I'm not mentally ill, I'm a master of a thousand faces!

Chapter 346, The So-Called National Martial Arts

What is martial arts?

It is a technology.

A technique for killing, self-defense, and protecting one's home and country that has been passed down from ancient times.

When the modern era arrived, with the development of firearms and heat weapons, it seemed to lose much of its significance.

As a result, traditional Chinese martial arts declined and became a laughing stock.

It becomes a prop in the performance.

But Li Yun felt differently.

Martial arts, grandmaster.

He is not ridiculous.

Decades of honing and refining, forging bones, flesh, and skin membranes, and summarizing the experience of our ancestors have resulted in the most efficient techniques.

Spring goes and autumn comes, the four seasons turn.

Only through diligent practice can one achieve results.

No matter how talented a martial artist is, his skills are the result of countless hours of practice.

Only the most tenacious spirit.

The skills that can be honed through practice.

Chinese martial arts are techniques.

It is spirit.

It's a fist.

It is the source of the ever-flowing spirit that endures through the changing seasons and the cycle of day and night.

You can defeat me with guns.

But they can't defeat us.

It cannot defeat the spirit of the Chinese people.

There are quite a few Japanese actors, including Colonel Miura Sato.

They were all trembling.

Our ancestors.

How dare they dream of defeating the Chinese?

impossible.

That's absolutely impossible.

"Down with the Japanese devils! Give me back my Buddhist robe! Give me back China!"

"Down with the Japanese devils! Give me back my Buddhist robe!"

The situation is out of control.

Ip Man won, but he was also going to die.

Because the Japanese would never allow Ip Man to leave the ring alive.

The out-of-control scene was caused by the extras, including Ren Huada and even Chen Zhihui, who had already finished filming!

"Master Liao, calm down! You're already dead! You're done for, don't rush in!" Ye Weixin tried to stop Chen Zhihui.

But Mr. Liao still rushed forward regardless.

They also need to save Ip Man.

They rescued the martial arts master.

Although that's how it was written in the script, Ye Weixin didn't expect the situation to get out of control to this extent.

Living characters, dead characters.

They all rushed forward.

The people were enraged.

They were no longer afraid of Japanese guns.

I'm not even afraid of death anymore.

Why should I fear gunfire?

"Director Ye, could you please get my coat?"

"what?"

At this moment, Zhen Zidan's hands were trembling slightly.

He handed his phone to Ye Weixin.

The director took the phone without understanding why.

He watched as the originally scheduled Ip Man smoked a cigarette.

I almost rushed in just now too.

"Yuan Jinbao, do you think I misunderstood action movies before?"

Just now, in that one second, Donnie Yen felt an unprecedented impulse—an impulse he had never felt before when filming any action movies.

It was a free and unrestrained expression of one's feelings.

All I wanted was to follow Li Yun and Ip Man without hesitation, to explore what true martial arts really meant.

Thought-provoking, thought-provoking, and unparalleled in its martial arts spirit.

This spirit and energy seem to be an unprecedented interpretation of martial arts.

Perhaps, in this era, firearms, as a technology for wielding violence, are far superior to kung fu.

But the spirit that martial arts represent.

It does not change with the times.

At this moment, Yuan Jinbao also spoke.

"I saw a reflection of someone in him."

"Who?"

Yuan Jinbao put down his cigarette butt and sighed.

"Stephen Chow is a shadow of Jackie Chan as an actor."

"Maybe that kid will really become an amazing actor someday. Or rather, an amazing superstar who writes, directs, and stars in his own films."

After pondering for a moment, Zhen Zidan spoke.

"Who knows?"

I give up.

At this moment, Lin Jiadong was truly impressed by Li Yun.

Even now, he can hardly tell whether the person in front of him is the actor Li Yun or a grandmaster.

He found it hard to tell whether the amazing boxing skills of that grandmaster were an act or if he was really like that.

So this is how good an actor can be.

No wonder Mr. Simon Yam speaks highly of him.

Such a capable person, yet I used good luck as an excuse.

It is indeed a bit ridiculous.

Even when I saw Ip Man.

Lin Jiadong has also gained a completely new understanding of the traitor role he plays.

spirit.

That's what Ip Man wanted to pass on.

A spark ignited.

It could start a prairie fire. Originally, there were some changes to some scenes, and some Lin Jiadong was not satisfied with them.

I'm completely convinced now.

I am convinced.

The main scenes for Ip Man have been filmed, but there are still many scenes for supporting characters to be filmed, such as Zhou Qingquan's and Li Zhao's. They all live in this era and are important supporting characters in this era.

They are the protagonists of their life journey.

The movie Ip Man is quite amazing, at least the Ip Man directed by Li Yun is amazing, it goes against the Ip Man that was originally conceived.

It's no longer just a pure kung fu action film, but a biographical movie focusing on a martial arts master.

He is not pure.

Because Li Yun's actions involved a lot of dialogue, so much so that the fight scenes had to be cut.

This was something the original Ip Man production team would never have even considered.

All dramatic scenes must give way to action scenes, because it's an action film, it's a martial arts film, and this is an absolute, unchangeable principle and fact.

But at least now.

Ye Weixin remained silent.

The director and screenwriter were at a loss when filming wrapped up, unsure how to balance the dramatic and action scenes.

The script is truly out of control.

Right under his nose, things spiraled out of control.

The feeling Li Yun gave him was quite magical.

Despite being just a young male actor, he managed to block the dramatic scenes right under the nose of a film emperor, and dominated the action scenes under the supervision of kung fu superstars Donnie Yen and Yuen Kam-po.

Looking back.

It appears that Li Yun was largely in charge of making this film.

It can be said that he has even accomplished something that he, as a director, has not been able to do.

"Everyone said an assistant director ran away, but it turns out the lead actor took over the director's job, and did it so well," Ye Weixin murmured.

Even as the chief director, he dared not say that he was in charge of directing the action scenes.

Li Yun took the lead in completing all the action and dramatic scenes, becoming the core soul of Ip Man.

It became the soul of this film.

Yip Wai-shun doesn't know if audiences will accept this film in the end. This unconventional filming style goes against his previous understanding of martial arts films.

But he definitely understands.

The grandmaster before him, even more noble than Ip Man in history, was living deeply...right before his eyes.

A person with a soul.

A grandmaster with a soul is, at least in Ye Weixin's eyes, incredibly noble.

Regardless of whether it convinced the audience or not.

But this grandmaster completely convinced the director.

That completely convinced him, the creator.

(End of this chapter)