Chapter 15 Jin Yong’s Goddess
Three days later, it was still the Peninsula Hotel.
A slender woman wearing a floral cheongsam walked gracefully into the restaurant and immediately attracted a lot of attention.
Yang Ye quickly stood up and waved to her. Seeing this, the woman came over with a smile, stretched out a hand gracefully, shook Yang Ye's hand, and said, "Mr. Yang, I didn't expect you to be like this. You are so young!”
Yang Ye said humbly: “Ms. Xia, it’s my honor to meet you. Please sit down!”
After the two sat down, they called the waiter. While Ms. Xia was taking her order, Yang Ye politely took a look at Jin Yong's dream lover.
I saw that she had a delicate oval face, curved eyebrows, two big bright eyes, a straight nose, bright lips, and a few white teeth when she smiled. Sure enough, it is as described in Jin Yong's novel: "The first child of a different flower, the beautiful jade is dizzy, and it is so bright and beautiful."
Although she is forty years old, she is well-maintained and looks like she is not yet thirty years old. Yang Ye wondered if she had practiced the internal skills of the Ancient Tomb Sect.
Yang Ye took a sip of coffee and said to Xiao Longnu, no, to Xia Meng: "I took the liberty to invite Ms. Xia to meet me today because... I want to make a movie and hope to invite Ms. Xia. Come out and serve as the producer of this movie.” Singing, and then making movies, Mr. Yang has a very high ambition.”
Yang Ye said modestly: "It's just a job."
Xia Mengdao: "It's just that I have stopped acting for many years, and I used to mainly act. How could you think of asking me to be the producer of a movie?"< br>
Xia Meng was once the most popular female star in Hong Kong and the eldest princess among the "Three Princesses of the Great Wall". She died in 1967, and her family immigrated to Canada.
At that time, there were riots in Hong Kong, and the British Hong Kong government imposed cruel suppression on Hong Kong people. Hong Kong people sought to immigrate overseas, forming the first wave of "immigration waves" in Hong Kong.
The Phoenix Film Company where Xia Meng worked suffered a devastating blow, and she had no choice but to stop acting and follow her husband to escape overseas.
However, they were unable to make a living in UMass and were left with nothing. Two years later, they returned to Hong Kong to run a garment factory.
When Xia Meng immigrated, her number one dog licker Jin Yong also published a poetic article in Ming Pao to see her off:
"For these many years, I have used She became famous in the film industry and had a history of struggling in the film industry. Xia Meng will definitely have infinite attachment. However, she finally passed away. There are naturally many reasons for this in our imagination. , it must be that the air in the Canadian prairie is fresher and allows her to live a more peaceful life, so at the peak of her career, she resolutely abandoned everything and returned to the valley to escape the world and be independent..."
Her family The garment factory in Xia Meng was not doing well, so Xia Meng had to choose to return to the film industry a few years later and opened a "Blue Bird Film Company".
Yang Ye chose Xia Meng to be the film producer precisely because of her relationship.
There is another reason: Jin Yong is Xia Meng's number one dog licker. As long as Yang Ye ties Xia Meng to his chariot, then the copyright of Jin Yong's novels will belong to Yang Ye, and no one else can take it away. TVB, go ahead and eat your shit!
In Hong Kong in the 1980s, the fastest way to become a star was to act in Jin Yong dramas. Zheng Shaoqiu, Liu Hua, Liang Chaowei and many other stars became popular through Jin Yong's dramas.
How could Yang Ye give up on this big gold mine?
Yang Ye said: "Although I want to make movies, I am not familiar with the industry, so I hope to find professionals to guide me. However, the film professionals active in the industry have their own differences. I don’t expect them to treat me differently. Although you are no longer in the film industry, you are highly respected. If I can get your guidance, I will avoid many detours.”
Yang Ye Yiji. The flattery made Xia Meng feel very comfortable.
Xia Meng covered her mouth and smiled and said: "You are very cunning. Do you have a script? Let me take a look."
"Yes!" Yang Ye took out the script and handed it to Xia Meng with both hands.
Xia Meng opened it and was shocked. She asked in surprise: "This is?"
Yang Ye explained: "This is a split-shot script. I first thought about how to shoot the movie. , how to design actions, how to design shots, and then sort them out and draw them on paper. When shooting, you just need to follow them.”
The storyboard script that Xia Meng saw was divided into pages. There are several grids, and the shots to be taken are written in detail on each grid. The distance, middle and close shots are all explained, and pictures are also drawn. Clear and clear at a glance.
Even in Xia Meng's seventeen years of acting, he had never seen this before, and he couldn't help but be stunned.
Early Hong Kong movies had written scripts. Sometimes there were no written scripts at all. The director had an idea and the screenwriter wrote it on the spot. The martial arts movements and everything else are all discussed on the spot.
For example, Zhao Wenzhuo's most awesome movie line is probably "The mighty heavenly dragon, Prajna Buddhas, World Honored Ksitigarbha, Prajna Bama coax". But in fact what he read on the scene was "1234.5678..."
