Chapter 177 Everything is better
If a person travels back in time early enough and can make movies, then he only needs to copy those 1994 movies, and he will be the god of movies.
In the magical year of 1994, filmmakers from all over the world seemed to be cheating, and all of them produced the pinnacle of their careers, and various masterpieces emerged in droves.
Even so, "Drunken Master 2" and "Fist of Fury" were both among the top ten films rated by Time Magazine that year, which shows how awesome these two movies are. .
"Drunken Master 2" not only has a good reputation, but also has a strong box office. The box office in Southeast Asia that year was as high as 38 million US dollars. Six years later, it was released in North American theaters. Although the disc market has been flooded for a long time, it still sold out It took in a box office of US$11.55 million.
Now this "Drunken Master 2" was tinkered by Yang Ye in advance. Although there is no Liu Jialiang, Yuan Heping is not inferior to him. With the concept map designed by Yang Ye as a pointer, the final effect is enough to be brilliant. To describe it.
After the movie was played, Yang Ye took the lead in applauding.
"It's awesome, even better than the first one. Let's wait and count the money!"
"Hahaha!" The screening room was filled with happy air.
Li Xing sighed: "Hong Kong films are getting more and more powerful. This "Drunken Master 2" not only has wonderful fights, but also talks about the great righteousness of the country and the nation, and its lofty intentions are really impressive. I admire it. Compared with our Taiwanese films about love and love, they are really far behind.”
Yang Ye said: "Director Li is serious, everyone has their own strengths."
Then he said to Jiang Zhiqiang: "Ah Qiang, I will leave the promotion work of "Drunken Master 2" to you. I will give you three hundred The budget of NT$3 million must be made known to the whole city."
This made Li Xing and Lin Fengjiao take a breath. Their investment in making a movie usually does not exceed NT$3 million. , Yang Ye’s promotion for a movie is actually three million Hong Kong dollars, this horse...
Yang Ye looked at their surprised expressions and explained: "Our kung fu movies are famous all over the world. Uniquely, Aaron's "Drunken Master 1" has sold well in overseas markets. "Drunken Master 2" must be exported overseas, so it must be more popular. The higher the local box office, the better it will sell in overseas markets. . A promotional budget of three million is nothing.”
Comparing people with each other is a waste of money, and Li Xing has nothing to say other than being convinced.
Jiang Zhiqiang said: "Time is a bit tight. We won't be able to sell out three million for a while. How about giving up the Lunar New Year stall and changing it to the Spring Festival stall? Then we can arrange it calmly."
Yang Ye said: "The two dollars in the Lunar New Year stall "What kind of movie are you talking about?"
Jiang Zhiqiang said: "Jiahe is "Qie Li Coffee", and Shaw Brothers is "Swordsman"."
Yang Ye looked confused: "What?" ?"
"Yes, it's "Swordsman"
Yang Ye was speechless: "Why are you doing this again? Jin Yong didn't authorize it twice, right?"
Jiang Zhiqiang suppressed a smile and said: "I went to ask about it. They changed the names of the protagonists. Linghu Chong called Nangong Song and Ren Yingying's name is Bai Yingying, Yue Buqun's name is Luo Chaojun, Yue Lingshan's name is Luo Yingzhi... The plot is still the same."
Yang Ye was convinced: "Forget it, let him go. The two movies sound like rotten fish and shrimps, and there is no incentive to fight them. Let's move "Drunken Master 2" to the Spring Festival schedule, so we have enough time to arrange it calmly."
Although Shaw Brothers is a blatant copycat, in this case. In this era, this kind of lawsuit was actually very difficult to fight.
The pioneering Hong Kong martial arts film "The One-Armed Sword", which grossed HK$1 million at the box office in 1967, was actually a reskin of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" with a slightly changed name. The only difference is that instead of the little dragon girl, there is a little dragon man.
There's nothing we can do about it. Chang Cheh's films are so full of eroticism. They often end with both the enemy and the heroine dying, and the two men walking away under the sunset.
This kind of thing of taking a famous novel and replacing it with a vest and filming it openly is not only done in movies, but also in TV series.
In 1979, TVB's "Chu Liuxiang" became a hit, and LiTV immediately followed suit and made another one. Unfortunately, they didn't have the copyright, so they changed the title of the drama to "The Legend of Thieves." Chu Liuxiang was directly called the Thief Commander, and Su Rongrong was called Ye Xiaoxian, Li Hongxiu's name is Du Hongxiao... Are you crazy? Isn't that right?
Now everyone is faced with another question: "What's on the Lunar New Year stalls?"
Can't let such a good slot pass, right?
The original plan was to release "Drunken Master 2" during the Lunar New Year period and "Hundred Man Killing Girl" introduced from Japan during the Spring Festival period.
Now that "Drunken Master 2" has been postponed, it is impossible to advance "Hundred Men Killing Girl".
