Chapter 151 Sailor Moon
Sisters Yang Ye and Zhao Yazhi only stayed in the UK for a week before returning to Hong Kong.
Yang Ye sent the two sisters home first. When they got out of the car, Yang Ye kissed Zhao Yazhi on the cheek and said, "Honey, you two sisters go home first to check on our mother."
Zhao Yazhi hummed, and Yang Ye said to Zhao Yazhen: "Zhenzhen, please!"
Zhao Yazhen said seriously: "Brother-in-law, for the happiness of you and my sister , I will go through fire and water, no matter what!”
Zhao Yazhi knocked her on the head and scolded: "Be serious!"
The two sisters got out of the car. Yang Ye saw them entering the door and drove home.
As soon as Yang Ye got out of the car, a big yellow dog rushed over and barked at him.
“Good barley, do you remember me?”
Yang Ye touched its dog’s head, took out a bag of dog food from the car, tore it open and gave it a handful, and barley smelled it. After hearing this, he walked away with a look of disgust.
"Damn it, this is the best dog food I brought back from Paris for you. Are you sure you don't want to try it?"
"Brother Ye, you're back! Barley doesn't eat dog food."
A pretty little girl came out of the house, it was Zhou Huimin.
Yang Ye lightly kicked Barley and said, "It's all my fault. What kind of meat and bones will I feed you? You look like a naughty dog. Hey... Amin, have you grown taller?"< br>
Zhou Huimin is 11 years old and her body has begun to grow. Yang Ye has not seen her for several months. She has grown several centimeters taller. Yang Ye naturally feels that she has changed a lot.
"Yes!" Zhou Huimin said shyly. Her body had undergone some strange changes recently, so Yang Ye asked her, which made her a little embarrassed.
"Come here and help me get my things!"
"Okay!"
Zhou Huimin helped Yang Ye take down the things he brought from the car and put them in the living room. Yang Ye said to the driver sent by the company to pick him up: "Ali, please go back to the company first and pick me up at two o'clock in the afternoon."
"Okay, Mr. Yang!" Ali promised, Then he drove away.
Yang Ye took out a gift and threw it to Zhou Huimin, saying: "Amin, this is for you."
"Thank you, brother Ye!" Zhou Huimin opened it and said in surprise: "Is it watercolor paint?"< br>
"Yes, don't you like drawing? How about I teach you?"
"Really?" Zhou Huimin was overjoyed. She had seen Yang Ye draw the scene script and knew that Yang Ye Huahua is very good at painting, and he can often outline the characters' ecology vividly with just a few strokes.
"Why are you lying to me? Bring some of your watercolor paper and let's go to the study. Where is your mommy?"
"My mommy went shopping for groceries, and sister Takako went to work."
The two came to the study, Yang Ye took a piece of watercolor paper, and quickly sketched the outline of a girl with a pencil.
Zhou Huimin said in surprise: "Is it a comic?"
"Yes!" Yang Ye responded and began to color.
Soon, a cute comic girl appeared on the page. She was wearing a blue and white sailor uniform, with big eyes, a small mouth, long golden hair, and two braids that were exaggeratedly long.
"So beautiful, Brother Ye, you are so amazing!"
Yang Ye was a little ashamed and said in his heart: "I'm crazy, why should I paint Moon Hare?"
Yang Ye gave Zhou Huimin paints It was because she had been learning to draw, and he just said it casually. As for why he wanted to draw a moon hare, he himself had no idea.
"Does she have a name?"
"Um... yes, her name is Xiaotu. She is the reincarnation of the princess on the moon and came to Hong Kong. Now in Form One, if you encounter danger , she will transform into the Sailor Moon of love and justice, represent the moon, and destroy the enemy!”
"It's so interesting. No wonder her braids are so long. Does it represent ears? Brother Ye, are you making up this story?"
Yang Ye thought to himself, if Zhou Huimin were to draw "Sailor Moon", Seems quite interesting?
