Chapter 194: Novel Arena.
"Ah, you still have a way. The popularity of [Ip Man 2] is not too high now. Many theaters have taken the initiative to discuss cooperation, and some theaters have directly given a share of 6-4." Huang Baiming was a little unhappy about Zhou Xing's approach to investing based on the salary of the film, but after this incident, he understood that if he had not had his own investment share, Zhou Xing would never have worked so hard to promote [Ip Man 2].
To put it bluntly, getting a pay is like working, and you can use money to do things. Why should people help you with other things?
Huang Baiming suddenly felt that giving up a certain proportion of investment share didn’t seem to be a bad thing.
Zhou Xing smiled faintly, and Huang Baiming said again: "I'll bother you with the filming. As long as the filming effect is fine, I can strive to further reduce the proportion of theaters..."
"Don't worry, Huang Sheng, the quality of the video will never be dragged down."
Huang Baiming left with satisfaction.
[Ip Man 2] Although it tells the story of Ip Man after coming to Xiangjiang, the actual shooting location was in Songjiang Film and Television City, the Magic City. In fact, there are few local films and TV series filming in Xiangjiang over the years. Even some TVB dramas have begun to come to the mainland to shoot. Not only are the scenery in the mainland, but more are supporting staff, and the facilities are more complete than those in Xiangjiang.
Moreover, the salary for a mainland extras is about 80 yuan per day, while the Xiangjiang extras cost at least 300 Hong Kong dollars a day. This alone can save the crew a lot of money.
The cast of [Ip Man 2] has not changed much, but like Fan Shaohuang and Ren Dahua have fewer roles than the first one, and they can basically only achieve a presentation.
However, the newly emerged character "Hong Zhennan" has a lot of scenes. At first, Ye Weixin planned to invite Hong Jinbao to play this role, but it is obvious that this person is not as generous as it seems, so it is naturally impossible for him to praise Zhou Xing.
So the role of "Hong Zhennan" fell on Fur Zhaolong. With his aura, he could play such a role easily.
Moreover, because Xiong Xinxin is catching another drama, the martial arts director of this drama is also served as the role of Zhu Zhaolong, which is a good opportunity for him.
The role of Zhang Yongcheng is still starring Xiong Dailin, but the filming process is not smooth. In this drama, Zhang Yongcheng is pregnant. Apart from having a fake belly, Xiong Dailin doesn’t look like a pregnant woman at all.
There is no way? Ye Weixin could only ask her to read some information about the impact of pregnant women and observe how pregnant women walk.
In addition to Xiong Dailin? Huang Xiaoming is also a trouble? He has never filmed a fighting scene, let alone Wing Chun Fist? He has made very slow progress, and Zhu Zhaolong can only let his subordinates use their work time to teach him.
"Hey? It seems that everyone can shoot kung fu movies now? I don't have any skills at all. At least I do my homework before taking on the show." Fur Zhaolong complained.
Zhou Xing patted his shoulder: "Forget it, Huayi people, Director Ye always wants to give him some face? And I think he is still quite hard-working? Let Aqiang pay more attention."
Zhu Zhaolong could only sigh silently. Sometimes he really relies on God's reward for his career in film and television. Huang Xiaoming clearly knows how to do kung fu, but he can easily get roles. But Aqiang's martial arts are at most, they only play supporting roles, or they are substitutes? Sometimes a play can't even show his face.
Of course, Huang Xiaoming is still very respectful to Zhou Xing? At least on the surface, Zhou Xing does not have the habit of being a big shot? The cooperation is still smooth.
What is really difficult to shoot or how many fighting scenes are? The ring match between Ip Man and the Xiangjiang Martial Artsman is a headache? Because the previous [Huo Yuanjia] and [Huang Feihong] series have already played the ring match to the extreme. If it is just an ordinary fighting scene, it will be difficult to attract the audience's attention.
As a martial arts director, Zhu Zhaolong thought about this for a long time but still didn't think of a good idea. As the shooting date was approaching, Zhu Zhaolong was still at a loss and could only ask his martial arts under his command to drink and start a brainstorm together.
However, the martial arts are all honest people, so it’s okay to let them do it. Using their brains is not their strength, and they all come up with some bad ideas.
"Brother, come and have a drink."
When the martial arts soldiers saw Zhou Xing, they began to say hello from afar. Zhou Xing sat next to Fur Zhaolong and patted him on the shoulder: "Are you still worried about the scene of filming?"
