The literary era since 1979

Chapter 220: Wong Fei Hung vs. Ip Man

"Snapped!"

Wu Bin clapped his hands and asked Wu Jing to show the results of his training in front of Fangyan.

"Hey! Ha!"

Wu Jing would shout loudly every time he performed various leg skills.

"Like him, how long has he been practicing?"

Fangyan watched it with interest for a while.

Wu Bin said: "It has been seven or eight months. From the time I entered school until now, I have to practice the straight kick, side kick, inner kick, outer swing kick, leg kick and spring kick at least a thousand times a day."

"Can such a young child bear it?"

The dialect was a big surprise.

Li Junfeng said: "Of course he couldn't stand it. He once secretly skipped classes for more than 20 days. At first we thought he was too busy at school and didn't have time to attend classes. Later we called his home and found out that he had actually skipped classes."

Wu Bin shook his head and laughed: "His father found out about this and kicked him three or four meters away."

"Master, that's not right!"

Wu Jing stopped and shouted, "It was 7 meters. I flew from the jujube tree in my home to the wall across the street."

"Why are you correcting this?"

Wu Bin said with a straight face: "It's not a glorious thing!"

Fang Yan suppressed a laugh and said, "Will you dare to skip classes again in the future?"

"I would never dare to do that even if you kill me."

Wu Jing shuddered and shook his head like a rattle.

"Hahaha!"

Instantly, everyone burst into laughter.

"Go back to training."

Wu Bin asked Wu Jing to return to the team. "His family is a martial arts family. His grandfather practiced Wu style Tai Chi, which is quite famous. Although his father did not inherit his skills, he knew nine-section whip and praying mantis boxing. As soon as the movie Shaolin Temple was released, he brought him to our house. We saw that the child had good talent, so we accepted him."

The three of them talked as they walked and came to a bench for people to rest.

"You two, take a look."

Fangyan took out the manuscript of "Huang Feihong" from his briefcase.

Wu Bin and Li Junfeng took it and passed it around.

The expressions on his face changed a lot.

Wu Jing, who was stretching her legs, looked at them and whispered:
"Has the bad old man gone crazy?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Huang Qiuyan, the senior sister who supervised them, said unhappily, "Read less martial arts novels in the future. There is no such thing as being possessed by a demon."

"No, Senior Sister, please look for yourself."

Wu Jing stuck out her tongue. "Master was fine just now. I don't know how he became like that?"

Hearing this, Jet Li, Huang Qiuyan and others turned their eyes to Wu Bin and Li Junfeng.

They were sometimes frustrated, sometimes excited, sometimes melancholy, and sometimes happy, completely immersed in the novel.

Zhen Zidan was practicing his leg skills with full concentration. After a long time, he suddenly heard Wu Bin say "good", which immediately caught his attention.

At this moment, Wu Bin's cheers echoed throughout the gymnasium.

"Teacher Fang, your novel is so wonderful."

Wu Bin's tone was filled with excitement.

Fang Yan waved his hands and said, "No, no, you are too kind."

"No, no, no, your portrayal of 'Huang Feihong' really made me feel what it means to be a martial arts master!"

Li Junfeng held the manuscript in his hands and praised it.

“There are still many problems with the novel.”

Fang Yan smiled and said, "Especially in the fighting scenes."

Wu Bin said: "If I have to find fault, I can only point out some flaws in the description of the fighting."

"That's why I came to see you two today."

Fang Yan said sincerely, "I hope to write it as realistically as possible. You can see that I added a lot of martial arts terms into the novel. I want to use this half-true and half-false description to enhance the readers' sense of immersion."

Then he said, "I call this 'layman speaking professional language'."

Li Junfeng's eyes lit up: "Teacher Fang, very insightful!"

"Now, I would like to ask you two to give me more guidance. It would be best if you can 'speak as an expert to a layman'."

Fangyan clasped his fists, meaning that he wanted them to design exciting fighting scenes that readers could understand at a glance.

"The scene between Yan Zhendong and Huang Feihong."

Li Junfeng said: "Teacher Fang, I think we need to make some changes."

"You say."

Fangyan took out a pen and paper and started discussing with them.

The focus is on Yan Zhendong's hard qigong and braid skills.

After a while, Wu Bin turned to the part about Nalan Yuanshu fighting Huang Feihong in the manuscript: "Teacher Fang, your design of 'cloth stick vs. wooden stick' is really unique and imaginative. I think it would be better if you could write more about it."

"This is not a fantastic idea on my part."

Fang Yan laughed and said, "The internal force confrontation and peerless magic skills in Hong Kong martial arts novels are really wild and unrestrained."

Wu Bin disagreed: "Hey, those novels are all fake and false. They just exaggerate qigong. Qigong does exist, but things like internal force and true qi are pure nonsense."

Li Junfeng said seriously, "Yes, real martial arts are not as magical as the flying and hiding in the ground in martial arts novels."

"Take the 'four ounces to move a thousand pounds' technique that is so miraculous in martial arts novels, for example. This is a technique that is completely about taking advantage of the situation."

Wu Bin said helplessly: "Because of qigong and martial arts novels, many people have unrealistic misunderstandings and imaginations about martial arts..."

Fangyan listened quietly. From the corner of his eye he saw Jet Li and the others slowing down their training, so he pricked up his ears to eavesdrop.

In the 80s, there was a "qigong fever" and a "special ability fever". In Hong Kong films such as "God of Gamblers" and "Casino Tycoon", masters of special abilities from the mainland often appeared.

But in fact, it was not just China that was researching "special abilities" and "superpowers" at that time.

The United States' "Jedi Project" and "Stargate Project" plan to create a psychic force composed of "super soldiers."

