Chapter 1020: Chinese Kung Fu
After a while, Yang Ming put the phone down from his ear.
Greater China Martial Arts Cultural Exchange Conference.
Soon, the Chinese Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Sports, the Propaganda Department and many other departments will jointly hold an exchange conference for the purpose of promoting the historical inheritance and culture of Chinese martial arts.
At the same time, the conference also achieved great repercussions in East Asia, and East Asian countries have called for the conference to include the whole of East Asia.
The purpose of this conference was originally to promote Chinese history and culture, and it would definitely go to the world step by step and become a global Chinese martial arts cultural exchange conference.
In fact, Chinese martial arts have a long history, and it can even be said that as long as the history of China lasts, the history of martial arts lasts.
The martial arts culture of other countries in East Asia is also inextricably linked to China.
Taekwondo in North Korea, karate in Japan, and Muay Thai in Thailand are all martial arts traditions derived from China, and then form their own unique martial arts culture.
In this world, China is extremely powerful, and for thousands of years, China has been the central dynasty of East Asia, so no country in East Asia dares to say that the inheritance of China was invented by them, such as Confucius is a native of their place, and the Dragon Boat Festival was also created by them.
Yang Ming thought in his heart that Minister Guo had just told him the importance of this martial arts exchange conference, and he was still thinking about using that song as the theme song of this martial arts conference.
Nunchucks?
He suddenly thought of the famous song of Dong Chou in his previous life, but this song flashed in his mind and was rejected by him.
The song is good, but it is in line with such a solemn and serious martial arts exchange conference.
"Men should be self-reliant"?
It doesn't seem to work either, although the song is full of the masculine strength of a person who practices martial arts, but there is no elaboration on martial arts culture.
Yang Ming shook his head and gave up the song in his heart.
He thought of a few songs in succession, but he didn't feel that they were all suitable, and they couldn't perfectly express the taste of Chinese martial arts culture, and for a while, he couldn't think of a suitable song, and his brows not only furrowed deeply.
Suddenly, a lightning bolt slashed in his mind, and a song popped up.
Lying like a bow and standing like a pine
Do not move, do not sway, sit like a clock, walk with a gust of wind
South Fist and North Leg Shaolin Wudang Gong
Tai Chi Bagua Serial Palm, China has miraculous skills
Stick sweep a large area of guns to pick a line
The body is as light as Yan Hao in the clouds
Exercise the muscles and bones on the outside and practice a breath on the inside
Rigidity and softness do not bow our heads, we have heaven and earth in our hearts......
"Chinese Kung Fu"!
Yang Ming suddenly thought of Tu Honggang's "Chinese Kung Fu" in his previous life, and when he thought of this song, he suddenly felt a feeling of blood boiling in his whole person.
That's it.
Although the name of the country of Huaxia in this world is called the Huaxia Empire, not the name of the country in the previous life, the title of this song can be changed to "Chinese Kung Fu".
China is China.
There is no contradiction between the two.
When he thought of this song in his heart, he suddenly had a bottom, so he was not in a hurry.
Just when he was thinking about it, a person suddenly walked up to Yang Ming and said, "I didn't expect Yang Xiaoyou to come over today to participate in this premiere!"
Yang Ming was stunned when he heard this, turned his head and saw an old man with gorgeous hair, who was looking at him with a smile, and immediately quickly stood up, helped the old man to sit down, and said respectfully: "Old Meng, I didn't expect you to be able to come today, it's such an honor to meet you." β
Meng Su is the most famous film critic in the Chinese film industry.
"Little friend, don't say such clichΓ© words, what honor is not honored, I am already an old man who is about to enter the ground, haha. After Meng Su sat down, he waved his hand to signal that Yang Ming didn't need to be so polite, and then said with a hearty smile.
After Yang Ming heard this, he helped Meng Su to sit down, and said: "The movie premiered by Hong Lao's film company today has a lot to do with our Oriental Dream Factory, so I came over." β
As soon as he said this, the old man Meng Su suddenly remembered something, then patted his head, and suddenly realized: "Oh, yes, yes, I remembered, it seems that Lao Hong and their movie was only after they were sent to your Oriental DreamWorks to learn new kung fu movie shooting, no wonder!"
