Chapter 163 Strong General
Yang Xue said, "Sanjin, the Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils starring Xixi is a big hit, with very high ratings. Now everyone calls her Sister Fairy."

"What fairy sister? A yellow-haired girl."

Glancing at Liu Yifei, who had a face full of baby fat, He Zhongqiu curled his lips in disdain.

Liu Yifei said angrily, "It's not me who wants to be called this name, what does it have to do with me? Your Wolverine doesn't sound good either, it's not as good as my Lai Fu name."

"Haha."

Everyone who knew what was going on started laughing.

"What is Lai Fu?" He Zhongqiu asked in confusion.

Yang Xue suppressed her laughter and said, "All the dogs that Xixi raises, as long as they are male dogs, are named Lai Fu."

He Zhongqiu's face turned dark immediately. Wolverine is even worse than a dog. Liu Yifei, do you believe that I will stew all the male dogs in your house?
Liu Yifei then said dissatisfiedly: "Master, can you please stop calling me Lao Liu?"

"Then can you please stop calling me a monk?" He Zhongqiu asked back.

Liu Yifei glanced at He Zhongqiu's head, chuckled, but shook his head and said, "Then you should continue to call me Lao Liu."

Yang Xue started laughing again, and everyone in the private room burst into laughter.

He Zhongqiu nodded and said with a chuckle, "Then don't call me Lao Liu anymore."

"Really? Then you can call me Yifei or Xixi."

Liu Yifei immediately became happy, with a smile on his face like a flower, and it was obvious that he was really happy.

He Zhongqiu laughed and said, "You kept scolding me today. From now on, I will call you Liu Laodiao instead of Lao Liu."

"Liu, Lao, ditch?"

Liu Yifei was completely stunned.

Old Liu could barely accept it, but he said, "What kind of name is this? He Sanjin, if you call out this nickname, I will let Lai Fu bite you, and I will never let you go in this life."

"Haha."

Many people in the private room burst into laughter.

Seeing Liu Yifei's face gradually darken, Yang Xue quickly advised: "Stop laughing, stop laughing, Sanjin is just joking."

"Okay, okay, Zhongqiu was just a joke, please stop laughing." Fei Ge and Huang Sanshi also asked everyone to stop laughing.

"Sanjin was just joking, Xixi, don't be angry."

Yang Xue persuaded Liu Yifei, and then held back her laughter and said to He Zhongqiu: “Sanjin, you too, how could you give Xixi such an ugly nickname?
She is still such a young, pretty girl. If this gets out, won’t her fans scold you to death? "

"I was just kidding, Lao Liu, I'm sorry." He Zhongqiu had to apologize.

"Humph!"

Still angry, Liu Yifei turned his head away and didn't look at He Zhongqiu.

When He Zhongqiu saw the sword in Liu Yifei's hand, Yang Xue explained, "Xixi said that you are very good at Kung Fu. She needs to use the sword in a movie, so she wants to learn sword from you."

Liu Yifei was no longer angry this time and looked at He Zhongqiu with anticipation.

He Zhongqiu shook his head and said, "How can I have the time to teach you? There is a martial arts instructor in the crew, you can learn from him."

Everyone was speechless, and Yao Chen showed a hint of gloating in his eyes.

"Sister Xue?"

Liu Yifei stamped his feet in anger and looked at Yang Xue.

Yang Xue advised: "At least you can teach her a few moves, it won't take much time. She has been dancing since she was a child, and she also learned martial arts at a martial arts school in New York, so she has good physical fitness."

He Zhongqiu said helplessly: "Why would a girl learn swordsmanship? Isn't it better to stay at home and pet the cat and walk the dog?"

"What did you say about me when we met just now?" Liu Yifei said dissatisfiedly.

"Haha..." Everyone else laughed.

He Zhongqiu thought for a moment and said, “As for weapons, my father felt that his body could not hold on any longer a year before he died, so he taught me three sets of sword techniques, two sets of knife techniques, and one set of spear techniques. They are all external skills, which are the routines practiced by Wu Jing and Li Lianjie.

