Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

Near Di'anmen Square, I found a school that covers a large area with a sign hanging outside - "Yanjing Shichahai Sports School".

A Shanghai-brand car slowly stopped.

The area around Shichahai and Houhai has always been a popular tourist destination for the people of Beijing. When it gets colder and the lake freezes over, large numbers of people come here to skate.

To skate and take pictures of the ladies, Wang Shuo often comes here to play.

Later, these bad things were filmed by his good friend Ye Jing and made into the movie "Days Related to Youth".

Lin Zhengjun, Fu Qi and Zhang Xinyan got out of the car and came to the guard room. Fu Qi showed the guard the letter of introduction issued by the Ministry of Culture.

"Come in!" the guard ignored him.

Fu Qi was a little surprised, and he and Zhang Xinyan looked at each other in surprise.

They are Hong Kong businessmen and people from the Hong Kong literary and art circles. After the reform and opening up, their status has soared and they are treated preferentially wherever they go.

But at Shichahai Sports School, a security guard was indifferent.

Lin Zhengjun was not surprised.

Film is a way to open the door to the world and show a new image of the country.

But other martial arts schools are even more so.

They have produced many national champions and martial arts performance teams, and have been received by senior leaders. They often perform abroad, and their audiences include even dignitaries such as Nixon and Kissinger.

Due to differences in ideology, there may be cultural differences in the film and a gap between it and the audience.

But martial arts or sports are not at all, they are one of the icebreakers of openness!

Shichahai Martial Arts School is a magical place. It has the qualification equivalent to that of a technical secondary school, but it has produced so many great people like Li Lianjie and Wu Jing.

Even Danny Chan and Daniel Wu made a special trip back to study.

In addition, there are martial arts instructors, such as Kou Zhanwen.

He is the one who played Erniu (Houyi) in "The Legend of the White Snake". He is ugly, right? But he is also the Chinese martial arts instructor in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

For example, in the gold medal coach Wu Bin, Magic Mirror King's "The Grandmaster", he was the martial arts instructor.

As a result, when we arrived at the office building, the school leaders refused to receive us, saying they were busy and designated coach Wu Bin to receive us.

"Coach Wu, nice to meet you again!"

"Hey, Director Zhang! When did you come to Yanjing?"

"Just these two days, this is Comrade Fu Qi, the general manager of Great Wall Films, and this is Comrade Lin Zhengjun, a young writer, with the pen name Chu Kuangren!"

"Oh, Mr. Fu and Teacher Lin, I have heard of your great names for a long time!"

After a warm greeting, I arrived at Wu Bin's office.

Wu Bin is not tall, about 1 meters, but he has the profound and majestic bearing of a master.

That’s right, he is the big boss.

He was from Shanghai and was admitted to the Central Institute of Physical Education in 1958. In 59, Mr. Zhou and Ho Chi Minh visited the Institute of Physical Education, and Wu Bin performed solo performances of monkey stick, single sword and bare-handed sword snatching.

After the performance, Ho Chi Minh personally gave him two pieces of Vietnamese fruit candies. Wu Bin was reluctant to eat them and kept them until the holiday when he took them back to Shanghai.

Mr. Zhou shook Wu Bin's hand and said, "Wushu is a traditional sport of China. Thank you for your excellent performance.

Mr. Zhou and many leaders who came after him were particularly concerned about culture and sports. Mr. Zhou also protected some artists during special periods.

At the time, "Titanic" was personally recommended by a senior leader, who requested that no cuts be made. Otherwise, do you think you would have the chance to see Rousi's grandmother in the cinema?

Wu Bin later became a coach, and it was he who discovered Li Lianjie.

At that time, Li Lianjie's mother did not approve of him learning martial arts. Coach Wu once stayed at his house for three days and finally convinced Li's mother.

He was also the one who discovered Wu Jing, and it was Zhang Xinyan who discovered her at that time, for the filming of "Kung Fu Kid".

"Director Zhang, why did you come to me..." Wu Bin asked after sitting down.

“Make a movie and cast actors!”

Zhang Xinyan handed the shooting plan and script to Wu Bin and said, "Look, the two films, Shaolin Temple and Tai Chi Master, promote traditional martial arts and convey the image of healthy and positive Chinese people to the world. Liao Chengzhi of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office personally promoted them, and Mr. Deng also strongly supported them!"

Wu Bin glanced at it for a few times, and his eyes suddenly lit up. He said, "This is a good thing!"

He was one of the first people to go abroad and led a martial arts team to perform for Nixon. He had a broad vision.

Others know that in the country, film actors are ordinary working class and receive a fixed salary.

But it’s different in foreign countries and in Hong Kong and Taiwan. They are called “stars”. Hollywood movie stars earn as much as rich people!

Especially since these two films are supported by senior leaders, if our athletes participate in them, it will be beneficial to them personally and to the martial arts team as well!

But the next moment, he worried again: "I agree with this matter in principle, but they are all athletes and don't know how to perform. If they mess it up again!"

“I have the same worry!”

Zhang Xinyan said: "But at least it's worth a try. If we find suitable actors, we can ask veteran actors from Beijing Film Academy to train them!"

"Okay, let's go and take a look!" Wu Bin stood up and took everyone to the training hall.

On the way, Lin Zhengjun showed off his presence and praised, "Coach Wu, I heard that your team performed well in the National Games a while ago, winning several gold medals and ranking first in the country!"

"Oh! We are the capital's martial arts team and we have the most resources. If we don't get a ranking, wouldn't that be embarrassing?"

Wu Bin was polite, but his eyebrows were about to pop out of his eyes with joy. He said, "Besides, we are also the culmination of all the martial arts schools in the country. We haven't won ten gold medals yet. I feel a lot of pressure!"

"Ouch!"

Lin Zhengjun thought to himself, wow, it’s only the 80s and some people are already being Versailles!

In fact, it's not all Versailles. Wu Bin is indeed very strict with his disciples, requiring them to kick thousands of times and stand in a posture for several hours every day.

Li Lianjie later said, "At that time, we all hated him and wished he would die sooner."

But Wu Bin was actually very kind to the children. Some of the athletes were young and even wet their beds, so Wu Bin washed the children's sheets by hand every day. Later, Li Lianjie visited him every year.

On the road.

A young man wearing flared jeans on a cold day was playing with nunchakus under a pine tree, making "hohohahei" sounds and shaking his head from time to time to imitate Bruce Lee's movements.

Wu Bin shouted angrily, "Hey! What's wrong with you? Didn't I tell you that you have to wear sportswear during training, not jeans? You have to be special, don't you?"

"Coach, my sweatpants are worn out and I haven't had time to buy new ones yet!"

The young man stopped, glanced at Lin Zhengjun and the others with a stern look, and then continued to practice nunchakus on his own.

"No organization, no discipline, and no going to the training hall!"

Wu Bin complained bitterly, then explained with a smile: "This guy is called Zhen Zidan, he is not a regular member of our team, he is an American Chinese, his mother is a martial arts coach. He has been poisoned by Western capitalist society and is more free and easy! The style of our martial arts team is very strong!"

It turned out to be Zhen Zidan!