Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Unlike "Harry Potter", which was serialized and made into a movie at the same time.

Yang Ye’s approach is to make the series into a movie and release it after it is completed.

Over the past thirteen years, "Xiao Yao You" has accompanied many children as they grow up.

As soon as the news of this novel being adapted into a movie was released, it instantly became the focus of everyone's attention.

The movie "Xiao Yao You" became popular before it was released, and countless book fans are looking forward to it.

Book fans don’t have to worry about the movie being a bad one, because it was shot personally by the original author, a master of commercial films.

Book fans unanimously agreed: If Yang Ye couldn’t make this movie well, then no one in the world could make this movie well.

In mid-July, after sufficient warm-up, "Xiao Yao You" was fully released across Asia, and countless book fans flocked to the cinema to see it.

After watching it, everyone exclaimed... Perfect restoration!

The casting of several main characters in "Harry Potter" is somewhat different from the original work, because no one expected what the child actors would look like when they grew up.

For example, Rowling said that Ginny would be a great beauty when she grew up, but Ginny turned out to be ugly, and... no one can do anything about it.

However, Yang Ye did not have this problem when filming "Xiao Yao You".

The two protagonists in the movie, Ye Xiao and Yang Yao, are simply like they came out of the book.

Because when Yang Ye was writing, he had already thought about who would play these two roles. It would be strange if he didn't restore the characters based on what they wrote.

Actually, Yang Ye learned this trick from Qiong Yao.

Qiong Yao kept Lin Qingxia at home and wrote novels based on her appearance, which were then made into movies and were a perfect reproduction of her.

Yang Ye followed suit and raised a Liu Yifei at home. Do you think this can be restored?
After this battle, Liu Yifei's fairy image will be bound to her for life, a real fairy sister.

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In the movie "Xiao Yao You", Yang Ye was only the director, not the leading actor.

In order to boost box office sales, he and a group of main creators started a roadshow which they hadn't done in many years.

Starting from Hong Kong, he went to Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States, and was warmly welcomed by movie fans wherever he went.

The box office in various places also soared one after another, with the mainland box office exceeding 5 million RMB, Hong Kong exceeding 1.2 million Hong Kong dollars, Taiwan exceeding 2.2 million New Taiwan dollars, Singapore exceeding 700 million New Zealand dollars, and Malaysia exceeding 1800 million Malaysian ringgits.

In the Chinese stronghold, all of them surpassed "Titanic" and secured the annual championship in advance, which made Yang Ye very pleased.

Although the Japanese and Korean markets have not been as successful as "Titanic", they are also very popular.

"Xiao Yao You" has been serialized and published in Japan, with sales exceeding one million copies, making it a relatively best-selling book.

The movie has the blessing of Yang Ye's fame and the full support of Kadokawa Pictures, and the movie is also very well made.

Various factors led to the film's huge success, with the box office reaching 100 billion yen.

Unfortunately, "Titanic" grossed 160 billion yen, so Yang Ye could only be ranked second.

Since 2000, Japan's box office statistics no longer use allocated box office, but directly calculate the total box office.

"Harry Potter", which was originally released in 2002, had a final box office of 203 billion yen in Japan.

"Xiao Yao You" was released four years earlier than it and the box office was equal to it. Yang Ye was already very satisfied.

In the Korean market, "Easy Travels" and "Armageddon" directed by Michael Bay and starring Bruce Willis were released at the same time.

Yang Ye suppressed the explosive beta, and "Xiao Yao You" finally blew up 130 million people, while "Peerless Tribulation" had 117 million people.

Unfortunately, the two tigers competed with each other and neither of them reached the top, so the annual championship went to the big ship.

As for the European and American markets, "Xiao Yao You" did not perform well.

Yang Ye went to North America to promote the film in person, and United Artists was also very supportive in its distribution, but in the end they only collected over 30 million US dollars.