These things are of little use. They are fine when you are young, but practicing too much will hurt your bones and muscles, as well as your blood circulation. You will age quickly when you are old, and excessive exercise will damage your foundation. He also told me to practice less and practice more internal skills.

So after my father passed away, I didn’t practice much. I haven’t even gotten started yet. Even if I teach you, it’s just fancy moves. Lao Liu, do you really want to learn?”

"I'm just practicing for filming, will it hurt my body?" Liu Yifei asked cautiously.

"When I say that exercising too much will harm your body, I mean that it will only happen if you practice every day, practice during the hottest days of summer and the coldest days of winter, and don't know the internal martial arts to maintain your health. Of course it won't happen if you practice casually, unless you fail to stretch your tendons, bones and membranes during practice and get injured." He Zhongqiu explained.

"Then I want to learn, big monk, please teach me." Liu Yifei raised his little face and said expectantly.

"One million dollars, no bargaining." He Zhongqiu stretched out his big hand in front of Liu Yifei's little face.

"what?"

Liu Yifei jumped up.

Everyone was shocked. One million US dollars, seven or eight million RMB, what kind of swordsmanship is so valuable? Is it the Exorcist Swordsmanship or the Dugu Nine Swords?

"Three pounds?" Yang Xue was also shocked.

"Oh, you're wrong. This is not the United States. It's just one million RMB. Since we are familiar with each other, I'll give you a 20% discount, so it's 800,000." He Zhongqiu said.

"Where can I get so much money?" Liu Yifei said aggrievedly.

"You're such a big star, and I heard you're almost a top star, but you can't even come up with 800,000?" He Zhongqiu said in disbelief.

Liu Yifei said angrily, "They have only filmed two dramas. When I was filming Golden Age, I was a newcomer and I made 3,000 per episode, which only made me a little over 50,000 yuan. Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils made 5,000 per episode, which was a little over 100,000 yuan. The next one I'm going to film is 8,000 per episode of The Return of the Condor Heroes, which I can make at most a few hundred thousand yuan. I'll give it all to you, okay?"

"Haha, Comrade Lao Liu, I'm just teasing you. Alright, alright, I'll find time to teach you. You're really annoying."

He Zhongqiu made a complaint after he finished speaking.

Liu Yifei was not angry when being criticized. After all, she was used to it and she was not such a petty person.

Besides, the big monk is a man of real kung fu, and she wants to learn a few powerful moves so that she can be a female warrior in the future, so she can't be angry. This is called asking for help from others.

After dealing with Old Liu, He Zhongqiu glanced at Yao Dazui.

This woman is not a good person. The jealousy of Liu Yifei in her eyes was very obvious just now, and the look she gave to Sister Xue was not friendly either. Nothing could escape her sharp sight.

He casually joked, "Yao Dazui, when you are filming a kissing scene, will you accidentally cover someone's chin?"

"Haha."

The crowd burst into laughter.

"Hey, Master!"

Yao Dazui was so angry that his face turned red and he gritted his teeth.

He Zhongqiu came over to Huang Xiaoming, patted his head, and said jokingly: "Brother Xiaoming, I haven't seen you for half a year.
I noticed that you have grown taller again?"

"Because he was having dinner with you, he put on an extra layer of height-increasing pad." Yao Dazui said.

"Big Mouth, if you don't speak, no one will say you are dumb." Huang Xiaoming said unhappily.

"Haha."

There was another burst of laughter in the private room.

Yang Xue said, "Brother Xiao Ming is going to film The Return of the Condor Heroes with Xixi, and he will play Yang Guo."

He Zhongqiu encouraged: "Brother Xiaoming, come on, and try to get on the front line as soon as possible."

"Thank you. Zhongqiu, you too, try to make a name for yourself in Hollywood, and we will all be proud of it." Huang Xiaoming said with a smile.

"Wait."

He Zhongqiu laughed.

He chatted with everyone one by one. Although he didn't have much friendship with them, he still wanted to make friends with them. After all, Yang Xue was in China, and even if these people couldn't help, it would be fine as long as they didn't do anything bad.

