Chapter 33 New Play Outlook

It has to be said that the results gained from actual combat training are indeed the most efficient and profound.

I feel like my brain is about to be blown off...

Because they are currently shooting the interior scenes, they can occasionally have a meal together after work in the afternoon. Over time, everyone in the crew has gotten to know Su Yun, a young girl who is not to be underestimated in her ability.

It's not that she's very skilled now. She's small and a girl, so she's still a little behind the strong and muscular dragon and tiger martial artists. The main reason is that she's too fast and has good insight. She can understand her opponent's intentions at a glance, and then use her extraordinary natural reaction to attack first. When the opponent's moves are interrupted and he's ready to attack again or counterattack, she turns around and uses her agility to escape.

Apart from the one-on-one training that Lu Shaolong had set for her, sometimes even Lu Shaolong, the master, couldn't catch up with his little disciple in the chase battle. After all, some of the small passages were so full of potholes that only a child could fit through...

In this regard, Lu Shaolong admired Su Yun's flexibility: he himself was a flexible person, and what bothered him most were the cumbersome rules and constraints in traditional martial arts. Otherwise, he would not have broken the traditional boundaries and founded Jeet Kune Do, a martial arts system that is based on Chinese Taoist philosophy and integrates boxing techniques from various countries around the world.

It's not that classic martial arts and traditional routines are bad; part of his achievements are derived from them. It's mainly because most of the martial artists of this era are obsessed with the past and despise the present, unwilling to make improvements. They cling to the words "traditional" and "classic" and practice over and over again, only thinking that the things passed down by their ancestors are the best, and are unwilling to look at the problem with a developmental perspective.

Even in the United States, some people were puzzled by his training methods, let alone in Hong Kong where traditional thinking is still very strong. The martial artists around him would raise opinions and doubts from time to time.

Because of the difference in knowledge level, Lu Shaolong sometimes doesn't know how to explain in words that they can understand: This is not anyone's fault, because the Dragon and Tiger martial artists are basically from traditional martial arts backgrounds and have been raised in opera troupes since childhood. Apart from simply reading some books and learning a few words so that they can read opera scripts more easily in the future, they basically practice martial arts and perform everywhere to earn the living expenses of the entire opera troupe.

How can we expect people who are busy making a living to have a long-term vision and open mind like Lu Shaolong, who graduated from a foreign university?

But sometimes, when he got tired of talking, Lu Shaolong would show up in his old impatient and aggressive mood, calling out those who disagreed with him to compete with each other. Everyone would fight with their hands to see who was the winner, and the winner would have the say.

Only people like Su Yun, who are not afraid of hardship, obedient to training and well-educated, will wholeheartedly and seriously implement his training methods, which seem ridiculous to others, and identify with them from the bottom of their hearts.

He had many disciples. In addition to those who taught him kung fu, there were also those who were at a similar level to him and came to learn from him. However, only Su Yun's ideas were closest to his own.

So, if Su Yun was a well-behaved child, he might not like her that much.

No wonder there is a saying in ancient Chinese: "friendship without regard for age". Although the two people have almost no similarities in appearance, they are very close in their hearts.

Compared with Lu Shaolong's gradual preference for Su Yun, Su Yun also admired him more and more in daily contact: There is a saying that one cannot judge a person beyond his time, but Lu Shaolong's martial arts philosophy has long surpassed his time.

That is why, in the eyes of Su Yun, whose thoughts and insights are based on later society, he appears to be as great as a pioneer who transcends his time and an immortal legend of an era.

Lui Shao Lung's greatness lies not only in his Kung Fu philosophy that transcends his time, but also in his self-confidence that transcends his time.

"If you want to learn from me, use your brain more." After training one day, Lu Shaolong suddenly said this to Su Yun, who was gradually admiring him.

After that, he stopped training Su Yun and let her figure it out on her own.

Su Yun was so worried that he thought about it for a whole day and night. He asked everyone around him, but still couldn't get the answer he wanted.

Seeing that her beautiful and bright eyes had dimmed due to worry, the distressed elders began to give her some comfort.

So, during the day, I drank the delicious soups and stews prepared by Grandma Su and Grandma Wang in So Uk Estate, and at night I ate the herbal food prepared by Grandma Xu and the nutritious meals prepared by Linbao Qi’s mother at the Xu family… If it weren’t for the systematic care, I would have been very tired after eating so much in the past few days.

"I really don't understand. Bruce liked you so much before, but why did he change his attitude so suddenly?" Lin Bao was very confused and even wanted to find another way to help Su Yun find information. "How about I go ask Lian Da..."

Lian Da is Lu Shaolong’s wife. Like Lin Bao, she is American. And because they are neighbors, they have a pretty good relationship.

"He is testing me, but I haven't figured it out yet." Su Yun declined Lin Bao's kindness and fell into deep thought while eating a nutritious meal.

"It's useless to think like this." Xu Guwen, who was writing a script, came over and said, "I have known him since we were studying La Salle. He doesn't do things without reason. You'd better recall what you have done recently to make him feel this way."

"I've been admiring him more and more recently, and because our training directions are the same, I've been working very hard to learn and imitate him..." Su Yun said distressedly.

