Chapter 646 The Starting Point of Japan
Liu Xiaoli was willing to give her daughter’s surname Yang because Yang Ye promised to marry her in Europe in September.
This made Liu Xiaoli very touched and felt that Yang Ye was sincere to her.
Actually, Yang Ye has played this kind of marriage trick N times. It is just to make women happy, and it is not a big deal at all.
For Liu Xiaoli, after getting married, her daughter will be Yang Ye’s stepdaughter, so it is necessary to change her surname to Yang.
Because Yang Ye is not an ordinary person, he is the richest man in China and controls a huge entertainment empire.
The aura of the richest man's daughter is very useful.
When An Feng grows up, with this halo, he will be like a princess.
The Yang family's children all have Japanese characters in their names. If An Feng just changes her surname but not her name, others will be able to tell at once that she is not a serious member of the Yang family.
There is a misunderstanding here. Yang Ye offered to help Xiao Anfeng change her name. In fact, it was just because the bad name Liu Ximeiko that Xiao Anfeng's grandmother changed for her was too eye-catching.
That's why I thought of getting it right in one step and just help her change her name to Liu Yifei.
When Liu Xiaoli saw Yang Ye taking the initiative to mention this matter, she naturally thought that Yang Ye wanted An Feng to take his surname as Yang.
Liu Xiaoli felt that since she married such an awesome husband, her daughter should have his surname.
And the name Yang Mi that Yang Ye gave Xiao Anfeng was also very good, which showed that Yang Ye really regarded her daughter as her own, so she readily agreed.
Now it's Yang Ye's turn to feel pain, he just had a bad taste.
But in this time and space, only Yang Ye knew about this bad taste. Liu Xiaoli thought he was serious.
Although An Feng cannot become a powerful person even if she changes her name, she is not big enough!
Alas! Yang Ye secretly sighed, just use as much power as you can! At worst, when Yang Mi debuts in the future, I will give her a stage name, Liu Yifei.
From then on, she will be Da Feifei!
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After filming the Olympic promotional video, Yang Ye returned to Hong Kong to start preparing for the filming of his new film "Speed".
In addition, some preparations must be made for Liu Xiaoli and her daughter to go to Hong Kong, such as cleaning up the house for them and arranging for Xiao Anfeng to go to school.
Liu Xiaoli will first return to the song and dance troupe to resign, and then go through the procedures to go to Hong Kong and finish everything. It will be almost September, which will not delay Xiao Anfeng's schooling.
After returning to Hong Kong, Yang Ye checked all the preparations. After confirming, he chose an auspicious day to start the movie.
But before starting the filming, Yang Ye had to go to Shanghai to participate in the first Shanghai International Film Festival.
The original Shanghai International Film Festival was planned to be held in July 1993, but was later postponed to October.
One of the reasons for the postponement is that Chinese filmmakers don’t have much face overseas, and the Chinese film market is not big. It took a lot of effort to invite overseas films to participate in the exhibition.
In this time and space, Yang Ye proposed to hold it in June. He suggested this because the Shanghai International Film Festival in later generations was generally held in June.
This has a very good timeliness for the promotion and release of award-winning movies.
The Shanghai Film Festival adopted Yang Ye’s suggestion, stepped up preparations, and was finally held as scheduled in June.
Due to timely reforms, the Chinese film market in this time and space did not experience a sharp decline after entering the 1990s. Instead, it grew steadily. In 1992, the total box office for the whole year exceeded 3.5 billion yuan.
Although it cannot be said to be very high, due to its stable growth, it is enough to attract the attention of overseas film companies.
This attracted the attention of Hollywood. Last year, it sent Paramount President Shirley Lansing to visit China.
In recent months, the two sides have had frequent exchanges and constant contacts, and have reached a certain consensus. The day when Hollywood blockbusters will officially enter China is not far away.
So this Shanghai International Film Festival has also received strong support from Hollywood.
Not only did Paramount President Shirley Lansing attend in person, but also big-name Hollywood stars came to support the event.
Yang Ye has a great reputation in the international film industry. He also used his influence to invite many international film producers to set up booths and help the Shanghai Film Festival's trading market take shape.
Holding a film festival is essentially a business. The more film producers you can attract, the more prosperous the film trading market will be, and the larger the scale of your film festival will be.
Why are the three major European film festivals so awesome? Because they are the largest film trading markets in the world. The participating films are all premieres, even if they are not world premieres, they are intercontinental premieres.
This is the essential difference between them and the Oscars. The Oscars are American film awards that summarize, review and commend the films of the previous year.
All in all, with the help of many parties, the first Shanghai International Film Festival is so big that it doesn’t look like a new film festival.
