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Chapter 255 The Chinese are definitely not the sick men of East Asia
On Weibo, netizens were immediately filled with righteous indignation after seeing Zhang Ruiang's post.

"If we really look at strength, Lu Ran is stronger than Fu Ziheng. Hong Rihe and Zhen Zhen Ai Ai, aren't they both stronger than Fu Ziheng?"

"There are other second-generation singers in the industry, so why are we talking about Fu Ziheng instead of other second-generation singers? Is this because we're targeting him?"

"Putting everything else aside, if Lu Ran participates in the finals, Fu Ziheng will not be able to win the championship!"

Zhang Ruiang immediately engaged in online debate with netizens.

"If Lu Ran is so strong, why did he withdraw from the finals? Doesn't he want the championship? Why did he go and organize this Lingnan cultural tour?"

"Why don't we dare mention the other second-generation rich kids? Because among them, Fu Ziheng is the most powerful!"

"Even Lu Ran wouldn't dare say he could win the championship, and you've already won it for him. @LuRan, can you win the championship?"

The comment section of this Weibo post immediately became lively.

Meanwhile, Lu Ran is live-streaming himself enjoying morning tea.

In the live stream chat, some netizens started shouting.

“Director Lu, someone is criticizing you on Weibo.”

Li Quan leaned close to Lu Ran's ear and told him about what happened online.

"This Zhang Ruiang is just a clown, ignore him," Li Quan advised.

Given Lu Ran's current status, if he were to pay attention to Zhang Ruiang, it would only increase Zhang Ruiang's popularity.

At that moment, a call came in from the Chancheng Culture and Tourism Bureau.

"Teacher Lu, our leader has already reviewed the video and there are no problems. It can be released."

"Okay, let's send it now."

This morning, Lu Ran sent the edited video to Chancheng Culture and Tourism Bureau.

The cultural and tourism authorities will need some time to review it.

This video was released on Douyin in collaboration with Chancheng Culture and Tourism.

"Teacher Lu, I have another question. It feels like something is missing at the end of this video."

Lu Ran truthfully replied, "One song is missing."

"That song?"

"Singing tonight."

Today is the last day in Chancheng, and there will be a live performance tonight.

While many netizens were arguing with Zhang Ruiang, Lu Ran simultaneously posted a video on his hand and Weibo.

"Thanks to @ChanchengCultureTourism, @PangYuntian, and the people of Chancheng for this video. The title of this video is: The Chinese people are definitely not the sick men of East Asia!"

Lu Ran also shouted in the live stream.

"I've uploaded the short video I filmed, everyone go check it out. I'll pause the live stream for now, there's another performance tonight, so please come back then."

After he finished speaking, the live stream was turned off.

Netizens quickly clicked into Lu Ran's Douyin (TikTok) profile page.

A new video has been uploaded.

At the beginning of the video, there are several men dressed in coarse cloth clothes, which look like the kind of clothes that people who travel around in the early 20th century would wear.

These people are physically strong.

They ate at a roadside stall and asked the vendors questions.

Who is the best fighter in Chancheng?

"Of course it's Wong Fei-hung, could it be me?"

One of the men looked up; it was Lu Ran.

Background music begins.

"Where there is a martial arts school, there will be people who come to challenge it."

Lu Ran arrived at the entrance of a martial arts school and shouted, "I'm here to challenge them!"

The scene shifts to a grand master's chair inside the martial arts school, where Pang Yuntian, dressed in a long robe, sits upright.

Pang Yuntian extended his hand: "Let's have some tea first."

When the scene changed again, Lu Ran and Pang Yuntian were sitting face to face.

At such close range, the two raised their arms and repeatedly punched each other.

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"That was awesome! So cool!"

"It really is a kung fu movie!"

"Not Director Lu, you really know how?"

Because it's a short film, this fight scene is only a few seconds long.

Even so, the audience thoroughly enjoyed the show.

