Huayu 1999: Starting with nothing but getting something for nothing

Zhang Dahuzi gradually came to understand what Yang Che meant by the theme of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer"—"whether individuals have the right to choose under institutional dilemmas."

I also understood why he said that when filming Yue Buqun, one or two scenes could be added to show the "survival pressure of the Huashan Sect" and the "historical burden of the Sword Sect and Qi Sect," so that the character would have a fuller arc.

Others are similar.

I understand, but I'm still unhappy.

Zhang Dahuzi felt incredibly sympathetic towards Cao Cao for killing Yang Xiu; he was just too annoying.

After the meal, Yang Che saw Zhang Dahuzi off with a warm welcome, saying with great emotion, "Producer Zhang, if you ever leave CCTV to work independently, we can have a good chat about the Jin Yong martial arts drama project. I consider myself a pretty good investor."

Zhang Da Huzi was taken aback, but his displeasure vanished. He said, "I'm just afraid my shooting method doesn't align with Mr. Yang's ideas."

He's so damn arrogant.

"Haha, filming according to the original work is worry-free, convenient, and cheap, and we won't get criticized by the readers. I know that."

"That's right. Mr. Yang, let's keep going and see what happens. Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Yang Che watched Zhang Da Huzi leave, a smile still playing on his lips.

These people are all the same!

However, manipulating people's hearts is indeed quite fun.

Well, even if a Jin Yong adaptation is ever made in the future, Yang Che will most likely not be changed; it's too much trouble. At most, they'll just replace him.

Moreover, Zha Zha Yong doesn't allow others to make changes. The reason he doesn't allow Tsui Hark to adapt his novels is because Tsui Hark is always going against him; if you smear him, I'll praise him.

When they were casting Brigitte Lin in "Swordsman II", they said: "Don't read the original novel, it will mislead you. My version is not like that. Just read the script."

"I shed my blood and lost my head for the sake of the people, but how many people in the world remember me? It is the people who have betrayed me."

"This land is so beautiful, it has attracted countless heroes to bow down in admiration."

"I insist that you say the Miao people's rebellion is justified."

"......"

This film is Tsui Hark's love letter to that idealist. The English title of the film is very straightforward: "The East Is Red".

Given his idealistic nature, he would likely appreciate Tsui Hark's portrayal of Dongfang Bubai. Of course, he wouldn't say anything about Jin Yong's works.

.........

For the next two days, Yang Che spent his time in Baihua Hutong, but he would go back to No. 8 Courtyard in the evening, and as usual, he couldn't eat a proper meal.

But Gao Yuanyuan didn't know that the girl was very happy, so she was very understanding of her boyfriend's difficulties and often comforted him verbally.

Yang Che really wanted to reciprocate by helping her analyze her role, but she said it wasn't necessary; she just rode her bicycle along Shichahai Lake every day until it was practically leaking water...

In the blink of an eye, the May Day holiday is over. This was the first May Day Golden Week, a full seven-day holiday, and it seems that the tourism industry has suddenly become booming.

This holiday had nothing to do with Yang Che; he had been working the whole time.

After recording the six songs for Wang Fei's new album, they discussed shooting the music video. In the end, Yang Che appointed Wang Yuelun to shoot it because he was obedient and asked for less money. Wang Fei had no objection to this, and she also felt that Qu Xueer's "artistic pursuit" was too much and unreliable.

Of course, Wang Fei did not shoot a music video, but flew to Okinawa to shoot a movie.

In the following days, Yang Che and Liu Chang met Ye Pei, a native of Hong Kong, who was one of the assistant directors of "Young Wong Fei-hung". Yang Che had met him once before. Ye Pei was one of the assistant directors of "Young Justice Bao".

My buddy is thirty-five or thirty-six years old, his eyes are full of the desire to get ahead, and he's brimming with passion, but the script isn't finished yet.

So Yang Che called his friend Yang Wenyong at Shanghai TV, and they agreed to split the investment equally. The TV series was expected to have 30 episodes, with each of them investing 300 million yuan, for a total of 600 million yuan.

The cost is indeed low, after all, apart from Shi Xiaolong, the entire main cast is made up of children. The female lead, Thirteenth Aunt, could be played by Alyssa Chia or someone else—that's a matter for later. Of course, the initial investment isn't 300 million; it's just a project initiation. Ye Pei was given 10 yuan to get the script finalized first.

After that, I spent two days hanging around the set of "Waiting Alone," mainly to sleep with Alyssa Chia and get to know each other better.

As for Lu Xuechang from "Kala is a Dog," Yang Che met him at Beijing TV Station; it was the Beijing University Student Film Festival awards ceremony. They chatted for a bit, and Yang Che told him to wait until his script was approved before discussing anything further... Lu Xuechang understood.

Little Fatty didn't come that day, but Cheng Er did, along with Hai Bo. The three of them went. There was no red carpet; they went in the studio of Beijing TV station, and there weren't many people there.

Yang Che came mainly because the organizing committee said there was a Most Popular Award, so it's easy to understand why there weren't many people at the scene. Obviously, everyone there had an award, and of course, there were also winners from the previous year. They were the award presenters.

The Best Actor award went to Jiang Wu for "Shower," which was well-deserved; the Best Actress award went to Jiang Shan for "Tell Me Your Secret"; the Best Director award went to Lu Xuechang for "A Very Summer"; and the Best Film award went to "Tell Me Your Secret."

The most popular film is "Shower"; the most popular actress among college students is Xu Fan in "A Sigh"; and the most popular actor among college students is Pu Cunxin in "Shower".

"Best Newcomer, Huang Haibo from 'My Sassy Girl,' congratulations."

There was no live broadcast at the scene; otherwise, the camera would have definitely captured Yang Che with his arms crossed and his expressionless face.

However, when the organizing committee members sitting in the front row clapped and looked back at Huang Haibo, they saw Yang Che's expression. Their expressions varied; some were embarrassed, some were displeased, and some had no expression at all.