Chapter 193 The Martial Arts Association is established
"The Swordsman" has not yet started filming in Hong Kong, and Yang Ye flew to Japan non-stop to promote "The Swordsman" and "The Girl Who Killed".
In the screening room, Yang Ye and the Japanese personnel watched the sample film of "The Girl Who Killed". The plot of this movie is not much different from the original version.
The difference is all in the action scenes. In terms of action, it became very fierce because of Hong Jingbao's choreography. The scene basically restored the bloody Japanese comic style.
Overall, it is much better than the original version.
In fact, this is normal. These days, Hong Kong films are far ahead of the world in action scenes.
In the time and space where Yang Ye originally lived, the popular comment on the movie on the mainland movie website Doubi was: It is recommended to hire a Hong Kong martial arts instructor!
However, this movie also won many awards at the time and had a box office of more than one billion yen. As Aya Ueto's debut film, it was pretty good.
“I think now is not the right time to announce Baihui’s retirement.”
After the movie, Yang Ye raised this question seriously.
"The reason is very simple. If we promote this as a retirement commemoration now, how should we promote it when the second part is released?"
"The battle line is too long, which may not be a good thing. I suggest In addition, we are planning to put the retirement commemoration gimmick into the second part. At that time, we can promote the retirement album, movies, dramas, and concerts together to create a sensation in a short period of time, thereby promoting various works. "
Yang Ye has no way to stop the last wave of harvesting, but Yang Ye hopes that this process will be as short as possible.
Because for a national idol like Yamaguchi Momoe, once she announces her retirement, it will inevitably cause an uproar.
How big of a fuss was this in the original time and space?
Feminist groups took to the streets directly to protest Yamaguchi Momoe's return to the family. They believed that Yamaguchi Momoe had backstabbed the women of the new era.
The movies, TV series and albums produced by Miura Tomokazu were all boycotted. In the end, he could not get any work and could only play a small role.
He was not comfortable playing a small role. He would be chased and scolded wherever he went. This lasted for several years.
If they had not saved some money and their previous works could continue to provide some copyright income, they would not have been able to survive.
Japan’s national character is that it is easy to go to extremes.
The American Ruth Benedict wrote a book called "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword" to analyze Japan's national character.
He believes that the Japanese are warlike yet peaceful, militaristic yet beautiful, arrogant yet courteous, dull yet fickle, docile yet stubborn, loyal yet rebellious, brave yet cowardly, conservative yet fond of innovation.
The fact that the chrysanthemum, which symbolizes beauty, and the samurai sword, which symbolizes killing, can be unified is enough to illustrate the perversion of this nation.
Jiang Wen also told such a story in his movie "The Devils Are Coming".
Ma Dashan, a villager in Guajiatai Village, rescued a Japs named Hanaya Kosaburo. In order to thank the villagers for not killing him, the Japanese army sent a large amount of food to Guajiatai Village and summoned the whole village. Drink and celebrate, share food and drink.
In the middle of the celebration, news was suddenly received that the Japanese Emperor had surrendered to the Allied forces and that Japan had been defeated. The situation suddenly changed. The Japanese army began to kill innocent people. The entire village was turned into a slaughterhouse, and the village of Guajiatai was set on fire and burned to ashes.
And now, how much risk does Yang Ye take by taking away Yamaguchi Momoe?
Yang Ye doesn’t know, maybe nothing will happen, maybe... he will lose the Japanese market.
Is it worth taking the risk of losing a huge market for a woman?
The value is definitely not worth it, but Yang Ye can only accept it.
He was the one who caused the incident. If he had not flirted with Yamaguchi Momoe and had her mutilated, Yamaguchi Momoe would have reconciled with Miura Yumo now.
Although Bai Hui will still retire, she has nothing to do with Yang Ye.
But now, Baihui is determined to follow Yang Ye. Yang Ye must protect her. Even if there are any storms, he can only carry them.
Haruki Kadokawa is not a fool. As soon as Yang Ye mentioned it, he immediately realized the risks involved.
So he agreed with Yang Ye's view, but Yamaguchi Momoe's office HORIPRO was not very happy. The battle line was stretched, so they had to sell more records, peripherals, etc., and they could collect as much as they could.
However, the producer of the movie is Kadokawa Pictures, and H Agency has no say in it.
Japanese artist agencies generally adopt a black-and-white approach and have very strong control over their artists, but H Agency does not.
H Agency is the most reputable agency in Japan and is known for its humane touch. Even if an artist is too old to receive any work, H Agency will still pay him a monthly salary of 100,000 yuan. Keep it up for a lifetime.
H Club is not all good. Its shortcoming is that the salary is notoriously low. Even an artist of Yamaguchi Momoe’s level only gets a salary of 100,000, and it takes ten years to reach 20. Wan, it doesn’t matter who comes.
Of course, there are still commissions, and the commission details of H Club are completely open to artists and managers. Although they take a lot, there is never any deduction and exploitation.