However, when it was Huang Bo's turn, he didn't quite recognize him. After all, he didn't attend the 02 acting class. He knew Liu Yifei, but that was when they were filming.

Moreover, this guy is so old, at least thirty years old, and judging from his appearance, he is definitely not from the acting class.

"Dude, which class are you from? Are you a director or a photographer? Are you also a teacher like Brother Fei?" he asked as he thought of it.

Huang Bo said awkwardly: "Well, I, my name is Huang Bo, I changed my major from dubbing to acting, and I am Liu Yifei's classmate."

"What?" He Zhongqiu was stunned.

"Old Liu?"

He looked at Liu Yifei, and Liu Yifei nodded. Only then did he dare to believe it.

He said with admiration: "Old Huang, I am so handsome and talented but I couldn't get into Beijing Film Academy. You can get into Beijing Film Academy at your age and appearance, so you must have a good background or talent."

Huang Bo didn't know how to answer, so he simply didn't answer and just laughed.

Yang Xue said, "Sanjin, Huang Bo is talented. The movie he made before he entered Beijing Film Academy won the Golden Rooster Award."

"Really?" He Zhongqiu was stunned.

"Come on, Baoqiang, come here and introduce yourself."

He quickly called Wang Baoqiang over from the corner, introduced him, and said, "Old Huang, Baoqiang's acting is better than mine. He won the Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer for the movie Blind Shaft a few years ago, as well as awards from France and Thailand. He is now working as a bricklayer at a construction site. You two both have distinctive looks. I'll take care of you if there's any chance in the future." Huang Bo smiled bitterly. He had only played some small roles in the past two years. How could he take care of him? If he hadn't come here with a thick face today, he wouldn't have been eligible to attend this dinner.

The dishes were then served and everyone ate and chatted.

"Zhongqiu, when will the Hollywood movie you shot be released?" Huang Sanshi asked.

"I don't know. We're still filming and it'll take more than two months to finish according to the plan. With editing and promotion, the earliest it will take is the end of the year. If we have to schedule it, it might be next year," he said.

Huang Sanshi said, "You used to attend classes at Beijing Film Academy frequently, so you can be considered half a Beijing Film Academy student. There are so many students in so many classes, and I really can't find anyone who is better than you."

"That is."

He Zhongqiu glanced at Huang Xiaoming and nodded.

"No, Zhongqiu, why are you looking at me?" Huang Xiaoming said with a grunt.

"Haha."

Everyone couldn't help laughing.

Huang Sanshi laughed and said, "Actually, I'm not talking about height, I'm talking about pay."

"Six million US dollars, according to the official exchange rate, is close to fifty million RMB."

"We can't make that much money even if we make movies for a lifetime and die."

"Excluding Hong Kong, in mainland China, apart from Li Lianjie, it's Mid-Autumn Festival."

After this topic was brought up, everyone started discussing it.

Yang Xue smiled proudly and said, "After San Jin's movie is released and sells well, I will shoot another movie as the leading role during the off-season next year. The salary will be at least tens of millions."

Fei Ge said: "Li Lianjie's first Hollywood movie cost $50, his second, Romeo Must Die, cost $250 million, and his third, Kiss of the Dragon, cost $500 million.

Jackie Chan's salary for "Jackie Chan: Peaky Blinders" should be 1 million. The producers of "Jackie Chan: Peaky Blinders" gave him two options, one was 400 million US dollars + 2% of the global box office dividends, and the other was 1500 million. He chose the first one.

If the movie he shot in the middle of the autumn season is a big hit and his performance is well-received, I think his salary for his first starring role could be even higher, at least $15 million.”

He Zhongqiu chuckled proudly and said, "My trailer has thirteen shots in total, and now the total number of hits has reached over 100 million."

"Wow!"

“That must have been a big hit.”

"The box office won't be bad anyway."

There was a sound of envy in the private room.

Huang Sanshi said: "The pay for a film still depends on the investment in the film. Big productions worth hundreds of millions of dollars are fine, but art films will have to cut pay."

