Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 30 Is Yang Ye crazy?

Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang came to the screening room with glowing faces.

Yang Ye, Xia Meng, Wang Yu, Shi Jian, Hong Jingbao and other film creators are already waiting in the screening room.

The two old guys are very happy recently, because Golden Harvest's "Double Star", which has just been released, sold a box office of 625 million Hong Kong dollars, breaking the Hong Kong box office record again.

At first, Xu Guanwen went to Shaw Brothers with the script of "Double Star", hoping to cooperate with Shaw Brothers to make a movie and then split the bill together.

Run Run Shaw is old and has old ideas.His concept is that you work for me and I will pay you a salary?

Separate accounts?Do you still want to jump on my head and shit or what?
So he said the script was too bad and rejected Xu Guanwen's request.

Xu Guanwen turned to Zou Wenhuai. Zou Wenhuai waved his hand and immediately invested money.

As a result, as "The Ghost Horse" broke Hong Kong's box office record, Hong Kong's first generation comedy king was born.

Zou Wenhuai made a lot of money, and he even disgusted Shao Laoliu. If he wasn't happy, he would be a ghost.

As soon as Zou Wenhuai came in, he greeted Yang Ye with a smile on his face: "Aye, I heard that you found a way to eliminate the traces of Wia?"

Yang Ye said calmly: "Thank you for living up to your fate!"

Zou Wenhua said happily: "That's great, please take a seat! Ms. Xia, and everyone, please take a seat!"

The lights dimmed and the movie started to show. Everyone had already seen the preliminary version, and now they were watching the complete version with Wia eliminated.

At the beginning of the movie, Chen Yuanlong's falling into the water scene shocked everyone, and then Liu Jialiang's magic leg Zhang's three-legged sequence. After eliminating the traces of Wia, it can be described as shocking everyone.

If you hadn’t seen the rough cut before, you would have jumped up and cheered!

When the movie was over, everyone couldn't help but start clapping even though they had watched it once.

Zou Wenhuai said very curiously: "Aye, how on earth is this done?"

Yang Ye explained: "I used a computer to write a software that can eliminate traces of Wia. It's that simple."

Zou Wenhuai said in surprise: "You still know how to use computers?"

Yang Ye said modestly: "I understand a little!"

"The future is terrifying!"

Zou Wenhuai realized the huge impact this thing had on film shooting, and couldn't help but ask: "So, can this software of yours be sold to Jiahe for use?"

Yang Ye said: "I have applied for a patent and will definitely sell it!"

"Then I'll wait and see!"

Later, Zou Wenhuai said to Yang Ye: "We have set the release date of "Shaolin Temple" on New Year's Day. What do you think of it?"

Zou Wenhuai chose this date because he was full of confidence in "Shaolin Temple" after watching the finished film.

Moreover, "Shaolin" has just been released and became the box office champion in 625 with a box office of 1974 million. There is no need to release "Shaolin Temple" now to cause trouble.

It's scheduled to be released on New Year's Day, so even if it was released in 1975, it might even be booked in advance to be the annual box office champion next year. I'm really happy just thinking about it.

Yang Ye smiled and said: "I am definitely satisfied with such a good schedule. But I have a little idea that I would like to discuss with you, Mr. Zou."

Zou Wenhuai smiled and said, "But it doesn't matter."

Yang Ye said: "The movie "Shaolin Temple" caused an uproar even before it started shooting. The Hong Kong media has been following and reporting on our shooting process. Now it is about to be released. Naturally, it cannot be released in obscurity. I am planning to hold a movie premiere. .”

Zou Wenhuai was stunned and asked: "Movie premiere? What is that?"

Nowadays, movies released in Hong Kong usually go to some theaters for midnight screenings before they are released, and then some adjustments or even modifications are made based on the opinions of the midnight audience before they are finally released at a selected date.

Movie premiere?Zou Wenhuai said he had never heard of it.

Yang Ye explained: "This is very simple, just find a larger theater to show a movie, and the main creative staff of our movie will also come on stage to interact with the audience and perform some programs. For example, the Seven Little Fortunes will perform Kung Fu on stage. I also When Lijun Teng is invited to perform on stage for the movie's episode, I will also perform in person. The point is that we will invite Hong Kong media friends to attend the premiere and then use their mouths to promote the movie." "Oh? This is interesting. !”

