"director!"
"Brother Jack!"
Li Lianjie is definitely the ceiling for martial arts athletes. He was an all-around champion at the age of twelve. What is an all-around champion? He is someone who can do everything. So no matter how much he brags about how powerful he is, he is still his younger brother in front of Li Lianjie.
Also, in terms of martial arts films, they are definitely a benchmark, and they have even made it to Hollywood, occupying a niche. Of course, Brother Cheng Long does not count. Cheng Long's works in Hollywood can only be considered comedies in a strict sense, or comedy kung fu movies.
Although they first became American citizens and then became Li Jiapo citizens. But it is undeniable that he is still the light of the Chinese people and the first person in the field of kung fu movies.
Therefore, the martial arts brothers were more excited to see Li Lianlian than to see director Zhang Yimou.
"This is Li Tang who plays Changkong." Cheng Xiaodong followed and introduced to Li Lianlian.
"Hello, Brother Jie!"
Li Tang hurriedly stretched out his hand. This was the first time in his life that he saw this kung fu emperor in real life. He was not tall and his figure seemed to be quite thin, but he was definitely strong.
Wu Jing, Zhao Wenzhuo, and Li Tang himself are all of this type. They have a small frame, look thin when dressed, and look fleshy when undressed.
"Hello!"
In my memory, Li Lianlian was born and raised in Beijing, but his Mandarin does not have a strong Beijing flavor, which may have something to do with the fact that he has been traveling abroad for a long time.
With a smile on his face, he shook Li Tang's hand politely, without deliberately saying that he was taking advantage of the handshake to test his strength or anything. When we first met, he didn't have the airs of a big star and seemed very easy-going.
"director!"
Then Li Tang said hello to director Zhang Yimou.
Director Zhang is still the same, dark and lean, but in very good spirits.
She shook hands with him with the same smile and said, "Xiao Li, you've been working hard lately. Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to congratulate you. The movie was made well."
"This time it was mainly due to good luck. Director Cheng Er wrote the script well, shot well, and was very helpful in all aspects." Li Tang said humbly, while not forgetting to mention Cheng Er.
"The Third Man" has been released, with a final box office of 9.6 million. Unfortunately, it did not reach the 10 million mark. Originally, the issuer proposed to make up the difference by itself. This year's box office exceeding 10 million is definitely an incredible achievement. It can definitely be ranked among the top ten or even the top five domestic box office films of the year.
Spending 400,000 yuan to buy the box office, although according to the 30% return ratio, the actual cost is only about 280,000 yuan. But Li Tang thought about it and decided to let it go. He didn't want to fake it. It was as much as it was. There was no need to embarrass oneself and pretend to be fat. Of course, the most important thing was money. For a false reputation, he would feel pain even if he spent 280,000 yuan, let alone 280,000 yuan.
"The Third Man" is not a commercial film, but a literary and artistic film that won an award at the Venice Film Festival. It was able to achieve a box office of 9.6 million, which attracted the attention of people in the industry.
It is said that Cheng Er has received invitations from several film companies, hoping to sign a contract with him and direct a movie, and each of them has offered generous conditions. This guy who is afraid of society has no direction for a while.
Not only a few days ago, this guy actually called to ask for advice. Li Tang happened to be having dinner with his martial arts brothers that day. After hearing a general idea, he dismissed him with a few words. Besides, when it comes to matters involving his personal future, it's not easy for him to express random opinions. In the final analysis, he chooses to be responsible for his own future.
"Well, Cheng Er is a very thoughtful director." Director Zhang nodded in agreement.
Both are great directors, but when facing Zhang Yimou and Director Chen, there is a huge difference between Li Tang and the two. Everyone was equally polite, but Director Chen clearly gave him the feeling of being superior. It wasn't that he was arrogant or had a personality problem, it was just a matter of looking at what others were doing, which was very arrogant.
Director Zhang feels completely sincere. When he talks to you, he will always look at you and be very serious, not perfunctory.
At this moment, while Li Lienjie was greeting the martial arts brothers, Director Zhang pulled Li Tang and said softly: "Li Lienjie will fight with you later, is that okay?"
Cheng Xiaodong must have been familiar with the director about Li Tang's training here, including the fact that he would set up a camera to shoot behind-the-scenes footage during training, and the director must have seen it. So Director Zhang thanked him for his hard work as soon as he came up, and at least he was very satisfied with his attitude.
The time of a big star is always precious. When Li Lianjie and Director Zhang appeared here hand in hand, Li Tang was mentally prepared. Filming was about to start. Even if he was as powerful as the Kung Fu Emperor, he still had to use the tricks first and get used to them. Find the feeling.
