Huayu: King of Kung Fu

That evening, Lin Hu arrived at Sanlitun Bar Street, a very famous bar street in Beijing.

Sanlitun means a village located three miles from the city wall.

After liberation, the city wall was demolished, and the area became the embassy district, home to many foreigners.

After the reform and opening up, some people opened bars here to do business with foreigners, and it gradually developed into a bar street.

The bar streets of the 1990s were very wild, with a heavily made-up woman standing in front of every bar soliciting customers.

As soon as someone approached, he grabbed them and wouldn't let go: "Brother, come in and have some fun!"

Like a brothel madam.

The roadside was also filled with all sorts of chickens, each one striking a pose.

Every now and then, a customer would come over to negotiate the price. Once the two agreed on a price, they would disappear into the alley.

Looking at this bizarre and wonderful street, Lin Hu couldn't help but sigh, "No wonder it's called Sanlitun."

Lin Hu wasn't there to go to bars, nor was he looking for prostitutes; he was there to find someone.

"Ong-Bak" needs a female lead and a male supporting role.

The female lead is merely symbolic, a functional role.

Actually, as long as you find a woman who isn't ugly, she can just make do with what she has to do.

Lin Hu sought out Zhao Yanzi purely hoping to snag a bargain, but he failed and gave up for the time being.

The second male lead is from the same hometown as the male lead.

In the original Ong-Bak storyline, the protagonist travels to Bangkok to find the Buddha and asks his fellow countryman for help, only to be tricked.

This fellow villager is characterized by being very slick, greedy, and cowardly.

But he can step up at crucial moments, serving as the comedic relief in the movie and responsible for lightening the mood, which is quite important.

Among mainland actors of later generations, Lin Hu first thought of Huang Bo as someone who could play such a role.

As for Huang Bo, he hasn't gone to film school yet and hasn't acted in any movies... Acting is something that relies on talent.

Some people have never studied acting, yet they win Best Actor and Best Actress awards on their very first acting role. Who can they complain to?

Huang Bo's first film was called "Get on the Bus," which took half a month to film, and he gave a vivid and lifelike performance.

According to Lin Hu's knowledge, Huang Bo should be singing in bars in Beijing right now, so he came to Sanlitun to take a stroll.

There's only one street like this; if this guy is performing here, you're sure to find him.

After Lin Hu traveled through time, his memory was enhanced. He can now clearly remember anything he saw in the original timeline.

He remembered seeing it in a gossip news article: Huang Bo was the lead singer of a band in the 1990s, and his band was called... Blue Sandstorm.

Huang Bo felt that the name was very artistic and also carried a wild vibe.

"Hey handsome, come on in and have some fun!"

Just as Lin Hu was thinking of asking someone, he was stopped by a brothel madam at the entrance of a bar.

The madam, seeing that Lin Hu was handsome, deliberately rubbed against him, her perfume wafting into his nose, almost making him sneeze.

Damn it!

"Do you have a band called Blue Sandstorm around here?"

"Blue Sandstorm? Never heard of it! I know Zero Point and Black Panther, they often perform here."

"Oh?" Lin Hu found it interesting. "Are they performing tonight?"

"They didn't come tonight. They're all big names now; you have to wait in line to get them to perform."

"Who's performing here tonight?"

Do you know Wu Xiubo?

"I've heard of it!"

Lin Hu knows Wu Xiubo all too well; he's the unlucky guy who kept a mistress only to be blackmailed by her.

Everyone knows this guy kept a mistress and even sent her to jail; he's utterly despicable.

Little did he know that the mistress demanded more and more each time, starting with millions and later tens of millions, a bottomless pit that could never be filled.

Just like Run Ge in "Brotherhood of Blades": "I'll live off this secret of yours for the rest of my life!"

Wu Xiubo couldn't take it anymore and resorted to drastic measures, but he never expected that he would also be ruined.

The madam said, "He's performing here tonight, and let me tell you, he's incredibly popular!"

"Not interested!"

The madam felt a numbness in her arm, and Lin Hu was already far away.

She rubbed her arm, staring at Lin Hu's retreating figure, utterly astonished.

The bar street wasn't that big, and after searching around, Lin Hu discovered quite a few singers who were quite famous in later generations, such as Man Jiang, Sha Baoliang, and Siqin Gerile...

But there isn't a band called Blue Sandstorm, and nobody knows the name Huang Bo.

However, Lin Hu found a name that surprised him quite a bit on the performance list of a bar.

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"Why is she here too?"

In Lin Hu's memory, Zhou Xun did sing in the bar street in her early days and was quite famous.

However, she later played two small roles in Chen Kaige's movies, stepping into the entertainment industry with one foot in the door, and probably won't be performing at venues anymore.

"Hmm, it's only the beginning of the year, so it should be the end of her singing career?"

Lin Hu walked into the bar, sat down at the bar, ordered a beer, and waited for Zhou Xun to appear.

Not two minutes after I sat down, a young, energetic woman approached me: "Handsome, can I buy you a drink?"

Lin Hu wasn't interested in her and said indifferently, "I have no money!"

The young woman, unfazed, put her arm around Lin Hu's shoulder and teased him, "You're quite handsome, how about I buy you a drink?"

"I won't drink it!"

"Tch, boring!" The energetic young woman waved her hand and left.

In less than half an hour, several groups of young women came to chat him up. Although Lin Hu ignored them, his vanity was greatly satisfied.

But he couldn't stand it anymore, so he grabbed a bottle of beer and hid in a corner.

On stage, someone was singing, an unknown underground band, playing rock music they'd never heard before, shouting their hearts out. Lin Hu found it very noisy.

After waiting for more than an hour, Zhou Xun finally arrived.

"Please welcome our female star... Zhou Xun!"

The DJ at the bar was giving a great performance, and cheers erupted throughout the bar. Some people were whistling and shouting Zhou Xun's name, so it seems she's quite popular.

Zhou Xun took to the stage to sing, and she sang Anita Mui's "Intimate Lover".

"The wind is still blowing tonight, and thinking of your gentleness makes the days with you so easy..."

Zhou Xun's husky, deep voice is surprisingly well-suited to this song, and it actually sounds quite nice.

"My dearest, my beloved, thank you for spending so much time with me..."

As Lin Hu listened, he was suddenly overwhelmed with emotion and couldn't help but shed tears.

He traveled to this time and space and became another person. At first, he felt very uncomfortable.

Because he kept wondering if there was another version of himself in this time and space.

He secretly went to his original home to see his original parents.

To his surprise, he discovered that although his parents were alive, "he" did not exist.

Strangely enough, in this timeline, his parents did not give birth to "him"; instead, they had a daughter.

Lin Hu didn't recognize the girl, because in the original timeline, he was an only child.

This gave him a strange sense of relief, yet also made him very sad.

The reassuring thing is that there is no other version of myself in this time and space.

Otherwise, he doesn't know what will happen.

Sadly, the biological parents he remembers have little to do with him anymore.

In this ambiguous space and time, his once familiar relatives have become strangers, making him feel extremely lonely.

It wasn't until he saw Zhou Xun tonight, saw someone he used to know, and heard her familiar voice, that he felt a little comforted.

In the original timeline, he knew Zhou Xun.