Whether it is the film industry in the original world or this world, Hong Kong movies are an indispensable milestone.
He represents an era of Chinese cinema.
Kung fu movies, police and gangster movies, river and lake movies, comedy movies, fantasy and ghost movies...
From the early 1980s to the 1990s, Hong Kong movies flourished on the big screen and dominated the Southeast Asian market with a variety of movies. They were popular throughout Asia and were once called the Hollywood of the East.
At its peak, the local revenue of Hong Kong Island reached 1.2 billion Hong Kong dollars, and the overseas box office revenue was close to 1.9 billion, which made Hollywood begin to pay attention to this very strong opponent.
However……
In the mid-1990s, Hong Kong films began to show signs of decline as Hollywood blockbusters invaded major markets in Asia and the mainland economy took off.
At the end of the 1990s, the Chinese superstars who left Hong Kong Island one after another to seek development in Hollywood were probably the last straw for Hong Kong Island movies. After the turn of the millennium, a few filmmakers in the Hong Kong Island film circle were keenly aware of the
An era may have ushered in its end, and many people have begun to flee the Hong Kong film industry, using the fame accumulated in Hong Kong's glory days to come to the mainland to make money...
But most filmmakers are still immersed in the prosperity of the past, and they always feel that the story of "Oriental Hollywood" is just suspended, not over.
"The Grandmaster", in the Hong Kong office.
After the deputy director Chen Zhengkun hung up the phone, his eyes were full of haze, and then he walked into the office and looked at the waiting staff.
"That guy from Mainland China still took the role!"
After hearing the news...
The group of dragon and tiger warriors below opened their eyes wide and suddenly started to make a noise. They all threatened that as soon as this mainland boy entered the set, they would do everything possible to get this mainland boy out of Hong Kong Island.
"The Grandmaster" is a co-production, with an investment of hundreds of millions, which is also a very scary big production in the entire Chinese film industry!
For such a big-budget movie, everyone, including the assistant director, hopes that the film will be a heavyweight international star, regardless of whether it is a good character or a bad character.
They drew up a list and invited international superstars such as Huo Yuanjie, Donnie Yen, and Zhang Shaolei to participate in "The Grandmaster"...
Huo Yuanjie, Donnie Yen and Zhang Shaolei have already accepted the invitation, and even Donnie Yen's nanny's RV, who is scheduled to play the villain, has driven to the set of The Grandmaster, waiting for the filming of "The Grandmaster" to start.
Who would have thought...
His role was actually replaced by a mainlander!
People in Hong Kong movies tend to look down on mainland boys. Five or six years ago, when some mainland boys started to develop Hong Kong movies, everyone thought they were just a bunch of lapdogs and kept licking at them.
Donnie Yen himself didn't say anything, nor did he complain to the media. He just had the nanny car drive away silently.
But the crew on the set exploded.
If it were an ordinary movie, it would be fine, but this is "The Grandmaster". This is a martial arts movie, a martial arts movie that is full of punches and fists, and it is going to be released to show the world the essence of real Chinese movies...
What kind of birdman is Zhou Yang?
Do you have martial arts skills?
Do you have the basis for making movies?
A person who was born in Yeluzi was lucky enough to win a non-trivial literary award in Berlin. How the hell does he think he is a green onion?
After hearing Huang Jiacheng confirm the news on the phone, the dragon and tiger martial arts masters became even more pale.
Even though they didn't have much status in the crew, they were still very angry.
They themselves are stand-ins. They can save some effort when performing moves for professional martial arts superstars. But for a layman like Zhou Yang to shoot such a difficult fighting movie, shouldn't they have to do all the moves themselves?
Look at Zhou Yang like this!
This guy looks just like an embroidered pillow. Do you think this is a romance movie? What about a dance movie?
"Okay, okay, that's it for now. There's nothing more to say. Everyone, work hard and read your notebook carefully. We'll talk about it when the mainland guy comes..."
"I will contact Mr. Zhen Ziwu again in the future. This matter has not been finalized..."
"..."
Assistant director Chen Zhengkun waved his hands to everyone, suppressing the negative emotions of this group of unruly staff.
However, the haze in his heart became stronger.
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Zhou Yang didn't know what happened on Hong Kong Island.
All he knew was that he was in pain.
Ever since Huang Jiacheng pinched his bones, Zhou Yang felt that all the bones in his body were so painful that they were about to fall apart, and his muscles were so sore that they felt like they were useless.
but……
Huang Jiacheng didn't care about this. He formulated a number of training tasks with Zhou Yang very seriously.
The first item is Zamabu.
From the first five minutes to the next ten minutes, gradually.
Even at the back, Huang Jiacheng asked Zhou Yang to stretch out his hands, just like in the martial arts movies of the previous years, holding a bucket and walking on horseback.
Hong Quan requires the body to step steadily and the lower body to be solid.
Not only that, after completing the horse stance, the second step involves practicing fists, palms, fingers, claws, hooks, crane hands and other hand shapes, like the wooden stakes in the movie "Ip Man" that Zhou Yang once watched
Practice was also taken out by Huang Jiacheng for Zhou Yang to practice...
