Bruce Lee nodded and replied: "I understand, just like the performance of Peking Opera Wusheng on stage, although it is not very useful in actual combat, the audience will look better, if it is really pure kung fu, they will not understand." ”

Tang Ning clapped his hands and said, "That's right, that's what it means, and I have written the outline of the script for you." With that, Downing asked Dashan Beda to hand Bruce Lee a folder of his briefcase.

This script is actually "Tangshan Big Brother", which is the first film with the theme of Chinese martial arts, and it is also the first to establish Bruce Lee as the king of kung fu and create a precedent that kung fu films must have real kung fu to perform, this low-cost film with an investment of only 100,000 US dollars, but it has set a record for the highest box office since the opening of Hong Kong to reach 3 million Hong Kong dollars.

Although this movie has many of the above important significance, in fact, this film has a lot of flaws, especially the script and story are rotten to a certain extent, there are many technical flaws, and the casting is full of loopholes. In order to make up for this shortcoming, Tang Ning made a cameo appearance for the first time and personally wrote an outline for the script, but it was limited to that, firstly, he had no time to polish a small script, and secondly, he was not a professional screenwriter, it was okay to make an outline, but he really couldn't write a script.

But even so, his outline still deeply attracted Bruce Lee, especially the chivalrous spirit and the large-scale fight plot in it made him excited, he held the script and asked, "Can I really play this play?" ”

Tang Ning smiled: "Do you think there is anyone other than you who is more suitable to act in this play?" ”

Bruce Lee still asked with some hesitation: "But can this kind of film be popular in Hollywood?" ”

Tang Ning explained: "I think it should be about the same, although it is a Chinese story, but the plot of the story is very simple, so it will be easy for everyone to understand, and secondly, your kung fu is still very practical." Even Western audiences don't think it's too exaggerated. Thirdly, I plan to promote this film to the Hong Kong and Japanese markets, and I believe that in the East, there will be more audiences for this style. ”

Bruce Lee agreed with Downing's explanation very much, and he also took the initiative to say: "If Mr. Downing really wants to promote this film to Hong Kong, I can help, after all, I also know some friends in the Hong Kong film industry." ”

Got the big deal done. The next dinner was much more relaxed, and Tang Ning asked a question he had wanted to ask for a long time: "Mr. Li, I heard that you once learned Wing Chun under Master Ip Man Yip?" ”

Tang Ning really wanted to ask this question for a long time, because among the Chinese young people in later generations, it is estimated that there are few people who don't know Wong Fei Hung and Ip Man, especially Ip Man in the original traditional martial arts teaching method of words and deeds, the original broad and profound teaching methods including martial arts routines and mental methods (tricks) have been dismantled and changed into simple and popular action names (such as stall, palm, shoulder, volt, slash, hammer, etc.), so that Wing Chun is in the most simple and easy-to-understand way. spread the word in Hong Kong; Later, the disciples worked hard to spread Wing Chun all over the world and became a famous boxer of a generation. What's even more rare is that Ip Man is still alive now, so Tang Ning is naturally curious to find out.

Bruce Lee replied: "That's right, I did learn Wing Chun under Master Ye for a while, but I didn't just learn Wing Chun, I also learned Praying Mantis Boxing, Hung Boxing, Shaolin Boxing, Poke Feet, White Crane Boxing and so on. ”

Tang Ning was not interested in these messy things in the back, but stared at Ye Wen specifically: "What about Master Ye's body now?" ”

"Master's health is very good. Although they are almost seventy, they are still so powerful. In recent years, the practice of robbery by the triad in Hong Kong has been very rampant. Therefore, Master often patrols around at night to maintain law and order in the area, and once he sees a rogue robber with the intention of robbing passers-by, he often sees a black shadow appear, and Master kicks the hooligan with a wind-like kick, and the robber is kicked out more than ten feet away and falls to the ground in an instant. As a result, Lida Street has become the only peaceful place in Hong Kong. Master has been honored by the Hong Kong government many times for this. He was also awarded the title of 'Outstanding Citizen'. ”

Tang Ning listened leisurely: "Such a master, if you have the opportunity to visit, it would be really great." ”

Bruce Lee immediately replied: "When I have the opportunity, I can help you introduce Mr. Tang Ning, the only problem is that the master does not know English, so someone has to be the translator." This may be a little more troublesome in terms of communication. ”

The guests and hosts enjoyed a meal. However, when the banquet dispersed and Downing and Jimmy returned to the company, Jimmy complained, "Tony, I found that you either didn't care about the company at all, or you were directing indiscriminately. Do you know how busy the company's business has been lately, and now there are three dramas to be filmed at hand. ”

Then Jimmy curled his fingers and calculated: "The first one is the autobiography of the agent that we promised Josephine Baker to take for her a long time ago. The second is your Hepburn's transformation work "Breakfast at Tiffany's". The third part is the second part of the 007 series, "Brave Russia". This is the first one, we promised Baker when we filmed "Dr. 007 No" last time, so we can't push it anyway; The second one, don't you see it, little Hepburn is almost stunned for this film, and he almost sleeps with the script in his hand every day, and he can't bear to even watch me, do you think this can not be filmed? Third, the 007 series is our most popular film now, and it is also a classic that our company relies on to make money and develop, and it must maintain a rate of one a year. But at this time, you actually came up with another "Tangshan Brother", you say, do you want to exhaust me? ”

Tang Ning smiled: "Didn't I see that when you came to me last time to complain, you said that there was no way forward in your future life, so I thought about arranging more work for you to save you from thinking nonsense." Seeing that Jimmy's face was about to change, Tang Ning hurriedly said: "Don't worry, don't worry, the three plays you just said are all rehearsed, I will find someone to produce this "Tangshan Big Brother", and then you can be busy with the distribution and publicity, remember not to play against our own plays." ”

Jimmy waved his hand: "Got it, got it, do you think a professional like me would make this kind of mistake?" Then he seemed to suddenly think of something, and said, "By the way, Tony, who are you going to use for this second part of the Bond girl?" (To be continued......)