It was precisely because of such a kind firm that Yamaguchi Momoe was able to retire smoothly without being made things difficult for her.
However, just in case, Yang Ye still threw two prepared sweet dates to Club H.
Yang Ye said: "Is your company interested in helping Chen Long and Yuan Biao release records?"
Yang Ye is not kidding, Chen Long is very popular in Japan, in the original time and space , he has released several albums and many EPs in Japan, with very good sales.
Yang Ye deceived Chen Long and Yuan Biao before to help them release an album. He did not intend to release it in Hong Kong, but to release it in Japan.
In addition to Chen Long, Yuan Biao is also very popular in Japan.
In 1983, the football-themed movie "Bo Niu" was released in Japan. While it was a box office hit, the lead actor Yuan Biao also became an idol in the hearts of many women.
Yuan Biao later gave an interview and was confused about his popularity in Japan: "Japanese people like to watch my dramas very much. Maybe I have buck teeth and look a bit like a Japanese boy. At that time, in Japan, apart from Chen Long, I can still gain a foothold.”
Later, Yuan Biao also released many albums and EPs in Japan, with good sales.
And now, although there is no "Bo Niu", but with "Fast Truck", playing the leading role with Chen Long, it is enough for him to become famous.
After "Food Truck", Yuen Biao made another kung fu movie, which sold well in Japan.
Xiao Lin Guiyi, the person in charge of H Company, was really interested when he heard this and responded: "That's great, we are very interested."
Yang Yexiao He said: "Okay, let's discuss it in detail sometime."
Xiao Lin Gui said: "Yang Sang, the two EPs you and Miss Baihui released are very popular. With these two songs, You have also become a very famous idol singer in Japan. I wonder if you are interested in releasing an album?”
Yang Ye almost forgot, yes, I even pretended to be in love with Baihui. What about the idol singer?
When Gui Xiaolin saw that Yang Ye was thinking deeply, he added, "If you are interested, we can invite the best producers in Japan to create a new album for you."
Yang Ye did not say this. Don't take it to heart, the Japanese music scene... is Yang Ye's warehouse.
Want a song? Just take it. Even if you are a top producer, I am not as top as me.
What Yang Ye was thinking about was another thing. He used magic to defeat magic, and used CP to break the CP of Yamaguchi Momoe and Miura Yuka, and won great popularity among teenagers.
And now, because of Yamaguchi Momoe's retirement, Yang Ye is facing a huge crisis.
How to solve this crisis?
I listen to Keiichi Kobayashi, release an album, and then copy a dozen awesome songs to shock them? I'm afraid it won't work, and I need to do some extra tricks.
Yang Ye suddenly thought of a... somewhat shameful way.
"Let me think about it!" Yang Ye said.
...
"Ye Jun, will my retirement cause trouble for you?"
After starting to prepare for retirement, Yamaguchi Momoe began to realize the seriousness of this matter. .
She is a stubborn person and has never thought about backing down. However, she will feel very uneasy if it affects Yang Ye's career.
Yang Ye hugged her and said with a smile: "You don't have to think too much and concentrate on completing the final work. When the time comes, I will come to Tokyo to pick you up. I will block all the wind and rain."
This sentence made Yamaguchi Momoe feel at ease. She leaned in Yang Ye's arms and felt that his chest was as majestic as a mountain!
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Hong Kong, Lei Garden!
In addition to the Zhang family class, all the class leaders of Hong Kong's martial arts groups, large and small, are here.
Chen Yiyan from the Kamikaze Stunt Team, Ke Shouliang and Luo Lixian from the Raptors Stunt Team, Li Jiading who specializes in equestrian and others are also there.
Yang Ye raised his glass and said: "Today we are all gathered together to discuss important matters. Let's have a drink first."
"Cheers!"
After Yang Ye drank the wine, he put down his glass and continued: "Today All of them are dragon and tiger martial artists. Hong Kong’s kung fu movies can’t be famous in the world without our efforts. However, our martial artists’ living environment is also the worst. Every penny we get is in exchange for our lives.
< br>I have been in the industry for six years and have made six movies. In each movie, a martial artist was injured during the filming. When we were filming "Food Truck" in France, Agui jumped from the second floor and broke his leg. I also suffered several injuries, but thanks to the blessing of Mr. Guan, nothing serious happened.
In the past two years, Hong Kong action movies have become more and more fierce, and in pursuit of thrills, they have become more and more dangerous, even to the point of death. The martial artists couldn't bear it and went on strike several times in protest. I felt that this issue had reached a point where it had to be resolved. That's why I suggested convening this martial arts meeting to discuss the establishment of a martial arts union.
Some people may say that your surname is Yang, the boss of a film company. How can you be so kind? It's precisely because I'm a movie company owner that I care about this issue. I won’t say those high-sounding words. From a profit perspective, making movies is very expensive. Our company specializes in kung fu movies. How many things will be delayed due to injuries, strikes, etc.? If someone dies by mistake, that would be even more troublesome, right? "
"Yes! right! "Everyone echoed.
