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After a circle of wine drinking, Su Da is a real acquaintance with this table as the core of the group, what is the Seven Little Blessings, this has to start from the 60s of the 20th century, this Xiangjiang Seven Little Blessings is the general name of the seven protégés of the famous Peking Opera martial arts student Yu Zhanyuan when he opened the Drama Research Institute in Xiangjiang, and it is a drama troupe.

Seven Little Blessings originated from Yu Zhanyuan, and in a Peking Opera performance, Yuan Long (Hong Jingbao's stage name at the time), Yuan Lou (Jackie Chan's stage name at the time), Yuan Biao, Yuan Kui, Yuan Hua, Yuan Wu (real name Zhou Yuanjun), and Yuan Tai were selected as the protagonists of "Seven Little Blessings". Later, because the performance was very successful, Yu Zhanyuan took this opportunity to form the Seven Little Blessing Opera Troupe, so that the apprentices could increase their performance experience. There are a total of 14 members of the "Seven Little Blessings" troupe, in addition to the above 7 people, there are also Yuan Qiu (the only female member), Yuan Qing (that is, Yuan Heping), Yuan De, Yuan Jun (later renamed Wu Yuanjun), Yuan Bin, Yuan Zhen, Yuan Bao, etc.

The core characters in this used to be dominated by Hong Jingbao and Yuan Heping, because in the early stage of this group of brothers, the two of them were the best in the entertainment industry, and they left the troupe early to join the entertainment industry to work hard, relying on the skills they had practiced in the troupe, from a dragon and tiger martial artist, gradually became an actor, and starred in the first movie "The Education of Love" in 1961 ∫.

In 1966, he entered Shaw Brothers Pictures and participated in the martial arts design of the martial arts film "The Drunken Man" directed by Hu Jinquan, and in the 70s of the 20th century, the Hong family class with Hong Jingbao as the core was formed, and he began to be a martial arts instructor in 1971.

Yuan Heping, that is, the eighth master in our mouth, let alone him. Born in a martial arts family, his father is the first martial artist Yuan Xiaotian in the history of film, and he is also a famous actor and martial arts coach in the Hong Kong art world, who is also a descendant of the Peking Opera family, and is proficient in Northern Kung Fu.

It can be said that the eighth master was brought into the door by his father, all the time. The eighth master always talked about his father, "Without my master's cultivation of me, I would not be where I am today." The eighth master said that when he was a child, his father was strict with himself and let him practice martial arts with several brothers.

"My father used to be in the drama troupe, and he wanted a few of our brothers to take over his class in the future, and he was very strict during the training." The eighth master fondly recalled the past, "But I was very lazy at that time. When my father was there, I practiced hard, and as soon as my father left, I was lazy. Speaking of these, the eighth master laughed, "Among all the children, my father loves me the most, I am the only one who has not been beaten, and he thinks that the lazy child is smart." The eighth master said. Although my father taught his brothers to practice martial arts every day, he also watched his homework closely. From the word scripture to the thousand words, there is no ambiguity at all.

The eighth master later became a martial arts instructor, and he didn't forget to bring his father, and specially arranged a role for his father in "Drunken Boxing". "I can give my father action guidance, and his old man is very happy, and they all say that raising a child is better than a father. This is also his pride. The eighth master's family recalled, "The two of them are like friends when they are filming, and they are fathers when they are resting off the court." ”

Yuan Heping had a period, and there is no need to say much about the first time, even until now. It is estimated that no one will forget the two kung fu films that made Jackie Chan's movie "Serpentine Trickster" and "Drunken Fist" set the magic weapon for Jackie Chan to become famous in kung fu comedy.

In the 90s, Xiangjiang set off a new round of craze for martial arts and kung fu films, and Yuan Heping could use this to show his strengths. But the reason why Ba Ye was able to usher in the second peak of his personal career is also due to finding a creative partner, who is also the founder of the new martial arts kung fu film boom - Xu Ke.

Xu Ke, who is known for his innovation and change, was ready to remake the story of Wong Fei Hung, and in the first episode, he recruited Liu Jiarong and Yuan Xiangren and Yuan Xinyi brothers to design action moves for the film. "Once Upon a Time" was a huge success after its release, grossing 30 million at the box office, and won Xu Ke the Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and Yuen Xiangren won the Best Action Direction award.

