F4 debuted less than two months ago and only had one album, yet they dared to hold a concert.
When the news came back to Hong Kong, the Hong Kong media were shocked. Only Yang Ye had done this kind of thing sixteen years ago.
Yang Ye came out of nowhere and shocked Hong Kong Island with his song "Under the Lion Rock", which was dug out by the media and talked about again.
Yin Nengjing lay on the bed, flipping through the newspaper, and praised: "Brother Ye, you were so handsome back then!"
Yang Ye was sitting at the desk, helping Yi Nengjing revise the lyrics. Without raising his head, he said: "Isn't he handsome now?"
"He's handsome now too! But it's different. He was handsome and high-spirited back then, but now he's handsome and mature!"
"Then do you like me as I was before, or as I am now?"
Yi Nengjing thought for a while, got up from the bed, lay next to Yang Ye's ear, and whispered softly: "I like...Dad!"
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"Meteor" "Garden" and F4 are even more popular than Hong Kong Love two years ago.
This is not to say that Meteor is more beautiful than Hong Kong Love, but that Hong Kong Love is closer to reality and more attractive to urban men and women, while Meteor is more attractive to teenagers.
As we all know, teenagers are ten times more crazy about chasing stars than adults.
As for some adults who are also crazy, they are not adults, they are giant babies.
Some Asian TV stations analyzed the reasons why Hong Kong Love and Meteor became popular and believed that they both used the model of famous actresses partnering with amateur handsome guys.
Famous actresses can gain popularity at a low cost, while amateur handsome guys can easily attract the likes of little girls.
Not only F4, but also the previous Lai Ming, Aaron Kwok, and Little Tigers.
As a result, Singapore's SMG and Taiwan's Lao San Channel were also eager to give it a try. They created several idol dramas and went to Yang Kee to recruit female stars to star in them.
This actually brought a wave of business to Yang Ji.
"Meteor Garden" was also very popular in Japan and South Korea that year. F4's album "Meteor Shower" landed in Japan and once entered the top ten of the Japanese Oricon Chart.
Of course Yang Ye would not let go of such a good business, and immediately started selling "Meteor Garden" to Japan and South Korea to make a lot of money.
The F4 created by Yang Ye is not comparable to the four rookies from the original time and space.
The four of them were popular for two years and then stopped.
Among these four, Kevin Cheng and Louis Koo are considered the last superstars of Hong Kong films.
Now with this wave of popularity, we can definitely have greater development prospects.
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The popularity of "Meteor Garden" has also led to the rapid expansion of Star TV.
Less than three months after it was launched, it has more than three million viewers, half of which are in Taiwan.
This is only a rough statistic, because I don’t know exactly how many there are.
Advertising fees have naturally increased, and counting the money makes my hands cramp.
At the beginning, the merchants who advertised were all based on Yang Ye’s reputation, such as Lindt and Citroën.
Or Yang Ye's own business, such as Pocket Elf, the promotion of the release of Yang Ji's new movie.
It didn’t take long before Taiwanese advertisers came to the door with money.
Advertising on Star TV is more effective than advertising on the third channel, because the third channel only broadcasts in Taiwan.
As for Star TV, Chinese people throughout Asia can watch it.
Half a year after Star TV started broadcasting, station director Zhong Jinghui excitedly told Yang Ye that the cumulative advertising revenue had exceeded 100 million US dollars.
Yang Ye is relatively calm. It's only 100 million. There's nothing to be happy about. Where is this?
In the 20th month since its launch, Little Cucumber’s Chinese channel has generated advertising revenue of US$360 million.
However, advertising revenue continues to grow with the launch of the TV station. According to the current momentum, the revenue in two years will far exceed that of Little Cucumber.
This is all a story for later. After Yang Ye returned to Hong Kong, he continued to shoot "The Invincible" while preparing for "The Myth".
The version of the original version of "The Myth" was very bad, the armor was all wrong, and the Koreans actually used fine steel knives.
Damn it, with this weapon, you can’t dominate the world?
Yang Ye found Wada Emi from Japan. After clarifying his intentions, he asked her to go to Xi'an to investigate and do costume design for "Myth".
Some people may be surprised that when making a Chinese movie, why don’t you just hire a Japanese stylist?
There is no way, just pretending, the mainland has not started yet, Hong Kong likes to mess around, and is far less professional than the Japanese.
Sometimes I have to admit that the Japanese are more professional in their research on Chinese culture than many Chinese.
Emi Wada is Asia's top stylist. She won the Oscar for Best Costume Design in 1985 for "Ran", which she collaborated with Akira Kurosawa on.
Wada Emi also often collaborates with Chinese filmmakers and has won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design twice.
Zhang Yimou's "Hero", Zhang Wanting's "Song Dynasty", "The Legend of the White-haired Witch" starring Zhang Guorong and Lin Qingxia, and "The Storm" starring Zheng Yijian and Aaron Kwok were all designed by her.
Zhang Yimou found Wada Emi because he watched "Ran". Many scenes in "Hero" were copied from "Ran".