The film festival has attracted more than 20 well-known film companies from around the world to set up booths, with a total of more than 300 films participating.
Nearly two thousand filmmakers from all over the world attended the film festival, including well-known ones including Paramount President Shirley Lansing, Hollywood superstars Sophia Loren, Deborah Ruffin, Tom · Cruise; Japanese directors Haruki Kadokawa and Nagisa Oshima, actor Kaoru Momoi; Korean director Lim Kwon-taek, actor Choi Jin-jin, etc.
The film industry in Hong Kong and Taiwan has given strong support to the Shanghai International Film Festival. Not only has their own films participated in the festival, Xu Ke also served as a judge for this film festival.
As for the chairman of the jury of this film festival, it is naturally director Xie Jin.
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"Haha, long time no see, my brother!"
As soon as Yang Ye arrived at the hotel where he was staying, Kadokawa Haruki came over and caught him with a bear hug.
When Yang Ye saw this guy, he suddenly thought that in two months, he would be in trouble due to family strife.
Yang Ye and Kadokawa Haruki work very well together and are used to it. They don’t want to change people, so they think to themselves: “Just give him a hand!”
"Let's go, I'll buy you a drink! Hey, who is this?"
Yang Ye pointed at a little loli behind Kadokawa Haruki. She was only twelve or thirteen years old and very cute.
"Her name is Adachi Yumi, and she is the heroine of my new film "Dinosaur Story". She was shortlisted for the Best Actress at the Shanghai International Film Festival, so I brought her here."
“It’s incredible, you’re nominated for a leading actress at such a young age, hello!” Yang Ye waved to Yumi Adachi in a friendly manner.
Anda Yumi bowed obediently to Yang Ye and said: "Uncle Yang Ye, I like your movies very much!"
Yang Ye laughed and said: "I didn't expect that my movie fans have expanded to those born in the 1980s. What an honor!"
Yang Ye had a wide circle of friends and immediately called a lot of people. Went to eat at Xiji Typhoon Shelter Restaurant in Shanghai.
Don’t let the wealth go to outsiders. Of course, you have to eat at your own restaurant.
During the dinner, Yang Ye asked Kadokawa Haruki: "I heard that your brother has left Kadokawa Bookstore?"
Kadokawa Haruki's younger brother is called Kadokawa Rihihiko, and he is the deputy general manager of Kadokawa Bookstore. .
Kadokawa Haruki was very surprised why Yang Ye suddenly asked about his younger brother, but he still nodded and said: "Yes, he has different ideas from mine, so he chose to run away and established another MediaWorks Co., Ltd."
Yang Ye said calmly: "Just asking, I have met Kokihiko a few times before when he went to Hong Kong on a business trip."
Kadokawa Haruki said oh, raised his head and drank a glass of wine. I don't really want to talk about it.
The two brothers were very unhappy because of Kadokawa Rihihiko's running away. Little did he know that in a few months, Kadokawa Rihihiko would take over as president and do a better job than him.
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After returning from the hotel, Yang Ye made a call to Kadokawa Rihihiko.
Kadokawa Rihihiko was very curious: "Yang Sang, why did you call me?"
Yang Yedao: "I heard that you left Kadokawa Bookstore?"
"Yes!"
"Well done, why are you leaving?"
Kadokawa Rihihiko hesitated and said: "Yang Sang, you are not my brother's lobbyist, are you?"
Yang Ye has a very good relationship with Kadokawa Haruki, and it is normal for Kadokawa Rihihiko to have this question.
"No, no, no, I have no interest in intervening in the affairs between your brothers, but I think you are very talented. You should have your own plans for leaving. I heard that you established another company?"
“Yes!”
“What are you going to do?”
"I am going to create a library specifically to enter the two-dimensional field."
"Oh, can you tell me more specifically?"
"Of course, I am different from my brother. He is so talented that he was promoted to the position of president.
But I started as a clerk in the company and worked my way up to the position of vice president.
I have been in the front line for many years and am in the market better than my brother. Learn more
I noticed the youth trend in the Japanese publishing market, so I suggested that my brother enter the two-dimensional field that young people like.
But my brother was not interested in this matter. He only wanted to make movies, so I chose to run away..."
What did Kadokawa Rikohiko do after he ran away?
< br>He founded a publishing company and established a brand called "Dengeki Bunko"
"Bunku" means to select a set of published or specially written works within a certain range according to the plan. Publishing.
"Dengshui" is the brand name of this library.
Although Kadokawa Rihihiko wanted to take the two-dimensional path, he concluded that it would be impossible to achieve success by entering the comics industry in the 1990s.
