"I'm going to make 'Ip Man'. Wang Xiaohu sat on the sofa in Bruce Lee's house, drank the coffee brought by Linda, and said.

"Ip Man?" Obviously, Wang Xiaohu's brainless words made Bruce Lee not react: "You want to shoot "Ip Man"! The voice increased by a decibel level, and there was doubt and distrust in his tone.

"Yes, you also know that I have been learning Wing Chun from Shi Zu and Uncle Wong for the past few months, and I also mentioned to you a while ago that I want to make a movie about Wing Chun." Wang Xiaohu put the coffee on the table and said: "Many people don't know much about the deeds of my ancestor before he came to Hong Kong, so I want to shoot it, but it's just the relationship between the two of us."

Bruce Lee raised his hand and shook it, saying, "I know what you're worried about, hehe, don't worry, I won't be as cautious as last time." "Bruce Lee was hit hard after his trip, and in the past few days, through constant introspection and Linda's help and analysis, he has seen some things very lightly. He smiled and said, "Remember to shoot the master's spirit back then, the essence of Wing Chun, otherwise I won't let you go." ”

Bruce Lee's answer really made Wang Xiaohu very pleased, although he has been ready for everything, but Bruce Lee's attitude he always has to take into account, if Bruce Lee obstructs him, the two brothers will inevitably go their separate ways and break up unhappily. Wang Xiaohu frowned and said cautiously: "Brother Xiaolong, this doesn't seem to fit your surname, you have to know that I am the actor of Ip Man!" ”

"You?" Bruce Lee's expression suddenly became rich when he heard this, he stood up from the opposite side of the sofa, sat down next to Wang Xiaohu and looked at it carefully for a long time, and then said: "Xiaohu, to put it bluntly, I am very dissatisfied with your image, you must know that the master was in his 40s when he was in Foshan, and you, who are only 19 years old now, are a bit nondescript to play the master at the age of 20." ”

Wang Xiaohu sighed and said: "I knew you would say this, don't forget that I was against playing Fujita Tsuyoshi before, but isn't it very good to shoot it?" Brother Xiaolong, you won't be angry because I played your mentor, right? ”

"No, don't get me wrong, really, don't get me wrong! Xiaohu, although I was a little confused when I heard it just now, but how to say it" Bruce Lee spread his hands, he organized the language and said: "You and I are also teachers and friends, Ip Man is my mentor, but the relationship between me and him in recent years has not been very harmonious, I think you should know something, yes, I once learned from him Wing Chun wooden stakes and eight chopping knives without success, which made me a little estranged from him, but anyway, I still respect his old man very much." ”

"I understand your feelings." Wang Xiaohu patted Bruce Lee on the shoulder and said: "Brother Xiaolong, in fact, the old man has forgotten these things, no, he forgot the surname he chooses, in his mind you are still his good apprentice, and he also admits that you have made enough contributions to the development of Wing Chun." ”

"Brother Xiaolong, you may not know that every time I go to the old house to learn boxing, Shizu is always a little disappointed to see me going alone, he always hopes that you can go over to see him, after all, he is old and his health is not very good. Every time he asks me about your current situation, especially after hearing that you have won a great victory, his old man happily eats two more bowls of rice! ”

"Really? Master, his old man is not angry with me? Bruce Lee had a smile of surprise on his face, he grabbed Wang Xiaohu's arm and said, "Xiaohu, tell me about the situation at that time." ”

After Wang Xiaohu finished talking about the situation, he said to Bruce Lee with some expectation: "Brother Xiaolong, I hope you can put down your burden, tomorrow is the opening ceremony of "Ip Man", and there are many Wing Chun colleagues from the old man who will participate, as the most outstanding warrior of Wing Chun, my Wang Xiaohu's master and brother, the leader of Concord Film Company, you must participate!" ”

Quadruple identity, quadruple invitation, every sentence is with sincerity, affection, and expectation. Bruce Lee's heart trembled and couldn't help but get upright, and after a long time, he said, "Xiaohu, I promised you." ”

"That's amazing!" Wang Xiaohu stood up happily: "I'm going to call Uncle Huang, I believe that the old man will be very happy to hear the news." ”

"I hope so." Bruce Lee thought so in his heart.

The personnel who played Zhou Qingquan were not determined in the end, Zhou Qingquan in history was a successful businessman, and he was also a friend of Ip Man, he played a very little role in "Ip Man", Wang Xiaohu was very clear about this, and his early appearance was only to pull Ip Man to partner in a cotton factory, he began to disagree with kung fu, and just wanted his son to learn a trick and a half, and when he really suffered, he began to wake up to the important surname of kung fu in troubled times, but he still has some estrangement from kung fu, on the contrary, his son does not appear much in "Ip Man 1", There are not many scenes, but the kind of respectful and polite calmness and cleverness make it logical for him to appear in "Ip Man 2".