So he drew another girl with blue hair on the paper and introduced: "Her name is Ami, she is a warrior from Mercury. She can use the power of water..."
Draw again He drew a red-haired girl and introduced: "Her name is Ali, she is a warrior from Mars who can use the power of fire..."
After drawing the five guardian warriors of the little rabbit, they briefly talked about it. After explaining what they were doing, Yang Ye felt like he was about to turn pink.
My girlish heart!
Zhou Huimin naturally listened with great interest. It is impossible for little girls not to like this stuff.
The gentlemen can’t stand it, although it’s a bit shameful.
"If you like it, start learning comics!"
Zhou Huimin learned to draw since he was a child. Later, his level reached a professional level. He held art exhibitions and was especially good at watercolor painting. However, Yang Ye She was kidnapped to draw comics, but she didn't know what was wrong with her.
"Brother Ye, can you teach me?"
"Of course!"
Yang Ye searched for relevant information and started teaching from the most basic. Soon it was noon, and Zhou’s mother called the two of them to eat.
After eating, Yang Ye was too sleepy and had no energy to teach Zhou Huimin.
He was jet lagged, so he stayed up without going to bed. Not long after, Ali drove over in his car, and Yang Ye said: "Amin, you can draw it yourself, I'll go out for a while."
"Okay!"
Yang Ye stood up and took two steps outside. Zhou Huimin suddenly called from behind: "Brother Ye."
"What's the matter?"
< br>"Um...Sailor Moon, doesn't it have a male protagonist?"
"Oh, yes, the male protagonist is a prince from Earth, called Mamoru."
"Then what is his relationship with Xiaotu?"
"A relationship between lovers!"
Looking at Yang Ye's leaving figure, Zhou Huimin secretly decided to draw the prince to look like Brother Ye !
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“Ali, go to Baiyang Records.”
"Okay, boss!"
Baiyang Records has been established, but because Yang Ye is filming a movie abroad, it has not officially announced its opening.
The three bosses decided to record the album and then open it, so that it would become an instant hit.
So during this period, the two leading singers that the company is planning to promote, Teresa Teng and Alan Tam, are both recording records. What Teresa Teng is recording is of course the number one Chinese-language album "A Touch of Love".
However, Alan Tam does not have the privilege of being directly supported by Yang Ye and managing the entire album.
Yang Ye only wrote two songs for Alan Tam's album, and Zheng Donghan helped him choose the other songs.
But one album has two hit songs, which is already very impressive.
Like Yang Ye's first Cantonese album "Under the Lion Rock", the main theme is to step on the horse, unless another time traveler appears.
A song "Love in Late Autumn" comes from "Friends" sung by Korean singer Cho Yong-pil.
The song "Can't Forget You" comes from Japanese singer Mayumi Mayumi's "Lover".
Alan Tam is a big cover singer among Chinese singers. His early albums contained a large number of cover songs, and sometimes he even sang entire albums.
His cover of Mayumi Mayumi's "Lovers" in 1981 made Hong Kong fans aware of Japanese pop music and started a wave of covers of Japanese songs by the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.
At the peak of Hong Kong entertainment from the 1980s to the early 1990s, the Hong Kong Philharmonic performed covers all over the world. As long as a song became popular overseas, it would be immediately covered by Hong Kong stars.
One year there were even top ten Chinese hits, and seven of them were covers.
At that time, although there were many outstanding original musicians in Hong Kong, capital was all about profit, and it was easier to cover songs. Moreover, the cover songs had been tested in other markets, and they were basically guaranteed to be popular, with very little risk.
Yang Ye now tries his best to copy songs from abroad. Have you not tested them in other markets? Very red? Then I’ll copy it for you in advance!
Yang Ye came to Baiyang Records. Zheng Donghan, Lijun Teng, Alan Tam and a group of staff were having a meeting. The content of the meeting was naturally about the new album.
As soon as Yang Ye entered the conference room, Zheng Donghan immediately led everyone to applaud and said with a smile: "Welcome, Chairman!"
