Chapter 160 Four-Party Transaction
At the end of the month, He Zhongqiu's more than 30-day shooting training came to a temporary end.

It was originally level 81, and now it has been upgraded to level 88, which is close to the first-class level. As long as the supporting offensive technology is further improved, it will be of great use next season.

He improves one level every five or six days on average, which is not slow. If he had not also trained in low-post offensive techniques, his speed would have been even faster.

At the suggestion of Green Felton, bank shot drills were practiced along with post-up and face-to-basket offensive techniques.

From getting into position to receiving the ball, then getting rid of the defender, and finally completing the finishing shot, the only difference from actual combat is that there is no physical confrontation and no double-teaming.

While his rebound shooting improved, his low-post footwork was also honed, from level 77 to 85, almost approaching first-rate.

The improvement is very fast, thanks to his agile and fast movements. He is confident that he can improve his low-post pace to level 90 during this offseason.

In addition, his low-post face-to-basket shot increased from 61 to 71, and his low-post back-to-the-basket shot increased from 56 to 62.

Thanks to the improvement of these techniques, the basic skills of shooting have also been improved from 55 to 65, reaching a professional level, and dribbling has been improved from 70 to 72.

At the same time, there has been a significant improvement in the offensive area.

The close-range attack power has increased from 62 to 76, which is almost close to the second-rate level. The low-post face-to-basket and back-to-the-basket techniques are still a drag, otherwise the close-range attack power would be higher.

CIC jumped from level 45 to level 60, reaching a professional level.

When there is an open space at the edge of the paint, the bank shot can also be used, but it cannot be too far from the paint. Just one step outside the paint line.

In addition, during the shooting training during this period, he also predicted rebounds when he missed the shot, and his prediction level increased from 78 to 80.

On June 6, Kobe departed from Los Angeles and flew to Eagle County, Colorado to prepare for a knee surgery.

At the hotel, a young girl received him and he felt very happy that night, but the girl was not happy because she did not pay enough.

The next day, Kobe went for surgery and the girl chose to call the police, saying that Kobe raped her.

On July 7st, He Zhongqiu officially joined the crew in Hollywood, Los Angeles and began filming Blade 1.

His role is the deputy captain of the vampire hunting team, and the captain is the heroine Jessica Biel.

This character is a human, an additional character, whose English name is Hannibal King, his Chinese name is Jin Hu, his nickname is Sabre-toothed Tiger, and his identity background is a martial arts master from the mysterious China.

His first scene was a fight scene where he and Jessica Biel were attacked by a group of vampires in a subway station.

This team of vampires is of low level and weak strength; they are just a group of minions.

According to the fighting style designed by Lin Dian for He Zhongqiu, the following fight will be a one-sided massacre. One claw will tear one apart directly, and one punch will blow one up directly.

In the dim and dilapidated subway station, Sabretooth, played by He Zhongqiu, is wearing a black leather jacket and cool sunglasses like the protagonist Blade. The whole person seems to blend into the dim environment.

A pair of arms hung casually, and on a pair of large hands made of fine steel, ten blade-like nails appeared at the fingertips, just like a leopard's claws.

A few steps away from him is Jessica Biel, the leader of the hunting team, Albert, the daughter of Blade's master.

Bale stood closer to the camera, and He Zhongqiu was always at the far end, so the two of them could be placed in the same shot and the height difference would not be so obvious.

The director considered a lot about how to shoot He Zhongqiu. Single-person shots were no problem, but for two-person or multi-person shots, his height would be an obstacle and close-up shots would not fit him.

In the end, we adopted this near-far stance, or used a long lens, and then occasionally gave He Zhongqiu a close-up shot to enhance his presence.

A group of vampires in makeup stood in the dark corner. They were members of Lin Dian's stunt team, most of them were from Hong Kong, and a few were Americans.

For this scene, the stuntmen were prepared to get injured.

After all, Wolverine is so big that he can be regarded as a giant in front of them. He has incredible strength, and his fighting style is to blow people up with one punch. If he can't control his strength, it is possible that he can kill them with one punch.

There is no scene with the protagonist Blade in this scene. Wesley Snipes stood behind the camera, observing how his competitor performed this fight scene.

Wolverine is very famous, more famous than him. He has seen the video of tearing the wardrobe with bare hands on the NBA All-Star Game many times. He was a little unhappy that the crew actually found Wolverine. If the filming is good, wouldn’t it steal his limelight?
"Action!"

