Chapter 41 I know a little bit of boxing

"Haha, wait until the rice is cooked."

"When the matter is done, the fruit will fall when it is ripe."

"You wouldn't have killed your husband, or even the father of your child..."

Zhang Yuan stood with his hands behind his back, a triumphant look on his face, and shook his head slightly, looking quite proud.

The scene he was asked to perform was about Zhou Zhiruo being captured by the Beggars' Sect. Under the inducement of Chen Youliang, Song Qingshu turned evil and planned to do something indecent to Zhou Zhiruo.

The smile on the corner of his mouth was so evil, filled with the desires in his heart.

The female employee who had just "announced the show" was temporarily playing the role of Zhou Zhiruo. She was standing in front of Zhang Yuan, observing the acting skills of this stranger closely.

So bad...but also so handsome!
In the eyes of most women, especially young women, men with a bit of evil in their eyes are more attractive.

And that was exactly what Zhang Yuan was doing at this moment.

The female employees knew that he was bad and evil, but they couldn't hate him.

card!
Lai Shuiqing called for a stop, and Zhang Yuan, who had a lustful look on his face just now, changed his expression in an instant and returned to his previous elegant gentleman appearance.

The character of Song Qingshu is just like Murong Fu in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils". The more highly he was praised in the early stage, the more miserably he fell in the later stage.

The most important and most difficult aspect of this role is its duality.

Unlike the protagonist Zhang Wuji, he has struggles, pain, and growth, but Zhang Wuji is always the handsome young man with chivalrous spirit and tender feelings.

But Song Qingshu was different. His growth curve began to plummet rapidly the moment he met Zhou Zhiruo. When he finally landed, it was as miserable as the Chinese stock market in 2023.

【Thin and broken】

The handsome Zhang Yuan wearing Wudang costume when he first appeared and the Zhang Yuan who was full of evil possessiveness when facing women just now perfectly fit this duality.

Lai Shuiqing had no expression, but in his heart, he had already recognized Zhang Yuan's acting skills.

"Not bad. Not only does he meet the requirements of this role, but he is also outstanding among his peers."

"I didn't pay much attention to him when we were having a meeting upstairs. But now that he's in costume, I can see that he does look good. Even a middle-aged man like me admires him."

Most boys, when they were young, thought they would be Zhang Wuji, with great talents and surrounded by beautiful women.

Lai Shuiqing was the same, but later he found that Zhang Wuji was impossible, as there were no women around him.

At most, it's Song Qingshu who may not succeed even if he tries hard to catch up with the goddess of his dreams.

Now that Song Qingshu, played by Zhang Yuan, appeared in front of him, he felt that he had overestimated himself.

Compared to Zhang Yuan's image, I am at most You Tanzhi...

"Director Lai, what do you think of the performance just now?" Yang Tao looked at Lai Shuiqing, who was competing with him, with a smug smile.

Come, let’s see if our little brother is proud.

Lai Shuiqing snorted coldly and said unconvincedly: "Not bad."

Yang Tao sneered, "Not bad?"

Is there sheep droppings in your eyes?
To be honest, Li Dawei has been praising Zhang Yuan's acting skills, and Yang Tao is skeptical, fearing that the other party is exaggerating due to emotional factors.

This was the first time I saw Zhang Yuan perform. Even though I was mentally prepared, I was still a little amazed.

"That's right. He said it was OK and then stopped talking. If there was something wrong with Zhang Yuan's performance, he would have started to criticize him a long time ago. Why would he remain silent?"

"That's just being stubborn. You're still holding a grudge for what happened this morning."

After understanding Director Lai's mentality, Yang Tao realized that Zhang Yuan's role was basically within his grasp.

But things in this world often go awry just when people think they are going smoothly.

"Director Lai, Zhang Yuan's performance just now was pretty good, but our play is a martial arts drama with a lot of fighting scenes. The character of Song Qingshu also has a lot of kung fu scenes. Shouldn't we see how Zhang Yuan performs in this regard?"

The person who is speaking is Ma Yuchen, a martial arts director.
Most people may not be familiar with him, but his teacher is very famous.

It is none other than Cheng Xiaodong, the golden martial arts director of the Chinese entertainment and film industry!

This person is considered to be a member of Lai Shuiqing's team. They came to the imperial capital from Hong Kong to serve as the martial arts instructor of "The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber".

Since they are Director Lai’s team, he naturally has to speak and act in accordance with his boss.

He was just observing.

After seeing that Lai Shuiqing's attitude towards Zhang Yuan was rather cold, while Yang Tao's attitude was very enthusiastic, he realized that this person was Director Yang's man.

So he came up with an idea and suggested considering Zhang Yuan's fighting skills.

Ma Yuchen is a smart man. He used the right tactics. Having followed Cheng Xiaodong for so many years, he knows almost all the young people in mainland China who know martial arts.

Therefore, it can be concluded that Zhang Yuan is not a martial artist and is not good at martial arts.

In this case, proposing to perform martial arts scenes would be equivalent to giving Lai Shuiqing a weakness.

Zhang Yuan acted well, but he doesn’t know any fighting skills and is not suitable for our crew... Words like these can be used as reasons for rejection.

But he didn't know that Director Lai was just being stubborn. In his heart, he had already approved of Zhang Yuan, so what he was doing was completely unnecessary.

After hearing his words, Yang Tao was startled and hurried to stop him.

"That's not necessary. The crew will have special training for martial arts scenes..."