Speaking of these, Old Man Meng Su seemed to think of something again, and couldn't help but ask Yang Ming curiously: "Xiaoyou, those new kung fu movies made by your Oriental DreamWorks are very popular with the audience in the film market, aren't you afraid that others will learn from the past and rob your audience? You must know that old guy Hong specializes in making action movies." β
Yang Ming looked at Meng Su with a smile on his face, smiled freely, and said unhurriedly: "It's nothing, in fact, there is nothing profound about new kung fu movies, even if we don't say it, others can figure it out, and the film market is so big, how can we Oriental DreamWorks family eat it, if we make the cake bigger together, our Oriental DreamWorks will gain more." β
Hearing Yang Ming's generous words, Meng Su chuckled and sighed: "Hey, today's young people are really amazing, it's just a matter of being young and having more money, and they can still have such a generous mind, even in the past, it is rare." β
Yang Ming heard the praise of the old man Meng Su, touched his nose, and said a few words modestly, not knowing what to say.
At this time, Li Xiaofeng helped Hong Lao to come over.
"Hey, why did Xiao Yang and Lao Meng sit together. β
Before Old Man Hong arrived, the loud voice came first.
Meng Su turned his head and saw that it was Hong Lao coming over, and said with a smile: "What? Can't Xiao Yang and I sit together? Don't look at me when I'm old, my heart is not old, if I don't often be with young people, how can I understand the movies made by young people!"
"I didn't expect that after so many years, your mouth has become more and more powerful, remember to save more virtue for my movie tomorrow, don't moan there all day long, and show off the coquettishness of your literati!"
"You're an old immortal, and you're still like a bandit. Meng Su pointed at Hong Lao and scolded with a smile.
At this time, Hong Lao ignored Meng Su, but turned his head to Yang Ming and said: "Xiao Yang, there are too many people today, I am a little snub to you, you can bear with me, I won't say much else, if the box office of this movie can break 100 million, I will ask them to give you a big red envelope when I go back!"
"Elder Hong, you are serious, just based on your relationship with the teacher, I should make some efforts. Yang Ming said flatly, he had already seen Hong Lao's bold personality, so he didn't feel any discomfort about Hong Lao's way of speaking.
Hearing Yang Ming's words, Old Man Hong pursed his lips and said a little unpleasantly: "Don't mention your teacher, invite him to come over to the premiere, that's me giving him face, but he is good, not to say that the movies I make are basically bullshit, it's a complete waste of time to come, I will definitely go to your teacher and talk about it well." β
Yang Ming heard Hong Lao's complaints and ridicule of his teacher, but he didn't care at all, and stood there very calmly.
Last time he was at the old dean's place, he had already seen the quarrel between his teacher and this old man, which was called a mean one.
Don't look at Old Man Hong's rudeness, but this sarcastic skill is not ambiguous at all.
The two old naughty boys were like children, and they ridiculed each other mercilessly when Yang Ming didn't show mercy to each other, which made Yang Ming break out in a cold sweat at that time, so he was so used to listening to Hong Lao's complaints calmly.
After Old Man Hong took Li Xiaofeng to confess his guilt to Yang Ming, he left and went to receive other guests, and from time to time there was the unbridled laughter of Old Man Hong.
Meng Su heard the loud laughter of Hong Lao not far away, shook his head and said to himself: "Those who know know that today is the premiere of the movie;
Yang Ming almost didn't laugh when he heard what Meng Su said beside him, but he thought about it.
Hong Lao was born as a martial artist, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, filming in that era, it was very normal for the crew to fight between each other, and he would also face the blackmail of local gangsters and hooligans, how could Hong Lao, as a fierce martial artist, endure this.
Fighting, bloodshed, and hanging colors were commonplace for martial artists at that time.
But it is not easy for Hong Lao to get to this point.
Yang Ming said with a hint of admiration: "Actually, I admire Hong Lao, who has not only been able to develop the family carnival film company to this point today, but also is unique in the shooting of action movies in the Chinese film industry." β
Without waiting for Meng Su to answer, he continued: "The production of movies is originally an industrial product, and there is no such label as commerce and art, I am not opposed to those esoteric art films that can touch the depths of people's souls, but I prefer those ordinary movies that can be recognized and liked by the public, and movies that the audience buys, will never be eliminated." β
As the most famous film critic in the domestic film industry, Meng Su naturally knows the disputes between business and art.
