Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

In fact, whether you love or not is just a polite statement.

It mainly depends on spending money and providing resources.

But Yang Ye was still willing to say some polite words to put on a show.

For women, there is no harm in saying some sweet words to coax them.

If she is happy, you will have more fun playing.

After Yang Ye had played with Cai Yinong, he coaxed her a few more words and then sent her away on the pretext of asking her to go and sort out the matter.

Because Gao Yuanyuan will be here soon.

For Yang Ye, after all, Yuanyuan, who is just beginning to fall in love, is more lovable.

As soon as Cai Yinong left, Yang Ye asked the waiter to clean up the room. Not long after, Gao Yuanyuan arrived.

Yang Ye took her to eat, and the two of them sat by the window, eating and chatting quietly.

The lights outside the window were just coming on, and a group of people dressed in the uniforms of the 2000 Beijing Olympic Games volunteers were passing by the restaurant in an orderly line.

Yang Ye said: "There are volunteers so early!"

Gao Yuanyuan smiled and said, "Now everyone in the capital is preparing for the Olympics in their own way!"

There was a hint of pride in her tone.

This made Yang Ye realize that the first Olympic Games of the millennium had a huge impact on boosting the confidence of the Chinese people.

It is even bigger and more meaningful than the one in the original time and space.

Yang Ye sighed: "It seems that I have to prepare well too!"

Gao Yuanyuan asked doubtfully: "You?"

Yang Ye smiled: "Actually, I came to Beijing this time to participate in the creative solicitation meeting for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games."

Gao Yuanyuan was pleasantly surprised and asked, "You are going to direct the opening ceremony of the Olympics?"

Yang Ye corrected, “It’s a creative solicitation conference, and many teams will come to participate.

This time we are just meeting each other, and next year, everyone will submit their own ideas.

Then, after the review by the Olympic Committee, the team directing the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will be finally determined! "

Gao Yuanyuan said confidently: "Then you will definitely be selected."

"So confident in me?"

"Of course, no one can compare to you."

Yang Ye shook her hand: "I hope so! No matter what, I will try my best. This will be the most important stage in my life."

……

After dealing with matters in the capital, Yang Ye was about to return to Hong Kong.

On Yang Ye's private plane, Gao Yuanyuan asked tearfully, "When will you come again?"

Yang Ye wiped away her tears and said softly, "When the crape myrtle flowers bloom next year, your play should be finished. Then I will come back to see my little crape myrtle!"

Yang Ye used some tricks to coax Gao Yuanyuan off the plane.

He hugged Cai Yinong again, let her sit on his lap, and said nonchalantly: "Don't be jealous!"

Cai Yinong didn't know whether he should be jealous.

Three days ago, she told Li Guoli that she had caught the Yang leaves and climbed up to a high branch.

Li Guoli had nothing to say. The two were already lovers, so he had to respect and bless them.

Afterwards, Cai Yinong left the Return of the Condor Heroes crew again, and Baiyang Television Company sent another producer to take over her job.

After finishing these things, she came to Yang Ye and officially became Yang Ye's third assistant.

As Yang Ye's assistant, she should not be disgusted by Yang Ye's picking up girls, but should help him.

But she is Yang Ye's woman and has a physical relationship with Yang Ye. She should be angry when she sees Yang Ye being affectionate with other women.

In essence, no woman is willing to share her man with other women, but the men give enough compensation in other ways, so for the sake of benefits, they choose to obey.

The two completely different identities made it difficult for Cai Yinong to adapt to this situation.

However, Yang Ye believed that she would be able to adapt. To be able to survive in the complex Chinese entertainment industry and do well, her mind must be more resilient than that of ordinary people.

Cai Yinong is different from her two predecessors. Hu Yinmeng and Li Zhi first became Yang Ye's assistants and only became Yang Ye's women a long time later.

She was first slept with by Yang Ye, and then became Yang Ye's assistant, the other way around.

The current situation made her entangled in two completely opposite emotions: impulse and rationality.

Finally, after struggling for a while, she hugged Yang Ye's neck, took the initiative to kiss him, and said, "Want me!"

Well, that's right, there's nothing that can't be solved with a shot.

If so, then give it another shot.

The plane flew high into the sky, and two people in the cabin were entangled with each other, making rapid progress!
……

Hongkong!

"The Legend of Zu" has been taken off the screen, with local box office revenue of HK$6800 million.

This box office is very high, but not too high.

Because this movie has an extremely strong cast and extremely cool special effects, it also won an award at Cannes.

People have more expectations for its box office, hoping that it can break 100 million yuan in the local market.