After practicing with Zhou Yang for a while!
Huang Jiacheng felt that time was almost up, so he even hired a martial arts instructor named Xu Hong from Hong Kong Island to be Zhou Yang's sparring partner.
He was said to be a sparring partner, but basically he was just giving moves and beating Zhou Yang hard at the same time!
Zhou Yang was beaten so many times that he couldn't stand upright and his whole body was shaking.
"Do you know what giftedness is? Giftedness is something that God gives you. For example, you are particularly powerful. For example, you are born faster than others. For example, you react faster than others and learn faster than others.
, so you are gifted and you can practice boxing quickly... This is gifted. Obviously, I touched your bones a few days ago and found that your bones are different from ordinary people's bones and can withstand a lot of explosive force...
…”
"Although you are older now, no matter what, if you hit someone, you will be beaten first. If you can't stand it, then you have to give up. After all, when you went to Xiangjiang, those people were not so polite to you. Once a superstar
When Zhang Shaolei first arrived in Hong Kong and was filming "Wing Chun", he was beaten half alive..."
………
One week later.
"Hey, it's almost done. You have to do this step by step. If you continue to work hard like this, your body will be overwhelmed..."
"..."
Huang Jiacheng looked at Zhou Yang being beaten to the point where he couldn't do anything. He originally wanted to provoke Zhou Yang with words and let Zhou Yang persist. However, when he saw Zhou Yang being knocked down repeatedly by Xu Hong, he stood up over and over again and continued to follow.
After Xu Hong started feeding him, Huang Jiacheng suddenly felt something was wrong!
This guy is completely different from the others!
Others were beaten several times, and while wailing in pain, the first thing they thought of was to give up!
And this guy!
This guy was thrown two or three meters away by Xu Hong like a sandbag. After being hit hard to the ground, he just gritted his teeth and got up. He continued to fight Xu Hong without saying a word. After that, the Huang family in Chengdu was terrified.
Doesn't this thing feel pain?
After the break, Huang Jiacheng personally checked Zhou Yang's body, only to find that Zhou Yang's body was covered in dense bruises.
He couldn't help but be shocked, and he also had some admiration for this young man's amazing perseverance.
"Gotta go practice piano!"
"Director Huang, Coach Xu, I'll go there for a few hours first, and I'll come back in the evening to build wooden mannequins!"
After lying down for a while, Zhou Yang stood up with gritted teeth, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and looked at the time, then staggered towards the piano training room step by step.
Martial arts instructor Xu Hong looked at Zhou Yang's back from behind and was stunned.
"Does this guy feel no pain? Why does it feel like the strength on his body is no different from hitting a sandbag!"
Huang Jiacheng looked in the direction where Zhou Yang disappeared, but fell into a long silence.
At first, he was actually very worried that Zhou Yang wouldn't be able to withstand the transformation of this kind of "martial arts", but he didn't expect that this guy was just like a monster, with the attitude of practicing to death if he couldn't practice to death.
, there is no need for him to worry at all...
He even felt an indescribable horror in his heart.
This guy's willpower is really amazing. If he were more than ten years younger, this guy might actually be able to develop some skills!
"Will you continue to train him next?" Huang Hong asked again.
"Go on! I want to see where this guy's limit is, but if something is a little bit wrong, do you want to tell me?"
"knew."
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Zhou Yang was very busy and very painful.
However, he is very fulfilled.
There seemed to be a fire burning in his heart, immersing him in a state of crazy learning.
After the beating, even though his body was in great pain, Zhou Yang would still spend two hours practicing piano, then another half an hour learning about musical instruments, and finally two hours of English teaching with a foreign teacher before going to bed.
Zhou Yang was very uncomfortable with this situation at first...
He was very tired. His fingers were shaking when he played the piano, and his joints were in pain. As he practiced, he closed his eyes and didn't know what he was playing...
But.
Gradually, when Zhou Yang began to adapt to this feeling, he felt that practicing piano was a kind of spiritual rest, and even had an illusion that was almost like a supernatural power...
Even if he closed his eyes, he felt that he could clearly feel every key of the piano.
Then, when playing, I can almost play blindly.
Playing the simple basic music over and over again, Zhou Yang felt a great sense of accomplishment after he could play a few notes at the beginning and then became more and more proficient in playing it. After he could play all the music in one go, Zhou Yang became more and more proficient.
Of course, his sleep quality is very good.
After reviewing the knowledge he had learned every day and watching various fighting videos, Zhou Yang could sleep while lying on the bed with his eyes closed, and then lay there until the next day, feeling extremely energetic.
His appetite also began to increase, more than twice as much as before...
Time passed in Zhou Yang's boring and boring lonely practice again and again...
Zhou Yang felt his physical and mental transformation...
One month later.
The morning of August 1st.
Zhou Yang walked into the trainer, and after finishing the horse stance, he hesitated for a while and suddenly looked at Xu Hong.
"Coach Xu, how about we give it a try? I want to know how big the gap is with you..."