Liu Xiaoli finally finished handling domestic affairs and brought Xiao Anfeng to Hong Kong.
Yang Ye came to the airport to greet their mother and daughter.
Yang Ye saw that Xiao Anfeng took the initiative to call daddy when they met, and thought that it must be Liu Xiaoli who taught him, this woman is really willing to take things easy.
If Yang Ye was just an ordinary person, such as that lawyer in the United States, and wanted to marry Liu Xiaoli, it would probably take him a long time.
Xiao Anfeng has a father herself, so it may not be easy for her to change her name to another person's father.
But because Yang Ye was handsome, a superstar, and had the aura of the richest man, Liu Xiaoli took the initiative to get everything done.
Yang Ye looked at Xiao Anfeng's timid look and understood that she was just listening to her mother's words and might not necessarily accept him in her heart. She immediately agreed happily and praised: "Good daughter, so good!"
Then he pulled out a Sailor Moon figure from the car's storage compartment and said softly: "This bunny is for you!"
"Thank you!"
Xiao Anfeng held Xiaotu in his hands and touched her long braid. He liked it very much.
Yang Ye patted her head lovingly, and then said to Liu Xiaoli: "There are too many people at the airport, so I can only wait for you outside."
Liu Xiaoli said considerately: "It doesn't matter. You are a celebrity. It is very troublesome to appear in public."
Yang Ye nodded and said: "Let's go home!"
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"Madam, Miss, welcome home!"
The housekeeper, two servants and a handyman stood at the door to welcome Liu Xiaoli and her daughter.
A scene she had only seen on TV suddenly appeared in front of Liu Xiaoli, leaving her speechless for a moment.
Yang Ye said calmly: "Is dinner ready?"
"Everything is ready!"
Yang Ye was very satisfied. He held the eldest baby with his left hand and the little baby with his right hand, and said, "Eat first. I have a Shandong cuisine cook at home who makes very authentic Northeastern cuisine. Try it."
Liu Xiaoli is from the Northeast, and Yang Ye specially prepared Northeastern dishes for her. Liu Xiaoli was very touched when she saw that Yang Ye treated her so considerately.
The meal was enjoyable. After the meal, Yang Ye took the two of them to visit the new home and gave Xiao Anfeng a puppy.
The puppy was fluffy and very cute. An Feng liked it very much and held it in his arms reluctant to let go.
"Dad, what's its name?"
As soon as they met, Yang Ye had already given Xiao Anfeng two gifts. Without coaxing, the little girl's affection for Yang Ye doubled. This time, she called "Dad" more naturally.
Yang Ye did not answer directly, but asked: "Have you seen "ET"?"
“I’ve seen it!”
"There was a dog in that movie named Damai. Do you remember it?"
"Remember!"
"Barley is its grandpa. It doesn't have a name yet. Please give it one."
"Wow!"
An Feng didn't expect that this puppy was actually Damai's grandson, and she liked it even more. She tilted her head and thought for a while, then said, "Then can I call it Mai?"
"Wheat is its father!"
"Then...can we call it rice balls?"
Yang Ye didn't understand why he suddenly changed from wheat to rice, but it didn't matter, he smiled and nodded: "Of course!"
Turning to Liu Xiaoli, she said: "I have contacted Xiaofeng's school, but we have to go to Europe first."
When Yang Ye fell in love with Liu Xiaoli, he agreed to marry her in Europe. When Liu Xiaoli saw that Yang Ye kept his promise and treated her daughter as her own, she was very moved and couldn't help but lean into his arms and said: "Husband , you are so kind!”
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The Hong Kong film industry made four major demands to Taiwan's eight major film producers. Except for the first one, which promised to help urge those producers to deliver the goods as soon as possible, the remaining three were rejected.
More than 200 films were overdue for delivery, and the film producers were treated as a scapegoat, which was indeed a loss.
However, several major film companies only agreed to help with the process and did not make any promises.
After all, they won’t pay and it’s obvious that they’re cheating you out of money, so what can you do?
It's like not saying anything.
The second article limits actors' remuneration, but several major film companies think that now top-tier movie stars can earn tens of millions per movie.
Actresses like Wang Zuxian also want 2.3 million, who can afford it?
But there was nothing they could do. Chen Meimei said angrily: "You push up the salary of Hong Kong actors. We all feel uncomfortable. But it is easy to go up. How is it possible to lower it?"
Articles 3 and 4 require Hong Kong films to charge service fees when they are distributed in Taiwan, and also limit the purchase price of Hong Kong films. This is damaging to the interests of Hong Kong film companies. Several bosses directly said that there was no need to discuss it.
The eight major companies were angry. Wang Yingxiang of Longxiang Pictures said: "If you don't agree to our conditions, we will boycott Hong Kong films."
Several Hong Kong bosses are happy to boycott Hong Kong films, so what are you going to show? Is your cinema empty?
