Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

For the opening ceremony of the 08 Olympic Games, more than teams from around the world competed and came up with many brilliant proposals.

The most eye-catching among them is Brother Kaizi.

Others pool their wisdom, form large teams, and develop complete plans to participate in the competition.

Brother Kaizi doesn’t have a team, so his plan was something he came up with himself and wrote down on paper.

He said he wrote it by hand to show respect to the Olympic Organizing Committee.

In short, he is not the same as those slutty bitches who make PPTs.

However, the most important thing about a campaign plan is that it is simple and intuitive.

Others have pictures and the truth, and the organizing committee will understand it at a glance.

Your handwriting is all fucking scribbles, and the organizing committee has to work hard to make out your words.

Who on earth is disrespecting the organizing committee?
Brother Kaizi was even more abstract when explaining the plan.

Other teams explained to the organizing committee very specifically what their ideas were, what effects they could achieve, and how they planned to implement them.

Brother Kaizi, however, recited a poem by Du Fu, "On Hearing the News that the Government Troops Recovered Henan and Hebei": "I heard that the government troops had recovered Jibei. When I first heard the news, my clothes were soaked with tears. I looked at my wife, who was worried. I unrolled my book of poetry and was overjoyed..."

The organizing committee was confused after hearing this and then eliminated this guy.

Brother Kaizi is abstract, while Zhang Yimou is very cautious.

He was badly criticized for his Eight Minutes in Athens, so he learned from his mistakes, found an American team, cooperated with them and formed a joint campaign team.

That American team had previously participated in the Atlanta Olympics and was very experienced.

With this powerful combination, all other campaign teams were defeated.

Now, with the Beijing Olympics brought forward eight years, it is Yang Ye's turn to form a campaign team.

Yang Ye did not plan to seek cooperation with foreigners. He planned to directly take advantage of Zhang Yimou.

Because Zhang Yimou's Olympic opening ceremony was so successful, it would be a shame not to take advantage of it.

But Yang Ye didn't want to fight alone, he planned to bring Zhang Yimou in and invite him to form a joint campaign team.

Yang Ye had his own considerations as to why he wanted Zhang Yimou to join him.

Although Hong Kong has returned to China, in the minds of many people, there is still a distinction between close and distant relatives.

Since the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games is such an honorable event, people may prefer to have a local director direct it.

Otherwise, it would be embarrassing.

For example, Zhang Yimou was able to serve as the chief director of the opening ceremony of the 08 Olympic Games, and the American team made a huge contribution.

They hosted the Atlanta Olympics and have extensive experience.

But if that American team were to run for election on its own, it would most likely not be elected.

Yang Ye was unwilling to give up this grand event, so the best option was to find a mainland director and form a joint team to participate in the election.

This can also create a gimmick that the two places are one family and work together to host the Olympics, which is very symbolic.

Zhang Yimou himself was actually also preparing and had some ideas.

But he also knew that he had no money or power, and his chances of winning against a powerful opponent were slim.

I was flattered to receive Yang Ye's invitation.

He said that it was his duty to do his best for the Olympics and that he was willing to be a deputy if Yang Ye needed him.

But Yang Ye insisted on co-directing with him.

"Mouzi, I traveled thousands of miles to find you to be my photographer because I recognized your photography skills.

Not to mention your talent as a director. Our cooperation is a strong combination and we will definitely beat those candidates.

Winning the election is just the beginning. My goal is to organize a perfect opening ceremony that will amaze audiences around the world."

Yang Ye spoke with sincerity and confidence, and he also acknowledged Zhang Yimou's talent.

Lao Mouzi's eyes filled with tears when he heard this and he agreed immediately.

Zhang Yimou is currently working on "The Lost Tomb". The actual shooting part has been completed and he is currently working on post-production.

As for the sequel to "The Lost Tomb", just let Hong Jingbao be the director.

It just so happened that Yang Ye had also finished filming "Xiao Yao You" and was also doing post-production.

So the two of them continued to post-produce their own film while they began to organize their creative ideas and discuss plans for the opening ceremony of the Olympics.

Yang Ye also brought in Yuan Heping, who had just finished filming the 98 version of "Water Margin", to serve as the stunt director.

Cheng Xiaodong was the stunt director for the 08 Olympics, but Yang Ye wanted Cheng Xiaodong to shoot "Xiao Yao You".

This series cannot be discontinued, otherwise the children will grow up and it will be impossible to continue, so we have to find Yuen Woo-ping.

Although Yang Ye said that he would co-direct the film, in the end it became a three-person team with Yang Ye as the main director, and Zhang Yimou and Yuan Heping as the supporting directors.

After the Big Three model was formed, elites from all walks of life were invited to join.

With Yang Ye's appeal, it only took one month to form a strong campaign team.

