Interviews, Writings/French Films
In the Hong Kong film industry in the 1980s and 1990s, anyone who could independently support an action movie had to have some ability.
And supported 3 action films starring Jackie Chan in a row, tried all action scenes for Jackie Chan, including various death jump scenes, and at the same time entered the North American film market from Hong Kong all the way, opening up Hong Kong martial arts to enter Hollywood at the end of the 20th century. The first channel, By the way, he won the early Spring Festival championship in mainland China, and he left hundreds of millions of family businesses behind, so he was busy doing Hong Kong action movies, which is not a bit of a skill...
This is too TM capable.
His name is not pronounced as loudly as Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuan Heping, and Donnie Yen. As he said, "it's not that I'm competitive", and for things like taking credit, "hide if you can."
That's why he has always been underestimated. His epoch-making footnote in the history of action movies, his significance in promoting the birth of parkour, and even the explosion of Bi Gan and Diao Yinan's literary universe today also has his help.
Tang Jili.
These three words seem to be more and more obscured by his fat figure.
Today, the first director (ID: diyidy) interviewed Director Tang, with a little bit of "right perspective ", although he has never been "distorted" in his film career.
It sounds like he is going to find comfort for the declining martial arts in Hong Kong again, but that's not what he meant.
The first director just wanted to say that contemporary martial arts, in front of these seniors, have a lot of meaning.
So it means, the 8000-word article, intercepting some temporal aspects of the history of Hong Kong film action, and sorting out everyone's long-forgotten or never familiar cognition of Tang Jili.
Of course, it's all dry stuff.
Come on, serve.
01. Kung Fu Past
Liu Jialiang is my uncle, brother-in-law Luo Lie took me to see Bruce Lee
First Director: To be honest, I just realized one thing today, that is, "The First Punch in the World" by your brother-in-law Luo Lie in 1972, the first Hong Kong film to win the box office championship in North America, which is very interesting. Exactly 20 years later "Police Story 3", "Red Zone" and "Police Story 4" have successively entered the top ten of the North American box office rankings, and it seems that going to North America has become a family habit. I don't know what kind of influence Luo Lie and Liu Jialiang had on you at Shaw Brothers at that time? Has this effect continued to the present?
Tang Jili: Yes. Luo Lie was my brother-in-law, and when he married my sister, I was still studying in Hong Kong when I was 11 years old. He also took me to meet Bruce Lee once, and saw Bruce Lee with his own eyes.
First Director: What was Bruce Lee like at that time?
Tang Jili: Very handsome, wearing a pair of sunglasses and a vest, he walked past the hotel lobby very nimbly, he didn't go around in circles, he supported the railing, turned over and sat on the sofa.
First Director: Did you talk to him?
Tang Jili: I said, I said a few words, I am your fan, shake his hand. I am shy.
First Director: I revisited your debut film "Angel Action 3" two days ago, and I found that Fang Zhongxin, although he didn't practice, was using Bruce Lee's whip legs throughout the whole process.
Tang Jili: It's all I believe in the teaching side.
First Director: What was your state when Bruce Lee passed away, were you shocked?
Tang Jili: Very shocked, very unhappy, and crying. It is rare that such an idol has appeared in China, and it is so sad to leave like this.
First Director: Actually, when I saw Bruce Lee, he should have just finished filming "Big Brother Tangshan", and Luo Lie then filmed "First Punch in the World", right?
Tang Jili: Right . Later, the story of "Jingwumen" was actually a copy of "The World's No. 1 Fist", which I am more aware of. I was brought into the industry by my brother-in-law. When I was 19 years old, I originally returned to Hong Kong from Canada for the summer vacation and was planning to go back to university. When I returned to Hong Kong, I saw him filming on the Shaw Brothers studio. He was the director. Liu Jialiang helped him with action guidance.
When I visited the class on site, he introduced to Liu Jialiang that this is my uncle, and he also learns kung fu. Liu Jialiang asked me, what did you study? I said that I have learned Hongquan and Tanglangquan. He asked Hong Quan what kind of boxing you would do, and I said that I would do Tiger Crane Shuangxing Boxing. He said yes, you can call me. I played a set of tiger and crane double shapes in front of more than 100 people on the set.
The scene is full of martial arts masters, but after the fight, I took a look, um, not bad, who taught you? I said my classmates taught me. Liu Jialiang arranged for me to learn kung fu with the gods. The immortal, whose original name was Yu Yuanwen, was Liu Jialiang's father's gymnasium, and he helped his family sit at the gymnasium and teach boxing.
