"Ming Pao" has great influence among Hong Kong's middle class, and Hong Kong's cultural celebrities also like to open columns in "Ming Pao".
Literary romance films like "Lover" are very popular among this group of people.
Suddenly, many celebrities commented on "Lover" in columns.
In addition to praising the movie itself, most of them also focused on stories outside of the movie.
That is, how did Yang Ye ask Duras to modify the script?
For example, Liang Yanni wrote:
When reading the novel "The Lover", my emotions naturally followed Duras' words.
For the Chinese man inside, I have mixed emotions of dependence, vanity and disgust, and finally I find a wandering and unexpected love.
While watching the movie, I liked this man so much.
The heroine in the movie got everything she desired from him.
Consideration, admiration, carelessness with money, physical contact, talking and listening, everything has emotion in it.
He is a perfect lover and the prince that all girls dream of!
As far as I know, this is not because Yang Ye deliberately modified the script or made it up randomly for the sake of his own image.
This script was modified by Duras himself.
It is said that Yang Ye changed Duras with a letter, and then Duras spent a full five months rewriting the story, overturning everything before it.
The story outside of this movie, in my opinion, is more exciting than the movie.
I really want to know what Yang Ye said to Duras?
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Female authors pay more attention to emotional issues.
Male authors, such as Huang Zhan, in addition to praising Sophie Marceau's good body, expressed envy of Yang Ye's beauty.
It focused more on the impact of script adaptation on the image of Chinese people.
I think what Yang Ye did in this matter is a model for the descendants of Yan and Huang.
This is a very high praise!
However, Yang Ye actually allowed a prestigious French writer to overturn his own award-winning work. Huang Zhan couldn't accept it.
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Overnight, word of mouth changed!
Yang Ye, who was infamous yesterday, has become a national hero again in the blink of an eye, and his image is even more impressive!
In the Shadow Man Teahouse, Run Run Shaw read the newspaper and said, somewhat dumbfounded: "This Ah Ye, you have expected this to happen!"
Fang Yihua said angrily: "These It turned out that the article was written by someone else. "
Shao Yifu knew that his concubine hated Yang Ye very much, so he said nonchalantly: "Turn your hands to make clouds, and turn your hands to make rain. When I was young, I did. It can’t be done!”
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Oriental Daily newspaper headline: "Lover raked in 3 million box office in five hours!" "
"Lover" was released at 7pm on Christmas Eve, attracting a large number of couples to watch.
The film schedule that night was once as high as 60%, and it was still hard to get a ticket in all theaters in Hong Kong.
In just five hours, the box office exceeded 3 million, ranking first in the box office rankings that day...
At the end of the article, the five scenes of Yang Ye and Sophie Marceau in the movie were described in detail in extremely salty and wet terms.
Every newspaper reader feels itchy and wants to rush into the cinema to see it.
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"With this power, whoever comes and who dies, fortunately "Mr. Zombie" is not in the Christmas slot."
He Guanchang threw down the "Oriental Daily" in his hand , sighed helplessly.
Zou Wenhuai wanted to laugh a little, thinking to himself, weren't you a pity that "Mr. Zombie" didn't come to the Christmas show?
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Yang Ye's reputation has improved, and the five scenes of meaty scenes with great gimmicks have attracted a large number of audiences to the cinema to see it.
In this case, the two movies "Christmas Adventure" and "Merry Christmas" were very unlucky.
Due to the enthusiastic market response to "Lover", the theater alliance immediately removed the movie that was released two weeks ago.
Then we started cutting down the schedule for the three blockbusters released a week ago.
The two movies, "Christmas Adventure" and "Happy Paradise", due to poor attendance, have been cut down to single digits, and they are all in garbage time slots.
In a good time, you can only watch others make money.
Chen Long's "Police Story" has not been affected at all. The attendance rate is stable, and the cut film cannot be a blow to him.
Debao and Xinyi City are very unhappy, but it is useless to be unhappy. Cinemas have to make money, and "Lover" has a high attendance rate. If not, who will be excluded?
If you are not good enough, there is no point in blaming others!
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"This Yang Ye, I didn't expect to be so good at making love movies!" Huang Baiming threw down the newspaper helplessly.
Mai Jiadao: "This is not an ordinary romance movie at all. What Yang Ye sells in this movie is not love, but nationalism.
He makes a lot of mischief in the movie Sister, many viewers praise him for bringing glory to the country. It’s strange that the box office is not high, let alone the erotic scenes.”
Shi Tian asked doubtfully: "How could those ghost guys be willing to film such a plot?"
Mai Jiadao: "Didn't the newspaper say that Yang Ye asked Duras to rewrite the story? The movie is It was filmed based on a rewritten story. "
Huang Baiming sighed: "It's so awesome to be able to let a great French writer overturn his own work, and I won't even accept it."
