Lingzhang

Chapter 404: The Magical Master

Yue Hanzhang brushed his arm armor, and the light screen popped up in front of him. After creating and opening a blank document, he thought about it and wrote a line of big words on the document without hesitation -

"the Grand Master"

That’s right, this is the test work of martial arts-type film and television works that Yue Hanzhang decided to make for himself after some thought.

It is to make the story have a high level of quality and narrative tone while being very attractive.

Similarly, the debate between the North and the South in the film also fits the perspective of Yue Hanzhang, a "northerner", entering the "Southern industry".

And because of the film's unique and loose background narrative, Yue Hanzhang was given the opportunity to easily change the background and some story details.

Firstly, the background of the original story, about the war in China and the background of that turbulent era, was seamlessly grafted by Yue Hanzhang onto the bloody battle in the north and the sinking of a county.

He invented a place called "Xuzhou", but all the scenery and features were true portrayals of the northern states.

There is a prominent family in Xuzhou, who on the one hand supplies and supports Beiting, while on the other hand secretly colludes with the various holy sects.

At that time, there was a righteous man in Xuzhou, Ding Lianshan, the eldest disciple of Tiangang Sect, the leader of Xuzhou's martial arts at that time. For the sake of the Dao League, he exposed the shamefulness of the family and attempted to assassinate the head of this prominent family.

The assassination failed, but the exposure of the matter put the family in a passive position.

At the same time, with the mediation of the Tiangang Sect, Ding Lianshan changed his name and fled to Wuzhou in the south, where he lived in hiding from then on.

The martial arts genius who once advocated the exchange of northern and southern boxing techniques has passed away from this world.

After that, the second disciple Gong Baosen inherited the Tiangang Sect's lineage and became another leader of Xuzhou martial arts.

The story begins from here.

Many years later, the leader of Tiangang Sect went south to Wuzhou and held his own retirement ceremony in the Wuzhou Golden Tower, where his senior brother once presided over the exchange of martial arts between the north and the south.

His eldest disciple Ma San showed his talent.

His daughter Gong Er is stubborn and strong.

He also unexpectedly reunited with his senior brother.

In addition, the protagonist shows up, and a group of martial arts masters in the Golden Building strongly encourage the protagonist to fight with Gong Baosen at the retirement ceremony.

In these years, Beiting's territory has been continuously lost. There are many warriors in the Golden Tower who have lived in seclusion in Wuzhou since Beiting's fall. They have successively joined hands with the protagonist, allowing him to feel the power and styles of the various boxing techniques of the northern Xuzhou.

On the other hand, the eldest senior brother advised Gong Baosen to cherish his reputation. Gong Baosen asked Ma San to conceal his edge and advised his daughter to get married.

In the end, in a competition that was not really a competition, Gong Baosen admitted that he lost to the male protagonist in terms of ideas on the topic of the North-South debate.

After Gong Baosen left, Gong Erdafu attended the final thank-you banquet. She had been strong all her life and said that Gong's father practiced both Xingyi and Tiangang, and passed on the ancient Xingyiquan to Ma San.

And she has mastered the true skills of Thirty-Six Moves of Tiangang Palm.

Therefore, we need to compete with the protagonist again.

The two made an agreement not to damage the exquisiteness of the house.

So, the competition ended with the protagonist stepping on a section of wooden stairs and cracking it.

After that, Gong Er returned to the north, and the two exchanged letters and became friends through martial arts.

The original agreement in the letter was that the protagonist would go north to Xuzhou next year to meet Gong Er again, and the protagonist hoped to see more of the Thirty-Six Moves of the Heavenly Palm.

Unfortunately, a sudden change occurred at that time, Beiting was destroyed, and most of Xuzhou sank. In the midst of the storm, Wuzhou blocked all the checkpoints to the north and turned the border counties into fortress cities.

Many years later, the protagonist saw Gong Er again in a quiet medical clinic in Wuzhou.

