Chapter 24: Taking the stage

Sham Shui Po, Kowloon.

Rooftop at 152 Wing Lung Street.

The rooftop is open, surrounded by potted plants and a few clotheslines.

In the listening room, a man wearing a black robe, with an elegant and modest temperament all over his body, put down his pen, dried the ink on the flyer in front of him, and sighed.

This man who looks like a scholar more than a warrior is naturally Ip Man, who opened a martial arts hall through his friend Liang Gen's venue.

It's been the sixth day, and still hasn't recruited anyone.

In a few days, it will be the day when the landlady will come to collect the rent.

If you can't collect tuition, you can't pay the rent, Yongcheng has never suffered since she was a child, so I can't let her suffer with me.

Ye Man looked out of the door in a daze, and was stunned for a while, before he came to his senses for a long time.

Today it was in vain again.

It's better to go back early, Yongcheng is pregnant, and he can't take care of himself alone.

Just as he stood up and took out his chains to lock the door, the small door on the roof was pushed open.

The group walked in silently.

Ip Man's eyes shrank, this pedestrian was a little weird.

The muscles of the whole body are stiff, the face is cold and expressionless, walking like the wind, and there is a fishy smell passing through the wind from afar, he is definitely a veteran of the battlefield, a cold-blooded butcher who never leaves his hand every day.

He has seen such people in Guangdong, Wuhan, Chongqing, and Shaanxi, but they should not exist in Hong Kong!

Did they find it?

Ip Man's mouth was dry, and with a glance in his eyes, he had already taken in the surrounding environment, and the escape route was determined in his heart.

But a change of thought.

Yongcheng ......

His tense whole body slowly relaxed, since he could find himself, how could he not find his wife and children.

thought that if he fled to Hong Kong, he could escape their liquidation and pursuit, but he still took it for granted.

At this moment, Ye Man's eyes were full of sadness, his eyes were full of thoughts, and his only hope was that after he was caught, these people would be able to spare his wife and children.

"You are Master Yip who teaches Wing Chun?"

Among the group, a short-haired man with a small head dressed in an unknown fabric walked over with a warm smile and a leaflet.

This person's whole body is loose and saggy, without a trace of defense, and then look at his face and hands, full of white and fat puffy fat, it seems that he is pampered, has never worked hard, and has a slightly protruding little belly, it looks like a little fat man, a tall man of one meter seven or eight, with a weight of one hundred and fifty six.

No, he's holding a flyer......

Ye Man breathed a sigh of relief, he misunderstood, the person in front of him seemed to be here to learn boxing.

Kindness?

Learn boxing, there is a tuition fee......

"Do you want to learn Wing Chun?"

Ye Man asked with a slightly excited face.

The young man shook his head and replied to him a little disappointed: "I don't even know what Wing Chun is. ”

The young man is naturally Luo Hou, but he didn't lie, although he knew Wing Chun, but he didn't understand it at all, at most, he knew an inch, a short fight, or he was curious to see it when he searched on the Internet before.

Ip Man's small eyes were as few as morning stars, staring at Luo Hou tightly, but his body kept walking towards him.

"Then let me introduce to you first, in fact, our Wing Chun is a kind of ...... of our southern close-knit shorts"

"Ahh

A laugh next to him interrupted Ye Man's words.

Ip Man looked sideways, it turned out to be a strong man who followed this young man, his fist was really the size of a sandbag, and the calluses were dense, and he looked very infiltrating and powerful.

"Master Ye, don't mind, they are all security guards of my company, and they are also my bodyguards, brothers who work hard with me."

Luo Hou did not count the smiling bodyguards, but introduced them very kindly, and at the same time prevented possible conflicts.

I came here to learn boxing, if I was like the gangster Huang Liang at the beginning of the movie, and I had a fight with Ip Man, then how could I learn boxing, there was no discipline at all.

"I'm Luo Hou, I came to Hong Kong a few months ago, and I have a company called Longcheng under my command, the scale is okay, but now the world is not quiet, so I take them with me everywhere."

Dragon City, the name is a little familiar.

While thinking about it, Ye Man looked Luo Hou and the bodyguards behind him up and down.

The person in front of him has never practiced martial arts at all, but his bodyguards, if they just fight normally, they can fight four or five without any problem, but if they bring a weapon like a gun......

Either can level him out effortlessly.

It's just that the name Dragon City is really familiar, and it seems to have been heard often.

"Dragon City?"

Ip Man couldn't help but ask such a question.

"Oh? I think Master Ye has also heard that we are engaged in the trade of daily necessities, cosmetics and so on......"

It's that Dragon City Group.

The latest Chinese tycoon, a giant company that monopolizes the entire Hong Kong daily necessities and cosmetics market, employs more than 100,000 people......

How did he come here to learn boxing?

Ip Man was a little confused, it felt as strange as a feudal time, when a prince and prince went to a small alley to eat wontons.

