As Wang Xiaohu said, when Donnie Yen called his parents, he immediately relieved himself when he heard Yuan Heping's brother Wang Xiaohu. [Full text reading]

If nothing else, Wang Xiaohu has long heard of Mai Baochan.

Mai Baocia is the first Chinese to open an apprenticeship in the United States under the name of "martial arts". For more than ten years, she has explored the connotation of martial arts culture overseas through teaching, publishing, and performing, and has spread all over the world. After teaching at Boston University for many years, she made martial arts a formal physical education program in American universities for credit.

In a sense, Mai Baochan, Bruce Lee, Wang Xiaohu and others are all taking the road of promoting Chinese martial arts, but she is more pragmatic and tells foreigners what the concept of martial arts is through her words and deeds.

Bruce Lee and Wang Xiaohu are from another angle, in the form of movies to promote the concept of Chinese kung fu to the world, its influence is far greater than that of Mai Baochan, and in recent years, Wang Xiaohu has broken away from the narrow category of pure propaganda of martial arts, and sublimated it to the lofty level of propaganda of Chinese culture, which is very admired by Mai Baochan.

And Mai Baochan also knows that Wang Xiaohu's character is very good, after Bruce Lee's death, he took on the burden of taking care of Bruce Lee's wife and children, and left a good reputation in the martial arts world and the film and television industry.

Mai Baochan said on the phone: "Danny, obediently follow your Uncle Wang, be obedient, don't make trouble for Uncle Wang, do you know?" ”

Donnie Yen, who has always worked with his parents, said this time, "I know." ”

Before closing the line, Mai Baocian did not forget to ask: "By the way, what movie is he going to shoot this time?" ”

Donnie Yen said with some embarrassment: "It seems to be the theme of Shaolin Temple, Mom, do you think I will be asked by him to shave my head?" ”

"Hehe, look at it, Danny, you're 18 years old, you're a big kid, you should make your own decisions."

Mai Baochan said with a smile on the phone, she has always been worried about her son's situation in China, now it's okay, Wang Xiaohu picked up his son away, as long as he followed Wang Xiaohu, Mai Baochan felt that a big stone in his heart was put down safely, and then picked up the phone and called Yuan Heping who was far away in Hong Kong, asking him to help take care of his son.

Pity the hearts of parents all over the world.

When Donnie Yen finished making the transatlantic call, he happened to see Wang Xiaohu holding two hamburgers in his hands, and suddenly showed a happy smile.

"Oh, I just asked the driver to buy it at the Yanjing Hotel, eat it while it's hot." Wang Xiaohu handed over the hamburger in his hand.

Donnie Yen smiled, subconsciously wiped his nose again, grinned awkwardly halfway through, stepped forward to take the hamburger and devoured it.

"It's delicious, I haven't eaten it for almost three months." Donnie Yen said while eating.

"Eat slowly, the hamburgers made by Yanjing Hotel are not very good, the taste is not pure, and when I take you back to Hong Kong in a few days, you can eat as much as you want." Wang Xiaohu said.

It took Donnie Yen less than a minute to wipe out a hamburger, and after pouring a sip of boiled water, he burped comfortably, "Uncle Wang, how did you know that I wanted to eat a hamburger, and how did you know me?" ”

Anyway, Donnie Yen said that he was living very miserably in the Yanjing martial arts team at that time, complaining that the diet of the martial arts team was very poor, so that he could not adapt to Yunyun, and he also said that if he wanted to eat a hamburger in Yanjing, he needed to walk two kilometers, and he spent 10 yuan at the Yanjing Hotel to buy two.

Of course, Wang Xiaohu will not tell him these truths, but chooses his surname to reply: "In the early years, I heard Yuan Heping say that his sister's good friend has a very naughty son, who doesn't learn piano all day long, doesn't take classes well, and likes to fight with bad boys in Chinatown, so he has a headache and wants to send him to China to be disciplined." ”

Hearing this, Donnie Yen lowered his head embarrassedly, because what Wang Xiaohu said was his bad youth.

