Chapter 414: The Old Ape Resigns and Looks Back

When Shen Lang heard about the mission reward, he became very excited.

Since it can improve the intimacy between you and the boss, this reward is good.

What is there to say?

Born for a girl, died for a girl, went to Beijing to take the imperial examination for a girl.

What is "Fang Shiyu"?
I quit doing this. Anyway, the system doesn’t indicate that the mission has failed, which means my life is not in danger for the time being.

What are you waiting for?
"Boss, the crew of 'Fang Shiyu' has just reached an agreement with me, and the contract will be sent to the company soon!"

Although I have decided to devote myself to my boss, I must not let this woman get me so easily.

Sure enough, on the other end of the phone, Gu Jialan only said, "Ah? Is that so?"

But Shen Lang could already hear the boss's disappointment from these four short words.

"However, since we can film together with our Jia Lan, then everything else is unimportant. Tell Director Wang Jiawei to arrange a time for us to meet!"

"Really?" Sure enough, the boss's surprised voice came from the other end of the phone. Shen Lang could imagine that the boss's mouth was grinning like a child at this moment.

"Of course, nothing is more important than filming with you!"

There was silence on the other end of the phone.

Shen Lang was very anxious. What was going on? Could it be that the little tricks he had used for love were too much?
But the next second, he discovered in his mind that the light red color of "love" in the upper right corner of Gu Jialan's card had turned into bright red "Deep Love".

Shen Lang immediately understood that the boss on the other end of the phone was shy!!!
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I thought I was going to do something big and personally participate in the birth of a classic in film history - "Fong Sai-yuk".

But unexpectedly, by some strange coincidence, I found myself sitting opposite another famous Hong Kong director, Wang Jiawei.

"Teacher Shen, we have tried many martial arts directors for this play, but I am not satisfied with any of them!"

“Since The Grandmaster is a film about a master, the martial arts moves must be well documented!”

"This is not something that a half-baked martial arts instructor from a theatre troupe or a dragon and tiger martial arts instructor can do, nor is it something that a martial arts instructor who only knows one type of boxing can do!"

"To be honest, without Zhang Zheng's recommendation, I would never have thought that you are so proficient in martial arts!"

Wang Jiawei's words were straightforward, without any useless greetings. Even ordinary people would feel that the person on the other side was being a little rude after hearing what he said.

But Shen Lang admired the other party's honesty. He looked at Gu Jialan, who was much gentler than before, and turned to Wang Jiawei and said with a smile: "To be honest, if Mr. Gu hadn't told me that this place needs a director who can integrate real boxing into the story, I wouldn't come here!"

The two looked at each other for a long time, and Wang Jiawei suddenly smiled: "Teacher Shen, I now believe that you are the one I'm looking for!"

"After hearing my conditions, none of the other martial arts directors are as calm and composed as you are!"

"I hope you won't disappoint me!"

Shen Lang nodded: "Same, I hope the book you got from your three years of visits will not disappoint me."

Wang Jiawei laughed loudly and confidently took out a thick stack of script manuscripts from the bag behind him!

“I plan to film all of these, and it’s estimated to take nearly five hours!”

"I know that a lot of footage will have to be cut in order to be released, but I must film all of it. In the future, I hope that it can serve as a reference for future generations to understand the real martial arts world!"

Shen Lang took the script and did not respond. Instead, he began to read it carefully.

To be honest, in another time and space, he wouldn’t understand “The Grandmaster”!
That’s right, I don’t understand!

In another time and space, the original film of "The Grandmaster" was more than four hours long, but was finally cut down to two hours.

Moreover, the two-hour scene was edited into four versions by the director.

In addition, there are too many characters in the film and the characteristics of the director's narrative style.

After the movie was broadcast, many people did not understand it.

The same goes for Shen Lang.

At that time, he just felt that "The Grandmaster" was a bit pretentious and pretentious.

But in this world, when Shen Lang held in his hands a story that was exactly the same as the one in another time and space, he was... shocked.

Wang Jiawei said that he spent three years visiting countless martial artists today and heard from them many stories that have gradually disappeared in the mist of history. He was not exaggerating.

The script contains a lot of detailed descriptions of the identities and backgrounds of the characters, as well as the boxing techniques they use. In the plot's twists and turns, the director also fully explains what he wants to express in as detailed a language as possible.