Zhu Zhaolong smiled bitterly and ran into Zhou Xing: "What else? This kind of ring design can be played, basically the rest of others' play, and no matter how you shoot, you will pick up people's teeth."
Zhou Xing was helpless about this, in fact, it was indeed the case. At the peak of Kung Fu movies, various fantasies of Xiangjiang filmmakers burst out in full swing, similar to fighting on ropes and using stairs to fight all kinds of incredible fighting scenes have been regarded as classics, and it is difficult to make any breakthroughs.
"Forget it, don't force yourself if you can't think of it for the time being. It's better to drink happily and go back to have a good night's sleep. I might have a good idea when I wake up tomorrow?" Zhou Xing comforted.
Zhu Zhaolong breathed a sigh of relief: "I hope so."
Zhou Xing rarely had time to drink with the martial artists, and his martial artists were all real people, so Zhou Xing drank no less.
The martial arts are all men with a lot of hormones, and they will inevitably vent after drinking. When the two of them glared at each other, they did not accept each other. Fortunately, they still retained some reason and did not take action directly.
But when emotions accumulate, there must be a catharsis. What should I do? Rules from the world - arm wrestling!
"Come on, if you don't give you some colors today, you won't know how many eyes Mr. Ma has."
"Who can't speak loudly? Don't cry if you lose later!"
So the two brought a table, sat face to face, and each stretched out his right hands.
"Come on, buy it and leave. Ali's odds are 1:1.2, Aquan's odds are 1:0.7, who wants to place a bet?"
In the crew, there are basically two points and one line, and there is no time to go out to play. The entertainment life of the martial arts is quite monotonous. With such a good opportunity, how can you not participate? There is no pain when you play for 100 or 200 yuan.
"Brother Xing, Brother Long, do you want to do it?"
Zhu Zhaolong and Zhou Xing looked at each other and smiled. Zhu Zhaolong took out a thousand yuan of cash: "Okay, I'll suppress A Quan."
Zhou Xing also came forward to join in the fun: "Then, I will only suppress two thousand Ali. If you lose the money, how about you treat everyone to midnight snack if you win?"
"Brother Xing is mighty!" Who is unhappy with free food and drink? A group of people started to make trouble, and of course they were not completely taking advantage. It was mainly because Zhou Xing did this, making them feel proud. Look, the boss has to "wind" us.
A Quan and Ali were also ready to fight. The two sides held their right hands together, and Wu Zhaolong became the referee. With his order, both of them began to exert force.
"A Quan, use force!"
"Ali, give him some color!"
As it turns out, the world of gambling mainly places bets, and even boring arm wrestling will be as exciting as watching the World Cup, and both sides cheer for the players who bet on their own.
Not only did Aquan and Ali each make their own bets on themselves, but they also had to worry about face. They also used their strength to break the other party down. The veins on their hands swelled up and their faces turned red.
However, what everyone did not expect was that the table in the food stall was not reliable, so it could not bear such gravity, and it broke up with a squeak.
The originally lively scene suddenly fell into freezing point. How did this count? Some Wu Xing complained: "Boss, can't you buy some good quality tables?"
The boss couldn't say anything about his hardship. A table would cost dozens of dollars. He hadn't asked these guys for compensation yet.
"How do you calculate this?"
Soon everyone began to argue about who wins and who loses. Zhou Xing laughed and said, "In this way, this game will be invalid. I will take the two thousand dollars first, and I will invite my brothers to have midnight snack tomorrow. How about it?"
"Thank you, Brother Xing."
Everyone was convinced of this proposal, and they stopped urging and started a new round of drinking.
Zhu Zhaolong looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but admire Zhou Xing's emotional intelligence in his heart, thinking: No wonder he was able to achieve what he has today.
However, just as Zhu Zhaolong wanted to say something, Zhou Xing suddenly grabbed him: "Brother Long, I thought of a solution."
"?" Fur Zhaolong was confused. What does this mean?
Seeing this, Zhou Xing explained: "Table, since you can use the table to wrestle with your arm, can you use the table to fight?"
Fruit Zhaolong's eyes lit up: "What do you mean is to prepare a big table and use it as a ring, and then use the narrow space to fight? Those who are eliminated will be considered losing?"
"That's right!"
With this idea, the next thing will be easier. Zhu Zhaolong asked the prop group to prepare a tabletop for a hotel banquet.
"Is this space too small?" However, standing on the table, Zhu Zhaolong started to have a headache again. Fighting in such a small ring requires stricter movement design requirements. Not only should the fight be good-looking, but also to show the characteristics of various martial arts.