After the team was formed, they held meetings every day to discuss and come up with all kinds of strange and bizarre plans, and then study their feasibility.

Yang Ye usually just sat there and listened, and as he listened, he would suddenly have a burst of inspiration and come up with a divine theory.

When everyone heard this, they thought it was great!

In this way, Yang Ye showed off every now and then. After a few months, he finally formed a relatively complete and very impressive plan.

This plan is undoubtedly the giant scroll plan for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

In May, Yang Ye led his campaign team to the capital, starting the most important battle in his life.

During this period, Yang Ye missed many important events in the entertainment industry because of his campaign plan.

The first was the release of "Titanic". The movie held its premiere at the Tokyo Film Festival last November, but Yang Ye didn't find the time to attend.

After its release in North America at the end of last year, the box office on the first day was only over 2860 million US dollars, and the box office in the first three days of the weekend was million US dollars.

This statistic was so ordinary that even Shirley Lansing, a senior executive at United Artists and in charge of the Young Film Fund, was dumbfounded.

This movie cost more than 200 million US dollars!

After Cameron spent more than 100 million US dollars and ran out of money, it was Yang Ye who made the final decision and asked Shirley Lansing to invest another 100 million US dollars.

It's now released and the box office is so terrible.

The film was released in 2700 theaters on a huge scale, and it only grossed over million in the first three days of the weekend. What the hell is this?
If things continue like this, the North American box office will be at most 100 million U.S. dollars, and overseas box office will be at most 200 million U.S. dollars, a bloody mess.

However, starting from the fourth day, "Titanic" took a unique curve in film history.

For the next three months, the daily box office remained above three million, and exceeded ten million on Saturdays.

The film was released in North America for 287 days and its box office exceeded $ million before it was announced to be taken off the screen.

The global box office exceeded US$1.8 billion, significantly breaking the global box office record.

The success of "Titanic" once again made the industry admire Yang Ye's vision.

When Cameron burned through all his money, Shay and Shirley felt that this was a bottomless pit and wanted to seek investment from Paramount.

It was Yang Ye who insisted on having the cake all to himself and spent another 100 million. If Paramount wanted to take advantage of him, they were dreaming!

The second thing is that the Spice Girls swept the music awards in Britain and the United States.

Normally, Yang Ye should have gone to the scene to show his support, but he didn't, which made Li Wen quite disappointed.

This was her moment of glory, and she wanted to share it with Yang Ye.

This is all America’s business!
In China, during the awards season in Hong Kong, Yang Ye only appeared once at the Academy Awards.

Then came the broadcast of "My Fair Princess".

The TV series started airing in March on BJ Channel, Mango Channel in the mainland, CTS in Taiwan, ATV in Hong Kong, and Star TV.

The ratings of every TV station were off the charts, and people were mesmerized by the Little Swallow on TV.

Overnight, Xiaoyanzi became famous throughout Asia and a household name.

Apart from Xiaoyanzi, the one who benefited the most was Ziwei, who attracted countless fans and became famous all over the country.

Yang Ye used his connections to replace Lin Xinru, and Gao Yuanyuan's role as Ziwei was pure and moving, even better than the original.

Last summer, Yang Ye told Gao Yuanyuan that he would come to the capital again to see his little crape myrtle when the crape myrtle flowers bloomed.

Now, at the Capital Airport, Yang Ye looked at Gao Yuanyuan who came to pick him up and said with a smile: "Xiao Ziwei, long time no see!"

……

The airport was crowded with people waiting to welcome the passengers.

At first Yang Ye thought that they were here to pick him up, but he didn't take it seriously because he was used to it.

It was only when the group of people shouted out the names "Ziwei, Ziwei!" and "Gao Yuanyuan, Gao Yuanyuan" that they realized they had made a mistake.

Yang Ye laughed and said, “Yuanyuan, you are too popular now. The Yangtze River’s waves behind push the waves in front, and you beat me to death on the beach.”

Gao Yuanyuan said a little embarrassedly: "No way, no matter how famous I am, I can't compare to you. Besides, I am nothing, Xiaoyanzi is more famous."

Yang Ye nodded: "Well, Xiaoyanzi's character is more outstanding, but it doesn't match your temperament, so the role I fought for you at that time was Ziwei."

"thank you!"

"Silly, why are you thanking me? By the way, are you still in school?"

Gao Yuanyuan shook her head and said, "I can't go to school anymore. Many people went to school to see me. Now, apart from participating in some activities, I just stay at home to review and take the college entrance examination directly."

Thanks to Yang Ye's intervention, Gao Yuanyuan took part in the art examination of the Beijing Film Academy in January this year. Although she had no talent, she passed easily with her excellent appearance.

The performance department does not have high requirements for the academic scores, so even though she is a poor student, she is not worried about failing the entrance exam.

Now, she is already a prospective college student.

