233 [Shichahai Sports School with Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger]
As early as 1979, the mainland established a Chinese film co-production company, referred to as the "co-production company", which is responsible for co-producing movies in the mainland with overseas film companies. And this kind of cooperation is very interesting, basically all films are produced by overseas companies.
Money provides technology, while the co-production company provides people and places. The overseas box office of the film produced belongs to the partner, and the mainland box office belongs to the co-production company.
The co-production company is affiliated to the Cultural Film Bureau and usually only has a few managers and liaisons. Once it receives a co-production task, it can mobilize resources across the country, not to mention directors and photographers from various film studios.
The military can be contacted to assist with filming.
When Kang Jianfei first contacted Zhang Ling and said that he wanted to shoot a movie in mainland China, Zhang Ling wanted to help him contact the co-production company, but Kang Jianfei refused.
Oriental DreamWorks will still sell movies in Taiwan in the future. If "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" is not released in Taiwan and does not publicize its cooperation with the mainland, the Taiwan authorities may turn a blind eye. Even if it is criticized by Taiwanese authorities for this,
If the "Information Bureau" blocks it, it can be solved through relationships. But once "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" becomes a co-production, the Taiwan authorities will have absolutely no room for compromise.
Kang Jianfei's visit to the mainland this time naturally required cooperation from the mainland, and he also needed some expressions of intention.
For example, filming the big scenes of Shaolin Temple monks practicing martial arts and Dong Tianbao training requires many supporting actors with Kung Fu background. These actors are provided by the Beijing Wushu Team and the Shandong Wushu Team, and each person is paid 8 yuan per day.
, and reimbursed the round trip expenses. In addition, Kang Jianfei also promised to sponsor 10,000 yuan each for activity expenses for the two martial arts teams.
In the ancient city of Lijiang, the local government has also been contacted, and Oriental DreamWorks invested 50,000 yuan to renovate and repair some local market buildings. Although there are not many scenes in the Shaolin Temple, Kang Jianfei decided to donate 10,000 yuan for incense. This
For the Shaolin Temple, which is still very deserted today, it is already a huge sum of money.
The members of the Shandong Wushu Team have been brought to Beijing by Yu Hai in advance. In order to save money for the team, they slept in the dormitory together with the members of the Beijing Wushu Team last night.
As for the people Kang Jianfei brought, they were arranged to stay at the Liuguo Hotel tonight. The charging standards there were in line with international standards. The accommodation fee alone cost Kang Jianfei a lot of money.
According to Kang Jianfei's idea, it would be best to take a car directly to the Shaolin Temple today, but Zhang Ling and Chen Mo insisted on letting Kang Jianfei stay one more night, and Wu Bing, the captain of the Beijing Wushu Team, even organized a special event for them, the Hong Kong compatriots.
A performance...
After taking a short rest in the hotel and having lunch, Chen Mo took Kang Jianfei and his party, accompanied by Wu Bing, Yu Hai and others, to the Beijing Wushu Team. At this time, Zhang Ling had already returned to the Hong Kong and Macao Office to work.
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The Beijing Wushu Team was established later than the Shandong Wushu Team. However, they have performed better in Wushu competitions in recent years and have trained talents like Li Lianjie who have won several national championships.
After arriving at his destination, Kang Jianfei found that Shichahai Sports School is still very backward. There are only a row of simple dormitories and some old practice rooms.
Looking at the simple houses and various weapons training equipment, Hui Tianci couldn't help but said: "This is the Beijing Wushu Team? It's worse than our Spring and Autumn Drama School. But there are a lot of weapons. Many of them have never been seen before."
Wu Bing, captain of the Beijing Wushu Team and secretary-general of the Beijing Wushu Association, said proudly: "It's already pretty good. When our Wushu team was first established 10 years ago, eight or nine people slept in a small wooden house.
, there is not even a fixed training location, they all practice martial arts in parks and on the side of the road."
When Wu Bing said this, the crew brought by Kang Jianfei immediately stood in awe.
In fact, what Wu Bing said only told half of the story, that is, during the Cultural Revolution, martial arts training encountered various difficulties. When the Beijing Wushu team was in the most difficult times, he and his team members were the ones who secretly hid and trained.
The members of the Beijing Wushu Team and the Shandong Wushu Team have come out to gather and applaud to welcome the arrival of the Hong Kong compatriots. Wu Bing and Yu Hai waved to two children respectively. The two children were from the two teams.
The team members were selected from the film to play the roles of Zhang Sanfeng and Dong Tianbao in their childhood.
Wu Bing patted the seven or eight-year-old child and said, "Director Kang, this kid's name is Wu Jing. He has been practicing martial arts for almost two years. He is a good material."
Kang Jianfei looked at Wu Jing a little surprised and a little amused, thinking that if there was another Zhao Wenzhuo now, he would have three future kung fu superstars together.
Yu Hai also pulled the child he brought to Kang Jianfei and said, "Director Kang, this child's name is Jiang Yuan. He has been practicing martial arts for more than three years. Do you think he is suitable?"
"Well, not bad, they are all very good." Kang Jianfei nodded and said.
Comrade Chen Mo, who was responsible for accompanying Kang Jianfei throughout the whole process, said: "Captain Wu, Captain Yu, how about we watch the performance first. Comrades from Hong Kong have precious time, and they have to go to the Shaolin Temple tomorrow."
