Chapter 87 Las Vegas
Although Yang Ye and the American boxing community exchanged trash talk and had a heated argument, Yang Ye's schedule was not affected in any way.
The film promotion work and preparations for new films are still going on step by step.
After Lin Qingxia finished filming the scene of "Eight Hundred Heroes", she could not wait for a moment longer. As soon as her visa was issued, she immediately flew to the United States to meet Yang Ye.
But the first thing she said when she saw Yang Ye was: "What's going on between you and that Adjani?"
Yang Ye said nonchalantly: "I was so happy when I won the award. That Adjani happened to be sitting next to me. It was just a hug. It was just a polite kiss. Those reporters would find angles to take photos."
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Lin Qingxia was still at the age when she first started to fall in love, and she also admired Yang Ye very much. When she fell in love, her IQ went crazy, and she believed her in seconds.
"Those reporters are so annoying!" she said.
Hu Yinmeng followed Yang Ye, his eyes almost rolling to the sky.
"Where are we going now?"
"Go to San Francisco and find Zheng Peipei."
Two days later, Hu Yanglin and the others met Zheng Peipei, a heroine who once dominated the Chinese film industry. Now he looks haggard.
Both she and Lin Qingxia have a somewhat heroic appearance, but now Lin Qingxia is full of energy, but her eyes are dim.
After getting married and returning to her family, all she got was a piece of cake.
What her mother-in-law and husband asked her to do was... give birth to a son.
In established history, she was pregnant eight times, had four miscarriages, and gave birth to three daughters and one son.
After her son was born, she divorced her husband, left home, and returned to Hong Kong to work hard again. She became famous with Mrs. Hua in "Tang Bohu Spots Autumn Fragrance" and began her career as a prime supporting actor.
In the era when Yang Ye lived in his previous life, people had long forgotten the heroic "Golden Swallow" and only remembered Mrs. Hua and Zhao Ling'er's grandmother.
Zheng Peipei read Hu Jinquan's autographed letter and couldn't help but recall the days when she was filming "The Drunken Man" ten years ago, and was filled with emotion.
Yang Ye said: "Director Hu Jinquan will come to the United States next month, and we will all get together then."
Zheng Peipei was a little excited when she heard that her mentor was coming.
"Sister Peipei, this time I invite you and Qingxia to play the role of master and apprentice. Although the role of Blue Eyed Fox is only a villain, it has a distinctive personality and is very important in the movie, even more important than the role I played. "
Zheng Peipei smiled and said: "Young Master, you defeated Akira Kurosawa to win the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. It has spread in Chinatown, and everyone feels encouraged to invite me to star in the movie. I will definitely not refuse, but I have retired now. If I want to come back, I must discuss it with my husband first. Please give me some time.”
“Of course!”
This matter is not difficult. If there are any twists and turns, Hu Jinquan will be asked to take action personally.
The three of Populus euphratica soon left San Francisco and arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Forty years ago, Las Vegas was just a desert town with a depressed economy. With the establishment of a development strategy of eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, and not far from Los Angeles, Yuan, it rose rapidly in just ten years and became a world-famous gambling city.
Yang Ye plans to use Las Vegas as his base and find a place in the nearby desert as a shooting location.
In order to further strengthen cooperation with New Line Cinema and to allow "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" to participate in the next Oscar competition, Yang Ye gave New Line Cinema a portion of the investment quota.
Therefore, Xie became particularly concerned about the filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and sent a group of staff to help Yang Ye find suitable filming locations in the desert of Nevada.
Yang Ye only needs to wait for news from these people in Las Vegas and then conduct an on-site inspection. He does not have to wander around the desert himself. It is very relaxing.
When he came to the gambling city and brought two beauties from Taiwan, Yang Ye naturally went to the casino to show off.
He exchanged 10,000 US dollars in chips, and in just a few days, it turned into half a million.
The two beauties were stunned. Hu Yinmeng couldn't wait and complained: "Are you possessed by the God of Gamblers?"
Lin Qingxia also echoed: "Yes, I feel like the God of Wealth." They were all bribed by him."
Yang Ye shook his head and said: "I don't rely on luck, I count cards. Every choice is based on actuarial results of mathematical statistics, and random variables and probability must be considered. Distribution."
Lin Qingxia widened her eyes and said: "How is this possible?"
