Chapter 99: The Legendary "Soy Sauce Emperor"

  December 25, 1998.

  For Yi Feiyang, this Christmas will definitely not be easy.

  Making a movie requires investors, a film crew, photographers, makeup artists, lighting technicians... it needs a director, male and female leads, as well as supporting actors and extras!

  According to Henry the elephant's previous adult film operations, it was simple: a photographer moonlighting as a director, one bed, and then a pair of men and women, or a pile of men and women, 3P, 4P, 5P, 6P!

  It takes just one day to complete the shooting of a set of procedures.

  But it's different now, we're going to shoot a "big movie".

  Although the total investment of this "big film" is now only $300,000, in the adult film industry where investments are usually only $7,000 or $8,000, it's really a "big film"!

  Henry the elephant had never done such a "big film" before, so he gave all the power to his extremely trusted Yi Feiyang.

  But when Yi Feiyang was in full swing, Henry the elephant patted his shoulder and cheered him on.

  "Dear Yi, I know you're capable and great at filming, so I have to put my trust in you! For our top company, whether we can produce a classic masterpiece, and whether I can be remembered after death through this film, it all depends on you!"

  In fact, during this period, Yi Feiyang also understood some of the situation, why Henry the elephant would pester him for help.

  Apart from Henry the elephant wanting to fulfill his classic photography wish before he dies, there is another reason, which is that during this period of time, his top model received a severe challenge from his peers.

  Especially those companies that are jealous of the industry's high profits, they will stop at nothing to suppress top companies.

  Henry the elephant is furious about this. He's not even dead yet and these guys are already making a scene! Is it tolerable or intolerable?!

  He urgently needs a play to prove his position as an old man in this industry.

  People are all selfish!

  Not to mention the big shots of these underground film companies!

  Yi Feiyang doesn't care about these personal grudges and vendettas in the jianghu.

  Now, he is only interested in those eight movie theater chains and has an interest in this play. He just wants to use some method to make the play more brilliant and beautiful, and then buy those eight theater chains according to the contract to build his own theater system.

  As long as you have your own chain of theaters, you can ignore the faces of other companies. From a small company that is not worth mentioning, it becomes a big company with all its limbs intact, making production, copying, distribution and screening integrated, truly achieving overnight success!

  "But Henry the elephant emphasized one thing, "Easy, just as we said in our contract. When shooting this play, you can't overuse your Dream Film resources, yes. Can't use! Except for that actor called Big Bird Lu Qi, other roles, you can only enable our top people, do you understand what I mean?"

  Yi Feiyang certainly understood his meaning, after all this was to make Top Yáng famous, to give him a "chastity arch" ... compared to the dog shit porn he shot before, this play is absolutely chaste enough ... rather than making Ming Xiang Film Industry famous.

  Now I'm the director, Bunny Bill is the deputy director, Big Bird Luchi is the male lead, and other roles are played by people from Dream Factory, so this play has really become a dream factory production, not a top production.

  Henry the elephant didn't want to put his heart and soul into making a wedding dress for someone else, so he issued a ban on Yi Feiyang. In short, only when everything is made with top-notch resources can it be proven that this play belongs to TOP!

  In response to Henry the Elephant's request, Yi Feiyang gladly accepted. In fact, he had planned it out long ago, with Big Bird Ru Chi as the male lead and Stormy as the female lead. As for supporting roles, Yi Feiyang would hold an open recruitment at Top Company.

  The top company followed Yi Feiyang's suggestion and released a recruitment notice, allowing all the actors under its banner, including those extras, to line up at the company's gate for an open interview.

  In fact, whether or not you can recruit good actors, the pay is absolutely not sloppy, let alone making underground movies, everyone comes out to mix, sell their youth, sell their bodies, all for these things.

  So in this play, Henry the elephant generously told everyone that a good supporting actor can get at least $3,000 in appearance fees!

  This price is a considerable temptation compared to the few hundred dollars that adult film actors can earn from other underground companies.

  The next day early in the morning, two tables were set up in the conference room of Top Company. Yi Feiyang and Rabbit Bill were at the back, while a row of underground actor teams who came to audition were in front.

  The queue was very long, making Yi Fei Yang wonder in surprise that there were actually so many people involved in adult films.

  I thought that the actors in this kind of film would be mostly handsome men and beautiful women, but it's not like that. American adult audiences have diverse tastes, so apart from muscular men and made-up women, there are also some old men and women who are quite advanced in age, making me feel shocked and amazed.

