Chapter 102: Martial Arts Guidance

  "Of course."

  "If it's convenient for both of you, I can take you there right now."

  "Alright, I'll trouble Mr. Yu then."

  Zhou Fan also stood up, holding Fang Ruo Han's left hand, and left the rest room with Yu Liang Zheng.

  Although Fang Ruohan wanted to struggle free, she struggled for a while but couldn't break loose, so she gave up. In her heart, however, she was thinking, "Hmph, I'll give him some face in front of others."

  "Mr. Zhou, just ahead is our filming location. Today we're shooting a police and bandit film."

  "Oh."

  Zhou Fan came with interest, following closely behind Yu Liang Zheng's back at a steady pace.

  "Agreed."

  "Agreed."

  Each of the photographers saw Yu Liangzheng coming and greeted him one after another.

  "Go ahead and keep filming, I'm just here to take a look."

  Then, he continued to introduce Zhou Fan to their Wujixing Film Company without stopping.

  "That martial arts instructor is called Yuan Pinghe, and he was specially invited from Xiangjiang."

  Yu Liangzheng pointed at the old man in his fifties or sixties who was wearing a director's hat and said.

  "Martial Arts."

  Martial arts director, also known as action director or fight choreographer, is sometimes referred to as a stunt double. Of course, most film and television productions do not require a martial arts director, and even if they do, it's often just some unknown person who does a few moves. However, for many kung fu films or action movies, the martial arts director becomes the soul of these works.

  At this time, action movies and martial arts films are just emerging and not yet mature. However, due to the ancient culture of China, the spirit of martial arts has always been infused in our blood. So, in recent years, only a few mediocre martial arts action movies have been released, but they have also achieved success. In fact, some of these martial arts films have even entered the European and American markets.

  However, Zhou Fan looked at it for over ten minutes and shook his head in dismay.

  He had already looked up some information and naturally knew what the Huaxia Kung Fu film was all about. In fact, for Zhou Fan, this kind of you-hit-me-and-I-hit-you-back, one-move-at-a-time kung fu work wasn't really a kung fu film at all. Of course, perhaps for them now, this is absolutely a real kung fu film. Because their martial arts moves are mostly real. Even when filming, they would often find many experienced masters to try out with.

  This has also led to a surge in people practicing martial arts in recent years, and the only reason is that if you have a few moves, your chances of being selected by a kung fu film director will increase greatly. At this time, several Shaolin lay disciples have already become kung fu stars in film and television. All of these are due to the rise of kung fu films.

  "What's wrong, Mr. Zhou? Do you have an opinion?"

  Zhou Fan's brow furrowed, and Yu Liang felt a little tense in his heart.

  He personally proposed to Zhou Fan to buy "Shu Jian En Chou Lu", precisely because he knew that this work pioneered the Wuxia genre. This not only applies to literature, but also to film and television works, martial arts films, and action films, which have been greatly helped. Even in this work, many martial arts instructors have gained a lot of inspiration.

  It can be said that this is a very innovative and epoch-making work.

  If "The Book and the Sword" were filmed, it would absolutely be a classic work, and even become the leader of future martial arts films.

  Furthermore, the current "Book and Sword" has sold 10 million sets of terrifying records. It is said that this record was also suppressed by someone. Such high popularity has also laid the foundation for the future ratings record of this work. Therefore, originally, such a purchase of a script did not require Yu Liang to take action himself, but in order to show his sincerity, he personally contacted Zhou Fan.

  "May I have a word with Mr. Yuan?"

  In action films, directors and martial arts instructors are equally important. In fact, sometimes martial arts instructors are even more important.

  "Really? I think he's been wanting to see you too?"

  Just then, Yuan Ping was directing a fight scene and was taking a break.

  Yu Liangzheng immediately called his secretary and had Yuan He-ping brought over.

  "Director Yuan, this is Zhou Yifan, the one you've been mentioning."

  Yuan He Ping walked over, and Yu Liang Zheng hastily introduced Zhou Fan to him.

  "Ah, so you're Zhou Yifan?"

  Yuan He Ping was shocked, his eyes kept looking at Zhou Fan from time to time, with an unbelievable expression.

  "That's right, I'm Zhou Yifan."

  "Hello, hello."

  After finishing speaking, Yuan He Ping stretched out his right hand and shook hands with Zhou Fan.

  Just at this moment, Zhou Fan felt that the other party was slowly increasing their strength, and he smiled in his heart.

  It seems that people who practice martial arts are different, they always want to try out others' skills as soon as they meet. Fortunately, I have also practiced some, otherwise, this would be a great loss of face. Regardless of how much strength Yuan He Ping used, Zhou Fan's right hand still maintained its grasping posture. In the end, even if Yuan He Ping used all his strength, he found that Zhou Fan still didn't make any move.

  Until this time, Yuan He Ping was shocked, "Mr. Zhou, sorry, I'm showing off in front of Lord Guan."

  Yuan Heping was also a person of temperament, and after this test, he finally knew Zhou Yifan's level.

  He had always suspected that the author who could write such a thing would not be unfamiliar with martial arts. Now it seems that he is not only familiar, but also an expert. Moreover, he is an unworldly expert. The skills he practiced on the stage were far from enough to impress Zhou Yifan. In his heart, he admired Zhou Yifan even more.

