No matter how good Kung Fu is, it is all based on physical strength. Everyone knows it well. However, due to the influence of martial arts culture, the logic of "the older you get, the more powerful you get" has long existed in Kung Fu movies.
And for a long time, no one seemed to have the courage to break this ridiculous rule.
In Kung Fu movies, we often see an old man in his sixties defeating a muscular young man, which leads many viewers to believe this to be true.
So from this point of view, Liu Qingshan's version of "Ip Man 2" is a breakthrough.
Such candid self-deconstruction will not only not make Ip Man's image eclipse, but on the contrary, it will have a more realistic foil effect on the grandmaster's demeanor.
And Liu Qingshan is confident that he can rely on this to leave a profound mark in the history of Chinese kung fu films. Read the book
Of course, there is another sentence behind "Fists are afraid of young men", that is, "Sticks are afraid of old men."
The last four characters reflect the transition from unarmed to armed to gun-wielding. The higher the level of the weapon, the less dependent it is on physical fitness and the higher the requirement for skills.
You can't box when you're old, because you can no longer reach the threshold of lethality. If you can't hurt the opponent, all your techniques and tactics are nonsense.
But weapon fighting is different. It naturally makes up for the damage threshold of the old man. A strong man of 300 kilograms and a dry old man of 50 kilograms will die equally well if stabbed.
For duels with weapons, the elderly can rely on experience and skills to fight until they are older.
The reason for these two duels was that the British boxing champion made rude remarks and injured many disciples of the sect.
Unable to bear it, Hong Zhennan went on stage to challenge the boxing champion Tornado. However, because he suffered from asthma, at the last moment he could have squeezed the boxing champion's throat and killed him, but due to lack of strength, Tornado caught him.
He was leaning on the rope of the ring and refused to let go, stubbornly supporting his body. After more than ten heavy punches, he fell to the ground and died. The scene was very tragic and touching.
Although Hong Dabao was fat in this scene, his boxing skills were still flexible when fighting Tornado, and he knocked the boxing champion to the ground in the first round.
But the boxing champion immediately gained the upper hand. Master Hong struggled to hold on and finally collapsed.
His sentence "I can tolerate it for the sake of life, but I cannot tolerate insulting Chinese martial arts" can accurately hit the weak point of the audience. He fought so fiercely that the audience felt heartbroken.
Before this version, not only did Hong Dabao make various preparations for more than half a year in advance, including a full recovery of competitive status.
In addition, his body has received further treatment from Liu Qingshan. Not only has the hidden disease in his body disappeared, but also due to his effective weight loss, his body's flexibility has been maximized.
Therefore, in the current version of this scene, his strength is still far superior to that of back then. Therefore, even though he was inevitably injured in the end, the specific extent of the injury was much reduced.
Moreover, with Liu Qingshan's near-personal protection, his injuries were actually only the moment he received a fatal punch.
Because at this moment, it is difficult to grasp the measure of strength. After all, Liu Qingshan is not allowed to appear in the camera even if he is guarding him.
What's more, in that scene, there will be a slow-motion close-up of Master Hong's entire face being beaten and deformed. With this, it can better reflect the tragic feeling that he died fighting for the national honor.
This scene talks about the martial arts, the quintessence of our country at that time, which was looked down upon by others in an insulting manner, so it is not a matter of personality. "I can't bear to insult the Chinese martial arts." This line is included in the play, and it is the finishing touch.
During the actual filming, whether it was the actors or the onlookers, the feeling was real, very unpleasant, and very painful.
Because our history is not just a few decades or a hundred years, but a deep-rooted history passed down for a long time.
Therefore, it is still very sad in terms of thoughts. This is why Master Hong knew that it was unlikely to win, but he still died generously. It can be seen that although he knew that he was acting, he still easily aroused people's inner resonance.
This scene also paved the way for the last scene, and actually put pressure on Ip Man.
The scene with Liu Qingshan three days later was much simpler. In this final decisive battle, in the first few rounds, Ip Man
The two were tied with the British boxing champion, but Ip Man was also beaten with a black nose and a swollen face.
However, there is a saying in the Chinese martial arts circles that before fighting, you should calmly observe the opponent and stop with silence. It is best to anger the opponent.
So Ip Man then found the way out and used his leg skills to fight back. One of his kicks won the house a lot of applause.
Seeing that he was at a disadvantage, the British referee stipulated that Ip Man was not allowed to kick.
After that, Ip Man managed to avoid the opponent's fists and attacked in the middle. The fast punches like a whirlwind hit Tornado's left and right arms and ears. The boxing champion was like the wooden stakes that Ip Man used to practice, and he was unable to parry.
