money player

Tattoos became a popular culture at the turn of the last century and the beginning of this century, mainly popular among marginal groups such as sailors, soldiers, and laborers.

The circus uses tattoos as a gimmick to attract audiences. For example, Betty Broadbent, known as the Tattooed Venus, has more than 560 tattoos on her body. If you want to see them, you have to pay, and she earns a lot of money from this.

Before World War II, tattoos were still a relatively niche culture. During the war, American soldiers began to get a large number of tattoos, such as unit numbers and patriotic patterns. The motivation was not because tattoos were cool, but to "be buried intact."

After a bombardment, many soldiers were killed without a complete body, and it was common for their heads, hands and feet to be blown off. With dog tags and tattoos, when they met a responsible collector, they would naturally gather several small piles of body into one large one.

For the dead, tattoos are a practical identification symbol, but for the survivors, tattoos have become a symbol of luck and are gradually associated with masculinity, making tattoos a cool thing.

The soldiers who came to Hong Kong for vacation during this period could die on the battlefield at any time, and the next second might be the end of the world. Money was truly a material thing for them, and it had to be spent before returning to the ship. Money could not be spent all on drinking and prostitution, but had to be spent on something meaningful, such as taking a photo with teammates, or getting a cool tattoo or a tattoo with a mysterious color.

Chinese characters are both cool and mysterious. Legend has it that if you tattoo the word "Long Dao" on your arm, bullets will avoid you. If you tattoo a Long Dao logo on your chest, ten grenades will be eleven duds.

To put it bluntly, Xian Yaowen not only wants to make money from the soldiers, but also wants to tattoo Long Dao's advertisements on their bodies. When Long Dao lands in a city where a soldier is located, the soldier passes by the venue and sees the logo and words on the door. He will most likely walk in to take a look, and which soldier doesn't have a few good friends.

This is the subtle product placement that penetrates into life and life.

"Sorry, sorry, you two have been waiting for so long."

A series of continuous footsteps brought sincere apologies and also a person with oil paint stains on his clothes.

King Hu, with several rolled-up drawings tucked under his arm and a stack of bowls in his hands.

He placed the bowl on the ground, exchanged pleasantries with Rosalind and He Acai, then spread out the sketch and said, "Gentlemen, here are some Dragon Dao font designs I designed. Please take a look."

Rosalind browsed through them and said, "Mr. Hu, I like these designs very much, but the decision is not up to me. Let's invite Mr. Qi to come over and take a look together."

Upon hearing this, King Hu turned his head and looked in the direction of Qi Longque, "Mr. Qi is over there, I'll go call him."

When King Hu walked quickly towards Qi Longdao, Li Hanxiang, who had just lifted a batch of props and was lazy, saw it and felt a little envious. This close friend of his was not as professional as him and came to Hong Kong later than him, but his situation was much better than his.

He was very stubborn and said that the boss did not give him any special treatment. In public, the boss put his arm around his grandson's shoulder and talked and laughed. Who could not see that the two of them had a history? He did not have to do any heavy work and always got good things.

"Big guy, do something, don't swallow the bubble."

"Coming, coming." Hearing the urging, Li Hanxiang responded repeatedly and hurried back to continue moving the props.

Friendship Pictures currently focuses on making Mandarin films. Most of the company's members are from the Shanghai school, and there are also quite a few from the Northern school. There are fewer people from the Lingnan school, but although their number is small, their quality is not low.

Because Zhang Long was connected to Liu Jialiang, and the thread spread to his father Liu Zhan, and because the Huang Feihong project was connected to Mo Guilan, Long Dao Wu Shi and Friendship Pictures both established connections with the Southern School, and both sides absorbed some people from the Southern School.

In fact, up to now, the concept of stuntmen in the film and television industry has not yet formed the concept of later generations, nor is it a specific profession. It is just that most of the people responsible for fighting scenes in movies are people who cross over from the opera industry. A boss (a singer) becomes the leading actor and brings a group of stuntmen with low incomes to make a living together;
The Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Masters changed from being responsible for somersaults and waving flags and shouting to being beaten and waving flags and shouting. They are still doing hard work and earning hard money, and their status has not been improved. There is no need to give them a specific title. They are still called Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Masters. It is like a butcher who kills a cow today, and people still call him a pig butcher, not a cow butcher.

To put it bluntly, the stunt masters in the film and television industry are not honorific titles at all. They are just labels for others to classify and address them. When a group of stunt masters gather together, they are called stunt masters. If they are separated when there is no fighting work, they will each have their own identities.

For example, Hua Zaiquan, who just complained about Li Hanxiang's laziness, is a veteran among the martial artists of Dragon and Tiger. However, his first identity in the crew is a senior prop master in the prop group, and he receives a prop master's salary. Only when the play requires someone to get beaten, he will slack off and go to get beaten a few times to earn extra money from getting beaten.

