Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 46 A new route

Yang Ye sent Amin to school, then picked up Zhao Yazhi, and quickly ran to Jiahe's Ax Mountain Road studio.

Today is the day when "Drunken Master" starts filming. As the producer and screenwriter of the movie, Yang Ye naturally wants to come over to start filming and worship God.

Zhao Yazhi plays Huang Feihong's cousin in "Drunken Master", and she can't be late.

"Morning, Mr. Yang!"

As soon as Yang Ye walked into the Jiahe studio, all the staff he met greeted him politely.

After "Shaolin Temple" became a hit in Nanyang and Japan, Yang Ye seemed to be the second Bruce Lee.

It can even be said that he is stronger than Bruce Lee, because the box office records of movies in Southeast Asian countries and regions have all been broken by "Shaolin Temple".

This is not surprising. Jet Li's "Shaolin Temple" in the original time and space broke the box office record wherever it went. It broke all the box office records in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia... Southeast Asia.

It was a box office hit in Europe, America, and even South America.

Chen Long and others had arrived a long time ago, and Yang Ye saw him and Yuan Heping standing together from a distance, talking respectfully to an old man.

Needless to say, that old man is Yuan Heping's biological father, Yuan Xiaotian.

Yuan Xiaotian is the world's first martial arts instructor. The character Zhen Yuanzhai in "The King of Fighters" is based on him.

His most famous works are "Drunken Master" and "Snake Shape" with Chen Long.

In "Drunken Master", he played Su Qier, Huang Feihong's master, and he played the role of a bad old man who was fond of gambling, drinking, martial arts, and humorous.

When Yang Ye played "The King of Fighters" when he was a boy, others liked to choose Yagami-an Kusanagi Kyo, etc. Yang Ye always chose the superpower team.

Although he mainly likes Asamiya Athena, his biggest dream is to be able to create Zhenyuanzhai Infinite Link, but unfortunately his hand is too weak to create it.

Today I met a real person, and he was an old man in the film industry. Yang Ye naturally wanted to give him face, so he quickly stepped forward and said politely: "Mr. Yuan, I have long admired your name!"

Yuan Xiaotian turned his head and immediately said with a bright smile: "Boss Yang, you have swept through the Japanese martial arts world, and I am even more impressed."

"I originally wanted to pay you a visit and invite you out. But I thought you had been gone for many years and I couldn't disturb you, so I asked your son and Aaron to talk to you first."

Yuan Xiaotian said: "Boss Yang, you support my eighth son as a director. How can I, an old man like me, not give you face?"

He turned back to Yuan Heping and Chen Long and said: "Lao Ba, Aaron, Boss Yang has given you the opportunity to personally write the script for you, and favor one of you as the director and the other as the starring role. You must work hard and don't embarrass Boss Yang. "

The two of them did not dare to show off in front of their elders, and said respectfully: "Yes!"

Yang Ye said: "Then let's start worshiping gods!"

A group of people paid their respects to Master Guan, and Yuan Heping personally stepped forward to lift the red cloth of the camera, and the filming of "Drunken Master" officially started.

Yuan Heping was a director for the first time and was very cautious. He started filming directly from the plot sequence of Yang Ye's script.

The first scene is very simple. It is the super killer Yan Tiexin played by Huang Zhengli. After getting the kill list, he goes to take the life of a master to show Yan Tiexin's martial arts prowess.

There is not much to say about this scene. Yuan Heping designed a martial arts routine for the two of them, and then they just beat each other.

It is worth mentioning that Huang Zhengli is a person. When this name is mentioned, many people must be confused. They have to specifically mention it and ask, is he famous?

Famous!
Because he is the prototype of Tao Baibai in "Dragon Ball".

Anyone who has watched "Dragon Ball" will be deeply impressed by Tao Baibai.

Because his martial arts are really weird, funny, and full of force.

For example, he can stick out his tongue and use it as a sword to pierce his opponent's head.When he went out, he threw a large stone pillar into the air, then stepped on the stone and flew away.

Once someone used a gun to assassinate him, he flicked his foot, the cloth shoes flew up, and the bullet bounced back...

