Hong Kong Island Old Events

He Dingxian came to Yip's Wing Chun Gym on Daly Street in Kowloon District. He sat on a chair in the hall, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Master Yip, long time no see."

"Officer He."

Ye Wen was wearing a black gown and sat opposite, feeling a little frightened.

Logically speaking, Sir He has no connection with the martial arts world until now. Although Yip's Wing Chun Hall has expanded in recent years, it still has to pay protection fees.

"Drink tea."

"Drink tea first."

At this time, a handsome-looking young man wearing martial arts uniforms brought two cups of tea to the table and placed them on the table. He bowed and shouted: "Master."

He Dingxian picked up the tea cup, took a sip, and immediately recognized the young man as the future movie star "Li Xiaolong".

Li Xiaolong, who has a good temperament and is of mixed Chinese and English descent, has a particularly outstanding temperament among the boxing gym apprentices. When Ip Man saw Sir He's eyes turning to his disciple, he couldn't help but smile and introduced: "Officer He, this is Li Xiaolong, the disciple I just accepted last year."

"My father is Li Haiquan, the ugly actor in Cantonese opera, and my mother is from the Ho Tung family."

"He was born in the United States when he was a child. He participated in movies at the age of three months and now has several works."

In He Dingxian's boastful state, you can also see his showoff. Why would an old man in his early sixties accept a closed disciple?

Ip Man has enjoyed everything he should have enjoyed. Now he has a boxing gym nearby, a filial apprentice, and a guaranteed life in his later years.

Even if you accept a young disciple, you still want to shine!

In fact, Ip Man did it! Wing Chun from a small family became famous all over the world because of a good disciple, making Nanquan famous and became the number one punch on the screen! Northern boxing styles such as Hong Quan, Liuhe Quan, and Cha Quan seem to have become the standard for villains, and they are invisibly weaker than Southern boxing.

The most direct manifestation is that there will be many people opening Wing Chun boxing gyms in the future, and leeks are easy to cut, but there will be few opening boxing gyms in the north, because no one knows them.

"Are you so good at making movies?"

He Dingxian smiled and handed over a business card: "Young man, I happen to have a film company under my name. If you want to make movies on Hong Kong Island in the future, remember to find me."

Li Xiaolong has a somewhat boring personality. After looking at his master, Fang took the business card and bowed, "Thank you, sir."

"Mr. He is a well-known big boss in Hong Kong. It's not easy to win He Sheng's favor. Aaron, there are people who support you when you make a movie in Hong Kong." Ip Man waved his hand happily, and Li Xiaolong went back to practice.

"A child born in a family of opera comes to learn martial arts. He is very ambitious." He Dingxian really doesn't understand. Do children like film and television arts or martial arts? But Li Xiaolong’s film and television achievements are inseparable from his martial arts achievements.

And he kicked the Sick Man of East Asia sign to pieces, letting more ordinary people abroad know about the martial spirit of the Chinese.

His iconic movements have also become the first impression of Chinese people on the world.

This impression is very stereotyped, but in an era of underdeveloped information, a stereotyped impression of a strong person is much stronger than a stereotyped impression of a weak person. The Jeet Kune Do he created was also popular in North America, and he can be regarded as a master in the martial arts world.

He also liked Li Xiaolong very much when he met him. Unfortunately, Li Xiaolong is still in elementary school. The greatest respect for Li Sheng is not to touch his head!

Ip Man sighed, "It's hard to sing. It's not easy for this kid to grow up either."

"He Sheng, did you come to see me today for something?"

He Dingxian smiled and said: "It's a small matter, but I need Mr. Ye's help. I intend to invest a sum of money in the Wing Chun Boxing Gym to help Mr. Ye repair the gym, but I need Mr. Ye to agree to a condition."

Ye Wen raised his eyebrows, full of vigilance, but laughed and said: "Hahaha, it's rare that Mr. He likes the martial arts gym. If Mr. He wants it, I will give you the entire martial arts gym without any problem."

The most valuable thing in a martial arts school is not the objects, but the people, the art, and the relationships!

"Master Ye misunderstood."

Ho Ting-hsien explained warmly: "I have no intention of acquiring a martial arts school to make money. Wing Chun is Master Yip's martial art. It would be too stingy to just recruit disciples in a city on Hong Kong Island. I want to support the entire Yip family's Wing Chun and go to Nanyang to develop Zong Li Pai, with my connections in Nanyang, I can definitely guarantee that Wing Chun will open in a glorious manner.”

"By then, Wing Chun will be able to recruit disciples throughout Nanyang. How many Chinese are there in Nanyang? Close to four million, twice as many as Hong Kong Island now! By then, Yip's Wing Chun hall will be opened all over Hong Kong Island, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and more. Only in Southeast Asia and North America can this truly flourish!”

"And I dare not say it is far away. In Nanyang, I can introduce many Chinese executives in the political and business circles to Mr. Ye, and I can also arrange employment for the disciples of the Wing Chun boxing gym, whether it is with local overseas Chinese companies or the overseas branches of Yiqun. .”

"In short, there is endless money to be made."

Ip Man's face became more and more serious, while the expressions of several disciples around him became more and more excited. There was no doubt that he noticed that He Dingxian wanted to use Yip's Wing Chun as a chess piece to lay out Nanyang. But the conditions offered were very tempting. It was not pure profit, but a willingness to help Wing Chun develop.

You know, martial arts schools can train disciples and provide thugs for companies and societies, and they can also serve as a link between self-cultivation and interests. For example, outside the club, using the sect as a brand allows brothers in the club to worship the same sect and determine their seniority.

