new kung fu king

Chapter 556 The Invincible "Ghost Foot Seven"

Some interesting news came out from BJ Martial Arts Team and Shandong Martial Arts Team. It is said that the director of "Shaolin Temple" has a unique taste in choosing actors. Although no decent martial arts film has been shot in China, they know a little bit about it. The director's selection of actors should be those athletes who are handsome in appearance and have a solid foundation in martial arts.

However, Wang Xiaohu, a great director from Hong Kong, did something different. Those athletes with good looks and solid martial arts foundation were directly ignored by him. The head coach and apprentices are elected.

As a result, martial arts teams from other provinces began to worry. You said why the director from Hong Kong did not follow the usual path. Aren't the actors in "Mythology" basically handsome and beautiful?

So when Wang Xiaohu and others came to the Zhejiang Wushu Team, the enthusiasm of the actors was not as high as before. Why?Who knows which type of actor the director will choose.

Every athlete symbolically performed their own unique skills.

"You, you, and you." Wang Xiaohu pointed to a few athletes in the queue and said, "Just the three of you."

The athletes were taken aback, what's going on?Director Wang was extra merciful today, picking out three athletes at once.

After counting the three athletes, Wang Xiaohu said to their head coach, "By the way, is there a person named Ji Chunhua in your team?"

"Ji Chunhua?" Originally the head coach was flattered, thinking that the special situation encountered by the other two martial arts teams had not been staged in the Zhejiang team, but when the other party mentioned Ji Chunhua, the head coach's face suddenly drooped.

"Mr. Wang, Ji Chunhua was indeed a member of our team before, but he suffered from a strange disease and retired from our martial arts team half a year ago."

"Retired?" Wang Xiaohu frowned, and hurriedly asked, "What strange disease did you have?"

The head coach had a strange expression on his face. He said, "I can't tell you the details. I had a serious illness a year ago, and then my hair fell out inexplicably. Isn't he idle at home? Are you planning to meet him? It's good that he came today. Looking for teammates to play in the team."

"Well, tell him to come over." Wang Xiaohu nodded.

The head coach asked an athlete who had a good relationship with Ji Chunhua to call someone, while he secretly said with a bitter face: Hey, he is still not spared. This director's temper is really not ordinary!
After poor students and seniors, Zhejiang Martial Arts Team also reported that Wang Xiaohu was picking actors to find athletes with less hair. Some people speculated that Hong Kong people are smart, and if they have less hair, they still have a shaving fee.

When these rumors spread to the martial arts team of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the athletes here tried to find ways to shorten their hair as soon as they heard it. As long as the hair is short, there may be more chances of being admitted to the crew of "Shaolin Temple".

After all, some actors who participated in the filming of "Mythology" also said that their salary is based on the standard in Hong Kong, which is more than 100 a day, which is 100 times more than 100 yuan a day in China. Who would not want to share such benefits? , more than 3000 a day, 6000 a month, and [-] if you shoot for two months, which is more than what they earned in the team for two years.

"Why is it happening like that?"

When Wang Xiaohu came to the Guangxi Wushu team, he almost dazzled his eyes. He saw 20 guys with bright bald heads, standing neatly in a row from tall to short. The formation was absolutely bluffing. Some people think that the Liuzhou Wushu Team has become a Shaolin Temple training class overnight.

The athletes looked at Wang Xiaohu one by one, and everyone grinned, meaning: We all have shaved heads, so we should be chosen.

So far, "Shaolin Temple" has selected a total of 22 athletes, and they are still more than 50 short of the "monk army" requested by Wang Xiaohu. Look at the dazzling bald heads of these boys, Wang Xiaohu smiled wryly and said to their coach: " I want it all, I want it all! Thanks to your ingenuity!"

As soon as this remark came out, cheers filled the courtyard of the Guangxi Wushu Team. There were more than 20 bald heads cheering and congratulating, bouncing and laughing. A very familiar name.

"Xiong Xinxin, I was selected, haha, I was selected."

Wang Xiaohu was taken aback, Xiong Xinxin, it can't be that ghost foot seven?
If Jet Li was the luckiest of those domestic martial arts athletes, then Xiong Xinxin was the unlucky one.

In the last time and space, "Shaolin Temple" was born, which shocked the martial arts world too much. People discovered that martial arts can be promoted through movies, so many martial arts athletes have an extra layer of consideration, that is, if they don't What else can an athlete do?Looking at Jet Li who has been living in a mess all over the country, the answer is ready to come out: Be an actor and make a movie!
Xiong Xinxin is one of them. The movie he started shooting was "North and South Shaolin" directed by Liu Jialiang. As a result, the box office of "North and South Shaolin" was dismal. The director Liu Jialiang, who made his fortune with Shaolin themes, directly terminated it with "North and South Shaolin" .

