Chapter 83 Chatting up a foreign woman
PS: Sorry, the chapter I posted in the morning was blocked. After a long time of editing, the unblocking failed. I can only wait 48 hours to apply for unblocking again.
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Chen Long came to Yang Ye for advice with the script he had saved.
Yang Ye read it carefully and thought to himself, isn't this "The Strange Move of Laughing Fist"? It turns out that he had thought about shooting this thing so early.
But to put it bluntly, there is nothing surprising. "The Strange Move of the Laughing Fist" was originally a movie imitating "The Drunken Master".
Since Yang Ye came up with "Drunken Fist" in advance, it is understandable that "Laughing Fist Weird Move" came into being.
"Laughing Fist and Strange Moves" has nothing to say in terms of plot, it is just an imitation anyway. Some useful plot points in "Drunken Master" were also reused by Chen Long, such as pretending to be a woman.
But Chen Long also designed many novel routines, such as using chopsticks to put food into his mouth during a fight, which is very interesting. Countless film and television works of later generations have imitated this scene, the most typical one being "Kung Fu Panda".
Influenced by the fact that Yang Ye made the storyboards very detailed every time, Chen Long’s script was also very detailed in this era. Many moves and other things were clearly marked, but Chen Long’s painting skills were too bad. So it looks a bit messy.
Yang Ye smiled and said: "Aaron, there is no need to make the script so detailed. Many things can be improvised."
Chen Long scratched his head and said: "But I, Young Master, you and Director Hu Jinquan all filmed it." After all, your scenes and scripts are clearly drawn."
Yang Ye said: "This is different. Qi Baishi said that those who learn from me will live, and those who imitate me will die. In order to show the style of a master, you must plan your actions in advance and strive for perfection. But you are taking the route of ordinary people. If you design everything in advance, it will appear very deliberate and not close to the people.
You must learn to adapt to local conditions and make good use of all the equipment around you, pots, pans, poles and benches, everything. Think about the scene in Drunken Master where Huang Feihong and Su Qier fight against Tietou Kung. How is it designed?"
Chen Long admires Yang Ye very much, not only because Yang Ye's own movies are popular around the world.
What's more, the "Drunken Master" tailor-made for him by Yang Ye has sold like crazy in the Asia-Pacific region. This time, he also took advantage of the opportunity of film dealers from various places to watch Yang Ye's new film to sell the European and American copyrights.
Later, Chen Long and Yuan Heping made a movie called "Snake Master" imitating "Drunken Master", which was much worse at the box office.
"Drunken Master" sold a very high box office of 2 billion yen in Japan, while "Snake" only sold more than 400 million yen. The gap is too big.
And Yang Ye not only gave him unreserved guidance, but also trusted him very much. For example, when he was asked to be the director this time, he directly delegated power and gave him creative freedom to do whatever he wanted.
Chen Long had worked with Luo Wei before. He didn't dare to have any objections to Luo Wei. He would do whatever Luo Wei asked him to do.
It is precisely because of this that he remained unmoved when faced with poaching from Shaw Brothers and Jiahe. He had so much to learn from Yang Ye.
And every time you learn something, you will benefit from it.
Although Chen Long rarely studied, he was a smart man. He vaguely felt that Yang Ye was inspiring him and guiding him to a bright road.
He left because he was stupid.
Yang Ye is different from Chen Long’s original boss Luo Wei. In front of Chen Long, Luo Wei is the elder, senior, godfather, and giant in the film industry.
Chen Long must not have any objections to Luo Wei's instructions. If he does, it will be offensive, and Luo Wei will get angry and scold him bloody.
Actually, Luo Wei knew about Chen Long's talent, but after experiencing Bruce Lee's incident, he was a little worried that the same thing would happen again.
After filming "Brother of Tangshan" and "Fist of Fury", Luo Wei regarded himself as Bruce Lee's mentor, but Bruce Lee felt that Luo Wei was a scumbag and would not listen to him at all on the set.
The relationship between the two became very tense.
Luo Wei’s meaning is very clear. I am the director, and you have to listen to me. Otherwise, if you do what you want, you will be the director!
Bruce Lee said that he would do whatever he wanted, and Golden Harvest also decided to support Bruce Lee in directing a movie and let him show off his talents.
Rowe scoffed at this, waiting to see the joke.
However, Bruce Lee directed and starred in "The Way of the Dragon," which broke box office records and made Luo Wei's face swollen.
Perhaps for this reason, during the years when Chen Long followed Luo Wei, whenever he showed his comedy talent, Luo Wei would get angry.
In his subconscious, he was probably afraid that the Bruce Lee incident would happen again.
But Yang Ye has no need to suppress Chen Long. Chen Long is a genius. Yang Ye is eager to develop his potential, so he suppresses him because of his brains.
So Yang Ye directly gave Chen Long creative freedom and let him make his own films and practice.
“In short, the choice of fighting scenes must be ordinary. The more familiar the place to the audience, the better. Furniture stores, vegetable markets... are all wonderful places, because this way the audience can have a sense of involvement. When designing the action , it is necessary to integrate the on-site environment. For example, your script is designed to fight with chopsticks and put food into the mouth. It is very interesting. It is not an exaggeration to call it a classic..."
Yang Ye continues to inspire Chen Long, Chen Long also listened very carefully, nodded repeatedly, and found a note to write down the key points Yang Ye said.
