Chapter 354 New Photographer
Since the launch of "Food Truck" in 1978, Yang Ye, Chen Long and others have continued to show off their "light kung fu" in various kung fu movies, making this emerging sport Gradually spread throughout the world.
Young men in many cities started by imitating the movements in movies, then gradually learned some experience and gradually fell in love with this sport.
They often gather in every corner of the city to communicate and discuss together, gradually forming a unique cultural circle.
"Qinggong" has become a kind of street culture like "street dance". It also has a formal English word "chongKung", which was included in the Oxford Dictionary.
Yang Ye and his friends have been consciously guiding this culture, so that every time they release a new movie, they show off a "light kung fu" based on local conditions.
In particular, Yang Ye successively released two movies, "Violent Street" and "Boxing Fighter", which fully demonstrated "Qing Gong" and greatly promoted this trend.
Due to the expansion of the circle, some newcomers who do not know whether to live or die blindly blend in in order to chase the trend. Various incidents of being injured or even losing their lives due to suicide often occur.
Under this situation, Yang Ye made the decision to launch a documentary about "Qing Gong".
Now, "City Rush: The Secret of Qing Kung" is finally out, and it was quietly launched in North America a week before Halloween.
60% of the content of this documentary is clips of Yang Ye, Chen Long, Yuan Biao, Jet Li, Donnie Yen... and many other dragon and tiger martial arts masters while filming the movie.
The other 40% of the content is their interviews with these people.
Includes explanations on how to complete some cool moves, as well as some individual "Qing Kung" demonstrations.
Of course, in addition to those cool show-off moves, there are also many negative cases where show-off failed and resulted in a bloody head injury.
Moreover, every time you pretend to be cool, regardless of success or failure, there will be a warning about dangerous actions and non-professionals not to imitate them.
In the documentary, Yang Yegui talked about ancient Chinese martial arts and opera culture, calling them the "origins" of Qinggong.
As for the "Qing Kung" they promoted in the movie, it was created for the purpose of making movies, combining opera, martial arts, track and field, gymnastics, rock climbing and other sports.
There is no doubt that Yang Ye is the founder of "Qing Gong" and a great master.
And Chen Long, Jet Li, Yuen Biao, Donnie Yen, Hui Yinghong, Li Saifeng, Binnie, Tom Cruise, Isabelle Adjani... are his followers!
Hmm... It's a bit like the thirteen disciples of Jesus and the seventy-two disciples of Confucius.
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As soon as "City Rush: The Secret of Qing Gong" was released in theaters in North America, countless hip-hop young people who love "Qing Gong" made a pilgrimage to the cinema.
One week after its release, it recorded a box office of US$5.18 million, which is very impressive for a documentary.
Shay sighed: "I really didn't expect that a documentary could sell for so much money! If this continues, it might break 10 million. Nick, you are really amazing."
Yang Ye smiled calmly and said: "This shows that the sport of 'Qing Gong' has a very broad foundation among the people. There are many introductions about Qing Gong movements in this documentary. They will naturally go to the cinema to check it out. After all.”
Xie Yi said: "If your 'Qing Gong' continues to develop like this, won't it become a popular culture like 'Hip-hop'?"
Yang Ye said: "'Qing Gong' is cooler than 'Hip-hop', but the barriers to entry are also higher. High, I think its mass base may not be as good as 'hip-hop'.
However, 'hip-hop' is a spontaneous group creation, while 'qinggong' was invented by me for the purpose of making movies. , Jack, and the promotion of my disciples.
It’s hard to say what will happen in the future. However, there is some overlap between these two groups. Often hip-hop masters are also Qinggong enthusiasts. I think they may coexist. Go down!”
Yang Ye did not say his follow-up plan. In fact, Yang Ye’s plan is:
When "Qing Gong" becomes popular to a certain extent, a sum of money will be used to fund "Qing Gong" competitions around the world!
In the end, just like hip-hop, a worldwide organization was established, such as the "World Qinggong Federation".
In short, it is to contribute money and effort to promote the globalization of the "Qing Gong" movement.
In the era when Yang Ye originally lived, "parkour" became popular in the UK in 2002. It developed very rapidly and was favored by young people. In just two decades, it has become popular in many countries and regions around the world.
Yang Ye started it decades in advance and promoted it consciously. He is really looking forward to how big this sport will develop in his lifetime.
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The plane landed at Los Angeles International Airport, and a lean Chinese man walked down the hanging ladder in an excited mood.
