Chapter 304 The Layout of Nanyang
Yang Ye put his arms around Hu Yinmeng's slender waist, kissed her gently on the face, and said affectionately: "Yinyin, you have been running around for me during this time, you have worked hard. "
Hu Yinmeng received a lot of cold looks in Taiwan and felt a little aggrieved, and sighed: "It's a pity that it has little effect."
Yang Ye said: "It doesn't matter, Taiwan is not like a ban. Li Hanxiang ordered me to be banned. As long as we open a crack, we can slowly pry it open."
Hu Yinmeng felt a little confused when Yang Ye's big hand touched his waist.
She hadn't enjoyed Yang Ye's big eagle for a long time, and she said obsessedly: "Want me!"
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Yang Ye took Hu Yinmeng to Ziqi Company to check out "The Peacock King" 》Progress.
Walking into Yang Mingxin’s office, he found that Xu Ke and Cheng Xiaodong were also there. He smiled and said: "Director Xu, Director Cheng, you are such a rare visitor!"
The two stood up quickly and greeted Yang politely. Ye shook hands and explained the purpose of his visit. It turned out that he was doing post-production work for the martial arts movie "The Secret of Life and Death" that they were filming.
"The Secret of Life and Death" is Cheng Xiaodong's famous work. Cheng Xiaodong relied on this movie to establish his unconstrained action style.
The American Time magazine once invited 50 professionals who knew the action movie genre well to select the 101 greatest action movies of all time.
"The Secret of Life and Death" is among them, ranking 100th.
The ninja battle in the middle of the movie and the final life-and-death duel between Chinese and Japanese masters are simply amazing.
Cheng Xiaodong's fast action editing technique is undoubtedly very imaginative for martial arts films of this era.
Full of explosive power, all the moves are hearty, and the blood seals the throat without any sloppiness. Even if you watch it many years later, it will still be unconventional.
However... this style has been copied by Yang Ye with "Swordsman", so now he is just imitating Yang Ye.
Moreover, although the action design is beautiful, the traces of Wia that cannot be hidden are very unsightly.
So, when they found Ziqi Company this time, they naturally hoped to hide these traces.
This kind of thing is a piece of cake for Ziqi Company. After collecting 200,000 yuan, it was over quickly.
Cheng Xiaodong and Xu Ke came over to receive the goods and found that after removing the wires, Liu Songren and Xu Shaoqiang in the movie seemed to be able to fly to the sky and escape from the earth. They were so happy to watch.
But it’s so painful and expensive!
Afterwards, several people went to watch the post-production of "The Peacock Prince".
Cai Lam and Lan Naicai are also watching the post-production process at Ziqi Company. Hong Kong’s film industry is so big and everyone knows each other, so they say hello to each other.
In front of a computer, the staff is combining the special effects layer and the character layer.
I saw Yuan Biao making complicated gestures with both hands, a nine-character mantra in one move: Lin, Bing, Du, Zhe, Jie, Formation, Line, Forward, Line...
Suddenly, a wave of air came out, covering the screen The monster in it is knocked away.
This miraculous skill made Xu and Cheng look brilliant.
Yang Mingxin said proudly: "In the past, to make this kind of wave effect, you could only draw on film. It was very troublesome, soft, and the effect was very poor. Nowadays, it is very convenient to use computers to create it. "
Xu Ke sighed: "I didn't expect Ziqi Company's technology to be so advanced!"
Yang Ye said: "Relatively speaking, we are still slower than Hollywood. Hollywood began to use CG technology four years ago. The "Tron" released in Hollywood this year used computers on a large scale for image processing, and the effect was very good. Awesome."
Xu Ke nodded and said, "I've seen that movie too."
Xu Ke is a technical geek and dreams of filming "Shu Mountain". He came to Ziqi Company. More than once, every time I see those realistic props, I get itchy.
It's a pity that he never got the money, and it was all in vain.
