Yang Ye hugged Irina and said with an affectionate face: "I think there is something I should tell you. I saw you on the train here!"
Irina was very surprised. : "No way?"
"You were reading at that time and then fell asleep. I didn't dare to look at you directly because you were so beautiful. From then on, I started thinking about you non-stop , when I think of you, I will smile unconsciously. Then I think, who will be the man who can make you laugh? And now, lying down! The man next to you... is me!"
Irina smiled, her eyes sparkling, and she started to kiss Yang Ye.
They kissed each other, and just when Irina felt extremely happy, she opened her eyes and accidentally glanced out the window.
Her pupils instantly dilated and her expression became frightened. She let go of Yang Ye, climbed up, picked up the rifle, and rushed out frantically...
"OK, great, our movie was successfully shot. ! ” declared Jean-Jacques.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately began to applaud enthusiastically, hugging each other in celebration.
Yang Ye hugged the Russian goddess and said with a smile: "You did a great job. When you just rushed out, you were very explosive!"
"Your performance was also great, When you confessed to me, I really felt excited! ”
The two blew each other rainbow farts and laughed heartily.
They are the most famous actors in China and the Soviet Union, and they have some sympathy for each other.
The staff began to clean up the scene, and Yang Ye said: "Let's go out for a walk!"
"Okay!"
……
"Be careful!"
Yang Ye climbed to the heights of a ruins and reached out to pull Irina up.
The two sat side by side, looking at the devastated battlefield.
The sunset is setting, and the smoke has not yet cleared. Yang Ye thinks that this once great country will soon collapse, and he feels a little sad in his heart!
What Yang Ye regrets is not this decadent country, it deserves to die.
What he regrets is that all the achievements that countless people have sacrificed their lives and fought for will be in vain.
He remembered the passage that was circulated on the Internet in later generations:
“Hi! Comrade, do you know where Leningrad and Stalingrad are? I can’t find it on the map. "
"No more, no more, we have failed. The white bandits and the capitalists are riding on us again. If you want to follow the red star, go to the East and cross the Dnieper. Over the Ural Mountains, at the end of the Siberian Plain, there are still sparks of fire burning. "
East!
Is it possible in the East?
Yang Ye thought of a line said by the political commissar in the movie "At the Gate": "We work so hard to create an equal society. There, you don't have to envy others.
But there is always something to envy, a smile, a friendship, something you don’t have but want to get. In this world, even if we are united into one country, there will always be rich and poor..."
Irina saw Yang Ye looking into the distance silently, and asked curiously: "What are you thinking about?"
Yang Ye was unwilling to talk about these things, and he could not tell Irina: Your motherland, Soon it will cease to exist.
In fact, his presence or absence has nothing to do with Yang Ye. He just sighed.
Sighing, the girl still had to do it, Yang Ye said: "Let me sing a song for you!"
Irina said happily: "Okay, what song?"
"The song I wrote for this movie, please wait for me!"
Yang Ye jumped down quickly, and after a while, he came back with an accordion.
...
The ending of Yang Ye's version of "At the Battle of the City" is different from the original version.
The heroine of the original version did not die. After she was shot, she was revived.
After killing his opponent, the hero found his lover in the field hospital.
This is an American happy ending.
If it were filmed according to the Soviet way, the heroine would have to die.
Because the characteristics of Russian literature and art are heavy, melancholy and sad!
So the ending of Yang Ye's version is that after the protagonist kills the enemy, he comes alone to the bank of the Volga River, where his lover died, and has endless memories!
And at this time a sad song will sound..."The Loved One"!
……
In the smoky twilight, against the setting sun, the two people sitting on the ruins became a silhouette.
The melodious sound of the accordion sounded, with the sadness unique to Russian music!
Irina leaned against Yang Ye and listened to him singing affectionately:
On the river bank full of flowers, the soldiers pursued her flower-scented eyes.
The mountains and rivers are broken, and love is growing solemnly in the smoke of gunpowder. Come on, girl, embrace the person you love most.
A promise, a river, an endless fragrance.
Beautiful birch forest, please sing your wind.
