Heng District 3, the filming location of the Ip Man movie.
Director Ye is explaining the script settings for the new character to Ling Yi.
Well, there was only one premise; there was no detailed script, and it all depended on the director's impromptu arrangements.
Ling Yi's character is the young master of the Tai Chi Martial Arts School. Half a year ago, the old master lost a match against Martial Practitioner from the Radiant Water Country because the opponent used dirty tricks, and was seriously injured.
He died shortly after returning.
Therefore, the character Ling Yi took over the Tai Chi Martial Arts School and became its young master.
According to Director Ye's instructions, Ling Yi's storyline shifted from being forced into a major battle with Jin Shanzhao to ultimately ending in a draw.
Although they didn't win against Jin Shanzhao, they didn't lose face for the Foshan martial arts school either.
The character Ling Yi will be introduced later. Before Ip Man goes to the ring, he rushes onto the stage to avenge his father and fights Xiao Bagou. In the end, he is defeated and killed due to a conspiracy.
The death of Ling Yi completely enraged Ip Man, ultimately leading to his defeat of Xiao Bagou.
After hearing Director Ye's script, Ling Yi was somewhat dumbfounded.
"Uncle... Director Ye, um, if I may ask, are you sure this plot arrangement is appropriate?" This question wasn't asked by Ling Yi, but by Zhao Feng.
" Director Ye, I know you're drawn to Ling Yi's Kung Fu Hustle and want to add more fight scenes, but are you sure this won't overshadow the action?"
Ling Yi, who was standing next to Zhao Feng, nodded in agreement with his question.
That's actually what he thought too.
If the goal is simply to increase action scenes, and this leads to conflicts in character development, an unbalanced and illogical plot, the quality of the film will be significantly diminished.
Furthermore, if he and Jin Shanzhao fought to a draw, Jin Shanzhao's Battle Power wasn't outstanding enough, then how could Ip Man's power be highlighted?
This world of Ip Man has just started filming, but the previous Ip Man was extremely popular.
Because of preconceived notions, any change to the plot is "unreasonable" in Ling Yi's eyes.
That's somewhat disrespectful to the "original work".
"I always felt that the Combat of the Jin Shanzhao earlier was set too high. There are so many martial arts schools in Foshan, how could Ip Man be the only master?" Director Ye explained.
" Ip Man is formidable, but he can't be invincible. Otherwise, how could he possibly win Combat 'countless hardships' on the Ip Man?"
Therefore, adding a balancing role would make it more reasonable.
That seems to make some sense!
Whether it makes sense or not is unimportant to Ling Yi; he'll just act however they arrange it.
"Today we'll focus on filming your scenes. If all goes well, we'll try to wrap up your storyline first," Director Ye said, patting Ling Yi on the shoulder.
"I will follow Director Ye's instructions," Ling Yi said earnestly.
Although it's uncertain whether Ling Yi will stay in this industry in the future, since he's taking the money, he has to do his job well.
Just then, two figures appeared on the set.
When Ling Yi saw the two of them, he was stunned once again.
"Wow, two Ip Man?" Ling Yi exclaimed in surprise.
Yes, these two are both Ip Man; they are almost identical in height and appearance.
There's a significant difference in their temperament.
Especially one of them, that transcendent aura, it was just like Ip Man.
It felt like Ip Man himself had descended to earth.
Zhao Feng, standing nearby, laughed and said, "Isn't it amazing?"
"What's going on?" Ling Yi already had a guess in his mind.
"This is Master Ye Cheng. He came here on his own yesterday. He knows real Wing Chun, and he's incredibly strong. Even Teacher Fan and Teacher Zhen were completely helpless against him," Ye Feng said in a low voice.
"He came to apply for a martial arts instructor position, but because he looks so much like Master Zhen, he's now also Master Zhen's stunt double."
At this moment, the two had already arrived in front of Director Ye.
" Director Ye!" Teacher Zhen nodded to Director Ye.
" Director Ye!" Ye Cheng greeted Director Ye with a polite and respectful bow.
However, he then felt that the action seemed a bit inappropriate, smiled sheepishly, and lowered his fist.
Director Ye looked at the two of them, a hint of regret flashing in his eyes.
Ling Yi happened to see that expression.
Ling Yi roughly guessed the reason for Director Ye's expression.
As the director of the entire series, Director Ye naturally already had a basic image of " Ip Man " in mind.
Now that a character has appeared who matches my image of him almost perfectly, how can I not be conflicted?
I bet Director Ye is thinking right now, "If only I had discovered Ye Cheng sooner!"
At this moment, Donnie Yen and Ye Cheng looked at Ling Yi.
"You're Ling Yi?" Donnie Yen looked Ling Yi up and down and asked, her attitude slightly arrogant.
When Ye Cheng looked at Ling Yi, his whole body visibly tensed up, and a look of disbelief and excitement flashed in his eyes.
"Hello, Teacher Zhen!" Ling Yi nodded.
"I heard you're really good at Kung Fu Hustle. How about we spar after filming?" Donnie Yen asked.
Ling Yi didn't sense any malice from Donnie Yen, so she probably genuinely wanted to spar.
It's just that their attitude didn't leave a good impression.
There is no first place in literature, but there is no second place in martial arts. As Martial Practitioner, I can't say I'm brave and fierce, but I always have to have a number one, number two, number three, and see who wins.
Ling Yi didn't care at all. Let them fight if they want; he wasn't afraid!