I heard Wang Xiaohu continue: "As for this hamburger, it's actually easy to explain, since you are Jet Li's fellow disciple, I know everything about Jet Li's food in the Yanjing martial arts team back then, for a child like you who grew up in the United States, the food here will definitely not make you adapt, so I feel you need it." ”

"Well, do you have any questions?" Wang Xiaohu said with a smile.

Donnie Yen was holding another hamburger that had not been torn off the wrapper, and his heart was hot, to be honest, it has been almost two years since he came to Yanjing, Wang Xiaohu was the first to care about him so much, he couldn't help but feel a tear in his eyes, after raising his hand and wiping his nose with his thumb, he raised his head and said with a smile: "Uncle Wang, you won't let me shave my head to play a monk, right?" ”

"Hahaha!" Wang Xiaohu laughed, raised his hand and pinched Donnie Yen's long hair and said: "It's not easy to keep such long hair, if you are really willing to shave it, I have no opinion, if you are not willing, I will not let you play Shaolin Temple." ”

"Why? Did you pick me for filming the Shaolin Temple? Donnie Yen asked with a frown.

"You really want to act?" Wang Xiaohu hugged his shoulders, looked at him with a smile, and saw that Donnie Yen couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he immediately said: "Danny, listen to me, Shaolin Temple is not suitable for you, your specialty is real kung fu, the kind of fist to the flesh, just like Brother Xiaolong!" ”

Donnie Yen was a little disappointed, but when he heard the real kung fu, heard the fist to the flesh, and heard Bruce Lee, hope ignited in his eyes again.

After patting him on the shoulder, Wang Xiaohu said: "Let's go, come to the hotel with me, have a good rest, and then follow me to several other provinces to select the actors of Shaolin Temple." ”

"Hmm." Donnie Yen bit his lip, grabbed the hamburger that still had some heat in his hand, and followed behind Wang Xiaohu with his head down

Wang Xiaohu's work in the next few days will be a little busy, Xiao Sun drove a car, carrying him, Zhao Gang, and Donnie Yen, first went to Shandong nearby, and poached Yu Hai, who was the captain of the martial arts team and the head coach, in the Shandong martial arts team.

Such abnormal behavior made Yu Hai puzzled, and he said to Wang Xiaohu: "Mr. Wang, don't you want a young player, can I do it when I'm almost 40?" ”

Wang Xiaohu smiled and said, "Who said that there are only young monks in Shaolin Temple, there must be old monks, right?" Otherwise, who will take the little monks to practice! ”

"Ugh!" Yu Hai was speechless.

Yu Hai's hair is very thin, and he doesn't need to shave his head at all, he is a typical middle-aged monk, and this "monk" is very talented and learned.

Yu Hai was born in Yantai, Shandong Province in 1942, and in 1954, he worshipped Mr. Lin Jingshan, the master of Seven Star Mantis Boxing, as his teacher, and learned authentic mantis boxing.

From 1958 to 1966, he represented the Shandong Wushu Team in all major competitions held in East China and the whole country. He has won many championships in swordsmanship, stick fighting, praying mantis boxing and all-around. He was a famous martial arts athlete in China at that time.

Later, he accompanied Premier Zhou Enlai and Foreign Minister Chen Yi to visit Myanmar. After 1964, he served as the coach and captain of the Chinese Wushu delegation for many times, and visited more than 30 countries such as the United States, France, Turkey, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Tanzania, and Somalia. Everywhere he went, he was greeted like a hero and became an excellent performance program for the delegation. It has made due contributions to mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese people and the people of other countries in the world.

"So, what should I do with my gang of players?"

Yu Hai touched his sparse hair and asked in disappointment, after all, everyone has been waiting for this day for a long time, but after Wang Xiaohu came, he didn't even watch the performances of the players, and directly let himself play the head coach, how could there be such an evil thing.

Wang Xiaohu looked at these team members with a smile, shook his head and said: "Old Yu, let everyone disperse, if you choose them when you have other scenes, don't worry, as long as the filming of "Shaolin Temple" is completed, these young men will not worry about having no way out." ”

"Okay! You can do whatever you want. Yu Haiyi stomped his feet and went up to comfort those young men and girls, saying that Mr. Wang said that there would be opportunities in the future, so the team members reluctantly left.

