Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

Chapter 66 The Secret of Props

Yang Ye looked at the newspaper on the dining table and felt his head hurt.

He was not in the mood to eat breakfast and drove to the company depressedly.

Hu Yinmeng had already tidied his desk and made tea for him.

This made Yang Ye feel better.

It’s comfortable to have Zong Yougui taking care of you at home and Hu Yinmeng taking care of you at work!

"Yinyin, you've been very diligent recently."

"This is my job!" Hu Yinmeng said, and then added: "Xie Yi, the boss of New Line Company, has arrived in Hong Kong."

"When did you arrive? Why didn't you tell me first?"

"I called your home at five o'clock yesterday afternoon. You were not here, so I arranged for them to stay in a hotel to get off the jet lag."

Yang Ye said oh, after finishing the press conference yesterday, he went on a date with Zhao Yazhi.

In Hong Kong, people have to ask people to check the date for everything. Even though there was a press conference yesterday, today is the official launch day.

It's simply inexplicable, but even though Yang Ye doesn't believe this, he can only do as the Romans do.

Yang Ye asked: "Which hotel are you staying in?"

"The Peninsula Hotel."

"That's fine, let's go!"

Yang Ye took Hu Yinmeng downstairs and said to Du Qifeng, who had arrived at the company early: "A Feng, you drive the company car and follow me."

The group of people arrived at the Peninsula Hotel, and Yang Ye quickly met Xie. He was in his thirties, with a high nose and deep eyes. He had long gray-brown hair and was dressed like a rock and roll youth.

"Mr. Robert, welcome to Hong Kong."

"Hello Nick, I watched your movie and you can beat Bruce Lee."

"Thank you, Mr. Robert. I happen to have some friends here. Let's have breakfast together!"

In the tea restaurant of the Peninsula Hotel, Yang Ye introduced to several Japanese and Americans.

"This is Mr. Robert Shea from New Line Cinema in the United States. He came here to visit the filming of our new film."

"This is the famous actor Toshiro Mifune. He is the winner of the Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival twice."

Robert Shea was in awe of the double Venice Best Actor, and the two solemnly shook hands and exchanged greetings.

Robert Shea complimented: "I have seen "Rashomon" starring you. It is really an immortal masterpiece."

Then Yang Ye introduced Yamaguchi Momoe and three others to Robert Shay, and everyone sat down to enjoy the delicious Cantonese morning tea.

"Oh my God, these shrimp dumplings are so delicious! I think I'm in love with Hong Kong." Robert Shea said exaggeratedly.

In fact, everyone’s favorite food is the food from their hometown that they grew up eating. Robert Shea is just acting in such an exaggerated way.

After breakfast, the group drove to the set. Xia Meng had already asked people to prepare sacrifices. Yang Ye led the entire crew to worship the gods and burn incense, praying to the second master for a smooth filming.

The Japanese people respect the second master very much and worship him very devoutly.This made the crew very satisfied and felt that these little nips were very good.

Later, Yang Ye personally untied the red cloth of the camera, and "Fist of Heroes" officially started filming.

What we are going to shoot today is the scene at the beginning of the movie where a group of Black Dragon Society samurai go to Kyoto University to cause trouble. Toshiro Mifune and Momoe Yamaguchi will be present.

Chiba Shinichi and Sanada Hiroyuki came over to watch how Hong Kong films are shot when they had nothing to do.

Yang Ye had already rented equipment and went to Kyoto University to film the first scene of the movie when he was in Japan, and now he was directly filming the fight scene in the classroom.

After Yang Ye and others put on makeup and changed into costumes, the lighting and camera positions of the venue were all in place.

Yang Ye called several dragon and tiger martial arts masters over and discussed the positioning issue again before filming started.Then he said to Yamaguchi Momoe: "Momoe-chan, after you finish your performance, you must hide in a corner with a few extras as soon as possible. The first is to make room for us to fight, and the second is to avoid Danger. Do you understand?"

Yamaguchi Momoe nodded, Yang Ye clapped his hands and said: "OK, all departments are in their positions, shooting has officially started!"

After the personnel were in place, To Qifeng, who was serving as the scene recorder, shouted on the slate board: "The second scene of the first scene of "Fist of Heroes", the first shooting. Exxon!"