During this period, Xu Ke was in frequent contact with Zou Wenhuai.
It's a pity that Zou Wenhuai was deceived by "Blade Runner" and was a little hesitant to make such a special effects blockbuster.
Yang Ye didn't tell the truth. Not only did he not tell the truth, he also planned to add some chips to Xu Ke.
This "The Peacock Prince" produced by Chua Lam and Lan Naicai looks pretty good. If it does well at the box office, it will definitely stimulate Zou Wenhuai to make up his mind.
Yang Ye asked Cai Lam: "How long will it take to finish this film?"
Cai Lan said: "It's almost time, adjust the effect of this wave, and it will be finished in a week at most. ”
Yang Ye said: "So fast? I thought it would be completed by the end of the year. I have seen the theater schedule before, and the schedule in the second half of the year is quite crowded. Do you want to go directly or wait until next year?"
Cai Lan was stunned. , and said: "Is it very crowded?"
Yang Yedao: "In September, I will film the Western film "Shanghai Noon" starring Aaron, in October I will film "Journey to the Raging Sea" produced by Sister Meng, and in November I will film the film The Western film "First Blood", Sanmao's "The Scary Man" is on the Christmas screen. In addition, the three Aaron brothers are about to start filming "Plan A", either for Christmas or Spring Festival. Oh, Xinyi. There are still several films waiting in the city, including McDonald’s films, let alone those from other small companies.”
When Cai Lan heard this, Yang Ye, Chen Long and Hong Jingbao couldn’t be offended. From now on, Xia Meng’s movie "Running to the Angry Sea" seems to be easy to bully.
Xu Anhua makes literary films, and there are no big names in the film, so how can it get any box office?
Cai Lan planned to pick up a soft persimmon and squeeze it, then said: "Can we go up in October? In September, we will go to the midnight stall first and try the reaction."
Yang Yexin said, do you think " "Run to the Angry Sea" is a soft persimmon, but it is a piece of iron.
Yang Ye said: "You guys, please discuss with Manager Jiang and ask him to stagger your and Sister Meng's films by half a month as much as possible. Also, go to the publicity department to communicate, make a plan, and start publicity first."
Cai Lan nodded and said hello, and Yang Ye added: "In Japan, I personally told President Kadokawa to start a publicity plan and let's have a simultaneous release."
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The competition in Japan is even fiercer. It has to compete with Japanese movies and Hollywood at the same time. Chua Lam doesn't expect to get a good schedule. It would be good if the whole movie can be released simultaneously.
Cai Lan said hello again.
Yang Ye said: "By the way, how about you and I go to Singapore in a while?"
Cai Lan asked strangely: "Why are you going to Singapore?"
Yang Ye said: "Aren't you a Singaporean? Be a guide for me. I'll go there to discuss some cooperation."
It didn't matter, Cai Lan agreed casually.
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After the route was decided, Lin Baocheng, Jiang Zhiqiang, and Huang Xizhao began to travel frequently to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore on business.
As for Yang Ye, he only waited until the matter was almost settled before finally taking action. It was impossible to go into battle shirtless in the early stage.
Jiang Zhiqiang inspected Singapore and Malaysia, and first met with Robert Kuok, the boss of the local Rainbow Group.
Robert Kuok is the Sugar King of Malaysia. His Rainbow Group is a shopping mall manufacturer with assets of approximately MYR 50 million.
This is not a lot of money, but the shopping mall in his hands is very good and suitable for opening a movie theater.
Lin Baocheng went directly to invest, seeking to open Donglai Plaza to Singapore and Malaysia.
Huang Xizhao went to Singapore to discuss with SMG about investing in an entertainment company and co-producing a TV series there.
All work is going on in an orderly manner, and Yang Ye is preparing for his new film while gathering the news coming back.
This new film needed a capable second male lead to fight alongside him, so Yang Ye called Donnie Yen back.