Wang Yingxiang said: "We will petition the government to relax the restrictions on the number of Western and Japanese films released."
This move of the eight major film producers is very powerful, because Hong Kong films have always enjoyed the treatment of domestic films in Taiwan, while Hollywood and Japanese films have restrictions on the number of imported films and the scale of screening.
Hong Kong films have taken a huge advantage. Once liberalized, Hong Kong films in Taiwan will face fair competition from Hollywood and Japan.
But several Hong Kong bosses are even more indifferent. Fair competition is fair competition. What's there to be afraid of?
There are no restrictions on the release of Hollywood and Japanese movies in Hong Kong. What’s the result? Isn’t it still our world of Hong Kong films?
Even though "Jurassic Park" is sweeping the world, they think it's okay.
Because we still have Yang Ye in Hong Kong, didn’t “Kung Fu” suppress “Jurassic Park” in the Asian market?
They never thought that Yang Ye was awesome and it was none of their business.
The fact is that after 1993, Hong Kong films began to decline, and the decline became faster and faster.
As soon as Taiwan liberalized restrictions on Hollywood and Japanese films, Hong Kong films were defeated steadily in Taiwan.
Soon, Taiwan became a Hollywood ticket warehouse.
The same goes for Southeast Asia and South Korea.
After the explosion of "Jurassic Park", Hollywood blockbusters followed suit and defeated Hong Kong films. Even Hong Kong, its home base, could no longer hold its own.
Hollywood blockbusters can easily sell 30 to 40 million in box office in Hong Kong, but when it comes to Hong Kong movies, very few can exceed 20 million.
By 1997, another iconic movie "Titanic" swept the world. The Hong Kong box office reached 110 million, and Hong Kong films were completely unable to fight back.
Not just Hong Kong, the "high-concept movies" created by Hollywood are basically a dimensionality-reducing blow to movies from other regions, and it is a general trend to sweep the world.
A series of major events also occurred in the 1990s, including the currency turmoil in Malaysia and Thailand, the Indonesian riots, the 1997 Asian financial crisis in Hong Kong, and the bankruptcy of South Korea... These all had a huge impact on Hong Kong's film industry.
There is also rampant piracy, which adds to the problem.
The all-time trend of selling movies has become a thing of the past.
Not to mention selling movies, no one even wants ready-made Hong Kong movies.
This directly led to a sharp decline in the production of Hong Kong films and production costs became very low.
Except for Chen Lung and Chow Sing-chi, the films starring a few popular superstars can still maintain production standards. The cost and production cycle of most Hong Kong films have been forced to be compressed.
The industrial standards of Hong Kong films have declined rapidly, becoming synonymous with shoddy production.
Since then, Hong Kong cinema has been considered dead.
But it's not completely dead. A centipede is dead but not stiff.
Although Yang Ye came to this era, he was unable to turn the tide and save Hong Kong films.
Because there is only one way to compete with Hollywood, and that is to engage in "high-concept movie" hedging like Hollywood does.
But this requires a strong local market. Hong Kong is just a city and does not have this condition.
Yang Ye now just wants to take away the talents of Hong Kong movies and bring them to the mainland, so that Hong Kong movies can be integrated into Chinese movies.
China in this time and space is developing rapidly. With the advent of the Internet age, it is about to usher in a leap.
A strong local market is already emerging.
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The negotiations broke down, and the eight major businessmen refused to give up. Yang Dengkui of Judeng Company suggested that he should go to see Yang Ye, or at least Xu Feng.
Big Eight and Yang Ji have been cooperating happily over the years without any conflicts.
The Hong Kong film industry has been in a state of decline in recent years, and everyone is rushing to make money by making all kinds of bad movies.
But Yang Ji is more cautious and has always strictly controlled quality. It is others who follow its lead, rather than it following others.
The eight major film businessmen have made a lot of money by cooperating with Yang Ji. This trip to Hong Kong is not just for Yang Ji.
But Yang Ji is the industry leader after all, and they hope that Yang Ji can stand up for justice.
Among these people, Yang Dengkui was relatively familiar with Yang Ye and Xu Feng, so he was the one to contact them.
But he was told that Yang Ye had gone to Europe.
As for Xu Feng, she went to Zhuhai with Wu Siyuan.
The two bosses were not in Hong Kong at the critical moment. I don't know if it was a coincidence or if they didn't want to get involved in this matter.
In desperation, the eight major film producers returned to Taiwan and decided to fight Hong Kong films to the death.
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When it was re-opened, there were four major special economic zones.
Shenzhen is close to Hong Kong, Zhuhai is close to Macau, and Xiamen is close to Taiwan...
Shenzhen and Xiamen were both taken away. Macau is too small to take Zhuhai with it.
Zhuhai was left to its own devices. It was a special economic zone that did not want to engage in industry but tourism.
In the 1990s, the cultural department was considering a question: With the economy undergoing reform and opening up, how should culture develop?