Similar to the X-Men, each of them has special abilities, such as wall-walking, invisibility, and telepathy...

In response, the Russians also formed a top-secret spiritual force, code-named 10003.

With the belief that "it is better to believe it exists than to believe it does not exist", China naturally could not fall behind, and thus discovered Qigong.

It just so happened that the martial arts novels and martial arts were both popular. The descriptions of internal strength in martial arts novels made many people believe that martial arts can cultivate true qi.

The "martial arts fever" and "qigong fever" influenced each other, and both were hyped up and made to seem miraculous.

As a result, many weird and evil people emerged, including magicians, martial artists, and people who took advantage of the situation and became qigong masters.

“What should I say about these so-called Qigong masters?”

Wu Bin frowned, "Just like the White Lotus leader in your novel who is 'protected by magical powers and invulnerable to swords and guns'."

Fang Yan said: "Pretending to be a ghost and cheating people?"

"That's right!"

Li Junfeng slapped his thigh and said, "But I'm curious, how did you come up with the idea to crack this 'paper man holding a pot' trick?"

"This kind of quackery has existed since the Republic of China, and it is recorded in some books."

Fangyan put down the pen and smiled faintly.

In the novel, I specially designed a scene for Thirteenth Aunt and Wong Fei-hung to join forces to expose the White Lotus Sect's scam.

For example, fishing money out of a frying pan, chewing ghost bones, slashing demons with a sword...

"If your novel were made into a movie, I dare say it would be better than Shaolin Temple."

Wu Bin said with some emotion.

Fang Yan said: "Then we'll need your help."

"Then let's start helping you change this fight now."

Wu Bin suddenly became energetic.

After all, the movie "Shaolin Temple" has set off a martial arts craze across the country, and this "Huang Feihong" is likely to add fuel to this martial arts craze.

Li Junfeng also held the same idea and tried his best to help Fangyan conceive and perfect the descriptions of martial arts in the novel.

"You two are indeed experts. Your design is really ingenious."

Fang Yan couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the two of them demonstrating moves with their hands.

"To be honest, we have led a team to Hong Kong before and co-produced a movie called "Treasures of the Great Wall" with them."

Wu Bin said: "During the filming, I kept communicating with the Hong Kong martial arts community to see what to shoot, how to shoot, and how to use the right people."

Li Junfeng added: "In Hong Kong, people call us 'martial arts instructors'. This term is quite new."

"I have a proposal."

Fang Yan said, "Can we ask the members of the martial arts team to perform the fighting moves we just designed on the spot?"

Wu Bin and Li Junfeng looked at each other and said, "Teacher Fang is right. Just talking is not enough. We need to see it in practice."

Fangyan stood up and walked to the rehearsal room with them.

"Lianjie, come here!"

Wu Bin waved his hand, his eyes wandering over the men's team members, "As for sparring..."

Fang Yan said: "I think we should let him play 'Nalan Yuanshu'."

"This one……"

Wu Bin said with difficulty, "Ziandi's Chinese is not good. Even though he has been here for two years, it is still very difficult for him to communicate with us."

Fangyan said: "It's okay, I will be your interpreter."

Wu Bin hesitated and said, "Zhan Zi, come here!"

When Zhen Zidan heard this and came to the strange man, he could clearly feel the respect that the people around him had for him.

Where does this young man come from?
"This is Fang Yan, Teacher Fang!"

Li Junfeng introduced the dialect to them.

Jet Li grinned and said, "Hello, Teacher Fang!"

Zhen Zidan glanced at him and was about to speak his fake Mandarin, but he saw that the dialect told him to just speak English.

The chattering conversation made Jet Li, Huang Qiuyan and others look sideways. They didn't expect that Teacher Fang was so knowledgeable in foreign languages.

"Ha ha!"

Wu Bin smiled and said, "It's great to have Teacher Fang as our translator."

Soon, with the help of Fangyan, Jet Li and Zhen Zidan gradually understood the moves designed by Wu Bin.

Watching them slowly counter each other's moves, Fangyan wrote down every move, and then processed it again, writing down the entire exciting fight in simple and easy-to-understand expressions.

"Teacher Fang."

Wu Bin said, "Do you want to let them fight and see?"

Fang Yan's eyes lit up: "That would be great."

"Snapped!"

Wu Bin clapped his hands and told Jet Li and Zhen Zidan to put on protective gear and show Teacher Fang their special skills!
As soon as Wu Jing saw his senior brothers fighting, he immediately came over with a gleam in his eyes.

"Hoohoo."

In just a few minutes, Zhen Zidan and Jet Li had already exchanged moves and switched between offense and defense many times.

The movement and dodging are both interesting and smooth.

After a set of movements, it flows smoothly.

"it is good!!"

The team members, including Wu Jing, applauded.

Seeing this, Fangyan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The martial arts these days are still the most interesting!
It's nothing like the TV dramas of later generations, where the whole process is shot in slow motion, and the movements are soft and weak, like a sickly person, full of energy.

"Teacher Fang, what do you think?"

There was a hint of pride in Wu Bin's tone.

Fang Yan said: "If we want to make "Huang Feihong" into a movie, I think we can definitely ask these two to act in it."

"Your words are the best evaluation of them."

Wu Bin said sincerely: "If there is such an opportunity, I hope you can cultivate them more."

"There is a chance!"

Fangyan nodded.

Watching the fight between Jet Li and Zhen Zidan, I couldn't help but think of the characters they played in the movies, namely Wong Fei-hung and Nalan Yuanshu.

This is so familiar, can you change it?
It changed to "Foshan Ip Man" fighting against "Foshan Wong Fei Hung".

I really want to broaden my horizons and find out who is the best fighter in the whole of Foshan!

(End of this chapter)