In the end, Ip Man used the most basic moves to knock his opponent to the ground, and hit Tornado on the head and face with a classic flying small fist.
The arrogance of Tornado disappeared, and the audience in the ring cheered.
This is the content of the plot, and the scale issue is easier to grasp than Master Hong's filming.
Because Liu Qingshan possesses absolutely transcendent strength, he is not afraid of the opponent's heavy punches at all.
And it seemed that the few punches he received had caused obvious injuries to his body, but in fact, he felt no pain at all.
Furthermore, his shooting method of letting the other party play freely avoids the possibility of interrupting the shooting midway.
Moreover, even though his subsequent counterattack seemed to be very lethal, in fact Liu Qingshan had complete control over the force of his attack, and Sahrawi's pain was all staged.
Therefore, this final battle was magically shot to the end in one shot, and the whole process was shot smoothly in just a few minutes.
The subsequent replay of the scene once again won applause from the audience.
Even Sahrawi, who looked badly beaten, kept shouting at the top of his lungs that the filming of this scene was really enjoyable.
Of course he was happy. Not only was he able to fully utilize his strengths during the filming process, but he also didn't have the real feeling of being beaten.
For him, the filming of this scene was basically a thorough relaxing warm-up exercise on the treadmill in the gym, which directly felt like he was sweating profusely.
However, there will still be some reshoots later, such as the injuries on the face of the Western boxer after he fell to the ground in the film, which needed to be retouched by a makeup artist.
He does not have the endurance of Liu Qingshan who dares to face the blow directly, so the latter's injuries are real, and they are real bruises caused by him temporarily removing his self-protection. After all, Sahrawi's fist is still quite powerful.
Moreover, Liu Qingshan only needed to circulate his inner energy once to repair this minor injury, so he did not need any retakes.
In this way, all the major battle scenes were completed, but only took about ten days.
Of course, there will be a few sporadic shooting scenes in the next few days, such as scenes of training apprentices, small frictions on the street, etc.
However, these reshoots were basically not difficult, so the entire crew held a dinner in advance that night to celebrate.
During this period, the two videos that Hong Dabao had taken away for post-processing were also completed. As early as the night before, Liu Qingshan passed them on to Han Shanping.
After seeing the results, the third master called me that night to express his inner surprise and shock. At the same time, you could hear the sound of him slapping his chest loudly on the phone.
With Master Han taking it seriously, Liu Qingshan knew that his new film would be ready for the Spring Festival, and he felt relaxed.
A few days later, it was the day before the premiere of "I'm Not the God of Medicine".
Therefore, Liu Qingshan asked for three days' leave from the crew and rushed back to Kyoto, the mainland. On the special plane, in addition to Grace, the two children and the team around him, there were also several famous figures in Hong Kong.
For example, Boss Yang of Qinghuang, Li Xiangze, chairman of Panshi Company, and more than a dozen top stars such as Zhou Renfa, Liang Chaowei, Chen Long and his wife, Liang Jiahui, etc.
The reason why they are willing to go and support the film is that the upcoming premiere will be held in Xiangjiang, at the Qinghuang Cinema City owned by Qinghuang Pictures, another major shareholder of the film.
These people were able to make friends with Liu Qingshan and Boss Yang at the same time even though they had to go back and forth.
Moreover, there was Boss Yang's private plane all the way back and forth. Not only was the trip most convenient, but the joy in my heart outweighed the hard work of socializing.
Because the number of people who want to get on this special plane is limited. Otherwise, based on the appeal of the two people in the industry, hundreds of well-known artists will respond positively.
Therefore, there are necessary choices in the final list, and the people who can sit on it are basically the direct connections of the two people.
This kind of glory may not be obvious to mainland colleagues, but it has a very clear meaning for local artists in Hong Kong.
There's nothing I can do about it, and I can't be jealous of it. Anyone who can get a seat is not a top figure in various industries in Hong Kong.
On the plane, the two children became the center of attention, with many people vying to hug them.
In fact, people in the industry still have many speculations about Liu Qingshan and Grace, but no one dares to ask this question face to face.
Even the world-famous Xiangjiang paparazzi could not hide the fact that Grace was from the Quark family. In addition, due to Liu Qingshan's own reasons, no relevant reports would appear in the media.
However, there were many rumors among the people, and Liu Qingshan did not let Xiaoxing step in to control it, otherwise it would mean that there was no silver in this place.
You must know that paying attention to Grace involves not only folk gossip, but also the secret department of the United States. If the latter detects that someone is deliberately deleting posts, the problem will be huge.
So he simply ignored it and just allowed the rumors to spread. No real evidence could be found anyway, and they would only fade away over time.
There is no doubt that ignoring any traces of human manipulation is the smartest approach.
