Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 164 The city dragon competes for victory

"Zhang Yang, you'd better be less panicked when you open the door. Long Zai, you also need to control your expression during the conversation."

In the room set that was built, Hong Jinbao was telling Zhang Yang and Cheng Long about the scene, while other staff members were carefully preparing the filming locations.

This scene is exactly what happened at the beginning of the film, when two brothers were practicing martial arts in their room. When a neighbor blocked the door and asked for help, the two brothers finally chose to jump from the window and leave.

As the opening sequence of the film, Cheng Long and Yuan Biao in the original film took the opportunity to practice martial arts to show off their muscles from the beginning. Now that Cheng Long and Zhang Yang are replaced, naturally they are no exception.

When everything was ready on the set, Zhang Yang and Cheng Long took off their coats and stood by the wall and the wooden mannequin respectively.

"Attention all units, prepare to... turn on!"

Following the monitor, Hong Jinbao gave an order, and the filming officially started. Cheng Long practiced boxing and elbow defense in front of the wooden dummy, while Zhang Yang used the wall to press his legs.

Although the requirements for physical flexibility in actual combat are not as high as those of actors with a background in Peking Opera like Cheng Long, with Zhang Yang’s skills accumulated over many years of Sanda and kicking, it is not difficult at all to complete this leg-pressing segment.

The scene where the two of them practiced went smoothly, and they basically just passed by. After a short practice, the two came to the empty seat in the middle of the room and started sparring.

The sparring here was all done in advance, so Zhang Yang naturally felt no pressure. After setting up his posture, he quietly waited for Cheng Long to make a move. However, as Cheng Long suddenly swung a punch, Zhang Yang couldn't help but challenge him. He raised his eyebrows.

This guy has no power...

The fist wind came fiercely. Although Zhang Yang frowned, he had to raise his hand to fight. The two arms collided, and there was a muffled "bang" sound. The soreness and numbness spread rapidly along the palm of his hand, making Zhang Yang He couldn't help but laugh in anger.

Okay, don’t hold back when it comes to tricks, right?
Okay, then don’t hold back!
Without any hesitation, Zhang Yang followed the rules and punched back with his backhand.

As if sensing the threat of the fist wind, Cheng Long raised his brows, but had no intention of dodging. Instead, he took the initiative to slap Zhang Yang's fist with his palm, hoping to knock it away.

Seeing this, Zhang Yang could not understand what Cheng Long was thinking.

As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, but now his status within Jiahe is rising day by day, and he seems to be on the same level as Chenglong and Hong Jinbao. Hong Jinbao calls himself the commander-in-chief of Jiahe, and he does not have such a strong need for the limelight, so he still He could face Zhang Yang calmly, but what about Chenglong?
He has already made up his mind about the position of Jiahe's first brother. Although he won't get into a big fight with Zhang Yang, now that he has the opportunity to appear on the same big screen, he naturally can't hold it in his heart. The thought of competing.

Therefore, he deliberately used his full strength in a silent manner. If Zhang Yang overreacted, he could have said that he had not adjusted the strength of his punch. Hong Jinbao and the people present would not say anything, let alone take it seriously. And if Zhang Yang was willing to challenge and use all his strength to attack back, and Chenglong was also willing to test how much Zhang Yang was capable of.

After all, the reputation of promoting practical kung fu is widely known in Hong Kong, and Cheng Long happens to be an out-and-out practical enthusiast.

It’s a rare opportunity to compete with a master, so don’t let it go to waste, right?

"call!"

Zhang Yang's fist came with a strong wind. With a touch of excitement in Chenglong's eyes, he covered it with one palm.But the expected scene of clapping and blocking did not happen. Zhang Yang's fist was heavier than Chenglong expected, and it was much heavier!
"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, the fist broke through the obstruction of Chenglong's palm, causing Chenglong's entire palm to feel sore and numb, leaving him stunned in place.

"Crack!"

Everything that happened between the two of them was seen by Sammo Hung. After the two punches were completed, he immediately stood up and called for a stop.

Then, he glared at Chenglong fiercely, then turned to Zhang Yang and said, "We are filming, Yangzi, what are you doing?"

"I'm sorry, I played a few challenge matches in Madrid two days ago, and I haven't adjusted the strength of my punches yet."

Zhang Yang laughed aloud. Since he had an advantage, he simply took the responsibility and gave Cheng Long a step down.

After all, it would be of no benefit to anyone if, as soon as the film opens, someone loses again and again and loses his temper, causing him to lose his temper.

Although Cheng Long had a strong desire to win, he was not ignorant of the general situation. Knowing that Zhang Yang was taking the initiative to give himself a step down, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he took the initiative to take over the responsibility and said: "Actually, I was a little bit just now. Without stopping, Yangzi reacted instinctively. The filming had just started. Everyone, please shut up. Brother, let's continue filming."

Seeing the two of them take a step back, Hong Jinbao said no more, stepped out of the camera again, and signaled again to start filming.

But during this filming, Cheng Long, who was aware of the difference in strength between the two, had no intention of probing anymore. He followed the routine and practiced with Zhang Yang. If he didn't cause trouble, Zhang Yang would naturally not take the initiative to challenge him. After the incident broke out, with the tacit cooperation of the two, the opening sparring sequence was finally passed in one go.

In the next scene of jumping from the second floor, Qian Jiale served as Zhang Yang's stand-in and jumped from the second floor window. Zhang Yang knew that when this scene was originally shot, Qian Jiale was acting as a stand-in for Yuan Biao. I broke my tail vertebrae when I was on vacation. This time I strongly requested that I put a small mat on the ground when I jumped from the second floor.

After the jump is completed, Qian Jiale is allowed to fall from the lower awning. Finally, through camera position switching and post-editing, the jump is merged into one effect.

Although doing this, it is indeed impossible to fully display the effect of the original film at once.

But for this film, the more important thing about this shot is the fun, rather than the kind of life-threatening shot that can support the entire film and become the most important link. Therefore, if Qian Jiale is injured just because of this, Zhang Yang is really Not willing.

Perhaps this is also because Zhang Yang is a later generation. He understands and respects the completely desperate style of Hong Kong filmmaking, but if given the choice, he really doesn't want to have to do it like this.

Because of Zhang Yang's insistence, Hong Jinbao had no choice but to take the shooting suggestions provided by Zhang Yang. After all the shooting of this long series of shots was completed, the first scene began to enter the reshooting stage of checking for omissions and filling in the gaps, so Zhang Yang could take a break. For a while.

And he had just walked out of the camera and sat down next to Qian Jiale and others. Before he could ask, a car parked outside the set in the distance, and the Jiahe staff who had previously been responsible for handling Zhang Yang hurried over. He came closer to Zhang Yang.

"Mr. Zhang, there is news from Jiahe that Binny's matter has been settled and he will arrive within the next two days."

(End of this chapter)