Superstars start as villains

Chapter 214 A generation of grandmasters.

"Tony Jia? Are you serious?" Gao Qunshu looked at Zhou Xing in surprise.

It's no wonder Gao Qunshu was surprised, Tony Jia's status in Thailand is equivalent to Bruce Lee's status in China, and they are the existences that broke local kung fu movies into the world in one fell swoop.

Of course, no matter how high the Thai people praise Tony Jia, his actual status is definitely not comparable to that of Bruce Lee, not even Li Lianjie. After all, Li Lianjie is already a tens of millions of dollars in Hollywood. When the pay was the highest, it was only $300 million.

"Let's get in touch first and try it out." Zhou Xing naturally knew that it would be very difficult to invite Tony Jia to film a film. After all, in Tony Jia's position, the consideration of accepting a film was not only the issue of salary.

Most of the kung fu stars are actually just like the male lead of Invincible Shuangwen, relying on invincible characters to make a living. It is very hurtful to play the villain and be beaten violently, just like Wu Jing and Zhao Wenzhuo. Not good, but even so, they didn't pick up the villains.

There is also the issue of roles. A movie only lasts so long. Kung Fu movies originally require simple and clear plots. It is already very difficult to highlight one leading role. If there are two leading actors, the audience will easily lose their priority.

Sure enough, Thailand did not respond. On the one hand, it may be because Tony Jia still has illusions about Thai movies, and on the other hand, it may be because "Zhixing Film and Television" is not well-known internationally.

There is no way, many times in the entertainment industry, fame is more attractive than money.

Originally, Zhou Xing thought that according to Sunglasses King’s speed, the post-production of [The Grandmaster] would take at least a year, but at the end of the year, Sunglasses Wang sent a message that [The Grandmaster] had actually been scheduled for February 2014, 2.

With the news of the finalization of "The Great Master", the popularity is naturally no small matter. The King of Sunglasses has honed his sword in ten years, and a film that took three years to shoot and has an unprecedentedly strong cast, the audience can't pay too much attention to it.

The most eye-catching thing is not that Zhang Zhen spent three years practicing Baji and won the championship of Bajiquan martial arts competition.

In fact, what the audience is most concerned about is Zhou Xing's re-play of Ip Man and all kinds of scandals about the heroine Zhang Ziyi.

In fact, Zhang Ziyi's development has not been good after going to Hollywood in recent years. Coupled with some lace news about Zhang Ziyi and her foreign boyfriend, her reputation has continued to decline.Zhang Ziyi once had more black fans than fans on the Internet.

But Zhang Ziyi understands very well that actors still rely on their works to speak, that's why she is so concerned about "The Great Master", even if she doesn't take on the show for three years, she still wants to make this film well.

Tong Lia attended the press conference for the premiere of [The Grandmaster], she attended the press conference of [Flying Armor of the Dragon Gate] last time, she had a fat body, but this time she recovered after a long time of exercise, so she naturally wanted to show off.

Zhou Xing shook his head secretly, so he had no choice but to put his overcoat on this silly woman who was shivering from the cold, and this scene was also recorded by the reporters who participated in the press conference with photos. It is estimated that tomorrow's gossip will definitely be between them. The sweet interaction between husband and wife is actually just a normal little thing between husband and wife. Entertainment reporters are always very good at magnifying a little thing.

After the premiere ceremony, the big screen was lit up, and the originally noisy sound in the projection room gradually subsided.

The opening flashed: Wong Kar Wai's works, a few large characters, this is exclusive to famous directors, if ordinary directors do this, it will only make people laugh. In the entire Chinese film circle, there are countless hands that are truly worthy of such an honor.

The subtitles read: In May 1936, in order to fight against the government of the Republic of China, Guangdong and Guangxi conspired against the government of the Republic of China, conspired for inter-provincial autonomy, separated the north and the south, and the Guangdong and Guangxi Incident was imminent.

This is to introduce the background of the story. In fact, the Guangdong-Guangdong Incident actually happened in history, and then the subtitles also stated that Gong Yutian, who claimed to be invincible in the north, came to Foshan for exchanges and was considered to be a strong dragon passing through.

In fact, it is a metaphor for this period of history. Lao Jiang had long wanted to use force to solve the Guangdong-Guangdong issue. At that time, the powerful warlords in Guangdong and Guangxi, Chen Jitang, Li Zongren, and Bai Chongxi, formed an anti-Jiang alliance in order to ensure their own interests. I asked what Dashou said before, fists are divided into north and south, does the state have north and south?The questioning showed that Gong Haneda wanted to see a unified country.

The scene changed, and on a rainy night, Ye Wen, played by Zhou Xing, had a fierce fight with a group of men in black.

