144 Visit Ip Man

That night, more than 20 cinemas under Golden Harvest immediately replaced the latest trailer of "Raptors Crossing the River", with the enthusiasm of "Righteous Heroes Bravely Entering the Beach", before the film started, the gap between the film changes, and after the film was played, three prime time periods were inserted to insert this trailer that made all the audience obsessed.

At the beginning, Bruce Lee was still a little worried, and he once secretly ran to the theater to watch it alone, and found that all the audience was talking about it, and he was eager to see his big production, so he laughed happily for a long time.

As Wang Xiaohu said, as long as the content of the MV is filmed exactly according to his requirements, no matter how bad the effect is, with his good voice and lyrics that people can remember after listening to it, the publicity effect is definitely not much worse.

Let's take a look at the content of the world's first MV: the opening picture is Li Haiquan holding the newborn Bruce Lee, followed by several groups of photos of Bruce Lee as a child, at this time the music began to play, and the picture began to play some of the video materials before Bruce Lee left Hong Kong, when the accompaniment went to **, the rap part had not yet started, and the moment for the audience to be excited had arrived, "Jingwumen" made a big fuss in the Hongkou Dojo, and Bruce Lee played Li Sanjiao to kick several samurai in a row. When Bruce Lee landed on the ground, the accompaniment came to an end, and the rap part began: "I didn't know what an idol was, but I knew your name was Bruce Lee" The relaxed and cheerful rap lyrics were mixed with martial arts movements that excited the audience, so that the audience couldn't help but sing along.

When the solo of "Horse Tie, Mouth Grunt" began, Bruce Lee on the screen also began to make movements with the lyrics, and the audience was pleasantly surprised to find that they had not seen these pictures, thinking that this would not be the picture in "Raptors Crossing the River", right? That's right, this is the content of "Raptors Crossing the River", but it is very short, a few scenes flashed tightly, and immediately entered the era of "Jingwumen", and it was a bloody action, but this time it was replaced by Bruce Lee's big dance nunchucks, and the refreshing feeling of the stick hitting him evoked the memories of many people.

"Ahta!" "Woo~~~" and the sound of nunchucks hitting are interspersed in the MV from time to time, and the audience in the theater is even more excited, one by one they can't go home immediately and take the nunchucks they bought, and those who didn't buy nunchucks also decided to go to the store to buy a few back, they feel that as long as they can play nunchucks, learn from Bruce Lee's appearance and roar a few voices, it's really just like the singing in "I am Bruce Lee" "I am Bruce Lee, not necessarily martial arts, as long as justice is in my chest, brave and ambitious!" ”

This lyric simply sang to the hearts of the audience and fans.

"Hold it, just rush this lyric, Lao Tzu also wants to watch "Raptors Crossing the River"!" A young man shouted like this, in fact, not only he thought so, many people had such thoughts, who made the lyrics write well, who let Wang Xiaohu sing well, who let this be the script created by Wang Xiaohu, who let this be starring Bruce Lee!

When Bruce Lee mentioned the reaction of the theater audience to Wang Xiaohu, Wang Xiaohu laughed, the MV effect is really good, which also makes Sammo Hung breathe a sigh of relief, you must know that he just brought a sample film (the film is not good. This is the first time he has directed this kind of thing, although there are no few sets of shooting things, but the light editing also makes Sanmao Senior Brother work hard.

"Okay, that's all for today's work." Wang Xiaohu handed Sammo Hung the trailer plan for the third phase after revising it, and said, "Senior brother, you have to work hard." ”

"Well, okay, I'll do it." Sammo Hung was a little scared, he knew that this was an opportunity for the little junior brother to give him exercise, so he naturally would not live up to the kindness of the little junior brother, and took the plan and went out to study.

Wang Xiaohu stood up and clapped his hands, and said to Bruce Lee: "Brother Xiaolong, now that we are basically free, are we going to visit Master Zu?" ”

Bruce Lee frowned and groaned for a moment when he heard this, then he sighed and said, "Forget it, the master may not recognize me as an apprentice, if I go, he will definitely be unhappy." ”

"Are you really not going?" Wang Xiaohu asked, in fact, he really hoped that Bruce Lee could go, because Ip Man really didn't have much left, and now there were more than 7 months left until December, if there was still a gap between the two grandmasters, Bruce Lee would also feel guilty for more than 7 months, and then follow the master to the underground to entangle.

