Beijing, East District of New Era Art Park, Borui Museum.
The predecessor of Borui Pavilion was a five-story factory production building. It was built in the 1970s. It is large, sturdy and rough, with a very typical Soviet style. It is now rare in the highly modern capital.
The reason why it can be preserved is due to the construction of the art park. The designers at that time transformed it into a large art exhibition center and divided it into multiple functional areas, allowing this 40-year-old old building to be renovated.
It has been revitalized and has become a unique landscape in the park.
At 9 o'clock in the morning, a large group of young people with excited faces came to the Borui Hall. They did not come to visit the art exhibition held here, but to visit and study the "Jingwu Hall" that had just opened.
These young people in their teens and twenties are the actors and actresses of "The Swordsman" and the winners of the auditions. There are more than 100 people in total.
The Jingwu Hall was funded and established by Chenfei Media, which rented an area of 850 square meters on the fifth floor of the Borui Hall to build it into the first-class martial arts training place in the country, specializing in the training of stunt doubles and martial arts action actors in film and television dramas.
Although the area of Jingwu Hall is not very large, the various training facilities are top-notch. Many of the equipment are imported professional equipment with a value of more than 10 million. In addition, a lot of special equipment has been customized, such as wire and wood.
Human stakes, universal cantilever arms, etc.
The core strength of the Jingwu Hall is the Lu Family Class created by Lu Chen. The investment in the establishment of the Jingwu Hall is precisely to expand the membership of the Lu Family Class to meet the talent needs for the development and expansion of the Grand Martial Arts IP.
Before Lu Jia Ban, there was almost no development in this field in the domestic film and television industry. Although there were some stuntmen and action actors, they were basically all horrendous stragglers.
But now with the emergence of martial arts craze, talents in this field have suddenly become in short supply.
In fact, except for Lu Chen, people in the industry still focus on the Hong Kong dramas of the 1970s and 1980s, or foreign action movies, in terms of the positioning and even filming of martial arts movies and TV dramas, and they are not aware of the huge changes that are about to happen.
Lu Chen knew very well what he wanted and what he needed to do. He started developing the martial arts IP two years ago and prepared step by step. It can be said that he firmly took the initiative.
These young people who passed the audition are undoubtedly good seeds. They have a pretty good foundation, master at least one martial arts skill, and are full of energy and flexibility.
Of course, the first batch of students in the Jingwu Hall definitely don't need that many people, so they have to select the best from the best. Therefore, Lu Chen specially arranged today's visit to get to know them better.
Those who catch his eye can still be signed even if they are eliminated in the later draft rounds.
For these young people, coming to the Jingwu Hall is almost like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden. The equipment and facilities inside are so advanced that many of them have never been seen before, making them very new and curious.
Not only that, the training of the Lu family members in front of wooden dummies and in the ring also opened their eyes.
What excited the young people most was that they saw Lu Chen here!
"Hello everyone…"
Lu Chen appeared in front of everyone with Wan Yong and others, and said with a smile: "I'm glad that you have overcome the difficulties and passed the initial test. This place may very well be your new home in the future!"
As soon as he finished speaking, warm applause broke out immediately, and many people clapped desperately to vent their excitement.
This is Lu Chen, everyone’s idol!
Many young people traveled thousands of miles to come to the capital. In addition to wanting to fulfill their dream of becoming an actor, some also wanted to meet Lu Chen. Even if they were eliminated in the end, it was worth it to have a few words with Lu Chen.
Now they finally got what they wanted.
A photographer from the CCTV variety show channel next to him carried a high-definition camera and faithfully recorded this scene.
The captured video will be sent back to CCTV for editing and will be broadcast as an important part of this talent show.
Lu Chen smiled and waited for the applause to subside. He introduced Wan Yong to everyone: "This is Master Wan Yong, the chief instructor of Jingwu Hall. He will be fully responsible for your training here in the next three days. Everyone is welcome!"
Applause rang out again, and many people shouted in unison: "Hello, Teacher Wan!"
Wan Yong looked serious and was not affected by the applause at all. He said in a deep voice: "Welcome to the Jingwu Hall. From now on, you are the students of the Jingwu Hall!"
"Although you only have three days to study, the martial arts school has arranged a number of strict training plans for you. It will definitely be very hard. If you are afraid of hardship and fatigue, you can leave now..."
His sharp eyes swept across the faces of the students, as if waiting for someone to leave.
But none of the young people who have passed the online auditions and overcome the difficult challenges will leave at this time. They have all studied martial arts, many of them are martial arts school students. How can they be filmed suffering hardship?
What's more, there are cameras filming nearby. If anyone gives in, it will be embarrassing in front of the people of the whole country!
The young people all straightened their chests and looked at Wan Yong like soldiers undergoing review.
Lu Chen stepped aside. He is not the protagonist today, they are!
These young people are hope and the future.
After a moment, Wan Yong nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, since no one has left, now I will divide you into groups, and each group will have a teacher responsible for training."
A total of 170 students were divided into 10 groups, with a group of 17 members, and their instructors were official members of the Lu family class.
The Jingwu Hall has already prepared training uniforms. The students changed into them in the locker room and came out into groups to line up and started the first day of basic training.
In the past, fights in martial arts movies used routines from traditional martial arts. The fights between you and me were rigid, and each move had a fixed pattern. It looked lively but seemed fake.
Therefore, martial arts films were short-lived in Hong Kong and the Mainland, and did not form any atmosphere at all. Later, they were directly replaced by action films, which followed the style and characteristics of Hollywood.
Young students have basically seen this kind of action movies, and some have also seen martial arts movies from long ago. They originally thought that the content of training in Jingwu Hall was similar to these two modes, but they found out that they were very wrong.
What the Lu Family Class follows is a brand new routine, which is reflected in the specific basic training. It undoubtedly has a great impact on the students' minds and allows them to discover a completely different world! ——