Zhen Yuan Zhai, Tao Bai Bai, Chun Li, Kame Sennin... Hong Kong movies of the 80s had such a profound impact on Japan that it cannot be explained clearly in just one or two sentences.

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When Yuan Heping was filming the fight scene between the two, Yang Ye sat aside and chatted with Chen Long.

"Aaron, you have been a protagonist before, in a movie by the great director Luo Wei, but why did it fail? Because Luo Wei took the success of "Brother Tangshan" and "Fist of Fury" as his own credit.

But Luo Wei was wrong. The success of those two movies actually had nothing to do with him, but with Bruce Lee.Facts have proved that "Way of the Dragon" directed by Bruce Lee himself was more successful.

After Luo Wei broke up with Bruce Lee, he promoted you as the protagonist and wanted to promote you as the second Bruce Lee.

He asked you to imitate Bruce Lee and make a movie, but no matter how much you imitate, you are still just a fake, so the movie you make with Lo Wei is bound to be a flop.

If you want to succeed, you can only go your own way.

After carefully analyzing your conditions, I found that your appearance is more suitable for playing small characters close to life, which will make the audience feel familiar.

So in "Drunken Master", although you are playing Huang Feihong, you must not have the mentality of playing a hero when you act. You must forget that his name is Huang Feihong and play an ordinary person.

You will be defeated in a fight, you will feel pain when you are hit, you will beg for mercy and run away if you are defeated.Even minor wrongdoings such as cheating, cheating, and stealing can be committed once, do you understand? "

Chen Long didn't understand: "Actually, after reading the script, I also found that this story has nothing to do with Huang Feihong, but why should the protagonist be named Huang Feihong?"

Yang Ye said: "Because Huang Feihong and Su Qier are well-known among the people and very popular. Therefore, when we make movies, we have to ride on their popularity. If you call them by random names, you won't attract these audiences to the cinema. Come and see, do you understand?"

Chen Longxin said it could still be like this?Regardless of whether he is trying to trick the audience into selling something like dog meat or not, he first deceives the audience into entering the cinema. I have really learned a lesson!He nodded quickly and said, "I understand."

Yang Ye continued: "You were born in theater, and you are very proficient in singing, reading, acting and fighting. You can also play cross-dressing and other things. So I helped you design the scene of playing cross-dressing He Xiangu in the movie, just for fun.

In this movie, I designed a lot of funny plots. You have to use all the things you have learned before. Not only must the fight be exciting, but also funny. If it can make the audience laugh, then this movie Even if the movie is successful, your image will be established. "

Chen Long thought about the plot in the script carefully, and combined with Yang Ye's words, he completely understood that Yang Ye was designing a unique route for him. He couldn't help but be quite moved and said: "Young Master Yang, don't worry , I filmed this movie well without sleeping.”

Yang Ye patted him on the shoulder: "You and Yuan Heping are brothers. We can discuss things together. I have confidence in you. Next, I will go to Taiwan to record a record, and then I have to go to Cannes to attend the film festival. Wait for me When I come back, I hope to see a wonderful movie!”

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Yang Ye drove away from the Jiahe Ax Mountain Road studio and soon came to the Movie Man Tea Restaurant in the Peninsula Hotel.

Yang Ye ordered a cup of milk tea, took a newspaper, and sat down quietly to read the newspaper.

I was stunned at first sight. It has been so long since he stepped on the horse, and newspapers are still analyzing his kung fu.

Especially in the game where he head-shot Kameda Ichiro with a stick, both sides clearly exchanged blows, but the funny writer in the newspaper analyzed it for thousands of words.

I'm really convinced. Isn't this how you cheat on manuscript fees?
Yang Ye read half of a newspaper, and a thin young man walked out of the restaurant.

He looked around and soon came to Yang Ye's seat and said with a smile: "Mr. Yang, I'm sorry I'm late."

Yang Ye put down the newspaper, stood up, shook hands with him, and said with a smile: "Mr. Jiang came at the right time. Sit down and order. Let's talk while eating."

This young man is called Jiang Zhiqiang. He is the biggest promoter of Chinese-language films going global after 2000.

(End of this chapter)