"That's really weird." Xu Guwen muttered as he walked to Xu Gujie who was playing the guitar with his hands behind his back, "Hey, you poor boy, your goddaughter is so troubled now, so please stop playing the guitar and help me think of a solution!"

"What can I do? You know Bruce. He will not change his mind once he makes up his mind. I wanted to learn Kung Fu from him but he refused. I could only learn some skills from him..." Xu Gujie spread his hands, "Fortunately, Su Su helped me realize this dream."

"If you don't help now, Su Su will be in trouble!" Xu Guwen admonished.

"Forget it, don't force the foster master. He will hold a solo concert at the Grand Hall at the end of the year, and the early preparations are already very troublesome." Su Yun advised a few words, then turned around and thanked Xu Guwen for his help. "By the way, how is the progress of your movie?"

"We have written half of the script. Next, we have to wait for Sam to finish his concert and get the box office share from the next few periods. We estimate that we can start filming in the middle of next year." After answering, Xu Guwen asked Su Yun, "What about you? You are working so hard to learn kung fu. Do you want to make a kung fu movie in the future?"

"My strength is not in kung fu movies, but mainly because I have an interest in them..." Su Yun pondered, and suddenly heard Xu Gujie humming a tuneless song on the sofa not far away, "Life is like gambling, winning or losing is unpredictable..."

"Master Qi, are you planning to use Cantonese songs in the concert?" Su Yun asked.

"I have already mentioned this to him, but he said that since we have already developed the Cantonese market and proved that people like Cantonese movies and songs, we can try to add Cantonese songs to the concert instead of just singing English and Mandarin songs..." Because Xu Gujie was thinking about the lyrics and music, Xu Guwen helped explain, "After all, we Hong Kong people speak Cantonese. If we look down on ourselves, then what's the point?"

The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously.

Inspired by the work of this pioneer of Cantonese singing, Su Yun seemed to have grasped at that moment something that had been floating in her mind but that she just couldn't capture.

"I understand!" Su Yun jumped up from the chair, gave some instructions in a hurry and ran to the next room.

"Ren Da! Is Bruce home?!" After shouting outside the door, Ren Da quickly came over and opened the door.

"He's in training. What do you want to talk to him about?" Lian Da asked as he invited Su Yun into the house.

"I understand his test!" Su Yun responded, and then walked straight to the fitness area in the corner of the living room and shouted to Lu Shaolong who was holding the barbell: "Those who learn from me will live, and those who imitate me will die?"

Lu Shaolong raised his eyebrows, and had no intention of putting down the bell. He just signaled Su Yun with his eyes to continue speaking.

"Because I admire you more and more during this period, I subconsciously imitate everything you do..." Su Yun slowly said her understanding, "But no matter how similar the routes are, it is impossible to have exactly the same results, because things will inevitably be affected by various external factors during the process of development."

"Even if I were a little boy, if I kept imitating you like this...the only person who would appear in the future would be a Lu Shaolong No. 2 or a Lu Shaolong imitator."

“So, when you told me, ‘If you want to learn from me, use your brain more’, you meant that you wanted me to use my brain more and find my own way.”

"Because that's what you did back then."

“While respecting tradition, we also need to be bold in innovation.”

"I'm sorry, I took the wrong path recently." Su Yun bowed deeply to him, "Thank you for your guidance."

After a long period of silence, Su Yun, with her head down, vaguely heard the sound of something falling to the ground.

Then, a rough big hand gently pressed on her head.

"I was right about you." A voice came from above.

When Su Yun looked up in surprise, she finally saw the praiseful look she had always dreamed of, which was filled with recognition and satisfaction.

After the formal apprenticeship ceremony, Su Yun, as a direct disciple, received a small copy of the script from Lu Shaolong.

"The guard of the sixth floor of the pagoda?" Su Yun raised his head.

"Yes, in the process of re-establishing Jeet Kune Do by integrating the strengths of various schools, together with the philosophy I learned, I realized that martial arts is not just a skill used for fitness or fighting, but is more of a discipline that emphasizes the term "harmony between man and nature." Lu Shaolong explained, "This "Game of Death" is inspired by the Buddhist story of the Seven-Storied Pagoda. The content is about a top master who breaks into the seven-story pagoda alone in order to compete for the legendary rare treasure. After reaching the top of the pagoda, he finds that there is no legendary rare treasure in the treasure box, but only a piece of paper..."

"Life is a process of waiting for death - that's what the paper said."

"After learning from that piece of paper that he would never have a rival in this world, this peerless master finally understood the loneliness of being invincible, and realized that even if one is invincible, one will still be defeated by death."

"I have only completed about one-third of this film. Because of Warner's request, I need to make an action movie that can be officially released in American theaters first, so "Tiger Fights: Reborn" came into being."

"'Batman v. Tiger King' is the premise for me to enter Hollywood, and 'Game of Death' will be the tool for me to push action movies to the extreme. I believe it will become the greatest action movie in history..."

Looking at Lu Shaolong's smile as he talked confidently about the future, Su Yun lowered her eyes and hummed inaudibly.