Xiong Xinxin is desperate in this circle to be a stand-in for Jet Li. Whenever Jet Li breaks his leg, dislocates his arm, or twists his waist, well, Xiong Xinxin gets on the horse, puts on Jet Li's clothes and struggles hard for seven or eight years. It wasn't until "Once Upon a Time in Huang: The Lion King Contest", that Xiong Xinxin made a stunning appearance with the image of Ghost Foot Seven.

Of course, in order to film "The Lion King", Guijiaoqi did not suffer less. In the past, Jet Li used his life to do dangerous moves, but now Xiong Xinxin is replaced by Xiong Xinxin. In short, Xiong Xinxin's cervical spine and lumbar spine were basically unlucky after the filming of "The Lion King", and it took more than half a year of recuperation in the hospital to recover.

The unbeatable "Ghost Foot Seven" also began to spread in the Hong Kong film circle from that time on.

Xiong Xinxin was really hardworking back then, and his hard work made him gain a lot. In 2000, he was nominated for the best action design at the Hong Kong Film Awards for "Upstream and Downstream", and in 2005 he was nominated for the best action design at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards for "Seven Swords". Action design, and has become an internationally renowned martial arts instructor.

This is the familiar bald Xiong Xinxin in Wang Xiaohu's memory, but the face of this Xiong Xinxin in front of him is still a little immature, far from the fierceness on the screen.

"Very good, focus on cultivation." Wang Xiaohu wrote down Xiong Xinxin in his heart, and planned to slowly train these recruited martial arts athletes after the filming of "Shaolin Temple".

Jet Li, Yu Hai, Yu Chenghui, Sun Jiankui, Du Chuanyang, Ji Chunhua, Xiong Xinxin, these are the top strengths of the major domestic martial arts teams. Except for Jet Li who was abducted to Hong Kong by Wang Xiaohu four years ago, all the athletes who were picked by Wang Xiaohu basically In the world, he is either the champion of swordsmanship, swordsmanship, spearmanship, or boxing, or the champion of fighting.

It can be said that Wang Xiaohu's vision is quite vicious. Maybe many of these actors are not from the original version of "Shaolin Temple". It is always necessary to make comprehensive adjustments in terms of movement and movement, even a large part of the knife.

Wang Xiaohu does not want "Shaolin Temple" to be a routine performed by martial arts athletes from more than a dozen countries on the screen for more than a few minutes.

As the first action director in Hong Kong, I feel that this is not allowed!

If it is said that Wang Xiaohu's previous films focused on the plot, then "Shaolin Temple" is Wang Xiaohu's pure effort on action. He wants to create a brand new "Shaolin Temple".

In Wang Xiaohu's words, this is his first "martial arts" pioneering work.

Over the past seven years, Wang Xiaohu has gradually practiced the theories on action movies accumulated in his previous life. Although "Mythology" has achieved unprecedented sensations in the world, to put it bluntly, it still relies on wire and special effects to assist. Gradually go away from him.

Others may not be able to see it, and feel that this is the only way for the development of kung fu movies. Wang Xiaohu also admits that the route he is taking now is the only way for kung fu movies in his previous life, but he always plagiarizes like this. If there is no innovation in the East, ten years later, Hong Kong movies will still be To a fork.

Now Wang Xiaohu is not just a plagiarist. After laying a solid foundation, he is trying to carry out comprehensive innovation. In other words, the most serious problem in front of us is: innovation and broadening the development route of martial arts and kung fu movies.

This topic is an embarrassing situation that action directors such as Yuan Heping, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Donnie Yen, and Cheng Xiaodong have studied for more than ten years and have not made a breakthrough. Wang Xiaohu felt that he had to try it. "Shaolin Temple" is the first work he tried.

"Uncle Wang, when are we going back to Hong Kong?"

Wearing a sweatshirt, Donnie Yen opened the door of Wang Xiaohu's room and asked with a smile after the daily training last night.

Wang Xiaohu put down his hands, he was writing a plan about the overall action design of "Shaolin Temple".

"How many times have I said, don't call me Uncle Wang in the future, I'm only 8 years older than you, just call me brother." Wang Xiaohu shook his head and said.

"Then how can it be, it will mess up the seniority." Donnie Yen said stubbornly.

"Hey!" Wang Xiaohu sighed, and didn't go any further. After thinking for a while, he said: "Tomorrow morning, we will arrive in Guangzhou from Guangxi, and then return to Hong Kong from there. We will arrive in Hong Kong tomorrow night at the latest. Are you in a hurry? "

Donnie Yen nodded and said, "Well, I'm a little anxious. I haven't returned to Hong Kong for many years."

"Danny, after returning to Hong Kong, you still need to rush into the film industry to develop. You should study hard in the Dragon and Tiger Warrior Union." Wang Xiaohu said seriously: "I don't want you to just be an actor who can fight. It also requires you to be an action director who knows how to fight."

(End of this chapter)