……

The next day, the news that Gao Yuanyuan went to the airport to pick up Yang Ye made the entertainment headlines.

Yang Ye was eating breakfast and flipping through the newspaper, saying, "Let's try not to appear in public together in the future!"

Gao Yuanyuan asked: "Why?"

"This will have a bad impact on your career and reputation. People will think that you can only play Ziwei because of me, and they will also speculate about our relationship."

Gao Yuanyuan disagreed: "But it's because of you that I can play Ziwei. But I'm not relying on you. I, I... love you."

When she said the last two words, her tone was firm, as if she was confessing her love.

Yang Ye smiled back and said, "I don't want to see you bear those insults. I hope you can leave a good impression in the hearts of the people. In this way, your life will be smoother."

"So... we can only keep doing this... secretly?"

"This will take time. Please follow my instructions, okay?"

"Ok!"

Gao Yuanyuan nodded obediently.

Yang Ye was very satisfied and continued to eat breakfast.

After breakfast, he had already thought of a response plan, and said to Gao Yuanyuan: "My Fair Princess is so successful, let's hold a celebration banquet and invite the crew to get together!"

Gao Yuanyuan spent half a year with the other leading actors during the filming of Return of the Condor Heroes, and they had a good relationship. Upon hearing this, she said, "Great!"

Yang Ye said: "This party will definitely attract a lot of media. I will explain to the media how you chose the role of Ziwei. You should also say the same thing to the public in the future."

"Oh!"

“In short, when I was preparing to shoot Happy Journey, I was auditioning actors nationwide.

The casting team saw your ad on TV and invited you to audition.

Later, you played a small role in "Xiao Yao You" and successfully signed a contract with our company.

Later, my TV company co-produced "My Fair Princess" with Qiong Yao, and the agency recommended you to the crew.

After Qiong Yao saw your qualifications, she thought you were very suitable to play Ziwei. Coincidentally, the girl who was originally supposed to play Ziwei didn’t come, so you became Ziwei. "

With Yang Ye's remarks, he himself became completely invisible in the process of making Gao Yuanyuan famous.

It wasn’t Yang Ye who saw Gao Yuanyuan’s advertisement, it was the casting team of “Xiao Yao You” who saw it. Gao Yuanyuan only played a small role in “Xiao Yao You”.

Gao Yuanyuan was able to play Ziwei because she was recommended by her agency. Qiong Yao has always liked to use newcomers, and her temperament is suitable, so it is not surprising that she was chosen.

Also, Gao Yuanyuan actually got lucky, as Zhao Ritian, who was originally scheduled to play Ziwei, did not come.

However...Qiong Yao later invited Zhao Ritian to play Xiaoyanzi, and this time she came, which was very dramatic.

With Zhao Ritian standing in front, there is nothing much to say about Gao Yuanyuan being able to play Ziwei.

All in all, from beginning to end, Yang Ye and Gao Yuanyuan had no special relationship.

So, why did Gao Yuanyuan go to the airport to pick up Yang Ye?
Because she was sent by the Return of the Condor Heroes crew as a representative to pick up Yang Ye.

As for why she was sent instead of others, it’s because she is an artist of Yang Ji. Isn’t this reasonable?
Yang Ye directly booked a hall in the Great Hall of the People to celebrate the unprecedented success of "My Fair Princess".

After receiving Yang Ye’s invitation, the main creators of Return of the Condor Heroes immediately rushed back to the capital from all over the place to attend the party.

On the day of the celebration banquet, Qiong Yao's family, director Sun Shupei, leading actors Zhao Ritian, Gao Yuanyuan, Zhou Jie, Su Youpeng, Zhang Tielin, Fan Binbin... all showed up very respectfully.

Yang Ye accepted the interview from the reporter seriously and "clarified" the news in the newspaper as he had planned before.

Those previous newspaper reports about his relationship with Gao Yuanyuan were all dismissed as rumors.

When the reporter asked why he decided to invest in "My Fair Princess", he said it was because he met Qiong Yao by chance and listened to her creative plan. He found it very interesting and decided to invest in the film out of interest.

When the reporter asked him which role he liked best in Huanzhu, Yang Ye praised Zhao Ritian: "Of course it's Xiaoyanzi. This role is great and she acted very well..."

At this time, "Titanic" was being released in China, and the box office was booming. When the reporter asked him why he could always pick the best-selling movies, Yang Ye only said two words: "Vision!"

After saying that, she turned and entered the banquet hall. Seeing Zhao Ritian, who was dressed in a gorgeous outfit, she walked towards her with great interest and said with a smile, "Xiaoyanzi, I finally meet you in person!"

Zhao Ritian shook hands with Yang Ye and said politely, "Hello, Mr. Yang!"

"Click, click!" Reporters took pictures of the two people's meeting.

Without a doubt, this will be the entertainment headline of the next day! (End of this chapter)