He must find another way to find a new product that can compete with comics.
He discovered that a new thing had appeared on the Japanese library market, and that was... light novels.
Light novels have not attracted the attention of major bookstores in Japan, but Kadokawa Rihihiko has high hopes for it.
He believes that once light novels develop and develop, even if they cannot kill comics, they can at least take away half of the country.
However, if he wants to promote "light novels" and revolutionize "manga", he must have massive funds.
Kadokawa Rihihiko devoted most of his life to Kadokawa Shoten, and he had only one choice: Kadokawa Shoten.
The strength of Kadokawa Bookstore is enough to support him in realizing his dream.
But his brother Kadokawa Haruki thinks that he is not doing his job properly and it is impossible to support him.
Then, a bizarre thing happened:
On August 29, 1993, Haruki Kadokawa was arrested and detained by Chiba Prefecture police on charges of drug smuggling and embezzlement of company funds.
Subsequently, Haruki Kadokawa resigned as president of Kadokawa Shoten and was succeeded by his younger brother, Rikihiko Kadokawa.
After Kadokawa Rihihiko killed his brother and became a big treasure, all the benefits of Kadokawa Bookstore's connections, funds, and media were in his hands.
He began to lead the listing of Kadokawa Bookstore to obtain more funds. Finally, he accumulated troops and personally opened up the "light novel" market.
With his support, countless classic light novels sprung up, turning the Japanese comic market upside down.
In the end, Kadokawa Shoten completed the unification of the field of Japanese light novels, and Kadokawa Rihihiko also realized his dream and became one of the two-dimensional demon kings on earth.
In short: light novels are Japanese online novels, Dengeki Bunko is Japan’s starting point for reading, and Kadokawa Shoten is Japan’s Literature Group.
Yang Ye’s method of saving Kadokawa Haruki was very simple. He had no intention of reminding Haruki that Rihiko was going to trick him, which would inevitably cause their brothers to turn against each other.
And Yang Ye couldn't explain how he could predict this in advance.
He plans to invest in Kadokawa Rihihiko to help him open up a new track of "Japanese light novels" and eventually dominate the Japanese light novel world.
Getting in Yang Ye's car, Kadokawa Rihihiko naturally did not need to trick Kadokawa Haruki.
Yang Ye not only prevented the two Kadokawa brothers from turning against each other, but also inserted his hand into the field of Japanese light novels. It can be said that he killed two birds with one stone.
So, after listening to Kadokawa Rihihiko's explanation, Yang Ye looked very interested and invited him to go to Hong Kong for detailed discussions, and Kadokawa Rihihiko naturally agreed happily.
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The next day, Yang Ye's new film "Kung Fu" had its grand world premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
"Kung Fu" is Yang Ye's first autobiographical film. It is said to be about things before his debut.
Where did Yang Ye's invincible kung fu come from, which aroused the interest of countless people and made countless people curious about the movie and wanted to find out.
Hollywood’s Shirley Lansing, Sophia Loren, Tom Cruise, Japan’s Haruki Kadokawa, Oshima Nagisa, Momoi Kaoru, South Korea’s Lee Mi-kyung, Im Kwon-taek, Choi Jin-jin...
There are also filmmakers from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places. Now they are all gathered in the first screening room of Shanghai Cinemas, waiting for the movie to start.
In addition to the guests of these film festivals, some acquaintances of Yang Ye also came over. Yang Ye saw the good sisters Liu Xiaoqing and Liu Xiaoli in their seats, with Xiao Anfeng.
But they knew that Yang Ye was very busy and did not come forward to meet him.
Shanghai Cinema is the first five-star cinema in mainland China and the venue for the Shanghai International Film Festival.
It has nine screening halls, of which the first screening hall has 1118 seats. The screen is 22 meters wide and 10.5 meters high.
The sound effects are designed in accordance with international THX technical standards. Its audio-visual effects are among the top in the country and are suitable for screening visual effects blockbusters such as "Kung Fu".
Before the movie was screened, Yang Yexian took the movie starring Chen Hong, Yuan Hua, Yuan Qiu, Liang Xiaolong, Qian Jiale, Dong Zhihua, Zhao Ling, Wu Zhenyu, Xu Zhen, Wang Lin and other movie stars to the stage and had a simple interaction with the host. .
Oh, there is also Brother Hu and Xiao Tang Yan, they were also invited to the premiere. After all, they played the male and female protagonists when they were young, so they were considered the protagonists.
After the interview, Yang Ye led the creators off the stage, the lights in the hall suddenly dimmed, and the screening of "Kung Fu" officially began.
(End of this chapter)