I Am A Prodigy

Chapter 123: Candidate for Huo Yuanjia

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

"Li Jing?"

Ye Lingchen was taken aback, staring at the man in the distance.

He knew about Li Jing. It could be said that he grew up watching his Kungfu movies.

At that time, he was only around 10 years old. He watched Li Jing's old TV series, Tai Chi. He had stood in front of a basin filled with water and drew the Tai Chi symbol in the water, dreaming to one day become a martial arts expert.

Who would have thought that 10 years later, he had become a martial arts expert, yet Li Jing was mercilessly washed away by the passages of time.

Ye Lingchen remembered that Li Jing was only 18 years old when he was in Tai Chi. He was only in his late twenties at this point. With such a foundation, how did he fall into such a sorry state?

Furthermore, Ye Lingchen knew that Li Jing had learned his arts from the Shaolin Temple. He had learned real martial arts.

Li Jing stopped his practice when he saw Ye Lingchen approaching. He greeted with a friendly smile. "Hello."

"Master Li, I've grown up watching your TV series." Ye Lingchen smiled. "Your Tai Chi and Grandmaster of Tai Chi were my favorite when I was a kid."

"Hahaha, I didn't expect someone to still remember me." Li Jing laughed as he wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"Master Li, I didn't expect to see you here. Why did you stop filming?" Ye Lingchen asked.

Li Jing's eyes took on a hint of sadness, then sighed. "Actually, after Grandmaster of Tai Chi, I have acted in other TV series as well. Unfortunately back then, idols were the trend and the ratings were bad. Later on, with the rise of many celebrities from Stick Nation, a large number of young actors were born, leading to me being left aside."

"Recently the martial arts trend is growing and you're equipped with real martial arts. That should fit the market's demands." Ye Lingchen presented his views to Li Jing.

He had noticed Li Jing's movements. They were firm and natural. His body was rather well built too. That showed that he had maintained his martial arts practice for all these years. Such patience and dedication were beyond the average person.

When Ye Lingchen brought up the subject, Li Jing's face showed a hint of suppressed anger.

It turned out that some crews did look for him to film some action movies. However, the lead actor was Wu Han and he was Wu Han's opponent.

Most importantly, Wu Han's character was always the undefeated champion in all those movies, constantly acting cool. Meanwhile, Li Jing was playing the role of Wu Han's stepping stone. In those movies, he would constantly be toyed with by Wu Han. Fighting back was not an option. All in all, his presence was just to lift Wu Han up.

Since it was Kungfu, it naturally had to be real fights with exchanges. It was one thing that Li Jing had to play the part of a loser. It was something else when Wu Han was the one defeating him.

As a masculine man, Li Jing had always hated little fresh meats like Wu Han. To have him take part in that type of movie, it was humiliating him and Chinese Kungfu!

With that, he rejected the offers.

With the rejection, he had pissed off Wu Han. From then he was constantly thrown under the bus by the movie circles. Nobody had come looking for him since, nor did anyone dare to extend a helping hand. One day, he went from a movie star to an errand boy in Hengdian Studios with the occasional role as a stuntman, landing him all sorts of tiring and demeaning jobs.