"Well, not going." Bruce Lee seemed to be a little irritable, and waved his hand out of the editing room, leaving Wang Xiaohu to shrug helplessly. "Well, if you don't go, I'll have to go by myself!"

Wang Xiaohu has always wanted to visit Ip Man, firstly, to witness the demeanor of this Wing Chun grandmaster, and secondly, to know what is the difference between Donnie Yen's version of "Ip Man" that he saw in his previous life and Ip Man in reality, which can be regarded as adding some experience to the filming of "Ip Man".

As for why he filmed "Ip Man", it is very simple, because Wang Xiaohu himself practiced Wing Chun, if it were not for Ip Man to teach boxing in Hong Kong back then, the three words Wing Chun would not be so popular in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee and Liang Ting would not have their reputation, let alone so many foreign masters who changed to Wing Chun in just 20 years, Wang Xiaohu also remembered that many foreign special forces in addition to studying Jeet Kune Do's one-hit kill, also set up a special department to study Wing Chun, Because they know that Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do evolved from Wing Chun, no matter what other martial arts he added to it, but the foundation is still Wing Chun.

Another important reason is that "Ip Man" is really good!

After walking out of the set, Wang Xiaohu first made a phone call to Huang Chunliang, who was very happy when he learned that Wang Xiaohu was going to visit Ip Man, but after knowing that Bruce Lee did not come with him, his voice was a little disappointed. But no matter what, he still welcomes Wang Xiaohu's arrival very much.

In his later years, Ip Man lived in a small villa on Lida Street in Kowloon, not so much a villa as a two-story small building, as if in Hong Kong at that time, the area was not small, and the land price should be expensive, when Wang Xiaohu took a taxi to Lida Street, Huang Chunliang and several apprentices were waiting there, and when Wang Xiaohu got out of the car, Huang Chunliang hurriedly came over and took the gift in Wang Xiaohu's hand and said: "Xiaohu is here, what else is there to bring, the master's appetite is not very good now, and he may not be able to eat it." ”

"Uh, Uncle Huang, you can't let me come empty-handed, can you? How embarrassing that is! "Wang Xiaohu really didn't expect people to be so direct, and he even forgot to say polite words." Brother Xiaolong has been busy with the release of a new film recently, and he can't leave for a while, and there should be time after his film is released, and I will bring him over then, if he refuses to come, I will tie him up. ”

Huang Chunliang smiled bitterly, he knew that what Wang Xiaohu said was comforting words, and he believed that the entire Wing Chun Gate was also aware of the kind of estrangement that existed between Master and Xiaolong. He didn't say anything at the moment, just nodded gratefully and said, "Come on, Master has just taken the medicine and is resting in bed." ”

When Wang Xiaohu saw Ip Man, his heart suddenly burst into excitement, although he had seen Ip Man on the Internet and many videos in his previous life, but those were photos of Ip Man's health, and at this time Ip Man was half-sitting on the bed and closed his eyes to recuperate, and when he heard that someone had entered the room, his eyes were half-open, and after seeing that it was Wang Xiaohu, he immediately laughed: "Coming?" The eyes looked behind him, obviously looking for something, and after a moment there was a little loss in his eyes, obviously the person he wanted to see did not come.

Ip Man is not tall, Wang Xiaohu estimated that he was about 1.65 meters, wearing a look of Chinese short clothes, perhaps because of a recent operation, his whole person has become a little thin, but his forearms are still as strong as a man in the prime of life, which should be the result of his decades of exercise. In fact, not only Ip Man, but also anyone who has learned Wing Chun, through dozens or hundreds of times a day, through the practice of small thoughts, his forearms will be so strong over time, Bruce Lee is the most obvious example, and now Wang Xiaohu also has this trend.

"Well, Uncle Shi, I've come to see you." Wang Xiaohu also noticed the disappointment in Ip Man's eyes as he spoke, thinking of the desolation of the grandmaster in his later years, he couldn't help but have a sour nose, his voice was a little choked, and after he stepped over the threshold, he fell to his knees with a puff, and kowtowed to Ip Man a few times.

Ip Man and Huang Chunliang were frightened by his behavior, it was obvious that they were not mentally prepared, Huang Chunliang reached out and wanted to help Wang Xiaohu up, but he was surprised to find that he secretly used several strengths, since he couldn't help him up, "This kid really has a bit of strength!" Huang Chunliang wanted to add more strength, but saw Ip Man gently shake his head at him, Ip Man was born as a disciple of a Guangdong family, and he paid attention to etiquette, this kind of big gift, Ip Man took it for granted, and at the same time, he also recognized Wang Xiaohu as a disciple in his heart.