The movements were all designed, and after practicing for so long, Li Tang was certainly very confident. He nodded and said, "Don't worry, director, it's no problem."
However, Director Zhang immediately said again: "Pay attention to safety and don't let anyone get hurt."
"Uh... got it."
Sure enough, Li Lianjie came over after a while: "Li Tang, let's do a trick first."
"good!"
Li Tang replied very simply. At this moment, Li Lianjie was both an actor in a rival play and an examiner who decided whether he should stay or go. It didn't matter how nice he said it, everything was based on his strength.
And he himself wanted to fight with the Kung Fu Emperor to satisfy his fan mentality.
The two stood facing each other holding their respective weapons.
Li Lianjie didn't say anything, drew his sword and rushed towards Li Tang.
Li Tang was the actor chosen by Director Zhang. He was not familiar with it, but Jiang Ershao had mentioned it to him before and expressed his hope that Zhen Zizi could play the role of Changkong. Of course he is very familiar with Zhen Bullet, having worked with him before, and his skills are pretty good. But after all, he has been in the industry for so many years and has established a firm foothold in Hollywood. Naturally, he will not be easily used as a weapon. Moreover, director Zhang Yimou has a good reputation and he does not want to get involved in such messy things.
Of course, if Li Tang is really unbearable, he will have something to say. Only in this way can he please both sides.
Perhaps out of consideration for Director Zhang's face, Li Lianlian didn't move very fast and made a fencing move towards Li Tang at the normal rehearsal speed.
"Dang!" Li Tang blocked it with his spear.
Immediately afterwards, advance and stab the sword.
Li Tang retreated quickly.
Li Lianjie continued to advance, fencing upward, and fencing horizontally with his right...
"Dang, Dang, Dang..."
In the blink of an eye, the two of them passed a few moves, and the first round was over.
An expert will know if it is there as soon as he reaches out his hand.
Although he was just rehearsing at a normal pace, Li Lianjie had already tested out that Li Tang's kung fu was good, at least he was quite familiar with this set of moves, and his reaction was just right after connecting a few moves.
From this point of view, Li Tang is basically qualified to play the role of Changkong.
But before, he had a fight with Tony Leung Chaowei, Zhang Manyu, and Zhang Ziyi, who always worked very hard. To be honest, the fight was not pleasant at all, it was too tiring. What's more important is that he can't act well at all in literary dramas. Fortunately, Director Zhang is so considerate that he was paralyzed throughout the whole process.
It's fine now. He and Li Tang are fighting all the time. They have returned to what they are best at. They just want to have a good fight. Especially, Li Tang seems to be a pretty good young man. He wants to show off each other's strengths. By the way, Teach each other lessons.
So, he opened his posture, smiled at Li Tang and said, "You don't have to be afraid of hurting me. Use your full strength. Just go ahead and I will cooperate with you."
Li Tang was inevitably stunned and looked at Director Zhang and Cheng Xiaodong next to him.
Director Zhang looked helpless. Fortunately, Cheng Xiaodong knew the strength of the two of them. Although Li Tang was good, he had more confidence in Li Lianjie. It was rare that the Kung Fu Emperor was interested, so he nodded and said: "Be careful."
Li Tang knew what was going on. Besides, the items he took were all training tools, so as long as he paid attention, there wouldn't be much harm.
The second round, as described in the script, was a duel between two minds, and it was his turn to make the first move.
He held the spear in a spear-shattering stance, shook the gun flowers, and thrust the spear straight at Li Lianjie.
His basic skills in this move are very solid. After all, he has practiced shaking and thrusting his spear every day for all these years. The spear thrust out is steady and hard.
Li Lianjie quickly blocked with his sword.
"when!"
Fortunately, he was not careless. He only felt a strong attack and almost missed the sword in his hand.
What a great power!
On the other hand, Zhang Ai, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but snicker secretly, because in his usual training, he always had to be on guard against Li Tang's moves, and the sword in his hand would be knocked away if he wasn't paying attention. He had just noticed that Li Lianjie had underestimated the enemy and almost fell into the trap.
In fact, he was hoping that the sword in Li Lianlian's hand would be knocked away, so that it would not be a shame for him to be rubbed by Li Tang so often. It's a pity that he is very experienced. While blocking, he then turned sideways to neutralize part of the force, preventing the sword in his hand from flying out.
At this time, Li Lianjie didn't have time to think too much, because Li Tang's second move came right after him, and the Overlord of Liuhe Marksmanship nodded. It just misses the hit, turns the gun into a stick, and hits the head directly.
Li Lianjie had no time to block with his sword and subconsciously raised his scabbard, barely blocking Li Tang's attack.