Yang Ye pressed his hands down and said with a smile : "Everyone, please sit down! This is the first time we meet. Let me introduce yourself and let me recognize you. Allen, you don't need to introduce me."
Everyone laughed and stood up one by one to introduce themselves to Yang Ye.
Later, Yang Ye asked: "When will the new album be released?"
Zheng Donghan said: "Lijun's "Light Love" is tentatively scheduled to be released before the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th. , Allen's "Love in Late Autumn" is scheduled to be released in September. "
The title song of "A Touch of Love" is "When Will the Bright Moon Come?" It can be said that it is very appropriate to release "Love in Late Autumn" during the Mid-Autumn Festival. "Late Autumn" is set in September, which is also very relevant!
Yang Ye nodded and said, "I have an idea that I want to discuss with you."
When the boss has an idea, everyone is naturally all ears. Yang Ye said: "Currently, the albums we release are all Bakelite records, but I recently thought, would it be feasible to release records in the form of MVs?"
Zheng Donghan asked: "What is a MV?"
Yang Yedao: "MusicVideo, traditional records only have sound. I think if I film the content of a song into a music video, I can use It should be quite interesting to use TV pictures to supplement information and content that cannot be covered by music."
Zheng Donghan was stunned. This idea was indeed interesting. He thought about it and asked: "Make it into a video tape. For sale?”
Yang Ye nodded and asked: “Do you have a head?”
Zheng Donghan shook his head: "Nowadays, families rarely have equipment that can play video tapes. They are only available in video halls. You can't go to the video hall to listen to music, right?"
Yang Ye said: "Trends can be set in motion. When I released "Tokyo Summer Rendezvous" in Japan, I produced a short film in the form of a cartoon that was broadcast on NHK TV. The result was very popular, proving that this art form can be accepted by the audience.
Now, some singers in Japan are already imitating this format. As for what you said, there is no market and families are not equipped to play video tapes. There are always karaoke OKs, right? If this format of albums is played in karaoke OKs, let customers Wouldn’t it be unpopular to watch and sing along?
Also, this time I was in Europe and saw the latest audio-visual equipment, LD, which is a laser disc. Its excellent audio-visual effects are amazing. I believe it. In less than two years, it will become the standard equipment of karaoke, so I decided to take the first step and do an experiment.”
Deng Lijun was very interested in this, and she asked: “How to do it specifically?”
Yang Ye smiled and said: "Let's play something simple first. For example, Lijun, your song "Light and Quiet Love", the lyrics are all from Song Dynasty poems. Then we can find a Chinese garden, and then you can put on ancient clothes and dress up as a national beauty. The ancient beauty of Tianxiang walked in the garden, introduced the origin of the poem, the author's allusions, promoted a wave of Chinese culture, and then sang it. "
What Yang Ye said was just the beginning. The gameplay, and later the MV also added plots and so on, which are too advanced for now and are not necessary for the time being.
Despite this, the colleagues in the conference room still sounded very interesting.
Yang Ye continued: "Actually, after this kind of MV is shot, selling it is only a small part of the function. After all, due to the popularity of equipment, the market is too small. The main benefit is actually that it can be sold Playing songs.
Now we mainly play songs on radio stations, and sometimes go to TV stations to play songs, but it is impossible for singers to go on TV in person all the time for promotion. If we take the recorded MV directly to the TV station. Play, what will be the effect? ”
Damn it, a huge promotion channel suddenly appeared, and everyone present was moved.
Yang Ye announced: "This MV, I will personally direct it for Lijun, mainly to test the effect. Alan, please wait a little, okay?"
Alan Tam How dare she argue with Deng Lijun, she quickly said: "No objection!"
Deng Lijun was naturally elated when she saw Yang Ye thinking about her so much. The two hadn't seen each other for many days, and she just wished she could go home with him early!
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While Yang Ye was busy working on the MV, the summer battle had already begun.
Bayang Cinema is showing "Legend of the Mountain" directed by King Hu and starring Xu Feng and Lin Qingxia.
