's linked exchange rate system.

The Taiwanese authorities suddenly abandoned the New Taiwan dollar exchange rate, which depreciated by 3.46% in one day, increasing pressure on the Hong Kong dollar and the Hong Kong stock market, and the Hang Seng Index plummeted.

Faced with the fierce attack from international financial speculators, the Hong Kong SAR government reiterated that it would not change the current exchange rate system. The Hang Seng Index rose and withstood this wave.

In November, the financial crisis spread to South Korea, and the won experienced a record drop against the dollar.

Since Japan's financial industry has invested heavily in South Korea, it has also been hit hard.

A series of Japanese banks and securities companies went bankrupt one after another, and the Southeast Asian financial crisis evolved into the Asian financial crisis.

In this financial crisis, Hong Kong's top tycoons suffered heavy losses, their wealth shrunk instantly, and some even had their capital chains broken and had to cut their wrists to survive.

Yang Ye is an exception because his asset structure is different from these people.

Yang Ye had nothing but a lot of cash, so he took advantage of the situation and made a fortune.

Li Huanggua, whose assets are not as good as those of these people, is the most stable. His Cheung Kong Industries has a low debt ratio and no problems with its capital chain. Instead, he took advantage of the outbreak of the financial crisis to hoard land at low prices.

But Yang Ye, who had never been interested in real estate, suddenly started competing with him. No matter where he bought, Lin Baocheng would bid for it, saying that he had too much money and nowhere to spend it.

Xia Meng, who has long retired, called Yang Ye to ask why he did this. Yang Ye explained: "This Li Huanggua has a very sharp eye. The places he likes will definitely appreciate in value. So, no matter where he buys, we will follow him. No matter how much he offers, we will always pay a higher price!"

……

In mid-July, Yang Ye turned off the camera lens himself and announced the completion of "Xiao Yao You: The Legend of the Condor Heroes", ending the actual shooting and moving into post-production.

The Philosopher's Stone in Harry Potter can turn any metal into pure gold, and can also create an elixir of life that makes those who drink it immortal.

Alchemy and the elixir of life are also very popular concepts in the East. Yang Ye followed suit and replaced the magic stone with the Hunyuan Pearl, which has the same effect.

At this time, "The Voice of China Season 8" is in full swing.

Yang Ye's adopted son Nicholas Tse appeared on the stage of The Voice of China and showed off, which attracted strong attention from Hong Kong media.

This kid has lived under the lens of Hong Kong media since the moment he was born.

All of a sudden, hundreds of Hong Kong media outlets gave him comprehensive coverage.

So much so that the popularity of all the other contestants combined is not as much as his alone.

As a result, his popularity was far ahead and he gained a large number of fans.

But his singing ability has been questioned because many of the contestants who come to participate in The Voice of China are talented singers.

At best, he can only be regarded as a talented idol, and cannot compare with the real talented ones.

Nicholas Tse was only seventeen years old at that time. He was unruly and super rebellious and would not listen to anyone.

Not only does he go against his father, he also goes against his mother. If you tell him to go east, he will definitely go west.

Faced with this situation, Nicholas Tse's agent, Huo Baozhu, felt powerless.

When Yang Ye handed Xie Tingfeng to her, she said that this guy was difficult to deal with and asked her to pay more attention to him.

Huo Baozhu didn't take it seriously at first. Anita Yuen was also very difficult to deal with at the beginning. Huo Baozhu spent a lot of time getting along with Anita Yuen until the two of them became close friends, and only then was she able to be won over.

Could this brat be more troublesome than Anita Yuen?

Once I got in touch with her, I realized, wow, she is much more difficult to deal with than Anita Yuen.

Anita Yuen is just straightforward and has a bad temper, but if you get along with her, you will find that she is actually a good person who can admit her mistakes and correct them.

This kid...

At this moment, Nicholas Tse was walking around the room like an angry beast.

Huo Baozhu took Nicholas Tse to an event, but they were blocked by paparazzi.

They are now on the third floor, surrounded by more than a hundred reporters downstairs.

Nicholas Tse couldn't help himself and picked up a glass bottle and threw it towards the people downstairs.

The paparazzi downstairs exclaimed, then cheered and took pictures of the shattered glass bottles.

Someone even shouted to the person upstairs, asking him to smash another one.

Huo Baozhu felt a chill in her heart. This was all over. Tomorrow's entertainment headlines would definitely be about Nicholas Tse's alcoholism. He still had more than a month to go before he became an adult.