Because Xu Ke had not thought about the lines when filming.
Xia Meng flipped through page after page, the more she read, the more frightened she became.
This movie script is called "Shaolin Temple", and the story it tells is not complicated.
During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, a generation of heroes fought against violence and helped justice, but were killed by Wang Renze, Wang Shichong's nephew.
Xiaohu, the son of Shenzu Zhang, fled to the Shaolin Temple and was rescued by the Shaolin monk Tan Zong.
In order to avenge his father, Xiaohu worshiped Tan Zong as his teacher, became a novice monk, and took the Buddhist name Jueyuan.
One day, Li Shimin sneaked across the Yellow River to investigate the enemy's situation and was besieged by Wang Renze's troops. Jue Yuan and others tried to rescue him.
Wang Renze falsely accused someone in the Shaolin Temple of collaborating with the enemy and conspiring to rebel, and was preparing to destroy Shaolin.
The monks fought bloody battles, and Tan Zong died in the battle. At this time, Li Shimin led his troops back to capture Luoyang. Wang's soldiers mutinied, and Wang Ren was killed by Jue Yuan.
In order to inherit the legacy of Tan Zong, Jueyuan received ordination and officially became a monk.
The storyboard script is very thick, and Yang Ye did not bring all of it. Xia Meng read it for a while, closed the script, and said, "This is... the story of the Thirteen Stick Monks saving the King of Tang?"
Yang Ye smiled and said, "Ms. Xia has learned a lot and remembers it well. That's right."
Xia Meng's interest in movies is more literary and artistic, and he is not very interested in the action movies produced by Yang Ye. But Yang Yehua's split-shot script was so exciting that she couldn't help but admire: "No wonder you have become so famous in such a short time. Just reading your script, I feel like I'm watching a wonderful movie." It’s an incredible movie. Now I’m eager to know how the subsequent story will develop.”
Yang Ye said: “It’s just that the complete storyboard script is too thick and inconvenient to carry.” I haven’t brought them all. If you want to see them, I’ll send them to your house.”
Xia Meng said with a smile, “But I have a question. The movie is going to be shot on location. Do you really want to go to Luoyang and Songshan for filming?” shortcut.
But...in this case, wouldn't he be banned by Taiwan?
Yang Ye doesn’t look like he’s preparing to be banned, does he?
Yang Ye shook his head and said: "Although my heart is towards the mainland, it is difficult to gain a foothold in Hong Kong if there is no Taiwanese market for making movies. So I will not offend Taiwan for the time being."
"Then how do you shoot in real situations?"
"Look for a substitute. In fact, the Shaolin Temple has been burned to the ground because of the fire of Sanyi, a friend of mine. Even if we go to Songshan Mountain, we can't photograph anything. Unless we donate money to rebuild the Shaolin Temple, we might as well go to the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island to shoot the scene if necessary.”
"As for the Yellow River, which has appeared many times in movies, we can't find such a scene in Hong Kong. We can go to Taiwan. Although the name is Zhuoshui River in Taiwan, it is the largest river in Taiwan. The river is wide, the water flows quickly, and it roars. . And it carries a lot of silt and is always turbid. It is somewhat similar to the Yellow River."
Xia Meng nodded repeatedly and said with a smile: "It's true that you don't fight without preparation. You have thought of everything. "There are a lot of kung fu fights in the movie, are you going to do it yourself?"
Yang Ye rolled up his sleeves and showed off his muscles to Xia Meng: "I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, and I have learned a lot about various kung fu." Knowing one thing or two, I naturally went into battle myself."
Xia Meng admired: "So, you are a versatile martial artist. No wonder you can design so many wonderful martial arts moves."
< br>She returned the script to Yang Ye and said: "Since you want to make a movie on your own, let me analyze it for you. In fact, making a movie is not the most important thing, the most important thing is to find a theater to release it. Hong Kong is currently There are three main theater lines. One is the Shaw Theater Line, the other is the Jiahe Theater Line inherited by Chow Wenhuai from Cathay Pacific, and the other is the Shuangnan Theater Line of the Left Wing Alliance
The two film companies I used to work for, Great Wall and Phoenix, both had their films released in Shuangnan Cinemas. If you want them to invest in and release your movie, I can make the connection, it won’t be a problem.
As for Shaw Brothers, the investment in your film is quite large. Shaw Brothers’ director Fong Yat Wa is very stingy and probably won’t give you enough investment. So my suggestion is... you set up a film company yourself, and then affiliate it with Jiahe and become its satellite company. Let Jiahe invest in you and help you distribute your movies. "
Yang Ye thought to himself, this woman really has two skills. She has thought of all aspects, which coincides with my thoughts. He put on a taught look and asked: "My movie The investment is quite large. Preliminary estimates suggest a budget of at least two million. Will Jiahe agree? ”
(End of this chapter)