Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 87 Las Vegas

Although Yang Ye and the American boxing community exchanged trash talk, Yang Ye's schedule was not affected in any way.

The film promotion work and preparations for new films are still going on step by step.

After Lin Qingxia finished filming the scene in "The Eight Hundred Heroes", she couldn't wait a moment longer. As soon as her visa was issued, she immediately flew to the United States to meet Yang Ye.

But the first thing she said when she saw Yang Ye was: "What's going on between you and that Adjani?"

Yang Ye said nonchalantly: "I was so happy when I won the award. That Adjani happened to be sitting next to me. It was just a hug. It was just a polite kiss. Those reporters would find angles to take photos."

Now, unlike later generations, 360° high-definition video with no blind spots makes it impossible to deny.

Lin Qingxia was still at the age when she first fell in love, and she admired Yang Ye very much. When she fell in love, her IQ went crazy, and she believed him in seconds.

"Those reporters are so annoying!" she said.

Hu Yinmeng followed Yang Ye, his eyes almost rolling to the sky.

"Where do we go now?"

"Go to San Francisco and find Zheng Peipei."

Two days later, Hu Yanglin and the others met Zheng Peipei, a heroine who once dominated the Chinese film industry, but now looked haggard.

She and Lin Qingxia both have looks that are somewhat heroic, but now Lin Qingxia is full of energy, but her eyes are dim.

After getting married and returning to her family, all she got was a piece of cake.

What her mother-in-law and husband asked her to do was... give birth to a son.

In established history, she became pregnant eight times, had four miscarriages, and gave birth to three daughters and one son.

After her son was born, she divorced her husband, left home, and returned to Hong Kong to work hard again. She became famous as Mrs. Hua in "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" and began her career as a prime supporting actor.

In the era when Yang Ye lived in his previous life, people had long forgotten the heroic "Golden Swallow" and only remembered Mrs. Hua and Zhao Ling'er's grandmother.

Zheng Peipei read Hu Jinquan's autographed letter and couldn't help but recall the days when she was filming "The Drunken Man" ten years ago, and was filled with emotion.

Yang Ye said: "Director Hu Jinquan will come to the United States next month, and we will all get together then."

Zheng Peipei was a little excited when she heard that her mentor was coming.

"Sister Peipei, this time I invite you and Qingxia to play the role of master and apprentice. Although the role of Blue Eyed Fox is only a villain, it has a distinct personality and is very important in the movie, even more important than the role I played."

Zheng Peipei smiled and said: "Young Master, you defeated Akira Kurosawa this time and won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. It has spread in Chinatown and everyone feels encouraged. If you invite me to star in a movie, I will definitely not refuse, but now I He has retired. If he wants to come back, he must first discuss it with my husband. Please give me some time."

"of course can!"

This matter is not difficult. If there are any twists and turns, Hu Jinquan will be asked to take action personally.

The three of Hu Yanglin soon left San Francisco and arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada.

……

40 years ago, Las Vegas was just an economically depressed desert town. With the establishment of a development strategy of eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, and being not far from Los Angeles, it rose rapidly in just ten years and became a world-famous town. Casino.

Yang Ye plans to use Las Vegas as his base and find a place in the nearby desert as a filming location.

In order to further strengthen cooperation with New Line Cinema and to allow "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to participate in the next Oscar competition, Yang Ye gave New Line Cinema a portion of the investment quota.

Therefore, Xie became particularly concerned about the filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and sent a group of staff to help Yang Ye find suitable filming locations in the Nevada desert.

Yang Ye only needs to wait for news about these people in Las Vegas and then conduct an on-site inspection. He does not have to wander around the desert himself. It is very relaxing.

When he came to the casino and brought two beauties from Taiwan, Yang Ye naturally went to the casino to show off.

He exchanged 50 US dollars in chips, and in just a few days, it turned into [-] US dollars.

The two beauties were dumbfounded, and Hu Yinmeng couldn't wait to complain: "Are you possessed by the God of Gamblers?"

Lin Qingxia also echoed: "Yes, I feel like the God of Wealth has been bribed by him."

Yang Ye shook his head and said: "I am not relying on luck, I am counting cards. Every choice is based on the actuarial results of mathematical statistics, and random variables and probability distributions must be considered."

Lin Qingxia's eyes widened and she said, "How is this possible?"

