In his previous life, Yang Ming was born in the 1980s. During his time in primary school, junior high school, and high school, the movies that impressed him most deeply were Hong Kong Kung Fu movies.

Bruce Lee, Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Yan Zhidan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao...

Each name, like a flexible figure, has become an indelible Kung Fu superstar in the minds of the generation born in the 1980s.

Even after the new century 2000, Kung Fu movies have long lost their glory. These Kung Fu superstars are gradually getting older and their mythical aura is slowly fading. However, whenever there are Kung Fu movies starring them, there are still countless loyal fans.

of movie fans came to support.

Kung Fu movies have left their mark on an era and will never fade away easily.

In 2002, "Hero" ranked first in the domestic box office rankings.

In 2004, "Kung Fu" ranked first in the domestic movie box office rankings, "House of Flying Daggers" ranked second, and "A World Without Thieves" ranked third.

The top three box-office-grossing domestic movies in 2006 were: "The City of Gold", "The Banquet", and "Fearless".

2008's "Red Cliff 1" became the second highest-grossing film of the year.

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Looking at the box office rankings in previous years, we can find that before 2010, even Hollywood special effects blockbusters performed exceptionally well in the domestic film market, but they still did not have an absolute advantage.

But in 2010, "Avatar" swept the entire world, including the mainland film market, and the gap has become wider and wider since then.

Especially 2015's "Fast and Furious 7", with a box office of nearly 2.5 billion, expanded this gap to a jaw-dropping point.

However, even after 2010, when Hollywood blockbusters dominate the domestic box office charts, there are still several outstanding kung fu movies, such as Long Ge's "Zodiac", "The Lion" and Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior".

Some people may say that Wu Jing's "Wolf Warrior" is a military-themed movie, which is correct, but it is undeniable that Wu Jing's own kung fu is also an important factor in attracting countless audiences.

It's a pity that the older generation of kung fu superstars have been pushed out of the entertainment industry one by one with the passage of time. It can be said that after 2008, except for Brother Long who insisted on appearing on the screen frequently, other kung fu superstars basically retreated behind the scenes.

Some superstars even engage in charity and are no longer involved in the film industry because of their out-of-shape figures.

Yang Ming believes that it is precisely because of the shortage of talents in the Kung Fu movie field that after 2008, no one can resist the Kung Fu movie brand.

Apart from Brother Long, who continues to shoot his signature humorous kung fu movies with his old body, there is only one left, Zhen Zhidan, who is famous for his real kung fu.

The two movies of "Ip Man" were also the key movies that took up the role of kung fu movies after Jet Li and others slowly withdrew from the film industry.

It’s not that kung fu movies are not good, it’s that there is a talent crisis in the country, the old people are quitting, and there are no new people who can take over.

Comedies, art films, horror films, urban films, etc., even special effects blockbusters, if these types of films really want to catch up, there is hope of catching up. At least in the past life, they were not inferior to Hollywood in terms of comedies and romance films.

How many.

As for special effects blockbusters, as long as you're willing to spend the money, there's not much of a problem.

On the contrary, Kung Fu movies, once hailed as the symbol of Chinese cinema, slowly declined due to a shortage of talents and no one to take over.

In Yang Ming's previous life, there was a time when he thought that kung fu movies were no longer good and cliched. In the new century, one should watch special effects blockbusters. As for action scenes, as long as there is an action director, any actor can do it.

However, when he saw scenes that were very familiar to him in Hollywood blockbusters, he felt that he might be wrong.

The glory of Hong Kong movies is no longer good. Talents are divided. Some go north to develop in the mainland, while others go to Hollywood.

Among those who went to the United States, there were a large number of action design directors.

It is these action directors who make the fighting scenes in Hollywood blockbusters more vivid and beautiful, and the visual effects are more shocking.

If in the past Hollywood blockbusters only attracted people with spectacular scenes and fiery explosions, later on, fighting scenes were also very common, and the shadow of Chinese Kung Fu can clearly be seen in them.

Yang Ming has been thinking that if there was no talent gap in Kung Fu movies in the previous life, and a kung fu superstar with obvious characteristics like Jet Li, Jackie Chan, and Bruce Lee could appear again to take over, and then blend Chinese Kung Fu into those special effects blockbusters, what would happen?

It will not achieve more brilliant box office results.

Unfortunately, no, on the eve of his rebirth into this world, there was still no such young man in the entertainment industry.

Because among today’s celebrities and artists, who would be willing to spend more than ten years practicing kung fu before entering the film industry?

Not at all!

Don't look at the people on the screen who are flying into the sky, capable of doing anything, and the scenes are extremely fancy, but they are all stage shows. Compared with Jackie Chan, Jet Li and others, they are obviously different.

Artists in previous lives were increasingly unwilling to endure hardship and were willing to practice Kung Fu hard for decades.

Yang Ming didn't have any chance to try this in his previous life, but he can in this life.

Otherwise, he would not have put a lot of energy into training his senior brothers Liang Zhidan and Ji Feihong. Now that he saw Song Hongbao also enthusiastically invited him to join Oriental DreamWorks, he insisted on practicing martial arts every day, rain or shine.

The cultural gap between different countries is not so easy to smooth, so whether it is a Hollywood blockbuster or a local movie, it will appear to be acclimatized when it is released abroad.

But Chinese Kung Fu is different.

There is no single phrase, no so-called connotation and artistic accomplishment, and there is no cultural generation gap that causes headaches for filmmakers from all over the world.

Kung fu fighting is the most direct expression of the situation.

The success of "2012" is the success of the script and special effects, of which special effects play a very important role. Therefore, Yang Ming feels a little dissatisfied. This is not the success he wants.

If the Kung Fu movie blockbuster is successful, then he may be more satisfied.

In this life, he must try to see if he can make Chinese kung fu movies reach a more glorious height in this world than in previous lives.

Therefore, he chose to film "Tai Chi Zhang Sanfeng" after "2012", which seems to be a bit of a retrograde decision.

Even "The Fuse" was filmed with Bian Mingcheng in mind.

Hope his decision is right.

Especially "Shaolin Temple", which is about to be released in the United States, is regarded by him as a test of the waters.

"Shaolin Temple" was very popular and successful when it was released in China and the Greater China Cultural Zone in East Asia. It became a hit at the box office. Although the cast of this movie did not include well-known superstars, it still attracted a lot of people under the strong publicity of Oriental DreamWorks.

Few spectators will enter.

Then, through word-of-mouth fermentation, the film won unanimous praise from movie fans and audiences.

Now, Yang Ming is concerned about the screening situation in the United States.

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