Chapter 9: Accepting the Challenge

Within a few days, the Hong Kong martial arts community, or Brother Ji's master Hong Zhennan, arranged for Ip Man to accept the challenge of various sects, and sent someone to inform the time and place of the challenge. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ye Wen and they still came to visit Jinshan, and only after listening to the news that Jinshan found did he know that Brother Ji's master Hong Zhennan is now the leader of the Hong Kong martial arts world, and he has many subordinates, and his relationship is also hard, and he has influence in all aspects of Hong Kong.

For Ip Man to accept the challenge, Jin Shan Xun fully agrees, and there must be no problem with Ip Man's kung fu, so I wish Ip Man a victory.

Soon, when it was time for Ip Man to accept the challenge, on this day, Ip Man took a few apprentices to the arranged teahouse, including Ye Mo, Huang Liang and others. In the middle of the hall, there was a large round table, and under the round table were a circle full of inverted square stools, and the feet of the stools stood upward. According to the old tradition, there were even vertical knives under the table, but after all, it was not to the point of life and death now.

This is the ring to accept the challenge, outside the ring, some seats are arranged according to the sect, and the masters of each faction are sitting and drinking tea and chatting, waiting for Ip Man to arrive, they are all talking about Ip Man, but at this time Ip Man is really not famous in Hong Kong, and everyone does not know him. Their respective apprentices stood scattered nearby.

The arrival of Ip Man and a few people immediately attracted everyone's attention, and Ye Mo and his apprentices were also awe-inspiring when they saw such a scene, and the master was about to accept the challenge of many masters from various factions under the watchful eyes of so many people.

Under Brother Ji's reminder, Hong Zhennan said: "Masters, this is Ip Man. The tone was not very polite, there were reasons why his own personality was a little domineering, and there were also reasons why his apprentice had a conflict with Ip Man and did not take advantage.

What should be said still has to be finished, Hong Zhennan continued: "He wants to start a sect in Hong Kong, so he came here to meet friends with martial arts and accept everyone's challenges." Then he introduced the rules of the challenge, simply put, he insisted on a stick of incense for a long time, and even if he passed without falling off the table or surrendering, everyone recognized that he had the qualifications to open a martial arts gym.

At this time, on the window of the teahouse, many heads poked out of the gate, most of them with cameras, all of them were reporters from various newspapers, all of which were contacted by Ye Mo, in order to report on today's challenges and completely start the reputation of Wing Chun Ip Man. Since there is no way to develop in a low-key manner, let's make a high-profile appearance.

Ip Man is not a flamboyant character, and when Hong Zhennan told him that he could go on stage, he slowly approached the table and jumped up, reported the origin of his teacher, and accepted the challenge.

At the beginning, it was Master Luo who went up, and it seemed that he was practicing mantis boxing, but Ye Mo was not sure that it was, he stepped on a thin stool and jumped onto the round table in two steps, looking agile. The two quickly fought.

Ip Man appeared in the field of vision of the Hong Kong martial arts world for the first time, but seeing his fight with Master Luo, everyone quickly understood that he was extraordinary, and after a fight, Ip Man still neatly knocked Master Luo out of the ring.

The other masters next to him said cool words: "If I had died on the knife edge before, I wouldn't have beaten like this."

Master Luo blocked the support of his disciples, but said the words that the table was slipping.

After that, Master Zheng, who had an agreement with Master Luo to go on stage together, he originally saw that Ip Man was not easy to deal with and didn't want to go on stage, but because he had said before that Master Luo would also come to power, there were other masters who coaxed him, so he had to go on stage too. Ye Mo couldn't see his fist, but he was a little more personable than Master Luo, and he quickly admitted defeat if he couldn't fight, and expressed his gratitude to Ye Man's subordinates for their mercy.

And Ye Mo was also a little emotional, worthy of the fiercely competitive Hong Kong martial arts world, looking at the level of the martial arts master here, I feel that it is a little higher than the average level of the martial arts hometown in Foshan.

Seeing that Ip Man is really difficult to deal with, no one is willing to come to power for a while, there is not much benefit in winning, but losing is a great shame in front of his own disciples. Hong Zhennan beckoned everyone to continue to come to the stage, and all the masters were looking left and right as if they had nothing to do.

Hong Zhennan asked a few times and no one came to the stage, but he stood up by himself, he looked thick and bulky, but when he stood in the ring with two jumps, he looked light and down, and he didn't say hello as soon as he came on stage, so he first talked to Ye Man a few times, but no one took advantage of him.

After getting started in person, Hong Zhennan realized that Ip Man's kung fu was strong, and he also agreed with Ip Man a little, so the two raised their hands to salute and officially competed.

Ip Man's Wing Chun adhered to the middle line and was nimble, withstanding Hung Zhennan's countless attacks, and for a while the two came and went back and forth, and they couldn't see the winner for a while.

The masters of the other factions who came to participate in the challenge were surprised, this Ye Man was unknown, he didn't expect his kung fu to be so powerful, and he could fight with Hong Zhennan. Ip Man's apprentices were also excited, their master was really powerful.