Everyone was about to leave, when they heard a hurried voice from outside the door of the provincial gymnasium: "Wait, wait, there are still people to apply." ”

I saw the director of the gymnasium running over with a long-bearded "old man", and the unsuccessful team members were immediately happy, you said that our group of young people were not selected, and you "old man" came to be lively.

"Yu Hai, are you done?" The curator asked breathlessly.

Yu Hai looked at Wang Xiaohu and said, "Mr. Wang said that he wanted me, and no one else wanted it!" ”

The curator said: "Don't mind, let us try Master Yu Chenghui, he is one of the head coaches of our Shandong team." ”

"Yu Chenghui?" When Wang Xiaohu heard this, his eyes were fixed on Chenghui, who is this guy not Wang Renze in "Shaolin Temple"?

I saw that Yu Chenghui's face was not red or panting, and he was holding a waxed wisteria wooden stick calmly, and a pair of cowhide shoes, this dress was no different from that of a master in the world.

"Master Yu, it's up to you." The curator took a step back and said politely to Seung-hye.

Yu Chenghui nodded, holding the red sandalwood stick and saluting Wang Xiaohu and everyone with fists, he saw that he suddenly pulled away his figure, the wooden stick in his hand was whirring, with his strong body, some almost crazy movements, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.

The so-called layman looks at the excitement, and the insider looks at the doorway, Wang Xiaohu and Yu Hai and others look at it and nod secretly.

It is said that Yu Chenghui has painstakingly pondered and conceived the swordsmanship of "two-handed sword" in his long-term martial arts training. On the morning of September 15, 1975, when the wind and rain were blowing, lightning and thunder roared, he was inspired by the action and image of the praying mantis "carrying a giant axe to fight with the sky" after encountering a downpour in the forest, and completed the design of the "two-handed sword" routine.

Later, the "Gang of Four" overturned, and the national art was seen again. Yu Chenghui was invited to the Ningxia Wushu team as a coach; Together with Jiang Hongyan, he taught the Muslim young athletes by word and deed. The Ningxia Wushu team soon made a name for itself in national competitions, and its level improved rapidly. During this period, he further theoretically summarized the swordsmanship of the "two-handed sword", so that this long-lost swordsmanship was rejuvenated and proudly appeared in the hundred gardens of martial arts.

What he is practicing now is this set of two-handed swords, and its movements are completely in line with "pumping and wiping clouds, collapsing and stabbing, strangling and chopping, and provoking and hanging wrong washing." ".

After a two-handed sword performance, Yu Chenghui still maintained his calm and relaxed atmosphere when he first came, and Wang Xiaohu took the lead in applauding: "Master Yu is really good kung fu!" Admire, admire! ”

"You're welcome." Yu Chenghui smiled, stared at Wang Xiaohu like a torch and said: "I have also heard that Mr. Wang is good at kung fu, he was the brother of Bruce Lee, the head of Jeet Kune Do, I have read your "Myth", although there are many props in it to help, but I can also see that Mr. Wang has a deep foundation in martial arts." ”

"Master Yu praised it falsely." Wang Xiaohu hugged his fists in return, to be honest, this is the first time he has met this kind of master-level character, and he is also the original team of "Shaolin Temple", originally Wang Xiaohu was worried about where to find him, but he didn't expect him to automatically send it to the door.

"Master Yu, our "Shaolin Temple" is lacking the role of the villain Wang Renze, I don't know if you are interested?"

Yu Chenghui smiled: "If you can add bricks and tiles to the promotion of Chinese martial arts, how can there be any reason not to agree." ”

As soon as the two of them finished speaking, they listened to puff and puff.

Everyone hurriedly followed the sound and looked over, and saw two team members fall to the ground on the spot, with very strange expressions on their faces, and they could vaguely hear them saying: "How can this director be like this, why do you pick the old guy and don't wait to see the young guy." ”

"Hahahaha~" There was a burst of dense laughter in the provincial gymnasium, and this incident also became the behind-the-scenes footage of "Shaolin Temple", which was reported by many domestic newspapers in turn, and those who heard it were overjoyed and sad, and burst into tears.

In order not to make the team members sad, Wang Xiaohu still watched the performance of the team members and planned to select an athlete from them.