Only then did he know about the rough experiences Gong Er had gone through over the years.

Not long after she returned to Xuzhou that year, Beiting was lost, which delayed her marriage.

Later, Ma San rebelled and secretly defected to the Xuanyi family and the various saints' sects. For this reason, on the day he defected from his sect, he personally killed his master Gong Baosen with the "Old Ape Hanging Seal" technique.

In order to avenge her family, Gong Er cut her hair and observed the chastity of her parents, broke off her engagement, and vowed never to marry someone else or take in a disciple.

Later on New Year's Eve, Gong Er took action personally to clean up the family, also using the old ape as a seal, exchanging injuries for injuries, and abolishing Ma San's family martial arts.

However, Gong Er also suffered an incurable illness that damaged the essence of her body and spirit, and she could no longer fight.

As the turmoil spread to Xuzhou, she was finally helpless and gave up the last of her family business, and lived in seclusion in Wuzhou. As the saying goes, medicine and martial arts are inseparable, so she opened a clinic to make a living.

Over the years, with the destruction of the northern mountains and rivers, a large number of martial arts masters moved south. The protagonist, who is a martial arts fanatic, often visited many martial arts masters in Wuzhou, the "north of the south", and experienced the different martial arts styles of the north.

But the more he saw, the more he missed the Thirty-Six Moves of Tiangang Palms that he had seen in the past.

If you keep thinking about it, there will be a response.

One day, when the protagonist came to the barber shop to pay a visit to a martial arts master named "Yixiantian" from the north, he accidentally discovered the plaque of the medical clinic next to the barber shop.

It turns out that Yixiantian was originally a martial arts prodigy of Beiting. In the past, the saints of Xuzhou surrounded and suppressed the "remnants of Beiting", and Gong Er once saved Yixiantian's life on the way. Therefore, after retiring to Wuzhou, Yixiantian opened a barber shop nearby to take care of and protect Gong Er.

That's why.

Old friends meet again in the world.

When the protagonist mentioned it again and wanted to take a look at the Thirty-Six Moves of Tiangang Palm.

Gong Er shook her head regretfully, as if she was refusing, but also as if she was expressing emotion.

The protagonist arrived too late. Gong Er, who was seriously ill, no longer had the ability to fight. In the following years, because of the strong and heavy drugs she used to treat her body, spirit and life, her illness was not healed. Gong Er was infected with erysipelas again, and her condition deteriorated, so the clinic had to close down.

After many searches, following the lineage of the Xuzhou Tiangang Sect, the protagonist finally found the elderly Ding Lianshan.

After some sharp words, Ding Lianshan also rejected the protagonist's suggestion to watch the Thirty-Six Moves of Tiangang Palm.

Several years later, the protagonist went south, compiled all the martial arts he had learned throughout his life, spread them throughout Yue and Chu states, and became a master of his generation.

But Gong Er died of illness, and since then, the Thirty-Six Moves of the Heavenly Power Palm disappeared from the martial arts world.
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Probably since the moment he was created by good fortune in his previous life, Yue Hanzhang has never written so many words at one time in his life.

However, it only required minor adjustments to the background of the story, and the entire plot of "The Grandmaster" was localized smoothly.

Even the extent of the changes is hard to say that they are magical changes.

Of course, Yue Hanzhang also had many subtle thoughts in the process of localization.

For example, the noble families in Xuzhou and the various saintly sects were secretly acting weird and taking advantage of the popularity of the Four Swordsmen Coming from the West.

The subsequent metaphors about the north and south of boxing, and the situations of the fictional Beiting and Xuzhou, can also be compared with reality and written about.

Apart from these, the most regrettable thing about the original film is that Ip Man was not able to see the Gong family's 64 moves in the end.

But in the modified plot, Yue Hanzhang changed it into his own martial arts, Yue's Thirty-Six Moves Tiangang Palm.