"I think it's worth a look." Hearing him say that, Lai Shuiqing quickly sang a counter-tune.

Two old men in their fifties act like children. If you object, I agree...

"Get a sword for Zhang Yuan." Seeing his boss speaking, Ma Yuchen hurriedly ordered someone to take out an iron sword for practice from the corner.

Zhang Yuan took the sword in a daze. They hadn't told him that there was such a part in the audition. "Zhang Yuan, have you ever used a sword?"

I think you are being a bitch!
Zhang Yuan glanced at Ma Yuchen, turned the sword head downward, grasped the hilt with both hands, and bowed forward.

"Dear directors and teachers, I have never practiced sword fighting."

"Oh, but this is a martial arts drama. If you don't have any martial arts background..."

Before Ma Yuchen finished speaking, Zhang Yuan looked at him seriously and interrupted him.

"But I know a little bit of boxing!"

Hey!
Ma Yuchen laughed. This kid is courting death. He dares to say in front of me that he knows how to fight.

The child is still too young. At this time, it would be enough for him to lower his head and take a step back and say that he doesn't know how to do it. Why is he showing off... Yang Tao looked regretful.

He originally thought that Zhang Yuan knew when to advance and when to retreat, but now he was greatly disappointed.

"Okay, then come on." Lai Shuiqing has filmed too many martial arts dramas and met too many masters. He also wants to see if Zhang Yuan can catch the eye of an "expert" like him.

Zhang Yuan tapped his forehead lightly, then relaxed his whole body, slightly adjusted the direction of his body, and stood sideways.

Take a step with your left foot, and rotate your right foot clockwise with the palm of your right foot as the point, forming a 90° angle with the left foot.

The left foot is virtual and the right foot is real.

At this time, bend your knees naturally, press your right palm horizontally in front of your left abdomen, and push your left hand forward and outward to the left side.

The right hand palm facing down is Yin, and the left hand palm facing up is Yang.

Seeing this, Ma Yuchen raised his eyebrows and looked surprised and suspicious.

"what?"

"What's wrong?" Lai Shuiqing asked when seeing him like this.

"This is... let me take another look." Ma Yuchen looked uncertain.

At this moment, Zhang Yuan, who had got ready, started to move, alternating between real and empty feet, moving forward continuously.

The same is true for the arms, with the palms alternating between yin and yang, moving forward continuously in an arc-shaped trajectory.

Yang Tao doesn't know how to fight.

What is Zhang Yuan doing?
He walked forward with his back hunched, his hands spinning around like he was riding a bicycle, which didn't look nice at all.

This kid doesn't think he can get away with it by just messing around.

Director Yang covered his face and couldn't bear to look at it.

But at this moment, martial arts instructor Ma Yuchen suddenly stood up and pointed at Zhang Yuan with trembling hands.

"You're hitting the inner circle hand of the Natural Gate!"

Zhang Yuan then stopped and bowed: "That's right."

"Okay, good basic skills."

As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement, while insiders watch the door.

Ma Yuchen is a real expert. He has seen many fancy tricks and this is what he usually does.

But Zhang Yuan used this set of inner circle hands as the most basic training method of the Natural Gate, without any frills.

But it is precisely because there is no frills that the solid foundation can be demonstrated.

This is what surprised Ma Yuchen.

"What are the Natural Gate and the Inner Circle Hand?" Lai Shuiqing pulled Ma Yuchen, who had stood up excitedly, back to his seat.

"There was a TV series last year called "Chinese Heroes", produced by Golden Harvest, starring Shao Bin, Cao Ying, Tao Hong, and Xiu Qin. Do you remember it?"

Lai Shuiqing shook his head.

"The film was originally called "China's No. 1 Bodyguard Du Xinwu" and was based on a true story."

"There was also a version shot in Hong Kong in 87, starring Adam Cheng, Simon Yam, Carina Lau, and Kathy Chow. Do you remember that?"

Oh... he has some impression of Hong Kong movies.

"This Du Xinwu is the Grandmaster of the Natural School, and the Inner Circle Hand is the basic move of the Natural School."

"Look at what Zhang Yuan did just now. He kept drawing circles with his hands, and the path he walked under was also a perfect circle. This is the signature move of the Natural Gate."

"The process of drawing a circle is actually building up momentum. Once the force is applied, the fists and feet can attack the opponent from any angle along the arc, with great power."

"This method of accumulating strength is actually similar to Tai Chi."

"And the Song Qingshu in our film happens to be the disciple of Zhang Sanfeng, the founder of Tai Chi!"

Ma Yuchen thought to herself that this was such a coincidence, as Zhang Yuan's kung fu just happened to fit in with the character in the film.

Where did Zhang Yuan's boxing skills come from?
Wang Bozhao from "The Story of a Noble Family"!
As mentioned before, this actor who played Little White Dragon in the "Journey to the West" crew had learned a lot of Kung Fu basics from martial arts director Lin Zhiqian.

Lin Zhiqian’s master is Wan Laisheng, and Wan Laisheng’s master is Du Xinwu!
If we really count according to the order of seniority, Zhang Yuan is Du Xinwu's great-grandson...

Moreover, all his skills are the essence, without any impurities.

Although the points obtained from Wang Bozhao are not too many and can only show basic skills, it is still pure.

Ma Yuchen saw what Zhang Yuan did just now, and he had only one thought.

"This kid's purity is too high!"

(End of this chapter)