If he were to abandon the identity of a prop master and simply bear the title of a martial artist, his whole family would be left with nothing.

At present, only those martial artists who follow boss Guan Dexing for a living can have jobs all year round and can be called professional players. The others have their main jobs, just like a programmer with an annual salary of one million who works part-time as a deliveryman and can earn 102 million in three years. A deliveryman can be considered a side job at most.

Because of the current situation of Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts Masters, Xian Yaowen ignored any conventions and directly named it Dragon Dao Martial Arts Master, redefined the industry, and built the industry system and salary and welfare system for practitioners from scratch.

It is like renaming prostitutes as male physical and mental health care workers. Not only will their job income increase, but they will also have six insurances and two funds paid for them. There is an organization, and when they encounter problems the organization will help them. When they enjoy countless benefits, they only need to pay a small membership fee. If anyone refuses, and before he dies, he says in a weak voice, "This, this is my membership fee, please help me pay it to the organization", then we can only say that this person is stupid and bad.

Hua Zai asked Li Hanxiang to work, but he himself was slacking off. He looked at the Longdao martial artist who had just been beaten, and jealousy made him look unrecognizable.

Look, it was just a kick, but so many companions cared about me, professional medical staff checked my body, some wiped my sweat, lit cigarettes, and some offered me herbal tea.

He turned his sight and looked at the van driven by the Liu Clan. He couldn't help but complain, "Car pick-up and drop-off, young master Xiguan?"

Not far from Hua Zaiquan, there were three people arguing fiercely. They were the arguing masters of the Explosion Interest Group of the Theology Company. They were expressing their opinions on how the next scene where the protagonist released a fan and hit the wall should explode.

As the King of Cannons, he deals with gunpowder every day. If he is not careful, he will get hurt by the explosion. He is always tense and has a bad temper.

They were fighting, and people from the gun interest group nearby were watching the fun.

Real guns are needed for close-up shooting scenes during filming, but the bullets are special. They make a noise and spray sparks, and there is no killing effect unless you put your face close to the muzzle. The main job of the gun interest group is to modify and manage guns and train actors who use guns.

Xian Yaowen has been playing with guns for decades and has a special feeling for them. When it comes to using guns in filming, he can accept exaggerated shooting techniques that reflect shooting skills, such as a bullet penetrating a scope and blinding a sniper's eye. He can also accept the hypothesis of unlimited bullets. After all, the audience buys tickets to the theater not to watch the bullets being changed, and it is unethical to take too long to change the bullets.

But he could not accept the shoddy gun props, nor could he accept ignoring the recoil. It took him more than ten years to get used to the recoil. He only made limited mistakes when shooting. If the recoil was not shown in the movie, wouldn't he appear incompetent?
The recoil must be shown, and it must be professional. The shooting action must also be professional and not too sloppy. There are many people who have held guns at this point in time.

Next to the firearms interest group, there is also a cold weapon interest group. They have no time to watch the fun. They are still sharpening their weapons and debugging a strange weapon called the "Saber Fist System".

Simply put, this is a weapon with a saber welded to the top of the Nambu Type 14 automatic pistol. The design concept is to take into account both long-range shooting and close combat on horseback. It was once officially equipped, but performed poorly in actual combat and received negative reviews from front-line troops, so it was not widely equipped.

It would be unreasonable for this thing to appear in the hands of the Japanese regular army, but it can be explained in the hands of ninjas or the Black Dragon Society, and its performance can be exaggerated appropriately to elevate it from garbage to a secret weapon.

The Theology Company has its own weapons development workshop "Jiulongzao", which has recruited a group of veterans from arsenals and weapons repair shops, and has the ability to replicate most of the firearms on the market and imitate artillery models; it also has its own cold weapon development workshop "Moye", which has the ability to replicate all existing cold weapon models and innovate.

The fan used by Zhang Yang was made by Moye. While retaining the fan's appearance, everything was designed according to actual combat weapons. Longdao martial artists followed up on the research and development process and constantly put forward modification suggestions to make it a real weapon.

There were several Dragon Dao martial artists and a Cannon King who did not participate in the argument around them, practicing their moves. The villains in "Carrying Fruit" are not background characters. The soldiers carrying Type 38 rifles have super high shooting abilities, and the officers using the Meiji 32nd-year-old officer's sword can release their sword energy, and every time they swing the sword, a line will explode on the ground or wall.

Moreover, the villains whose faces are to be photographed are carefully selected. They cannot look too decent, nor too vulgar. Except for the degree of evil, the actual image will be basically respected without any vilification.

The bodies of the heroes who protected the country are still warm. If the enemy they had to kill by exchanging two for one or three for one is a clown, then what are they?
Well, they are the KMT reactionaries who are determined to be overthrown. It is a shame not to throw dirty water on them. It is impossible to build a monument for them, but who can blame Xian Yaowen for wanting to make money in Taiwan? Some flattery has to be flattered. (End of this chapter)