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Chapter 315 "Grandmaster" Martial Arts Guidance

Although it was in the offseason, Li Du was not idle. As soon as Yao Ming left, Purity brought a few friends to find Li Du.

These people are also Li Du's old friends. The great director Ang Lee, movie stars Jet Li and Zhang Ziyi are all Chinese.Priti told Li Du that this time they asked Priti to bring them to Li Du, taking advantage of the fact that the movie that Priti participated in had just finished.

After explaining the situation, Priti whispered in Li Du's ear, "Honey, I think your ideal can be put into action!"

Prati and Li Du are close to each other, and the last words of Master Shang Yun's exhortation to Li Du were conveyed to Li Du through her, so she knows very well that what Li Du wants to do most is to promote Chinese culture all over the world.In the past, although Li Du was very popular, as a professional basketball player, he never led a team to win a championship, so he always seemed to lack some persuasion. This time, Li Du led the Warriors to a strong championship and won the championship himself As the MVP of the finals, his popularity around the world, especially in China, is almost the same as that of Kobe, so Preti feels that the time is ripe.

Li Du often talked about this with Priti, Yao Ming and his agent Robert Pelinka before, and he knew it well. This time these famous directors in the film and television industry found him, which happened to be an opportunity!
Li Du met several old friends in the Mingyue Martial Arts Hall. As soon as he entered the door, Li An watched the architectural style and layout of the Martial Arts Hall, nodded frequently, and praised: "It really is a style that has been passed down from the Republic of China. As soon as people enter the door, there is a feeling of returning to ancient times.”

After everyone sat down, Zhang Ziyi first said to Li Du: "Mr. Li..."

Li Du raised his hand to interrupt her, and said with a smile: "Sister Ziyi, we are all old friends, so it's too strange to say so, just call me Xiao Du."

Everyone laughed, and then Zhang Ziyi said: "Okay, Xiao Du, then I'll just say it straight, this time we are here to ask you for help!"

Li Du also smiled and said: "No problem, as long as I can do it, it is absolutely obligatory! Sister Ziyi, just tell me!"

In Zhang Ziyi's narration, Li Du understood what she wanted him to do.In fact, Zhang Ziyi mentioned this to Li Du a few years ago. A great domestic director, Wang Jiawei, wanted to make a film about the martial arts in the late Republic of China. The film mainly featured Wing Chun master Ip Man, and involved other martial arts at that time. Celebrities and types of boxing.Li Du mainly studies Xingyiquan and Baguazhang, which are the two kinds of boxing that the film wants to focus on.So Zhang Ziyi hopes that Li Du can personally guide herself and another actor who performs Xingyiquan in the film.

The filming of this film should have started a long time ago, but director Wong Kar Wai is very strict, and he needs to prepare a lot of money, so it has been delayed.One year ago, Wong Kar Wai heard Zhang Ziyi mentioning Li Du, so he wanted to invite Li Du to participate in the filming.

Li Du nodded after listening, and agreed: "I don't dare to be a guide. Sister Ziyi also practiced kung fu since she was a child. I can only say that I will try my best to show you my understanding of Xingyiquan and Baguazhang."

At the end, he asked again: "What's the name of this movie?"

"The name of the movie is "The Grandmaster"!"

"Grandmaster?" Li Du nodded approvingly, "Master Ip Man, as well as many martial artists who debuted before and after him, are indeed worthy of the praise of a grandmaster. This name is good!"

After Zhang Ziyi agreed to the matter, Li An smiled and said to Li Du: "Xiao Du, Ziyi wants to invite you to be a martial arts instructor, but I plan to invite you to make a movie! How about it, are you interested?"

Li Du smiled wryly, he stood up, and said to Li An: "Director Li, look at me like this, the performance is not good!"

This is the truth. Li Du has a stern appearance, and his image is not bad, but his body proportions are not very good.Li Du hangs his hands over his knees, he is an image of a genius in martial arts, and he was also regarded as a portrait of a saint in ancient times, but when he is filmed, his body proportions will appear uncoordinated and unattractive.

The so-called gains come with losses, Li Du's figure has brought him great convenience in learning martial arts and playing basketball, but when it comes to filming, such a figure is really not suitable.

Ang Lee also noticed this, finally sighed, and said: "It's such a pity, I'm still thinking about putting your Kung Fu and Praiti's ancient yoga on the screen, it seems that I have to think of other ways .”

In the end, things are settled. Zhang Ziyi and another star will come to Mingyue Martial Arts Hall to learn Xingyiquan and Baguazhang from Li Du. At that time, Wang Jiawei will also come, but he wants to learn more about these boxing techniques through Li Du. How terrifying can it be in terms of combat power?

After they left, Preti walked up behind Li Du, massaged Li Du's shoulders lightly, and asked, "Honey, why don't you agree to Ang Lee? If you can act in a movie about kung fu, it would be great for you." It will be better if your popularity increases, and it will show your kung fu better."

Li Du shook his head with a smile, and said: "My body shape is indeed a problem, but the most important thing is the script problem. Li An once filmed Chinese martial arts beautifully and freely, but the real martial arts battle scenes are very different from martial arts scenes." Big, I'm not in the film industry, I don't have a good script, I don't have time to go crazy with them."

"Then why did you agree to help them as a martial arts instructor? This matter doesn't make you very popular!" Priti still didn't understand.

Li Du took Priti's hand, stroked it gently, and said, "This is like you need to establish friendship with other actors and directors in Hollywood. Maybe this matter will not bring me much popularity, but it will be in their hearts. Bring me fame in the circle, so that they will come to me in the future, some things can't just look at the immediate, you need to think about it in the long term."

To Li Du's surprise, Zhang Ziyi brought Wang Jiawei and another actor to come the next day. After some understanding, Li Du found out that the actor's name was Zhang Jin, who played the role of the master of Xingyi Baguamen in the film. Zhang Ziyi plays his younger sister, who is also the master's daughter, and majors in Baguazhang.

After listening to Wang Jiawei's comprehensive description of the martial arts he wanted to show, Li Du frowned. These people are not from the martial arts world. They only know that there are a few styles of boxing, but they don't know that there are many schools in these boxing techniques.For example, Li Du, the Xingyi boxing he learned was passed down from Master Shang Xiangyun, which is Shang's Xingyi, which is different from Xue's Xingyi, Guo's Xingyi and other Xingyi.

The same is true for Baguazhang, because Li Cunyi, Shang Xiangyun's teacher, and Cheng Tinghua, the great master of Baguazhang, are brothers of Jinlan, so Shang Xiangyun also learned Chengpai Baguazhang, and Li Du's Baguazhang belongs to Chengpai Baguazhang.In addition to Cheng Pai Ba Gua Zhang, there are many other schools, such as Shi Pai, Li Pai, Gong Pai and so on.

The master of Xingyi Bagua boxing in "The Great Master" is surnamed Gong. According to Wang Jiawei's description, he should be Gong Baotian, a great master of martial arts in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, so logically his Bagua palm should be Gongpai Bagua. Baguazhang Li Du is not clear, let alone guide.The same is true for Xingyiquan.The Xingyi Quan mastered by the Gongpai is passed down from Grandmaster Li Cunyi, which is similar to Shang's Xingyi Quan, and Li Du can give a little guidance.

After hearing Li Du's words, Wang Jiawei's eyes were shining, and he became more and more convinced that Li Du would definitely help him restore the martial arts world in the late Republic of China!

(End of this chapter)