Yang Ye said at the hotel door that "Terminator 2" would cost 300 million Hong Kong dollars. When he walked into the hotel, people from Bai Yang Company also knew about it and couldn't help but whisper.
"Hey, have you heard? "Terminator 2" is about to start shooting, with an investment of 300 million."
"300 million, impossible, right? How to spend 300 million? Ah?”
“What the Condor Heroes said personally just now, can it be true?”
“Yes, I’ve also heard that we need to use digital technology to create a more powerful movie than “Superman”. Strong visual effect.”
"Damn it, Yang Juxia is really getting more and more stupid!"
Soon, the table in Xu Ke's studio also heard about it.
Xu Ke asked John Woo in surprise: "Is this true?"
As the deputy director, John Woo naturally had a comprehensive understanding of this project, nodded and said: "This movie, in fact, It has been in preparation a few years ago. We have been experimenting with technology and cultivating talents. Although the film has not yet started shooting, tens of millions have been spent."
Xu Ke was even more surprised: "What kind of movie is it? Movie, so great?”
John Woo said: "On the one hand, the story takes place in the United States, and the whole process was shot in the United States, which is very expensive. On the other hand, the special effects have been fully upgraded, and the new robots are definitely eye-catching, but I can't say too much!"
"Okay!"
Xu Ke sat for a while, unable to taste the food and feeling itchy, so he couldn't help but run to find Yang Ye.
Yang Ye smiled and said: "It's hard to explain clearly. If you are interested, you can take time to visit the class."
Xu Ke said: "Okay, by the way, I passed "Daoma Dan" There will be a premiere in two days, can you come and support me?”
Yang Ye said with a bitter face: "Let's forget it, I'm having a hard time now."
Xu Ke secretly laughed, he could see it when filming "Dao Ma Dan", Lin Qingxia and Zhu Lin are not the same Dealing with it, this is obviously because of Yang Ye.
Xu Ke uses himself to save others and feels that Yang Ye probably doesn’t want to face Lin Qingxia and Zhu Lin at the same time. Otherwise, if the two tigresses get angry, there will be no good juice to eat.
But he really admired Yang Ye. These two women were so beautiful, and Yang Ye actually managed them both, and even allowed them to film together. The whole process went smoothly.
It’s so awesome, you really deserve to be the Condor Hero!
Alas, if my Nan Sheng and Qian Wen could do this, I would die laughing.
In fact, what Yang Ye means is: I finally made a big move and diverted a wave of media attention, so it is not appropriate to show up for the time being.
Yang Yedao: "By the way, what's your next movie?"
Xu Ke said: "There are too many comedies in Hong Kong movies now, and too few movies showing romantic feelings between men and women. , I’m going to make a love story this time.”
Yang Ye said: “Hey, I just planned a movie, a fantasy love movie, and asked Johnnie To to shoot it, starring Ah Rong and Cui Zhenshi! ”
Xu Ke couldn't help but be stunned after hearing this.
Yang Ye asked: "What's wrong?"
Xu Ke said: "The movie I planned is also a fantasy romance film, and I also plan to ask Leslie Cheung to be the leading actor."
Yang Ye said: "Oh, then you can only wait for his schedule."
After a pause, he said again: "What story, why don't you tell it to me?"
"The last time we brought the 1960s film "A Better Tomorrow" to the big screen, it was very successful. I hope that this time we can also bring the 1960s film "A Chinese Ghost Story" to the big screen..."
Xu Ke gave the general story, and Yang Ye said: "It's a costume film, it's okay. What I want to shoot is a fashion film, so it's not a genre conflict."
Xu Ke breathed a sigh of relief, and Yang Ye asked again: "The heroine Are there any candidates?"
Xu Ke said: "No, I plan to audition new people!"
"Consider my Xiaoxian!"
Wang Zuxian was eating happily next to Yang Ye, and couldn't help but be startled when he heard this.
Xu Ke was also stunned for a moment. He actually considered asking Japanese actress Akina Nakamori to play Xiaoqian.
I came here to get close to Yang Ye, and maybe I wanted to invite Nakamori Akina to come to Hong Kong to shoot a movie through Yang Ye.
As we all know, Yang Ye and Nakamori Akina have an unusually good relationship.
Unexpectedly, Yang Ye opened his mouth to recommend Wang Zuxian. Since Yang Ye has spoken, he still has to give face. Xu Ke smiled and said: "Then make an appointment and let Xiaoxian come to my studio for an audition."< br>
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I would like to mention here that Akina Nakamori is not rumored on the Internet, but is Xiaoqian’s first choice.
The portrait of "Xiaoqian washing her hair" in the movie was not based on Akina Nakamori.
Akina Nakamori does have a photo that is very similar to this painting, but that photo is from a photo album in 1987, and "A Chinese Ghost Story" started filming in 1986.
So what is the prototype of the portrait of "Xiaoqian washing her hair"? It is a Japanese ukiyo-e that Xu Ke borrowed from. Hashiguchi Goye’s 1920 masterpiece "Hair Combing Woman" (Woman Combing Hair)
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Illustration: Comparison of Xiaoqian's portrait (detail) and "Hair Combed Girl" (detail).
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At the beginning of the project of "A Chinese Ghost Story", they had two considerations.
The first is to invite Japanese actresses to perform in order to open up the Japanese market.
First, a local actress will play the role, but a newcomer will be auditioned.