How can wind and clouds thousands of miles away stop the one you love on the road.
Time flows silently, the years are beautiful because of love, my pain, your eyes, your heart...
……
The post-production of "Attack" will be completed in Hong Kong, so the summer schedule cannot be kept up with, and the Christmas schedule is not suitable either.
Yang Ye discussed it with the distribution company and decided to just wait for next year to have more time.
Shi Nansheng said: "If it is released next year, why don't we apply for the Berlin Film Festival?"
Yang Ye was stunned: "Show German films to the Berlin Film Festival?"
Shi Nansheng said: "Is there no problem with this? This movie is about the Nazis. Germany has clearly drawn a clear line with the Nazis, right?"
Yang Ye said: "That's right, Mr. Arnold, what do you mean?"
Jean Jacques said: "I respect the opinion of the distribution company."
For Jean Jacques, this movie is A task, although he completed it very seriously and brilliantly.
But what he was thinking about most was Yang Ye's promise to invest in the movie he wanted to make.
Yang Ye said: "That's it!"
Shi Nansheng suddenly thought of something, and she asked Yang Ye: "Then you won't have any movies released this year?"
Yang Yexin said, damn, it's true!
"Attack on the Wall" has been postponed to next year, and "Searching for the Dragon" will not be finished for a while. Doesn't this year have to be put on hold? Yang Ye thought for a while and said: "I will make a temporary film, let's go to the summer season!"
Shi Nansheng was very happy. With Yang Ye in the summer season, it would be as stable as Mount Tai.
...
As the seal was lifted, the film companies in Hong Kong went crazy and rushed to Baiyang Agency to snatch people.
Faced with the film appointments that come flying in like flakes, Baiyang Agency is still more cautious.
They will carefully help artists choose film companies, select movie scripts, negotiate remuneration and cooperation conditions, and strive to maximize profits.
In short, I am more cautious and will not say that if you bring the money, I will take it.
This is because Yang Ji's artists now have certain overseas markets. For example, after Liu Hua's "Love", the selling price in South Korea has reached 800,000 US dollars.
However, he is a foreigner after all. If he wants to maintain his influence, he must be cautious in accepting roles. If he makes all kinds of bad movies, his influence will soon disappear.
Regarding this point, Baiyang Management Company will also explain it clearly to the artist in advance. If you don’t care about feathers and just want to make quick money, that’s up to you!
Actually, not all Hong Kong artists in this era are willing to take on so many roles, but...most of the time it's not them who have the final say.
The forces behind the film companies are very powerful, and many of them have corporate backgrounds.
After finally catching a money tree, of course you have to shake it hard. Artists actually don’t dare to resist!
Yang Ji is different. Due to being banned in recent years, it is difficult for his artists to receive movies from outside. They can only rely on the company's dramas to make a living, and have developed the habit of producing high-quality products.
During the three years of being banned, in order to maintain the artist's income, Baiyang Company went all out and helped the artist take on a lot of non-film jobs.
The first of course is to release records and hold concerts.
Under the operation of Baiyang Records, those who can sing such as Zhang Xueyou, Leslie Cheung, Andy Lau, and Lai Ming have maintained the pace of releasing two albums every year.
The Red Man Interpretation Company helps singers hold concerts throughout Asia.
Due to Yang Ye’s relationship with MGM, the company’s artists are often invited to perform in Las Vegas.
In addition, it is also essential to endorse advertisements and participate in various business activities.
For example, because of the Japanese market, Yuan Biao goes to Japan to film movies every year.
All in all, although it is difficult to receive movies due to being blocked by Taiwan, the income impact of Baiyang's artists is not very big.
Otherwise, they would have run away long ago.
No one has trouble with money!
As for female artists, due to their lack of box office appeal, they have relatively fewer opportunities to get various jobs.
But... they are raised by Yang Ye, whether they work or not, that's the meaning.
Affected by the working and living habits of the past three years, although the lockdown is now lifted and you can take on films at will, Yang Ji's artists are still very cautious when selecting scripts.
Because they are used to making money in other ways when they are not filming.
This is actually much more relaxing than being on set all the time!