In the original time and space, "Legend of the Mountain" and "Spirit Rain in the Sky" were shot together, but now they are shot separately.
When filming "Legend of the Mountain", due to the strong support of Yang Ye, the funds were very sufficient, and it was not as shabby as the original time and space, so compared to the original version in terms of lenses, special effects, etc. A big improvement.
However, this movie still suffers from King Hu’s old problem of wanting to express too many things.
The version he edited was 190 minutes long. This length is not conducive to today's movie viewing habits, so he was forced to cut it to 120 minutes. As a result, it was too deleted and fragmented.
Fortunately, the artistic conception of this movie is really invincible, and with the addition of the great beauty Lin Qingxia, the movie looks very pleasing to the eye.
Golden Harvest's main feature is "Famous Sword" directed by Tan Jiaming and starring Zheng Shaoqiu and Xu Jie. This is Tan Jiaming's directorial debut.
Since Baiyang Pictures has a monopoly on the martial arts resources of "Seven Little Fortunes", Tan Jiaming hired another well-known drama team in Hong Kong, "Nine Prodigies".
"Seven Little Blessings" and "Nine Prodigies" are the names of the troupe. The numbers only refer to them in general, not seven people, but nine people.
The "Nine Prodigies" came from the Oriental Drama School, one of the four major drama schools in Hong Kong. The most famous one in later generations is probably Cheng Xiaodong. In addition, senior brother Xu Zhongxin and Mars are also somewhat famous.
"The Famous Sword" is Cheng Xiaodong's first time as a martial arts director, and his performance is quite outstanding, especially at the end of the movie when Xu Shaojiang transforms into a human cannon and is split in half by Zheng Shaoqiu's famous sword. In this era It can be said to be quite amazing. It can be seen from this movie that although Cheng Xiaodong is just starting out, his unrestrained martial arts style has already begun to take shape.
The Shaw Brothers movie this time is "Two Prides" directed by Chu Yuan, with Fu Sheng playing Xiao Yu'er and Zhao Yazhi playing Tie Xinlan. There's nothing much to say about this movie, it's still the usual Shaw Brothers style, a boring one, but it did surprisingly well at the box office.
Interestingly, Yuan Chu Yuan wanted to invite Zhao Yazhi to play Tie Xinlan, but Zhao Yazhi turned it down due to schedule reasons. In this time and space, Chu Yuan still invited Zhao Yazhi to play Tie Xinlan, and Zhao Yazhi agreed.
The three movies all have serious flaws, but each has its own merits. In the end, the box office was still tight. After two weeks of tension, Shaw Brothers' "The Greatest Love" opened with 3.3 million at the box office. Taking the top spot, Golden Harvest's "The Famous Sword" followed closely behind with a box office of 2.6 million. Bai Yang's "Legend of the Mountain" ranked last with 2.4 million.
Baiyang Cinema is the loser, but Baiyang Cinema also released "Lin Yazhen" starring Xiao Fangfang at the same time. The production company is Ye Zhiming's Colorful Film Company, which received 2.7 million box office.
The multiplex format of Baiyang Cinema means that it will release a major movie every weekend, and the release time of each movie will be very long. As long as your movie is not terrible and there are audiences watching it , it can give you a full month of viewing. If the box office is good, it is not uncommon for it to be released for two or three months.
The single-screen theaters of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest cannot stand it. Once the attendance rate falls below a certain level, the film can only be forcibly removed. Even if many viewers who want to see it have not had time to see it, there is nothing they can do. .
A movie like Jiahe's "The Famous Sword" was canceled after only 14 days of release. Shaw Bros.'s "The Last of Us" was only released for 16 days.
The "Lin Yazhen" and "Legend of the Mountain" screened by Bai Yang were screened for a full month before being released, and the 191-minute version of "Legend of the Mountain" was immediately screened in the VIP hall.
But these are just appetizers. In August, the Xu brothers' comedy "The Pledge of Allegiance" will face off against Yang Ye's "Alien"!
(End of this chapter)