new kung fu king

Chapter 4 Creating "Fist of Fury"

Yuan Lou and Yuan Hua talked with Wang Xiaohu for a while, then left, and Yuen Biao also went out. Knowing that they must have gone out to play, Wang Xiaohu sighed and picked up the paper and pen bought by Yuan Biao.

The manuscript paper is very rough, far less smooth than the A4 paper of later generations, and it feels rough in the hand.Pens are pencils, and fountain pens are a luxury these days.

After spreading out the manuscript paper, Wang Xiaohu fell into deep thought. "Big Brother Tangshan" was the beginning of Bruce Lee's fame. After that, he will shoot the second classic kung fu film "Fist of Fury" with Golden Harvest. Wang Xiaohu still remembers that the screenwriter of this famous work is Luo Weihe Ni Kuang, the script editing at that time was very slow, and they were edited as they were shot, and the so-called script was just a general trend of the story, which can be said to be very crude. Bruce Lee said more than once: Such a script is very bad. There are no box office guarantees for films.

Bruce Lee was troubled by a good script more than once, and he was furious about how to explain his Jeet Kune Do style. Therefore, Wang Xiaohu's plan is also very simple: write the complete script of "Fist of Fury" by hand, and make a shot script , but also to draw the action design in "Fist of Fury" through the manuscript paper and pencil in hand.

The ideal is full, but the reality is skinny. Wang Xiaohu, who is used to using a computer, finds it a tragedy to write by hand. Fortunately, he can write in traditional Chinese characters after incorporating part of Wonho’s memory. It’s just that it’s awkward for him to write from right to left. .

"Fist of Fury" describes Shanghai in 1906, in which Bruce Lee plays Chen Zhen.The founder of Fist of Martial Arts, Chen Zhen's master Huo Yuanjia passed away. When Chen returned to Shanghai, he wanted to marry his childhood sweetheart (Miao Kexiu), but when he came back, he got the news of his master's death. He was very sad. The Hongkou Taoist Temple run by RB people sent people to Huo Yuanjia's public sacrifice and presented a plaque of "Sick Man of East Asia"; Zongquan" and nunchakus defeated the RB people; and volleyed in the park to smash the "Dogs and Chinese are not allowed to enter" notice board.At that time, Chen Zhen was in the public concession. Knowing that Chen Zhen had caused trouble, the whole Jingwu Academy urged him to leave Shanghai for a while.Just the night before his departure, Chen Zhen accidentally discovered that there were two spies sent by RB people in the Jingwu Gym, and they were the culprits who poisoned the master.So after Chen Zhen killed the two, he changed his original intention and decided to stay in Shanghai to find out who was behind the killing of his master and take revenge.In the end, it was discovered that the RB people in the Hongkou Dojo did it, and in a rage, the Hongkou Dojo was bloodbathed.But at this time, the people in the dojo called in the leased patrol. In order not to hinder the Jingwumen, Chen Zhen died heroically.

It can be said that "Fist of Fury" is Bruce Lee's classic masterpiece. This is another proof of his value to the world after "Brother Tangshan". , with its strong sense of patriotism and national spirit, it has aroused widespread resonance.This is the main reason why all Chinese people like this movie and Bruce Lee.

From the perspective of future generations like Wang Xiaohu, Bruce Lee's movements may not be very beautiful, but in the environment at that time, Bruce Lee's movements are undoubtedly absolutely impactful.

It took Wang Xiaohu about two hours to write a simple outline of the story. It wasn't because his memory was fuzzy or he forgot the plot, but how to connect several versions of Chen Zhen's story in his mind.He has been torn between Bruce Lee's version and Donnie Yen's action design. There is no doubt that Donnie Yen's later TV series version of Chen Zhen is better than Bruce Lee's in terms of action, viewing, and actual combat. It is only processed on the premise that Bruce Lee created actual combat kung fu.

If there is no such thing as Bruce Lee’s Fist of Fury, let’s just talk about Donnie Yen’s Fist of Fury, the Chen Zhen created by Donnie Yen cannot be surpassed by all the actors who played Chen Zhen, even if Wang Xiaohu saw the final trailer of "Fist of Fury" filmed by Donnie Yen before his rebirth The film is also a narration of Chen Zhen's life after he escaped successfully. Among them, Chen Zhen broke into the Hongkou Dojo angrily, but only reprocessed the scale and action design of the Hongkou Dojo on the basis of the TV series of the year, but could not surpass it.

So after thinking twice, Wang Xiaohu decided to boldly process the action design of "Fist of Fury". Anyway, Bruce Lee hasn't filmed yet, and the script has no shadow, so he can plagiarize as much as he wants.

Bruce Lee has very strict requirements on action design. He wants to indirectly pass on his Jeet Kune Do concept to everyone through the screen. The simplicity, directness, and non-traditional characteristics of Jeet Kune Do are expressed through the screen. There is no fancy punch and kick, one move to control the enemy.

Wang Xiaohu's thinking gradually became clearer, and he did not make any changes to the general framework of the story. After all, he could not tell too much in 90 minutes. What he wanted to integrate was the plot of Chen Zhen's anger breaking into the Hongkou Dojo. He added the action based on Bruce Lee's actions. Action design by Donnie Yen.

Wang Xiaohu knew that Bruce Lee didn't like to use auxiliary tools such as trampolines, and that kind of high-altitude movement was disdained by Bruce Lee. This can be seen from his later filming of "Way of the Dragon" and "Enter the Dragon". , and gave up such flashy things.

After researching and understanding these, Wang Xiaohu became more confident in the fight that set off the Chinese people's blood climax in the Hongkou Dojo. Famous names such as flying three feet in the air, flying a horse in the air, super explosive kicks, invincible inch fists, and fierce nunchakus have all been recognized. Wang Xiaohu captured and applied them all, and he was confident that these movements would be accepted by Bruce Lee. After all, these things were reproduced from Bruce Lee, processed and strengthened by later generations, and they definitely have visual impact and practical viewing.

He first recalled these classic movements in his mind, and as the memory deepened, his heart became more and more excited, as if he was Chen Zhen facing hundreds of RB warriors in Hongkou Dojo, when Chen Zhen jumped up and killed the "sick man of East Asia" When the plaque was kicked into pieces and let the little devil swallow, Wang Xiaohu yelled, opened his eyes suddenly, and his blood boiled all over his body!

"That's it!" Wang Xiaohu nodded and began to draw sketches on the manuscript paper. From the moment Chen Zhen stepped into the Hongkou Dojo carrying the plaque, a series of fighting movements trickled through Wang Xiaohu's hands on the manuscript paper until Yuen Biao pushed the When he walked through the door, Wang Xiaohu was still writing without emotion.

(End of this chapter)