This is much better than the fights you see on the market right now!
The video continues, with the two locked in a stalemate, resulting in a draw.

Lu Ran laughed and said, "Fist fights are no fun. Let's fight with knives."

Pang Yuntian laughed loudly: "Good!"

When the scene changed again, the two arrived at an open space.

Both of them held a pair of mandarin duck and butterfly knives, one in each hand.

Lu Ran attacked first with his knife, but Pang Yuntian immediately blocked it.

The flashing blades were almost dazzling.

"Let me explain to everyone, this is the Eight-Cut Broadsword Technique from Wing Chun!"

In the scene, Lu Ran and Pang Yuntian wield their twin swords with great power and skill.

"The action choreography is just as good as the ones in the movies!"

"Please, Director Lu, make a kung fu movie!"

"Our Chinese Kung Fu is truly amazing!"

The video not only features the duel between Lu Ran and Pang Yuntian.

There are also scenes of other actors engaging in sword fights.

After all, it's a short kung fu film.

Scenes of fighting flash by quickly, then the scene returns to the martial arts gym.

Lu Ran's knife sliced ​​across Pang Yuntian's body, and Pang Yuntian fell to the ground.

It felt like the end of an era.

At that moment, the screen went black, and a bomber flew across the screen.

This is a bomber from World War II.

A line of text appeared on the screen.

"On September 18, 1931, the Mukden Incident broke out, and the Japanese army brazenly invaded China, causing widespread suffering and starvation across the land!"

This line of text instantly ignited the hatred buried deep in the blood of netizens!

This is a blood feud that every Chinese person must never forget!
When the scene changes again, it shows several Japanese soldiers walking on the street, shooting at a civilian they see.

The camera focused on the man lying on the ground; he was just an unarmed old man.

He just lay there quietly on the ground.

The audience's anger burned fiercely.

The scene shifts again, showing a group of men in military uniforms, their faces covered in blood, kneeling on the ground with their hands bound together. Yet their eyes remain resolute as they shout in Cantonese, "Beat those damn Japanese devils!"

A gunshot rang out, and the man fell to the ground.

"The people of Guangdong are hot-tempered and know right from wrong. Only a grandson would dare to fight the Japanese devils. Kill them one by one!"

In the background, there was a powerful and resonant voice.

With that voice, the scene returned to Lu Ran.

His face was contorted with anger, and his fists clenched involuntarily.

The video continued, and a Japanese officer sneered, "Let the Chinese people see our Japanese kung fu!"

This is in a martial arts school.

This Japanese officer fought two Chinese martial artists single-handedly and knocked them to the ground.

A group of people dressed in Japanese martial arts uniforms were cheering nearby.

A Japanese soldier walked up to Lu Ran and mocked, "Why aren't you saying anything? If you have the guts, then fight, you sick man of East Asia."

The Japanese soldier patted Lu Ran's face with his hand.

Lu Ran didn't just play a specific character; he portrayed a type of person from that era.

When you have power, you can challenge other schools or fight amongst yourselves, but would you throw your fists at the invaders?

The answer is, yes!
When the scene changes again, Lu Ran is seen carrying a signboard as he walks into the Japanese martial arts school.

He placed the sign on the ground, which read "Sick Man of East Asia".

Lu Ran said coldly, "I want to taste the flavor of the Japanese devils' fists!"

"Fight! Kung Fu is for fighting!"

"Lord Lu, get him! No one is allowed to call us the Sick Man of East Asia!"

"We Chinese are definitely not the sick men of East Asia!"

In the video, a Japanese soldier rushes up to Lu Ran and shouts, "Baka!"

He punched Lu Ran, but Lu Ran simply reached out and pressed his hand on his head.

With a thud, the Japanese soldier fell to the floor and lay there, unable to get up.

Inside the martial arts school, a group of Japanese soldiers dressed in martial arts uniforms stood up.