In the entire European and American markets, thanks to Yang Ye's hard work in publicity and the film company's dedicated promotion, the box office totaled about 5000 million US dollars.

Yang Ye’s previous films such as "The Perfect Match" and "The Legend of Mir 3" also performed poorly in the European and American markets, and were even far inferior to this time's "Happy Journey".

There was nothing Yang Ye could do about it. If it wasn't an action movie starring him personally, Europe and the United States would not be interested in it.

Fortunately, I didn't have high expectations in the first place, so the box office is still acceptable.

After being shown around the world, the film grossed about $3 million, far less than the $9.7 million of the original Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

The reason for this is, on the one hand, that the situation in Europe and the United States cannot explode.

On the other hand, the Chinese market has not taken off and has also suffered from exchange rate losses.

Ten years ago, Yang Ye's movie was released in mainland China and earned 200 million RMB at the box office, which is equivalent to 50 to 60 million US dollars based on the exchange rate.

Although it cannot be actually redeemed, the data on paper looks good.

Now "Xiao Yao You" has earned 500 million RMB in the mainland, which is only 60 million US dollars based on the exchange rate.

Even so, it is enough. With this box office, the entire series can continue to be filmed and the IP development can be fully revitalized.

Next, movie sequels and various derivatives will continue to be developed.

With the rapid rise of China, the IP of "Xiao Yao You" is conservatively estimated to be worth 1000 billion RMB.

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Yang Ye came to North America to promote movies and checked the development progress of "X-Men" and "Lord of the Rings".

Several iconic characters in "X-Men", including Wolverine, Beast, Magneto, and Storm, were cast according to Yang Ye's suggestions.

It has been almost completed and is scheduled to be released during the summer vacation next year, two years earlier than the original time and space.

As for "The Lord of the Rings", Peter Jackson is still very busy.

The Lord of the Rings was crazily popular in the 1960s and 1970s, selling 100 million copies.

The release of "The Lord of the Rings" is actually a carnival for fans.

As long as Peter Jackson makes the movie a little more authentic, it will definitely be a hit.

After traveling around the world and completing the promotion work for "Xiao Yao You", Yang Ye returned to China and officially began directing the opening ceremony of the 2000 Beijing Olympics.

For nearly two years afterwards, Yang Ye devoted most of his energy to the opening ceremony.

Such a world-renowned event cannot afford to make any mistakes.

If you want to show your prowess in front of others, you must suffer behind their backs. Every aspect of the opening ceremony must be practiced countless times.

After rehearsals day after day, the opening day of the Olympic Games finally arrived on August 2000, 8. Five hours before the opening, Yang Ye and Zhang Yimou held a final meeting with the main creators.

Yang Ye said: "All the success tonight depends on our responsibility in every detail.

Everything remains the same, and if we follow the final rehearsal process, it will be a great victory."

Zhang Yimou said: "This is to show China's smile in front of four billion people. All the directors of the sub-scenes should finalize the details before going on stage..."

At 19:50, leaders of various countries, the President of the International Olympic Committee and others came on stage, waved to the audience, and the whole audience cheered.

On the podium, Yang Ye, Zhang Yimou and other main creative staff of the opening ceremony sat together and conducted on-the-spot directing.

Yang Liping, the stage designer for the opening ceremony, was also among them.

At this moment, she was sitting next to Yang Ye.

Seeing that she was a little nervous, Yang Ye held her hand and said softly, "Don't be nervous!"

Yang Liping looked at Yang Ye's calm and composed appearance, her eyes filled with admiration and love, and she gently replied, "Yes!"

A dazzling light illuminates the ancient sundial.

In the center of the National Stadium, 2000 ancient Chinese percussion instruments, gu, emit soul-stirring sounds.

The white lights on the drums flash one by one, forming a countdown number.

在雷鸣般的击缶声中，全场观众随着数字的变换一起大声呼喊：“10、9、8、7、6、5、4、3、2、1……”

Amidst cheers, the Olympic opening ceremony officially began.