"Okay, okay, let's watch the show first." Wu Bing said with a smile.
He led everyone to a relatively spacious practice room. The team members moved benches for Kang Jianfei and others to sit on, while they stood around to cheer for the companions in charge of the martial arts performance.
The martial arts performance this time was not very formal. The Shandong team and the Beijing team each selected several members to perform fists, kicks and equipment.
Chen Mo lost no time in introducing: "Mr. Kang, our two teams have visited dozens of countries around the world, and have also been personally received by the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Japan."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said: "Hahaha, then I will be treated like a president."
Soon a female team member came on the stage, with a set of Baguazhang that was flowing like clouds and flowing water, but there were many killing moves hidden in the secret. Kang Jianfei couldn't help but want to praise her loudly. Hui Yinghong was even more embarrassed when she saw it. Her wild moves, but
There is a huge difference from the female team member in front of me.
Kang Jianfei asked Wu Bingdao: "What's this girl's name? I didn't see her when I performed in Hong Kong last time."
Wu Bing said: "Her name is Ge Chunyan. Among the members of our Beijing martial arts team, the male one is Li Lianjie and the female one is Ge Chunyan. She is the fifth generation descendant of Baguazhang. This martial arts is not mine.
She was taught by another master she worshiped."
After a set of Bagua Zhang was played, everyone applauded. Among the team members who were watching the performance, one of them clapped his hands too vigorously and shouted in English: "Death!"
Kang Jianfei didn't pay attention at first, until he heard the man cheering in English, and then looked over. At first glance, he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. Damn, this Shichahai Sports School not only has Li Lianjie and Wu Jing, but what about Zhen Zidan?
Also there?
Kang Jianfei couldn't help but pointed at Zhen Zidan and asked Wu Bing: "Captain Wu, how does that team member speak English?"
Wu Bing explained: "You are talking about Zhen Zidan. He is the son of an old friend of mine. Zhen Zidan's mother is a Tai Chi master and taught him martial arts since he was a child. However, this kid has a very hot temper. After learning martial arts, he fights every day in the United States. He
Mom will send him back to China and let me discipline him."
"Oh, that's it." Kang Jianfei nodded, looked around and found that Li Lianjie was not there, and asked, "Where is Li Lianjie?"
Wu Bing said: "Xiao Li went to pick up Master Chen Xiaoxing, and Master Chen also arrived in Beijing this afternoon."
Because the filming this time was "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng", and Li Lianjie has not yet systematically learned Tai Chi. So when Hu Juncai came to Beijing to sign Li Lianjie, Kang Jianfei asked Li Lianjie to learn Tai Chi in advance.
, I have been practicing for almost two months now.
Chen Xiaoxing is the successor of Chen Style Tai Chi and the grandson of Chen Fake, the Tai Chi master of the generation. However, when Chen Xiaoxing was young, his father was imprisoned for selling cattle in the village and eventually died of illness in prison. Chen Xiaoxing learned Tai Chi Kungfu from his uncle.
Yes, now he has won several national Tai Chi competition championships.
Kang Jianfei didn't know much about Tai Chi, so he not only asked Li Lianjie to learn Tai Chi from Chen Xiaoxing for two months, but also planned to let Chen Xiaoxing be the martial arts consultant for "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng".
After a series of performances, Chen Mo was ready to take Kang Jianfei and others around to let Hong Kong compatriots admire the elegance of the imperial capital.
Before everyone left the Shichahai Sports School, Zhen Zidan suddenly ran up and stopped them, pointed at Kang Jianfei and said, "I heard that you are the number one player in Hong Kong. Are you interested in making some gestures?"
Kang Jianfei looked at the second-grade boy and said to Wu Bing, who came to send them back: "It seems that Captain Wu's discipline was not very successful."
Wu Bing's face darkened and he scolded: "Zhen Zidan, what are you talking about? Go and give me five hundred kicks right away!"
Zhen Zidan has been in the sports school for more than a year. When he first came here, he was a little scared. Now that he is familiar with Wu Bing, he no longer takes Wu Bing seriously. In the past few years, he was invincible in the entire community in the United States, even the local people.
The gangs all regard him as a decent street fighter.
Some time ago, a martial arts exchange group went to Hong Kong to perform, and someone brought back a lot of Hong Kong martial arts magazines. Zhen Zidan, who had little opportunity to interact with the outside world at the sports school, read all those martial arts magazines, and was deeply impressed by Kang Jianfei.
There was an article in a magazine that touted Kang Jianfei as the number one master in Hong Kong. At that time, Zhen Zidan wanted to go to Hong Kong to compete. Now that Kang Jianfei has come to his door, how can Zhen Zidan let him go?
"Do you dare to compete? If you don't dare to compete, just admit that your kung fu is not as good as mine." Zhen Zidan said very arrogantly. Matching the sports school uniform he was wearing, his whole body burst out with a kind of domineering second-level aura that was hard to look at.
Kang Jianfei asked with a smile: "You are not 18 years old yet? If I gesture with you, others will say that I beat the children."
Wen Bixia was very confident in Kang Jianfei's skills. Her heart was tied to Kang Jianfei. Zhen Zidan's move of provoking Kang Jianfei made her very unhappy. Wen Bixia wanted Kang Jianfei to teach this guy a lesson, so she encouraged her: "Brother, you
He's not only 20 years old, so hitting him no matter how hard he is doesn't count as bullying a child." 8