Chapter 294 Golden Melody Award Conferred God
Jin Yong likes the martial arts style in the action movies shot by Zhang Huaxun very much.
Cheung Huaxun’s martial arts fights are unlike any other action films of later generations.
In his own words, his martial arts fighting is contained in folk legends and thrilling and suspenseful atmosphere. It is a kind of actual combat rather than a display.
In the original time and space, Jin Yong called Zhang Huaxun three times, hoping that Zhang Huaxun could direct "The Book of Swords and Enmities".
But Zhang Huaxun had suffered too much criticism at that time and did not dare to touch such subjects again, so he could only reluctantly refuse.
Now that Yang Ye has done a series of things to protect him, he has to bear much less criticism, and he has Wang Yang's support, so he has nothing to worry about.
Yang Ye quickly arranged for them to meet Jin Yong. Wang Yang and Zhang Huaxun were very familiar with Jin Yong's novels, and they had a very congenial chat.
Since The Book of Swords is too long to be included in one movie, Jin Yong's script divided the movie into two parts, namely "Jiangnan Book of Swords" and "Gobi Enmity".
These two movies were directed by Ann Hui in the original time and space, and the filming was only so-so, although they grossed a combined box office of 10 million Hong Kong dollars.
Xu Anhua's style is not suitable for martial arts movies, because martial arts movies not only have to have good-looking fights, but also have smooth and concise stories.
This is Xu Anhua's weak point, or it is not weak, but her focus is not here.
If we compare movies to literary genres, some directors’ movies are a wonderful novel, and some directors’ movies are a beautiful poem.
Anna Hui is different, her movies are like essays.
She is not telling a story, but showing a cross-section of a certain period and a certain event.
Such a movie would look very bland, so her movie has a very narrow audience.
Just like many people like to read novels, there are also many who like to use poetry to show off, but not many people like to read prose.
When it comes to character selection, the actor who plays the male lead, Chen Jialuo, is naturally none other than Jet Li, because this drama was written for him.
Although "Sword Rain" grossed HK$16 million in Hong Kong, Hong Kong film companies were afraid of offending Taiwan, so no one dared to hire Jet Li to film.
So Yang Ye could only act for Jet Li by himself.
That's why Yang Yecai personally went to Jin Yong to become a screenwriter and wrote this "Book, Sword, Enmity and Enmity".
And this time, in the selection of roles, actors from Hong Kong and Taiwan are not used, but mainland actors.
Abandon the Taiwan market directly and only release it in mainland China, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia.
This time filming Shujian, Yang Ye made up for the regret of filming Shaolin Temple.
In addition to Li Lianjie playing Chen Jialuo, the chief helmsman of the Red Flower Club, Yang Ye also appointed Yu Chenghui to play the second master Wuchen Taoist priest, and Yu Hai to play the third master Zhao Banshan.
Taoist Master Wuchen is a top swordsman in the original work, and Yu Chenghui is a contemporary swordsman. Having him play the role can be said to complement each other.
Zhao Banshan is a Tai Chi master in the original work, and Yu Hai often plays Tai Chi masters in later film and television works.
For example, in "The Master of Tai Chi", he plays Wu Jing's master. He is a master of Tai Chi, which is also very suitable for him.
Then there is the heroine Princess Xiangxiang. Among the twelve versions of Shujian in the past, only Xu Anhua’s version chose a tribesman to play the role. The other versions were all made up of mainlanders.
However, Xu Anhua's version of Shujian was only filmed in 1987. The ethnic beauty Ayinur who played Princess Xiangxiang in it is still a loli, so Yang Ye can only replace her.
Yang Ye said: "I watched a mainland movie called "Afanti" some time ago. The girl who played Laili in it was pretty good-looking. I think she is suitable to play Princess Xiangxiang. Can Director Wang find her?"
Wang Yang said: ""Afanti" was produced by Tianshan Film Factory. I'll find a way to second it. It's not a big problem!"
Yang Ye said: "Then please!"
Wang Yang smiled and said: "Mr. Yang is very familiar with the mainland."
Yang Ye smiled and said: "It's not familiar, but I am doing this now, so I will know it better."
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In the hotel room, Liu Xiaoqing was tortured by Yang Ye for half a night, and his voice was almost hoarse.
Yang Ye smiled and said: "Xiao Qing, you are so passionate!"
Liu Xiaoqing lay on Yang Ye's strong chest, raised his head slightly, and looked at Yang with a satisfied look on his face. Ye, said: "You are so awesome, I can't help it."
Yang Ye was very proud, slapped her on the buttocks, laughed and scolded: "Little slut, your husband can't Are you satisfied? ”
Liu Xiaoqing pouted and said: "I divorced him!"
"Why?"
"I didn't let him touch me. When he got angry, he beat me. I Just divorce him."
"This is your fault, you are husband and wife, this kind of thing is natural!"
"Then I am yours now, you hope. If another man fucks me, will I cuckold you?”
"Ah...that makes sense." Yang Ye nodded.
On second thought, it makes sense.
