Chapter 201 Return to Kowloon City
Since 1980, at the strong request of the Taiwanese people, the two sides of the Taiwan Strait have begun communication, navigation, and trade, and exchanges have become increasingly frequent.
Lin Weiliang began to write letters to his hometown constantly, hoping to get news from his family.
It is a pity that his parents died in a famine long ago, and Lin Weiyun and his wife took Xiao Linli to escape from the famine, all the way to the Jidong Coal Mine in Heilongjiang Province, where they settled down.
So, all the letters sent by Lin Weiliang fell into the sea and there was no news.
What happened to Lin Qingxia's family was just a microcosm of that era.
In the end, Lin Qingxia used her huge influence to find her daughter for her parents.
Many ordinary people, however, cannot find news about their loved ones throughout their lives, and can only live out their lives in endless regrets.
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After filming the exterior scenes at a steel rolling mill in Kaohsiung, Lin Qingxia stayed in Taiwan.
She joined another crew to film the movie "Blue Blood and Yellow Flowers".
This is a military education film, it must be filmed.
This movie tells the story of the seventy-two martyrs of Huanghuagang. Lin Qingxia plays Chen Yiying, the wife of revolutionary martyr Lin Juemin.
After friendly negotiation, Lin Qingxia was given a one-month schedule, and the crew of "Blue Blood and Yellow Flowers" agreed to focus on filming her scenes first.
Xu Feng also returned to Taiwan to make a guest appearance in this movie, playing the role of Qiu Jin.
Xu Feng's dashing and cold demeanor is perfect for playing the heroine of Jianhu Lake.
Yang Ye returned to Hong Kong with the crew and began filming the future war part.
The T1 battlefield robot built by Lao Tie and others according to Yang Ye's drawings looks very cool.
In the set of settings given by Yang Ye, in the early process of developing robots, humans were never able to create a perfect bipedal walking military robot.
Therefore, the T1 robot, which was born in 2000, was equipped with tank-like tracks.
This gives the T1 excellent grip, maneuverability and speed over loose gravel and rough terrain.
As the ancestor of the Terminator robot series, T1 is the first generation of fully autonomous ground attack system.
It will automatically collect intelligence on the battlefield to identify enemies and attack them with powerful firepower.
T1 is equipped with various sound, heat, motion sensors and laser beam targeting systems, which can sense the presence of enemies.
The T1's attack system consists of Gatling guns installed on mechanical arms extending on both sides, and can fire 3,000 depleted uranium rounds per minute.
But as a prototype, the T1's weaknesses are also obvious: the exposed hydraulic system and internal structure make the T1 very vulnerable to precision attacks.
The backward sensor also makes target recognition not very accurate. If the human target remains still and silent, and uses any high-temperature objects placed around it to mask the heat signal, T1 will not detect the human target.
In the future war scene shot by Yang Ye, humans took advantage of this weakness of T1 to fight against the robot army.
However, just firing bullets cannot reflect the science fiction and brutality of future wars.
So, Yang Ye added T4, an upgraded version of T1, on the battlefield.
T4 has enhanced armor to reduce the exposure of fragile internal structures, and the Gatling guns on the two robotic arms have been replaced with plasma laser cannons.
The visual representation of this thing in the movie is that it can BIUBIUBIU, emitting colorful light beams.
When Cameron first produced "Terminator", it was just a B-level movie with an investment of several million. No one expected that it would become so big later.
The subsequent "Terminator Universe" was slowly perfected step by step.
There are not only movies, but also a large number of derivative works such as comics and games.
Now that Yang Ye has come to produce this series, he has been focusing on IP operations from the beginning, so his considerations in all aspects are naturally much better than those of the original work.
In terms of film production, he is also much more meticulous than Cameron.
Cameron was a newcomer at that time, with little funds and a short construction period, so he just made do with what he could.
Yang Ye is already a famous director and action star, and he has his own box office base.
We have plenty of money and time.
Although the actual production cost of Yang Ye's version of "Terminator" is only 20 million Hong Kong dollars, taking into account inflation and Hong Kong's prices and labor costs, it is actually more than the 6 million US dollars spent on Cameron's version of "Terminator" much higher.
While Yang Ye was squatting in the studio every day and grinding out war scenes, he welcomed a guest, Ridley Scott, the director of "Alien".