Shi Tian suddenly said: "That Sophie Marceau is quite famous in France. It is said that she is also famous in Taiwan. Now she is famous in Hong Kong. Is it possible to invite her to make a movie?"
Huang Baiming's eyes lit up: "This is a good idea! But she and Yang Ye have made a movie together. If we ask her to make a movie, can it enter the Taiwan market?"
Maijia curled his lips and said: "Taiba is in charge of heaven and earth, how can he control the French?"
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Kowloon Walled City.
Chuishui Qiang eloquently boasted to his pawns: "The movie "Lover" is really good. Young Master Yang directly lost his virginity to that ghost girl. It was really exciting. Let me tell you. ..."
His mazi asked in confusion: "Did you really lose your virginity? Was it just for filming?"
"Making a movie? When has Mr. Yang ever compromised on anything? If I say I'll kill your whole family, I'll kill your whole family, not even a dog. If I say I'll break my virginity, I'll break it. Even if I'm not a virgin, I'll have to break it to mend it!"
Ma Zai thought to himself, can he call it a lost virginity after making it up?
He did not dare to disobey the boss, so he had to echo: "Young Master Yang is awesome!"
However, this guy seemed to have a rebellious spirit, and said: "It's a pity that Sophie Marceau is With black hair, it would be even more exciting if he was a golden retriever."
Zhuishui slapped him hard on the back of the head and cursed: "You know what the hell, black hair is the most noble. Yes, we Chinese have black hair, are we inferior?”
Ma Zai did not dare to deny this and said: "That's what I say, but as a foreigner, I always feel that the Golden Retriever Lion King is more exciting."
The nickname of Chui Shuiqiang is not for nothing, he pointed Ma Zai snorted: "So if you don't study, you can only be a young and Dangerous boy. Even if you are a foreigner, black hair is the most noble. Do you understand?"
Ma Zai said : "No, I have the impression that there are more golden retriever lion kings!"
Chuishui Qiang looked like you are ignorant and said: "Black hair is a symbol of power and status in the West. The Romans They have black hair. The other Germans, Slavs, and Celts have red hair or blond hair. These are horse-riding barbarians who are only worthy of being slaves!"
Ma Zai said weakly: "This. Germans, who else, where are they from? ”
"Those who ask you to ride horses do not read. The Nordics and Germans are the Germans. The Irish and Scots are the Celts. The Soviets are the Slavs. Do you understand?"
Ma Zi He was filled with admiration and praised: "Boss, your knowledge is really profound."
Chui Shuiqiang said proudly: "If I don't have any skills, how can Mr. Yang allow me to sit here as a charterer? Damn, I can’t stand watching Mr. Yang’s movie. Let’s go to Lan Kwai Fong tonight and find a ghost girl to have a good time!”
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Yang Ye fights the ghost woman, and Hong Kong! The gimmick of the first Category III film caused many viewers who didn't usually watch movies to go to the cinema to check it out. Although the movie has a slow pace and is too literary, the erotic scenes between handsome men and beautiful women, coupled with the inexplicable national sentiments, are enough to make up for the movie-watching threshold, making the box office soar.
Suddenly, many teenagers were ready to make a move.
Although the law stipulates that tickets cannot be sold to people aged 18 or under to enter the cinema, and ID cards will be checked when the audience enters the venue, this group of children will still find ways to sneak into the cinema, making the theaters in Hong Kong The line defense is difficult to defend, which is a big headache.
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Hong Kong is in full swing, and France is also causing an uproar.
"Lover" was banned in France at level 16, which is considered a relatively loose rating.
There are two factors that caused the uproar.
One is the appearance of teenage idol Sophie Marceau in Quan Guo, which shocked people.
But this is okay, because there are no French actresses who don’t take off their clothes, they just take them off early and late.
Her stripping off made many viewers enthusiastically go to the cinema to admire her naked body.
Then the trouble came. The movie was called "Lover", and the plot of the novel "Lover" was completely opposite.
Some viewers who had read the novel were immediately angry. This was a complete attempt to buy dog meat, and they criticized the movie one after another.
As mentioned earlier, the Goncourt Prize is different from China’s Mao Dun Prize.
The winning works of the Mao Dun Prize are not always popular, but the Goncourt Prize is a guarantee of good sales.
Therefore, many French people have read the novel "The Lover".
Therefore, this wave of verbal and written criticism is very powerful.
However, as soon as these people spat out their words, they were slapped in the face.
Because, Duras's new novel was released in time.
Only then did people realize that the plot of the movie was not just made up or randomly altered.
Duras re-wrote it himself after learning that his lover had died.
Logically, the new story is more reasonable and more acceptable than the original story.
Except the racists!