This was not a planned action. Li Tang quickly took a step back and made a movement to put away his gun.
Li Lianjie couldn't help but blush. He knew that he had underestimated the enemy just now, but he didn't expect that Li Tang's move of collapsing spear-style Shangping Qiang would be so powerful. In order to prevent the sword from falling out of his hand, he could only turn sideways to neutralize the force, but it was too late to block the second move with the sword as planned. In a hurry, he could only rely on conditioned reflex to use the scabbard of his left hand. Block.
Obviously, he lost a move as soon as he came up. Seeing Li Tang trying to put away his gun and stop attacking, he hurriedly shouted: "Come on, keep going, that's it, very good!"
At first glance, it sounded like he was encouraging Li Tang, but only he knew in his heart that it was just a cover-up. If Li Tang really stopped attacking, he would have confirmed the fact that he had lost a move. As a kung fu emperor, with so many martial arts brothers watching, he couldn't afford to lose this person. At the same time, it also aroused his great competitiveness from this moment on.
This scene was probably only understood by the experienced Cheng Xiaodong and Zhang Ai, who often had personal experience. Most people thought that Li Lianlian did it on purpose.
Although the movements are designed, according to Li Lianlian's ability and qualifications, he himself is the best martial arts instructor.
Like most people, Li Tang thought he had misunderstood, so he shook his spear and continued to attack Li Lianlian.
Step back and raise the gun, step forward to chop the gun, stand up and raise the gun...
One move is as fast as the other.
This time Li Lianlian was fully prepared and did not dare to be careless at all.
"Dang, Dang, Dang..."
Block continuously, and after three moves, take the opportunity to counterattack.
Li Tang also felt the power from the sword in Li Lianjie's hand hitting the spear, and couldn't help but secretly screamed: "Ashamed!"
Obviously, he was merciful at first, but he actually misunderstood that they made a mistake, which he really shouldn't have done.
The Kung Fu Emperor truly lives up to his reputation!
So he braced himself to deal with it seriously.
Li Lianlian's counterattack, he only used one move to neutralize the attack, followed by a move to neutralize the spear, turning defense into offense.
Li Lianjie, however, did not take the usual path and made changes based on the well-designed movements. He no longer used the sword solely for offense and defense, but used the sword for offense and the sheath for defense. The speed of switching between offense and defense suddenly accelerated.
Obviously Li Lianlian was looking for a way out of his previous mistakes. But not to mention, his method of using the sword as an attack and the sheath as a defense not only speeds up the attack and defense, but also greatly enhances the viewing pleasure.
Cheng Xiaodong was quite surprised at first, but after seeing two moves, he had to sigh at Li Lianlian's rich experience. The action design often changes during the filming process. Some action actors may not be able to do it, or some actions may not look good and require temporary adjustments, etc. But most of the time, everything is based on the premise of beautiful and exciting photos.
Li Tang noticed the changes in Li Lianjie's movements. Fortunately, he was very experienced on the spot and reacted quickly. Facing Li Lianjie's offensive, he subconsciously used a move to block with his gun and defuse the opponent's offensive.
Just when he was about to take a step back according to the planned move and prepare to attack with a split spear, Li Lianjie quickly jumped up and used the Taigong Fishing in Qingping Sword Technique to hit Li Tang directly on the head. Come.
Li Tang could only hold the gun with both hands to block.
Li Lianjie took advantage of the victory and pursued it, using a series of Qingping's sword skills to sweep away Li Tang's waist.
This is no longer a designed trick, it is completely a duel between two people.
Li Tang was forced to panic and retreated to block.
Fortunately, he had quick reactions and quick movements, and was able to block Li Lianlian's attack.
And his series of passive defenses were in response to the subconscious block Li Lian Jianfeng pointed at.
Under Li Lianjie's aggressive offensive, when Li Tang was retreating in embarrassment, he suddenly saw him taking a step back, squatting down and turning around with a spear in hand.
When Li Lianjie saw this, he was immediately shocked. People said that he was a walking dictionary of martial arts. How could they not see that this was a counterattack?
"not good!"
Cheng Xiaodong, who had been watching the scene carefully, couldn't help but blurt out that Li Tang's return move during the last audition left a deep impression on him.
But at this time, Li Lianjie was in high spirits, and he was almost fooling around with Qingping's sword skills. Seeing Li Tang in a hurry, he was still secretly proud that he could finally teach the young people a good lesson. , to save the face that he almost fell to the ground just now.
When he saw Li Tang using his carbine, it was already too late. The two sides were so close that it was impossible to dodge. The sword that was thrusting out had no time to retract and block, so he watched helplessly as Li Tang's spear came towards him.
(End of chapter)
