Rebirth of Hong Kong - 1978

Chapter 941 The Declining Kung Fu Comedy

"Mr. Lin is indeed right. Li Yuanba's physical fitness is so good that it is outrageous."

After meeting Li Yuanba, Li Ying couldn't help but start to praise Li Yuanba's physical fitness.

"For us, there is still plenty of time, at least five months of shooting time."

Although he said so, Chen Xunqi hasn't come up with a good script yet.

But now it is certain that what they are going to shoot this time is definitely an action movie.

After all, Li Yuanba and Chen Xunqi both have martial arts skills, it would be too wasteful not to make action movies.

And now the best-selling action comedy is, if you don't make this, it seems that there is nothing to make.

But the good news is that last year Li Yuanba filmed "Dragon Ninja" and it was very popular, which can be regarded as a reassurance for Chen Xunqi.

"How about we make a kung fu comedy this time?"

Li Ying suddenly proposed to make a Kung Fu movie, and Chen Xunqi looked at him curiously, he wanted to know what Li Ying was thinking.

"How about we just make a movie about Wing Chun this time?"

Speaking of Wing Chun, Li Ying has a great say in this aspect, because his master is Zhao Yun, who is also a direct disciple of Ip Man.

When Zhaoyun founded the "Zhaoyun Wing Chun Sports Club", Ye Wen also mentioned a plaque with the words "Wing Chun Orthodox" and "Ye Question" attached.

You must know that this is the only plaque personally inscribed by Ye Man to his disciples during his lifetime, which shows how precious it is.

As Zhao Yun's direct disciple, Li Ying often had the opportunity to see Ye Wen and talk to him at that time.

So if you want to make a movie about Wing Chun, for Li Yingjiu, he must be very good at it.

"Do you want to do Wing Chun?"

Chen Xunqi naturally knew the relationship between Li Yingjiu and Wing Chun, so Chen Xunqi was not surprised that he proposed to make a movie related to Wing Chun.

"Before, Mr. Lin helped Lido film a Wing Chun TV series, which was very popular at the time. There were also a few Wing Chun-themed movies, but they were not very good."

Li Ying thought, since this time there is an opportunity to start a movie, and the two protagonists have martial arts skills, why not just make a movie about Wing Chun, which he is good at.

"But there are only five months. At this time, it may be too late for me and Li Yuanba to practice boxing."

This is what Chen Xunqi was worried about, because neither he nor Li Yuanba had any experience in Wing Chun boxing. If they rushed to shoot rashly, the effect would definitely not be good.

When Lin Zhengying was going to film the TV series "Ip Man", it was also Lin Daoqiu who asked Ye Zhun to help him train him for a month, and then he had such a good effect on the screen.

What Chen Xunqi was worried about was that if they didn't have enough time to practice boxing, the effect they would shoot would not be good.

"Archie, in fact, your worries are unnecessary. After all, this time you are not going to act as a Wing Chun master. You just need to fight decently."

Li Ying never thought about making Chen Xunqi and Li Yuanba masters of Wing Chun in such a short period of time.

As long as the Wing Chun boxing they presented in the movie can be decent, he will be satisfied.

If he really wanted to make a movie about Wing Chun, Li Ying would definitely not choose the genre of Kung Fu comedy, but would seriously prepare it.

It would be best to cooperate with Lin Daoqiu. In this case, he is very confident to make a well-received and well-received Wing Chun movie.

"Since you have said so, then follow what you said. I really can't think of a good idea for a while."

Chen Xunqi was temporarily ordered by Lin Daoqiu. Before that, he had no preparations at all, so he agreed to Li Yingjiu on the spot to make a Wing Chun Kung Fu comedy movie.

A few days later, when Lin Daoqiu heard the news, he didn't know what to say for a while.

Because at this time kung fu comedy has begun to gradually decline, and now the action movies that everyone likes are mainly modern types of action comedies.

Even Jackie Chan didn't continue to make his best Kung Fu comedy. Unexpectedly, Li Yingjiu and Chen Xunqi planned to go this way.

But thinking about it carefully, the time I gave Chen Xunqi was too short, and he didn't have time to prepare.

Not to mention that Li Yuanba was stuffed for him this time, no wonder Chen Xunqi and Li Ying thought of making a kung fu comedy.

Lin Daoqiu guessed that they probably saw the resemblance between Li Yuanba and Jackie Chan, and the big hit of "Dragon Ninja" last year made them feel that kung fu comedy should still have something to do, so they decided to do this.

"Li Ying is Zhao Yun's disciple and Ip Man's grandson. Mr. Lin can rest assured that he will make the Wing Chun movie."

Yuan Heping knew the relationship between Li Yingjiu and Wing Chun, so he quickly explained it to Lin Daoqiu.

Lin Daoqiu nodded while listening, but in fact, his concern is not whether they can make this Wing Chun movie well, but the type of movies that the audience likes now has changed.

"Actually, the old style of kung fu comedy has begun to decline, and the audience's preference for action movies has changed."

Lin Daoqiu couldn't help but speak out what was in his heart.

If someone else said that, Yuan Heping might not take it too seriously. After all, no one in Xiangjiang's film market can definitely understand the direction of the audience.

But Lin Daoqiu in front of him is absolutely qualified to say that, and Yuan Heping didn't even have the slightest doubt.

"Mr. Lin thinks there will be no market for kung fu movies in the future?"

Yuan Heping looked a little nervous. After all, he was a martial arts instructor, and what he ate was martial arts.

If kung fu movies are not popular in the future, it will definitely affect Wu Xing's work, and Yuan Heping will not be worried.

Lin Daoqiu shook his head, and said something that shocked Yuan Heping.

"It's not my opinion, it's the audience's choice. The old kung fu comedies released by New Oriental this year have been greatly reduced."

Lin Daoqiu had not given such an order to Li Maowen before, saying that he would reduce the screening of kung fu comedies.

It's because everyone now finds out that making kung fu comedies is no longer profitable, and there are other more profitable movies to make, so they will naturally choose more promising action comedies.

In the annual box office of Xiangjiang Films in 83 in the previous life, only Sammo Hung's "Scary People" was on the list of kung fu comedies, ranking 8th.

And in this life, because of Lin Daoqiu's butterfly effect, there is not even one this year.

But even so, Lin Daoqiu comforted Yuan Heping.

"Actually, Master Ba doesn't need to worry. With the strength of Yuan Jiaban, he can definitely handle modern action movies."

Hearing Lin Daoqiu's words, Yuan Heping felt more at ease.

(End of this chapter)