When Shen Lang saw this script, he remembered the script of "Fang Shiyu" two days ago.

These are simply two extremes.

It took him two full hours to roughly read the script of "The Grandmaster".

This was also the first time for him to enter the story and get to know the characters in "The Grandmaster".

To put it simply, the story of this drama is set during the Republic of China period. Baguazhang master Gong Haneda is about to retire, and he wants to hand over his position as president of the Chinese Martial Arts Association to a successor who can inherit Chinese martial arts and is an upright person.

Among them, Gong Yutian chose Ip Man who practiced Wing Chun in Foshan.

But his apprentice Ma San coveted this position.

In the end, Ma San surrendered to Jiaobenji and was killed by Gong Yutian's daughter Gong Er, and took back the martial arts heritage that originally belonged to the Gong family and also to China.

But Gong Er was already engaged to someone else at that time. Logically speaking, she was an outsider and had no right to snatch the Gong family's martial arts.

For the sake of her father's reputation and the reputation of Chinese martial arts, Gong Er cut her hair and pledged to never marry. The Gong family's sixty-four unique skills were also not passed down from her.

In fact, Gong Er and Ip Man have an unexplainable love affair.

In the end, Gong Er died and Ip Man became impoverished, but he still persevered in passing on Chinese martial arts!

Similarly, the story structure of martial arts films is relatively simple.

But it is not easy to take a good photo.

For example, the question raised by Wang Jiawei now.

"The Gong family is the inheritor of Baguazhang. In the story, Gong Yutian once persuaded his apprentice Ma San not to work for Jiaobenji's people. Ma San insisted on his own way and finally died at the hands of Gong Er."

"So, is there any martial arts move in Baguazhang that, just by hearing the name, would let people know that Gong Yutian is trying to persuade Ma San to turn back?"

"Moreover, this move must be beautiful. Gong Yutian used this move to teach Ma San a lesson, and finally Gong Er used this move to kill Ma San!"

For Shen Lang, this was undoubtedly Wang Jiawei's first test.

Because Shen Lang had worked as a martial arts director, he became familiar with Li Sang and learned some rules of the underworld.

He nodded and said, "Director, this villain's name is Ma San. There is a saying in the underworld: when you speak, you must mention the number three, and when you make a fist, you must make a fist."

What do you mean?
People in the underworld always refer to themselves as "Laosan" when they speak. This means that masters are humble and do not regard themselves as the first or second.

According to the script, Wang Jiawei specifically noted that Ma San's name was given by his master Gong Yutian, which means that Gong Yutian's expectation for his apprentice is that he should be a humble and honest person.

But he didn't expect that the other party would disregard the interests of the nation and defect to Jiaobenji, so when cleaning up the family, Gong Yutian's psychological activity at that time should have been to make his apprentice repent and turn back.

Therefore, with Wang Jiawei's three years of visits and knowing so many martial artists, he must know the truth and also know...

"There is a move in Bagua Palm - the old ape hangs up his seal and looks back!"

"Ma San joined Jiaobenji in order to relinquish his seal; Gong Yutian persuaded his apprentice to turn back! The move of the old ape relinquishing his seal and looking back is the most suitable for this plot!"

Shen Lang smiled slightly: "Director Wang, do you think what I said makes sense?"

Wang Jiawei looked at Shen Lang in shock and said, "You, you guessed what I was thinking."

Shen Lang stood up and jumped on the spot under the surprised gaze of Wang Jiawei and Gu Jialan. He flew into the air and in an instant, he pushed up with his knee. If he was fighting with someone, this push would directly hit the opponent's sternum and instantly make the opponent lose his fighting power.

When he landed on the ground, he brushed his sleeves nonchalantly: "The old ape hangs up the seal and looks back. The key is not to hang up the seal, but... to look back!"

At this moment, Wang Jiawei stood up excitedly, holding Shen Lang's hand and said, "Teacher Shen, I can tell from the move of the old ape just now..."

"You are the one I have been looking for!"

"Please join the crew!"

"please!"

Shen Lang smiled slightly and said, "Look, you just lost your job over there and got a job again over here."

There is work at hand, so there is no need to panic!!!

(End of this chapter)