When I cheat on Liu Xiaoqing, I cuckold Wang Li. If Wang Li cheats on Liu Xiaoqing, what does that have to do with me?
Liu Xiaoqing put her arms around Yang Ye's neck and said seriously: "Since I followed you, I have learned what it means to be a man! Apart from you, I will never take other men to heart in this world. Only you can do it, no one else can do it to me."
Yang Ye was shocked!
Is this what Liu Xiaoqing said?
But after thinking about it carefully, Yang Ye found that he was influenced by the entertainment information of later generations and formed a stereotype towards Liu Xiaoqing.
In later generations of entertainment novels, Liu Xiaoqing's image has always been that of a bad guy.
But if you look at it based on her life experience, it is true that this woman is scheming and knows her own advantages to climb up.
Only in terms of relationships, Liu Xiaoqing’s actual situation may subvert ordinary people’s perceptions.
She is a love brain!
Every time she falls in love with a man, she will pour out her heart and soul and give everything she has.
For example, take Jiang Wen. In order to make Jiang Wen popular, Liu Xiaoqing went everywhere to find resources for him.
Jiang Wen wanted to be a director, and it was Liu Xiaoqing who sought investment from across the Taiwan Strait and three places.
The filming of "Sunny Days" finally started, but Jiang Wen exceeded the budget by 10 million again.
In the Mainland in the 1990s, the cost of making a movie exceeded 10 million. I have to say that Jiang Wen is really a damn talent.
It was Liu Xiaoqing who spent all his savings and finally asked someone to borrow three million to complete the movie.
Of course, Jiang Wen is also a grateful person.
Later something happened to Liu Xiaoqing, and it was Jiang Wen who ran around to fish her out.
Anyway, Liu Xiaoqing made Yang Ye very happy, he felt very happy doing it, and his words also made Yang Ye very happy.
Yang Ye pinched her white hair and said: "Then you have to think clearly. If we are just in love, I will not interfere in your private affairs, but if you want to be my woman..."
Liu Xiaoqing said: "You are a big shot, I am just a divorced woman. I have no extravagant expectations to marry you. As long as you don't dislike me, I am willing to follow you for the rest of my life." Yang Ye was very satisfied and said: "Xiao Qing, don't belittle yourself. I can see that you are a capable, hard-working woman with both talent and ambition.
Sooner or later I will enter the mainland market. , you have to help me build an outpost and make more friends in the literary and art circles. When the policy is relaxed, it will be the time for us to make great achievements."
When Liu Xiaoqing heard this, he suddenly became energetic and said: "What should be done specifically?"
Yang Ye said: "I heard that there is a popular activity among mainland artists now. It's called acupuncture. Have you ever done it?"
Liu Xiaoqing said in surprise: "You even know this?"
Yang Ye smiled and said: "Hong Kong artists are also leaving, but the name is different. We call it notice. And you are leaving secretly without telling the company. But my agency will take the initiative to help the artists find work."
Liu Xiaoqing was even more surprised; "Can this be the case?"
"What's the point? The company also makes money, and we take a commission. Of course, we will also protect the rights and interests of artists and protect them from being Bullying.”
Liu Xiaoqing sighed: "I'm so envious. I participated once or twice because of my friends' reputation, but I was deceived by acupuncture points. It was a waste of time and I didn't get any money. I have never participated again."
Yang Ye was stunned, doesn’t this woman love money very much? In the original time and space, she was able to move quickly through acupuncture, but now she actually stopped after doing it twice. What's going on?
Liu Xiaoqing said with some embarrassment: "The check of 200,000 Hong Kong dollars you gave me, I went to Shenzhen and exchanged it for a large amount of money.
I couldn't bear that much money. I didn’t know what to do, so I hid it under the bed for a while, then hid it in the cupboard, and then divided it several times before slowly depositing it into the bank.”
Yang Ye suddenly realized that the problem was with me.
A check written casually by Yang Ye made Liu Xiaoqing a little rich woman. Naturally, she looked down on the tiring and risky activities of making dozens of dollars at a time and being cheated if she wasn't careful.
Because acupuncture is illegal, if the company is serious, it may be punished, so it often happens that acupuncture points are used to make money and run away, and the artists who have been cheated have no way to appeal, so they can only admit it. plant.
Yang Ye said: "After you go back, you can do acupuncture yourself, win over artists, help them make money, and keep clear accounts, never cheat anyone, and build a good reputation. I believe in your ability, you can definitely do it Okay."
Liu Xiaoqing nodded and said, "If you ask me to do it, I will do it!"
Yang Ye said: "Is the mainland's film industry undergoing restructuring this year? br>
Liu Xiaoqing said: "Yes, starting from this year, the film industry will be stipulated as an enterprise, with independent accounting and responsibility for its own profits and losses. Film studios need to raise their own funds, realize production profits, and pay taxes to the country."
Yang Ye said: "The reform is comprehensive and will happen in all walks of life. The days of eating from a big pot are gone forever. It won't be long before those artists in state-owned units will leave their original units and make a living on their own.
My artist management company in Hong Kong holds nearly half of Hong Kong’s artist resources and is very profitable. The reason why I let you manage the network is... I hope to open a similar management company in the mainland in the future!"
