Chapter 35 Apprenticeship and Martial Arts
"What's going on with Fan Shaohuang?" Chen Yongren asked Wang Jingdao, who was driving; When he assigned roles to a group of actors, he realized that an important role was missing.
Wang Jing sighed: "His father was injured while filming some time ago, and he can't do without someone to take care of him, so it's nothing to let the child come alone, so we can only pass!" ”。
Chen Yongren nodded, no longer said anything, he insisted on using Fan Shaohuang instead of just finding a small actor to be perfunctory, it was all for the sake of planning for the future, one of the main reasons for the future decline of Hong Kong films is that there is no successor, whether it is a director or an actor, there are only a handful of people in the new generation, and there is a lack of talent, now Xie Tingfeng and Yu Wenle are just sensible and useless, Wu Yanzu is in the United States, Feng Delun and Li Cansen are nowhere to be found, only Fan Shaohuang can be used, think about Fan Shaohuang is also a child star, At the age of three, he participated in the movie "The Legal Open", when he was eleven years old, in "Farewell My Concubine" directed by Zhang Wanting, he starred as a teenager Cheng Dieyi, and learned a good martial arts, and he was still quite aura when he was young, but unfortunately the qualifications themselves were limited, and he just missed the golden age of Hong Kong films, so that he fell into a second-tier artist, since he wants to save Hong Kong movies, he must make long-term considerations, think about the future on the screen can always fight Jackie Chan, Hung Jinbao and other old people over sixty years old, There is only one Wu Jing who is younger, and the reason why kung fu movies and action movies are declining is that there is no trace of new actors who know real kung fu, so he must take precautions and train a few more.
"Shouldn't I learn Kung Fu too?" Chen Yongren muttered to himself.
"What, Ah Ren do you want to learn kung fu?" Wang Jingqi said.
Chen Yongren came back to his senses, saw that the car had stopped, and asked, "Why did it stop?" ”。
Wang Jing unbuckled his seat belt and said, "This is Fan Shaohuang's house!" ”。
After the two got out of the car and walked into the unit building, Chen Yongren knew Fan Meisheng, the negative No. 1 one-eyed prison warden in the classic movie "King Li" starring Fan Shaohuang in the future is him, and he and the "somersault king" Xiao Qilin are still close friends of kung fu superstar Bruce Lee in Hong Kong.
The two walked into Fan's house under the guidance of Fan Shaohuang's mother, only to see Fan Meisheng half-lying on the sofa, his legs wrapped in plaster, and Fan Shaohuang was in the living room with a set of martial arts postures. ”。
Chen Yongren returned the salute, was invited to sit down and asked Fan Meisheng: "My purpose, Mr. Fan, must have heard of it?" ”。
Fan Meisheng smiled and nodded, "I've heard Mr. Wang say it!" Then he asked Chen Yongren some questions about the movie, which was nothing more than caring about his son, and Chen Yongren patiently explained them one by one.
After Fan Meisheng understood the situation, he beckoned Fan Shaohuang to him and said, "Son, say hello to Director Chen!" ”。
Fan Shaohuang stared at Chen Yongren with a pair of big eyes and said hello; Chen Yongren was a little disobedient to this kind of etiquette for a while, and suddenly thought of something, and asked Fan Meisheng: "I heard that Mr. Fan and Mr. Bruce Lee were friends before their deaths?" ”。
Fan Meisheng nodded and asked, "What advice does Mr. Chen have?" ”。
Chen Yongren said with a smile: "I have been interested in kung fu recently, and I am most interested in Mr. Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do, and I would like to ask Mr. Fan to introduce two good masters!" ”。
Fan Meisheng suddenly realized and shook his head, Chen Yongren said curiously: "Could it be inconvenient? ”。
Fan Meisheng explained: "Mr. Chen, don't blame, I know several good apprentices of Xiaolong, but they are all overseas, although the Jeet Kune Do gym in Hong Kong also has good hands, but I don't think Mr. Chen has any martial arts foundation, I am afraid that you will learn from scratch in the past, and I am afraid that a good master will ......."
"That's it! I understand......" Chen Yongren looked disappointed, and after a while, he smiled at Fan Meisheng and said: "Mr. Lao Fan reminds me that since this is the case, Chen will leave first, and I will send someone to pick up Shaohuang when the camera is turned on, and complete his role first, so as not to delay his studies!" So saying, he got up and left.
"Wait......" Fan Meisheng suddenly exclaimed.