Donnie Yen was sent to Thailand by Yang Ye some time ago to practice Muay Thai with Prayuth Chan-ocha.
Donnie Yen has Tai Chi in his family. He went to the capital and learned national standard martial arts. After returning to Hong Kong with Yang Ye, Yang Ye asked him to learn free fighting from Binny and finally practice Muay Thai.
At this point, his martial arts system has been very rich.
Yang Ye tried Donnie Yen's skills and was very satisfied and said: "During this period, let me practice Qing Kung first!" Qing Kung is the parkour of later generations, but Yang Ye secretly changed it. name.
As Yang Ye, Chen Long and others continue to demonstrate their Qinggong skills in movies such as "Food Truck" and "Terminator", they have gained many fans around the world.
Many young people followed the movements in the movie and regarded them as fashion, which became popular.
Yang Ye decided to strengthen the concept of Qinggong, so he planned to launch "Violent Street".
"Violent Street" is a French movie with a very simple plot. The main attraction is the miraculous parkour display of the two leading actors.
The story roughly tells that in the future, the underworld is rampant in Paris, France. The gang headed by the drug lord Taha is even more rampant, and even the local police are afraid of it.
The weak police cannot fight against the powerful gangs and can only use walls and fortifications to isolate the areas where the criminals are located.
In this place called "Area 13", there is a mixture of good and bad. The young gangster Leto refuses Taha's drug business, and the two sides have a fierce conflict.
Leto originally took Taha to the police station, but was tricked by the corrupt police. Not only was Taha at large, Leto's sister Lola was also taken away by the drug lord.
Six months later, the agile policeman Damiere received a difficult case.
A powerful neutron bomb was hijacked during transportation and fell into Taha's hands.
In order to prevent the bomb from exploding, Damiere must recover the bomb within 24 hours.
He had to turn to Leto, who was waiting for an opportunity to rescue his sister...
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Yang Ye changed the place of the story to Hong Kong, and there was a ready-made man in District 13 The place is Kowloon Walled City, which is very suitable.
Parkouring in Kowloon Walled City is quite cool.
The time when the story takes place has also been changed to the future.
Then the name of the protagonist was changed, Leto was renamed Luo Lei, and Yang Ye played the role himself. The younger sister Lola is just called Lola. The original version was a sweet-looking and petite French girl, so it was very suitable for Li Saifeng to play the role.
It is worth mentioning that the heroine’s name is Dany Warisimo, and she has joined Woodpecker.
LSP knows what a woodpecker is, search it yourself.
The second male protagonist, policeman Damier, directly uses Donnie Yen's English name Danny.
The big villain K2 in the movie was played by Cheng Kui'an.
Since Cheng Kui'an finished starring in "The Terminator" with Yang Ye, he has often starred as villains in various Hong Kong films and has prospered.
In the preparatory stage of the movie, there were many good news. "Shanghai Noon" combines kung fu movies and western movies, which is very suitable for the appetite of North American audiences. It sold 30 million US dollars at the box office, allowing Chen Long to fight a turnaround, and Tom Cruise also became famous with this movie.
In Hong Kong, things are a little acclimated. With Chen Long’s fame, he barely exceeded 15 million, which is not satisfactory.
Fortunately, it is much higher than the previous film "The Killer". The box office of "The Killer" in Hong Kong was just over 5 million, which is terrible. This time it can be regarded as a redemption.
"Into the Wrath" was originally not optimistic, but it was a surprise after its release. The box office soared by 16 million, breaking the box office record of literary and artistic films. With this battle, Xu Anhua became a god and promoted to the first new wave director.
Artistic films are already big winners of awards, but they end up being huge box-office hits. This is totally unreasonable.
The following "Maurion" was released simultaneously in Japan and Hong Kong. It sold 1.8 billion yen in Japan and 18 million in Hong Kong. Yuen Biao relied on this film to consolidate his popularity in Japan.