Yang Ye said: "I have been playing blackjack. The casino uses six complete decks of cards mixed together to play blackjack. Generally, the cards are reshuffled when there is only one deck left. Remember how many big cards and how many small cards you have in your hand. Cards, if there are only low-value cards on the table, it means that the high-value cards have not been drawn, and you have the upper hand over the dealer. When you calculate that you have a greater chance of gaining the upper hand, place a heavy bet. There are 21 cards in total. Use snacks. It’s not difficult to remember.”

The girls were all dumbfounded. Hu Yinmeng said, "Then if you keep gambling, wouldn't you be able to win even the casino?"

"It's fun, if you really point to this to make money, sooner or later it will turn over. Do you think those who open the casino are all good men and women?"

Back at the hotel that night, the two beauties took a few decks of playing cards and counted with great interest. In the end, they were so confused that they called Yang Ye a pervert.At this time, the doorbell rang, and Hu Yinmeng ran to open the door, only to see a blond beauty standing at the door.

"Who are you looking for?"

"My name is Ruby, and I'm here to deliver an invitation."

"invitation?"

"Our president would like to invite Mr. Yang to dinner."

"Who is your president?"

"Mr. Dana White, President of MGM Resorts."

"understood."

Hu Yinmeng returned to the living room, handed the invitation to Yang Ye, and said, "We really came to our door."

Yang Ye said inexplicably: "What's coming to your door?" He opened it and said, "Damn it, it's only 50, isn't it?"

Lin Qingxia read the invitation and said a little worriedly: "Shall we go?"

"Of course I'll go, what are you afraid of?"

Yang Ye felt that the president of MGM would not cause trouble for him just for $50.

……

"Hey Nick, you've been stealing the show in America lately!"

Dana White said familiarly as soon as he saw Yang Ye.

Yang Ye took a moment to look at the CEO of MGM. He was very tall and his skin was as white as a horse-riding zombie. It matched his last name very well.

"It's okay!" Yang Ye said lightly.

"You must be wondering why I invited you to dinner, right?"

"It can't be because I won money in your casino, right?"

"Your gambling skills are indeed very good, but we who run the casino don't care how much money the gamblers win. Let's sit down and talk! Oh, these two female companions of yours are so beautiful!"

Yang Yexin said it was average, just the top two in Taiwan!

After sitting down, Dana White ordered the food to be served.

The meal was almost done and we finally got to the point.

"Nick, I've been paying attention to your verbal spat with the American boxing community recently. When the trash talk between you two first came out, everyone was still very excited, but now everyone is tired of all the talk without practice."

"What should we do? We can't really fight regardless of the rules. It's illegal."

Dana White laughed: "It may not work in other places, but it can work in Las Vegas."

Yang Ye's eyes narrowed and he asked, "What do you want to do?"

"I have paid attention to Bruce Lee a long time ago. He has integrated all kinds of fighting techniques in the world. In his movies, you can see Chinese kung fu, boxing, Muay Thai, wrestling, karate and other techniques. I think he Created a new sport, I call it MMA, mixed martial arts."

"I have always wanted to promote this kind of sport, but unfortunately I couldn't find the right time until you appeared. Nick, you are another Chinese after Bruce who brought kung fu to the world. Your "Shaolin Temple", "Fist of Heroes" ” are both immortal masterpieces in action movies.”

"I am going to use this opportunity of your verbal spat with the American boxing community to convene a world unlimited ultimate fighting competition. Anyone from any country, speaking any language, or using any fighting techniques can participate."

"I'm going to set up a ring for you. When the time comes, you, Foreman, Ali... you can compete in the ring to see who is the real king of Kung Fu!"

"Well, are you interested?"

Yang Ye said: "If they agree, I have no problem. But I have a few requirements."

Dana White: "Speak!"

Yang Ye said: "I hope you can build a special closed arena. This arena is octagonal, with an area of ​​750 square feet, a diameter of 9.8 meters, a fence height of 1.8 meters, and the entire arena is 1.2 meters higher than the ground. There are only two players in the game. Two players and one referee are allowed to enter the cage, and they can only leave the field after the winner has been determined.”

Dana White said: "No problem."

Yang Ye said: "There is also a second point. Since Foreman, Ali and I have already made the heat so high, I think you can directly enter into commercial operations, such as finding a TV station to broadcast the game and attracting investment for advertising at the game. Something like that. My request is...Give me a certain percentage of the profit share."

Yang Ye's meaning is very simple. You can't make this money alone. I have to make some of it since I came on stage and contributed.

(End of this chapter)