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Chapter [-] Chinese martial arts version "Boxer"

Yuan Heping and Liu Jialiang's Guoshu Grandmaster series, although not as good as Zhang Yi's "Ip Man", both in terms of box office and influence.However, the movie was a success.

At least, Zhang Yi has made a lot of money both in terms of word of mouth and box office.

However, it did not cause the slightest sensation.In Zhang Yi's view, that is failure.

Today, the Guoshu Building in Taipei is about to open.Huo Zhenyu approached Zhang Yi some time ago, and what he said revealed that he wanted to drive the Guoshu Building to the United States.

Movies are undoubtedly an excellent way of publicity.That's why, in the sequel of "Resident Evil", Zhang Yi added the role of Guoshu Building, and even made a guest appearance by himself, showing off his skills.

"Mr. Zhang plans to make a martial arts movie by himself?" Yuan Heping asked curiously.However, there was some embarrassment in the tone.After all, when Zhang Yi invested in him and Liu Jialiang at the beginning, if the expected results were achieved, Zhang Yi would definitely not direct and shoot a film by himself.

"The Huo family and I plan to open a martial arts building in the United States after the martial arts building in Taipei goes into orbit, so let's warm up by making a movie about martial arts." Zhang Yi smiled and said, "Although my film is about There are various schools of Chinese martial arts, but they are not considered traditional kung fu movies. I don’t know if Mr. Yuan will have time, and I would like to invite you to be the action director of this movie.”

"This?" Yuan Heping smiled awkwardly, and said, "Some time ago, Uncle Liu asked me to shoot the sequel of "Charlie's Angels". I am afraid there may be some conflicts in the schedule."

"Hehe, I forgot about it. Uncle Liu seems to have mentioned it to me before." Zhang Yi smiled and said, "That's a bit regretful. We can only cooperate next time."

"Girls in the Thunderbolt" was invested by screenwriter Zhang Yi, but the production company was Shaw Brothers.Although the film has a lot of controversy, but the box office is extremely impressive, no matter in Southeast Asia.Or North America.Therefore, Shao Daheng paid its attention and took the copyright from Zhang Yi.

Of course, Zhang Yi won't give this copyright away for nothing.Moreover, he also intends to invest in some.

"Mr. Zhang, why doesn't he do the action design himself?" Yuan Heping glanced at Zhang Yi, and then said, "I just heard the meaning of Mr. Zhang's words, and it seems that he wants to capture the essence of Chinese martial arts. To be honest, there are many Among the martial arts, Liu Jialiang is probably the only one who is good at martial arts. However, he is the heir of Hongquan Zhenzong, and he knows a lot about the southern school of boxing. But he is not familiar with the northern schools such as Taiji, Bagua, Xingyi, and Baji. Not good at it. And Mr. Zhang is a disciple of the Sun family, and he is proficient in various boxing styles, especially Taiji and other internal boxing. I am afraid that no one is more suitable than you."

When Zhang Yi heard this, he fell into silence.

Zhang Yi has filmed many action films, but only "Ip Man" was personally designed and directed.And accidentally won an award.However, the water in this award is relatively large.One is because there is a reference to the original version, and the other is that Huang Chunliang, the head of the Wing Chun Association, acts as a consultant.

However, as Yuan Heping said.If Zhang Yi wants to show the essence of Chinese martial arts through the lens, he is indeed the best candidate.After all, he is a kung fu master who is good at fighting style and extremely rich in actual combat.

"Hehe. There is no rush." ​​Zhang Yi smiled and said, "This movie is just a flash of inspiration just now. The story only has a summary. The script has not been settled yet. There are still a few months left before filming."

Zhang Yi said so, but Yuan Heping and Donnie Yen were shocked when they heard it.In a flash of inspiration, there is a story.Before the story is complete, the actors are determined directly, and then the filming is ready to start.

This seems too fast?And it seems a little random.

If it was someone else, Yuan and Ping would definitely think the other was crazy.However, if the object is Zhang Yi, there is nothing but admiration.

Whether Zhang Yi is writing stories or writing scripts, in addition to the speed that is commendable, his quality is even more talked about.

Even if it is so casual, no one will think that Zhang Yi's movie will be bad.It will not become his "Waterloo"!

Zhang Yi's "Waterloo" has been fired countless times by the media, but he has been slapped in the face every time.Now, no matter what Zhang Yi shoots, even the screenwriter's film, no media will threaten that it will be Zhang Yi's "Waterloo" before it is released!