  "Mr. Yuan is also getting more energetic with age."

  Yuan He-ping was already fifty or sixty years old, but his spirit was very good, and the energy in his body was even more vigorous than that of young people.

  For this point, Zhou Fan also admired him endlessly.

  At this age, being able to reach such a state is already quite good.

  "Where, where, the other day Yu Zong kept mentioning you, at that time I was eager to have a heart-to-heart talk with you for three days and three nights. You don't know, your work has really opened our eyes."

  Yuan He Ping is in his fifties or sixties, but when he encounters something that interests him, he's even more enthusiastic than those star-chasing fans.

  "You're too kind, I also saw you directing the actors' movements just now, it was great."

  "Alas, to be honest, most of the actors haven't practiced martial arts. Actually, many of the moves can't be done."

  Yuan He Ping felt somewhat depressed at this point.

  "Haha, I think Director Yuan is being too strict. We're all actors, how can we have been trained in martial arts since childhood? Some of the more difficult moves are hard to do, that's normal."

  Zhou Fan couldn't help but laugh. In this world, those who knew martial arts were already few and far between, and those who were famous for their martial arts skills were even rarer. In his previous life, all the big-name stars who knew martial arts had performed exceptionally well. Like Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Sammo Hung, Wu Jing... Even Wang Baoqiang, who had learned a bit at Shaolin Temple, had risen to fame.

  The two of them hit it off immediately after meeting and Yu Liang Zheng smiled slightly.

  "Let's go to the side and have a chat while drinking tea. It's too hot here in the sun."

  At this time, Yu Liang stood up straight.

  "Right, right, right! Mr. Zhou has just arrived here and I haven't taken good care of him. I apologize to you, sir."

  Yuan He Ping was born into a martial arts family, and although he now lives in modern society, his aura of the Jianghu (martial arts world) is still very strong.

  "Go."

  Zhou Fan nodded, he also had a few questions to discuss with Yuan He Ping.

  Then several people arrived at the rest area of the filming location and started chatting casually from time to time.

  "Who is that?"

  The commotion over here has already startled some of the other actors on set.

  "I don't know about this, but Mr. Yu has already stepped forward, so it's no small matter."

  Several actors occasionally discussed and said.

  The director on the side heard it and interrupted, "Hey, do you know who this is?"

  "Director, who is this?"

  "Could he be the son of some big shot in Hong Kong?"

  Looks quite young, but Yu Liangzheng and Yuan Heping are so valued that everyone speculates.

  "No."

  "Isn't it? Is he some kind of official's second generation?"

  "Not either."

  "Director, you tell me, who is this person?"

  At this time, a scene had just been filmed and everyone was chatting enthusiastically while resting.

  "I don't know either."

  The director clapped his hands and gave an awkward smile.

  "Ah, director, you're also playing tricks on people."

  Everyone was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

  "However, I heard from Yu Zong a few days ago that the author of 'The Book and the Sword' is coming here."

  "No way."

  The crowd shouted in surprise.

  The Book and Sword: Gratitude and Revenge, some of the actors only saw a glimpse. What made them exclaim was that they heard several film and television companies in China wanted to buy this work, and even spent a lot of money on it. Naturally, such an important work, how could they not have heard of it? Even, they all thought, with so many companies attaching great importance to this work, if it is filmed in the future, it must be a big production, a big hand. On their side, are they preparing to see if they can get a role.

  "Don't shout randomly, and don't say I said it."

  The director took a deep breath, rested for a while, and then continued filming.

  "Director Yuan, you've directed so many martial arts films, did you use real kung fu when filming them?"

  "Uh-huh. Not bad."

  Yuan Heping nodded, "In order to make the performance more enjoyable and to achieve a realistic feel for the martial arts movements. When we shoot some action scenes, we use real kung fu. It's just that nowadays many actors are in poor physical condition. A simple movement has to be practiced dozens of times before it can be mastered..."

  Yuan He Ping couldn't help but feel a sense of melancholy wash over him once again.

  "Has Yuan thought about making such a kung fu fight more spectacular?"

  "Appreciation?"

  This seems like a new term, but Yuan Ping has been shooting film and television for decades after all, so he can still understand it.

  "It's possible that in other performances, the visual appeal will be stronger. For example, when selecting actors for each department, they often choose handsome guys and beautiful women, which gives the audience a strong visual appeal. However, for action films, what is pursued is realism, stimulation, and passion. In this case, the visual appeal is somewhat reduced. Nevertheless, because it's real kung fu, the effect of the fight scenes is still very impressive."

  In this regard, Yuan Ping is still very confident.

  From many audience's good reviews, he has been insisting on guiding real Kung Fu.

  Sweat...

  Zhou Fan felt somewhat depressed.

  It seems that the directors of this era, including some martial arts instructors, still do not understand the watchability of action movies. Although pursuing real and authentic actions is indeed very realistic, in many cases, Zhou Fan thinks there isn't much to watch. Think about it, those moves and styles are just repeated over and over, what's the point? As for why so many people are still praising them now, it's completely because they haven't seen the brilliant fight scenes of the past. If they were to see the action movies of the past and then look at the current ones, they would probably vomit blood. This is exactly Zhou Fan's situation right now.

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