Chapter 438: The Grandmaster Becomes Popular

The match between Shen Lang and world boxing champion Holleg ended with Shen Lang's victory.

The speed at which this matter fermented far exceeded everyone's imagination.

All of a sudden, the word Kung Fu became popular.

Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Israeli Gamma, Muay Thai, Karate, and Taekwondo have all been overshadowed.

Many Wing Chun gyms appeared overnight in countries such as Europe and the United States.

Many martial arts gyms opened by Chinese overseas have posted posters of the fight between Shen Lang and Huo Lige.

However, the school that was most affected was Tang Shou Martial Arts School.

Li Sang is now both happy and painful.

The good news is that the number of applicants to Tangshou Martial Arts School has exploded in major first-tier cities. Even so, these days, many foreigners have been inquiring about registration, food and accommodation matters through phone and email.

The painful thing is that he never expected that a small cooperation between him and Shen Lang would become so popular. Now countless money is rushing towards him like a flood, but unfortunately his pocket is very good and can't hold so much money.

One reason is that there are too few martial arts instructors. Even if the venue and decoration are ready within a day, it will be impossible to open the school without qualified traditional martial arts coaches.

Secondly, everyone came for Shen Lang. Even if Shen Lang had the ability to split himself into four parts, he wouldn't be able to handle it!
Compared with Li Sang's mixed feelings, Wang Jiawei was simply immersed in a sea of ​​happiness.

Since the release of "The Grandmaster", he has tried his best to use normal narrative techniques to shoot the film.

But there are still many people who don’t understand the metaphors in the play.

This means that his movie is about to become a critically acclaimed but not commercially successful movie, just like his previous movies.

But the competition between Shen Lang and Huo Lige suddenly changed everything.

The movie had already been released for a few days and had a decent box office, but it suddenly exploded on the day of the match between Shen Lang and Holleg.

Good news came from cinemas across the country, with every box office sold out, even the midnight shows were packed.

The movie was originally scheduled to be released in ten days, but major theaters have strongly requested to increase the number of screening days.

I have never seen such a thing in my life. I have never seen such a thing in my life.

The cinemas actually forced me to make money.

Moreover, all the martial arts scenes related to Shen Lang were dug out and replayed.

"New Dragon Inn", "Blade of the Assassin", "Fang Shiyu"...

So much money!
The investors of these films made a lot of money!
However, compared to these films, the documentary-style "The Grandmaster" is the most talked about.

Many major figures in the martial arts world have stepped forward to act as narrators for the film.

Someone asked on the Internet: "What's so good about this drama? I don't understand many parts! For example, the part where Ip Man talks to Gong Yutian's senior brother Ding Lianshan, can someone explain it to me? Also, is there any particular way for Uncle Zhao to light a cigarette? It seems like there is a particular way!"

Big Pants: Thank you for the invitation. I think I can answer this question.

The prototype of Ding Lianshan in the movie, I think the director is most likely talking about my great master Li Cunyi! So I tried to interpret it.

Ding Lianshan started from Guandong leaf tobacco and suddenly mentioned the word "让" in "溫良恭建让". It seems inexplicable, but in fact it is to highlight the word "让".

He set a trap for Ip Man with words, forcing him to smoke the cigarette so that he could fight with him.

Ding Lianshan posed to light a match to light a cigarette for Ip Man. When watching the movie, you should pay attention to a detail: when the match is completely vertical, it is difficult for the flame to continue burning. Ding Lianshan practiced Baguazhang, and wanted to try it out to see if Ip Man could understand this detail, but Ding Lianshan was disappointed.

Because Ip Man saw through it, he controlled the strength of Wing Chun and lit a cigarette with the help of the faint flame.

This shows that Ip Man is not only familiar with Wing Chun, but also has some understanding of the entire martial arts world in the north and south.

Ding Lianshan was not posing when he spread his arms to light a cigarette, but using his left hand to gain leverage and putting the fingers of his right hand together to light a match, ready to poke his eyes at any time. In society, this is called "a little red"!
Where is Ip Man?
When accepting the cigarette light, he responded silently. He held the table with his Wing Chun sticky hands, slowly leaned forward, turned his face to the side, and then took Ding Lianshan's light.

Once Ding Lianshan launched an attack, he could push the table with his left hand to distance himself from Ding Lianshan and break the insidious "One Red Dot".

Finally, when Ding Lianshan saw that Ye Wen responded appropriately, his face suddenly darkened.

I have to say that Mr. Shen Lang’s design is simply perfect for people who understand traditional martial arts.

Why do you say that?

Lighting a cigarette is not an ordinary cigarette, but a trap set by Ding Lianshan. A red dot is the most sinister and cruel move in the underworld. It can directly poke the eyes at close range, turn into a fist to quickly hit the face, and turn into a palm to cut the throat.

Ip Man's defense was also well designed. He put his hands against the table, which is pronounced "chi". He defended with his hands against the table while standing up and steadying his lower body, turning his head to avoid his eyes from the two fingers.

We must know that in history, the characteristics of Ip Man's Wing Chun are "three punches, one sword and stick, sticky hands and wooden man", which is suitable for small-scale close combat and output of intensive attacks, but it also has shortcomings. The control of pace and distance makes it easy for the defense of Wing Chun novices to be broken.

How did Ip Man defend himself?

Shen Lang hid the answer in the close-up of the burning cigarette.

Have you noticed? The tobacco burns evenly and steadily. This is the subtle mark of a master.

To sum up, I can tell you responsibly that Shen Lang's kung fu is by no means an empty shell, nor is it as some people say on the Internet now, saying that Shen Lang bribed Huo Lieg to put on a show for everyone to see.

I am actually just trying to interpret such detailed stuff, but how many secrets does the true Grandmaster Shen Lang have? It remains to be discovered by people with higher skills.

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Taotie Han: Damn, you are so professional. Are you also a Baguazhang practitioner? What is your relationship with Xu Kui?
Big Pants replied to Taotie Han: I don’t know him, I’m not familiar with him, I don’t know!

jasontsui80: After listening to the answerer's explanation, I realized that there are so many explanations. When I watched the movie, I felt that Old Man Zhao was selling crutches in the movie again, and he spoke mysteriously!
Are you free this Sunday? I have to say that I have consulted a senior master about many contents of this play. He said that Shen Lang's kung fu is unfathomable and he can never compare to him.

Chunfeng Shiyilang commented on Are you free this Sunday: Brother upstairs, what level is your elder? I can't worship Shen Lang, how about worshipping your elder as a teacher? Waiting online, very urgent!

!!! Invincible!!!: Do you know? I heard that the overseas copyright of "The Grandmaster" has been sold out, and Hollywood is going to buy it back to remake it!

"Hollywood remake?" Shen Lang answered the phone with a look of surprise on his face.

Wang Jiawei on the other end of the phone said, "Yeah, I was surprised too. The only condition they had for buying the copyright was that they invited you to Hollywood to play the lead role of Ip Man in this movie!"

Just when Shen Lang was about to answer, he heard a reminder on the phone that another call had come in. He quickly said to Wang Jiawei, "Let's talk about this later. I have an incoming call!"

I hung up and pressed the answer button, only to find it was an international call.

"Master..." Holleg's excited voice sounded from the other end of the phone.

"Don't yell, call me Master Jeff!"

"Okay, Master Jeff, I'm in the foot basin and I want to talk to you one day!"

(End of this chapter)