He has a horse face with deep wrinkles, just like the yellow land where he was born and raised.
After following the crowd through the checkpoint, his triangular eyes searched the crowd who came to pick him up.
Soon, he saw a beautiful woman holding a sign with his name written on it: Zhang Yimou.
Zhang Yimou walked over quickly and said to the beautiful woman holding a sign and wearing sunglasses: "Hello, I am Zhang Yimou!"
Hu Yinmeng took off his sunglasses and looked at this girl curiously. A man like an old farmer.
Zhang Yimou's outfit is really weird, a gray suit, a white shirt, a slightly crooked tie, black pants, and brown leather shoes, all nondescript.
Hu Yinmeng didn't know that this outfit was borrowed by Zhang Yimou with great difficulty. It was his first time going abroad, so he couldn't be embarrassed.
However, Zhang Yimou is the photographer designated by Yang Ye for his new film. The person designated by Yang Ye naturally has two brushes, so Hu Yinmeng did not despise him because of this. He stretched out his delicate hand and said: " Hello Mr. Zhang!”
Zhang Yimou shook hands with Hu Yinmeng politely and said: "Hello, what is your surname?"
"Your surname is Hu, I am Mr. Yang's secretary."
Zhang Yimou said solemnly : "Hello, Secretary Hu!"
Hu Yinmeng nodded and said, "Let's go!"
Zhang Yimou followed Hu Yinmeng out of the airport and got into a BMW.
After driving for a while, the bustling urban atmosphere of Los Angeles hit your face.
Zhang Yimou looked out the window at the endless stream of cars and the endless high-rise buildings, feeling extremely shocked.
"This...is America!" Zhang Yimou said in his heart.
For many Chinese people in this era, the United States is a serious beacon of humanity.
After Zhang Yimou arrived in the United States, his mentality of "Grandma Liu enters the Grand View Garden" is understandable.
The car soon arrived in Hollywood, and Hu Yinmeng arranged for Zhang Yimou to be sent to a hotel.
As soon as he went upstairs, a man who was also very lean walked towards him. The man smiled and said: "Miss Hu, we have brought you back!"
Hu Yinmeng smiled and clicked. He nodded and said: "Master Ba, where are you going?"
This person is naturally Yuan Heping, he is the action director of "Kill Bill".
Yuan Heping is known as "Eighth Master", not because he is the eighth, but actually the eldest in his family.
In many industries in Hong Kong, people who have just started out are usually called Zai, such as "Star Zai". When you have status, you can call him brother, just like "Brother Xing"!
When you become a leader in the industry, you will be called "Master", such as "Master Xing"!
Yuan Heping was highly respected in the martial arts world, and he was ranked the eldest. The eldest brother was his uncle, so everyone respectfully called him "Uncle".
Because of the homophonic relationship, people spread rumors and became "Eighth Master".
People who are close to him, such as Yang Ye, Chen Long, etc., jokingly call him "Big Eyes"!
Yuan Heping said: "Master Yang is inviting us to dinner, let's go together!"
Hu Yinmeng said: "Okay, wait a moment. Oh, by the way, this is from the mainland. Photographer Zhang. "
Yuan Heping shook hands with Zhang Yimou curiously. He was a little confused as to why Yang Ye wanted to use a photographer from the mainland this time.
To be honest, the mainland's film industry is very backward, and the so-called fifth-generation directors have not yet emerged. People in the Hong Kong film industry, as leaders in Asia, look down on these idiots.
However, Yuan Heping did not dare to look down on the people Yang Ye found, and politely exchanged a few words with Zhang Yimou.
Zhang Yimou put his luggage in the room and followed Hu Yinmeng and Yuan Heping to the restaurant.
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This is the second time Zhang Yimou met Yang Ye.
The first time was four years ago, when Yang Ye gave a speech at the Beijing Film Academy and brought a film called "Terminator" that shocked him to this day.
A month ago, he received a notice from the factory asking him to go to the United States to serve as the photographer for Yang Ye's new film.
Zhang Yimou was confused. He didn't understand why Yang Ye chose him, a newcomer who had just graduated from the film school two years ago.
What follows is a huge sense of excitement. As a young man with artistic pursuits, being able to become a photographer for an international director, that feeling is indescribable.
Although they are in the United States, the people in Yang Ye’s team eat Chinese food. There were a lot of people gathered around three large round tables, chatting while eating, and the atmosphere was very lively.