After everyone took their positions, director Gao Ye gave an order.

The scene suddenly became quiet, and the radio equipment started to work.

"Crack!"

At the same time, behind the black and white clapperboard, the cameraman will record the date, camera position, scene, shot number, photographer's name and other information on it, and then the script supervisor will quickly remove the clapperboard and the shooting will begin.

"Ok!"

The saber-toothed tiger, which had been standing still, suddenly looked towards the dark corner. A look as sharp as a knife instantly appeared in its eyes, and a powerful aura burst out from its body instantly.

At this moment, he seemed to have instantly transformed into a ferocious beast, emitting an extremely intimidating and powerful aura.

Jessica Biel, who was two steps away, widened her eyes and looked at He Zhongqiu.

Her original reaction was to look towards the dark corner, because she also discovered the group of vampires, but at this moment she was frightened by the aura of He Zhongqiu and did not react as she should have.

Moreover, the photographer two meters away also felt this powerful energy and was affected, and his camera lens couldn't help but pause.

At this moment, a group of vampires rushed over from a dark corner more than ten meters away.

"Cut!"

Director Gao Ye shouted angrily and stopped filming.

"It's over!"

Jessica Biel said secretly after she reacted.

"Damn it!"

The photographer also reacted.

"Jessica, pay attention. I don't want to make any more unnecessary mistakes, OK?" Gao Ye said to Bell dissatisfiedly.

"OK."

Jessica nodded quickly.

While Gao Ye was communicating with the photographer, she glared at He Zhongqiu with some dissatisfaction.

"Jessica, is it my fault?"

He Zhongqiu quickly admitted his mistake, but his attitude was obviously not very good, and Bell glared at him again.

His aura comes from his strong mental willpower and terrifying blood and energy, and from his strong confidence in his own martial arts skills. This invisible aura sounds mysterious, but it does exist.

It's not just people like him, there are also people who have been in high positions for a long time.

Most people are so timid in front of a superior that they dare not even look him in the eye, let alone speak. What’s worse is that their heart rate will stop beating, they will sweat profusely, their bodies will lose control, and their hands and feet will become uncontrollable.

"Action!"

A few minutes later, Gao Ye shouted the slogan again and the filming began.

A group of vampires rushed out. He Zhongqiu and Jessica discovered them in advance with their keen sensing abilities and immediately faced them head-on. The two sides soon came into contact.

Jessica used a pair of silver pistols, and fired silver bullets continuously. Some vampires were shot, while others dodged with their agile bodies.

Of course, this is just a live shot, and special effects will be needed later.

He Zhongqiu was empty-handed, with his hands like hooks. After charging into the crowd of vampires, he stretched out his left hand and grabbed the neck of a vampire that jumped down from the ceiling with one hand. He swung it casually, and the vampire was thrown away with one hand.

"Oh!"

The stuntman fell to the ground several meters away and almost suffocated. It was the steel wire behind him that pulled him up, otherwise he would have fallen even harder.

He fell to the ground and struggled for a few times before he stopped moving. According to the plot, he was killed instantly by the saber-toothed tiger.

"Cut."

At this time, director Gao Ye shouted "Cut".

"What's the matter, Director?" Lin Dian asked.

Goyer said: "There's not enough detail. I want to get a shot of the saber-tooth tiger ripping open his neck, just like he ripped open his wardrobe on All-Stars, with his fingers digging into his neck. Here I want a close-up of blood splattering and muscles being torn apart.

Just now, Wolverine only had the swinging action, no finger force action, no tearing action, I need to capture those actions. "

“The only way is to shoot another take with a dummy, where Wolverine uses Eagle Claws to tear the dummy’s neck, and then edit this action in, and add special effects in post-production,” said Lin Dian.

"OK, let's do it." Gao Ye nodded.

"Props, bring a dummy over here." Lin Dian asked loudly.

"OK."

The prop master quickly brought the dummy over. "Wolverine, can you see if you can tear it apart with one claw?" Lin Dian asked.

Gao Ye also came over. This dummy was specially made and quite tough. After all, it was not a disposable item and could be used many times on the set. It cost more than three thousand dollars each. He was worried that Wolverine would not be able to tear open the dummy's neck.

