Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 62

Hu Jinquan had been preparing for "Spiritual Rain in the Sky" for many years. He finally got such an opportunity and immediately agreed.

Even if Yang Ye needs to be compensated for the delay in filming, he doesn't care.

After all, the preparatory work for this movie has been completed a long time ago, and he is confident that it will be completed within the year.

Moreover, it is impossible for him to make another movie like "The Lady". Which investor can bear to make a movie for four years?
In fact, the reason why Yang Ye signed Hu Jinquan is very simple, because Hu Jinquan is the Zhang Yimou and Li Jian of this era.And Hu Jinquan’s aesthetics is even better than the two of them.

Yang Ye believes that as long as he uses the concepts and technologies of later generations to add commercial elements to Hu Jinquan's movies, his movies will explode at the box office.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was used by Yang Ye to test the waters. If it succeeds, he will reuse Hu Jinquan to shoot a series of subsequent works.

……

In order to celebrate the box office of "Drunken Master" exceeding 500 million, Yang Ye held a celebration banquet for Chen Long at Lei Garden Restaurant.

Yang Ye and Zhao Yazhi held hands, and as soon as they appeared in Liyuan, they were greeted by a large number of reporters.

"Young Master Yang, are you and Zhizhi dating?"

"we are good friends!"

"Young Master Yang, "Drunken Master" has exceeded 500 million this time. What do you think?"

"You should ask Aaron this question!"

"Mr. Yang, do you have any plans to star in the next movie?"

"Have!"

“Can you reveal what will be filmed?”

"Secret!"

"Why did you make movies with so much fanfare before, but keep it secret this time?"

"I was not famous at that time, so naturally I had to act like a clown to attract your attention, so you would report on me. Now that I am famous, I naturally have to hide and take pictures, otherwise you will harass me every day, delay my project schedule, and You won’t lose money to me.”

Yang Ye's honest attitude caused a burst of laughter, and another reporter asked reluctantly: "Can you reveal a little bit?"

"I can only tell you that this time it's a super big cast. Okay, we're going in."

Yang Ye saw Chen Long's car approaching and was unwilling to steal his limelight, so he pulled Zhao Yayi into the restaurant.

Today is a celebration banquet for Chen Long, so let him show off your pussy.

Chen Long and Yuan Heping were immediately surrounded by reporters as soon as they got out of the car.

Chen Lung is the fourth star to have a local box office of over 500 million after Bruce Lee, Xu Guanwen and Yang Yip. Moreover, his performance in "Drunken Master" is extremely eye-catching. Many people predict that another new star in the Hong Kong film industry will soon rising.

"Drunken Master" was a huge success, earning Yang Ye 100 million Hong Kong dollars at the local box office alone.

Yang Ye generously gave red envelopes worth 5 yuan each to Chen Long and Yuan Heping. Chen Long immediately bought a new car after receiving the money.

Chen Long's character is like this, quite arrogant.

After he became rich overnight, he went to a clothing store to buy things. The style of painting was like this: This one, this one, this one... No, wrap up all the others!

When filming "A Good Man", Chen Long was shopping in Australia with his family, and was recognized by a clerk in a watch store. He immediately warmly entertained him and recommended a 58-piece Rolex watch.

Chen Long originally wanted to buy one for himself, but the clerk asked, wouldn't others buy it?

Chen Long thought, how shameless is this?One more, one for each person!
As soon as Chen Long got out of the car, he was immediately surrounded by reporters. The guy was immediately overjoyed. As a result, the reporters tricked him into asking a lot of questions, and he almost revealed who he slept with last night.

Fortunately, Yuan Heping was smart and quickly pulled him into the restaurant.

Yuan Heping complained: "You haven't mentioned the new film to Mr. Yang yet, and you are just talking about it. What if Mr. Yang doesn't agree?"

Chen Long also regretted that he had gone too far in his pretense just now. He said awkwardly: "Let's join forces, Young Master Yang will agree." "I hope so!"