"If you move any further, I'll die in front of you. Come on, take pictures!"

When Huo Baozhu saw the boy was about to jump off the building, she was shocked. "Don't do that. If you die... they will be even happier."

"Then I'll fight them!"

"Please wait a little longer. I called the Sir and he said he would send someone to rescue you."

"Who wants him to save me?" Nicholas Tse snorted, turned around and around, trying to find a way to escape.

Huo Baozhu was afraid that Xie Tingfeng would really jump down, so she looked around and said, "My Lord told me that you are very skilled. How about... you climb down from here along the water pipe?"

Nicholas Tse took a look and thought it was a good idea. He immediately jumped onto the window, grabbed the water pipe and climbed down.

The water pipe was shaking slightly and didn't seem very stable. Huo Baozhu was so frightened that her legs went limp and she wished she could beat herself to death. What a bad idea!

"You...be careful!"

Huo Baozhu's heart was beating in her throat. If she fell, she would not be able to explain herself.

Nicholas Tse climbed more than halfway and thought he had reached the right height, so he let go of his hands and jumped to the ground. He didn't stand firmly and sat down on the ground.

"what……"

Huo Baozhu screamed, only to see Nicholas Tse quickly get up and run away.

"I'm so scared!" Huo Baozhu kept patting her chest and drank some water to calm herself down.

At this moment, there was a sudden scream from downstairs. Huo Baozhu was startled, thinking that something had happened again, and hurried to the balcony to see what was going on.

Seeing a Citroen CX Prestige slowly driving in, Huo Baozhu felt relieved, it turned out to be Yang Ye.

He thought that Yang Ye really valued his godson.

Yang Ye walked out of the car, frowned and said to the paparazzi: "Don't you have anything else to do?"

A paparazzi asked, "Sir, it is rumored that Feng Zai is the champion of this year's Voice of China. Is that true?" Yang Ye frowned and said, "The Voice of China has been held for eight years. It has always been open and fair and has a good reputation. If you dare to slander, be prepared to sue!"

The paparazzi shrank his neck, and another paparazzi asked, "Sir, you came here in person, it seems that you love Fengzi very much!"

"He is my adopted son, this is normal!"

The paparazzi asked again, "It is rumored that Feng Zai is actually the son of you and La Gu. Is that true?"

Shit, so it’s waiting here.

Yang Ye pointed at the paparazzi's nose and cursed: "What are your eyes for? Who do you think Tingfeng looks like?"

After saying that, he ignored these idiots and went upstairs.

When he went upstairs, he saw only Huo Baozhu. Huo Baozhu asked, "Sir, why did you come here in person?"

Yang Ye asked, "It's just on the way, where's Tingfeng?"

"He's gone!"

"How did you leave?"

Huo Baozhu led Yang Ye to the window and said, "He climbed down this water pipe."

Yang Ye took a look, smiled, and said, "Is this loser difficult to deal with?"

Huo Baozhu sighed and said, "I look for him every day, but he basically won't listen to what I say and won't cooperate no matter what I do.

Apart from the rehearsal of the program with Teacher Hua Jian, all other activities depend on his mood. If he is unhappy, he will cancel.

And I can only apologize to the organizers, or even pay compensation.”

Yang Ye hummed and asked, "So what are you going to do?"

Huo Baozhu said: "First, build a relationship with him and become friends. I think he will accept me one day."

Yang Ye gave a thumbs up: "Not bad, you faced the challenge head-on and didn't back down. I'm worthy of your high regard for you."

Huo Baozhu smiled modestly: "You are too kind!"

Yang Ye actually came to see Huo Baozhu. He was too lazy to go there in person for Xie Tingfeng's trivial matter.

Li Zhi has been Yang Ye's assistant for too long and has too much power. It's time to change him.

Therefore, Yang Ye used a method to recruit children and got Li Zhi pregnant.

Now, Yang Ye needs to choose his third assistant.

The position of Yang Ye's assistant is quite special. To hold this position, one must be his woman.

This means that you can't be too ugly, otherwise you won't be able to hang down, and you also have to be smart and capable.

This is not easy to find. Yang Ye currently has two candidates.

One is Huo Baozhu, who is currently working as an agent. She looks 70% like Lin Qingxia and is very beautiful.

The other one is Cai Yinong, whom I met in Beijing at the beginning of the year. She is 70% like Liu Shishi and is also pretty good.

