233 [Shichahai Sports School with Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger]
As early as 1979, the mainland established a Chinese film cooperative production company, referred to as "HongPhoto Company", which is specifically responsible for co-producing movies in the mainland with overseas film companies. ◎This kind of cooperation in the Literature Museum is very interesting. Basically, overseas companies pay for money and technology, while co-producing companies produce people and places. The overseas box office of the films produced belongs to the partner, and the mainland box office belongs to the co-producing company.
The co-production company is affiliated to the Film Bureau of the Ministry of Culture and usually only has a few managers and contact persons. Once you receive a co-production task, you can mobilize resources nationwide. Not to mention the directors and photographers from film factories in various places, they can choose, and even the army can contact them to assist in the shooting.
Kang Jianfei initially contacted Zhang Ling and said that he wanted to film in mainland China, Zhang Ling wanted to help him contact the co-production company, but Kang Jianfei refused.
Oriental DreamWorks will sell movies in Taiwan in the future. If the film "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" is not released in Taiwan and does not promote cooperation with the mainland, then the Taiwan authorities may turn a blind eye. Even if it is banned by Taiwan's "News Bureau", it can still be resolved by relationships. But once "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" becomes a co-production film, the Taiwan authorities will definitely have no room for compromise.
Kang Jianfei came to the mainland this time, so he naturally needed the cooperation of the mainland, and he also needed some expressions.
For example, filming the scenes of monks from Shaolin Temple practicing martial arts and Dong Tianbao training soldiers requires many supporting actors with a foundation of kung fu. These actors are provided by the Beijing Wushu Team and the Shandong Wushu Team. Each person is paid 8 yuan a day and is reimbursed for round-trip fees. In addition, Kang Jianfei also promised to sponsor 10,000 yuan for activity fees to the two martial arts teams respectively.
The local government has been contacted by the ancient city of Lijiang. Oriental Dream Factory invested 50,000 yuan to renovate and repair local street buildings. Although there are not many dramas in Shaolin Temple, Kang Jianfei still decided to donate 10,000 yuan in incense. This is already a huge sum of money for Shaolin Temple, which is still deserted now.
The members of the Shandong Martial Arts Team were taken from Yu Hai to Beijing in advance. In order to save money for the team, they squeezed into the dormitory with the members of the Beijing Martial Arts Team last night.
As for the people brought by Kang Jianfei, they were arranged tonight at the Six Kingdoms Hotel, where the charging standards are in line with international standards, and the accommodation fee alone made Kang Jianfei a lot of money.
According to Kang Jianfei's idea, it would be best to take a bus to Shaolin Temple today, but Zhang Ling and Chen Mo insisted that Kang Jianfei stay for one more night. Moreover, Wu Bing, the captain of the Beijing Wushu Team, also organized a performance program for them, Hong Kong compatriots...
After lunch, Chen Mo took Kang Jianfei and his group, accompanied by Wu Bing, Yu Hai and others, and went to the Beijing Wushu Team. At this time, Zhang Ling had already returned to the Hong Kong and Macau office to work.
The Beijing Wushu Team was established later than the Shandong Wushu Team. However, they have performed better in martial arts competitions in recent years, and have cultivated talents like Li Lianjie who have won national championships for several consecutive years.
After arriving at the destination, Kang Jianfei found that Shichahai Sports School is still very backward today. There is only a row of simple dormitories and some old practice rooms.
Looking at the simple house and various weapons, Hui Tianci couldn't help but say, "This is the Beijing Wushu Team? It's worse than our Spring and Autumn Drama School. However, the weapons are very rich at that time. Many of them have never been seen."
Wu Bing, the captain of the Beijing Wushu Team and the secretary-general of the Beijing Wushu Association, said proudly: "It's already very good. When our martial arts team was first established 10 years ago, eight or nine people slept in a small wooden house, and there was no fixed training location. They all practiced martial arts in the park and on the side of the road."
When Wu Bing said this, the crew brought by Kang Jianfei to awe.
In fact, Wu Bing only said half of the words, that is, during the literary and cultural revolution, he encountered various difficulties in practicing martial arts. When the Beijing Martial Arts Team was the most difficult time, he led his team members to secretly hide and train.
The members of the Beijing Wushu Team and the Shandong Wushu Team have come out to gather and applaud and welcome the arrival of Hong Kong compatriots. Wu Bing and Yu Hai waved to each other to call two children, who were selected from the two teams to play Zhang Sanfeng and Dong Tianbao in their childhood.
Wu Bing patted the seven or eight-year-old child and said, "Director Kang, this kid is named Wu Jing. He has been practicing martial arts for almost two years. He is a good piece of material."
Kang Jianfei looked at Wu Jing with a little surprise and a little amused, thinking that if Zhao Wenzhuo came again, he would have gathered all three future kung fu superstars.
Yu Hai also brought him the child to Kang Jianfei and said, "Director Kang, this child is called Jiang Yuan. He has been practicing martial arts for more than three years. Do you think he is still suitable?"
"Well, it's not bad, they are all very good." Kang Jianfei nodded and said.
Comrade Chen Mo, who was in charge of accompanying Kang Jianfei throughout the process, said: "Captain Wu and Captain Yu, why don't we watch the performance first. Comrades from Hong Kong are precious time and will go to Shaolin Temple tomorrow."