First Director: Instructor.
Tang Jili: Yes, instructor. In other words, Huang Feihong passed Kung Fu to Lin Shirong, Lin Shirong passed it on to Liu Zhan, and Liu Zhan passed it on to his sons Liu Jialiang and Yu Yuanwen, that is, immortals. In terms of seniority, Liu Jialiang is the elder brother of the immortal. I am the only disciple of the immortal, so Liu Jialiang became my uncle, so I have learned the full set of authentic Hongquan techniques.
Then the hero Xiaohou of "Crazy Monkey" (Editor's Note: Director Chen Desen once said that Wang Baoqiang's martial arts characteristics are like Xiaohou of Liu Jialiang in those days), he taught me somersaults, I used to be a member of the Hong Kong gymnastics team, and I have a little foundation. Xiaohou said that you should try to enter the industry. If you want to be an action actor, you must start with martial arts. This is the case with Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung.
I said yes, so I secretly entered the industry, because my parents didn’t approve of it. At that time, it was more complicated to do martial arts and I was worried about getting hurt, and my father, Tang Huanting, wanted me to study abroad and come back to do the record business with him (Editor’s note: In the new film "Pioneer" Jackie Chan is called Tang Huanting, and Tang Jili pays tribute to his father).
In fact, I started fighting at school when I was 12 years old. I have been learning the kind of training at the athlete level in the boxing ring, but I was not allowed to fight at home. Once, I was able to represent Hong Kong to compete in Southeast Asia, and I was given a life and death certificate. , I want my family to sign it. I was 16 and under 18 years old. If my parents didn't sign it, I couldn't go.
First Director: What year did you really start doing martial arts and enter this system?
Tang Jili: At the end of 1979, it was a full 40th anniversary.
02. Outlaws
I did all the difficult moves of Jackie Chan first, but this time I almost "killed" the big brother
The first director: Let's talk about it from the beginning, how was the co-director of the debut film "Angel Action 3"?
Tang Jili: Because the boss Hu Shan was going to be the director at that time, I was the executive director.
The first director: I re-watched "Angel Action 3" and found that it was the first version of "Pioneer". They were all professional special teams, both armies were crazy about guns, and they all had tactical flying vehicles, but the production conditions were limited at that time. Why? You've been obsessed with this for decades?
Tang Jili: Actually, I liked watching Chaplin and Keaton in the silent film era the most since I was a child, so I helped Jackie Chan write the script and help him be the director. The storylines of my films are relatively simple and easy to understand at first glance, and the most exciting aspect is the action comedy. So this is my style.
Why do I go this route, because if you want to sell a movie to the world, you must have an international language, and action is an international language, which can relieve your stressful life or work.
First Director: It's a good movie. In fact, your second "Flying Dragon" is like this. It's not too complicated. It's a bit like Jackie Chan's "Dragon Brother and Tiger Brother" at the beginning of the adventure to Africa.
Tang Jili: Yes, there are indigenous people, more like "Flying Eagle Project".
The first director: "Dragon Brother Tiger Brother" is too scary, Jackie Chan almost finished jumping branches, his career top disaster.
Tang Jili: Yes, that was really a top disaster.
First Director: It seems that a senior doctor from Yugoslavia happened to be there and saved Jackie Chan.
Tang Jili: Yes, the brain surgeon was the second-highest in the world at the time, and he happened to pass by the hospital where Jackie Chan stayed while giving a speech.
First Director: But to be honest, in those days, no matter how good your physical function was or how strong you were, you didn’t feel weaker than your big brother. I don't know what your mental state was like when you were filming, why did you have to work as hard as Jackie Chan?
Tang Jili: Because I am 6 years younger than my eldest brother, his from 1954 and mine from 1960 are my seniors. He entrusted me with this important task, and I will do the moves and stunts first. It is not safe to try it, and it can be done.
First Director: For example, "Hongfan District" jumps off the building, do you try jumping first? And before jumping off the building, you climbed up the outer wall of the building layer by layer. Did you really climb it at that time?
Tang Jili: Yes. have done.
First Director: Should there be some protection?
Tang Jili: Fortunately, we are bold.
First Director: And the helicopter jump in "Police Story 3", did you really jump first?
Tang Jili: Let me jump first. The helicopter was covered with tatami mats, but on the 6th floor, it would be hard to fall down.
The first director: That must be very boring. On the 6th floor, there are tatami mats. No, do you really dance like this once?
