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

Chapter 347, A Grandmaster

Most of the scenes for "Ip Man" have been filmed.

Li Yun is still in the "Ip Man" crew.

Because Li Yun is not only playing the role of Ip Man, the grandmaster, at present.

He was also the director of "Ip Man".

Li Yun, whose name will appear alongside Ye Weixin's in the producer credits and director's column, will also be listed.

Director Li

Li Yun was not surprised by being credited as a director; in fact, he took it for granted.

after all.

You, Ye Weixin, are merely the screenwriter and producer of "Ip Man".

How could anyone know more about "Ip Man" than Ip Man himself?

How could anyone understand a grandmaster better than me, a grandmaster of my generation?

No one understands Ip Man better than me.

No one understands a grandmaster better than me.

I said it.

The remaining scenes are mostly scenes featuring supporting characters.

But Li Yun still felt that some people needed to be highlighted, such as Jin Shan Zhao and Li Zhao.

Jin Shan Zhao is a pure martial artist. He doesn't respect martial arts or masters, but violence and what martial arts can achieve. That's why he later became an outlaw.

One is Li Zhao, who is seen as a traitor by others. In reality, that does not change his identity as a traitor.

He has seven family members to support, so the pressure is greater than that of the average person.

Li Zhao didn't want to be a translator; there were plenty of others who would. So, he was forced to become an accomplice to evil, but he was also helping the villagers of Foshan in his own way.

His ending was interesting, but that's not something Li Yun needs to care about.

Li Yun felt that Li Zhao's final fate, whether he lived or died, had its own reasons.

His own destiny.

In that era, everyone was like a rootless duckweed.

To compromise and make concessions.

Whether one chooses to bravely rise up and fight back is a personal choice.

Ip Man chose to fight back with his own fists.

A path that leads to certain death when taken alone.

Even knowing that fists can't beat guns, they still stepped forward.

This noble act can ignite an act called hope and courage.

That is the true master of his generation.

Therefore, he is truly a grandmaster.

at this time.

Ip Man was still beside Li Yun; he hadn't left yet.

Even after witnessing the fates of Li Zhao and Zhou Qingquan, he did not leave.

It is very rare for a personality to remain by Li Yun's side after completing its own story.

It seems he wants to see the very end.

This

A grandmaster.

Ip man

A refined and gentle young master dressed in ancient costume.

A person who can grovel before their family, discard their wealth, and lose all dignity.

His life was undoubtedly painful, marked by both great success and great failure.

With Li Yun and him in complete spiritual harmony, his life's dreams also emerged in Li Yun's eyes, not just superficially, but genuinely felt and experienced.

This is why Ip Man initially pitied Li Yun.

From being high above to falling to the bottom, to being in the mortal world, to being in the dust, this feeling is beyond description; it can be said to be the ultimate pain.

If you have never experienced light, you will not yearn for it.

It's only natural that if you haven't experienced beauty, you won't yearn for it.

To act, one must experience all of another person's joy and pain.

He merged with the "Ip Man" personality that he derived from himself.

Then act.

The effect of the performance becomes the posture and demeanor of the character one presents.

It's very simple, isn't it?

It's not difficult, is it?

"Indeed, your life has been full of ups and downs," Li Yun said, stroking his chin as he looked at Ip Man.

From the perspective of psychological trauma, Ip Man's life was indeed devastating enough, after all, falling from a great height is cruel enough.

"That's what I admire most about you."

Ip Man said softly, "To be honest, if it were me, I would avenge Master Liao and Wu Chi Lin. But in the end, if that colonel would let me be their martial arts instructor and protect my family, I would submit."

Before leaving, Ip Man revealed what he found despicable.

He would yield in that situation.

Just like Li Zhao, in order to survive, for the sake of his family and relatives, he had to make choices that went against his own conscience.

He was destined to die, but if Ip Man really died, what would happen to his wife and son?

Indeed, Zhou Qingquan will take good care of his wife and son.

But in reality, amidst the surging tides of this era, Zhou Qingquan himself was struggling to protect himself.

How could he possibly protect his son and wife?

This is an objectively existing form of selfishness—selfishness that exists for the sake of family.

In the end, this selfishness triumphed over Ip Man's final dignity.

"You were the one who made the decision. That's why I admire you."

Ip Man looked at Li Yun gently and said.

The person who ultimately chose to fight the Japanese alone was Li Yun.

That grandmaster is not Ip Man.

It is you, Li Yun.

I am completely convinced.

[Farewell to Ip Man]

[Reward: Wing Chun Kung Fu]

[Hidden Reward: Grandmaster]

[A Grandmaster: Your martial arts will possess its own unique character, and this character is that of a grandmaster, embodying the essence of Chinese martial arts.]

at this time.