At this moment, the two academies who were moaning on the ground hurriedly jumped up, one with a knife and the other with a gun, to preempt everyone to perform.

After Wang Xiaohu looked at it for a while, he said to Yu Hai beside him: "That young man with a knife is good, what's his name?" ”

Yu Hai smiled and said, "That's my apprentice, the national champion of swordsmanship, Sun Jiankui." ”

"Oh?" Wang Xiaohu frowned for a week, looked carefully for a long time, and suddenly patted his thigh and said: "Oh, almost, almost a good seedling fell, it's him!" ”

Yu Hai was immediately happy when he heard this, and said in a loud voice: "Jiankui, Chuanyang has accepted, accepted, don't practice anymore." ”

"Master, who are you going to choose?" Sun Jiankui asked, holding the knife.

"Who else to choose, Mr. Wang just said, it's you." Yu Haihai patted him on the shoulder and said, "It seems that your head drop just now is very effective." ”

Du Chuanyang said with a bitter face when he heard this: "What about me? ”

"This" Yu Hai turned his head again, and said with a little embarrassment: "Mr. Wang, you see, this kid is not easy."

"Hehe, okay, both of them! This is your second apprentice, right? Wang Xiaohu had already seen that these two boys were a bit of a doorway.

Especially the one named Sun Jiankui, he didn't recognize it at first, knowing that he heard Yu Hai say his name, and he also remembered that the role played by this guy in "Shaolin Temple" was "Lust-Kong", which was the guy who played a drunken stick.

If you want to talk about this guy, Wang Xiaohu also remembers the demon monk of the Western Regions in "The Five Ancestors of New Shaolin", that is, the thousand-armed Guanyin who elaborated on the "monk with makeup" in the movie, and was kicked to death by Hong Wending and other three children with Foshan shadowless feet.

Later, Wang Xiaohu learned that Yu Hai and Yu Chenghui were martial arts masters of the same generation, so in terms of seniority, Teacher Yu Chenghui should be Mr. Sun Jiankui's predecessor. In addition to working together in "Shaolin Temple", the two also teamed up again in "The Legend of Bruce Lee", Yu Chenghui played Bruce Lee's master Ip Man, and Sun Jiankui played the master of the yellow boy.

In this way, Wang Xiaohu was in his hometown, and the Shandong martial arts team directly selected four masters and apprentices, and as of the end of September, Wang Xiaohu had traveled all over northern China, and a total of 15 qualified actors were selected for "Shaolin Temple".

took a closer look at the list of actors in "Shaolin Temple" that he had drawn up, and there was no missing Ji Chunhua, the actor of the vulture.

"The next stop is the Zhejiang Wushu Team and the Liuzhou Wushu Team to see what surprises can await us."

Wang Xiaohu waved his hand, and the jeep carried three people south, and as for the selected athletes, they were arranged by Wang Xiaohu to stay in their respective teams for intensive training, so that they could pick out the most satisfactory set of actions, and leave it to Yuan Heping and Sammo Hung for screening.

After all, director Zhang Xinyan was not a martial arts instructor back then, so the biggest contributor to "Shaolin Temple" in his previous life should be those martial arts athletes, because Zhang Xinyan had no action guidance at all when shooting, and it was all the actors who choreographed their own actions.

And now it's different, "Shaolin Temple" is in the hands of Wang Xiaohu, and his group of Seven Xiaofu brothers rely on martial arts guidance to start a family and eat, how can they let these athletes suffer anymore.

"Lao Wang, I've been thinking about it for a long time, who is the male lead among these actors you picked?" Zhao Gang, who was sitting in the co-pilot's seat, suddenly turned his head and asked.

"I'm picking either supporting roles or villains, and I don't plan to find a starring role among these people." Wang Xiaohu said with a smile.

"How can we shoot without a starring role?" Zhao Gang frowned and asked.

Wang Xiaohu smiled evilly, and said in his heart that the starring actor, Lao Tzu was poached four years ago!

Xiaomi may be a little angry today,Actually, I want to use such an explosive behavior,Let everyone see my determination,That is, I can't be defeated,In addition, I advise some people,Don't think that changing the vest to spray me will make me shake,In this book,I'm the author.,Not you!

(To be continued)