It will play the role of a small trade union and use martial arts to influence the community.

He Dingxian hopes to use the Wing Chun boxing gym as a nail in Nanyang to prevent overseas branches from listening to the instructions but not the propaganda when they grow bigger. At the same time, martial arts schools are a very good place to build connections, especially among overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia who generally practice martial arts.

In this way, the bottom level of the boxing gym can act as a labor union, and the top level can act as an intelligence agency. Otherwise, he was alone on Hong Kong Island, and his understanding of the situation in Nanyang was through relays, and he could easily be deceived when someone betrayed him.

If Wing Chun is cultivated and introduced into Nanyang, there will be three forces that can cooperate and have different functions to achieve a stable and balanced effect.

"Haha, Mr. He, you have given me a difficult problem." Ye Wen poured a cup of tea, looking quite troubled, but in fact he had already made up his mind. This is nothing more than a question of whether you are willing to do things for the boss. As long as the salary is high enough, will there be someone who refuses to do things?

Although, Ip Man has already accepted the closed disciples and is planning to retire. But just as he gets older, his desire for money begins to weaken. There is a psychological need to help the master's family become famous, and there is also a need to take care of the future of his children.

After all, some disciples have been with him for many years, come and go through wind and rain.

"Mr. Ye is a smart man."

He Dingxian smiled and said: "I know how to choose."

Isn't it just to go to Nanyang to do intelligence work?

Be a spy?

Master Ye is very skilled!

What's more, he is very free to help others and can travel between Hong Kong Island and Southeast Asia.

"Ha ha."

"Okay." Ye Wen stroked his beard and replied: "I can first send two students to Nanyang to fight in front of the boxing station. During the year, how about slowly moving the boxing gym to Nanyang? Since we are going to Nanyang to fight, If we want to raise the flag, we will inevitably recruit some local rich kids.”

"According to the rules of the martial arts world, I have closed my doors and will no longer teach disciples. However, if a big boss comes to visit me in person, I will become a disciple and teach the skills on my behalf. If a kid from a rich family comes to learn boxing, I can only hand it over to Bu Qing and Shang. Tashiro has accepted a disciple."

Two disciples, Ye Buqing and Xu Shangtian, stood by with very excited expressions.

He Dingxian felt that there was no problem with Ip Man's arrangement, so he nodded and shouted: "Azai."

"He Sheng."

Lardboy, wearing a Tang suit, stood under the doorpost and bowed deeply. He took out an envelope from his arms and hurriedly put it on the table. He Dingxian pointed to the envelope and said: "There are two silver notes worth 100,000 Hong Kong dollars inside. When we arrived in Nanyang, Yiqun branch society designated Yip's Wing Chun as the company's martial arts school. Then there will be a teaching fee of 100,000 Hong Kong dollars every year."

"I have already agreed with Jiang Tianyang in Nanyang about these matters. When I go to Nanyang, I will go directly to Yiqun Company to find him."

Ye Wen was not polite, opened the envelope, looked at the banknote, put it in his arms, nodded and said, "Thank you He Sheng."

"Always contact me if you have anything to do." He Dingxian stood up and left the tea table. After seeing off the disciples Ye Wen, Ye Buqing, and Xu Shangtian, he came to the door and asked Ye in a low voice: "Master Ye, your hearing and vision may be unclear. But I don’t want to, and my eyes and ears are not clear.”

"If Wing Chun can help me well, I will definitely make Wing Chun famous all over the world!"

Ye Wen had a complicated expression and nodded slightly.

He Dingxian stepped out of the threshold, bent down and got into the car, and left without looking back.

"fist!"

"It also depends on money." Ye Wen looked at the back of the car and sighed deeply.

In a sense, boxing is the same as that of an actor. To become famous and become a role player, you must be supported by a big boss. Only by climbing up to the powerful and working hard for the big boss can the boxing genre prosper.

Once the boxing genre flourishes, not only will it develop rapidly, but martial arts schools will also reap great benefits.

Learn literature and martial arts, and sell them to the emperor's family!

Back then, he learned martial arts from a master, and the tuition alone cost him twelve taels of gold. However, after the war, he had already handed over Wing Chun to many poor disciples. These poor disciples have to make a living if they practice boxing well and pass it on.

The big boss directly opened up the entire Wing Chun gym's career path and provided employment opportunities with just one sentence. How could the disciples below be unhappy? Even if Ip Man doesn't agree, the disciples in the sect will take private jobs and run off to Nanyang alone with the money.

"It turns out that Li Xiaolong's mother, He Aiyu, is not a direct bloodline of the Ho Tung family, but the adopted daughter of Ho Tung's brother, He Gantang. Although He Aiyu is also a mixed Eurasian, she is the child of Shanghai businessman Zhang Qiong and has nothing to do with the Ho Tung family. Due to the blood relationship, He Gantang ostensibly adopted He Aiyu as his adopted daughter, but in fact he was his adopted mistress. Later, Li Haiquan was invited to sing in He Gantang's mansion and accidentally met He Aiyu.

"He Gantang waved his hand and gave them a sum of money to fly to the United States to have children."

Not including his mistress and adopted daughter, He Gantang had twelve concubines and more than thirty children. How could he care about He Aiyu? Fighting for his mistress is a loss of face for the boss. On the contrary, the beauty of adulthood is more respected by the upper class society.

"It's really like marrying your daughter."

After He Dingxian read the information, he couldn't help but feel stunned.