Tang Jili: I will . I will try it out for the actors first, including Zeng Jiang who fell from the helicopter and onto the train. That's me.
First Director: Then other martial arts will be ok if you try it. Why does the director have to try it himself?
Tang Jili: No, it's not that easy to do. In martial arts, my elder brother and I are both very good. It doesn't necessarily mean that other martial arts can't do it. Sometimes I don't dare to do it for them, it's too dangerous. If something really happened, how can I explain it to my family. I am injured and I am responsible for the accident. When someone else has an accident, I killed their son trying to dance. How can I explain it?
First Director: What impressed me the most was the accident in "Police Story 3" that gave Michelle Yeoh a motorcycle to fly a train.
Tang Jili: That was when I told him to rush on the train and fly out, and I laid a cushion for him under the other side of the train. He said I would try to see if I could stop it on the train. I said no, I know too well. The tires on your motorcycle are rubber and the roof is slippery, so it will definitely not stop. As a result, he didn't listen to me. He tried to park on it, but he couldn't stop, and as soon as he turned his head, he flew out of the pad I laid. In the end, he fell onto the opposite track, and his entire thigh was broken twice.
First Director: Is this injury permanent?
Tang Jili: It's fine, just go back and pick it up. It's very "beautiful". After three months of rest, you can walk, and you can dance in half a year. But when I went to the hospital to visit him, his wife came to see him, I went in, his wife came out of the room, and the two of us faced each other. Then, the look I looked at his wife, I will remember that feeling for the rest of my life. . Although if he listened to me, this would not have happened, but can I say this in front of his wife? I can't say. So in the end the responsibility is still my responsibility, and that incident had a very big impact on me.
So after that, many very dangerous actions, I would rather try it myself than try others, I worry about them. After all, I practice gymnastics and trampoline, and I have a good sense of height. I used to go to the ground with a flip from the second floor, and I landed standing.
First Director: Never take the stairs.
Tang Jili: I am still on the track and field team in my school. The long jump is 6.48 meters, and the fastest sprint is 11.2 seconds. I am short and run very fast. I'm still on the swimming team. Look at my "Police Story 4" shooting ice lakes, diving, and underwater sharks. I can also ski, and I studied in Canada. I have strong jumping ability, I can do somersaults, and I can fight. Relatively speaking, I am more comprehensive, and it is not that I am competitive .
First Director: But have you ever thought about how it will affect the crew if you try this thing as a director?
Tang Jili: I broke my leg a few times and injured my stitches. I can still take pictures when I am in a wheelchair. But if my actor is injured and Jackie Chan is in a wheelchair, how will I film it? You know what I mean? And I'm not stupid, and I won't say that I don't have the confidence to mess around, jumping from a helicopter, and I won't do it if I'm not sure.
First Director: Actually, in my personal mind, the "last Jackie Chan movie" is "Who Am I", because later on, Jackie Chan began to use Wia to protect him, especially "The Lost City of Secret Agents", where he did a front flip They are all protected by Wia.
Tang Jili: When we filmed "Police Story 3 & 4", we didn't have to hang Weiya, all of them came true. Why we are so stupid is because we can't do anything, it's not that we don't want to be safe, it's that we don't have the technology either. It turned out to be more enjoyable and exciting.
First Director: Another thing is that in the past, most of the final battles of Jackie Chan movies were two-person duels, and they fought abruptly, but you did not shoot Jackie Chan's ending in this way. What do you think?
Tang Jili: From the beginning of "Police Story 3", Jackie Chan's ending scene is not in a closed space, fighting and fighting.
First Director: Turn into a scene-style confrontation.
Tang Jili: Yes. You don't see "Red Zone" playing in a single scene. He goes water skiing, goes to the beach and jumps into the car.
First Director: I can understand "Red Zone". After all, it is going to hit the domestic market in the United States, and American audiences like to watch that kind of heavy damage in the end.
Tang Jili: Yes, Jackie Chan's skills are exceptional. The first generation parkour actor, the originator, but if you do this in every play, the audience will easily get bored. With two hands and two feet, what can you do? New tricks, all those routines come and go.
So I imagined a little more for him, and used alternative things to express the sense of heroism. If you just use your fists to convince people, it may not be a real hero.
I arranged for him to jump off the building. People forced you to have no way to escape. They called you kiss my ass when you took off your pants. This is the most humiliating thing for Chinese people. Then Jackie Chan took the antenna from the car and hit the man's ass before jumping off the building. , that is the way an alternative hero behaves. Come to think of it, it was a Chinese man who pumped a white man's ass! At that time, Chinese films couldn't make it into Hollywood, and when our China was not so strong, and people still looked down on us, I dared to shoot like this.
