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

The conference room of Dingxin Film and Television Company.

The production team invited Yan Danchen to audition for the role of Zhang Yongcheng that morning. Shen Qing, producer Zhao Hongwei, executive producer Han Sanping, and a casting director surnamed Zhang talked with her about the role for more than two hours.

Mr. Han is very busy, but when he heard that the first day of casting for the female lead in "Ip Man" was approaching, he insisted on coming to see it.

I feel that she has a good understanding of the character, but this time she was chosen as the female lead. It's not enough for an actor to just understand the character. If it turns out that there is no chemistry between the female lead and the male lead after filming starts, then there will be big trouble.

Therefore, it is necessary to have the male and female lead actors interact after discussing the characters.

For the "Ip Man" crew, the person who needed to go on set and interact with the actresses was naturally Shen Qing, who played Ip Man.

"Senior Yan, I feel that you have a very deep understanding of the character. Now let's stand together and see the chemistry between us."

Yan Danchen was a student at the Beijing Film Academy in 96, two years older than Shen Qing.

"Okay, sure."

The two arrived at an open space. Shen Qing turned to face the conference table, when suddenly his arm was grabbed. He looked down, and Yan Danchen looked up. They both smiled knowingly, and then she looked at Shen Qing reproachfully and said, "Don't just look at me, look ahead."

Shen Qing smiled again, then turned her gaze toward the conference table in front of her.

……

After Yan Danchen left, the others at the scene began to comment.

"You know what, they actually look quite well-matched."

"They look like a married couple."

"I feel like you should find someone like this, director."

"You should have taken a picture of her linking arms with you; it was really touching."

"They looked at each other and smiled; they were simply a match made in heaven."

"They are a perfect match, their child would be adorable. It would be great if we could find a child actor who matches their image and temperament."

Everyone looked toward the last voice to speak; it was the casting assistant director surnamed Zhang.

Why are we suddenly talking about Shen Qing and Yan Danchen having a baby?

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

It wasn't until the person mentioned looking for child actors that I realized what was going on.

So they were really talking about casting, but the conversation shifted from choosing the female lead to choosing the male lead's son.

When the assistant director, surnamed Zhang, saw that everyone was looking at her, she was also stunned.

Hey?

Can't we even think about casting child actors on the set of the female lead selection?

She's the assistant casting director; isn't that part of her job?

Upon hearing the second half of her sentence, everyone realized that she was considering candidates for Ip Man's son, and they all exclaimed "Oh!" and withdrew their surprised gazes.

I only met Yan Danchen this morning, and I'll be meeting Qin Lan this afternoon.

Qin Lan took the role of Zhang Yongcheng very seriously. Her portrayal of Zhihua was so hateful that netizens even transferred their dislike for the character to the actress herself.

She's been criticized for over a year and is afraid of becoming a go-to actress for playing villainous supporting characters. Zhang Yongcheng, a gentle and tolerant woman, is exactly the kind of woman she needs.

Then it was the same routine: first, we talked about the characters, and finally, Shen Qing went on stage to test the chemical reaction.

Finally, the actors left, and the other staff members gave their comments.

Every time, it ends up feeling like a blind date.

……

Auditions were underway every day, and during this time, Shen Qing's comic book version of "Inception" was finally published in the United States with the help of President Han. Then, before they knew it, it was late September, and Jackie Chan's movie "The Myth" held its premiere in Beijing.

During the promotion of "Taken", Shen Qing frequently mentioned being a fan of Jackie Chan and even publicly declared that he knew all the boxing techniques Jackie Chan knew.

When interacting with Jackie Chan remotely, they even made a promise to attend the premiere of Jackie Chan's new movie.

Now that the premiere of "The Myth" has finally arrived, Shen Qing naturally has to attend as promised.

He originally planned to just sit quietly in the guest seats and watch the premiere, but it was obvious that neither the host, Jackie Chan, nor other guests and audience members wanted him to just sit quietly as a guest.

Cheng Long picked up the microphone and called out Shen Qing's name directly.

"Director Shen Qing previously claimed that he knows all the boxing styles I know, and many people are curious whether this is true. Since Director Shen Qing is here in person today, why don't we verify it on the spot?"

"good……"

No one wants to miss out on such excellent interactive material.

Shen Qing had no choice but to go on stage.

"I'll demonstrate a set of boxing moves now. You come and learn it. If you can learn it, it means you really know it."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qing raised the microphone and said, "What if I didn't know how to do the punches my brother was practicing, but I learned them after watching him demonstrate?"

Cheng Long said, "That means you're a genius."

Then the eldest brother handed the microphone to the person next to him and demonstrated a few moves from Aikido.

Shen Qing had practiced Aikido during the promotion of "Taken", so she learned it easily.

Then Jackie Chan demonstrated several moves from Choy Li Fut, Wing Chun, and Muay Thai.

Shen Qing had demonstrated all of these techniques publicly before, so he naturally learned them fluently.

Then an audience member shouted: "Brother Jackie Chan, go easy on us! Let's have a real fight!"

Then the two of them readily agreed and actually exchanged a couple of moves on stage.

The problem is that Shen Qing's abilities are essentially copied and pasted from Cheng Long. Whether or not this is the reason, when the two actually faced off, Shen Qing found that their level of understanding seemed to be ridiculously high.

Without rehearsal, without prior practice, without repeated drills, one made a move, the other defended and then countered, and both easily parried each other's moves.

Then it became a bit unstoppable.

The two sides traded blows, responding to each other's moves.

Both of them have filmed action scenes before, and they know that it is rare to see such a level of tacit understanding in improvisation without prior communication.

Both of them got a little carried away, making one move after another, and their speed increased. It was all improvisation, but the effect was as if they had rehearsed this countless times in private.

They don't just use one style of boxing; they use whatever comes to mind—Choy Li Fut, Muay Thai, boxing, White Eyebrow Fist…

The audience watching the two perform their moves on stage felt like they were watching a real movie fight. But everyone knows that fight scenes in movies are fake. A few minutes of footage often requires a day or even several days of rehearsal, and it's very likely that each pose is filmed individually, with a single action being broken down into several movements before filming.

But look at these two on set, their move exchange would be a really exciting fight scene even if it were filmed directly into a movie, right?

The two finally stopped, and applause began to ring out. At first, it was sparse applause, but then more and more people started to clap, and some even stood up to applaud the two.

"nice!"

"So it's possible to film action scenes in one take like this?"

"That's amazing!"

Cheng Long was also a bit confused. He and his fellow disciples had never had this kind of tacit understanding when they practiced moves together!

"It's been so smooth sparring with you, I've never had it so easy before. If the two of us were to make an action movie together, it would definitely be easy and entertaining," Jackie Chan said.

Shen Qing said, "I've never had such great chemistry with anyone before. I really hope I'll have the opportunity to make a movie with Jackie Chan."

Then Shen Qing stepped down from the stage, and Cheng Long continued to interact with the other guests, chatting about the behind-the-scenes stories of filming "The Myth".

The premiere that evening was attended by media reporters, and the banter between Jackie Chan and Shen Qing was posted online by a reporter named Yang Min, and then quickly spread across the entire internet.