Liu Xiaoqing! Then I realized that Yang Ye’s goal was so lofty.
This includes not only preparations for rainy days, but also predictions of future policy trends.
Liu Xiaoqing admired Yang Ye so much that he admired him and said: "I understand. I will definitely do this well. When I get back, I will lead them to make money and help you catch all those artists."
Yang Ye shook his head and said: "It's not about helping me, it's about helping us!"
"Yes, it's about helping us!" Liu Xiaoqing became more motivated after hearing this.
Yang Ye was also very motivated. He said: "Get down!"
"What?"
"I want to do acupuncture too!"
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The Academy Awards have not yet started, and the trio from Beijing Film Studio were invited to visit the Golden Melody Awards.
Last year, Zhang Minyi agreed with TVB and ATV that the two channels would take turns hosting the Academy Awards and Golden Melody Awards.
This year it is ATV’s turn to host the Golden Melody Awards.
This year's emcees are ATV's Paul Chung and Deborah, and they work well together.
Yang Ye didn’t release any songs last year, so he didn’t get the award, so he just sat down and clapped his hands.
This year’s best Mandarin song went to Liu Wenzheng’s “Light Rain in March”, while the Cantonese song went to Leslie Cheung’s “Monica”.
At the beginning of last year, Zhang Guorong's "The Wind Keeps Blowing" sold 200,000 copies in Southeast Asia, making Zhang Guorong famous.
Zheng Donghan continued his efforts and released another album for Leslie Cheung.
This song "Monica" is the title song of the album.
"Monica" is a divine song that established Leslie Cheung's status as a superstar in the music industry. It was originally not released until 1984. It was a cover of the song "Monica" of the same name by Japanese singer Yoshikawa Koji.
Yang Ye naturally copied it in advance, which directly helped Leslie Cheung's singing career reach its peak.
In order to test the reaction of the Japanese market, Yang Ye pulled Chen Long and Yuan Biao to form a singing and dancing group that was not doing their job properly. They also released an album "The Face Dance Club", and the response was very good.
So Yang Ye decided to carry forward this style and directly put Zhang Guorong on the altar with "Monica".
What’s so cool about the song “Monica”?
This song broke the previous lyrical style of the Hong Kong music scene. With its youthful and passionate interpretation, it created a craze of fast singing and dancing. It became one of the landmark works in the history of Hong Kong pop music, influencing both the industry and the public. Profound.
It injected a new vitality of singing and dancing into the Hong Kong music scene and became the originator of Cantonese singing.
It has such a high status, but it is a cover work, which sounds really discouraging.
So, Yang Ye had to reluctantly take it as his own.
Zhang Guorong came to the stage excitedly and raised the trophy high!
After thanking a bunch of people, Zhang Guorong finally said: "The person I want to thank most is Mr. Yang Ye, who is my boss. Two years ago, I wanted to ask him to help write songs, but he said no. Empty. But I know he is soft-spoken. After all, I am a beautiful singer. How could he not appreciate it? In the end, he helped me write this song "Monica" and made me famous in Asia."
" Hahahaha!" The audience burst into laughter!
After Leslie Cheung came down with the trophy, Deborah smiled and said: "Everyone knows now that Mr. Yang has a hard mouth but a soft heart. I will come to the door tomorrow with a gift and ask Mr. Yang to write a song for me!"
Zhong Paulo said: “I’m going to go, is there anyone else going?”
Everyone below raised their hands and booed, and the scene was very lively!
Watching this scene, Liu Xiaoqing admired Yang Ye even more and found it very interesting. After all, award shows in the Mainland are very serious, how can they be as noisy as in Hong Kong!
The next best album was awarded to Rowan's "Flower", which has the theme of "flower". All 13 songs are named after Chinese flowers, creating the first concept album of Hong Kong pop music. It has a high artistic content and deserves the award.
According to normal circumstances, the award ceremony should have ended here.
But I heard Deborah say on the stage: "Now the highest honor of the Chinese Music Golden Melody Award, the Golden Needle Award!"
Paul Chung explained: "The record players we use to play records, the needles in them are particularly important for the quality of the songs played. The golden needles are the highest quality, which means eternity.
Therefore, the Golden Melody Awards Organizing Committee decided to People who have made outstanding contributions to the music industry are called "Golden Needles" and are awarded the Golden Needle Award
in recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions in the field of Chinese pop music."
Deborah said: "The Golden Needle! The award will not be awarded every year. Only when someone who is qualified to win the award will appear on the stage of the Golden Melody Award!"
Zhong Paulo said: "Then, the first artist to win the Golden Needle Award! It’s... Yang Ye! ”
Deborah said: "I invite Mr. Jin Yong to present the award to Yang Ye!"
The whole audience stood up. Amidst a burst of warm applause, Yang Ye straightened his clothes, took Lijun Deng who was sitting next to him, and called his friends. Friends, surrounded by Zheng Donghan, Alan Tam, Leslie Cheung, Chen Xiuwen and others, walked onto the stage together.
(End of this chapter)