“Hi, Nick, my friend!”
As soon as Ridley Scott saw Yang Ye, he laughed, opened his arms and gave him a bear hug.
"Alien" made Ridley famous, so he regarded Yang Ye as his nobleman.
"Ridley, why did you come to Hong Kong? When I received your call, I thought I heard wrong."
"I want to visit the Kowloon Walled City. Raymond told me that in Hong Kong , only you can take me in safely."
"Who is Raymond?"
"Raymond Chow, he is the boss of Jiahe Company and the investor of my new film."
Yang Ye said, "Zou Wenhuai? He did announce that he would invest in movies in Hollywood some time ago, but he didn't expect to find you. How did you get in touch?"
"As introduced by Warner, I wanted to make a science fiction film, but Warner was only willing to invest $15 million. You know, that's not enough. Just at this time, Raymond came to Hollywood, and he announced in a high profile that he would invest $60 million in Hollywood. . So Warner brought him in, and we had a good conversation. He heard that I had cooperated with you and decided to invest $10 million. "
"Why don't you go to Shay? "
"Damn, I looked for him. But he has recently been obsessed with making low-budget horror movies, and he will never touch any movie that costs more than 10 million US dollars."
"He is right, New Line is just a small company and can’t stand the trouble.”
Ridley shrugged: “Maybe!”
"What movie are you going to make?"
"I am going to adapt Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" into a movie. Have you heard of this novel?"
Yang Ye shook his head and said: "I haven't heard of it."
It would be weird if I haven't heard of it. As soon as Ridley mentioned Yang Ye, he knew that what he wanted to film was "Silver Wings" Killer".
This movie was hailed as a masterpiece among science fiction films by later generations, but at the time, it was a pitfall.
Its production cost was as high as 28 million US dollars, but the box office was only 30 million US dollars...
Shao Run Run, the main investor of the film, suffered heavy losses.
It’s just that Yang Ye is a little strange. The investor of this movie...how did he become Zou Wenhuai now?
Shao Yifu has a lot of money, so he will take advantage of the wrongdoer without hurting his muscles or bones. How much money does Zou Wenhuai have?
Jiahe is about to end!
......
Yang Ye asked: "Have you talked about me with Zou Wenhuai?"
Ridley said: "Yes, I talked about being with you in " He was very interested in the cooperation of "Alien", and we all thought that you were a very thoughtful person. "
Yang Ye probably understood that the success of "Alien" made Zou Wenhuai recognize Red. The ability to profit.
And Warner has already invested 15 million in "Blade Runner" in advance.
These two factors added together are equivalent to double insurance, which gave Zou Wenhuai the illusion that the movie might make a lot of money, so he chose to follow the investment.
What a tragedy!
“It’s none of my business!” Yang Ye thought to himself.
He said with a smile: "Why are you going to Kowloon Walled City?"
"Oh, I heard that it is a mysterious place, a legendary city. There is no government or law, but it has been running smoothly for hundreds of years. There are tens of thousands of people living in such a narrow place, but there has been no fire or plague. This is incredible. I want to know how it works."
Yang Ye said: "Since you want to see it, I can take you in for a walk, but you will only be more confused after watching it. ."
Ridley was puzzled; "Why?"
Yang Ye shook his head: "This is difficult to explain. If you want to understand this problem, you must understand the Chinese philosophy. "Forget it, you can talk about it after you visit."
Yang Ye agreed to take Ridley to Kowloon Walled City. Ridley was very happy. He said, "I heard that you are filming a movie recently." Sci-fi movie, can I take a tour?”
Yang Ye smiled and said: "Of course!"
Yang Ye took Ridley to visit the scene he was building, and looked at several models of Terminator robots.
Ridley exclaimed: "These models are so exquisitely made."
"Of course, I asked the best craftsmen to build them."
"I can't wait to watch this movie!"
Ridley blew a rainbow fart at Yang Ye, but Yang Ye didn't take it seriously. This guy just wanted something from him.
Yang Ye knew why Ridley wanted to visit the Kowloon Walled City.
Later generations have recognized that the visual origin of cyberpunk is the movie "Blade Runner" released in 1982, and the construction of the future city in Blade Runner heavily relied on information from the Kowloon Walled City.