2000 actors beat drums and sang, chanting: "It is a great pleasure to have friends coming from afar!"

A huge footprint made up of fireworks passed through Tiananmen Square, headed north, and arrived above the National Stadium. Stars from the sky fell and gathered into a glittering dreamy five rings.

Fifty-five children from ethnic minorities entered the venue wearing ethnic costumes and holding high the five-star red flag.

Deng Ziqi, a Han Chinese kid wearing a red dress, stood in front of the flag stand and sang "Singing the Motherland" in her clear childish voice.

"The five-star red flag flutters in the wind, and the song of victory is so loud. Sing to our beloved motherland, and from now on it will move towards prosperity and strength..."

In the original time and space of the 2008 Olympics, Zhang Yimou originally chose the little girl Yang Peiyi to sing "Singing the Motherland", but although her singing voice was beautiful, her appearance was rather ordinary.

The other kid, Lin Miaoke, looks sweet and cute, but her singing voice is not very good.

So Zhang Yimou did something cool and let Lin Miaoke perform on the front stage and Yang Peiyi sing backstage.

In the end, all the traffic was eaten up by Lin Miaoke, and Yang Peiyi got nothing.

Because of this incident, Zhang Yimou was severely criticized.

Of course Yang Ye couldn't do that.

The kid he found, G.E.M. Deng, is both cute and has a nice singing voice, so it's the best of both worlds.

The ceremony officially began with the raising of the national flag, singing of the national anthem and the artistic performances.

Pen, ink, paper and inkstone, the four treasures of the study, are used to paint a picture scroll.

When the huge scroll on the field slowly unfolded, the audience was shocked.

All performances take place on this painting.

The ancient sounds, the Four Great Inventions, Chinese characters and operas, China's splendid culture is magically displayed.

Amid the melodious music, caravans and maps of the Silk Road from more than 2000 years ago emerge on the scroll.

Thousands of sailors, holding huge oars, formed a huge fleet, recreating the grand occasion of Zheng He's voyages to the West.

The first half of the performance showcased the splendid civilization of ancient China.

The second half of the performance showcased China's current glorious era.

Starlight, nature, blue planet, one world, one dream!
"You and I, heart to heart, live in the same global village..."

"You and Me, From one world.We are family..."

Gymnastics prince Li Ning held a torch, hung on a wire, and ran in the air, like Kuafu chasing the sun.

At that time, Li Ning was only 37 years old, in the prime of his life, and his running posture in the air was even more powerful and graceful.

When he lit the Olympic flame, there was thunderous applause and the evening reached its climax.

"Perfect!"

Yang Ye stood up and applauded loudly.

There were several accidents at this evening party in the original time and space, and several directors' voices were shaking, but in the end it was all done safely.

And now, thanks to Yang Ye's superb ability to control the situation, he is able to manage every detail, so that every link is carried out step by step and in an orderly manner.

At this moment, all the main creative staff of the opening ceremony felt relaxed.

People stood up, hugged each other and cheered.

Yang Liping threw herself into Yang Ye's arms and said with great pride: "You succeeded!"

Yang Ye hugged the woman's waist and said with a smile: "Silly, we succeeded!"

At this time, the audience was cheering for the exciting lighting ceremony.

Amidst the thunderous cheers, Yang Liping whispered a piece of news into Yang Ye's ear.

"I am pregnant!"

Although the voice was small, Yang Ye heard it clearly.

He was surprised and asked, "Really?"

"Ok!"

Yang Liping nodded vigorously with a happy smile on her face.

“Hahahaha! Good good good!”

Yang Ye hugged Yang Liping and turned around excitedly.

After working together for two years, Yang Ye finally conquered this proud peacock completely.

This made her willing to give birth to a child for Yang Ye, even if it would affect her own dancing career. (End of this chapter)