The foreigners applauded after reading it. This is because I was educated in the West, and I understand their thoughts. Their idea is that good and evil do not distinguish between races.
First Director: In fact, the character Jackie Chan in "Red Zone" was abused very badly. He was smashed by white hooligans with beer bottles in the alley. It was so miserable.
Tang Jili: I also wrote this plot. If you pretend to be handsome, and you take Jackie Chan as 007, Americans may not accept it. Then I'll take a revolver out and point it at you, and you can't move. Then take a glass bottle and beat you, the hero, to the face, and the foreigner will be convinced.
First Director: What did Big Brother think about this plot at the time?
Tang Jili: He likes it. At that time, the beer bottle hit his knees and stomach. The most dangerous ones, the ones left beside him were all lost by me, and others dared not throw them away.
First Director: Is it a real beer bottle? Not a prop?
Tang Jili: There are props, and there are real ones. The fake ones won't be explosive after hitting them, so I communicated with my eldest brother, and the ones thrown on the wall were made of real beer bottles. But there was a real beer bottle that hit Jackie Chan's stomach. The fake one didn't explode, and the fake one broke as soon as it was dropped, so I used the real one.
First Director: Big Brother almost drowned in "Pioneer" this time. How did this happen?
Tang Jili: During the shooting of the rapids of the waterfall, when the eldest brother was trying, the motorboat turned and the water rushed. In the middle of the rapids, he and Muqimiya fell down.
What's more dangerous is that there is a fake stone next to him. We use a heavy pile to put it on the bottom of the water to do some support. If the big brother goes like this, it is likely to be inserted into the body, and there is a net blocking him. I can't get up.
I was so anxious that tears came out.
At that time, the three of us jumped down and were swept away by the rapids before we could swim. Fortunately, the lifeguards were highly skilled and rescued the elder brother. The elder brother was still there saying "clam down, calm down", I said, hey, you Do you still speak English when you are so nervous? My brother said I don't know.
I know that my elder brother is not very good at swimming. He even vomited in the boat. This time he almost drowned. He came up and talked with a smile. It was too hard for him.
He also told me later that he was sitting there with tea that night, his hands were shaking, and he might have died accidentally.
03. Champion replay
"Kung Fu Yoga" can be successful because everyone did not expect it, and the expectations of other films have a gap
First Director: Did you review the counterattack of "Kung Fu Yoga" later, and then put its experience into "Pioneer"?
Tang Jili: You see my films, I rarely do any publicity myself, because I believe that content is king. What you promote in front of you is useless, the audience sees it for themselves, the first day it is released, and the word of mouth spreads all over the country in the afternoon. The experience of "Kung Fu Yoga" is that because other opponents had a lot of publicity at the time, the audience had high expectations for them...
First Director: There is a gap.
Tang Jili: When the expectations are high, there is a gap. It has become a negative review with tens of thousands of people, and a positive review may be 10,000 or 20,000. Because the audience didn't have great expectations for "Kung Fu Yoga", but after watching it, I had tens of thousands of positive comments and only 10,000 to 20,000 negative comments, which formed a counterattack.
Of course, the most important thing is that my movie is suitable for all ages, other movies are not. Zhou Xingchi's ("Journey to the West: Fighting the Demons") child cried when he saw it, the monster was a little scary. Wang Baoqiang's ("Havoc in Tianzhu") is a bit of a joke for adults, but it's not suitable for children. When I shoot with Jackie Chan, I always take my parents to see and find what they want.
First Director: Forever PG-13.
Tang Jili: Children, always PG-13. Our actions were violent, but not brutal. The story is also simple. This time in "Pioneer", we have brotherhood, the kind of hazy love between men and women, the relationship between a comrade-in-arms and his boss, between father and son, between father and daughter, these are all. .
First Director: But in "Kung Fu Yoga", Jackie Chan's desperate scenes are almost gone.
Tang Jili: There is no reason to ask a person who is almost 70 years old to go to death , and this is not appropriate.
First Director: Did you deliberately retrieve some of the things that used to be life-threatening for Jackie Chan?
Tang Jili: Replace it with something else. What impressed the audience of "Kung Fu Yoga" the most was the lion in the car, sitting next to him, right. This replaced the hard work he used to work hard, and the audience was very happy to watch it, breaking the box office record in the Mainland. Before "Zodiac" was so tired, the box office was less than half of "Kung Fu Yoga".