Yang Ye continued: "Everyone who came to this meeting today agreed to form a martial arts union. So, in today’s meeting, we will discuss three things.
First, establish the purpose of the martial arts union. What our association will do and what rules and regulations it has must be determined;
Second, elect a president. A snake cannot survive without a head, so we naturally have to elect a highly respected president to speak for everyone;
Third, prepare to build a trade union building. When a trade union is established, it must have a base, right? To build a trade union building, a lot of money is needed. Where will this money come from? You have to think long term. ”
These three points are reasonable and reasonable, and everyone agrees with them.
Let’s talk about the first point first, establishing the purpose of the martial arts association. After Yang Ye calculated it with several respectable class leaders in advance, A draft was drawn up. Today we just based on the principle of democracy, let everyone discuss it, come up with ideas, go through the motions, and also check for gaps.
Yang Ye drafted a total of nine goals, including:
Promote, protect and encourage the interests of members, and represent and coordinate activities and relationships among members, between members and organizations, groups and the public within and outside the industry
To enhance the welfare of members who design, perform or are employed in this industry to achieve harmonious and fair relations within the industry.
Establish, manage and maintain cultural, educational, recreational, social and charitable undertakings that contribute to the promotion and promotion of members and their general welfare.
Support and protect the personality, reputation and interests of members, and protect their rights.
......
The next step is to elect the president. Someone shouted: "Young Master Yang, we support you as the president!"
As soon as this was said, everyone also agreed.
Yang Ye waved his hands and said with a smile: "Thank you everyone for your love, but I also have another identity as the boss of the film company. Therefore, in order to ensure fairness, I will not hold any position in the labor union. Everyone is still another person. Let’s choose talented people!”
This makes sense, everyone has to choose people again.
As the first dragon and tiger martial artist, Yuan Xiaotian was quickly elected.
The old man is highly respected. Yuan Heping, the leader of Yuan's class, is his son, and Tang Jia, the leader of Tang's class, is his apprentice. If he doesn't become the president, who will?
If Master Longhu was a beggar gang, this old man would be Hong Qigong.
However, Yuan Xiaotian is old, so we elected two vice presidents to assist him.
In the end, one was selected, Hong Jingbao and Liu Jialiang.
In addition, several directors were also selected, mainly including Liang Xiaolong, Xu Zhongxin, Chen Yiyan and others.
This thing is not chosen based on who is popular, but based on the top of the mountain, so when Hong Jingbao became the vice president, there was nothing to do with the other Seven Little Fortunes, and neither was Chen Long.
But Chen Long didn't care, as he didn't have the money to get it.
However, Yang Ye and Chen Long were too famous. Although Yang Ye didn't want to be, Chen Long didn't care. In the end, the association gave them the title of honorary director.
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The third and most important point is to prepare for the construction of a trade union building.
This requires a lot of money. Yang Ye has the money, so he can pay it directly.
But he couldn't pay for it.
Yang Ye was originally the founder of the martial arts union, and now he is spending money to build the union building. So this martial arts union is clearly his plaything.
After some discussion, everyone decided to shoot an action movie. People from the martial arts union volunteered to participate in the filming. Finally, they used the money they earned to buy land and build a union building.
So... this matter still fell on Yang Ye.
Because, although the idea is a good one, it will be embarrassing if the movie is not a hit and there is not enough money to buy land and build a building.
Only if Yang Ye takes action can he be sure of success.
Yang Ye thought for a while and said: "I can take action. The copyright of the movie will belong to Baiyang Company. When the time comes, the local box office in Hong Kong will be used to build the building. If there is any remaining balance, it will be deposited into the Martial Arts Association. "
Everyone agreed that the local box office of Yang Ye's movie was at least more than 10 million, which is more than enough to buy land and build a building.
Yang Ye also emphasized: "The overseas box office has nothing to do with the labor union and is owned by Baiyang Company."
Everyone has no objection to this. Yang Ye sells tickets overseas based on his personal ability. If he didn't participate, the film's overseas revenue wouldn't be much.
The matter was settled like this. After the meeting, everyone went to register a non-profit organization called "Hong Kong Action Stuntmen's Guild Co., Ltd."
How to maintain the daily operations of the union?
Like the Screen Actors Guild in the United States, members need to pay annual membership dues, which involves a complex algorithm.
Take the Screen Actors Guild in Los Angeles as an example. The membership fee is 3,000 US dollars, plus a handling fee of 58 yuan.
After that, the membership fee will change every year according to the member's income: if the annual income is less than 200,000 US dollars, the membership fee is 116 + annual income x 1.85%, which is within 3816 US dollars. As income increases, the levels increase, but the maximum will not exceed US$6,566.
After discussion, the Hong Kong Martial Arts Union directly followed Hollywood's standards and exchanged U.S. dollars for Hong Kong paper, and that was done.
Longhu warriors risk their lives to make money, and their income is very considerable. One month's salary can buy a car, and the membership fee is completely affordable.
(End of this chapter)