Looking for a Japanese actress to act in this plan, the most suitable one is naturally Akina Nakamori, because she was the most popular at the time. But this idea was rejected by Shi Nansheng because the budget was insufficient. Some people may say that Japanese artists are not expensive! It's weird if it's not expensive. The world's second largest film market, how can it be that it's not expensive and make people look stupid?
Artists get less because offices get more!
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However, Wang Zuxian was indeed not the first choice, and was not even considered at all.
The more dominant candidates at that time were Ni Shujun and Luo Meiwei. These two beauties were both contracted artists of New Art City, and they were also very pure and beautiful.
Both of them want to play the role, but Shi Nansheng still prefers to find someone new.
Shi Nansheng just wants to save money. She feels that Zhang Guorong’s box office appeal is enough.
Shi Nansheng’s idea is not wrong, because at that time, the sales of Hong Kong films depended on male stars, and female stars were just a supplement.
Who would have thought that Wang Zuxian would become famous because of Xiaoqian and become one of the representatives of Hong Kong stars.
The following are the original words of New Art City boss Huang Baiming in an interview: "In "A Chinese Ghost Story", Shi Nansheng planned to partner Zhang Guorong, the male lead, with a newcomer. Unexpectedly, Wang Zuxian thought the drama was good, so she found him Shi Nansheng said that she wanted to play the heroine, but Shi Nansheng said that she could not afford her salary..."
At that time, Joey Wong's salary was about 200,000 Hong Kong dollars, but she couldn't even afford it, so she asked Akina Nakamori , don’t even think about it.
After Wang Zuxian was declined by Shi Nansheng, he still called Xu Ke and said she wanted to audition.
The following is Xu Ke’s original words: “At that time, I was looking for the heroine of “A Chinese Ghost Story” and looked for suitable candidates everywhere.
Then one day, Wang Zuxian called me. She said, can I come to the audition?
I thought at that time, why didn’t I think of her? She is a modern-looking girl.
So I called our art director Xi Zhongwen and said that Wang Zuxian was a candidate for the heroine with great potential.
Xi Zhongwen designed some costumes for her and asked her to try them out.
It was so funny because she looked so perfect in those costumes! ”
Why is it that "A Chinese Ghost Story" is obviously a period film, but Xu Ke thinks Wang Zuxian's appearance is very modern, thinks she has huge potential, and immediately asks her to audition?
Because Xu Ke believes that although the movie is set in ancient times, the core is a modern story.
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Finally, these are Wang Zuxian's original words when he was interviewed by "Eastern New World" in 1992: "It's only that one time to take the initiative to look for opportunities. Hehe, there will be no such need in the future!" ”
After Wang Zuxian became famous with Xiaoqian, others begged her to act, and she still needed to find a chance.
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Actually... Xiaoqian is a pervert, and she wants to seduce men for her grandma.
When Xu Ke asked screenwriter Ruan Jizhi to write the script, he asked him to write it in the direction of an erotic film.
The scene at the beginning of the movie where the female ghost seduces the scholar.
The original setting was...ten men and Xiaoqian having a sex scene together.
After Xu Ke saw Wang Zuxian's Xiaoqian style, he suddenly felt... this was so disgusting.
So ten men became one, and all erotic things were deleted.
In the end, there is only one erotic expression left, and that is...feet.
Those who have read classical literature know what a woman’s feet represent.
In the film, there is more than one close-up of Wang Zuxian's feet, which is actually a kind of erotic expression.
Damn it, fortunately Xu Ke stopped at the brink.
If according to the original script it was filmed as a bed battle between ten men and Wang Zuxian...
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After the local box office of "God of Gamblers" exceeded 30 million, it is still It will take at least 20 days before the film is released, so it will be no problem to fetch another two to three million.
The next step is to release it overseas. Due to the strong performance of the local market, even if Yang Ye did not work hard on this film, film companies from all over the world are still rushing to get it.
The strangest thing is... the movie "Lover" originally had no hope of doing anything in the North American market.
United Artists felt that it would be ridiculous if they could make four to five million US dollars.
Who knew that because of Madonna’s arrogance, the popularity of this movie was inexplicably aroused.
In the end, it sold more than 18 million US dollars at the box office in North America.
Madonna also called Yang Ye and said that it was her credit for the movie being a hit in North America and asked for a share of the money.
Yang Ye actually asked Xie Yi to write her a check for one million, which was considered as her commission.
Madonna was very happy and asked Yang Ye when she would go to the United States. She would fight him for three hundred rounds.
Yang Yexin said, let’s count the balls!
Forget it if you don’t control your criticism, you don’t control your mouth either. He said everything without hesitation, which made my wives almost run away.
Can’t afford to offend!
The huge sales of "God of Gamblers" has created two trends in society. First, citizens have suddenly become addicted to cards. After watching the movie, their hands are so itchy that they have to touch two cards when they go back.
If you can’t stop your addiction to playing cards, you have to go to Macau!
Another thing is that many people fall in love with chocolate, and it must be dark chocolate like Lindt.
Before playing cards, you should imitate Yang Ye, eat a piece, and get the luck of the God of Gamblers.
This caused Lindt's sales to increase significantly in Hong Kong for a while.
Considering that Yang Ye himself is a world-famous Kung Fu superstar, Lindt and Sprüngli decided to offer a sky-high price of three million US dollars to invite Yang Ye to become the global spokesperson of Lindt!
In addition, Yang Ye was invited to be the director to shoot a brand new promotional advertisement for them, and the money was calculated separately. (End of this chapter)