It's not just this martial art!
In addition, there is the ancient Xingyiquan mastered by Gong Baosen, the Bajiquan mastered by Yixiantian, and the various northern and southern boxing techniques mastered by the martial arts heroes in the Jinlou.

Even including the Wing Chun Kung Fu mastered by the protagonist.

Yue Hanzhang had no intention of having any connection with the secret martial arts in reality.

Using the popularity of your own film and television works to promote other martial arts?
Yue Hanzhang won't do this!

After all, he himself is a martial arts sage. During his martial arts practice in the past, Yue Hanzhang almost achieved the state where all images were in his heart, and the music in his mechanical mind only needed to be slightly turned on to play.

According to these martial arts styles from previous lives, Yue Hanzhang can inherit their essence and create these martial arts boxing techniques!
Not only are they extremely aesthetic and martial arts-like, but they can also really be used in combat! They can even reach a high level!
When the film is released, Yue Hanzhang will start selling these advanced martial arts in packages!
If a movie company has the conditions, it would be great if they could sell some peripheral products!

Moreover, Yue Hanzhang knew very well that everyone liked to substitute imaginary stories into reality.

Therefore, by then, whether it is the role played by oneself or the popularity of the Thirty-Six-Way Heavenly Palm in the story, it will all be transformed into real reputation and gather on oneself.

Apart from the main character, Yue Hanzhang had some difficulty choosing actors for the many roles in this project.

Logically speaking, Yue Hanzhang wanted to keep the benefits within the family.

In this film, the character who is truly equally outstanding, and even slightly more outstanding because of the tragedy, is actually the character Gong Er.

But Yue Hanzhang thought about the people around him, Jiang Lingxiu, Huang Zhishu, Ye Yishui, and even Katya, they all had their own style.

Jiang Lingxiu is wild and unruly, Huang Zhishu is filled with the fragrance of tea, Ye Yishui is icy and cold, and Katya is half passionate and half kingly and domineering.

None of them have the tenacity that can be seen at a glance like Gong Er, the kind of spirit that refuses to admit defeat that is evident in her appearance, behavior, and bones.

On the contrary, Huang Zhishu is suitable for the role of the protagonist's wife Zhang Yongcheng. When the little green tea girl is not chatting, she is elegant and noble because of her noble birth, and can be easily mistaken for the real thing.

As Jiang Lingxiu is wild and difficult to tame, Yue Hanzhang actually thought about making certain adjustments and deletions to the role of Yixiantian and then letting Jiang Lingxiu play the role.

Similarly, Ye Yishui can also play a master in Wuzhou Jinlou.

Such a pure and innocent person, who appears to be an icy queen at first glance, has been living in the dust for many years, which instantly brings the contrast of the character to the maximum.

Yue Hanzhang believes that among all the supporting roles, this must be the most attractive and impressive.

The story plot is not enough, so the character settings and the frequency of appearances make up for it.

But after much thought, I still couldn't decide on the actor for the role of Gong Er.

Fortunately, there are still many other characters that are still undecided. Yue Hanzhang has some ideas that need to be communicated with the merchant. Moreover, Yue Hanzhang also hopes to use some of the Rakshasa people and their war dance for those warriors who came south from Beiting and Xuzhou.

So, a moment later, with this text, Yue Hanzhang called Jiang Lingxiu and Huang Zhishu, who didn't know they were about to make their debut.

Rushed to the merchant's car.

After a while, Katya and Ye Yishui also arrived.

In the carriage.

Everyone was reading the text that had been modified by Yue Hanzhang and fell into a long silence.

The resonance of a good story is fully reflected at this moment.

Moreover, everyone present could only too well feel the regret brought about the loss of a top-notch martial art.

After all, they were all once "martial arts fanatics".

Lian Shangshi also sighed.

"If I were young, I would really like to play a role like Gong Er..."

At the same time, Katya also spoke.

"Regarding Gong Er, I have an idea——"

(End of this chapter)