And their abilities have been verified by later generations and there is no need to question them.

It just so happened that Huo Baozhu asked Yang Ye for help, so he came over to ask for Huo Baozhu's opinion.

However, seeing that she was so competent in her job as an agent, Yang Ye had other plans.

Chen Ziqiang from the agency is old, and Yang Ye plans to let Huo Baozhu take his place.

In this case, the assistant can only choose someone else.

Yang Ye asked casually: "The artists you are currently leading were all handed over to you by me. Have you ever thought about discovering artists yourself?"

Huo Baozhu currently manages four artists, one of whom is Zhao Xueer.

When Huo Baozhu was at Feitu Company, she was Zhao Xueer's assistant. After Yang Ye acquired Feitu, Huo Baozhu was promoted to Zhao Xueer's agent.

However, Zhao Xueer's appearance, acting skills and singing skills are all average, making it difficult for him to become popular.

The second one is Anita Yuen. She has good acting skills and is talented. With Yang Ye’s care, she is very popular now.

The third one is Zhou Xun, who also has good acting skills and is very smart. With Yang Ye’s care, he is now very popular.

The fourth one is Nicholas Tse, who is even more difficult to deal with than Anita Yuen, and made Huo Baozhu exhausted and suffering from nervous breakdown.

But she was determined to tackle this tough problem.

Huo Baozhu thought for a moment and said, "In fact, I have thought about creating a twin artist group!"

Yang Ye was stunned: "Twins?"

Huo Baozhu said: "Yes, in fact, I have a twin sister named Huo Baoling.

When my sister and I were models together, we were very popular.

I think if there were a pair of twin artists, the market response would definitely be very good.”

Yang Ye said with interest: "It's not easy to find a pair of twins who are good-looking, good at singing and dancing."

Huo Baozhu said: "It doesn't have to be real twins, as long as we work hard on the styling and makeup and look like twins, that's fine. In fact, Baoling and I usually deliberately distinguish each other."

The idea of ​​the Twins group was originally proposed by Huo Baozhu based on her own experience. Gillian and Ah Sa were also selected and created by her.

Even after changing time and space, she still proposed the same idea. Yang Ye said, "Then do it according to your idea. I support you!"

"Thank you, Sir!" Huo Baozhu thanked him, but then said, "But I have to deal with Tingfeng first. I really don't have the energy to do anything else now."

Yang Ye laughed loudly: "It's very easy to deal with this guy. In this world, he only obeys one person. You just need to ask that person for advice, and you will know how to deal with him!"

The person who can make Nicholas Tse convinced is naturally Yang Ye. If he dares not to obey, Yang Ye will beat him until he obeys.

When he was a child, he argued with his mother and was beaten by Yang Ye several times.

However, Nicholas Tse was really impressed by Yang Ye's achievements. He thought that this godfather was great and treated him very well, so he gradually became convinced.

He didn't listen to Xie Xian or Deborah, but listened to Yang Ye.

Huo Baozhu was very smart. After hearing this, she immediately thought: "So he is still targeting me!"

When Huo Baozhu was unable to handle Anita Yuan, Yang Ye proposed a very obscene method to make Huo Baozhu his woman.

In this way, Huo Baozhu can be on equal footing with Anita Yuen, and Anita Yuen will not be able to use her power to suppress others.

However, Huo Baozhu was very competitive. She rejected the suggestion and chose to take the tough challenge.

At that time, she was still a little worried that Yang Ye might be unhappy about this and make things difficult for her.

But it didn't happen. Yang Ye still valued her and gave her a promising boy named Zhou Xun to lead.

At this moment, Huo Baozhu thought, "He brought up the old matter again. It seems that I can't avoid it this time.

Never mind. Anyway, he is rich, has status and is handsome. Instead of finding a useless man like Baoling, it is better to follow such a strong man!
Besides, he is so good to his women, he won't treat me badly!"

This woman who had given birth to a child out of wedlock in the original time and space did not take the marriage system seriously. After she figured it out, she took the initiative to lean into Yang Ye's arms.

She put her hands around Yang Ye's strong waist, raised her head, and said shyly: "Sir, I... I like you!"

Yang Ye was very satisfied with Huo Baozhu's reaction. He gently stroked the woman's fair face, and in a trance, he seemed to see the young Qingxia.

This feeling of "Wan Wan is like you" made him very impulsive. He pressed Huo Baozhu on the table and kissed her roughly...

(End of this chapter)