And Yang Ye only knew Wada Emi in his previous life because he watched "Hero".
During the heyday of Hong Kong films, talents from all over the world served Hong Kong films.
For example, "Tao Baibai" is actually a Korean. Du Kefeng directly joined the Hong Kong film industry. Kitaro scored the soundtrack for "Back to Time" and was nominated for the Academy Award...
The sea is open to all rivers and has tolerance. Naida, if we want to be the Hollywood of the East, we must recruit talents from all over Asia for our use.
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Speaking of the three major stylists in Hong Kong, they each have their own characteristics, but Yang Ye feels that they are not suitable for "Myth".
Zhang Shuping is good at fashion dramas and period dramas, and he often makes a mess when designing costumes.
Because he likes to use primary colors and advocates simplicity, he often wraps a few pieces of cloth around his body and is done.
His masterpieces in ancient costume are the TV series version of "The Storm 2", Chung Han-liang's version of "Dragon", and the movie version of "Zhu Xian"... Go check it out!
Of course there are times when he is super awesome. He also designed "A Chinese Ghost Story" and "The Invincible East".
In fact, Xiaoqian and Dongfang Bubai's clothes were just a few pieces of cloth wrapped around their bodies, but they still looked good.
Maybe... a real beauty would look good wrapped in a piece of cloth!
Looks better without wraps!
Yip Jintian is known for his ornate and complicated works, and he likes rich ink and color, which is suitable for palace dramas. For example, "The Ming Dynasty Palace Ci" and "The Night Banquet" were both designed by him.
He was also the costume designer for the original "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and won the Oscar for Best Costume Design.
In "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Zhang Ziyi's clothes are see-through and the clothes can be seen.
Wu Baoling is a female designer. Her designs are imaginative and unconstrained, and all kinds of small details show her thoughtfulness.
Wu Baoling is particularly good at styling women. Zhao Yazhi’s White Snake and Xiao Qiang’s Lin Shiyin, just tell me whether they are beautiful or not!
Probably Zhou Xun’s best-looking costume look is Xiao Wei in “Painted Skin”, which was also designed by Wu Baoling.
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At the end of October, the filming of "The Invincible East" was coming to an end.
Anderson Road, Quarry!
The final battle of "Invincible East" was filmed here.
This scene was very difficult to shoot. The crew worked for more than 20 days before finally reaching the last shot.
Cheng Xiaodong personally carried the camera, adjusting the focus and moving his steps, making the gravel "rustle".
He wanted to take a picture of Dongfang Bubai’s last look as he fell off the cliff before he died.
"Qingxia, you only have one chance!" Lin Qingxia nodded, adjusted her false eyelashes, put on eye drops, and said: "Come!"
"ROLL machine!"
Dongfang Bubai pushed Linghu Chong up with a palm. She turned around in the air, with tears in her eyes, and looked back with a smile, so poignant and moving!
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Cheng Xiaodong put down the camera and said loudly: "I declare that "The Swordsman: The Invincible" is officially finished!"
"Papa, papa, papa!" A burst of warm applause.
Lin Qingxia was put down from the wire by the staff. She was so tired that she collapsed. Yang Ye quickly went over to help her.
“Thank you for your hard work, Qingxia!”
Lin Qingxia was in a good mood and said, “I’m so happy, it’s finally finished!”
Yang Ye said: "It's worth being happy!"
He announced loudly: "Go to Liyuan for the closing banquet tonight!"
"Papa papa papa!" The applause became even more enthusiastic!
The group of people drove to Lei Garden. Lin Qingxia asked: "When will our movie be released?"
Yang Ye said: "We still need to do post-production. This movie will be released during the Spring Festival. File it! ”
"It seems like you never go to the Spring Festival stalls, right?"
"I have been there before. Mainly because my movies are not funny, and the Spring Festival stalls are more suitable for comedies."
"Then this Why go again?"
"Axing went to the Christmas show, and Aaron and Ajie couldn't make it, so I had to go."
"I heard that they are all filming blockbusters? ”
"Yes, Aaron is working on "Eagle Project", and Ajie is working on "Once Upon a Time" with Xu Ke. Who knows when the filming will be completed."
"Eagle Project" is in the original time and space Accidents occurred frequently, and deadlines and wages were seriously exceeded.
The crew was hospitalized due to acclimatization, and even the production manager was imprisoned. This made Jiahe very angry, and Chen Long was deprived of the director's rights, because he was so money-burning that Jiahe was burned. Terrified.
However, the final box office performance was gratifying, with global sales of 40 million US dollars.
Xu Ke has always had the idea of starting filming Huang Feihong. Now with Jet Li, he started the filming plan a year in advance.
"Once Upon a Time" was filmed in the original time and space for eight months, but martial arts director Yuan Renxiang was out of schedule and had not finished filming.
Yuan Renxiang had signed a contract with someone else before and had to leave.
In the end, Yuan Heping took over Yuan Renxiang's work and filmed the final part of the ladder without his signature.