Lu Ran leaned the sign that read "Sick Man of East Asia" against the wall and slowly walked to the center of the martial arts school.

"I want to hit ten!"

As he said this, Lu Ran had already assumed his starting stance.

A chaotic battle ensued.

Despite being surrounded by numerous Japanese soldiers, Lu Ran still managed to defeat them all.

Finally, Lu Ran knocked the Japanese officer to the ground.

He kicked the signboard of "Sick Man of East Asia" to pieces.

Amidst a group of Japanese soldiers lying motionless on the ground, Lu Ran slowly said, "I want to tell you, the Chinese people are definitely not the sick men of East Asia!"

Seeing this, the audience felt relieved.

But before everyone could even celebrate for a second, a gunshot rang out.

Lu Ran was shot in the chest, and with an expression of disbelief on his face, he slowly fell to the ground.

Another voice rang out.

"You can fight, but you're not a god and can't change the world. No matter how good our kung fu is, it can't beat foreign guns."

When facing an aggressor, one person's strength is insignificant.

Scenes from movies and TV dramas appeared on the screen. Lu Ran couldn't film these himself, so he had to use scenes from other movies and TV dramas.

That was land that had been invaded by invaders, and it was scarred and devastated.

"Alas, no matter how skilled you are in kung fu, you're still afraid of a kitchen knife."

"I remember that many kung fu masters were shot to death back then."

"What is the use of kung fu, anyway?"

The audience was also deeply moved.

At this moment, the narration begins.

"To achieve the happiness of civilization, one must endure the pain of civilization; this pain is called revolution!"

"The flames of revolution will soon spread like wildfire!"

This time, the scene shifts to the battlefield.

Soldiers in military uniforms, wielding broadswords, swung their swords at the heads of the Japanese soldiers.

The answer is already there.

Kung Fu can also be used for revolution, and it can also be used to protect one's home and country.

"I remember now, the anti-Japanese broadsword technique was created by the martial arts masters of Chancheng!"

"Han Muxia, a martial arts master from Tianjin, created the Bagua Xingyi Saber Technique to form a broadsword team for the Northeast Army!"

"Li Yaochen, a martial arts master from Hebei Province, created the Wuji Saber Technique and organized a broadsword team for the 29th Army!"

"Ma Fengtu, a martial arts master from Hebei Province, created the Eight-Strike Breaking Blade technique. He fought against the Japanese invaders in the Battle of Xifengkou and heroically sacrificed his life!"

"Cui Zhang, a martial arts master from Chancheng and a successor of the Cai Li Fo boxing style, led his disciples to Shanghai to create anti-Japanese sword techniques and train soldiers in broadsword combat skills!"

"Kung Fu can be used to fight on the battlefield!"

"Kung Fu not only strengthens the body, but also embodies a spirit—the spirit of the Chinese people who never back down or give up!"

The video went black, followed by interviews with several elderly people.

The old man's hair was already white.

"The Japanese bastards blew up my house, killed so many of my people, blew up so many of my people!"

"The Japanese were so brutal back then! They captured our Chinese people and hung them up to beat them!"

"I was the only one left in my family; they were all killed in the bombing."

"That's why I hate those Japanese devils so much, and I volunteered to join the army to fight Japan!"

One by one, the elderly recounted what happened back then.

The video was coming to an end at this point.

A line of text appeared on the screen.

"The Chinese people are by no means the sick men of East Asia."

The video also ends here.

From its early days as a means of chivalry and breaking the law, to its eventual role in protecting one's home and country, this is the evolution of Chinese Kung Fu.

The audience felt that there was still something left to enjoy.

"It feels like something's missing."

"Is a song missing?"

"Director Lu, say something!"

At this moment, some audience members remembered that there was supposed to be a performance tonight.

"Comrades, there's a performance at the Lu Hall tonight. Looks like we'll have to watch the live broadcast!"

(End of this chapter)