As soon as the two entered the venue, they waved to the other Seven Little Fortunes and then ran to say hello to Yang Ye and Xia Meng.

As soon as they passed by, they were surprised to find that the woman sitting next to Yang Ye was actually Miao Kexiu, and Zhao Yazhi was sitting with Xia Meng instead.

Miao Kexiu was Bruce Lee's heroine. At that time, Chen Long was just a walk-on and was beaten by Bruce Lee every day.

Yang Ye joked: "Aaron, does it feel good to be famous?"

Chen Long was a little unsatisfied: "It's so cool!"

Yuan Heping kicked Chen Long, and Chen Long had to say: "Young Master Yang, I want to admit my mistake. I just let it slip in front of reporters."

"Oh? What did you say?"

"We have thought about a new movie. Before I could tell you, I was surrounded by reporters just now. As soon as my mind got excited, I said it."

"What movie? Tell me about it."

Yuan Heping quickly told him the movie he wanted. When Yang Ye heard it, he thought it was "The Snake".

Speaking of which, "The Snake" is the film that made Yuan Heping and Chen Long famous.

The box office of this movie in the original time and space was 270 million, ranking eighth in 1978.Only after the success did "Drunken Master" appear, with a box office of 670 million, ranking second in the year.

Unexpectedly, under the influence of Yang Ye, Yuan Heping first filmed "Drunken Master" and then produced this "Snake".

"It sounds good, then let's shoot it. However, since you plan to use the original cast of "Drunken Master", the plot is similar, except that Drunken Master is replaced by Snake Fist. For those who are familiar with it, I will give you a month Time, can we finish filming?"

Yuan Heping patted his chest and said, "No problem."

Yang Ye patted Yuan Heping on the shoulder and said: "It's not that I want to rush you, but there is no time. You must finish filming the movie in August. In September, you will be the martial arts director for my new movie. This time, I used He is the strongest cast in Asia, you must perform well."

Yuan Heping heard that he was the strongest cast in Asia. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "What cast?"

Yang Ye said: "I plan to remake Bruce Lee's "Fist of Fury". I will play Chen Zhen, and Ms. Miao Kexiu will also star in the film. This is a Sino-Japanese co-production. If nothing else, the actor from Japan and Japan will be Toshiro Mifune. Yamaguchi Momoe, Chiba Shinichi.”

After Bruce Lee's death, Miao Kexiu was still filming in Jiahe, but without Brother Long to support her, the films she made were all bad.And she was also under tremendous mental pressure because of Bruce Lee's death.

Some time ago, she decided to leave Jiahe and go to Taiwan to develop.At this time, Yang Ye suddenly sent out an invitation to participate in "Jingwu Heroes". Miao Kexiu thought about it and agreed.

In the original time and space, one year later, she would be invited back by Luo Wei to star in "Fist of Fury" with Chen Long.

After hearing this lineup, Yuan Heping exclaimed: "That is indeed the strongest cast in Asia."

But he thought in his heart that Yang Ye was challenging Bruce Lee and deliberately brought Miao Kexiu over.

Chen Long said, "Young Master Yang, can I play a role?"

Yang Ye asked with great interest: "Now that you are famous, are you still willing to play a supporting role?"

Chen Long smiled and said: "With such a powerful cast, I am honored to be able to participate."

Yang Ye thought to himself that this guy was really good at life, no wonder he could achieve such a great reputation in later generations.He then said, "If you really want to act, the second male lead in this movie has not yet been decided. Are you interested?"

Chen Long was overjoyed. Playing the second male lead in such an awesome cast was already very impressive. He had nothing to be dissatisfied with.He quickly said: "That's great!"

Yang Ye suddenly thought that this lineup must be unprecedented in Asia and unprecedented, right?
When the banquet was over, Yang Ye returned home and received a call from Kadokawa Haruki.

Kadokawa told him that Toshiro Mifune and Shinichi Chiba were both willing to star, but... Momoe Yamaguchi refused to star.

Yang Ye was stunned for a moment. I have already boasted about my awesomeness. How will it end now?

(End of this chapter)