The two were talking happily when Lin Qingxia and Xu Feng walked in. They remained silent and stood by quietly listening.
Yang Ye knew they were coming, but pretended not to know and talked even harder.
Invisible pretense is the most deadly.
Yang Ye’s endless ideas not only made Chen Long excited when he heard them, but also made the two beauties’ eyes sparkle.
Seeing that they were almost done pretending, Yang Ye took the opportunity to drink water and suddenly spotted the two of them, and asked in surprise: "When did you two come here?"
Lin Qingxia looked adoring. He looked at Yang Ye and said with a smile: "I've been here for a while. I saw you guys discussing the script, so I didn't bother you."
Yang Ye looked at his watch and said, "It's dinner time. Let's go eat. Aaron will go with us."
Chen Long smiled and said, "Okay, Sister Feng and I haven't seen each other for a long time." "
In 1969, Chen Long filmed on the set of "The Heroine", but at that time he was just a supporting role, while Xu Feng was the heroine.
Xu Feng has a good personality, she just doesn't like to talk. She did not look down on Chen Long, and the two became good friends. Chen Long later fell in love with Xu Feng's sister Xu Jie.
The four of them found a restaurant to eat. Lin Qingxia said: "Tomorrow I will go back to Taiwan with Sister Feng."
Yang Ye said: "In such a hurry? I also said I would take you to visit Hong Kong."< br>
“The filming of “Eight Hundred Heroes” is about to start, and we are all going to be there.”
“Eight Hundred Heroes” is a China Film production, which is equivalent to Taiwan’s main theme movie, and it is about the Japanese invaders. During the invasion of Shanghai, eight hundred warriors defended the Sihang Warehouse.
Many years later, mainland director Guan Hu also made a version called "Eight Hundred".
Taiwan's top three actresses, Lin Qingxia, Xu Feng, and Sylvia Chang, have all been named to participate.
"This is a war scene, there will be explosions or something, please be safe."
"I will." Lin Qingxia responded sweetly, Yang Ye's concern made her feel Very beautiful.
"I'm going to the United States in a few days. During this time, you two will be filming together. Afeng, you can teach Qingxia how to practice martial arts. Is that okay?"
"Okay. !" Xu Feng agreed.
In fact, Xu Feng doesn't know martial arts, but she has done many martial arts scenes and has rich experience.
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At the end of February 1976, there was one month left before the 48th Academy Awards ceremony.
Yang Ye took Hu Yinmeng to the North American continent and arrived in Los Angeles.
Yang Ye saw Xie holding a sign from a distance and walked over pushing his luggage.
"Hi, Nick, welcome to America!" Shay laughed and gave Yang Ye a bear hug.
He gave Hu Yinmeng a cheeky kiss again: "Terri, you are so beautiful!"
After putting away the luggage, Xie drove them to the reservation hotel.
That night, Xie Yi picked up the wind for Yang Ye, and the three of them drank in a bar.
Shay introduced: "Hollywood filmmakers like to come to this bar. You see, that guy's name is Spielberg. He directed the movie "Jaws" last year, which was a hit."
Yang Ye was a little excited when he saw the Hollywood super director and almost asked for his autograph.
On second thought, Lao Si is just emerging now, am I so excited?
I then began to think about whether I should take advantage of Spielberg. Spielberg has so many great movies, so I just picked two of them. Isn’t that too much?
Watch "E.T." first? Jurassic again? Or Raiders of the Lost Ark?
For Yang Ye, special effects and technology are not a problem. The problem is the limitations of the times, which prevent him from going too far ahead of his time, that's all.
Yang Ye stopped drinking as he pondered this matter.
Xie Yi wanted to talk to him, but was stopped by Hu Yinmeng.
"He may have thought of something, don't disturb him."
"Then let's drink, Terri, you are so charming!"
Hu Yinmengxiao Said: "You want to date me? I am his lover!"
"Oh NO!" Xie Yi screamed strangely: "As expected, let me tell you, how could Nick keep such a beautiful lady by his side?"
Since Hu Yinmeng said that she and When Yang Ye had an affair, Xie Yi immediately gave up the idea of having sex with her and started chatting with Hu Yinmeng about Yang Ye's movies.
But we couldn't chat that day, because there were always people coming to talk to Hu Yinmeng, which interrupted their chat time and time again.
Hu Yinmeng’s typical Chinese appearance is really a favorite among Americans.
After Yang Ye thought about how to pick Spielberg's wool, he looked back and couldn't help complaining: "Are you too popular?"
Hu Yinmeng said innocently: "It's not my fault. But when I was singing in a bar in Taipei, they talked to me in the same way."
"What happened next?" Yang Ye asked road.
“I quit!” Hu Yinmeng said.
Yang Ye was very satisfied with this answer, and suddenly complained: "How come there is no big Yangma accosting me?"
Hu Yinmeng said: "Boss, let me tell you the truth. Don’t dislike it!”
"What are you talking about?"
"I heard that among the three major races, white men and yellow women are the most popular, and they are approached by people wherever they go. Yellow men and black women are the least popular, and there are basically no People care."
"Fuck, I'll hook up with a foreign woman to show you now." Yang Ye refused.
He looked around for a long time, found a target, leaned over, and said in his translated French: "Hello, Isabelle, can I buy you a drink?"
Isabel Adjani sat alone in the corner, looking at Yang Ye’s Oriental face, and said with interest: "You are the first Oriental to strike up a conversation with me!"
(End of this chapter)