Different from [Ip Man]'s more realistic action style, Sunglasses King used a lot of slow-motion close-up shots of raindrops and splashes to show the fight.

The audience was so hooked, they didn't expect that the action movie made by King of Sunglasses would have a special taste.

But when Zhou Xing saw this scene, he cursed inwardly. In fact, this scene had nothing to do with the main storyline at all. In order to film this fight scene, he spent a full month in the water.

The most deceitful thing is that in the version released in the mainland, the King of Sunglasses actually deleted the scene where Gong Yutian asked Ye Wen's background outside the iron gate.

The whole fight scene seemed a little headless, as if it was just to support the line: don't tell me how deep your kung fu is, how powerful your master is, how profound the martial art is, the two words of kung fu: one horizontal and one vertical !If you are wrong, lie down; if you are standing, you are qualified to speak.

When the camera turned on a rainy night, the light from the Ye family's mansion seemed to have a layer of gold, to show how rich the Ye family was.

Then there is a self-report by Ye Wen: I am from Foshan, Nanhai, Guangdong. My father is Ye Geduo. I run a north-south business in Wenxian West Street, Xiangjiang. Li Jie is surnamed Ye.
It has to be said that the information collected by King Sunglasses is much more detailed than that of Ye Weixin back then, and the restoration of the entire Ye family mansion is also more delicate than in [Ip Man 1].

As soon as the screen changed, Jin Louli Gong Haneda began his speech: I have only accomplished three things in my life, merging the Xingyi Gate and the Bagua Gate.

Gong Yutian here is not a complete fiction of Sunglasses King, but a character created by combining the deeds of two martial arts masters in the Republic of China: Gong Baotian and Li Cunyi. Art comes from life rather than life.

As for the merger of the two schools of Xingyi and Bagua, it is not fabricated. In fact, Dong Haichuan, the founder of Baguazhang, and the two masters of Xingyiquan: Liu Qilan and Guo Yunshen are inseparable, and the exchanges between the two schools are far more than ordinary schools. , Cheng Tinghua, Zhang Zhankui, and Li Cunyi's generation communicated more closely, even to the point of not distinguishing each other.

The second thing that Gong Yutian accomplished was the establishment of the Chinese Samurai Association. This organization also existed in history, and the backbone initiator of it was Li Cunyi.

The third event is that the northern boxers went south to pass on their skills. It is also a historical event. In the 17th year of the Republic of China, Li Jishen, the chairman of the GD Provincial Government, invited the martial arts masters Wan Laisheng, Fu Zhenpu, Li Xianwu, Gu Ruzhang, and Wang Shaozhou who won the first national martial arts examination to come to Guangzhou. The Liangguang Martial Arts Museum was organized, but it was a pity that the Liangguang Martial Arts Museum was forced to disband two months later due to political reasons.

Then Gong Yutian proposed that the retirement ceremony was held in the north once, and the Jingwu Association invited him to do it again in the south. The one who helped him in the north was his apprentice Ma San. This time in the south, he wanted to find a southern boxer to help him. .

As soon as the camera turned, a room full of martial artists were staring at Ip Man played by Zhou Xing, and Ip Man was a little confused.

"What qualifications do I have to represent Guangdong Wulin? Speaking of martial arts, there are Hong, Liu, Cai, Li, and Mo in Nanquan. Everyone here is from the generation of uncles. I can't get my turn."

Then a group of old guys expressed impassionedly: We Cantonese usually like to make small calculations, but when people call us, how can we be grandchildren?

In fact, these old guys are all good at monkeys. The reason why Ye Wen came up is because Gong Yutian called his name, and secondly, Ye Wen's seniority is low. Even if he loses, Gong Yutian will win by bullying. It's not martial.

In fact, Gong Yutian here wanted to give the southern boxers a chance to stand out, but Ma San refused to accept it. He defeated more than a dozen southern boxers in Jinlou in a row, and stabbed them all at once. This is equivalent to slapping the southern martial arts in the face. If the hand loses, the entire southern martial arts world will lose face.

For this reason, Gong Yutian told Ma San to leave quickly. Firstly, he was angry that he had messed up the matter, and secondly, to protect him.

"Do you know why knives have sheaths?"

"Because the true meaning of the knife is not to kill, but to hide."

However, Ma San slammed the door out, obviously not understanding what the old man meant.

It was another rainy night, and Gong Er (Gong Ruomei), played by Zhang Ziyi, came on stage and showed a strong personality from the very beginning.

"My father has fought against others all his life, and he has never suffered a loss. How can he win or lose?"

Afterwards, Ye Wen came to the Golden Tower and fought against people all the way, including Baguazhang and Xingyiquan, obviously to make him feel confident.