The following year, Xu Ke took advantage of the situation to launch a sequel "Men Should Be Self-Improvement", but this time only Yuan Heping was invited to serve as the action director. The eighth master really lived up to the trust, in addition to continuing the martial arts kung fu of the first hard bridge and hard horse, he added a lot of flexible juggling skills, such as Li Lianjie (as Huang Feihong) and Xiong Xinxin (as Jiugong Zhenren) in Nantianmen need to master the balanced fighting, as well as the soft body a few turns to unload the white silk stretching action.

As for the most exciting part of the film, the stick fight between Huang Feihong and Nalan Yuanshu in a narrow space was actually designed by Yuan Heping to open and close the action effect, which is breathtaking. Therefore, Yuan Heping won the Best Action Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards that year, and he definitely deserved it!

The first time, that is, a few years ago, in the mid-90s of the 20th century, blind plagiarism finally forced Hong Kong's martial arts kung fu films into a desperate situation again. Yuan Heping's film career also fell into a trough, and his films "Tiger and Dragon" and "Street Killer" all suffered box office fiascos.

Yuan Heping clearly realized that it was difficult to develop kung fu movies in Xiangjiang, so he moved to the mainland in time and co-formed a company with Zhang Xinyan to shoot kung fu martial arts TV series such as "The Grandmaster", "New Shaolin Temple" and "Xiao Li Flying Knife". Among them, the CCTV drama "Water Margin", which is the action director of Ba Ye, has the most extensive influence, and the movements he designed abandon fancy moves, and are known for their authenticity and smoothness, sweeping away the old-fashioned and clumsy style of fighting in such dramas in the mainland in the past, which is well received by the audience.

Although Yuan Baye was reduced to the point of filming TV series at that time, his works still existed, and he had a large number of action fans in the West alone, such as the Wachowski brothers who filmed "Amazing Flowers" are die-hard fans of Yuan Heping's movies. Because of this, when the Wozhuo brothers filmed "The Matrix" in 1998, they naturally thought of hiring Yuan Heping as the action designer of the film. Yuan Heping was very interested in the action concept of "Oriental Kung Fu + Western Stunts" proposed by them, and just took this opportunity to break into Hollywood, and immediately agreed to join.

As an action director, Yuan Heping has to do something that perfectly embodies the action ideas of the director Wo Zhuo brothers. He starts by training stars like Keanu Reeves on physical fitness and basic skills, while also practicing the technique of hanging a tightrope. Two months later, the actors began to try to complete the movements designed by the eighth master, such as Carrie Ann Morse's "Eagle Spreading Wings" in the air, Kewoury Weiss's "Iron Plate Bridge" to play time, etc., all of which were very difficult, but fortunately, the actors completed them very wonderfully. Other than that. Since any action kung fu can appear in the virtual world, Yuan Heping also added the signature shapes of Bruce Lee and Wong Feihong, which are most familiar to the audience, as well as his famous work "Drunken Boxing", which is quite interesting.

After the release of "The Matrix" in 1999, it caused a sensation around the world and had a good reputation at the box office. But. Yuan Heping didn't have time to enjoy the joy of success, so he plunged into the crew of the martial arts film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee. Originally, making martial arts films was a pediatric for Yuan Heping, but in the face of Ang Lee, who has always been famous for art films, the eighth master did not dare to treat him as a layman.

In fact, Ang Lee's imaginative conception of martial arts scenes, such as Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Yi's cornices walking on the wall at night, and Zhou Yanfa and Zhang Yi's swaying chase in the bamboo forest, all made Yuan Heping rack his brains. Compared with. However, Michelle Yeoh used several cold weapons to take turns to fight Zhang Yi's action scenes.

At the end of 2000, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released in the United States and achieved the same huge commercial success as "The Matrix", with a global box office of hundreds of millions of dollars and four Oscars.

In fact, not every audience can understand the storyline and connotation of "The Matrix" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which has the limitations of the personal taste of the regionalized racial class. However, great action sequences can transcend these limitations and be enjoyed by any normal viewer. Don't even pay attention to what the film is about.

As a result, Yuan Heping, as an action director, played a pivotal role in the commercial success of The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. And now many Hollywood studios are vying to find Yuan Heping as an action director or even director. It is more than enough to prove that he is hot.

Later, Jackie Chan mixed up, and Qixiao Fuli also became lightweight, he can be said to be the first Chinese actor to use kung fu to break into the European and American entertainment circles after Bruce Lee, no matter where Jackie Chan goes, no one will raise his thumb and praise it amazingly.