First Director: What was your main work at the time of "Zodiac"?
Tang Jili: I helped my eldest brother make full preparations for scene selection, casting, art, costumes, including those fight scenes. In the end, I went to film "Jing Zhong Yue Fei", Huang Xiaoming's TV series, my eldest brother will be the director of "Zodiac".
First Director: I remember that "Kung Fu Yoga" also wanted to have Aamir Khan as the villain, but he didn't come in the end.
Tang Jili: Because he was filming "Falling Dad" at that time, he said that I gained 30 kilograms for this scene. It would be very strange for me to film you now, and the role is not suitable.
First Director: Speaking of "Pioneer", is the New Year's parade at the opening a traditional local event? What preconditions are generally required for this kind of off-site filming?
Tang Jili: There are 700,000 Chinese and foreign tourists in London's Chinatown to celebrate the Chinatown Parade Carnival. We were shooting on location, and we have never opened it to the crew. When the actor Lou Xuexian was putting the finishing touches on the stage, the Mayor of London sat on it, and the chairman of Chinatown sat on it.
First Director: So you still have to have a good relationship with the city government?
Tang Jili: We have Chinatown connections, and those chairmen are our good friends.
First Director: The movie is still a week away. What do you think of the Spring Festival battle this year?
Tang Jili: When I'm filming, I don't care who my opponent is when I show it, and I can't control it either. It's just that I am lucky every time. The National Day champion of "Myth", the champion of "Zodiac" in the same period, "Kung Fu Yoga", and "Red Zone" back then. I just want to surpass myself and this drama is better than Kung Fu Yoga. The cost of 50 million US dollars is larger than the investment of "Kung Fu Yoga", the scene is bigger, the fighting momentum is more tense, and I myself have done a good job of filming, so for me, this drama is much better than "Kung Fu Yoga".
If you like "Kung Fu Yoga", you will have many unexpected surprises when you watch this drama, and you will have great surprises, especially in the action scenes.
First Director: "Pioneer" is actually a military action film. I'm very curious about whether the main theme military films in the past two years, such as "Wolf Warrior 2" or Lin Chaoxian, have a great influence on you?
Tang Jili: But they are different from me. "Wolf Warrior" is a single hero with personal heroism, Rambo's concept. And I am a team, and I am not an all-military theme. Lin Chaoxian uses warships, and I also use warships, but I am resisting terrorist attacks, and the scenes I choose are very beautiful. They are all in shabby and old places. In the ruins, my story is a fictional story, so I can try my best to strengthen it in the aspect of art.
It begins in London, a very beautiful European city, a densely populated big city, and suddenly turns to a barren African forest. I have lions and coyotes coming out of the African forest. When they were chasing, Yang Yang and Xu Ruohan stayed in a big tree in the African jungle to watch the birds of paradise. This is a very romantic atmosphere of hero and heroine. Other directors may advocate authenticity, but I prefer the beauty of the picture.
First Director: What about Dubai? Too many blockbusters have been shot before, what else can be done?
Tang Jili: None of them attacked an aircraft carrier in Dubai, nor did they drive into the Dubai mall.
First Director: Would you pay attention to this international situation yourself?
Tang Jili: I will pay attention. I will look at the international situation, how each country expresses its position, what is the attitude of China, what is the attitude of the Western countries, what is the attitude of the United States, what is the attitude of the Middle East countries, how to look at this matter .
The first director: I found that you are different from many Hong Kong action directors. Almost none of your director works is only about Hong Kong. Basically, they are all over Southeast Asia or the world. This has something to do with your experience of studying in Canada. ?
Tang Jili: Absolutely. My English is no problem, it is more convenient to go to many places, I just took my bag and left. Every time I see the location, there are very few people, and I don’t bring a lot of people, maybe two or three will go first. I read it, I understand it, and I will write a book when I come back. This is how my creations are. I love that my work is like traveling, where I want to go, and the audience wants to see it. In fact, I take the audience to travel in every play.
Do you feel that watching my movies is pleasing to the eye, that is, to take everyone to see the scenery. Especially in the Spring Festival stalls, people who don’t go out have various reasons not to go out. Then when he watches my movies and action comedies, he can also travel around the world. My creative inspiration comes from this, to share with the audience what I like very much.