However, Gong Yutian said that today is not a competition of martial arts, but a competition of ideas.

"That year, the Chinese Samurai Association was established. A man came from the south. He didn't say much. He held a piece of cake in his hand and asked my senior brother Li Cunyi to break it. My senior brother Li Cunyi didn't say anything, and let him be a member of the Samurai Association. The first president, what he relied on was not martial arts, but a sentence: Fist has north and south, and state has north and south? Mr. Ye, can you break this piece of cake in my hand?"

In fact, the person here from the south is called Ye Yunbiao. In fact, he is from Hebei. As the backbone of the League, his vision is naturally wider than that of ordinary martial artists.

As soon as the camera turned, Gong Yutian stretched out the hand holding the cake to Ye Wen. Ye Wen first stretched out his left hand, but took it back before touching the cake.

The layman didn't understand what he was doing at all. Fortunately, an old gentleman explained: "Tai Chi Yang Luchan has the unique skill that birds can't fly. The sparrow can't fly in his hands because he has nowhere to borrow power. The old man still has deep skills. , Mr. Ye is now the sparrow in his hand, I think this cake may not be broken."

Ye Wen gave up breaking the cake directly, but put his hands together with Gong Yutian's hand holding the cake, which is also Wing Chun's "listening to the bridge".

"Actually, the world is so big that there is more than just the north and the south. Compromise is tantamount to complacency. In your eyes, this piece of cake is a martial arts world, but to me it is a world. Only with shortcomings can we make progress. If it really works, Nanquan is far more than that." North Pass."

Gong Yutian conceded defeat, and a small piece of the cake fell to the ground.

"I hope you can be like me, light a lamp with one breath, and there will be people when there is a lamp."

At this point, the King of Sunglasses finally talked about the core of [Grandmaster]—inheritance. The so-called lamp is actually inheritance. If the 5000-year inheritance is cut off, can those who grew up in China still be called Chinese people?
Later, Gong Er challenged Ye Wen again in order to maintain the undefeated record of the Gong family. Ye Wen said: Kung fu is a battle of the slightest, and if he breaks anything in the golden building, he will lose.

Gong Er won and played some tricks, Ye Wen graciously conceded defeat, the two sides did not know each other and respected each other.

The King of Sunglasses began to set up a fog for the audience here again. It seems that Gong Er and Ye Wen are in love with each other. In fact, the real situation is that Gong Er does have a good impression of Ye Wen, but Ye Wen is more interested in Gong Er at this time. It is the interest in the 64 hands of the Gong family and the flowers hidden at the bottom of the leaves.

Afterwards, Japan occupied Foshan, and Ye Man suffered an accident. Since then, he has been impoverished and can only live by being a seller.

"I started learning boxing at the age of seven. Before I was forty, I had never seen a mountain. When I encountered it for the first time, I found that the most difficult thing to overcome was life."

It coincided with the famine in Guangdong and Guangxi, and Ye Wen's two daughters also starved to death in this famine.

According to the recollection of Ye Wen's eldest son, Ye Zhun, this matter is not fabricated. In comparison, "The Great Master" is indeed more real than "Ip Man".

In 1945, Foshan was restored, but the civil war broke out. Ye Wen left Foshan and came to Xiangjiang, where he started to teach apprentices.

"Teaching kung fu is not a street art. You don't have to cover your head with roof tiles. You don't teach it. There are always fights and troubles in lion dance, not to mention fighting for power. It's just for a red envelope, which is not polite."

In fact, judging from the current point of view, Ye Wen is a bit of a childe, and he has been reduced to teaching boxing to support himself, and he is so poor.

In Xiangjiang, Ye Wen found Ding Lianshan. In fact, Ding Lianshan is a dark thread here. He often said "face" and "face". things.

After Ding Lianshan saw Ye Wen, he asked Ye Wen to smoke, saying that he was smoking, but in fact he wanted to find out about him.

Ding Lianshan holds the lighted match in his right hand, and spreads his left hand. The posture looks weird, but it has a deep meaning. The match held in the right hand can be thrown at Ye Wen's eyes at any time, and the left hand can slap the table with a palm , so that he has the upper hand in the subsequent fights. If Ye Wen is not careful, maybe Ding Lianshan will kill him. After all, if his existence is exposed, it will have an impact on the reputation of the entire Xingyi Baguamen.

And Ye Wen first put his left hand against the table, then picked up the cigarette, tilted his head and nodded it, making Ding Lianshan's two moves useless.

Ding Lianshan knew that the opponent was a master, so he also gave up his killing move against Ye Wen, but he didn't let Ye Wen see the Gong family's 64 moves. This is the secret of the Gong family.

(End of this chapter)