In this movie, Zhang Yi did have a flash of inspiration after seeing Donnie Yen.

To use movies to promote national martial arts, to be honest, the most successful in the previous life was not China, let alone Japan and South Korea.But Thailand.

Thailand's "Boxing Fighter" made Muay Thai popular all over the world.

If Bruce Lee let the world know Chinese Kung Fu through several movies and his own influence.Then Thailand, let the world know Muay Thai with a "Boxing Fighter".

Therefore, Zhang Yi planned to make a martial arts version of "Boxer"!Moreover, in order to increase its influence, the background was directly placed in the United States.

The script will naturally undergo major changes.In the original version, the plot is very simple, that is, the Buddha head in the small mountain village is stolen, and the protagonist goes to the city to recover the Buddha head.

And it is naturally inappropriate to put this plot in the martial arts version of "Boxer".There are also Buddhists in China, but their belief in Buddha has not yet reached that level of madness.Moreover, Zhang Yi is not doing Shaolin boxing and promoting Buddhist kung fu.Instead, Taiji, Xingyi, and Bagua are the three major internal boxing.

Therefore, Zhang Yi changed it into an extremely precious cultural relic.Moreover, in the end the protagonist recovered the cultural relics, but did not bring them back to the small mountain village, but donated them to the National Museum.

In the original version, Tony Jia dashed through the streets and broke through obstacles, which is really exciting.But Zhang Yi intends to incorporate cool running, which is extremely popular in later generations, into this plot.Chinese martial arts plus cool running, definitely has the feeling of flying over the wall.

The original version claims to have no special effects, no stand-ins, no wires, and it's full of real kung fu.As for Zhang Yiguo's version of "Boxer", he didn't plan to use special effects, and if he didn't, he planned to use Wia. As for whether to use a double, it depends on whether Donnie Yen can meet Zhang Yi's action requirements.

Anyway, it is necessary to show the true side of Chinese martial arts.Show his martial arts to the world through the screen.Let them know the real side of Chinese Kung Fu.

After the final reception, Zhang Yi devoted himself to the post-production of the sequel of "Resident Evil" and conceived the script of "Boxer".

In January, it took Zhang Yi a whole month to finish the script.Because the changes are too large, this time is undoubtedly the longest time for Zhang Yi.Moreover, it is still standing on the shoulders of the original version, which is not original.

However, as far as the scene is concerned, it is much bigger than the original version.Especially the tricycle chase scene in it was directly changed by Zhang Yi to a car chase.

The protagonist is confirmed to be played by Donnie Yen, and the heroine in it is actually not a heroine.

In the subconscious of the audience, the heroine has an ambiguous relationship with the hero.But whether it is the original version or Zhang Yiguo's version of "Boxer", the heroine in it has an ambiguous relationship with the second male lead.

No matter whether it is the male number two or the female number one, although there is not much difference in identity background and personality, but because the background is changed to the United States, they can naturally speak English.As for the actress in the Hong Kong camera, the first thing Zhang Yi thinks of is Weng Meiling.However, Shao Daheng wanted to make a sequel to "Charlie's Angels", and there was obviously a conflict in the schedule.

However, Zhang Yi is not unavailable as an actor.What's more, the female number one doesn't have to be able to speak English.

"Xiao Hei! Do you have any plans for the beginning of next year?" Zhang Yi smiled and said to Ke Shouliang, who was a bit restrained.

Ke Shouliang shook his head, looked at Zhang Yi, with a flash of excitement in his eyes.

"Then how about going to America with me?" Zhang Yi continued.

"Go to America?" Ke Shouliang looked at Zhang Yi suspiciously.

"At the beginning of next year, I have a movie to shoot in the United States, which will use a lot of stunts." Zhang Yi said.

There are many speeding scenes in the sequel of "Resident Evil", and in "Boxer", there are not only motorcycle speeding scenes, but also cars.As far as stunts are concerned, Ke Shouliang is definitely an expert.

The flying car stunt in "Fast Food Truck" left a deep impression on Zhang Yi, so when filming the sequel of "Resident Evil", Zhang Yi got Ke Shouliang into the crew through Hong Jinbao.

And through contact, Zhang Yi still admires Ke Shouliang's daring to think, do and fight.

"No problem!" Ke Shouliang smiled and agreed.I am very happy to be able to cooperate with Zhang Yi again.This happiness is not only because of Zhang Yi's special status, but also because Zhang Yi's actions are much more generous than others. (To be continued..)