Yang Ye said: "I have been playing blackjack with six complete decks of cards. In blackjack, the cards are usually reshuffled when there is still a deck of cards left. Remember how many high cards and how many small cards you have in your hand. If there are only small cards on the table, it means that the high cards have not been dealt yet. You are better than the dealer. Just have the upper hand. When you calculate that you have a good chance of gaining the upper hand, bet big. There are 312 cards in total. It’s not difficult to remember with some snacks. ”
The girls were all dumbfounded. Hu Yinmeng said: "Then if you keep gambling, won't you even win the casino?" Are all the people who open the casino a believer?”
Back at the hotel that night, the two beauties were counting with a few decks of cards with great interest. In the end, they were so confused that they called Yang Ye a fool. abnormal. At this time, the doorbell rang, and Hu Yinmeng ran to open the door, only to see a blond beauty standing at the door.
“Who are you looking for?”
"My name is Ruby, and I'm here to deliver an invitation."
"Invitation?"
"Our president would like to invite Mr. Yang to dinner."
"Your president "Yes?"
"Mr. Dana White, President of MGM Corporation"
"I know."
Hu Yinmeng returned to the living room, handed the invitation to Yang Ye, and said, "We really came to the door."
Yang Ye said inexplicably: "What? Come to the door?" He opened it and said, "Damn it, it's only five hundred thousand, isn't it?"
Lin Qingxia looked at the invitation and said a little worriedly: "Shall we go?"
“Of course I go, what are you afraid of.”
Yang Ye felt that the president of MGM would not cause trouble for him just for $500,000.
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"Hey, Nick, you have been stealing the show in the United States recently!"
Dana White said familiarly when he saw Yang Ye .
Yang Ye took a moment to look at the CEO of MGM. He was very tall and his skin was as white as a horse-riding zombie. It matched his last name very well.
"It's okay!" Yang Ye said lightly.
“You must be wondering why I invited you to dinner, right?”
“It can’t be because I won money in your casino, right?”
“Yours The gambling skills are indeed very good, but we who run the casino don’t care about how much money the gamblers win. Let’s sit down and talk! Oh, your two female companions are so beautiful!”
Yang Yexin said. , only the top two in Taiwan!
After sitting down, Dana White ordered the food to be served.
The meal is almost done and we finally get to the point.
“Nick, I have been paying attention to your war of words with the American boxing community recently. When the trash talk between you two first came out, everyone was still very excited, but now everyone is tired of all the talk without practice. "
"What should I do? It's not legal to fight regardless of the rules."
Dana White said with a smile: "Maybe not in other places. Vegas does.”
Yang Ye's eyes narrowed and he asked: "What do you want to do?"
"A long time ago, I paid attention to Bruce Lee. He integrated all kinds of fighting skills in the world. In his In the movie, you can see Chinese Kung Fu, boxing, Muay Thai, wrestling, karate and other techniques. I think he created a new sport, which I call MMA, mixed martial arts.”
"I have always wanted to promote this kind of sport, but unfortunately I couldn't find the right time until you appeared. Nick, you are another Chinese after Bruce who brought kung fu to the world. Your "Shaolin Temple", "Fist of Heroes" "They are all immortal masterpieces in action movies."
"I am going to use this opportunity of your sparring with the American boxing community to convene a world unrestricted ultimate fighting competition, no matter what country you come from, what language you speak, or what language you speak. Anyone who uses any fighting skills can participate.”
“I will set up a ring for you. When the time comes, you, Foreman, Ali... you can compete in the ring and watch. Let’s see who is the real king of Kung Fu!”
"How about it, are you interested?"
Yang Ye said: "If they agree, I have no problem. But I have a few requirements."
Dana White: "Please tell me !”
Yang Ye said: “I hope you can build a special closed arena. This arena is octagonal, with an area of 750 square feet. The diameter of the arena is 9.8 meters, and the height of the fence is 1.8 meters. The entire arena is higher than the ground. 1.2 meters, only two players and one referee are allowed to enter the cage during the game, and they can only leave the field after the winner is determined."
Dana White said: "No problem."
Yang Ye said: "There is also a second point. Since Foreman, Ali and I have already made the heat so high, I think you can directly enter into commercial operations, such as finding a TV station to broadcast the game and attracting investment for advertising at the game. Something like that. My request is...Give me a certain percentage of the profit share."
Yang Ye's meaning is very simple. You can't make this money alone. I have to make a contribution on stage. a little.
(End of this chapter)