"A chicken-ribbed character has given me a headache for so long!" Maybe it's because he is too loyal to the plot arrangement of the original version, for Zhou Qingquan, a character who is only to set off Ip Man's outstanding friendship role, and even a dispensable role, Wang Xiaohu was distressed for a while, and finally suddenly became enlightened: Since this character in the original version is not good, then don't do it, as for the cotton mill or something, it's simple, just find someone to replace it!

"Ah Hu, hurry up and come over for dinner, the lunch box sent by Uncle Qin today is very good, there is a large piece of beef!" Yuan Biao came over with two boxed lunches, handed one to Wang Xiaohu, and then squatted on the ground to eat it.

Filming is like this, I am tired to death when I am busy every day, and I have to solve my meals on the spot near the set, in order to be in a hurry. Although "Ip Man" has not yet started, everyone is used to this kind of life, squatting in the factory to rehearse is also a kind of work, and more importantly, the atmosphere makes everyone like it.

"Brothers, eat more, if you don't have enough to eat, I still have it here!" Uncle Qin, who was wearing a white coat, pushed a cart and shouted in the factory, supporting rice for everyone from time to time, and after a while, he came to Wang Xiaohu and said, "Boss Wang, is there enough beef, I have prepared an extra one for you!" As he spoke, he picked up a big spoon and enlarged the piece of beef in Wang Xiaohu's lunch box.

"Yo, thank you Uncle Qin, I'm just enough!" Wang Xiaohu stretched out the lunch box and took it, looked up at Uncle Qin and was stunned, damn it, there is nowhere to find it when you step on the iron shoes, where don't you meet in life, this Uncle Qin's appearance, tsk, don't care about anything else, just the kind of honest and honest with that trace of obscenity, that kind of smile, that kind of look, well, you can play Zhou Qingquan.

So Wang Xiaohu took the boxed lunch and said to Uncle Qin: "Uncle Qin, how old are you this year?" ”

"Well, it's almost 36 this year." Although Uncle Qin is called Uncle Qin, his face is not old at all, his family has been doing the work of supplying boxed lunches, and has provided boxed lunches for many studios of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest, and has a good reputation in the industry.

"That, Uncle Qin, do you want to film?"

"Huh? Boss Wang is really joking, I'm old and my appearance is not good, people call me obscene Qin, it won't work. Uncle Qin was busy dancing back and forth with a big spoon.

"It's okay, I think your image is pretty good." Wang Xiaohu said and pulled Uncle Qin

After solving this troublesome problem, Wang Xiaohu had all his baggage gone, and he was relaxed, he had already called Kurata Baozhao of Yuben and asked him to come over to prepare for the audition in the next few days, after all, he has more scenes, and he is still **oss, so he has to rehearse for a few more days.

There is no longer a dispute about the personnel, what remains is the set problem, there are four major scenes in "Ip Man", namely Zhenhua Cotton Factory, the Ye family's mansion, the Yueben fighting ground, and Wuguan Street.

The problem of the cotton factory is the easiest to solve, Wang Xiaohu's base camp, that is, the abandoned factory that was once leased as a martial arts actor training, can be fully utilized, the abandoned factory at this time has been renovated, the previously broken walls have also been repainted, the cobwebs and broken lamps on the top of the factory are also new, in order to reproduce the characteristics of the combination of Chinese and Western in Foshan's industrial development in the 40s, Wang Xiaohu also let people add Western elements to the original design of the factory, such as creating British lampposts and placing Western-style lanterns, seats, cups and saucers, etc., so that the audience can feel the cultural color of the time from the set, and rented a few tools from the cotton mill, which are placed in the factory very much like that.

Because the door between Hong Kong and the mainland was not open at this time, the crew naturally could not go to Ip Man's old house in Foshan for filming, Wang Xiaohu communicated with Ip Man, and directly used Ip Man's house on Lida Street as the filming venue, although it cannot be compared with the Ye family's mansion in the original version, but it is better that this is also the place where Ip Man lived in the second half of his life, and many props and furniture in the house were also pulled from Foshan back then, there is nothing more real than this!

Wang Xiaohu was also complacent about his decision, I'm afraid it's not more in place than me, right?

The fighting arena is simple, and the Hongkou Dojo when filming "Jingwumen" has not been demolished, so it will be renovated directly on the original basis, adding a high stand, and adjusting the light to be darker.

Wuguan Street is the main outdoor filming location in the play, under the suggestion of Sammo Hung, Yuan Heping and others, Wang Xiaohu went to the Central and Western District of Hong Kong Island, located at the foot of Taiping Shan Hollywood Road, which is a "historical street" that gathers the vicissitudes of Hong Kong Island for a hundred years, Wang Xiaohu was attracted as soon as he entered this street, and nodded his head one after another to praise this place as a very suitable filming location on Wuguan Street, so he asked Yuan Heping to be responsible for negotiating filming with several stores, and then began to arrange the set.

After all the work was ready, Wang Xiaohu finally announced that May 21 was set as the start time of "Ip Man", and the start-up location was selected in the abandoned factory, of course, the current factory should be "Zhenhua Cotton Factory", and the factory director is Uncle Qin, who provided lunch boxes for the crew.

(To be continued)