"What kind of lines are more worth looking forward to than the action performances in Kung Fu movies?"
Liang Chaowei asked curiously.
"Exerting skills is like climbing a mountain, one step at a time. A person lives a lifetime, and his abilities are secondary. Some become face, and some become lizi. It's all due to the current situation. The eyes can't just win or lose, but also have to be humane and worldly. People have to go. Looking from a distance, after passing the mountain, your eyes will open up. As long as a person doesn't see others' kindness or their brilliance, he has no tolerance for others. These are three of the lines!"
Ip Man is from Guangdong Province, and Liu Qingshan said these lines in Cantonese. Listening to the ears of the people from Hong Kong in front of him, he felt an extra sense of artistic conception condensed by history and time.
Wang Jiawei slapped his forehead: "No need to read the script, I accepted this film! Super Dimension, Ip Man really has to be you, but for such a profound work, I'm afraid the filming schedule will be very long!"
Liu Qingshan laughed loudly: "Then it's none of my business. The ones who should have a headache are Chao Vigo and the investors. I only care about the script and final review, and I don't care about anything else!"
The reason why he held the final review power was because the story and character creation in the original version were weak. The reason for this was not the specific shooting, but the excessive deletions in later editing.
The story told is fragmented and pale, and it is almost impossible to impress any moviegoers. It is precisely because of the problem with the editing ideas behind the scenes that there is actually a lot of content that Wang Jiawei actually shot.
Although movies can be considered an art, they are ultimately more entertaining than academic. If you expect people to watch movies, they have to go through some textual research to understand it, just like reading ancient Chinese classics that are concise and comprehensive, and every word has its source. I have to say that it is a bit "pretending".
A truly good movie is actually the same as a good movie. The first and most important thing is to tell a wonderful story well. Telling the story so that people can't understand it is not that it is unpredictable, but it is often just pretending to be profound.
The original version was over-interpreted in this regard, which resulted in the released version being too highbrow, with too many profound and obscure things, or to put it more popularly, it was too "pretentious".
If the audience is required to search through a lot of background materials and related information after watching it in order to understand the connections and the so-called "deep meaning" of various details, then the public version of this film will be a failure to say the least.
There are so many flaws in the original version, and there are reasons why Liu Qingshan insisted on taking it out. First, the script itself is very good, and Wang Jiawei's shooting concept and process are also very satisfactory, but there was a problem with the later editing.
Second, the subsequent "Ip Man" series of movies will occupy a very important position in the history of kung fu movies, but until they are released, few people know about the historical figure Ip Man. If a movie about him appears in advance, it will By making the "Ip Man" series more influential in the market, the box office revenue will naturally only increase.
The original "Ip Man" series was actually born before "The Grandmaster". Liu Qingshan deliberately reversed their order for the sake of more profits.
Moreover, "Ip Man" will no longer be directed by Wang Jiawei. In the face of entertainment and academic aspects, the broad market's greatest interest still lies in the former.
Even if no one said this, Wang Jiawei knew it in his heart. No, in the blink of an eye he took the initiative to mention it: "I accepted "The Grandmaster", but the subsequent series did not suit my style. You We need to find someone else!”
Liu Qingshan nodded: "Brother Zi Jian should be able to direct by then. Let him direct and act himself is my next plan! In fact, during those years when I was acting as a sidekick, my personal abilities were insufficient, but I had many wild ideas in my mind. After "The Grandmaster" appeared, the images of the two brothers immediately emerged!"
Liang Chaowei smiled and said: "It wasn't that you were incapable at that time, but you were deliberately dormant. I think this statement is the common understanding of many people."
Liu Qingshan waved his hand casually, "I don't think so. Only I know my situation."
Ren Jiahua took over the conversation and said: "At the age of 22, you can do so many earth-shattering things. I believe what Chao Wei said. It is just foresight and foresight besides kung fu that you have surpassed everyone present." . I’m very curious about what’s in your head, you’re almost capable of anything!”
"I'm surprised too. Of course, I'm not implying that I am indeed extraordinary!" Liu Qingshan said, pointing to his chin, "Maybe this beard is particularly different. Everyone here Seniors, who among you can grow such a thick stubble at the age of 22?"
Zeng Zhiwei wiped his chin subconsciously, "Not to mention, I seem to have a beard that only appeared in my thirties. I had it before, and it was so sparse that it's not worth mentioning!"
"Foreigners have particularly well-developed bald glands!" Zhou Xingchi suddenly said.
Zeng Zhiwei looked contemptuous: "This is the first time I've heard of the beard gland. It's the parotid gland, right? And men grow beards because of male sex hormones, okay?"
The two of them successfully diverted the topic away from each other. Just as they were arguing about this, Daddy Bumi returned with his body clean and fresh.
While sending Klam to take a shower, he gave instructions to Liu Qingshan: "Hurry to the airport to pick up my precious grandson. The flight will arrive at 7:10 in the evening. We won't start eating until he arrives!"
