Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 16 Candidates for Producer

Xia Meng analyzed: "If you had gone to Golden Harvest half a year earlier, they would definitely not agree. But it is different now. After Golden Harvest was established, it has been crazily suppressed by Shaw Brothers. Later, it relied on Bruce Lee to continuously break box office records, and then it gained a firm foothold. . But now... Bruce Lee has passed away. You have to know that Run Run Shaw has always regarded Zou Wenhuai as a traitor, and he will not let go of this opportunity to completely overwhelm Jiahe.

And you, now have enough fame.The script that came out was so eye-catching, and you know how to do kung fu.You are like a life-saving straw to Jiahe now. They will give it a try no matter what.Moreover, according to my understanding of Zou Wenhuai, this person is quite generous in his behavior. As long as your request is not too excessive, he will definitely agree. "

Yang Ye smiled while stroking his palms, and said: "It seems that I have found the right person. After listening to your words, I felt a merciless request."

Xia Meng stirred the coffee with an iron spoon, and looked at Yang Ye with a pair of beautiful red phoenix eyes, wondering what he had in mind.

Yang Ye said sincerely: "If I set up a film company, I would like to ask you to be the director of the company."

Xia Meng smiled: "You just invited me to be the producer of "Shaolin Temple", and I haven't agreed yet. Now you are actually thinking of inviting me to be the producer of your company that has not yet opened. It's a bit over the top."

Yang Ye said seriously: "I think you are a very sincere person. To be honest, although I have a little reputation now, I am still a newcomer after all. It is still difficult to find such a large investment. From your point of view, if If you are serious about it, you should lure me to a left-wing film company. As long as I take investment from a left-wing company, I can only be bound to their chariot. But you didn't do that. Instead, you carefully analyzed it for me. The pros and cons, choosing the best route, really moved me.”

Yang Ye used the "divine power" of the supercomputer to control his expression, with full emotions and sincere tone. Even an experienced dramatist like Xia Meng was moved by his sincere attitude and began to think about this matter seriously.She stared at Yang Ye and asked slowly: "Why do you have to ask me to cooperate?"

"There are two reasons just mentioned. First, I need a guide in the film industry. Second, I think you are very sincere and I will not suffer any loss if I cooperate with you. And third, you quit the film industry six years ago. It is not because of career decline, but for some historical reasons that you had to leave. I think you still have feelings for the entertainment industry. If you have the opportunity, you will still return to the film industry. Finally, the fourth one, although I am just a newcomer , but we are ready to face the challenge and I think our future is bright.”

Every word of Yang Ye's words spoke to Xia Meng's heart.She does have her heart set on showbiz.Five years later, she will sell the garment factory as start-up capital to create Blue Bird Film Company.

The first film produced by Jade Bird Company, "The Wrath of the Sea," was a hit at the box office and won both the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Hong Kong Film Awards.

Since then, Jade Bird Company has produced two more films, both of which have achieved a balance between business and art, selling tickets and winning awards.

This is enough to show Xia Meng's vision in film production, but after making three movies, she gave up and sold the company.

Yang Yekai Film Company, on the one hand, needs to produce blockbuster commercial films, on the other hand, it also needs to produce award-winning artistic films to build its reputation and balance the company's impetuous commercial atmosphere.

The new wave of Hong Kong films has not yet arrived, and the well-known filmmakers such as Xu Anhua and Xu Ke have not yet made their mark. Yang Ye has very limited talents to choose from.

All in all, Xia Meng is a very suitable candidate, not to mention she also has a super licking dog Jin Yong.

Jin Yong's novels have only been adapted into some movies so far, and have not yet been adapted into TV series.That's a gold mine!

To what extent did Jin Yong lick Xia Meng?

Xia Meng once traveled abroad for a long time, and Jin Yong published a series of reports on Xia Meng's travels in Ming Pao.

In addition, the publication opened a column called "Xia Meng's Travel Notes", which published Xia Meng's travel essays for more than ten days in a row.

You know, the purpose of "Ming Pao" is to be a newspaper that mainly reports and comments on world events and social events.

A newspaper like this publishes a short essay by a female star every day...

Therefore, as long as Xia Meng is won over, Jin Yong can dig the mine at will.

After Xia Meng thought about it carefully, he smiled and said, "I have to say, your invitation makes me very excited."

Yang Ye was overjoyed and said, "Did Ms. Xia agree?"

Xia Meng spread his hands: "I can't find a reason to refuse. But I can't start working right away. I still have some things at home that need to be dealt with first."

Yang Ye said: "That's natural. Anyway, I still have to register the company and find an office location. Our company won't be open for a while." Xia Meng said with a smile: "What is the name of our company?"

Yang Ye thought for a moment and said, "How about calling Baiyang Film Company?"

"Bai Yang...is it because your surname is Yang?"

Yang Ye said nonsense: "On the one hand. Mr. Mao Dun once wrote an article "Praise to Poplar", which gave the poplar tree a majestic, simple, and upward image. I think it is quite meaningful."

Xia dreamed that Yang Ye had created the spirit of Lion Rock with just one song, and smiled: "You seem to like giving various qualities to some things."

Yang Ye said: "Everything is originally determined by humans."

Xia Meng liked this name very much and said with a smile: "That's great. My surname is Yang too."

Xia Meng is a stage name, and her real name is Yang Meng.

……

As the New Year approaches, Jiahe's theaters are very popular because Bruce Lee's final film "Enter the Dragon" is being screened.

Everyone went to the cinema to watch Brother Long's action blockbuster.

The surging crowd made the Shaw Brothers theater next door extremely deserted. The movie being shown at Shaw Brothers was "The King of Swordsmen" directed by the great director Chang Cheh.

Chang Cheh's proud plasma film was vulnerable to Bruce Lee's action blockbuster. It was only released for one week and had to be withdrawn due to too few viewers, with a box office of 44.

Shaw Brothers changed to a movie called "Tiger Fist", which turned out to be even worse, with a box office of 35, and was hastily released a week later.

Although Bruce Lee alone defeated the rest of the Shaw Brothers, Jiahe's boss Zou Wenhuai couldn't be happier.

Because Bruce Lee is gone, where will Jiahe's next breakthrough be?
Zou Wenhuai was holding a cigar in his mouth, frowning and thinking, when his old partner He Guanchang walked into the office.

"Brother Wenhuai, I got the news. Yang Ye is in frequent contact with people. He was seen drinking coffee with Fang Yihua and Xia Meng at the Peninsula Hotel."

Zou Wenhuai's eyes lit up and he said, "This guy wants to make a movie?"

He Guanchang said: "It should be."

"It's okay for Fang Yihua to see him, but isn't Xia Meng Xiying?"

"This kid has been in the limelight recently. It should be that the left-wing film company also wants to contact Yang Ye and let Xia Meng set up an outpost. After all, their identities are relatively sensitive."

"You said... is this kid a piece of cake?"

"This guy claims to have shaped the spirit of Hong Kong with just one song. His talent is undoubted. I think we should get in touch with him."

"Okay, brother Guanchang, go and see him in person. If he really has talent in movies, we must sign him at all costs."

(End of this chapter)