For example, Zhang Xueyou, he holds concerts every year until the concerts fly, and he really doesn’t have that much time to make movies.
While the lockdown is being lifted, I plan to go to Taiwan to hold a concert!
Despite this, Yang Ji's popular artists still have several film contracts.
During the Easter period that just ended, "The Gambler" co-starring Zhou Xingchi and Liu Hua was released. It grossed 34 million Hong Kong dollars in the local area, setting off another box office frenzy.
Yongsheng Company took the lead and signed a new film with each of them, and Jiahe was not to be left behind and quickly secured a film contract for the two of them.
However, it is more difficult for them to get movie dates for Jet Li and Donnie Yen.
Yang Ji has relatively high requirements for action actors to go out to take scenes. One of the conditions is that Yang Ji’s martial arts team must also be invited.
Now that Cheng Xiaodong has entered Xu Ke's studio, Hong Jingbao has officially returned to Yang Ji, and the best martial arts instructors have been taken over by Yang Ji.
They look down on the martial arts teams outside and are not qualified to coach these action superstars!
Another thing, shooting action movies is time-consuming. In order to avoid injuries to the action actors as much as possible, safety measures have been taken, and it will not be as forced as in the original time and space!
Now only Wu Siyuan has got a contract with Jet Li, because he has a good relationship with Yang Ye and is a good brother with Yuan Kui, so he has an advantage over those big companies.
And Debao got a film contract from Donnie Yen, and also invited Yuan Heping as the director and martial arts instructor.
……
The artists of Baiyang Company were all working hard, their legs were weak while filming, and Yang Ye was not idle either.
Back in Hong Kong, after a few days of meetings, Yang Ye invited Wang Jing out for tea.
"Axiang, I'm going to start filming "The God of Gamblers Sequel" and I'd like you to be the director. Are you interested?"
Fat Wang was flattered. He didn't expect that Yang Ye would ask him to cooperate. , but he was still a little confused as to why Yang Ye asked him to be the director.
Fat Wang said: "It's rare that Mr. Yang thinks highly of me. This is my honor, but don't you always direct your movies yourself?"
Yang Ye said: "That's not necessarily the case. For example, the "Lover" the year before last was directed by a French guy, and the "Diary of a Man" last year was directed by Chu Yuan.
"The God of Gamblers" has more funny elements, so it is For a comedy film, I think your style is quite suitable.
Besides, I'm quite busy and will be leaving Hong Kong soon to shoot the location of "The Secret of the Dragon".
I need you. Let’s do the preliminary preparations. When I return to Hong Kong, I can just join the team.
In addition, this movie will be on the summer schedule, and you have to finish it within a month.”
Completing it in one month is not a problem at all for Fatty Wang. He said: "Of course I can't ask for it, but Xiang Jia's side..."
Yang Ye said: "You don't have to worry about this, I will take care of it."
When Fatty Wang heard this, he immediately felt relieved and said, "Then I'll take it!"
This matter can be easily solved. Yang Ye can just show Yong Sheng a movie about a popular artist in exchange. .
Yang Ye said: "Well, this is the outline of the script. You can fill in the details yourself. This is the list of actors. You can coordinate the schedule yourself. You have one month to prepare, and the movie will officially start shooting in one month."
Fatty Wang took a look at the list. Damn it, the lineup was so explosive.
Leung Ka-wai, who has just gained global fame with "The Last Emperor", plays the second male lead Xiao Fangfang.
Gong Li, who just won the Berlin Best Actress Award, plays the female lead Xiao Yaoyao.
They are a brother and sister in the movie!
Qiu Shuzhen of Girls' Generation and Wu Jing, the male lead of "Terminator 2", play a pair of siblings, Haitang and Haiyuan, the second female lead and the fourth male lead.
The third male lead, Long Wu, is Yang Ye’s apprentice Zhen Zidan, and the villain Qiu Xiaochi is the T1000 from "Terminator 2", Zun Long!
Fat Wang felt the blood surge in his head. This time... he was going to become a god!
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PS: I owe two chapters, sorry. Will make up for it in the next two days! (End of this chapter)