Character biopics are very difficult to shoot, firstly, people's understanding of non-fictional characters is different, some are true and some are false, some are partial and some are complete, and one is careless; Second, it is difficult to measure and grasp the scale of real expression and artistic processing, real life may be too prosaic and trivial, and processed stories may have too dramatic tendencies, so how to maintain a balance between the two is very important. It is precisely because of these factors that Wang Xiaohu will seek confirmation from Ip Man after completing the first draft of the script of "Ip Man".

Ip Man began to be more positive about the script as a whole, although some aspects were exaggerated, artistic, and even put on the cloak of national righteousness, such as adapting the ring duel from a real blitzkrieg to a stalemate battle, and adding the scene where Ip Man was shot and fell off the ring, provoking onlookers to break through the fence of the army.

Wang Xiaohu explained to Ip Man like this: "Master, shooting a pure Wing Chun kung fu film may be very monotonous, and if you want to highlight the transcendent status of Wing Chun, you will inevitably need to add some commercial elements to make the audience feel good-looking, and the thing that can resonate with the audience the most is nothing more than to increase the connotation, and this technique is used in the circle." ”

Ip Man thought the same, and then stopped worrying about anything in the script, and after getting Ip Man's approval, Wang Xiaohu no longer had the slightest concern, and the next thing was to fully plump up the framework and increase the dialogue and martial arts design.

"One more thing." After pondering for a while, Wang Xiaohu said to Ip Man with some apprehension: "Master, the apprentice grandson is going to play you in the film this time." ”

"Oh?" Ye Man looked at this Wang Xiaohu when he heard this, in fact, he had been thinking about this issue since he read the script just now, and he didn't expect Wang Xiaohu to take the initiative to talk about it first.

Ip Man nodded, seemingly very satisfied with Wang Xiaohu's appearance, "Well, yes, I don't have any other opinions except for being younger, and besides, you also have good Wing Chun skills, so there should be no problem if you come to play me." ”

"In terms of appearance, you can ask the makeup artist to help, just try to be as mature as possible." It's good to be able to agree, Wang Xiaohu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and didn't tell his little conspiracy.

"Who will play Yongcheng?" The Yongcheng that Ip Man refers to is his wife, and Zhang Yongcheng, the wife of Ip Man in the film.

In the movie, as long as the scene of Ip Man's wife and children is put on, it is Zhang Yongcheng beside the child, whispering, a typical image of a family woman. In order to prevent her husband from being hurt unnecessarily, she strongly opposed Ip Man fighting with other martial artists. Of course, she was not stupid enough to ask her husband to give up the martial arts that he regarded as life. This collection and release shows Zhang Yongcheng's wisdom as a good woman. However, once her husband's dignity is insulted, she will also ask Ip Man to teach those rude martial artists a good lesson.

Hearing Ip Man say this, the corners of Wang Xiaohu's mouth curled, Ip Man in the script is famous for being afraid of his wife, of course, he can't be afraid here, because Ip Man has a classic line: There is no man who is afraid of his wife in this world, only a man who respects his wife. I don't know if Ip Man is also afraid of his wife in reality, but he doesn't dare to raise such a question. "It's Zhao Yazhi, a newcomer."

"Is that her?" Ye Man was a little surprised, and then smiled and said, "Well, yes, it's all good, I'm relieved now." Hehe. Ip Man's mind immediately came up with the movie he watched in the theater at the beginning of the month, Zhao Yazhi, the actor of Xiaoqian in "Righteous Heroes", if this girl comes to play his wife, there should be no problem, the most important thing is the noble temperament shown by Zhao Yazhi, which is very in line with Zhang Yongcheng's prototype, it seems that the apprentice Sun has found the right person again this time.

After Ye Man finished speaking, he continued to read the script, Shen Zhong tilted his head and said to Wang Xiaohu: "Hey, boy, who are you going to find to play me?" ”

"Well, I haven't thought about this yet, since Senior Shen is from Xingyi Boxing, it is a little difficult to find an actor who is good at Xingyi Boxing in Hong Kong, and it has not been determined for the time being." Wang Xiaohu shrugged and said truthfully.

"Hey, you're really right, in the whole of Hong Kong, only my Shen family's Xingyi Fist still said in the past." Shen Zhong felt that the other party was patting his ass, and said with some beauty at the moment: "Why don't we have a discussion, how about letting my son play myself?" ”

"What? Are you going to let Shen Guohao play Jinshan? Wang Xiaohu refused without thinking about it, what an international joke, he had just drawn a line with the club, if Shen Guohao was invited, the media would not break the news again that he had an inexplicable connection with the club. "No, resolutely no, Shen Guohao is the boss of the Hong Kong community, if the audience sees it, it will spray me to death, I would rather find other martial artists to train a few Xingyi boxing, and play the majesty of Xingyi boxing." ”

"Damn! My little cub is so decrepit, I can't get a trick for him, I have to educate him when I go home! Shen Zhong left with his hands behind his back, and when he left, he didn't forget to say, "Boy, remember that we are going to have a fight!" ”