What's even more exciting is the reporters, Hong Zhennan is a celebrity in Hong Kong, and news related to him, especially news that is evenly matched with people, can almost be on the front page.

The two fought for a long time, and the intensity was unusually fierce. Hong Zhennan drank every time he shot, violent and abnormal, and it could be seen at a glance that he had a clear advantage over Ip Man in terms of strength, but Wing Chun was a combination of offense and defense, and was good at defending and counterattacking. Finally, when the two of them stepped on the table neatly and occupied one side, a stick of incense burned first, and they couldn't tell the winner.

Although at the beginning, because Ip Man's name was unknown, the masters of all factions despised Ip Man, but seeing such a wonderful fight, both the masters and apprentices of each faction couldn't help but cheer, and they sincerely appreciated Ip Man's ability to fight with Hong Zhennan in a stick of incense time. So Ip Man was recognized by the Hong Kong martial arts community and could open a gym to teach apprentices.

Hong Zhennan routinely explained that he still needed to pay a hundred yuan a month for the opening of the museum, and promised that there would be no trouble if he paid the money, although Ye Man was reluctant, he still signaled Ye Mo to come forward and pay the dues.

This is Ye Mo's credit, he has been persuading Ip Man for a long time, and even took the initiative to mobilize students with better economic conditions to pay the tuition fees for a few more months in advance, and he himself paid directly for a year, so that Ye Man could barely agree to pay the membership fee and pay the membership fee.

Ye Mo noticed that Hong Zhennan was really sick for a long time, and as soon as he sat down, he suddenly broke out sweating profusely, panting like pulling a bellows, and he couldn't breathe, so he drank the medicine handed by his disciple to get a little smoother. He specially reminded Ip Man secretly and let Ip Man notice the situation. Ye Man is also very impressed by Hong Zhennan's illness and such skills.

The next day, many newspapers published the story of Ip Man accepting the challenge, and many capitalized features of the situation of him and Hung Chun-nam not winning or losing, such as Gen Ge's Chinese Daily, which used the headline "Wing Chun vs. Hung Boxing, the two factions fight hard, and the superiority is undecided".

As a result, Ip Man and his Wing Chun martial arts gym quickly became popular, and since no one made trouble, there were many more people who came to learn Wing Chun, and soon the rooftop could not accommodate so many people to learn boxing at the same time. According to this trend, it may soon be necessary to find a new place as the location of the martial arts hall.

If there are more apprentices, the income will increase greatly, although Ip Man's fees are cheap, but it is no problem to support his family's living and payment fees.

As Ip Man was recognized by the Hong Kong martial arts community and the Wing Chun martial arts hall became more and more famous, the martial arts community began to often find the Wing Chun martial arts hall to participate in various activities.

As Ip Man's eldest disciple, he has gradually emerged in various sect exchanges. The usual way of communication for martial arts learners, in addition to talking cannons, should be the most commonly used martial arts competition. The masters have relatively few opportunities to fight each other because they cherish their reputation, and the disciples have no such scruples, and even the masters also encourage the disciples to communicate and learn, in addition to allowing the disciples to improve each other, the quality of the disciples' teaching is also a very important aspect that reflects the level of the masters of each school.

In such a competition, Ye Mo has an amazing undefeated record among his peers, and as he competes with more and more people, he gradually integrates a solid foundation and strong physical fitness, and his actual combat level is getting stronger and stronger. Among his peers, Ye Mo also gradually established a little authority of his own.

Ye Man was very satisfied with Ye Mo's progress, and even felt that Ye Mo's actual combat level was no worse than most masters by virtue of his superior physical fitness.

Recently, the biggest thing in the Hong Kong martial arts world is the Western boxing competition organized by Hong Zhennan with the help of foreigners. On this day, Hong Zhennan suddenly visited, although it was said that there were just a few more tickets to see if Ip Man was interested, but it was indeed specially sent, and it could be regarded as inviting Ip Man to watch this boxing match.

Although Hong Zhennan was a little uncomfortable with the fact that he had a draw with him in a short period of time when he challenged Ip Man and was reported by the newspaper, he also agreed that Ip Man's kung fu was really good, and he was not such a stingy person, so he still came to invite.

After communicating with the martial arts community for a period of time, Ip Man also knew that Hong Kong was under the management of foreigners, and it was not easy to teach boxing peacefully. Although Hong Zhennan asked everyone to pay dues, it was indeed up to him to dredge up the relationship to avoid trouble, and although Hong Zhennan was a little domineering, he was very fair, so he could get everyone's support. Therefore, although I do not agree with Hong Zhennan's compromise with foreigners, it is not as exclusive as it used to be.

Hong Zhennan's invitation this time also took the initiative to release kindness, and Ip Man was sincerely grateful.

Ye Man noticed that Hong Zhennan's eyes were red, and thinking of Ye Mo's reminder, he advised Hong Zhennan to pay attention to his body, but Hong Zhennan didn't care and left quickly.