Although Suda is very fond of this person's relationship. But I will never forget to make friends with the other members of Qixiaofu, except for Yuan Hua and Yuan Qiu, who are actors, who are skilled in using actors as professionals, other people like Yuan Biao have gradually turned into martial arts instructors, and won the Best Action Direction Award at the 1st Hong Kong Film Awards and the Best Martial Arts Direction Award at the 29th Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards. Almost has rarely appeared in movies for twelve years. also made a comeback this year to shoot an action film "Red Boxing King" that embodies the style of fast boxing.

Not to mention that Yuan Kui, Yuan De, and Yuan Bin are still active in various fields of the entertainment industry, and in Xiangjiang and even the mainland, few people don't know the reputation of this senior brother!

Yuan Kui studied under Peking Opera master Yu Zhanyuan with Jackie Chan Sammo Hung and others in his early years, and has been a dragon and tiger martial artist since 1970, and has served as a producer, director, action director, etc., he is low-key, and rarely appears, is a pragmatic person who talks less and does more things, and buries himself in work. "Fang Shiyu", "Comic Weilong", "Gambling Saint", "New Jingwumen" (Stephen Chow version) and dozens of other movies are directed by him.

Yuan Kui's movement design is elegant, free, and fast, which can embody the essence of Chinese martial arts. He single-handedly promoted a number of famous action actors, including the internationally acclaimed Michelle Yeoh and Li Lianjie. In the 1990s, he made his debut in Hollywood, where he served as a military commander for Jet Li's "Romeo Must Die" and "Savior", as well as films such as "Death Express".

In terms of the action scenes he and his younger brother Yuande jointly designed for "Kung Fu Emperor Fang Shiyu", Li Lianjie and Hu Huizhong are watching the heads of the lively crowd compete high and high to show their chic posture, while the fight between Zhao Wenzhuo and Li Lianjie in the low mezzanine in the prison is a flickering but clever victory; Coupled with the confrontation between Li and Zhao in the dyeing workshop, the long stick to the short stick - this ingenious contrast between high and low, short and long is really dazzling, Yuan Kui Yuande won the Best Martial Arts Instructor Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards that year with this film, and it is indeed well deserved.

So far, Yuan Kui and Yuan De brothers have teamed up to design a series of wonderful action scenes in films such as "New Shaolin Five Ancestors", "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", "Chiwei Dragon", "Rat Guts" starring Li Lianjie.

Yuan De, who has been in the film industry for more than 20 years, has participated in many film performances and martial arts instruction. Yuan De's first film was "Flying Crane", and then he played the leading role in the kung fu film "Betrayal of the Master". In 1995, he made his debut in directing "SWAT Pioneer". Yuen Tak has been nominated for Best Action Design at the Hong Kong Film Awards 10 times, including Best Action Design at the 10th Hong Kong Film Awards in 1994 for "Fang Shiyu".

Even he has a lot of fame in South Korea, he knows the action of "The Little Match Girl", and he also served as the action director of "Millennium Lake", he also has a good talent in Korean, at least he can communicate fluently.

Yuan Bin, naturally not the puppet in South Korea, people in the mainland probably know his name, he personally created and witnessed many signature martial arts dramas in Hong Kong in the 90s, and has designed countless classic fight scenes. Compared with his brother Yuan Heping, who developed in Hollywood and quickly became popular, Yuan Bin's career focus is still inclined to the Chinese region.

During his tenure as the martial arts director of CCTV's drama "Smiling Proud Jianghu", in order to devote himself, every martial arts action must be carefully designed according to the requirements of the script and the personality of the characters, trying to create a new number that is different from the existing martial arts dramas. The directors of many films have invited Yuan Bin to be the martial arts instructor, and he will get better and better on the path of "martial arts hermit"!

It can be said that Suda must have the ability to pull the people at this table into his company, with the connections they have accumulated in the entertainment industry, Suda's CAA will definitely be able to open quickly, even if he can't pull into the company, at least he must be able to become partners with them, which is enough for Suda to be of infinite use, and it is obviously helpful for him to learn the bundle system of CAA in the United States, why can't the domestic career be opened for a long time, isn't it that it is difficult to find famous behind-the-scenes personnel, and people can't look down on the salary in Suda's company, Naturally, they will not sign a contract to sell themselves. (To be continued......)