Moreover, Zhu Zhaolong tried Ali in advance. It was difficult for ordinary quality tables to withstand the fierce fighting between two people on it, and ordinary tables could not bear the force, so they could only recreate the prop set with solid wood.
"Brother Long, how are you doing research?" Zhou Xing asked from a long way to go.
Fru Zhaolong jumped onto the table gently: "Why do you want to come and try your hand?"
"Okay." Zhou Xing didn't say a little bit on his feet.
Suddenly, all the martial artists gathered here, and the movement here also alarmed other actors. For a moment, people were surrounded by people.
Soon Ye Weixin followed him and saw the two standing on the table confronting each other, his eyes lit up. Such a form of fighting on the arena is indeed very novel.
On the "Ring", Fur Zhaolong made a double-shaped starting posture of Hongquan Hu and Crane, which was obviously already in the role. Zhou Xing drew a forty-five-degree angle on the table with his right foot, with his hands one in front and one behind, and Wing Chun started the starting posture, attacking and defending.
Hongquan Hard Bridge Hard Horse is better than guarding, and Zhu Zhaolong knew Zhou Xing's strength and was not polite at all. He used the "Twelve Bridge Hands" to attack as soon as he came up.
The so-called twelve bridge hands: hard, soft, forced, straight, divided, fixed, inch, lift, flow, transportation, and make, and formulate the twelve bridge hands. The so-called bridge crossing the bridge, and there is no bridge to build a bridge. Once the Hongquan attack is launched, it is easy to be at a disadvantage and there is no power to fight back.
Zhou Xing was not careless either. He had a high attainment in Hongquan. He naturally understood the characteristics of Hongquan, attacked and defended with both hands, and always defended the center line.
The force of Wing Chun is based on the center line of the body, and the force of punching comes directly from the large muscle groups on the back of the body. This way of force is in sharp contrast to the martial arts system in which all other punches originate from the waist and arm muscles, which is also why Wing Chun is more suitable for women to practice.
The two sides were coming and going, and the speed of the fists became faster and faster. Everyone around the ring was so excited that they watched it, but most of them were laymen, so they just watched the fun.
"Hey, what do you think is, Brother Long or Brother Xing are better?" Huang Xiaoming asked Chen Xiaolong in a low voice.
Chen Xiaolong plays Xu Shichang in the play, one of Ip Man's disciples, and his role is not as good as Huang Xiaoming. However, Chen Xiaolong is different from Huang Xiaoming. He has real skills. He has been appointed as the disciple of Shaolin abbot Shi Yongxin since he was a child. His previous stage name was Shi Xiaolong. In the 1990s, his pay was not cheaper than the popular first-tier stars such as the Four Heavenly Kings.
However, child stars often have a relatively awkward situation when they grow up, and Chen Xiaolong is no exception. He was a well-deserved male lead when he was a child, but now he can only act as a supporting role.
"If I read it correctly, Brother Xing should be more powerful. He doesn't seem to use his full strength." Chen Xiaolong was still quite confident in his eyesight.
"No way? How can I see this?" Huang Xiaoming scratched his head. Before filming a play, he thought it was just a pose, and that wasn't that easy?
However, when he entered the crew, he realized that it was not as simple as he thought. A real kung fu movie was not the kind of light and weak movement. The speed and strength of the punch were real, and the reaction was a little slower, and you would be hit.
Moreover, without martial arts skills, many movements will be awkward and even hurt yourself. He has suffered a lot, so he once envied Chen Xiaolong.
Chen Xiaolong booed, "Don't talk, it's almost over."
Indeed, in the ring, Zhou Xing and Zhu Zhaolong's fight was no longer limited to their hands, and their feet had already begun to compete for this inch.
Huang Xiaoming was stunned. As the two of them fought, the ring had already shaking. Ordinary people probably couldn't stand firm when they went up, but they looked like they were walking in the garden, as if they were rooted under their feet.
"Brother Long, isn't this inspiration?"
On the ring, Zhou Xing and Zhu Zhaolong's right foot were opposite each other, and his right hand was pressed against Zhu Zhaolong's throat in the shape of a knife. Zhu Zhaolong's left hand was wrapped with Zhou Xing's left hand, and his right fist was only two inches away from Zhou Xingde's temple.
"Haha, that's right, I already thought of the key points of the action design of this fight." Fur Zhaolong smiled excitedly, and the two of them then retreated and both got off the ring.
Aqiang came forward and saw a long hole in the center of the solid wood table.
"this......"
Chapter completed!