Hong Kong Entertainment: The King of Kung Fu

The Spring Festival period was quite deserted, with not even a single movie grossing over 40 million yuan.

Stephen Chow's "King of Destruction" only grossed over 30 million in local box office.

What’s funny is that this movie is a little different from the original time and space. Because of the existence of the Yang Ye BUG, ​​the character played by Wu Mengda is the heir of the "Devil of the Empire".

He also hung a photo of Yang Ye at home, and the initiation ceremony for He Jinyin to learn ancient Chinese martial arts was to worship Yang Ye.

Today, Yang Ye has become a popular culture symbol. In some Japanese comics, he is the ultimate BOSS.

In the game "Street Fighter", there is a fighter named "Jueyuan" who looks like a monk.

When Fatty Wang was filming "Super School Overlord", he had a crazy idea and invited Yang Ye to play the guest role of Jue Yuan, but Yang Ye said he was busy.

Yang Ye continued to be busy filming his "The Matrix". In order to save money and effort, he directly chose to shoot three films in one.

In this way, we will shoot and do post-production at the same time, and plan to release one film every year in 94, 95 and 96.

One advantage of filming "The Matrix" is that you don't have to run around everywhere. Most of the time, Yang Ye stayed on the set in Shenzhen.

After work, I fly directly back to Hong Kong by helicopter. It only takes a few minutes to get there, so I can balance work and life.

But it's not easy because this movie is full of action scenes.

Among the four main actors, Yang Ye and Zhou Billy’s skills are beyond doubt.

Although Ti Lung is old, he is a Wing Chun master and a first-class martial artist. He practices diligently every day and has no problem with his action scenes.

The only thing is that Lin Qingxia is not a professional action star, but she has a lot of martial arts moves in this movie.

If you want to take good-looking photos, you can only rely on a stand-in, and Lin Qingxia is mainly responsible for posing.

To be a stand-in for a woman, naturally a female martial artist is the best, but female martial artists are very rare because this job is too hard.

After Yuen Qiu, the best female martial artist in Hong Kong is Li Hui. She is from the Yuen Clan, so there is no problem in calling her over.

But unfortunately, she was injured, so she could only use male martial artists.

Sometimes Yang Ye felt that the martial artist was not doing a good enough job, so he would put on women's clothes and go on stage himself.

If it were someone else, wanting Yang Ye to be a stand-in would be a dream.

But it’s different with your own wife, it’s a pleasure between husband and wife.

The last time Yang Ye served as a stand-in was when he replaced Ajani in the filming of Kill Bill.

Fortunately, Lin Qingxia has been filming martial arts films for many years, and is very good at posing.

"Kung Fu" and "The Matrix" are both works by Yuen Woo-ping. The characteristic of his martial arts direction is that there are many romantic design styles.

For example, the various poses that Jet Li struck in "Once Upon a Time in China" are actually useless, but they look very cool.

And Lin Qingxia is also very good at posing in various cool styles when filming, so it is very suitable for her to play the role of Trinity.

The film had not yet been completed, and Lin Qingxia had only seen some rough cuts, but she already knew that this movie was extraordinary.

One night before going to bed, Lin Qingxia talked to Yang Ye about the movie, and Yang Ye said arrogantly: "This is our farewell film, I want it to shock the world!"

"We, you want to retire from the film industry too?" Lin Qingxia was shocked. Yang Ye was in his prime, and he actually chose to retire from the film industry?

Yang Ye shook his head: "I'm already forty years old, and I don't want to keep fighting on the screen.

I will continue to make movies in the future, but I probably won’t be the leading actor anymore.

I also want to spend more time with you and Xiao'er!"

"So that's how it is! I agree with the first two sentences, but for the last one, don't make promises if you can't keep them!"

Lin Qingxia felt that it was better for Yang Ye to stop acting, after all, being an action actor was a dangerous job.

Even Yang Ye suffered minor injuries all the time, although he had never suffered a serious injury.

As for Yang Ye's words about spending more time with her and her daughter in the future, Lin Qingxia didn't believe it.

She knew exactly what kind of person Yang Ye was. Although she had accepted her fate, she would follow Yang Ye for the rest of her life.

Yang Ye was a little embarrassed, and said, "I really think so!"

Lin Qingxia said: "Although you are talking nonsense, Xiao'er is about to enter puberty. As a father, you should pay more attention to her."

Yang Ye patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, if any bastard dares to take advantage of our Xiao'er, I will break his neck!"

Lin Qingxia rolled her eyes: "Then Xiao'er will never get married?"

"Forehead……"

Yang Ye had nothing to say, so he covered himself with the quilt and went to sleep!

The next morning, when Yang Ye and Lin Qingxia were getting ready to go out to work, Yang Ye's cell phone rang.