Yang Ye didn't show any special reaction to Zhang Yimou's arrival. He just smiled and nodded to him, asked him to sit at the same table with him, and then turned to chat with Hu Yinmeng.
However, Zhang Yimou could tell that Yang Ye had no airs about him, and he enjoyed chatting with everyone while eating. Very approachable.
But they were all in Cantonese, and Zhang Yimou couldn’t understand a word.
Being unfamiliar with the person and unable to understand what he was saying, Zhang Yimou simply immersed himself in his work.
It is a pity that although it is a table of delicious food, Zhang Yimou is not used to it.
He likes to eat noodles, with spicy food and pickles, it’s delicious!
Zhang Yimou saw that everyone was eating a dish of chicken on the table, which was very delicious.
That is the whole chicken cut up and placed on the plate. The chicken skin is orange and the color is attractive. It looks delicious.
So I took a piece, dipped it in some sauce, took a bite, and almost vomited.
“Damn, what a broken chicken, it’s still bloody.”
Zhang Yimou cursed in his heart, and quickly drank a sip of tea, trying not to vomit.
Yang Ye suddenly said to him: "Mr. Zhang, I have watched the two movies that you worked as a photographer, "One and Eight" and "Yellow Earth", and they were very interesting.
I am friends with Wang Yang, the director of Beijing Film Studio. I called him and hoped that he could help contact Wu Tianming, the director of your Xi Film Studio, and lend you to help me make this movie."
< br>Zhang Yimou said humbly: "Director Yang, you can just call me Xiaomou. I feel very honored to be the photographer in your movie."
Xiaomou? Why does it sound so doting? Worri, so disgusting!
Yang Ye said: "You are older than me, so it is inappropriate to call you Mouzi. When I went to the capital before, I heard that people there always have the character "子" after their names. Why don't I call you Mouzi? Okay! ”
Zhang Yimou nodded quickly and said, "Okay!"
Well, he is called Mouzi now. This guy is old, so he should be called Lao Mouzi next.
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After several months of preparation, people from all walks of life gathered in Los Angeles. On November 3, Yang Ye led the filming team to the Nevada desert to officially worship God and start filming!
After leading everyone to worship the second master, Yang Ye officially lifted the red cloth covering the camera and said: "I announce that "Kill Bill" has officially started shooting!"
Everyone shouted together: "Good luck!"
The movie "Kill Bill" has a lot of Asian scenes. When Quentin was initially planning the film, he originally planned to complete the filming in Tokyo, Japan.
But after calculating the cost, they found that it was too expensive, so they found an alternative: China.
Finally, all the interior scenes in Tokyo were filmed and set up at the Beijing Film Studio, while a smaller number of exterior scenes were taken from the Tokyo locations.
The same operation is done for Yangye... This can really save a lot of money.
Before planning to shoot "Kill Bill", Yang Ye called Wang Yang, director of Beijing Film Studio, hoping to jointly shoot the film with Beijing Film Studio.
This is a good thing. Wang Yang quickly agreed after reporting to his superiors.
The final shooting plan was that the scenes in North America only took fifteen working days, but it would take three months to shoot in China.
The first scene shot in North America was the church massacre.
The plot of this paragraph is: A member of the "Venom Assassination Team", codenamed "Black Mamba", is the protagonist Adjani. She found out that she was pregnant, and she was pregnant with the child of Bill, the leader of the assassination team. .
So, she left the assassination team, found an honest man to marry, and planned to give birth to a child and live a peaceful life.
Bill cannot tolerate his woman betraying him and the organization.
So, with the other four members of the assassination team, they bloodbathed the church.
This scene was very simple to shoot. The bride and the honest man she was looking for were rehearsing their wedding, and Bill suddenly came to the door.
The two sides had a conversation, and then the four killers broke into the church with guns and killed all the people in the church.
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The makeup artist put a plasma makeup on Adjani. She was wearing bridal makeup, covered in blood, lying on the ground, looking very scary.
After getting ready, the recorder wrote: "The first shot of the first scene of "Kill Bill", the first shooting, Action!"
Zhang Yimou pointed the handheld camera at Ajia Ni takes a close-up.
Another camera simultaneously filmed Bill slowly walking in from outside the church.
Adjani started to perform, her chest kept rising and falling, she was panting rapidly, big beads of sweat appeared on her forehead, and her expression was very painful.
Zhang Yimou was shocked. This actor’s acting skills are so awesome. He really deserves to be the Best Actress at Cannes!
(End of this chapter)