Yang Ye thought for a while and said, "How about we buy and distribute Director Li's "Small Town Story"?"
Jiang Zhiqiang wanted to say: "Can that thing be sold for money? "
But he still held back and said: "That's okay!"
Better than nothing!
......
After the meeting, Yang Ye invited everyone to have afternoon tea. After that, Xia Meng and Li Xing went back to the company to discuss the Taiwan branch, while he himself went to the Grand View Studio to prepare for the evening Went for filming.
It doesn’t cost much to make a shabby literary film, it’s enough for Xia Meng to come forward.
"The Swordsman" is about to wrap up. After filming, he has to go to Japan to reshoot scenes in "The Girl Who Killed 2".
"Brother Ye, can I go to the set with you?"
As soon as Yang Ye left the house, Lin Fengjiao followed him.
Yang Ye asked: "Where's Ah B?"
"He went to play with Allen. I don't know anything about music. I still like filming. I want to know you guys. How was the martial arts movie made? "
"Okay! "
The two got in the car, and Yang Ye said while driving: "Actually, if you want to know how to shoot a fight scene, you can ask Aaron."
Lin Fengjiao said strangely: "Why should I ask him?"
Yang Ye said in a daze: "Qingxia and I were on the phone a few days ago, and she said she wanted to match you up with Aaron. Didn't you come to Hong Kong just for a blind date?"
Lin Fengjiao sighed and said: "Qingxia is so enthusiastic, I couldn't bear to refuse her kindness, so I just went there."
Yang Ye said, "Then you and Aaron didn't have a blind date? ”
Lin Fengjiao said: "We're married, I was the one who went to find him. But he was with a bunch of brothers, and they dispersed without even chatting for a few words."
Yang Ye said: "This is Qingxia's No, she helped you go on a blind date, so she should be there too."
Lin Fengjiao said, "She hasn't finished filming yet. Director Hu is very strict, so that's understandable."
Yang Ye. I couldn't help but fall into deep thought, isn't this style of painting wrong?
Didn’t this pair of adulterers and adulterers spark thunder and fire as soon as they met, and then committed suicide, and finally got married?
Also, according to what Chen Long said later, didn't Lin Fengjiao have no airs and could get along with his brothers, so she succeeded in becoming Long's wife?
This horse riding is completely inappropriate!
"What are you thinking about?" Lin Fengjiao couldn't help but ask when Yang Ye didn't speak for a long time.
"Oh, it's okay. When will you return to Taiwan?"
"Go back with Director Li."
"I'll see you off then!"
"Don't go to such trouble!" "That's right, you are Qingxia's good sister."
Yang Ye I figured it out: "This woman didn't fall in love with Chen Long, she fell in love with me!"
Although Lin Fengjiao is as famous as Lin Qingxia, she is actually worse than Lin Qingxia in all aspects, so she gave birth to a kind of Inexplicable comparison mentality.
It was because of this mentality that Lin Fengjiao initially did not agree to Chen Long's pursuit. Later, when Chen Long ran after Lin Qingxia, she immediately agreed.
Lin Fengjiao also looked down upon Chen Long's brothers, and getting along with those people was just a way for her to gain power.
The evidence is that when Lin Fengjiao took charge, she fired all Chen Long’s old brothers.
Lu Huiguang followed Chen Long for thirty years and received a severance package of 100,000 yuan.
The Hong Kong media made a huge headline at that time: Chen Long is unscrupulous, Gillian is mean, Lu Huiguang will die for thirty years and will be compensated 100,000!
This incident became a big deal and Chen Long was completely embarrassed.
But Lin Fengjiao knew it would make Chen Long lose face, so why did she do this?
The reason can only be: She is tired of Chen Long's gang of bad brothers.
Yang Ye thinks about it, Lin Fengjiao's mentality is probably like this: "Although Chen Long is powerful, Yang Ye is his boss. You, Lin Qingxia, are in love with the boss, but you introduce the employees to me, what are you doing? Heart? "
This is probably the so-called... plastic sisterhood, right?
The two arrived at the Grand View Studio at around four in the afternoon, and the lighting engineer was making preparations.
When shooting night scenes, you must rather be early than late. Be ready before the sun sets. Wait for the sky to slowly darken and the neon lights to slowly light up, ready to start shooting.
Lin Fengjiao said in surprise: "You guys really wait until night to shoot night scenes?"
In this day and age, in order to save shooting time and cost, most crews of Hong Kong and Taiwan movies will use "night scenes" The "filmed on the same day" method fooled the audience.
The so-called "night scene shooting in the day" is to shoot at noon, deliberately opening the aperture to a small size, pushing the amount of light in to the limit, and shooting a dark picture, in order to fake and pretend to be Night play.