Yang Ye pressed the answer button and it was Xu Feng calling from overseas. She said happily on the other end: "Honey, we won the prize!"

"What award?"

"Farewell My Concubine won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film!"

Unlike other award-winning films, "Farewell My Concubine" was a project completely led by Xu Feng. She used this film to prove her vision, so she was naturally very happy.

Yang Ye smiled and said, "Congratulations! Congratulations! Honey, you are really amazing. So many people bought Li Bihua's novels to film, but yours is the most successful."

Xu Feng said happily on the other end of the phone: "It's mainly thanks to the leading actors like Arong and director Kai."

In recent years, Li Bihua's "Rouge", "Pan Jinlian: Past and Present Life", "Terracotta Warriors", "Farewell My Concubine", "Green Snake" and "The Tempted Monk" have been adapted into films one after another.

"Farewell My Concubine" is undoubtedly the most successful, with more box office and awards than the other films combined.

Since winning the Palme d'Or, "Farewell My Concubine" has not only been released worldwide, but has also won awards around the world.

Before winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, it had already won the Best Foreign Language Film at the Japan Academy Awards, the South Korean Blue Dragon Film Awards, and the American Golden Globe Awards.

In addition, the National Society of Film Critics of the United States, as well as the three major film critics associations in New York, Los Angeles, and Boston, all awarded the Best Foreign Language Film to "Farewell My Concubine."

Yang Ye hummed, thinking: "This time, Brother Kaizi might explode."

Yang Ye ordered: “Don’t invest in Kaizi’s next movie!”

Xu Feng was stunned for a moment on the other end of the phone and asked, "Why? Shouldn't we strike while the iron is hot?"

Yang Ye explained: "I have come into contact with Brother Kaizi. He is extremely conceited. You may have been able to suppress him in the past.

After this time, it's impossible. There's no need to carry out a project that can't be controlled.

Anyway, he has won so many awards this time, so there will be no shortage of investment for his next film. Whoever wants to invest can do so.”

Xu Feng has more contact with Brother Kaizi. It was she who insisted on letting Brother Kaizi direct. How could she not understand Brother Kaizi's character?
Regarding the script of the movie, Brother Kaizi argued with various parties for a long time. Finally, it was Chen Huaikai who spoke and he chose to compromise.

Xu Feng was a smart man. He understood after a little thought and said, "Okay!"

In fact, there was one thing Yang Ye didn't say, because he didn't want to discourage Xu Feng.

"Farewell My Concubine" was able to win the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film consecutively, which is even more impressive than the original time and space. In addition to the use of professional public relations, it is also Hollywood's reward for opening up the market to mainland China.

"Farewell My Concubine" has not yet been taken off the screen in North America. Winning the Best Foreign Language Film award can at least increase the box office by another $1000 million, which is real money.

...At this year's Academy Awards, Steven Spielberg won the Best Picture and Best Director awards for Schindler's List.

"Jurassic Park" also won three awards for Best Effects, Best Visual Effects, and Best Sound Editing.

Yang Ye called him personally to congratulate him, and not long after, the Academy Awards started in Hong Kong!

This year's Academy Awards have undergone major changes compared to the original time and space.

One is that Yang Ye has a total of four films shortlisted, a total of twenty nominations.

Another thing is that Brother Kaizi made it to the Academy Awards with "Farewell My Concubine" and received 11 nominations.

"Farewell My Concubine" is a film produced by a Hong Kong film company and co-produced with the mainland. The leading actor, Zhang Guorong, is also a native Hong Konger. In theory, this can be considered a Hong Kong film.

However, the original Academy Awards had some rules and regulations, requiring that half of the main creators of films participating in the Awards must be Hong Kong people.

"Farewell My Concubine" was judged to be of impure blood and not considered a Hong Kong film, so it failed to be nominated for the Academy Awards.

And now it has come in with the momentum of sweeping major film awards around the world, and has instantly become the biggest favorite for this year's Academy Awards.

In addition, it has been a hundred years since the Lumière brothers invented film in France in 1895, and various celebrations have been held around the world.

Hong Kong, as the world's second largest film base and the center of the Chinese-language film industry, is no exception, so this year's Academy Awards are particularly grand!
In previous years, there were many Academy Awards members who did not attend, but this year they all showed up.

Filmmakers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and four regions gathered together, and they were so busy walking on the red carpet that the audience was dazzled.

Yang Ye had four films nominated this year, and he finally chose Rosamund Kwan as his red carpet companion.

As soon as the two appeared, they immediately attracted a large number of reporters, and the flash lights kept flashing.

It was rare for Rosamund Kwan to attend a public event with Yang Ye, and she happily posed in various styles for reporters to take pictures.