"I can't forget it!" Wang Xiaohu said with a wry smile. After Shen Zhong left Ye Mansion, Wang Xiaohu said to Ye Wen: "Master, how is this Shen Zhong's Xingyi Fist Kung Fu?" ”

Ye Man sat on the recliner and said quietly: "I'm afraid it's the grandmaster level, after Ah Zhong retired from the club in the past few years, he has nothing to do, and has been practicing hard to think about one day to surpass me, but he has not had a chance in the past few years, but recently my health is not as good as before, and he has not fought with anyone for nearly two years, hehe, I guess I can't help but itch my hands." ”

Wang Xiaohu sighed, the heart of the Dao grandmaster level bullied me like this, he really knows how to rely on the old and sell the old, besides, I have some festivals with his children and grandchildren, this old guy must be here to protect his shortcomings, no, you can't let him be a target! "Master, you have been fighting him for all these years, you should know very well what moves he is good at, right? Can you reveal something to your apprentice first? ”

"Xiaohu, there are clouds in the fist: the fist is afraid of being young!" Ye Man did not answer directly, but said an unfathomable famous sentence, and then waved his hand and said to Wang Xiaohu: "I'm too tired today, you go to Chunliang to continue learning wooden stakes." ”

"Oh, Master, I'll go down first." After Wang Xiaohu asked for peace, he came out of the hall and walked to the backyard, muttering incessantly, "The fist is afraid of being young." What does Ip Man mean by that? Worried about Wang Xiaohu.

"Xiaohu, come to learn boxing again?" From time to time, uncles passed by to greet Wang Xiaohu, and the people in Wing Chun could see that the master liked this apprentice very much, and they all showed envy that he could get the guidance of his senior brother Huang Chunliang to learn the Eight Chopping Knife and the 108-style wooden pile method. And today they knew that Wang Xiaohu was going to shoot a biographical film about the master, so they surrounded him even more enthusiastically.

"Xiaohu, do you want to make a new film?"

"Aren't you going to shoot Wing Chun, the master will definitely recruit a lot of apprentices, do you want a few of our uncles to make a cameo appearance?"

"Yes, yes, we've had a good time."

Seeing that the uncles showed such a sincere attitude, Wang Xiaohu smiled and said: "Uncles, please rest assured, we have a lot of extras in this film, and many of them are actors who have a foundation in martial arts. ”

"Okay, remember to find us if you need to, we'll be on call!" Seeing that he agreed, the uncles came up one by one and patted Wang Xiaohu's shoulder and left satisfied. Wang Xiaohu also responded with a smile, these uncles are generally not bad, if they join, it will definitely improve the viewing surname of the film, and the martial arts action will be more realistic.

As for how to arrange the roles of this group of teachers and uncles, it is much simpler, at the beginning of the film, there was not a martial arts street, there were many disciples of various sects in it, and there were dozens of scenes of cotton factories collectively learning Wing Chun, and they were directly dressed as extras. Haha, you can also save money to find other dragon and tiger martial artists!

Wang Xiaohu felt that this idea was very powerful and more applicable, so he hummed the main theme of the small thought in "Ip Man" and came to the backyard, where Huang Chunliang had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Xiaohu, what did those junior brothers tell you just now?" Huang Chunliang raised his hand and hit the wooden stake and asked.

"Oh, that's it" After Wang Xiaohu explained the matter, he saw Huang Chunliang falling into deep thought, so he asked: "Uncle Shi, do you also plan to play a cameo role in the film?" ”

"Me? Can I still be on camera with this look? Huang Chunliang pointed at himself, then shook his head vigorously and said, "No, no, no, I'm a big boss, and I don't have any acting skills, what should I do if I delay your filming." ”

"Hehe, it's okay, you see who has acting skills in the film industry, it's not all a little bit of hard work." Wang Xiaohu looked at Huang Chunliang and felt that his experience of sweeping the Hong Kong martial arts hall back then was very good, and it could be completely consistent with Jin Shan in "Ip Man", so he opened his mouth and said tentatively: "Uncle Shi, did you ever play with a master of Xingyi Boxing when you played in the gym back then?" ”

"Nope!" Huang Chunliang thought for a while and said: "That was all many years ago, and the main sects that fought at that time were the Great Sage Splitting and Hanging Door, Tai Chi, Poke Foot, Bagua, Baji, etc. ”

"Oh, that's right." Wang Xiaohu was a little lost.

"But in the past five or six years, I've been talking to Xingyi boxing masters." Huang Chunliang said with a little bitterness on his face: "It's the uncle Zhong who came today, every time he makes a heavy shot, I have to waste a few bottles of medicinal wine." ”

Huang Chunliang's secret Wing Chun Gate medicinal wine is a must, and he was still the king of talking about hands back then, and his hands would be injured when he talked to Shen Zhong, not to mention that he was a rookie. Wang Xiaohu sighed depressedly: "That uncle must know a lot about Xingyi Boxing." ”

"Well, most of them know."

"Hehe, that's good, Uncle Huang, it's better to wronged you and make a cameo in my nephew's new film."

(To be continued)