Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 17 The fish is hooked

Yang Ye has been staying at home to write novels every day recently. When Zhao Yazhi is not flying, he will come over to help him cook and clean the house.

The two of them would occasionally go out for a ride, but Yang Ye was so famous now that he was afraid of causing unnecessary trouble if he appeared in public.

So this young couple went out at night. Anyway, they were wearing helmets and riding motorcycles, so no one could recognize them.

Many organizations approached Yang Ye to participate in various activities, but he rejected them all. He had no interest in making money through acupuncture, so he might as well just write at home when he had time.

Except for invitations from Radio Hong Kong, Yang Ye occasionally goes to the radio station to be a guest and chat with fans.

After all, I still have to establish a relationship with the future Director of Broadcasting, Zhang Minyi.

Logically speaking, Yang Ye should find an agent or assistant to help him handle some trivial matters, but he has no plans yet.

There were no cell phones these days, and even pagers were not widely available.The good thing is that if Yang Ye doesn't want to contact others, no one can contact him.

Moreover, he lives in the walled city, and the paparazzi don't dare to come in and squat on him.

"Brother, it's time to eat!" Zhao Yazhi walked into the room and asked Yang Ye to eat.

Yang Ye flicked his wrist, stood up, kissed Zhao Yazhi on the small mouth, and said with a smile: "What delicious food did Zhizhi make?"

"Get rich pig knuckle!"

"I like to eat this."

The two sat down to eat. Yang Ye gnawed on the fragrant pork knuckles and enjoyed the meal.

Zhao Yazhi asked: "Brother, have you found investment?"

Yang Ye shook his head and said, "No, I just registered the company. It's not urgent."

Zhao Yazhi thought for a while, put down the bowl and chopsticks, took out a bankbook from his small bag, placed it in front of Yang Ye, and said, "Brother, this is for you."

Yang Ye glanced at it and thought to himself that this girl is still a lover. Is she going to use her private money to open a company for her boyfriend?
He wiped his hands, put the bankbook back in front of Zhao Yazhi, and said seriously: "This is the salary you earned through hard work, how can I use it? Keep it! I am not short of money for making movies."

Zhao Yazhi said: "I saw that after you met a few people, you stopped talking and stayed at home every day. I want to help you."

Yang Ye smiled and said, "It's not like I have nothing to do. I practice martial arts every day, read books to learn about movies, research photographic equipment, etc. I'm very busy."

Zhao Yazhi was actually a little confused about Yang Ye's improvisation. Could a person who had never made a movie really do it?

But...there aren't any serious film schools these days, and everyone is just trying to figure it out, so when she saw Yang Ye's confident look, her doubts were slowly dispelled.

After all, in her eyes, her boyfriend is quite capable.

Seeing that she still hadn't taken back the bankbook, Yang Ye had to say: "Actually, I squat at home every day, am I fishing?"

Zhao Yazhi asked curiously: "What kind of fish are you fishing for?"

Yang Ye said: "Catch a big fish. If nothing else, I have already caught it."

In fact, as soon as Yang Ye came to this era, he could come up with movie scripts and sell them.

But... this simply doesn't work.

The common practice in this era is for directors and producers to draw up a script framework and then find screenwriters to fill in the content.

If you, an ordinary person, take a script to a film company, no matter how brilliant your script is, people may not pay attention to you.

Even a well-known actor like Xu Guanwen went to Shaw Run Run with the script of "The Ghost Horse" and was rejected by Run Run Shaw.

Therefore, what Yang Ye chose was to first create a reputation for himself.

After he reached the peak of fame with his articles and songs, he met Fang Yihua and Xia Meng at the Peninsula Hotel.

The Peninsula Hotel’s tea restaurant is called the Shadow Man Tea Restaurant.Celebrities in the Hong Kong film industry like to come here to have afternoon tea, and reporters from major newspapers also like to hang out here.

So the news about Yang Ye's meeting with Fang Yihua and Xia Meng spread quickly. Market newspapers such as "Oriental Daily" also reported the news, saying that Yang Ye had frequent contacts with people in the film industry and was suspected of entering the film industry as an actor.

But Yang Ye never went to Jiahe because Jiahe was more anxious than him.