In fact, according to the agreement between Yang Ye and Jiahe, no matter how much box office "Shaolin Temple" sells in Hong Kong, Yang Ye will not get a cent. He only gets a salary of 10 yuan.

However, Yang Ye still worked very hard, because this was his first shot in the film industry and it had to be launched.

……

The money has been spent, so I don't care about this last tremor.

Soon, "Ming Pao", "Oriental Daily", "Business Daily", "Overseas Chinese Daily" and other newspapers published the news that "Shaolin Temple" has been completed and will hold its premiere at the Hong Kong City Hall on December 12.

The newspaper also introduced the content of the premiere in detail: In addition to showing the movie at the premiere, the creators will also interact with the audience on stage and talk about interesting things that happened during the filming of the movie.

In addition, there were also performances: Yang Ye and Teresa Teng sang the movie theme song on stage, and the Seven Little Fortunes performed Shaolin stick formations.

Chou Wenhuai complained slightly about Yang Ye's premiere at the Hong Kong City Hall instead of the theater in Golden Harvest.

However, "Shaolin Temple" invited guest performers. The concert hall in the Hong Kong City Hall is in good condition and is suitable for both movie screenings and concerts.More importantly... there are enough locations.

The Hong Kong City Hall has 1500 seats, and the largest theater in Golden Harvest has less than half that.

Tickets for Yang Ye's premiere are on sale, and they are extremely expensive, costing 30 yuan each.

What concept?The average price of a movie ticket now is 5 yuan.

A movie ticket actually costs 30 yuan. Many filmmakers in Hong Kong thought Yang Ye was crazy and were waiting to see his jokes.

But they soon shut up, and all 1400 tickets were sold out in just three days.

This is not just a simple movie ticket, you can also watch performances by Yang Ye and Teresa Teng!
Yang Ye left 100 tickets, some of which were given to Jin Yong, Pan Yuesheng, Zhang Minyi and others, as well as some mainstream newspapers and magazines in Hong Kong.Invite them over to the premiere.

The remaining positions are reserved by the main creators themselves, including Jiahe's Zou Wenhuai and others, as well as some related households.

……

Peninsula Hotel, Shadow Man Tea Restaurant.

Run Run Shaw and Fang Yihua sat together drinking morning tea.

Fang Yihua looked at the newspaper and suddenly sneered: "This Yang Ye actually sells a movie ticket for 30 yuan. I'm afraid he is not crazy."

Run Run Shaw said calmly: "He is not just watching a movie, he is a famous singer himself, and he also invited Teresa Teng to sing on stage. 30 yuan is acceptable."

Fang Yihua said: "With such a high profile, isn't this bad boy worried that his reputation will be tarnished if his movie hits the streets?"

Run Run Shaw suddenly smiled and said: "Ahua, you are a little impatient today. Are you upset because you failed to recruit him?"

Fang Yihua sneered: "I thought he had some talent and wanted to train him. Who would have thought that he would ask for 30% of the box office share. Ha, Bruce Lee is not as generous as him."

Run Run Shaw asked: "How did he talk to Jiahe later?"

When asked this question, Fang Yihua felt much better and said with a smile: "When this bad guy met He Guanchang, he asked for 30% of the share. Of course He Guanchang didn't agree. I don't know how the two of them negotiated it, but they actually reached an agreement. According to the geographical division, Nanyang will belong to Jiahe, and all other regions will belong to Yangye. I think he is really lost. Apart from Nanyang, where else can Hong Kong movies be sold? I think his efforts will be in vain."

Run Run Shaw said: "So, you are just a little impatient. If you talk to him carefully, maybe you can negotiate such terms?"

"Uh..." Fang Yihua was speechless for a moment.Yes, why didn't I think of that?

Nonsense, who would be so short-sighted as to propose such a condition?

Run Run Shaw said: "Forget it, it's just a joke now anyway. If the movie hits the street, just watch the Jiahe joke, and actually spend 300 million to invest a novice to make a movie. If the movie is successful, just watch the Yang Ye joke, and actually give up Profit sharing, all for nothing.”

When Fang Yihua thought about it, this was true, and he suddenly felt relieved.

(End of this chapter)