Mayor Li of Zhuhai proposed to the country: Zhuhai has a beautiful environment and convenient transportation. It is separated from Macau by a wall. It is only an hour from Hong Kong by waterway, and it only takes about two hours to fly from Taiwan to Zhuhai. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if a film festival were held in Zhuhai, a convenient transportation node, so that the three places could understand and communicate with each other?
As early as 1992, Zhuhai launched a "Zhuhai International Film and Television Entertainment City Seminar" and invited many celebrities to discuss the feasibility of investing in and building a film and television entertainment base in Zhuhai.
The discussion in the original time and space was quickly aborted, and there was no result in this time and space, because Yang Ye had already aggressively developed a film and television base in Shenzhen, and Zhuhai had no chance.
Since the film and television base cannot be built, Mayor Li suggested that we hold a film festival!
Mayor Li found some filmmakers from across the Taiwan Strait and three places and asked them for their opinions, and everyone expressed support.
So we reported it to Minister Tian Chongming of the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, and finally the state approved the permanent national film festival to be held in Zhuhai, named: China Zhuhai Cross-Strait and Hong Kong Film Festival.
At this time, there were already the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival, Changchun Film Festival and Shanghai International Film Festival in China.
Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers and Changchun focus on mainland Chinese films, while the Shanghai International Film Festival is an international Category A film festival.
This new Zhuhai Film Festival has a unique positioning. It will be a film festival covering the three places across the Taiwan Strait, and bring together films from Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong to judge awards.
This positioning is very interesting, very similar to the Academy Awards in this time and space.
Mayor Li contacted Li Xing, chairman of the Golden Horse Awards, and Wu Siyuan, president of the Hong Kong Directors Guild. Naturally, the two gave strong support and helped contact many Hong Kong and Taiwan filmmakers.
Since everyone came from different regions and had mixed opinions about the film festival, Mayor Li invited everyone to Zhuhai to discuss together and come up with a specific plan.
Yang Ye supported the Zhuhai Film Festival, but he did not come forward directly. Instead, he sent Xu Feng.
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Zhuhai, Gongbei Port!
Mayor Li and Director Xie Jin personally went to the pass to greet Li Xing, Wu Siyuan, Xu Feng and others who came to attend the discussion meeting.
We have met each other for a long time at the "Cross-Strait and Hong Kong Directors Seminar" a year ago, and now we are all good friends and very cordial.
Xu Feng shook hands with Mayor Li and explained: "Dr. Yang was the image ambassador of the 2000 Olympic Games. He went to Europe with him this time, so he can't come. Please forgive me, Mayor Li."
Mayor Li did not take it seriously: "Hosting the Olympic Games is the common wish of all Chinese people. I admire Director Yang for his efforts in the Olympic Games. How dare I have any objections!"
The next day, some leading figures in the film industry from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places gathered together to start a discussion about the Zhuhai Film Festival.
The first is the format of the film festival. Mature domestic film festivals include Golden Rooster, Hundred Flowers, Golden Horse, and Golden Statue. Which selection method should be used?
Then the film festival will hand out awards. What should this award be called? There are also things like the scope of film festival selections.
When Xu Feng came this time, he also brought some opinions from Yang Ye.
Yang Ye pointed out some flaws in the original design of the Academy Awards, and did not recommend that the Zhuhai Film Festival’s award-winning methods be conducted in accordance with the Academy Awards’ methods.
He also pointed out that the Golden Rooster Award pays more attention to ideology. This is true in the mainland, but since the Zhuhai Film Festival selects films from cross-strait and three places, it must give up some ideological things appropriately. The so-called "put aside disputes and develop together" "Well.
And the Hundred Flowers Award's method of relying on public review is obviously not feasible, because some movies may not be released in China and the audience has not seen them. How to select them?
Yang Ye suggested that the Zhuhai Film Festival should refer to the model of the Golden Horse Awards, and stated bluntly that among these film festivals in the three places across the Taiwan Strait, the Golden Horse Awards are the most fair!
However, the Golden Horse Awards also have their own ideologies, such as not allowing mainland films to participate.
If we can follow the model of the Golden Horse Awards and organize a film festival that not only cross-strait, three places, but even Chinese films from all over the world can participate, it will definitely be a grand event for the Chinese film industry!
Xu Feng relayed Yang Ye's words, which made many people at the scene excited, especially Mayor Li, who was extremely happy. If it can really be realized, wouldn’t the value of this united front be leveraged?
Even Taiwanese filmmakers think this proposal is awesome and express their support.
Little did he know that Yang Ye said these words at the grave of the Nugget Horse Award.
The Golden Horse Award became the first award at the Chinese Film Festival in the late 1990s. It was because of its open and inclusive attitude that it included all Chinese films.
Now that the Zhuhai Film Festival is ahead of it, how about the Golden Horse Awards? (End of chapter)