The reporter asked Yang Ye if he had confidence in winning an award since so many films were nominated this year.
Yang Ye said speechlessly: "I got twenty nominations in total, but I didn't win a single award. That's too bad, right? Which newspaper are you from?"

He joked with the reporters for a while, then walked into the venue with Rosamund Kwan.

Guan Zhilin was also nominated for the Best Actress award for Speed ​​this year. She was very happy and asked Yang Ye excitedly, "Brother Ye, do you think I can win the Best Actress award this year?"

Yang Ye immediately dashed her hopes: "No hope!"

Guan Zhilin was so angry that she stamped her feet: "Don't be so direct!"

Yang Ye did not respond to her. He saw Jin Yong sitting in the guest seats and walked over with Guan Zhilin.

"Chasheng, when are you free, let's have tea together!"

Jin Yong smiled and said, "I've been waiting for you to contact me!"

Yang Ye smiled and said, "Then let's do it tomorrow!"

"it is good!"

The two chatted for a while, and then Yang Ye took Guan Zhilin back to his seat.

Guan Zhilin asked curiously, "Brother Ye, are you looking for Jin Yong to make another martial arts movie?"

Yang Ye shook his head: "I have all the copyrights of Jin Yong, why should I look for him? It's about the acquisition of Ming Pao."

"So you want to buy newspapers? Will Jin Yong sell them to you?"

“Jin Yong is old and has long intended to retire. His children are unwilling and unable to inherit Ming Pao, so they have no choice but to sell it.

He was optimistic about Yu Pinhai, but I exposed him as a bad boy. Since then, he has been waiting for me to speak!"

"Then after you exposed Yu Pinhai, why didn't you take advantage of the situation to acquire Ming Pao?"

"Newspaper media is a sunset industry. I have little interest in it. I only changed my mind recently."

"I see!"

……

The Hong Kong Coliseum is star-studded!
The two emcees, Patrick Sham and Deborah Lee, came on stage together and the award ceremony officially began.

The two exchanged some pleasantries, and then Deborah said: "One hundred years ago, the Lumière brothers shot the world's first film, 'The Arrival of a Train at the Station'."

Sham continued: “Over the past 100 years, filmmakers around the world have worked hard to create a new film industry that has become one of the most popular art forms in the world.”

"For this year's Academy Awards, we have prepared a special song dedicated to all of us filmmakers, whether present or not!"

"This song was written and composed by Mr. Yang Ye, the pride of our Chinese-language films. It's called..."

They both said together: "A Love Letter to Filmmakers, please welcome the singer, Ms. Teresa Teresa!"

Deng Lijun, who had not been seen for a long time, appeared on the stage in a gorgeous dress, which immediately aroused warm applause.

Since the first season of "The Voice of China", Deng Lijun has never appeared in public again.

There is no cure for her asthma and she needs to be treated regularly.

In the original time and space, in order to make money to support her family and boyfriend, she kept taking commercial performances everywhere.

High-intensity work is the leading cause of unfortunate death.

Now that she has become a mother, she lives a peaceful life with her two daughters. She does not need to work, but is able to maintain a rich life, and her health is much better.

Deng Lijun walked onto the stage with a microphone in hand. Due to her rich and stable life, she looked more graceful and elegant.

The music started, and Deng Lijun raised the microphone. She sang a love letter to filmmakers with deep affection:

How many people love the charm you left on the screen, how many people love your independent attitude.

Your eternal innocence, childlike expectations, and the helplessness of self-admiration.

Who understands the sorrow you carefully hide, who understands the nostalgia on your faded face.

Your flawless elegance and the fear deep in your heart slowly turn pale.

You are desperately pursuing eternity, but life is full of ups and downs, unpredictable and regretful.

You foolishly pursue perfection, but always get misunderstood, hurt, abandoned and blamed.

Why be sad, why be sorrowful, why get rid of sorrow and pain, why laugh, scold, hate and love.

The human world is just where you live, and the Milky Way is where your soul roams.

The world is nothing but your invisible dream, a dream left behind by chance.

Dreaming of silvery bright dreams in a body outside of the body.

Dreaming within a dream in a body outside of your body!

……

Film is the art of dreaming. The phrase “dream of silvery bright dreams” in the lyrics means creating films.

"You foolishly pursue perfection, but you are always misunderstood, hurt, abandoned, and blamed. Why are you sad, why are you mourning, why are you worrying and suffering, why are you laughing, scolding, hating, and loving."

Every word of these lyrics reflects the ups and downs and life experiences of a generation of filmmakers.

The beautiful and moving music coupled with Teresa Teresa's soulful singing made the filmmakers present feel deeply moved!
On the big screen, Yang Ye appeared, and people looked at this person who had made the greatest contribution to the development of Chinese-language films in the world, and all of them showed deep respect! (End of this chapter)