Secondly, the most important practice method of Wing Chun is the Chi Shou. To learn it, it must be led by an expert master to guide the apprentice to feel the correct flow of power in Chi's hands, so one-on-one teaching is often required.
If Xiang Nan accepted hundreds of disciples at once, he wouldn't have to compete with anyone. He would be exhausted just by teaching his disciples. For this reason, Wing Chun has been passed down for four generations, with each generation only accepting a few disciples, and it has never been widely spread.
Xiang Nan did not break the rules and only accepted eight disciples in the end.
Three of them were the sons of the three bosses who had helped him before, Wang Jinbang, Liu Tianci, and Zeng Huazhi. One is Zhou Qingquan’s son, Zhou Guangyao.
There are four others who are descendants of wealthy local families in Macau. At that time, there were four major families in Macau, namely the Fu Laorong family and the Gao Kening family, which were engaged in the gambling industry, and the other two were the Ho Tung family and the Luo Wenjin family, which were engaged in foreign comprador business.
The four disciples of Xiang Nan are the children of the Gao family and the Fu family. Four brothers, Gao Wenyuan, Gao Wenpei, Fu Jinghong and Fu Jingrong.
The name of the martial arts school was named Wing Chun Sports Association by Xiang Nan.
This is also the name of the martial arts gym Ip Man founded in Hong Kong.
Xiang Nan now opens a martial arts school, which is just in time to fulfill Ip Man's dream of promoting Wing Chun.
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The Wing Chun Sports Club opened with great fanfare.
On the opening day, many big families and prominent figures in Macau sent flower cards, flower baskets, plaques, and banners, and it was very lively.
The reason for this is that Xiang Nan's deeds have spread throughout Macau, and everyone knows that he is so powerful in martial arts that he can defeat a hundred with one. Such a fierce man can't be offended if he can. It is naturally better to get to know each other.
Secondly, the children of two major families in Macau came to learn boxing from him. This also shows that the two major families are trying to unite with him. And Xiang Nan is not only highly skilled in martial arts, he also comes from the Ye family of Fashan, a descendant of a famous family.
Such talents will be a beneficial help to any party they join. Therefore, other families will naturally not remain indifferent. It is not surprising to send a congratulatory gift and take the opportunity to get acquainted.
Xiang Nan also understands this. Therefore, after the martial arts school was established, he personally brought gifts to visit him. Initial relationships were established with the local forces in Macau.
This is also a necessary process for foreign forces to integrate into the local area.
Every time foreign forces go to a new place, they will be squeezed out by the original forces. When they find that they cannot be squeezed out, they will allow outside forces to join in and share the cake together. And use many means such as cooperation, alliance, marriage, apprenticeship, etc. to become one.
For example, in "Crossing Guandong", when Zhu Kaishan settled in Yuanbao Town, local rich farmer Han Laohai cooperated with the Zhu family in the form of marriage; Zhu Kaishan opened a restaurant in Harbin, but was run out by Pan Wuye and his gang. Finally, it ends with Chuan Wen and Chuan Jie becoming the godfather of Fifth Master Pan.
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After the Wing Chun Gymnasium opened, no one from the pharmaceutical factory was there to cause trouble.
The local gangs are not brainless either.
The two major families in Macau both worship Xiang Nan as their master. How dare they dare to rip him off, so they all gave up.
Seeing this, Xiang Nan couldn't help but sigh again.
If he hadn't been able to establish his authority, he would have made it clear to people that he was not to be trifled with. I'm afraid that these hooligans, gangsters, and scoundrels will eat him up.
It’s no wonder that the ancients were reluctant to leave their hometowns unless there was a severe disaster. This is why.
After no one caused trouble, the preparation speed of the pharmaceutical factory was greatly accelerated.
The factory building was completed within a month, and production officially started half a month later.
After discussion between Xiang Nan and Zhou Qingquan, the pharmaceutical factory was named Renji Pharmaceutical Factory. At the beginning, only three categories of medicines were produced: Bida medicine, Jinchuang medicine, and Biwen powder.
Xiang Nan provided prescriptions, taught workers how to make pharmaceuticals, and supervised the quality of medicinal material procurement, processing, and compounding. Zhou Qingquan is mainly responsible for management and sales.
It just so happened that when the Renji Pharmaceutical Factory was completed, a severe cholera broke out in the Lingnan area.
Cholera is an acute diarrheal infectious disease caused by ingested food or water contaminated by Vibrio cholerae.
Because people at that time had problems with food and clothing, they were not very particular about food and drink. Drinking raw water and eating moldy food were common occurrences. Coupled with year-round hunger, people are generally in poor health, so cholera often breaks out. Once it occurs, hundreds or thousands of people are often infected, and the fatality rate is quite high.
Since historical records began, there have been more than a dozen large-scale cholera outbreaks in Macau alone.
In 1858, thirty-six people died; in 1888, more than 500 people were infected with cholera, and more than 30 people died; in 1905, cholera caused 15 deaths; in 1912, seven One hundred and twenty-three people died; in 1913, 32 people died; in 1927, 409 people were infected with cholera and 320 people died...
This shows how terrifying the cholera epidemic is.
Seeing this, Xiang Nan immediately responded tit-for-tat and launched Renji Dan, a special Chinese patent medicine against cholera. In the name of Renji Pharmaceutical Factory, the medicine was administered free of charge in Macau, Zhongshan, and Shunde.
Because Xiang Nan inherited Xilaile's medical skills, it was miraculous in treating plagues. Therefore, after Renjidan was launched, a large number of patients were cured very quickly.
One pill will see the effect, two pills will stop the diarrhea, and within three days, you will be back to your original state.
Because of this, Renji Dan and even Renji Pharmaceutical Factory became an instant hit, and drug dealers from all over the world came to purchase it. As a result, Renji Pharmaceutical Factory was so full of orders that it had to recruit people as soon as it opened.
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Zhou Qingquan was overjoyed because of this.
"Awen, it's all your fault." He said sincerely.
The prescription for the Rejuvenation Pill was drawn up by Xiang Nan, and he supervised the process of combining the medicine. He even came up with the idea of administering the medicine for free. It's really awesome.
"Brother Quan, don't say that. The factory is both yours and mine. I should help, right?" Xiang Nan waved his hands and smiled, "Besides, I'm usually busy teaching boxing, so you have to worry about the management of the factory." ."
When Zhou Qingquan heard this, he smiled and nodded.
In any case, Renji Pharmaceutical Factory was successful.
Even excluding the two hundred yuan donated to doctors and medicines, this month's profit must be two to three hundred yuan. Therefore, he is very confident that he will be able to recover his capital within six months.
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After helping the pharmaceutical company get off to a good start, Xiang Nan's main focus was on teaching his apprentices and spending time with his wife.
In terms of teaching apprentices, Xiang Nan is actually not too strict.
Because the people who practice martial arts with him are basically kids from rich families, and their purpose of practicing martial arts is just to strengthen their bodies, not to be brave and fierce.
Therefore, what Xiang Nan taught them could not be said to be showy, but it was not considered real skill either.
Just like when Yang Luchan taught Tai Chi to the disciples of the Eight Banners in the capital, he considered that they lived a luxurious life, were weak and sick, and were intolerant of hardship.
So he simplified his boxing techniques and created a set of Yang Style Tai Chi. The so-called cloud hands, holding the bird's tail, white crane spreading its wings, etc. are basically just showy, and they are the same model as broadcast gymnastics.
In this way, these rich kids can keep fit and save time and effort, killing two birds with one stone.
