Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 25 Taipei Concert

On August 1974, 8, Yang Ye's "Like Fire Taipei Concert" started with great enthusiasm at the Sun Dapao Memorial Hall.

Since the previous album has already made a name for itself in Taiwan, and there was ample publicity in the early stage, all 2500 seats in the venue were packed.

Yang Ye had to shave his head for the movie, so Yang Ye wore a hair cover tonight.

Yang Ye wore a shiny costume, stepped onto the stage with vigorous steps, and danced the disco with passion under the dynamic music.

With the blessing of this plug-in, he can accurately control various parts of his body, and his dance is full of movement, which instantly arouses the enthusiasm of the audience.

Immediately afterwards, Yang Ye held the microphone stand with one hand, pressed the microphone with the other hand, and sang loudly:
You are like a fire in that winter
The blazing fire warms my heart

Every time when you quietly approach me

the fire illuminates me
your big eyes are bright and twinkle
Like the brightest star in the sky

You are like that fire
The blazing fire warms me
……

While singing, this guy discharged his energy randomly. His dynamic dance skills and passionate singing captivated the audience in the front row.

Some girls, especially, are about to ovulate while sitting on the floor.

In the 1987 Spring Festival Gala, Fei Xiang conquered the national audience with his song "A Fire in Winter" and it became a memory of an era.

Now, it is easy for Yang Ye to conquer the Taiwanese girls with this song.

This song was not originally sung by Fei Xiang, but a cover of an Irish song he sang in 1980.

Yang Ye threw Wang Zha when he came up, and his song "A Fire in Winter" directly blew up the place, and the atmosphere of the scene was adjusted to the extreme.

Afterwards, Yang Ye began to sing songs from his album. At his call, many fans sang along, and the scene was almost transformed into a chorus of a thousand people.

After singing for an hour, Yang Ye took a break.

Teresa Teng took the stage as a guest singer and also won warm applause.

As soon as she came on the stage, she said: "Your Mr. Yang needs a rest now, so he sent me to help sing a song. After listening to this song, if you think it is good, please give more applause. If you think the song is not good, please give me more applause." If so, then come up and sing it yourself.”

Amid bursts of laughter from the audience, Teresa Teng sang two of her famous songs.

Yang Ye changed his clothes and came back on stage, took the microphone and said: "Thank you, Miss Deng Lijun. Next, we will sing a song "Choice" for everyone."

Amidst the sound of music, the two held hands, and Yang Ye sang first: On days when the wind blows, laugh at the falling flowers.

Teresa Teng sings again: Raise your glass to the moon in the season of snow dance

Yang Ye: Such a mood
Teresa Teng: This way
Two people singing together: We walked together

Teresa Teng: I hope you can love me till the end of time
Yang Ye: I hope you can accompany me to the end of the world

The two sang together: Even if it happened all over again, I would not change my decision.I chose you, you chose me, it was our choice.

This classic duet love song between Lin Zixiang and Ye Qianwen was casually used by Yang Ye to sing duet with Teresa Teng. It was affectionate and full of affection, and the audience was hooked.

Although some female fans were extremely jealous, they had no choice but to admit it since the heroine was Teresa Teng.

……

Yang Ye used a fire in winter to completely ignite Taiwan's summer!
This song is played everywhere in the streets and alleys of Taiwan. When boys try to attract girls, they will move forward, twist twice, and then howl.

"Choice", a duet with Teresa Teng, has also become a classic love song duet.

Polydor Records urgently recorded the "1974 Like It Hot Taipei Concert" commemorative album, which sold out as soon as it was released.

But Yang Ye had no time to care about these things. He rushed to Xiluo Town to film the movie without stopping.

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When Yang Ye arrived at Xiluo Town, the preliminary preparations were almost complete.

The crew rented various photographic equipment from China Film Company in Taipei.

There are also a large number of armors, weapons, and coarse cloth clothes worn by passers-by. These props are readily available, so there is no need to design them specially.

Money is not so wasted.

On the bank of Zhuoshui Creek, some seemingly fortifications have been built, and there are still a few shabby sailboats floating in the water.

The props team came to prepare these things a few months ago.

Yang Ye was very satisfied after seeing it. The old work was well done.

As expected of an employee of a large state-owned factory, he really has two skills.

Well, several left-wing film companies in Hong Kong are serious state-owned enterprises.

Yang Ye gave Xia Meng a pack of pineapple cakes, a specialty of Taipei, and said with a smile, "Sister Meng, you've been working hard these days. We'll start recruiting extras tomorrow and let's officially start filming."

"You want to send me away with a packet of pineapple cakes?"