He can also understand why Yang Ming said these words, that is, he hoped that he would not wear colored glasses and watch the movie that premiered today.
"It's not easy for Lao Hong. Meng Lao sighed, he didn't say anything.
In fact, he has to understand better than Yang Ming the hardships of Hong Lao being able to have this point.
The Family Carnival Film Company, a film company established by Hong Lao and a group of martial artists, is not only not recognized by professionals, but also suffers from countless ridicule.
This is like running to a bustling city, setting up a company, and working under the same roof with a group of people who think they are elites, and they will naturally be looked down upon by those so-called elites.
It's just that no one thought that twenty years later.
Many elite companies, which have closed down and have long since dissipated, have long since dissipated, but the companies opened by mud legs have always stood tall, but are getting better and better, which makes those elites how can they stand it.
Yang Ming's difficult history of Hong Lao, after the last time he saw Hong Lao at the old dean's house, the old dean told Yang Ming all this.
Now that I hear the old man Meng Su mention it, he is naturally no stranger.
In fact, in his opinion, the reason why Mr. Hong's film company can stand tall is still very comfortable to this day.
There's only one reason!
Reality.
Family Carnival Films, 8 out of 10 movies are action movies, 2 of which are comedy movies of the small citizen genre.
These two themes are basically low-cost investments, as long as the shooting is not too bad, the box office results are absolutely guaranteed.
It didn't take long for the premiere to begin when Yang Ming and Old Man Meng Su were discussing issues related to the movie.
Hong Lao walked on the stage and danced with the microphone and said a lot, and summed it up in one sentence: "Thank you for coming to the premiere of his film company, people respect me, I respect people, as long as everyone needs something in the future, where they need him, call him directly, as long as he can help, he is absolutely not ambiguous!"
A movie premiere that was considered a feast for stars by the entertainment and media circles was turned into a bandit conference by Hong Lao.
However, after his words were spoken, they immediately aroused the applause of all the guests on the scene, well, whistle screams, and some rude cheers.
When Yang Ming saw this scene, he was full of slander, and like things gathered!
It's just that he didn't expect that he was sitting here now, and he was one of them.
As soon as the theater was dark, the movie was about to start, and the scene immediately became quiet.
The premiere officially began.
At this time, the title of the movie "Wonder Man" had already appeared on the screen, and Yang Ming also calmed down and concentrated on watching the movie.
More than an hour and a half later, the lights in the theater came back on.
Yang Ming rubbed his eyes and stretched his waist slightly, the premiere was over, and when he saw that Old Man Meng was also about to stand up, he immediately hurried to help the old man.
After Meng Su stood up, he took off his reading glasses and asked Yang Ming with a slight smile, "Xiaoyou, how do you feel about this movie?"
"It's okay, although the plot is a little thinner and the characters are not plump enough, but the action scenes are really good, I feel that the box office should not be a problem with over 100 million!" Yang Ming thought seriously for a while and gave his own evaluation.
Although the movie "Wonder Man" is an old-fashioned movie in Yang Ming's eyes, if you look at it from the perspective of 2015 in the previous life, it must be vulgar and can no longer be vulgar, but in the current world in 2004, it is okay.
Especially in this era, in the background where new action movies are still very lacking, it should not be a big problem for the box office to break 100 million.
The reason why Yang Ming made such a sure guess was that he thought that Li Xiaofeng and they should listen to what he had told them at the beginning.
As a film company purely for the purpose of making money, then don't be hypocritical, we just make box office money by making action movies, don't engage in any art, and don't play deep, the picture is just one word: cool!
And it's going to be cool!
Obviously, the movie "Wonder Man" has done it, although the plot is old-fashioned, but the action scenes are extremely exciting.
Sure enough, it is a film company that has made action movies for decades, and after learning from Oriental DreamWorks, it was able to design such wonderful martial arts actions immediately.
There is another reason why Yang Ming is so sure that this movie will be successful, that is, Li Xiaofeng, the protagonist of an old-fashioned action movie, is finally no longer the kind of muscular man who is full of streets, but chooses a handsome martial arts student.
The experience of the previous life has long been proven that it doesn't matter if you don't fight, but as long as you are handsome enough, and then design some good-looking and fancy action design, then this action movie will at least not fail.
Now it seems that Li Xiaofeng and the others have completely listened to all the suggestions he made at the beginning, and they have all used them in this movie.