This makes the Kowloon Walled City already part of the cultural gene of cyberpunk culture at the beginning of its formation. Kowloon Walled City is also culturally closely related to cyberpunk.
Of course, when Ridley was filming "Blade Runner", he never imagined that this movie would have such a great impact on later generations.
In the original time and space, the information Ridley obtained about the Kowloon Walled City was quite limited, and a large part of it came from his imagination.
But now, because of Yang Ye, he can walk into the walled city in a dignified manner and visit at will.
This is very interesting. Yang Ye wants to know what Ridley's "Blade Runner" will look like after visiting the real Kowloon Walled City.
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"Master Yang, morning!"
"Master Yang, long time no see!"
Yang Ye took Ridley and Li Zhengyang into the Kowloon Walled City and began patrolling the streets.
The neighbors on the road greeted Yang Ye enthusiastically, which surprised Ridley.
Ridley thought to himself, no wonder Raymond said that if he wanted to enter the Kowloon Walled City, he had to find Nick Young. He is so popular in this place.
“Good morning! Young Master Yang!”
"Gu you...Old ghost, here's a fried dough stick!"
"Okay!"
The old ghost quickly wrapped a fried dough stick for Yang Ye in an old newspaper, and Yang Ye took it in I took a bite in my hand and it was crunchy!
“Give them both one too!”
Ridley and Li Zhengyang each took a fried dough stick and followed Yang Ye, eating while walking forward in a swaggering manner.
Ridley said strangely: "Nick, don't you pay?"
Yang Ye rolled his eyes: "If you pay for food, why should I be a charterer?"
"Student girl, student girl! Oh, Mr. Yang, come over and play!"
A young girl dressed very "innocently" is soliciting business.
“I won’t give you money!”
"I can give you some money!" the little girl said, and was about to win over Yang Ye.
Yang Ye quickly waved his hands and said: "Next time! Piao Piao, I still have something to do, next time!"
After getting rid of the "innocent" Piao Piao, the three of them continued to patrol the streets. .
Yang Ye introduced: "This walled city is 121 meters wide and 213 meters long. Although it is small, its internal structure is extremely complex. In order not to affect the airport's take-off, the height of the buildings here is limited to 14 floors. In order to better Every building has been opened up to form a high-rise passage similar to the street on the ground. The intricate route composed of lanes, stairs, rooftops, springboards, windows, and vents makes it impossible for ordinary people to enter without me. Let others lead the way, you must not come in."
Ridley was dazzled and nodded quickly.
"Damn, it's been a long time since I've been here. Even I'm lost."
Yang Ye planned to show Ridley the maze, but he accidentally got into a dead end and couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
Pick up a random person and continue walking after asking questions.
Ridley found that these "high-rise passages" were very nonsense. Some were on this floor, some on that floor. Most of them passed through people's living rooms, and some went down to the rooftop. Some fell to the ground again, and some ended up inexplicably in the living room of a certain house...
The more Ridley walked around, the stranger he became. This place was "small but well-equipped with all the internal organs", including factories and workshops. , there are hospitals, schools, nursing homes, neighborhood welfare associations, and youth centers.
The people here... actually live and work in peace and contentment, and live a very peaceful life. The doors of their houses are all unlocked.
Yang Ye said with a smile: "From a certain perspective, this place can be like the world of great harmony that Chinese people dream of, and the utopia that Westerners dream of, where they can live and work in peace and contentment, don't pick up things on the road, and never close their homes at night."
< br>Ridley said incredulously: "How is this done?"
Yang Ye said: "The Kowloon Walled City is different from the slums in other countries. We Chinese have a tradition of joining hands and helping each other in our bones. This is why the Walled City It brings a different kind of order, which comes from the rules of neighbors, from the traditions of gangs, and from religious beliefs..."
"Religion? I thought Chinese people don't believe in religion! ”
Yang Ye took Ridley around a few corners, pointed to the Tianfei Temple in the center of the walled city, and said, "Did you see that temple? It has a history of hundreds of years. It enshrines Mazu, who is believed by the coastal residents of China. In order to prevent Mazu from being hit by the garbage thrown upstairs, people pulled up an iron net above the ancient temple.
In the walled city, there are also Christian missionaries living there. We Chinese people do not respect a single religion, and we support it as long as it leads people to do good.”
(This chapter) End)