"Okay, okay, watch the performance first." Wu Bing said with a smile.
He led everyone to a relatively spacious training room. The team members brought a bench for Kang Jianfei and the others to sit on, while they stood aside to cheer for their companions in charge of martial arts performances.
This martial arts performance was not very formal. The Shandong team and the Beijing team selected several players to perform fists and feet and equipment respectively.
Chen Mo took the opportunity to introduce: "Mr. Kang, our two teams have visited dozens of countries around the world, and have also been personally received by the US President and the Japanese Prime Minister."
Kang Jianfei smiled and said, "Hahaha, then I have become presidential treatment."
Soon a female player came on the court. A set of Bagua Zhang was like flowing water, but there were many killer moves hidden in the secret. Kang Jianfei couldn't help but want to praise him loudly. Hui Yinghong was even more ashamed to see her. Her wild ways were too far from the female player in front of her.
Kang Jianfei asked Wu Bing: "What is this woman's name? I didn't see her when I performed in Hong Kong last time."
Wu Bing said: "Her name is Ge Chunyan. Among the members of our Beijing/Beijing Wushu Team, the male one is Li Lianjie, and the female one is Ge Chunyan. She is the fifth generation successor of Baguazhang. This set of martial arts is not taught by me, but she worships another master."
After a set of gossip pants, everyone applauded. Among the players watching the performance, one of them clapped his hands and patted them too hard, shouting in English: "I am so angry!"
Kang Jianfei hadn't noticed yet, and he kept hearing the person cheering in English before looking for a sound. After seeing it, he almost spit out an old blood. Damn, there are not only Li Lianjie and Wu Jing in Shichahai Sports School, but why are Zhen Zidan also there?
Kang Jianfei couldn't help but point at Zhen Zidan and asked Wu Bing: "Captain Wu, how does that team member speak English?"
Wu Bing explained: "You said Zhen Zidan, he is the son of an old friend of mine. Zhen Zidan's mother is a master of Tai Chi and has taught him martial arts since she was a child. But this kid has a very bad temper. After learning martial arts, he fought in the United States every day, so his mother sent him back to my country to let me discipline him."
"Oh, so that's it." Kang Jianfei nodded, looked around and found that Li Lianjie was not there, and asked, "Where is Li Lianjie?"
Wu Bing said: "Xiao Li took Master Chen Xiaoxing, and Master Chen also arrived in Beijing this afternoon."
Because this time, Li Lianjie has not yet systematically learned Tai Chi. So when Hu Juncai came to Beijing to sign Li Lianjie, Kang Jianfei asked Li Lianjie to learn Tai Chi in advance. He has been practicing for almost two months now.
Chen Xiaoxing is the successor of Chen's Tai Chi, and is also the grandson of Chen Fake, a Tai Chi master. However, when Chen Xiaoxing was young, his father was imprisoned for selling cows from the village and eventually died of illness. Chen Xiaoxing learned Tai Chi Kung Fu from his uncle, and now he has won several national Tai Chi competition championships.
Kang Jianfei didn't know much about Tai Chi. Not only did he let Li Lianjie learn Tai Chi from Chen Xiaoxing for two months, but he also planned to let Chen Xiaoxing be a martial arts consultant in "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng".
After a series of performances, Chen Mo was about to take Kang Jianfei and others around to let Hong Kong compatriots admire the style of the imperial capital.
Before everyone could walk out of Shichahai Sports School, Zhen Zidan suddenly ran up and intercepted them, pointed at Kang Jianfei and said, "I heard that you are the number one expert in Hong Kong. Are you interested in making gestures?"
Kang Jianfei looked at the middle school boy and said to Wu Bing who came to send them back: "It seems that Captain Wu's discipline is not very successful."
Wu Bing's face turned dark and scolded: "Zhen Zidan, why are you messing around? Go and kick me five hundred times right now!"
Zhen Zidan has been in the sports school for more than a year. When he first came, he was a little scared. Now that he has become familiar with him, he has long stopped taking Wu Bing seriously. He has fought all over the entire community in the United States a few years ago, and even the local gangs have sold him a little bit of face. He is a street fighter.
Some time ago, the martial arts exchange group went to Hong Kong to perform, and someone brought back a lot of Hong Kong martial arts magazines. Zhen Zidan, who had no chance to contact the outside world at the sports school, read all the martial arts magazines, and had a deep impression of Kang Jianfei.
An article in the magazine praised Kang Jianfei as the number one master in Hong Kong. At that time, Zhen Zidan wanted to go to Hong Kong to have a competition. Now Kang Jianfei takes the initiative to come to his door, so where would Zhen Zidan let it go?
"Do you dare to compare? If you don't dare to compare, you admit that your kung fu is not as good as me." Zhen Zidan said arrogantly. With the sports school uniform she was wearing, a middle school domineering aura that was invisible to look directly out of her body.
Kang Jianfei asked with a smile: "You are not over 18 years old yet? If I compete with you, others will say that I beat the child."
Wen Bixia was very confident in Kang Jianfei's skills. Her heart was tied to Kang Jianfei. Zhen Zidan's provocation of Kang Jianfei made her very unhappy. Wen Bixia wanted Kang Jianfei to teach this guy a lesson, and urged him out loud: "Brother, you are only 20 years old. No matter how you hit him, you are not considered bullying a child."
Chapter completed!