The director starts by learning from the abilities of renowned directors.

On July 16, the cast and crew of "Taken" held the premiere at the Beijing Cinema.

Backstage rest area.

The main creators gathered together.

At this time, rumors about Shen Qing and Fan Bingbing were rampant, but Wan Qian, who actually had a relationship with Shen Qing, didn't mention it at all.

Shen Qing's rise to prominence is too rapid. Whether as a director or an actress, she has shown top-notch potential. If asking about the rumors makes Shen Qing unhappy, and the relationship between the two is over, then she will really suffer a huge loss.

She had thought it over carefully. Even if she only became Shen Qing's lover, given his current strength and momentum, she would definitely benefit. If a suitable role came along in the future, she would have a huge competitive advantage. Even if she could never become his official wife, she would still be able to break up with him after she had used up enough resources and made a name for herself, which would definitely not be a loss for her.

Let alone Shen Qing, even directors and investors who are several levels below Shen Qing, even those middle-aged and elderly men with big bellies, as long as they have resources, won't countless young girls flock to them?

Fan Bingbing looked at Wan Qian and seriously considered the possibility of her relationship with Shen Qing.

Shen Qing's status and resources in the industry are still quite average, but her rise to prominence is remarkable.

There are many bosses and directors in the industry with better resources and higher status than him, but almost all of them are married and quite old, and none of them are truly worthy of his attention.

Those who are barely passable are all those whose careers are completely abysmal. There's practically only one person like Shen Qing: a good person, a good career, similar age, and good future potential.

And if one day she wanted to snatch Shen Qing away, she could confidently say that she saw no chance that Wan Qian in front of her could possibly beat her.

By evening, the theater was already bustling with activity.

Producers Han Sanping, Yu Dong, and Zhao Hongwei were all present, and lead actors Shen Qing, Fan Bingbing, supporting actress Wan Qian, and supporting actor Guo Jingfei arrived early. A large number of media reporters were more concerned about the rumors between Shen Qing and Fan Bingbing than about the film itself.

When the time came, the main creators went on stage to interact with the media reporters and the audience, talking about the movie, the rumors, and kung fu, and unsurprisingly, they were asked to do some boxing.

The premiere of the low-budget film "Nightclub" a while ago featured a drunken boxing performance, but today, at the premiere of a real kung fu movie, they didn't do any boxing. Does that make sense?

At the request of the audience, Shen Qing walked to the center of the stage, clasped his hands in a fist salute to all the media reporters, industry friends, film critics, and audience members below, and said, "Then how about we start with Drunken Fist?"

"Bravo!" the audience shouted.

Fan Bingbing jogged over and handed Shen Qing a bottle of mineral water, then stepped aside. Shen Qing unscrewed the cap and gulped it down in one go, tossing the empty bottle aside. His steps immediately became unsteady, and he looked like he was about to fall, but he regained his balance and unleashed a set of flowing drunken boxing moves.

After finishing a set of drunken fist techniques, Shen Qing clasped his hands in a fist salute again and said, "This is Aikido!"

Before he finished speaking, he had already unleashed an Aikido move.

Jackie Chan is a black belt in Aikido. After Shen Qing took a photo with Jackie Chan, he naturally learned Aikido as well. It is said that he obtained 99% of Jackie Chan's professional skills, but that does not mean that his upper limit is only 99% of Jackie Chan's. 99% is just the initial value.

Shen Qing is younger than Cheng Long, has a system at his disposal, and is physically stronger. Therefore, at this moment, Shen Qing's Aikido is still superior to Cheng Long's.

The media and audience below the stage were invigorated: He actually knows Aikido?

So handsome!

That's interesting!

After demonstrating over a dozen Aikido techniques, Shen Qing continued moving, shouting, "This is White Eyebrow Fist!"

The fighting style changed abruptly once again...

The atmosphere at the scene had become completely heated, and even the reporters who were initially focused on digging up scandals started to seriously watch Shen Qing's kung fu performance.

Among the audience were some of Jackie Chan's most devoted fans, who were already beginning to guess what was going on.

After another dozen or so kung fu moves, he started talking non-stop: "Choy Li Fut Kung Fu!"

Shen Qing's moves suddenly changed again.