For the racists, they obviously cannot accept new stories.
If it is just written and published as a novel, it would be fine if it is not made into a movie.
If it is made into a movie, it will inevitably be belittled or even boycotted.
Suddenly, several of the film's main creators were caught in the center of the whirlpool, especially Sophie Marceau.
This 18-year-old girl instantly became many times more famous than before because of this movie, but along with it came all kinds of doubts and racist insults.
Facing doubts, Sophie Marceau was not afraid. She told reporters: "Anyone who has seen the movie knows that the male protagonist in the movie is an excellent man and a perfect lover.
Some people are dissatisfied simply because he is Chinese. If this role were replaced by a French man, would these people still question it?
We appreciate a person because of him. Elegance, maturity, humor, kindness and many other excellent qualities.
And not because he is French, he is white and I despise those racists! ”
Sophie Marceau’s remarks received a lot of applause, especially the support of the female audience.
Generally speaking, women’s racial concepts are weaker than men’s, because they have stronger social relationships
This is why we often see many girls having no brains, such as Korean and Japanese, and easygirls.
As long as she thinks the other person is handsome or rich. That's it, I won't think too much about other things.
And some men hate things like the Korean Wave. In essence, they don’t hate those Obamas and the like.
Because whether you like it or hate it, the prerequisite is that you have been in contact with it and have a certain understanding.
If you have no interest in something and don’t understand it, then why hate it?
So what do some men hate? It’s the way women of their own race throw themselves into the arms of men of other races and worship them without any brains.
This is easy to infer, because as long as the gender is reversed, everyone will immediately like it.
This phenomenon is a common problem inherited from the male-dominated society for thousands of years, and it applies to any nation.
From a certain perspective, this phenomenon is actually beneficial to the development and continuation of the race.
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After "The Lover" was released in France, although some French people hated the movie, most French women liked it very much after watching it.
Because this movie is shot in a beautiful and romantic way, Yang Ye, as the male protagonist, is handsome, rich and graceful, which can fully satisfy their fantasies.
Moreover, Yang Ye is not an unknown person. He is very famous in his own right and has many fans in France.
Even if you are not a fan of him, as long as you know a little bit about him, you will know about his impressive family history.
Since his birth twelve years ago, Yang Ye has become a pop culture symbol and has countless fans around the world.
In other words, his awesomeness transcends nationality and stands at the top of the human pyramid in this era.
A little slander will not have much impact, and the hype will actually help the box office.
Amid the constant quarrels, the French box office of "Lover" climbed all the way to 5 million people. (Note: French movie box office only counts people.)
As a non-kung fu film, this can already be called a A miracle.
However, the French are already relatively receptive to artistic films. "The Lover" itself is a French film, but the male protagonist is Chinese.
With this box office, it is not surprising.
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As early as the 1970s, when Hollywood's special effects technology was not yet advanced, kung fu movies were the most awesome visual spectacles in the world of cinema.
Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon" and "Enter the Dragon" both created miracles in France with more than 4 million moviegoers.
The number of viewers of "Fist of Fury" also reached 3 million.
It’s just that once Bruce Lee died, no one could take over his banner, and kung fu movies fell into silence.
It will be more than ten years before Chen Long fully rises to prominence.
By that time, Hollywood had basically taken shape.
Even someone as strong as Chen Long cannot recreate Bruce Lee's glory in the French market.
In his career, the highest box office in France was only 1.71 million with "Rush Hour 2".
However, "Rush Hour 2" was a movie in 2001. At that time, the number of moviegoers around the world had dropped several levels compared to the 1970s.
So, Chen Long is already very awesome.
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With the emergence of Yang Ye, he seamlessly took over Bruce Lee's banner and created continuous brilliance in the French market.
It also helped Chen Long take shape ten years ahead of schedule and enjoy a great reputation in the French market.
"Food Truck" and "Drunken Master 2" starring him both had more than 4 million moviegoers in France.
In particular, the "light kung fu" developed by Yang Ye, also known as parkour, has become popular in Europe and the United States in recent years and has a large number of fans.
Yang Ye and his gang continue to strengthen the concept of "Qing Kung" in movies. Every time an action movie comes out, they will inevitably show off one or two "Qing Kung" in the movie, attracting a large number of fans to watch.
Therefore, the power of Hong Kong Kung Fu movies in the French market is several times greater than before.
A few years ago, Jet Li also successfully entered the French market. Although not as powerful as Yang Ye and Chen Long, he was still able to achieve an average of nearly one million visitors.
The 5 million viewers of "Lover" in France are about 80 million Hong Kong dollars.
However, the movie has not yet been released, and the final box office will probably reach 100 million Hong Kong dollars.
For Yang Ye, the box office of "Lover" is his new high in the French market in recent years. (End of this chapter)