  "What do they do?"

  "Oh, parents who play the male and female leads in adult films, weeders, pastors, nuns, or school teachers!" Bunny Bill is very familiar with this line.

  Yi Feiyang sighed: It's really true, every line has its own brilliance!

  ……

  Several hours later.

  "Yawn! Boss, there are too many people coming, and we've only recruited less than a quarter of them so far. Your requirements are also too high, I think as long as they're roughly okay, it's fine." Rabbit Bill rubbed his temples and complained to Yi Feiyang.

  "You don't know squat! Whether a movie is successful or not, it largely depends on the actors inside. If they can't act well, who's gonna watch!" Yi Feiyang glared at Bier.

  In the dark, Henry the elephant, who was secretly visiting in plain clothes, heard from behind and couldn't help but nod repeatedly, thinking to himself, "This Chinese guy is really something, look at how professional he is!"

  ……

  After a busy morning, Yi Feiyang's mood was both joyful and worried. He was happy that these underground actors were eager to perform in such a "big production" (perhaps related to the fact that they often filmed small adult productions), they wouldn't be picky like Hollywood actors' union introductions, they simply stood in front of you, following your directions to perform accordingly.

  What's more, all the actors have obvious stage performance styles, and when you watch them act, you'll feel like they're performing in a play or sketch rather than a movie.

  This was also the period of underground film's performance style.

  A bit pretentious, a bit deliberate, they think they are performing, rather than genuinely fusing with the role they want to play. They don't know how to perform life in its original flavor, all they know is to follow the old way of filming, where the male and female leads roll around on the bed, while they themselves just add some soy sauce, pretending to be passersby A, B, C, and D.

  ……

  "Next!" shouted Bunny Bill beside Easygoing, a well-dressed, thin-haired old man stepped forward.

  His hair was indeed very sparse, but these few strands of hair were combed by him to be neat and tidy, sticking firmly to his scalp, making the whole head look sleek and shiny.

  From a general point of view, although this old man is not very presentable, he attaches great importance to his appearance. However, as soon as he walks, his true nature is revealed - he limps and hobbles, turning out to be a cripple!

  The cripple walked with a very comical gait, and the people around him burst out laughing at him, saying that such a dead cripple actually wanted to make movies. They ridiculed him, mocked him, and even whistled at him.

  "Boss, shall we just pass?" Bunny Bill whispered close to Yi Fei Yang's ear.

  Yi Feiyang ignored him and instead focused his gaze on the old man, who seemed to have grown accustomed to being ridiculed and sneered at, with a numb expression on his face that showed he didn't take it seriously.

  "Old man, what's your name?" Yì Fēi Yáng smiled slightly.

  The old man crossed his hands, bowed to Yifei Yang with great respect and said in a very respectful tone, "Hello, Director, my name is Abraham, I am Arab, and I'm delighted to be here for the interview."

  "Do you know what movie we're going to shoot?"

  "Yes, sir, I know you're planning to shoot an adult film."

  "You should know that this kind of movie usually doesn't want someone as old as you."

  "Yes, sir, just as you said, I've been rejected many times already."

  "Why did you still come for an interview?"

  "Because I love acting," Abraham said very seriously.

  "Unfortunately, I'm a cripple, so many film crews won't want me because I'll be a burden. But I really love acting, from when I was young I liked watching movies, imitating the characters' dialogue, learning their behavior..." Abraham said sincerely.

  "This time you came to apply for what role?" Yi Feiyang looked at the old man with such a pious attitude and couldn't help but ask.

  "Any role is fine, as long as I can get a line... Yes, just one line is enough! That way I can fulfill my dream of being an actor! I can go back and tell my wife, oh God, I have a line, you can see me speaking in the play..."

  "Is she your wife? But can she accept you taking adult videos?"

  "It's all right, sir." Abraham's face twisted in a bitter smile. "She's dead now, so she won't mind what play I'm photographing."

  Gloomy!

  Yi Feiyang's mood suddenly turned gloomy.

  Those who were originally pointing at Abraham suddenly fell silent as well.

  The atmosphere around seemed somewhat strange.

  Everyone looked at this poor old man named Abraham with strange eyes.

  Is there anything else touching about him?

  Otherwise, a man can actually persist until now, just in order to get one line of dialogue in a play?! (....)