The Jackie Chan fan at the scene first whispered to the person next to him, then loudly proclaimed to everyone, "Jackie Chan knows all these punches! He even learned Muay Thai from Lo Wai-kwong. Director Shen, do you know Muay Thai?"

Shen Qing, who was getting increasingly comfortable with his performance on stage, immediately responded: "This is Muay Thai!"

Sweeping kick, elbow strike, neck choke, knee strike, flying knee, downward elbow strike...

Shen Qing can do it too!

After Muay Thai, Shen Qing performed modern boxing and Wing Chun before finishing with a closing pose.

Shen Qing has an incredibly energetic body. After throwing so many punches, he not only doesn't feel tired, but his spirits are becoming even more excited.

Previously, after he made a kung fu film after "Fame and Fortune", he was questioned by many media outlets and many viewers felt that Shen Qing was playing to his weaknesses and avoiding his strengths. But now, seeing Shen Qing perform so many different styles of kung fu with such fluidity, everyone's impression of Shen Qing has changed without them even realizing it.

"This guy really knows kung fu; his kung fu movies are worth watching!"

An audience member raised their hand, and the microphone was handed to them.

"Director Shen, I'm a huge fan of Jackie Chan. I've seen him do all those punches you just demonstrated. I'm really curious, is it a coincidence that you also know those styles, or is it really related to Jackie Chan?"

Shen Qing's knowledge of these boxing styles was certainly related to Jackie Chan, but the secret of his "golden finger" was something even his own mother couldn't reveal. Shen Qing picked up the microphone and smiled warmly:

"What a coincidence! I'm also a big fan of Jackie Chan. The difference is that I don't just admire him, I want to learn from him! I want to learn all the boxing styles he knows, and I want to learn how to make movies like him! There are many kinds of idol worship, but my idol worship is that I hope to one day make a movie with him and work together towards a common goal."

Many of those attending the premiere of "Taken" are true kung fu movie fans, Jackie Chan fans, and Li Lianjie fans. Shen Qing's speech undoubtedly hit a nerve with many people, and the atmosphere at the scene is becoming more and more enthusiastic.

Next was the screening session. The main cast and crew sat down in the front row, the lights in the screening room dimmed, and the movie officially began.

Shen Qing believes that his version of "Taken" is even better than the original, firstly because he has the original as a reference, and secondly because he knows where Liam Neeson filmed his action scenes.

You can't beat Cheng Long in filming, you just can't beat Shen Qing!

Thirdly, while both Jackie Chan and Shen Qing have their strengths and weaknesses in action design, Jackie Chan's action design is still superior overall. And as the saying goes, in all areas where Shen Qing is inferior to Jackie Chan, he is inferior to Shen Qing.

A protagonist with top-notch decisiveness, a brisk pace, top-notch fight choreography, top-notch action actors, plus standing on the shoulders of the original wildly popular film from the previous era, learning by doing...

In short, once the movie ended and the lights came on, the entire theater erupted in cheers!

The audience felt...

I was hoping to see a 7 out of 10 action movie, and this is what you showed me?!

This is just as good as The Bourne series, isn't it?

Why does this feel a bit like watching Jackie Chan's "Police Story" for the first time?

That was so damn awesome!

A super exciting action movie!

Shocked!

The applause from the audience was thunderous and prolonged…

The loyal fan of Jackie Chan, who had asked the question earlier, stood up and applauded enthusiastically.

Shen Qing wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he even felt that the man's eyes were glistening with tears.

The media reporters looked at each other in surprise. The quality of the film was somewhat astonishing, but what was even more astonishing was the intense reaction of the audience.

Han Sanping, Yu Dong, and Zhao Hongwei had already seen the original film long ago and were well aware of its quality. However, considering the atmosphere at the scene tonight, after Shen Qing demonstrated so many of the boxing techniques that Jackie Chan also knew, and after Shen Qing confessed to the audience that he was also a fan of Jackie Chan and that his way of supporting his idol was to learn from him and even hope to make a movie with him in the future, the group felt a completely different attitude when they watched this movie, which they had seen several times before.

It seems this movie is countless times more exciting than when we watched it together!

But in reality, the content before and after is exactly the same.

This movie is going to be a hit!

It exploded even though it was already estimated to explode!

Many people at the scene suddenly had this realization.