Chapter 150: Martial Arts Metaphors and the Core of the Film

Shen's living room.

Shen Lang looked at his watch and said to the reporter from the Imperial Capital Newspaper: "I still have to cook lunch, let's hurry up!"

"Okay, Mr. Shen, Mr. Lu from Hong Kong Island is a veteran in martial arts films. Do you think that his understanding of martial arts films is not as good as yours, a newcomer who has just started to get involved in martial arts films?"

Shen Lang asked such a sharp question right at the start, and Shen Nan on the side was worried for him.

Shen Lang said calmly, "Mr. Lu's martial arts films are indeed very good, but how deep is his understanding of martial arts films? I don't think that's true, right?"

"How to say?"

"Isn't Mr. Lu's specialty erotic films?"

"..."

“Isn’t it a bit one-sided to say how deep a person’s understanding of martial arts films is based on how many martial arts films he has made or how old he is?”

My goodness, Shen Nan’s face changed.

He thought the reporter's question was sharp, but Shen Lang's answer was sharp! This didn't give Lu Yun any face at all.

Reporter: "Mr. Lu, please comment on the martial arts details in our film..."

"There is no problem with the details of the martial arts. Our martial arts director is the best martial arts director in Hong Kong, Cheng Dongcheng. His martial arts movements are neat and clear, and they portray the character's personality from the side!"

"He was talking about flying around..."

"In traditional martial arts movies, the villains never rush forward all at once. Although the villains in the movie surround the protagonist in a circle, they never rush forward all at once. Instead, they use a round-robin approach! Do you know why?"

"Because if they all rush in, the shot will be chaotic and the martial arts will turn into a street fight!"

"That's very well said! You are very professional!" Shen Lang praised the reporter, and then changed the subject: "In real life, if you are surrounded by bad guys, will they come up and beat you up one by one?"

The reporter laughed: "Of course that's impossible!"

"Okay, so if they can change the real world for a movie, why can't we?"

"So, the governor is allowed to set fires, but the people are not allowed to light lamps?"

"This……"

"This is all a fictional world. If I can't fly, then I can't let others fly? What's the logic?"

"This……"

"Next question!" Shen Lang smiled slightly.

The reporter felt that he had lost the initiative in the interview.

"Then Mr. Lu said that Director Xu's movie was a copy of the Western Marvel heroes!"

"I won't explain the rest. I'm just asking you, do you understand the weapons used in this play and what their meanings are?"

This reporter watched the movie just a dozen hours after it was released, and he couldn't even remember what weapons the characters used in the movie, so how could he talk about metaphors?

"The lancet darts and lancets used by gold and jade!"

"Yeah!"

"The willow leaf is the best metaphor for the eyebrows of ancient women. If it is transformed into a weapon, it is naturally most suitable for women to use, especially women like Jin Xiangyu who are graceful, charming, bold and sharp!"

"Yeah!"

"Zhou Huaian used a sword in an umbrella..."

"is it?"

Shen Lang glanced at him and continued, "The sword in the umbrella looks plain and simple, but it actually has a restrained edge. The umbrella can block wind and rain and is more suitable for defense. Therefore, Zhou Huaian is a very cunning person!"

"He knew how to play along, how to compromise and sacrifice, so in the end, it was him who survived instead of Qiu Moyan!"

Hearing this, the reporter had no time to look up, and kept writing frantically on his notebook.

"Lin Xia plays Qiu Moyan, a chivalrous knight who admires Zhou Huaian and is the main planner of the rescue operation."

"Her weapon is a double-edged sword."

"The sword has always been a symbol of a gentleman in ancient China."

"The sword among swords is the gentleman among gentlemen!" "The bandits in Helan Mountain saved the orphan for money, Jin Xiangyu for sex, Zhou Huaian for repaying a favor, what about Qiu Moyan?"

"Only Qiu Moyan, even though she was betrayed for love, still risked her life to save others!"

"In the desert, masters gather to fight with wisdom and courage, young men and women are in love, and the country will last forever—"

"You said Marvel has these things?"

"I don't deny that Director Xu has definitely borrowed some Western ideas in terms of some techniques."

"But that's just the surface. There's only one real core to the movie!"

The reporter looked up and asked curiously, "What?"

"The great chivalrous man serves the country and the people!"

……

"That's great!" After the reporter left, Shen Nan looked at Shen Lang excitedly: "After hearing what you said, I want to make a movie like this!"

"Oh? Second brother wants to film it? That's easy! I can help you contact the screenwriter!"

"But I don't know how to choreograph martial arts moves!"

"I can help you contact Cheng Dong!"

"But I don't know how to choose a martial arts entry point!"

"How about the Shadowless Kick Huang Feihong at Foshan Baozhilin?"

"Who is he?"

"No hurry, let me recall..."

“You know it all, why don’t you take a photo?”

"…We are all family. If you want to try, I will give you my unconditional support as a brother!"

Shen Nan's eyes were filled with tears: "San'er, good brother!"

……

Damn it, old donkey, the system upgrade solutions he provided are all for villain upgrades!
I don’t know what the harvest will be if I shoot the film myself and play the villain myself?
……

There is a small supermarket downstairs from Yuan Xiaoyuan’s dormitory.

"Xiaoyuan, I bought you some mineral water!"

"Thank you, I have milk tea!"

"Do you want to eat spicy noodles?"

"Sorry, I've already eaten!"

Seeing that she didn't want to eat, Shen Ze simply put the food on the boss's cashier's desk: "These... don't want any of them!"

The boss glared at him who was getting a free seat, his face full of resentment, and said, "You asked a girl out on New Year's Day, but you can't even spend money on a bottle of water?"
Shen Ze sat down at the dining table and took out his phone and said, "Hey, Xiaoyuan, look, Shen Lang and his team's movie was criticized by Lu Yun!"

Yuan Xiaoyuan frowned and said, "Brother Shen is your cousin, why are you so happy when he is criticized by others?"

"You don't know Shen Lang at all. He is where he is today thanks to his father. If I had his resources, haha, I would have been extremely famous a long time ago!"

Yuan Xiaoyuan stirred the dragon ball in the milk tea cup and laughed: "I heard from Brother Shen Nan that your job was also arranged by Uncle Shen Biao, right?"

"This is different. Shen Lang is his son, and I am just his nephew. What help can he give to Shen Lang? What help can he give to me?"

"Besides, you didn't see Shen Lang in the past few years..."

"That's enough!" Yuan Xiaoyuan interrupted Shen Ze and said, "Shen Ze, Brother Shen Lang is the most friendly star I have ever seen. He is not arrogant at all. He may have shortcomings, but as his cousin, you are talking about his shortcomings in front of an outsider like me. Doesn't it make you look like a nobody?"

"What do you mean?"

"literal meaning!"

Just when Shen Ze wanted to speak, a news report from the entertainment channel of the store’s TV suddenly interrupted their argument!
"Shen Lang's interview triggered a war of words between the two sides, and was angrily criticized by the Hong Kong film industry boss..."

(End of this chapter)