He Zhongqiu went over to check it out and found that it was made of plastic. He pinched it a few times and it should be tougher than human muscles.

If he didn't have his fingernails, it would be impossible to tear it apart with one hand, but now he has fingernails at least 0.5 cm long, so this thing shouldn't be able to stop him from tearing it apart with one claw.

"Let's give it a try?" Wu Jing said.

"it is good."

He nodded, and scratched the back of his neck hard. Several nails instantly pierced through the tough plastic outer layer. He retracted his five fingers hard, and then all four fingers were dug into the neck.

Lin Dian, Gao Ye and Wu Jing all saw it, and the corners of their mouths and eyes twitched.

The same thing happened to Wesley Snipes and Jessica Biel, who were standing behind them, with shock in their eyes.

"Chinese Kung Fu is so scary!"

"Is this even a human being?"

Gao Ye and Lin Dian complained at the same time.

“Is this Kung Fu?”

Snipes suddenly became excited and wanted to learn Kung Fu from Wolverine.

Next, there was a shot of He Zhongqiu tearing the dummy's neck with one hand.

When the dummy fell from the ceiling hanging on a wire, He Zhongqiu waved his left hand, grabbed the dummy's neck, and with his five fingers like steel hooks, he pulled them in hard and hooked them into the neck. Then he tore and threw it hard, and the dummy's neck was torn apart the moment it was thrown away.

"Cut!"

Gao Ye called a halt with satisfaction.

But then I changed the dummy and took another shot as a backup.

"The Wolverine scene is a bit expensive!"

Although I am satisfied with the results of the filming, the two dummies are worth six thousand dollars. If I continue filming like this, the cost of the dummies alone will not be small.

After filming the scene with the dummy, Gao Ye was dissatisfied with the previous scene and wanted to reshoot it.

Because the stuntman vampire died so quickly, Goyer needed the actor to show the pain and horror of having his neck torn.

This scene is divided into three shots. One is the vampire jumping down from the ceiling and being grabbed by the neck by He Zhongqiu. Then the shot of He Zhongqiu tearing the dummy's neck is edited in. The last shot is the shot of the actor struggling in pain with his neck torn.

But the acting skills for that stunt were not good enough, so after He Zhongqiu's recommendation, Wu Jing took over and with his acting skills, it was not a problem.

However, the third shot required makeup on the neck to make it look like the neck was torn open, which would take at least three or four hours, so it could only be shot in the afternoon.

Director Gao Ye asked the producer to sign an additional contract with Wu Jing, gave him $100,000, and allowed him to shoot such scenes in the future.

The filming continued. He Zhongqiu had just torn a vampire apart, and the next scene was about to be the one where he would punch the vampire to death.

The stuntman who played the vampire was a Hong Kong martial artist, less than 1.7 meters tall, and only reached He Zhongqiu's chest. Thinking of the scene where He Zhongqiu had just thrown his companion away with one hand, he worried that he would be killed by one punch.

He looked at He Zhongqiu's razor-like fingernails, which seemed to be no different from a knife if they scratched him, but would be disastrous if they scratched an aorta. He felt a chill in his heart.

He Zhongqiu switched from acting to martial arts, so he naturally knew the concerns of this stunt. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, brother. I have also filmed some fighting scenes in China, and I have never hurt anyone."

After saying that, he suddenly threw a punch and hit the stuntman in the face.

The punch came too suddenly and too fast. At that moment, the stuntman's mind went blank and his eyes closed instinctively.

He Zhongqiu's explosive power was so strong that as his fists whistled, the muscles on the stuntman's face shook and deformed under the pressure of the wind.

The next moment, the stuntman instinctively dodged backwards.

He fell to the ground and touched his face in surprise, but he was not hurt at all. However, the punch just now clearly hit his face, and he could even feel the skin contact.

Lin Dian's eyes lit up. In the whole of Hong Kong, perhaps only Li Lianjie could deliver such a punch. This was the true master's realm, where he could control the power freely from his heart.

Of course, He Zhongqiu's kung fu is different from Li Lianjie's. Just look at the claw that tore the dummy's neck, he has never seen any martial artist be able to do that, and it is definitely impossible for Li Lianjie to do that too. He definitely has real kung fu.

This punch also made the martial artists feel relieved.

While He Zhongqiu was immersed in the filming of the movie, the league's trading window was officially opened on that day, and trades could be discussed. The trade freeze period will end on July 7, and the contract can be officially signed when it expires.