Chen Yongren said curiously: "What else does Mr. Fan have to ask?" ”。
Fan Meisheng said: "I heard that Mr. Chen's brother is Chen Xunqi of Yongjia Company? ”。
Chen Yongren nodded yes, and Fan Mei said strangely: "Then why does Mr. Chen want to find any outsiders to learn kung fu, my brother has been practicing martial arts for more than ten years, and his kung fu is not bad at all!" ”。
Of course, Chen Yongren knew that Chen Xunqi had real kung fu, and he lost a head-to-head with him not long ago, and he had no chance to fight back; But when he learned kung fu, he also wanted to take revenge on another day, how could he let Chen Xunqi teach? The most important thing is that he knows that Chen Xunqi learned Pak Mei boxing, while Chen Yongren is only interested in Jeet Kune Do, Wing Chun, Xingyi and Bajiquan. He explained the second reason to Fan Meisheng, who first suddenly realized, and then smiled at Chen Yongren: "So, Mr. Chen doesn't have to be fond of Jeet Kune Do?" ”。
Chen Yongren's eyes lit up: "Does Mr. Fan have other buildings?" ”。
Fan Meisheng smiled: "I know a few people, but I don't think there is any need for me to introduce Mr. Chen!" ”。
"Why?" Chen Yongren was very skeptical.
"There's a Wing Chun master by your side!".
Chen Yongren was surprised when he heard this, looked at Wang Jing, and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the latter shaking his head, and he didn't believe that Wang Fatzi would really do kung fu, and suddenly thought that Wang Jing had used a kind of "fat mantis" kung fu in the movie "The King of a Thousand Kings" with Stephen Chow, and couldn't help but look weird again, seeing Wang Jing inexplicable, he turned to Fan Meisheng and said, "Could it be Mr. Fan himself?" ”。
Fan Meisheng shook his head and said: "My kung fu is miscellaneous, none of them are fine, I'm talking about Mr. Li Yingjiao in Yongjiali, Mr. Chen must be familiar with it, right?" ”。
"Brother is a Wing Chun master?" Chen Yongren remembered Li Ying's always kind smiling face. He was not very familiar with Li Ying in his previous life, and when he arrived at Yongjia, he didn't know that in the late seventies, Li Ying and Wu Yaohan founded Pioneer Pictures, and also worked as a producer in Mai Jia, Hung Jinbao and Liu Jiarong's Garbo Pictures, and in Liu Jiarong's Liu Pictures and Guangfeng, which he founded, he also worked as a producer and producer for Shaw Brothers before joining Struggle Pictures, and Li Ying served as a producer twice in the struggle trilogy of Struggle Pictures, the predecessor of New Art City. But I didn't hear anyone say that Li Ying would be able to work hard!
Fan Meisheng knew the reason when he saw Chen Yongren's expression, so he said: "Mr. Lai's Wing Chun boxing is very famous in the circle, speaking of which, he and Brother Long are still uncles and nephews; Mr. Lai's master is Mr. Zhao Yun......". Chan Wing-yan heard a secret story from Fan Meisheng that Lai Ying-chio's master, Mr. Zhao Yun, had been fond of martial arts since childhood, and began to practice boxing at the age of eight. Zhaofu Master inherited Chen Rumian, Chen is the son of Chen Huashun (looking for Qian Hua), the beloved disciple of Ryazan Grandmaster, and Zhaoyun Ancestor can be said to be the inheritance of Ryazan Grandmaster.
Zhao Yun came to Hong Kong 30 years ago to apprentice to Mr. Ip Man, when Grandmaster Ip Man did not allow his apprentices to perform the apprenticeship ceremony, but Zhao Yun Xianshi made an exception by chance to make an exception to Grandmaster Ip Man to perform the apprenticeship ceremony, and since then Zhao Yun has followed Grandmaster Ip Man to study martial arts. Later, with the permission of Grandmaster Ip Man, he opened the "Qiao Hong Kong Zhao Yun Wing Chun Guoshu Association", which laid the foundation in the Hong Kong martial arts community, until in 72 years, Zhao Yun Xian officially registered the "Qiao Hong Kong Zhao Yun Wing Chun Guoshu Association" as the "Zhao Yun Wing Chun Sports Association". Grandmaster Ip Man made an exception to give Master Zhaoyun a priceless treasure - "Wing Chun Orthodoxy" with the seven characters of the next paragraph of "Ip Question", which is the only plaque inscribed by Grandmaster Ip Man to his disciples before his death, and Master Zhaoyun did not dare to forget the gift of the master. At this point, the dispute over the orthodoxy of Ip Man's family has also settled.
Unfortunately, with the death of Grandmaster Ip Man in 72 less than a year ago, Master Zhao Yun fell ill in 73 and died of lung cancer in 74 at the age of 49. It is the providence of heaven that makes people, and this is also what Grandmaster Ip Man did not expect. Speaking of Bruce Lee, who learned a wide range of stunts and created his own Jeet Kune Do, Mr. Zhao Yun is the successor of Wing Chun, and Li Ying is one of Mr. Zhao Yun's proud disciples.
After returning to Yongjia, Chen Yongren went straight to Li Ying's office, and when Li Ying's was still stunned, Chen Yongren threw himself on the ground, hugged his thighs and shouted: "Master, take me as an apprentice!" ”。
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