It is still limited by the fact that the plot is not smooth enough. For example, the appearance of Cheng Le'er and the failed combination with Li Yingqi are too deliberate.

It was obvious that Li Yingqi was forced to leave the team to make room for Cheng Le'er.

There was a movie in later generations called "The Great Wall", which also had this problem.

Zhang Hanyu died suddenly just to make room for Da Tiantian.

Because his death was too deliberate, the subsequent scene of releasing sky lanterns, although tragic and beautiful, was not moving.

There is also the problem of the world of high-level martial arts. Because it is poorly integrated with the mortal world, the audience will become emotionally alienated and lose interest.

This also led to the obvious advantages and disadvantages of "The Legend of Zu". Although the box office was very hot when it was first released, the staying power was not very strong.

The result was a situation where the box office was very high, but it did not meet expectations and felt a little lacking.

But no matter what, for Xu Ke, this also reached a new peak in his career.

Many years later, "Chinese Hero", "Wind and Cloud" and "The Legend of Shushan" were called Xu Ke's "Fantasy Trilogy".

The Hong Kong local box office achieved a step-by-step progress of more than 40 million, more than 50 million, and more than 60 million.

Xu Kezhi was very proud of himself and planned to plan a new movie. Unfortunately, after filming "The Legend of Zu", he no longer paid much attention to ordinary scripts.

After much deliberation, he found Yang Ye and asked him to make "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" into a movie.

Yang Ye thought this was a good idea and was about to agree, when suddenly, a voice in his mind seemed to warn him: Don't let Xu Ke film The Legend of the Condor Heroes!
Yang Ye had experienced this kind of warning from his subconscious several times.

The education he received in his previous life made Yang Ye an atheist, but as a time traveler, he was in awe of all the weird and supernatural things.

Therefore, he usually would not disobey such sudden warnings because there was no harm in it.

Except for the time I met Xu Jie on the set of "Farewell My Concubine".

Don’t let him have Xiaojie, fuck you!
Later he took Zhenzhen too!
Yang Ye changed his tone and said, "The Legend of the Condor Heroes has been filmed to death, what else is there to film? Let's make something new. I have an idea, listen to it!"

Yang Ye's ideas were always reliable, and Xu Ke listened attentively.

Yang Ye said: "Thirty years ago, Dutch sinologist Robert van Gulik wrote a set of eighteen detective novels called "The Cases of Judge Dee in the Tang Dynasty".

After the novel was published, it became very popular and was translated into dozens of languages. It became popular all over the world and became an extremely best-seller.

This series of novels made the historical figure Di Renjie very famous in Europe and the United States, no less famous than Sherlock Holmes.

If this subject is made into a movie, it will introduce elements of suspense, reasoning and martial arts.

Di Renjie became a Kung Fu master who solved many strange cases during the reign of Wu Zetian.

It will not only sell well in China, but also overseas, what do you think? "

Xu Ke's eyes lit up. Yang Ye's idea was indeed brilliant.

If Hong Kong films want to enter overseas markets, especially the European and American markets, they can basically only rely on action films.

Action movies, the Tang Dynasty, and Di Renjie are not only household names in China, but are also very famous overseas. Combining Chinese and Western elements, it really works!
The more Xu Ke thought about it, the more he found an idea. He said, "Interesting! I'll go find that novel by Robert van Gulik and read it now!"

Yang Ye said: "Find an expert on Tang history and learn more about the history of Empress Wu. Robert van Gulik's descriptions of the scenery, houses, clothing, food, daily necessities, and other aspects of the Tang Dynasty are very accurate. If we are not as sophisticated as a foreigner, it would be embarrassing."

Xu Ke nodded repeatedly: "That makes sense!" and went there with great interest.

In the original time and space, Xu Ke left Hong Kong at the end of 1996 after producing "Black Mask" and was invited to Hollywood.

He collaborated with Jean-Claude Van Damme to release two action films, "Double Force" in 1998 and "Head-Up" in 1999.

The box office was less than 5 million US dollars, which was a huge loss. He was kicked out of Hollywood and returned to Hong Kong.

The subsequent "Upstream and Downstream", "The Legend of Zu", "Black Mask 2", "Seven Swords", "The Lost Tomb" and "Women Are Not Bad" all suffered huge losses.

In the past eleven years, I wanted to retire three times, but because of my passion, I was reluctant to give up and unwilling to accept failure, so I kept fighting, only to be defeated again and again.

It wasn't until 2010's "Detective Dee: The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" that the film made a comeback and was fully revived.