But Luo Hou's next words immediately dispelled his doubts.

"When I didn't come to Hong Kong before, I heard about Master Ye's teaching boxing in Guangdong, and I had nothing to do recently, and I was ready to practice some national arts to strengthen my body, and then I inadvertently saw Master Ye's flyer, so I came here."

I see.

The corners of Ye Man's mouth were a little grinning, he smiled haha, his hands and feet were a little flustered, obviously he felt that it was too exaggerated to say this, "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." ”

But Luo Hou hasn't said apprenticeship yet, after all, strangers, although they have seen it in the movie, but who knows what it looks like when it really appears.

It must be checked for color.

"But, after all, I don't know much about Wing Chun, so can I ask Master Yip to demonstrate it?"

Ye Man was stunned, but he was even more happy, this is normal, no one will come up directly without a head and pay the tuition fee to learn boxing.

"Good"

He put his hands behind his back, bowed his head in a figure-eight step, walked to the side, turned around, wiped his right foot on the ground, moved to the side, and posed: "Wing Chun, Ip Man!" ”

Before the words fell, Ip Man's fists began to fight, blocking, attacking, and grabbing......

Within an inch, the fist was so fast that it was almost invisible, a piece of light and shadow, and there was a slightly hot fist wind in front of him passing along the wind.

This kind of force really hits people, and if you don't get crippled, you have to vomit blood.

Luo Hou's face was moved, although he had seen the scene of Ye Man's action in the movie, but after all, it was to take care of the audience's viewing, and for the sake of special effects, he deliberately slowed down the speed, and it looked like it was a special shock in the real environment.

This is a real effort.

I didn't choose the wrong one, how strong can such a strong national art and the body that matches it be?

Don't say ten, at least a dozen of yourself is not a problem.

"How"

At this time, Ip Man had already stopped and said with a smile.

"It's worth the trip, Master Yip's Wing Chun is indeed powerful."

Luo Hou nodded, indicating that he was very satisfied.

Ye Man was a little nervous, his right hand was clenched into a fist, and he kept rubbing it in the palm of his other hand, a little embarrassed beyond words.

"That'...... Now I can pay my tuition."

Luo Hou was stunned, indeed, it is the sixth day, in fact, on the eighth day, the landlord will come to the door, Ye Wen's son Ye Zhun will also pay the tuition, when the landlord knocks on the door, he and his wife Zhang Yongcheng even hide in the house and dare not open the door.

For a rich boy and the children of an official eunuch, how unbearable, it is no wonder that in the end, even if he fought with Huang Liang, who was like a gangster, twice, and knocked down the few gangsters he brought over, he had to accept them.

If you don't do that, you won't be able to live at all.

It's just that they don't have the money to pay, but they have enough money.

Luo Hou beckoned backwards and signaled, and a follower behind him immediately took a bag.

He opened it directly, and then handed over a dozen large Hong Kong dollars of five hundred and one hundred, a total of five or six thousand.

"This, too much, too much, the tuition fee is not so much, only five yuan is enough."

Ye Man was busy waving his hand, and was directly frightened by so much huge money, and he didn't dare to take it at all.

You must know that at this time in 1950, there was no inflation, and the Hong Kong dollar was very valuable, and one or two hundred Hong Kong dollars could definitely make a family of three live very comfortably.

"Master Ye, listen to me first."

"It's not just my tuition for one month, it's all about it. I think you have also seen what my body looks like - I haven't practiced martial arts, not to mention, I don't even have much exercise at ordinary times, I am weak and weak, all kinds of problems, once I start to practice martial arts, it must be all kinds of secret injuries, so this money also includes the money to buy medicinal herbs, and I understand that martial arts training must be carried out with medicinal baths, otherwise there will be no results in practice. ”

"I also really practice martial arts, since I learn martial arts, I naturally want to learn the best, and learning boxing is also divided into true transmission and entry, those popular even if it is popular, and ask Master Ye to be able to teach the essence of Wing Chun's true transmission, and when the day of learning, there will naturally be another generous gift."

After speaking, Luo Hou looked at Ip Man and opened his mouth, clearly a little refusal, so he directly stuffed the money into Ip Man's hand, not allowing him to refuse.

This is a rare opportunity, now Ip Man doesn't pick anything, anyone dares to accept it, it is the most difficult time, and his wife is pregnant, his son is going to school, and he needs money, as long as he collects the money, are you afraid that he will not teach real kung fu?

He couldn't say no!

And I'm afraid the old bottom will have to be turned out!

What I want to learn is not the three claws and two hands in the movie, I want more.

After receiving my money, if you ask for anything in the future, Ip Man will not be able to refuse.

Holding the money tightly in the palm of his hand, Ip Man was silent for a moment, after all, he was forced by the depressed life to have no choice, just teach, the reputation and character of the Chinese tycoon in front of him are still good, and he is not afraid of the non-people he is taught, so he figured it out, then he raised his head and replied: "Okay." ”