As for offending people, Ling Yi didn't care at all.
At worst, I'll just quit this line of work.
"Of course, I couldn't ask for more," Ling Yi said to Donnie Yen.
"Master Ling, have you already taken that step?" Ye Cheng asked from the side.
Ling Yi paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "We're not on the same path."
Ye Cheng seemed to be deep in thought, but he didn't ask any further questions.
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, the group began filming.
The dialogue scenes were filmed first, and although it was Ling Yi's first time filming dialogue scenes, it went very smoothly.
Ling Yi had no idea that he also had a considerable talent for acting.
This is definitely not an innate ability of the original owner; the original owner was merely a special case, and their acting skills were not particularly good.
But Ling Yi can easily control various emotions, expressions, and even body language.
Inexplicably, all the knowledge about performance that the original owner had learned came together in his mind.
It's like he suddenly got it.
Director Ye was pleasantly surprised, and Ling Yi also felt it was amazing.
Ling Yi didn't have many dramatic scenes to begin with, after all, he was just a minor character, and the dramatic scenes were all covered in less than two hours.
As for the action scenes, the locations are still being arranged and will take some time.
Taking advantage of this time, Donnie Yen found Ling Yi and asked him to spar.
Ling Yi was somewhat puzzled; Donnie Yen seemed to be taking this sparring match a little too seriously.
He didn't understand, but Director Ye and the others knew very well.
Yesterday, this fake Ip Man got a pretty bad beating from the Ip Man.
It could even be said that they were thoroughly humiliated.
He's a Kung Fu Hustle star, yet he needs an extra stunt double. If word gets out, people will definitely misunderstand and think he's not very good at Kung Fu Hustle.
It might even mislead fans into thinking that his previous persona of having real Kung Fu Hustle skills was fake.
So today I can't wait to prove myself.
Even if Ye Cheng knows real Kung Fu Hustle, I can't beat him, I really can't beat him.
But can't he even beat a minor character?
He believed himself to be stronger than Louis Fan. Since Louis Fan couldn't beat Ling Yi, he didn't think he couldn't beat Ling Yi either.
"Alright!" Ling Yi didn't waste any words.
When the crew heard that there would be another sparring session today, they immediately gathered around.
These past few days, these staff members have really broadened their horizons.
First, Ling Yi defeated Louis Fan with extremely strange Kung Fu Hustle. Then, in the battle between the real and fake Ip Man, Donnie Yen was defeated by an unknown nobody.
Similarly, I also witnessed the true Wing Chun.
The whole film crew was very lively.
"Master Ye, who do you think will win?" Zhao Feng asked Ye Cheng in a low voice.
"Master Zhen will lose," Ye Cheng said with absolute certainty.
"Yes, I think so too." Zhao Feng nodded.
Anyone who has witnessed Ling Yi's "tumbler" Kung Fu Hustle would not believe that Ling Yi could lose.
His Kung Fu Hustle was truly Ling Yi, beyond the comprehension of common sense.
The Combat between Ling Yi and Donnie Yen began quickly.
There was almost no preamble or preamble; the two of them got right to work.
Donnie Yen is skilled in various Fighting techniques and has excellent physical attributes, including strength, reaction time, and Combat awareness.
They started with a fast-paced, rapid-fire attack.
Ling Yi initially focused on defense, responding to each move with ease.
We can't just defeat Donnie Yen in one go, can we?
Although Ling Yi didn't care about offending anyone, he still needed to understand the proper etiquette and social dynamics.
You have to give them some face.
Besides, the two of them had no life-or-death feud.
One attacked, the other defended; Donnie Yen attacked quickly, while Ling Yi defended flawlessly.
The fight was fast-paced but incredibly exciting, drawing cheers from the audience.
However, this kind of fast-paced fighting is extremely physically demanding.
Ling Yi could withstand it, but Donnie Yen couldn't, and she couldn't help but smile bitterly.
He knew he was going to lose again today.
Or rather, Donnie Yen knew she had lost the moment they started fighting.
There is a connection between Martial Practitioner.
Although this fake Ip Man wasn't as powerful as the Ip Man, one couldn't Perception the unique Aura emanating from Ling Yi unless they sparred.
But if a fight actually breaks out, there are still basic judgments to be made.
After exchanging a few more punches, Donnie Yen stepped back and gave Ling Yi a thumbs up. "Brother Ling Yi, awesome!"
"Teacher Zhen, you're too kind!" Ling Yi clasped his hands in a fist and palm salute.
Donnie Yen shook her head helplessly and said with a wry smile, "I always thought my Kung Fu Hustle was pretty good, but after seeing true masters like you, I realize I'm just a frog in a well."
"I've heard you have a kung fu Kung Fu Hustle that allows you to do the roly-poly toy. Can you show me?" Donnie Yen asked curiously.
Ling Yi didn't speak, but directly used the Soaring Roaming Dragon Movement Technique, his body floating around Donnie Yen like a drifting catkin.
Donnie Yen was dumbfounded. "Wo Cao, how did you do that?"
This kind of movement technique, which completely defies the laws of Physics, is absolutely shocking.
"It's just a technique for generating power!" Ling Yi naturally wouldn't say more.
The technique of exerting force is one thing, but Ling Yi's force is Internal Energy.
At this moment, everyone looked at Ye Cheng again.
They were eager to know who was more powerful, Ling Yi or Ye Cheng.