Xia Meng took the pineapple cake, opened the package and ate a piece, nodded and praised: "Yeah, it's delicious! But don't think about sending me away with just a few pieces of pineapple cake." "Then what do you want, just ask me, Sister Meng?" , I followed everything.”

"Next time you have a concert, remember to invite me to see it."

"Then it's such an honor for me. I'll leave the best position to you."

"That's pretty much it. Aaron and the others have already gone to town to recruit extras. Shooting can start in the next two days."

Yang Ye was happy. Chen Long was quite diligent. It seemed that he would have to draw more cakes for him.

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"Shaolin Temple" mainly shot three scenes in Taipei.

The first scene is at the beginning of the movie. Wang Renze conquers the civilians and builds fortifications on the Yellow River to prevent Li Shimin's army from crossing the river.

In order to intimidate the common people, Wang Renze pulled out the "God Leg Zhang" who resisted the tyranny and showed it to the public. As a result, the God Leg Zhang was killed by Wang Renze.

Before his death, God Leg Zhang entangled Wang Renze and asked his son Xiaohu to escape.

Later, Xiaohu fled to Shaolin Temple and became a monk with the Buddhist name Jueyuan.

In the second scene, the thirteen-stick monks chased Wang Renze and started a decisive battle on the bank of the Yellow River.

Where the story of this movie begins, it ends.How it begins, ends how it begins.

At the beginning of the movie, Shenzu Zhang and Wang Renze had a decisive battle on the bank of the Yellow River. Because they were shackled and unable to move, Wang Renze knocked him to the ground and stabbed him to death with a sword.

At the end of the movie, Jue Yuan and Wang Renze also had a decisive battle on the bank of the Yellow River. Jue Yuan kicked Wang Renze to the ground and stabbed him to death with a sword.

The third scene is when Li Shimin's army invades the Luoyang Palace. Although there is only one scene, it is essential.

The palace and the like are all ready-made at the China Film and Television City in Taipei, and there are a lot of extras. You can just go there and shoot.

So the next thing is to shoot the first scene and the second scene, and finally go to Taipei to finish.

However, these two scenes were not easy to shoot and involved a lot of intensive fighting.

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The crew hired dozens of extras from the town, and after a brief training session, the official filming began.

Action director Hong Jingbao looked at the split-shot script and asked: "There will be a scene of falling from a high platform into the water later. Who will do it?"

This scene shows the brutality of Wang Renze's army. His vultures clawed a civilian to death, then kicked him off a high platform and fell into the Yellow River.

Naturally, we can't let the group performers come, but need the dragon and tiger martial arts masters to come on stage.

Chen Yuanlong raised his hand and said, "I'll do it!"

Hong Jingbao nodded and discussed with Yang Ye: "Director, the person who drew the split-shot script fell directly and shot it to the end, but this is too dangerous. Do you think we can shoot it in two parts? Shoot Ahua and Aaron first. The shot of throwing it down, then the shot of hitting the water, and that’s it.”

Yang Ye asked: "Is there any problem with entering the water directly?"

Hong Jingbao explained: "The water is too shallow. If you jump from such a height, it will easily cause problems."

Yang Ye said: "Just hang Wei Ya."

Hong Jingbao said: "That's okay, but according to the way the script is shot, Wia cannot eliminate it."

Yang Ye smiled and said: "Just shoot, I have a way to eliminate Wia."

Wire is steel wire. Hong Kong people speak a mixture of Chinese and English and call it wire. Later it developed into an industry term.

Using Wia to assist in shooting various difficult actions is a Chinese initiative and an outstanding contribution to the film industry.

However, the technology of Diaowei Ya has not yet matured, and the most that can be done is to let the actors dance a little to show some light kung fu or something like that.

Due to limited technical conditions, it is difficult to eliminate traces of Wia.

Therefore, when people use wire ropes, they try to choose the thinnest kind.

Then arrange several photographers in advance to take pictures from different directions. When shooting, try to keep the steel wire rope in a reflective direction. Through the reflection of the sun, the steel wire rope will be naturally hidden.

In addition, the shooting location should be chosen as dark as possible.

If you look carefully at the aerial flying and martial arts scenes in the 86 version of "Journey to the West", you will find that the scenes are either high mountains or forests. In fact, the purpose is to better hide Wia.

But now Yang Ye actually told Hong Jingbao: He can eliminate it without hiding it.

Not only Sammo Hung, but also the professionals at the scene were shocked.

But Yang Ye actually looked determined, as if this was not a problem at all, so Hong Jingbao had no choice but to say: "Okay, Aaron, get ready, and we will design the wire device."

Everyone wants to know how Yang Ye is going to eliminate Wia.

(End of this chapter)