After Bruce Lee's death, Golden Harvest now only has one talented person, Hu Jinquan. Unfortunately, Hu Jinquan's just-released "The Storm in the Yingchun Pavilion" was thrown into the street and was hung up and beaten by the romantic film "The Golden Vase" shot by Shaw Brothers' Li Hanxiang. .

Under this situation, everyone thought that Jiahe was going to be doomed, and Shao was planning to take advantage of his illness to kill him. It was strange that Jiahe was not in a hurry.

However, no one thought of this:

Xu Guanwen went to Run Run Shaw with the script of "Double Stars", but Run Run Shaw said that the script is so bad, do you want to be the director yourself?Don't do it!

So Xu Guanwen had no choice but to go to Golden Harvest, who immediately gave his full support. As a result, after the film was released, it sold 620 million Hong Kong dollars, becoming the box office champion in 1974 and setting a new box office record in Hong Kong.

The first generation of Hong Kong comedy king was born!
Shaw Brothers first let Bruce Lee go, and then Xu Guanwen. He was so blind that he deserved to be crushed to death by Jiahe.

But now, Xu Guanwen is still staying at Shaw Brothers for the time being. He has not produced the script for "The Two Stars", and Golden Harvest is still as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

After learning that Yang Ye was constantly in contact with people in the film industry, Jiahe sent its No. [-] figure, He Guanchang, to take action and make an appointment with Yang Ye for coffee.

Yang Ye had been squatting at home for so long, and the fish finally took the bait.

……

After He Guanchang read Yang Ye's script, he was even more shocked than Xia Meng.

After all, Xia Meng has always been an actor, and He Guanchang is a film producer who has been in the industry for decades. From Shaw Brothers to Golden Harvest, he has supervised a large number of martial arts movies.

Yang Ye's script is truly the only one he has ever seen in his life.With this script, even if you find a group of novices, you can make a movie.

Moreover, the scene scheduling, camera placement, and action design mentioned in the script all reveal the style of a master.

He Guanchang found it hard to believe that this was actually made by a young man.

But if not him, who could it be?

He Guanchang dared to say that even if he searched all over Hong Kong, he could not find such a master.

Could it be that... the young man in front of me is the legendary genius?
He Guanchang is almost convinced that Yang Ye is Jiahe's life-saving straw.

If Yang Ye was just a little-known kid, He Guanchang would have had a hundred ways to cheat his script, including trickery and robbery.

But Yang Ye was already famous in Xiangjiang, and at this time, his tricks no longer worked.

As a young man, Yang Ye was able to make such a big name, so he certainly had some real abilities, and He Guanchang did not dare to look down upon him.

So, without saying anything, he opened his mouth and asked, "What budget do you want?"

Yang Ye said: "Because I have no experience in this field, it's hard to say how much it will cost. But I made a rough estimate and it's at least 200 million."

He Guanchang was stunned: "You want so much?"

Yang Ye explained: "I need to set up a lot of scenes for this movie, such as the Shaolin Temple's mountain gate and the pagoda forest, which must be restored one to one. We also have to go to Taiwan for filming. In addition, the Thirteen Stick Monks in the movie, the main villain, They all require real skills, and I plan to spend three months on specialized training for these actors..."

As Yang Ye talked about it one by one, He Guanchang became more and more frightened. Yang Ye's requirements for the film were so strict that they were almost demanding.

When Ho Guan-chang was at Shaw Brothers, he could shoot a movie in ten days and a half.

In Jiahe, although the production is more elaborate, it will not take more than two months.

According to Yang Ye's approach, He Guanchang seems to have seen another Hu Jinquan. That is a pit that can take four years to make a movie!
He Guanchang couldn't help but hesitate a little and asked: "How long will it take to finish filming?"

Yang Ye said with a smile: "I have completed all the scripts. As long as the funds are in place, I can gather the actors for training and make costumes and props at the same time. After completing all the preliminary preparations in three months, we can start shooting. Our shooting only needs to be correct. The script can be restored without any detours or wasted footage, which can save time to the greatest extent. I have set the entire production cycle as...eight months. If nothing else happens, it will be released by the end of the year."

(End of this chapter)