Zeng Zhiwei patted his chest and applied for it, but was stopped by Liu Qingshan: "I'd better go. My apprentice asked Master to pick him up. He said he had a gift and wanted to hand it over to me as soon as possible!"
The previous call was answered by Jin Xishan, and he didn't understand what Pajie was doing mysteriously.
However, he knew his apprentice very well. He was always steady and mature like a high school student, so he would definitely not make such a joke to himself.
So he was very curious. After receiving the order, he immediately entrusted the reception of the guests to Chen Long and his wife, and rushed there quickly with Kunal and others.
When the flight arrived, Liu Qingshan, who was fully armed, saw a huge team appearing at the exit.
Among the visitors were not only his two apprentices, but also Xu Danni, members of the chessboard band, Park Huizhen, Lin Wanyi, sisters Liang Qingyu and Liang Xinjia, Yu Yi, Mao Shaochong, Jawaha, Shah Rukh and Gu Yun's family of four.
For the others, in addition to the five martial arts masters from the Guoshu Hall who were responsible for their safety, there was also one person who was actually Zhang Peinian, the director of the International Liaison Office of the National Television.
Liu Qingshan was very surprised by Zhang Peinian's arrival, but when he thought about this man's other identity, he was immediately relieved.
The arrival of this person should represent the will of a certain department. After all, he has done so many things abroad, and the country needs to have an investigation process, otherwise it will not be able to explain to Shang Feng.
However, there was no direct showdown when the two met. Zhang Peinian joined as a member of a tour group, and others only knew that he had a personal relationship with Liu Qingshan.
After Liu Qingshan met everyone one by one and got into four cars, Che Geng and Pajie in the car mysteriously took out a mobile phone memory card from their backpack.
Pajay eagerly asked for Liu Qingshan's mobile phone, skillfully opened the back cover and installed the memory card.
After the prelude of "The Unknown", the screen of the mobile phone actually showed a simulated giant dragon turning around, from far to near, swimming under a dark gray sky, with towering mountain peaks in the background. , and the mist-like auspicious clouds coiling around the mountainside.
At the foot of the mountain is the rippling lake surface, with scattered thatched houses scattered at the foot of the mountain or beside the lake.
The giant dragon was getting closer and closer. When the dragon was floating over the lake, it was illuminated by the sunlight from the mountains and turned golden. Then the image of the giant dragon became more detailed and fuller.
There is a beard next to the mouth, a pearl under the chin, reverse scales under the throat, and a hyena mark on the back of the head. It looks like a huge snake-shaped body, and from time to time the dragon's claws on the bottom of the abdomen are as hard as iron hooks emerging from the movement.
There are ribbon-shaped wings on both sides of the body, and the red gold scales on the back are as bright as brocade. The dragon that is getting closer and closer has a long upper lip with a pointed top, and a short lower lip that no longer curls down. It suddenly widens in the surrounding clouds and mist. The mouth, the red mouth of the dragon, also gradually became stronger with the rhythm of the music, and several golden characters appeared from it: Snowy Land and Green Mountains!
In the blink of an eye, the four golden characters burst open, and the dragon disappeared. What appeared were scenes of Liu Qingshan's previous martial arts training, video clips circulating on the Internet, and some kung fu scenes in ancient and modern costumes from the series.
Those scenes that Liu Qingshan has long been familiar with have been carefully edited, and the complete process has been divided into countless splicings, but the entire set of thirty-six moves of Huaquan is connected frame by frame. Apart from the differences in the clothes on the body, It actually looks seamless, and there aren't many faults to be found.
Che Geng explained in a low voice: "Junior brother cut it out with his own hands, and the special effects were helped by Frederick, Hans, and Aida Kenichi. In order to make this video, he stayed in the snowy studio for more than ten days Call it a belated birthday present!”
Liu Qingshan spent his birthday in Xiangjiang two months ago and returned to Kyoto for a while. He was curious why Pajie had never mentioned this before.
He was originally scheduled to be the eldest brother, but he firmly refused and instead moved the car farming to the front. Liu Qingshan also knew about this.
For this reason, Chen Zuming once teased him that the ranking of his disciples was so arbitrary, and it was his disciples who made the final decision.
Pajay saw the surprise on Master's face, and then he said with relief: "The disciple had such a plan before, but the video data collected at that time was not enough. In fact, I only played a role in the process. The role of planning and final editing was taught by Frederic, and those special effects had nothing to do with me!”
Liu Qingshan did not hide his happiness at all: "You have done a good job. When you were your age, Master only knew how to climb trees and dig out bird's nests. Moreover, the overall planning of this video is very good. It has a touch of professionalism, which is rare. What's strange is that when you re-graft the original complete picture after breaking it up, you can't see much of a sense of patchwork. Especially since you can find the specific moves of the entire set of boxing techniques in so many film sources. Just this hard work is worth it, Master. I’m so relieved!”