"The Mystery of the Phantom Flame" is a masterpiece among martial arts films, but unfortunately the sequel had a cast change. Liu Hua and Liang Jiahui were replaced by Zhao Yat-ya and Lin Gou, and they simply couldn't hold up the show.

Coupled with factors such as Xu Ke's old age and lack of energy, as well as the decline of the martial arts film craze, the box office quality of the next two films was disappointing.

The super-long series of films was planned to have 18 parts, but it was hastily concluded after only three films were made.

Despite this, these three films by Xu Ke have set off a Di Renjie craze. Several major video websites followed suit and shot dozens of Di Renjie online movies, all of which imitated the Xu Ke version.

Yang Ye felt that if this series had been released thirteen years in advance, Xu Ke would have been in his prime and there would have been a group of excellent actors, so it should have been quite promising.

Yang Ye has already thought of the actor for Xu Ke. Among the three protagonists, Di Renjie must be played by an action actor, and that is Yang Ye's godson, Wolf Warrior Jing.

He and Yang Ye have filmed several movies together, and because of the "Terminator" series, they are well-known overseas, which is helpful for box office sales.

Then there are the two characters Yuchi and Shatuo. The later versions are played by Feng Shaofeng and Lin Gengxin, which only makes Jin Chengwu and Wu Yanzu more handsome.

As for their looks, martial arts films rely on action. Although Wu Jing's looks are slightly inferior, his movements are more dashing than the other two. He is really handsome when fighting.

Moreover, only actors from action and comedy genres can carry the box office. Those who sell their looks or acting skills cannot compare to them. In front of Wu Jing, the two of them can only play supporting roles.

The one who can play Empress Wu is Liu Xiaoqing. And there are many beautiful women as the heroines in every drama except Empress Wu, so you can just take turns in each drama.

Today's audiences are quite receptive to martial arts films. If done well, they can be made into a super long series like 007.

……

While Yang Ye was filming "Xiao Yao You", his deputy Chen Musheng had already led a team to fly to Canada to make early preparations for the filming of "Wushuang".

After Yang Ye returned to Hong Kong and dealt with some trivial matters, he took Zhang Guorong, Zhang Manyu, and some other actors to Vancouver, Canada to start filming "Wushuang".

On the plane, Zhang Guorong held the script and said to Yang Ye: "Boss, it's more comfortable to film with you. Your script is written very clearly."

Zhang Manyu echoed: "Yes, that Wong Kar-wai, every time he would give me a piece of paper with two sentences on it, and then let me act. I didn't even know what to act."

Yang Ye smiled and said, “He is like this, which can force out your potential. My movies are mainly commercial, not those things.”

Zhang Manyu said: "I didn't say I didn't thank him!"

Yang Ye asked: "What do you think of this script?"

Zhang Guorong said: "It's very exciting and complicated, but I think it's very challenging. I really like the role of Li Wen."

Zhang Manyu said: "I watched it six times before I realized that each of the three of us had to play two roles!"

Yang Ye smiled and said, "Then you are very smart!"

Zhang Manyu asked, "Are you praising me? Or are you mocking me?"

The three chatted, ate and drank along the way, and the flight arrived in Vancouver, Canada.

After getting off the plane and checking into the hotel, others began to adjust to the jet lag, but Yang Ye packed up and went out.

……

The weather is very good today, with clear skies and no clouds.

Yang Ye sat in the car, speeding along the famous Highway 99 Haitian.

This road is built on a beautiful coastline, winding and climbing along the bay, with beautiful scenery along the way.

Sparkling oceans, dazzling white glaciers and colorful forests.

It was late autumn, the maple leaves had turned red, and from a distance they looked brilliant.

Yang Ye had no mood to appreciate the scenery. He was still struggling with the question of whether he should go meet her.

Since she has already left quietly, why should I bother her again?

Isn't it nice for her to live a quiet life here away from the hustle and bustle?
The car drove into a community and stopped. Yang Ye got out of the car and looked at the road signs. Soon he found a small villa and stood downstairs, wandering around.

I don’t know how long it took, but a long-haired girl wearing a windbreaker and holding a paper bag came from a distance.

She saw Yang Ye's figure from afar and was immediately stunned.

I didn't hold the paper bag tightly and the apples in the bag fell all over the floor.

She didn't pick it up either, but just stared at Yang Ye's figure in a daze!
Suddenly, Yang Ye turned around and saw the girl looking at him with tears in her eyes.

Yang Ye rushed over, hugged her in his arms, and murmured: "Xiao Xian, I haven't forgotten you!" (End of this chapter)