Wang Xiaohu is willing to perform this great gift for Ip Man, in addition to acting on behalf of Bruce Lee, more is that he respects this Wing Chun master, and he is also the twelfth disciple of Bruce Lee, after seeing Ip Man, he did not feel the slightest grievance, and after he finished the line, Ip Man smiled and nodded and said: "Get up, if you kneel again, I don't have a meeting gift for you." ”

Hearing that Ye Man was so humorous like a naughty boy, Wang Xiaohu's heart warmed and he hurriedly stood up. Ip Man stretched out his strong right hand and beckoned him, saying, "Come and let me see." The tone was very gentle, and the kind of emotion shown shocked Huang Chunliang and the others, because this kind of expression would only be revealed when Ip Man saw his grandson and granddaughter.

Wang Xiaohu sat in front of Ip Man's bed, half-bent up, and observed Ip Man up close and found that his emaciation was a little more serious, if it weren't for the fact that those eyes were still bright, and the strength of his forearms was greater than that of a young man, it would be difficult for Wang Xiaohu to associate him with a generation of grandmasters.

Ip Man is bald, but after getting closer, Wang Xiaohu found that he was not completely polished, how to say it, he felt that Ip Man seemed to have a piece of velvet on the top of his head, and another important feature was that Ip Man's chin and lips were very clean, and there were no traces of beard, which obviously had a lot to do with his background. I heard Ye Man say softly: "Xiaohu, I have watched the film you made, very good, very good, I have learned a little bit at half past six, but it is not very complete, remember to take the time to come and sit often, and let Chunliang teach you to finish." ”

"Well, thank you, Uncle Shizu." Wang Xiaohu said excitedly, can he not be excited, Ip Man said this is to directly admit that he is a disciple of Wing Chun, and even more admit that Bruce Lee is still his apprentice, I believe that Bruce Lee should be even happier when he hears this.

Ye Man smiled and said: "In that case, it is not bad to use a six-and-a-half stick, but I heard Deng Sheng say that the stick in your hand was cut off, and you can only fight with others with your bare hands, it is simply stupid to the top of your head, Chunliang, you pass the eight chopping knives and the 108-type wooden stake to Xiaohu!" ”

"Master! I'm afraid that's not right! Huang Chunliang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward and said: "These two sets of kung fu that Xiaolong junior brother has not yet learned, if they are passed on to Xiaohu, I am afraid" Huang Chunliang is afraid that he will not finish.

Ye Man suddenly frowned, and said with a somewhat unhappy face: "What's wrong, Xiaolong's short-lived caste has burst, and his bones are full of rebellion, but Xiaohu is different from him, the two have a world of difference in their surnames, is it wrong to be a teacher?" ”

After Ip Man said this, Wang Xiaohu was also stunned in his heart, could it be that Master Ip Man is also a reborn traverser, how did he know that Bruce Lee was a short-lived species?

It turns out that Bruce Lee was born with a small defect in his feet, and there is a little "upside down" when he walks, ordinary people may not be able to see this defect, but the bright-eyed Ip Man has long seen this characteristic of him, and once joked that Bruce Lee "can't touch the ground with his heels when he walks, which is short-lived". This statement was not created by Ip Man, but at that time, Ip Man was observant and had long seen Bruce Lee's flaws, and since then it has been a joke, but I can't imagine that he is really serious.

When Bruce Lee died young in his previous life, many fortune-tellers and warlocks did things with hindsight, this one said that Bruce Lee "was born short in people", and the other said that Bruce Lee "frowned at a discount". When Bruce Lee was alive, no one dared to say so publicly; After Bruce Lee's death, these people jumped out one after another. But there is one person who has already said that Bruce Lee is a "short-lived species" when Bruce Lee is becoming popular, and that person is Ip Man.

Wang Xiaohu naturally didn't know about this old past, and his heart was immersed in Ip Man's powerful words, but when he came to his senses, he saw Ip Man looking at him. "Why, do you think that after learning a few tricks from Xiaolong, you don't pay attention to my Wing Chun Gate stunt and refuse to learn it, right?"

(To be continued)