In Hollywood, with the emergence of high-sensitivity film, this shooting method has been abandoned, because this kind of fake picture is very crude, and will only be used as a last resort unless the shooting scene is in a special scene such as a forest or mountain.
Yang Ye smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, my filming standards are higher than those in Hollywood. I will not fool the audience with something fake at first glance like 'daylight and night scene'" "
Lin Fengjiao said: "The cost will be much higher!"
Yang Ye said: "We must save what we should spend."
Lin Fengjiao sighed: "Oh, I am so envious of your way of shooting."
Yang Ye said: "Actually, we dare to spend like this because we are confident that we can make money back. It wouldn't be possible for anyone else. For example, your budget for making a movie is not as high as Aaron's salary. Naturally, we can save as much as we can."< br>
Comparing people with others will lead to death, and comparing goods with goods will lead to throwing away. Yang Ye's current movie budget is more than 10 million. Except for Chen Long, no one else's box office is so high.
How to compare, what a fart?
Yang Ye took Lin Fengjiao around for a tour. The more Lin Fengjiao looked at it, the more she felt that filming in Taiwan was a waste. She couldn't help but ask: "Do you think I can come to Hong Kong to film?"
After saying this, Lin Fengjiao felt a little regretful. In this era of original time and space, she also had two competitors, Lin Qingxia and Hu Yinmeng.
But now, these two women have been brought to Hong Kong by Yang Ye. Lin Fengjiao is basically the only one in Taiwan, and any good scripts always focus on her first.
Give up the great situation in Taiwan and come to Hong Kong. What if the situation cannot be opened?
Yang Ye thought for a while and said: "Gillian, with your fame and strength, if you come to film my movie, the heroine will definitely be available, but I don't have a role suitable for you at the moment! So! , I suggest you stay in Taiwan for the time being!"
But Lin Fengjiao heard something different, she said with a smile: "You mean, you will ask me to be the heroine?"< br>
Ah this... Yang Yexin said, I am just being polite, why do you still take it seriously?
Yang Ye finally saw that Lin Fengjiao was a very utilitarian person. If she wanted something, she would take the initiative to get it.
This has something to do with her background. After all, she was hungry when she was a child and couldn't eat enough. Of course, she would only focus on climbing up.
Yang Ye doesn’t think there’s anything wrong with this. Whatever you want, you should proactively go for it. Is there anything wrong with that? Of course not!
Now that Lin Fengjiao has taken a liking to Yang Ye, she has begun to fight for him. Although the tricks are relatively subtle, Yang Ye has already noticed it.
Yang Ye was a little confused: "Should I play with Mrs. Long?"
Yang Ye saw that Lin Fengjiao seemed to be looking forward to it, and said: "You are the most famous actress in Taiwan. Naturally, I would love to work with you. Let me think about it and write a script that suits you! You can do fighting scenes "
Lin Fengjiao said with a smile: "I originally made action films, but there was no market for martial arts films in Taiwan, so I later switched to making literary films."
Lin Fengjiao. The first work to appear on the big screen was "The Angry Man of Chaozhou" in 1973. This film was the finished work of action superstar Tan Daoliang and was shot in imitation of "Tangshan Brother".
Tan Daoliang was once regarded as the second Bruce Lee by Golden Harvest. Chen Lung, Hong Jingbao and Yuen Biao all played small roles in his movies.
However, because of the emergence of Yang Ye, Chen Long and others rose up in advance, and Tan Daoliang's light in this time and space was obscured, and he had no reputation.
Lin Fengjiao had made several martial arts films, but was later appreciated by Li Xing and quickly rose to prominence.
The top star of "Two Lin and Two Qin" is actually not Lin Qingxia, but Lin Fengjiao.
In Taiwan, Lin Fengjiao is more popular than Lin Qingxia and has better acting skills. She won the Golden Horse Best Actress early.
Yang Ye nodded and said: "Then let me think about it, and I promise not to let you down."
The abnormal psychology of long-term comparison with Lin Qingxia caused Yang Ye's words. Lin Fengjiao was very happy.
After all, Lin Qingxia is the heroine of Yang Ye's movie, so she naturally wants to do it too!
The two were chatting when the crew members arrived one after another. When they saw Yang Ye sitting there chatting with a beautiful woman, no one came to disturb them.
Except... Guan Zhilin.
As soon as Guan Zhilin came in, she saw Yang Ye and Lin Fengjiao chatting happily, and she suddenly became angry.
She walked up to Yang Ye and said expressionlessly: "Brother Ye, can you come here?"
Yang Ye glanced at her and asked: "What's wrong?"
Guan Zhilin said: "I have a question, I want to ask you."
Yang Ye nodded and said to Lin Fengjiao : "I'll go over there for a moment."
Yang Ye and Guan Zhilin came to an empty utility room. As soon as the door was closed, Guan Zhilin pouted and said: "You playboy, you are picking up girls again!"
(End of this chapter)