And Li Lianjie was injured again at the critical moment, so he had to be a substitute, and every action had to be replaced.
Three stand-ins, Xiong Xinxin, Ling Zhihua, and Gu Xuanzhao, stayed there for three months to shoot. In order not to reveal their secrets, it really gave the photographer a hard time.
The scene of fighting on the ladder is truly a classic in film history, but if you look closely, it is very eye-catching, because except for the scene where Jet Li poses, everything else is replaced.
This has to be said to be a pity. If Li Lianjie had not been injured, God knows how good this scene would have been.
Although "Once Upon a Time" took a whole year to film, Jiahe almost collapsed.
But in the end, the global box office was 17 million US dollars, Golden Harvest made a lot of money, and Jet Li became famous again.
Today, Chen Long and Jet Li are more famous than before, and they also have an additional mainland market. If nothing goes wrong, the box office of these two movies will only explode even more.
Yang Ye predicted the outcome, so he was naturally very generous. He let them go and waited for the money.
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In November, "The Secret of the Dragon" has basically been released in Asia.
Yang Ye specially went to Japan and South Korea to promote the film, and finally it was not in vain. In both countries, the box office exceeded "Raiders of the Lost Ark 3".
"Raiders of the Lost Ark" attracted 490,000 viewers in South Korea, and "The Secret of the Dragon" exceeded 600,000 viewers.
"Raiders of the Lost Ark" Japan's allotted box office is 4.4 billion yen, and "The Secret of the Dragon" is as high as 4.9 billion yen.
Which of Yang Ye’s Chinese adventure movies is more suitable for Asian babies’ physiques?
In mainland China, the box office of "The Secret of the Dragon" is also very gratifying.
After three months of screening on a 35mm projector, the number of moviegoers exceeded 100 million, and the box office revenue exceeded 50 million yuan.
The other two types of projectors are used in towns and rural areas. It is extremely difficult to count them and they cannot receive money. Yang Ye just ignores them.
Mainland China has developed rapidly in recent years due to a series of industries. The per capita salary on the southeast coast has increased by more than 100%. Movie ticket prices of less than one yuan are no longer appropriate.
After the reopening, as people’s incomes continue to increase, the prices of almost all commodities have increased to varying degrees.
The very few commodities that have not been adjusted are squeezed by the entire price system, and movie tickets are one of them.
There is a saying in China these days that the three great things in life are watching movies, taking trains, and eating noodles.
With the rising cost of filming and the low ticket prices, all eight major domestic film studios are unable to make ends meet and are on the verge of bankruptcy. Cinemas are also struggling!
Faced with this situation, many people in China have called for loosening controls and allowing the market to set prices freely.
As a result, since the 1990s, ticket prices have skyrocketed, rising twenty-fold in ten years.
Because prices have risen too fast, ticket prices are too high, and there are no good movies to watch, people don’t go to the movies anymore.
Should film studios and cinemas close down or should they close down?
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When Yang Ye wanted to film "Myth", he not only had to cooperate with South Korea's CJ Entertainment, but also brought in a mainland partner, that is, Xiying Film Studio.
With the support of Xiying Studio and Yang Ye’s reputation, we can open up connections and enter the Terracotta Warriors and Horses filming.
In addition to the Terracotta Warriors and the Great Wall, there is another essential monument, the Disha Temple in India.
This thing is someone’s cultural heritage. The original time and space was only allowed to be photographed because of Jackie Chan’s reputation.
Yang Yexin said, I don’t know if my face is worth anything.
Find someone to try it first!
Oh, I also need to find an Indian girl.
While Yang Ye was building the "Heavenly Palace" of the First Emperor at the Grand View Studio;
At the same time, he sent Xu Feng to Xi'an to discuss co-production and borrowing the terracotta warriors and horses;
At the same time, he sent Jiang Zhiqiang to India , discussing using the Disha Temple to film a movie.
As for Indian girls, after Yang Ye thought about it for a while, he sent an invitation to Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit.
Madhuri Dixit is known as the Queen of Dance in India. In 1988, she won the Indian box office championship with "Sour Girl" and is now one of the top actresses in India.
Speaking of her name, few people may know her name, but there should be many people who have watched "Bollywood Life and Death".
Yang Ye hasn’t tried Indian food yet, so this time she has to try the curry chicken!
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After everything was arranged, Yang Ye left for the capital to prepare for the premiere of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" at the Great Hall of the People.
A little bit of trivia, the Great Hall of the People can be rented, as long as it meets the regulations and you just have to pay.
Many movies in later generations have press conferences, premieres, etc. in the Great Hall of the People.
But this time, Yang Ye was the first to become popular.
"Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" is Yang Ye's first time filming a red classic, so he directly chose the premiere in Beijing.
"Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" could have been released earlier, but Yang Ye delayed its release until December.
Because he didn’t want to steal the spotlight from the "Founding Ceremony".
"The Founding Ceremony" is a gift film from Changchun Film Studio. It was released in September and sold 170 million at the box office. It was the highest-grossing mainland film in the 1980s. (End of this chapter)