The professor wearing glasses held a pointer and stood in front of the podium and said: "Now let me explain the relationship between the fuel tank and the internal combustion engine..."

Chen Zhen sat in his seat and took notes seriously. Yamada Mitsuko deserted the class and turned around to talk to Yang Ye.At this time, the Black Dragon Society warrior broke into the classroom, pointed at Chen Zhen and shouted: "Chinese pig, get out!"

The professor stepped forward and asked, "Why are you fooling around here?"

Bushido: "Hiben's school is not for pigs to attend."

The professor said angrily: "Get out of here."

Then the professor was bullied and his glasses were stepped on and broken.

Yamada Mitsuko stood up and said bravely: "What do you mean by this? Do you know how to bully people here?"

"Who are you to talk to me like this?"

"Don't think that I'm afraid of you. I just don't take you seriously, Mitsuko Yamada."

The samurai stretched out his hand to hit Guangzi, but Chen Zhen stood up.Photon hid behind him and blasted his hair at several warriors.

Bushido: "I don't care who you are now, disappear immediately. I'll count to three, one, two..."

Chen Zhen stepped forward and punched this guy, knocking him unconscious instantly. He was three times as big as your mother.

A wonderful fight ensued, and Chen Zhen used his muscle-splitting hand to remove all the limbs and joints of the warriors.

Yang Ye and the Longhu warriors had choreographed this fight scene many times in advance, and now it was just officially shot.

It was like a performance, so the whole process went smoothly and was shot successfully in one take, leaving Robert Shea stunned.

Then Fumio Funakoshi, played by Toshiro Mifune, appeared.

This old guy's acting skills are already superb, and his scenes with Yamaguchi Momoe and Yang Ye are all the same.

After the assistant director and photographer both signaled OK to Yang Ye, Yang Ye clapped his hands happily and said, "OK, passed. Everyone performed very well."

Everyone immediately applauded.

Toshiro Mifune said: "Yang Sang, you really opened our eyes. I have never seen such a smooth film shooting process."

Robert Shea came up and said, "I've never seen that even in Hollywood."

Yang Ye explained: "We Chinese like to get lucky when we do things. In order to avoid problems on the first day, we rehearsed for a long time in advance, so this scene played so smoothly. Of course, Mr. Mifune and Miss Momoe's The acting skills are also very good, so this filming was able to pass smoothly.”

Yamaguchi Momoe was a little worried and said: "Ye Jun, they hit their heads against the glass of the window. Isn't this dangerous?"

Yang Ye smiled and shouted towards the prop: "Bring me a piece of glass."

Soon the props brought a small piece of glass, and Yang Ye broke off a little, put it in his mouth and started eating, leaving Yamaguchi Momoe dumbfounded.

Yang Ye gave Yamaguchi Momoe a piece and said, "Try it too, it's crunchy and crispy."

Yamaguchi Momoe took a bite with suspicion, her eyebrows suddenly stretched: "Sweet?"

"Well, this is glass made of sugar, so they won't be in danger, don't worry. And the wood on those windows was sawed off in advance."

Momoe Yamaguchi had always made literary films before, but she had never been exposed to these before, and she suddenly understood.

Yang Ye asked the props to bring another stool over and explained: "Look, this stool is completely sawed off, but I tied it up with some fishing wire."

When Yang Ye was talking, Hu Yinmeng was also translating to Robert Shea in English. Yang Ye was also speaking to Robert Shea.

Yang Ye took another bottle of talcum powder, sprinkled it on the stool, and continued: "Sprinkle this talcum powder on it, and when the stool is kicked to pieces, there will be an explosion effect, which is very beautiful. Artai, come here and cooperate. .”

Yuantai agreed, came over and played a few tricks with Yang Ye, and kicked the stool in Yang Ye's hand into pieces, sending dust flying into the air.

Yang Ye smiled and said, "Isn't it beautiful?"

"Wow! What a wonderful design!" Yamaguchi Momoe admired and clapped.

Robert Shea was also suddenly enlightened and praised: "Hong Kong filmmakers are so smart."

After the scene was filmed, people were left to deal with the aftermath while others began to move on.

Yang Ye and Robert Shea sat down and officially started negotiations.

(End of this chapter)