The terrifying scene of the hell messenger's transformation in the movie scared many viewers into crying.
Three movies in a row have been hits, and Asian film companies have come to buy the films. Next, they will attack all Asia.
Unfortunately, "Shanghai Noon" was blocked by Taiwan because it went to the Forbidden City for filming.
Yuan Biao previously starred in "Sword Rain", which caused "Peacock King" to be blocked in Taiwan.
The filming of "Journey to the Angry Sea" went to Hainan Island, but was also blocked by Taiwan.
Three consecutive films were blocked by Taiwan. Some Hong Kong filmmakers were saddened, while others were gloating about their misfortune.
However, after they laughed a few times, they stopped laughing.
Although they are banned in Taiwan, they are still selling well at the box office in North America and Japan. In comparison, Taiwan’s box office is nothing?
Even if it sells for NT$20 million, it is only converted into HK$4 million. Compared with the Japanese and North American markets, is it nothing?
Not a hair!
Even if "Journey to the Raging Sea" fails to sell money in Japan and North America, so what? Hong Kong is full of food, and if you travel around Southeast Asia, it’s all about money!
Taiwan is also riding a tiger and is unable to get off. It is the sharpest weapon to block people. People don't take it seriously. What can you do?
In anger, Taiwan almost banned the entire Baiyang Pictures, but Yang Ye sent Hu Yinmeng to spread connections and money around Taiwan some time ago.
China Film Chairman Gu Zhenfu, the Second Young Master, and some officials who had received Yang Ye's benefits all had ambiguous attitudes.
This ban order was not issued after all.
As long as the poplar leaves remain in this state, the rest is to grind and boil slowly.
Anyway, Jianfeng doesn’t have a good life for a few more years, and full opening up will be a matter of time.
"Qi Men Dun Jia", "Shanghai Noon", "Journey to the Raging Sea", and "The Maurya" have four consecutive films dominating the scene in three months. Films from New Art City also performed well, Baiyang Cinema Line Entering its peak period.
Next, three movies will be released at Baiyang Cinema: "Rambo", "The Scary Man" and "Plan A".
These are masterpieces by Yang Ye, Chen Long, Hong Jingbao, Yuan Biao and others, and they are almost guaranteed to explode.
There is no doubt that in 1982, the entire second half of the year was Baiyang Cinema.
Moreover, in the first half of the year, Baiyang Cinema Line also released high-grossing movies such as "The Best Partner", "Sword Rain" and "Pretty Girl".
After a whole year like this, among the three major cinema chains in Hong Kong, the box office output of Poplar Cinema will probably exceed 80%.
Being worthy of the name, one family is the dominant one, and it is terrible to see that the theaters of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers are depleted.
Seeing that the movie market is so booming, Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest can only drink soup. They are all suffering.
Of course, while the flowers are blooming, there are also undercurrents.
Because the three brothers Yang Ye, Chen Long and the newly rising Li Lianjie are too strong, New Art City cannot get a good slot at all.
Although Yang Ye has expressed his attitude, fair competition will not prevent New Art City from being released in popular schedules.
But how can New Art City beat those monsters Yang Ye and Chen Long?
They have begun to wonder whether to quit Baiyang and form another theater chain.
Lei Juekun was a little bit stuck. He didn't expect Xinyi City to be so powerful.
Now that I think about it, buying a stake in Baiyang Cinemas was a bad move.
However, Baiyang Cinema Line was making money every day, so he was reluctant to quit the Baiyang Cinema Line and form another one.
Nima, I have a headache!
Shao Yifu's situation is getting increasingly difficult and he has begun to think about quitting.
Zou Wenhuai, however, was very motivated. Seeing Bai Yang's special effects blockbuster "Peacock King" selling well at the box office in Japan, he finally decided to invest 25 million Hong Kong dollars to help Xu Ke create "The New Legend of Shushan Swordsman".
But who could know that stepping on the horse is a dead move?
(End of this chapter)