The stories that other Hong Kong action film directors like to make are probably Hong Kong-based, either gangsters or cops. But Hong Kong's field of vision is still relatively small, no matter whether you are fighting or shooting, it is still a little petty compared to Hollywood movies. Moreover, you are filming in Hong Kong and the road is not blocked, there is no permission to shoot, and there is no permission to explode, so you can only secretly film. So I want to tell a Chinese story, a heroic story. I think the stories of Chinese people can be shared around the world.
04. Diligent behind the scenes
The films of Bi Gan and Diao Yinan are never publicized, nor do they make a sound in cultivating world fighting champions
First Director: What do you want to do in the next play after "Pioneer"?
Tang Jili: "Pioneer" will become a series. In addition, I also have the theme of treasure hunting, such as "Kung Fu Yoga", "Zodiac" and "Myth". In addition, I have a pure love movie.
First Director: I'm still curious about one thing. You have such a strong control over a play and you have led a lot of teams. Why didn't Tang Jiaban appear?
Tang Jili: Actually, I brought a lot of people out. The first group of Hong Kong action directors who entered Hollywood came with me.
First Director: Really?
Tang Jili: Yes. Yuan Bin, Yuan De, Xue Chunwei, these are all.
First Director: I thought they were brought over by Won Kyu.
Tang Jili: Many of them have worked with me and helped me, including Yuan Heping, and I was introduced by the Wachowski brothers who were looking for me at that time.
The first director: I found you first, and then said can you help us get to know Yuan Heping?
Tang Jili: Yes. In fact, for me, I don't put too much emphasis on personal things, and I don't publicize each of my plays. I can hide if I can.
First Director: In the past few years, you have helped a lot of independent literary films and independent literary directors, many, like "What's in the Black", like Bi Gan, like the recent "Party at Southern Station". Because their films are very different from yours, I don't know what you think about that?
Tang Jili: For me, this is an extra in the future. I have a film company and I am in charge of investment. I will change from director, producer, and producer to producer. This is actually my enlightenment teacher, Mr. Run Run Shaw, and Mr. He Guanchang of Golden Harvest. They are my former bosses. They have made countless different types of movies.
The first director: Jia He and Jackie Chan have also done "Rouge Buckle" and "Ruan Lingyu".
Tang Jili: Yes. As a director, my strength is action comedy, but I also like romance films, so I wrote "Myth". I also supervised many TV dramas, such as "Men's Talents and Women's Appearance", and "Ambition" for playing football, including the sports-themed "Hibiscus Out of Water", played by Xu Zheng's wife, Xiao Tao Hong, and talking about synchronized swimming. At the same time, I also voted for many literary directors, such as Bi Gan and Diao Yinan. I want to support newcomers.
First Director: But do you really see the creation of those independent films? What is the standard here?
Tang Jili: I invest in people. I think this director has this passion and is a very attentive person, so I am willing to vote for him. Maybe this play may lose money when it is cast, and it may not be able to make money back.
First Director: For example, South Station, right?
Tang Jili: Yes. So for me, I am willing to invest. I think everyone's growth, including myself, may also lose money in a play in the process. But when you accept losing money in a play, you will be more cautious and will grow. Win or lose is hard to say. But I won't bother about their creations, because as a director, I don't want others to give me too many opinions, and compare my heart to myself, haha.
That's why I don't have a Tang family class. We Chinese people hide our strength in our hearts. Nothing needs to be on the table. You asked me a lot of questions today, and I never took the initiative to say them.
First Director: Last but not least, let's ask a question of lethality, that is, when I was at the press conference one year, I suddenly saw you gain weight. Have you stopped practicing kung fu?
Tang Jili: When I was the fattest, I was sick and would have a little edema.
First Director: When is it?
Tang Jili: It was the time of steroids, the time of "Kung Fu Yoga". I was the fattest when Kung Fu Yoga was advertised.
First Director: Is it because of taking hormones?
Tang Jili: Yes, so I am very fat. It’s a little better now. Of course, it’s not comparable to the previous one. The six-pack abs in the past are now six-pack, and they’re one piece, a bigger piece, hahaha.
First Director: Do you still exercise?
Tang Jili: All, I have trained my apprentices. In "Pioneer", all four of my apprentices participated, namely Yang Jianping, Wang Yanlong, Muqi Miya and Zhou Bin. Yang Jianping is a world boxing champion. Wang Yanlong also won the World Kickboxing Championship last year, setting a record for three championships by KO in 8 seconds. I even trained with them to fight in a boxing match last week. You see, they have all won the world championship, and most people don't know that the master is me.
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