Li Yun finished calculating the reward.

Ip Man had already left long ago.

The usual occupants were still the talkative superstar and the director. Of course, for the next eight days, they would also remain hidden and not bother Li Yun.

This is the system's reward time.

Ip Man left.

The Ip Man franchise has also come to a complete end.

What remains is the recognition from a grandmaster.

In fact, even Li Yun found it somewhat unbelievable.

"So, that was the choice I made? The realization that walking the path of certain death alone... Holy crap, am I really that noble? No way."

Li Yun's ideas influenced Ip Man's choices.

If it were Ip Man from that perspective, he probably would have run away.

Therefore, Ip Man felt that he knew.

A grandmaster.

Ip Man was not.

Li Yun is the one.

The wrap party was held as scheduled.

From the very beginning, there was a tense atmosphere between the drama team and the action team.

It no longer exists here.

At the beginning, the two groups were even on the verge of conflict.

After all, neither of them is willing to concede to the other.

Or rather, everyone has their own movie in their heart.

Donnie Yen and Cheung Chi-fai believe that the best way to interpret a grandmaster is through hard-hitting, visceral martial arts; a strong fist is what makes a grandmaster.

They are strong people and powerful individuals.

Other methods don't matter.

However, the actors in the drama group, led by Simon Yam, felt that only soul-stirring acting and dramatic scenes could move the audience.

They have completely different, even opposite, understandings of film.

But now, it seems that both sides have expressed their approval of each other.

Exhilarating martial arts action.

Actions that directly stimulate the senses are the most direct form of stimulation for the mind and senses.

The rapid release of dopamine does indeed make people feel refreshed.

Absolutely exhilarating.

Meanwhile, the action team seemed to have noticed the tension in the dramatic scenes that the drama team was trying to convey.

character.

Express.

A slight expression or gesture can elevate a person's mood.

That's acting.

The unique charm of literary drama.

Zhang Zhihui even felt that...

Even without those exhilarating fight scenes.

The person before me, the feeling he gave off, was enough to call him a grandmaster.

It even made him feel somewhat ashamed of himself.

I've spent half my life learning martial arts, but it's all been for nothing. My understanding of martial arts isn't as thorough as that of a young person.

He learned the real martial arts.

That's what martial arts should look like.

It seems I've rediscovered the feeling I had when I first started learning martial arts.

Someone next to him asked him what he planned to do after filming this time.

Of course, it was about practicing martial arts.

"It's truly admirable. My superficial understanding of action movies in the past has wasted most of my life. Perhaps when the Kung Fu Emperor went to Hollywood, he saw ideas that I had never seen before."

After a few rounds of drinks, Zhen Zidan was somewhat sentimental.

At the time, I insisted on hard-hitting, straightforward fighting.

Looking back now, it seems we really did take some wrong turns.

"Don't say that. Back then, the Kung Fu Emperor went to Hollywood and earned his status through his solid kung fu skills. It's just that he chose the right platform. Hollywood is indeed a good place for him," Ye Weixin said from the side.

The Kung Fu Emperor went to Hollywood, following the same path as before; there was no difference.

Just as he said.

I also saw a new path for kung fu.

In this day and age, traditional kung fu is also undergoing innovation.

It seems that this young man in front of me is trying to do just that.

He's very capable.

"So in the future, we'll have to take both dramatic and action scenes into account when we film," Yuan Jinbao joked.

"Not necessarily. In the end, a good film is one that audiences are willing to pay for. Actually, many times, even if we think it's good, there's nothing we can do if the audience doesn't. Maybe all they expect from martial arts films is hard-hitting, realistic fighting. Who knows?"

Ye Weixin remained relatively calm.

We'll know for sure after the film is released.

However, he also used a clever trick here, undoubtedly interpreting martial arts films in a completely new way this time.

But it is indeed a completely new path.

So this time he's not the chief director.

He was the chief director.

If this succeeds, I will benefit greatly; if I fall to the bottom, I can still salvage my reputation perfectly.

Ye Weixin thought this way from the very beginning.

Another meaning of delegating power.

It means delegating responsibility.

At this moment.

After several rounds of drinks, Li Yun and Ip Man seemed to have achieved half of their goal.

We'll only know if the other half will have a happy ending when it's released.

But Li Yun has already done enough.

It feels like it's more than enough.

He became a grandmaster, a position even Ip Man acknowledged.

Zhang Yongzhi is a husband I accept no matter what.

The feeling of love arises when filming.

It did not disappear until the end.

(End of this chapter)