The Knicks and the Mavericks announced that they had reached a verbal deal, with the Knicks paying Kurt Thomas + Ellis and the Mavericks paying Steve Nash.

That night, Kobe, who had undergone a successful operation, was questioned by local police in the hotel, and the police searched his room for evidence.

However, the case remains confidential because the police are still collecting evidence and are not searching for Kobe, but he has been asked not to leave Eagle County.

"Mr. Layden, I calculated that McDyess didn't play a single game for the Knicks. The Spurs can't take the blame!"

On the morning of the 2nd, Scott Layden sent a trade request to the Spurs, wanting to trade Ginobili with McDyess, but was ridiculed by Popovich.

"So what about the madman?" Leiden immediately changed the chips.

"Him? NO."

Popovich was a little tempted, but immediately rejected it.

The reason is simple. The Spurs simply cannot afford the madman's contract, while Ginobili is much cheaper, and in his opinion, he is no worse than the madman and is younger.

After Layden hung up the phone, he immediately contacted the Trail Blazers to trade for Rasheed Wallace. Without Thomas at the power forward position, the Blazers lacked a strong defensive power forward.

The bargaining chip is the mid-range shooting king Alan Houston. The boss is replaced by the boss, and the annual salary is similar.

The Trail Blazers want to trade Rasheed Wallace, firstly because Wallace is in a lot of trouble. Last year, he even threatened referee Donaghy and was suspended for seven games. Second, they want to make room for Randolph.

But the Trail Blazers didn't think highly of the mid-range shooting king, so the deal was rejected again.

"Damn it, it looks like the CIC King is really going to fail in my hands."

So Layden immediately initiated a trade for Bonzi Wells to the Trail Blazers. The bargaining chip could be the madman or the mid-range shooting king, you can pick whichever one you want.

Wells is definitely not better than Madman, and he doesn't have a three-point shot, but he has more dribbling breakthroughs, and his annual salary is only half of Madman's. He is younger and more suitable for the current Knicks.

Unfortunately, it was still rejected. The Trail Blazers are about to choose to rebuild and hope to get young players instead of veterans like the madman mid-range shooting king.

A day later, the Timberwolves contacted the Knicks and offered a four-party trade, in which the Knicks sent out the Madman and got Keith Van Horn from the Digital Team.

Ryan didn't want Van Horn because this power forward had no speed, no defense, and was just a pseudo small forward with fancy stats.

After Nash got the team, other positions must have good defensive talents to fill in for Nash, and Van Horn is not suitable.

But he immediately thought of the Trail Blazers, contacted them immediately, pulled the Trail Blazers in, kicked the Digital Team out of the deal, and finally reached an agreement.

The Knicks traded Puslewell to the Trail Blazers in exchange for Bonzi Wells and a top-five protected first-round pick in 04.

The Hawks sent Glenn Ross to get Timberwolves shooting guard Brandon and an unprotected first-round pick in 04.

The Timberwolves sent Brandon and an unprotected first-round pick in 04 to get the madman.

The Trail Blazers traded Bonzi Wells and a top-five protected first-round pick in 04 for Glenn Rose.

After completing this transaction, the team is still lacking a power forward among the five main positions.

No team wants Alan Houston, and no one wants McDyess either. I'm afraid they will continue to rot in their hands, and Layden will continue to have a headache.

At this time, he received a piece of news that the Spurs wanted to promote Ginobili and chose to give up Stephen Jackson.

Jackson plays very hard on defense, has three-point shooting on offense, and can play the two and three positions, which is what the Knicks need right now.

Of course, Jackson also has weaknesses. Due to his height, he is not fast enough as a No. 2, and his ability to assist and defend is average, so he cannot fill in the gaps for Nash.

Another thing is that now that we have Bonzi Wells, the king of mid-range shooting, with such a big contract, we definitely can’t let him play as a substitute.

The CIC king will not accept being demoted directly from leader to substitute. If this arrangement is forced upon him, infighting is almost certain.

So if Stephen Jackson is brought in, he can only play as a substitute. Will he accept this arrangement?

Logically speaking, they would not accept it, because Jackson is the Spurs' championship shooting guard and there is no way he would be willing to come to the Knicks as a substitute.

But what if Jackson accepted? So he immediately contacted Jackson's agent.

(End of this chapter)