He Zhongqiu said: "My height is still not suitable. There are too many restrictions. It is really difficult to match roles. This time when filming Blade 3, the director had a headache. Single-person shots are okay, but the positioning of multi-person shots is quite troublesome."

Brother Fei said: "That's right, you were a minor supporting role before, and we didn't care about your presence, but this time you are an important supporting role."

"Brother Fei, it's the second male lead now. Sanjin's role has been changed to the second male lead." Yang Xue said with a smile.

Brother Fei smiled and nodded, "As the male lead, every time you appear in a scene, you have to highlight your presence, but you can't steal the spotlight from the main character. It's really troublesome. You can stand on a chair for literary scenes, but it's even more troublesome for action scenes."

He Zhongqiu nodded and said, "I am Chinese, so I still have to wait for opportunities to act in future movies. It is not easy to be the protagonist. I have to write a script and make a big production, which is even more difficult."

Huang Sanshi said: "As long as your film is a big hit and gets good reviews, these are not a problem. There will definitely be a lot of film companies and producers in Hollywood willing to write scripts for you. Jackie Chan and Li Lianjie's films are like this, specially written for you."

Brother Fei said, "After filming Hero, Director Zhang no longer shoots art films and wants to transform into commercial films. When I met him the day before yesterday, during the Mid-Autumn Festival, he also talked about you."

"Ah, what did Director Zhang say about me?" He Zhongqiu asked hurriedly.

Brother Fei said, "He said that according to historical research, Qin Shi Huang's height should be close to two meters. If you were asked to play Qin Shi Huang in Heroes, maybe it would have a different effect."

"Zhongqiu should be able to play Xiang Yu. I heard Xiang Yu is over 1.9 meters tall."

"Lü Bu's height should be between 205 and 207 centimeters, so it's OK to play him."

"Murong Chui is 7 feet 7 inches tall, definitely over 2 meters tall, maybe even taller than Zhongqiu."

"Yu Juluo and Ran Min are both eight feet tall, some are taller."

"I think Guan Yu is also suitable. Guan Yu is nine feet tall. One foot in the Three Kingdoms period seems to be 24 centimeters. If converted, it is estimated to be about the same as Zhongqiu, which is more than 210 centimeters."

"Yes, I think with Zhongqiu's fighting ability, he is most suitable to play these tall and fierce generals."

Everyone started discussing it.

He Zhongqiu was also somewhat interested. Many traditional martial arts were originally transformed from fighting techniques on the battlefield, and he also had a dream of becoming a fierce general in his heart.

"How can a domestic movie have such a huge investment to hire a big monk? Hero only has an investment of 3000 million US dollars." Liu Yifei said in a low voice.

"For filming Hero, Li Lianjie was paid 1000 million US dollars, and the production costs accounted for half of the investment," said Huang Sanshi.

“It seems that only big commercial films like Hero can afford to host Mid-Autumn Festival in the future,” Brother Fei said with a smile.

"By the way, He Zhongqiu, you have immigrated, right?" Yao Dazui suddenly asked.

"Why should I immigrate? Isn't it good to be a Chinese?" He Zhongqiu shook his head.

"The United States is so great, a beacon of freedom around the world, with free education, free medical care, free property ownership, advanced technology, and it's so powerful."

Yao Dazui began to praise the United States, and his expression was quite infatuated.

He Zhongqiu looked at Yao Dazui as if he were an idiot. After she finished talking for a long time, he asked, "Dazui, do you think you understand America better, you or I?"

Yao Dazui was stunned for a moment, and stammered: "Well, of course it's you."

He Zhongqiu turned around and said to everyone, "Before I went to the United States, I also looked at the United States like Dazui, but after staying in the United States for a few months, I realized that, damn, except for the fact that it is indeed powerful and technologically advanced, everything else is a lie."

Everyone looked at each other, and Huang Sanshi smiled and said, "Zhongqiu, tell us about it."

He Zhongqiu said: "First of all, let's talk about free education. There are two types of education in the United States, one is elite education, and the other is the free education that Big Mouth mentioned.

Not to mention elite education, free education is just happy education, and the people educated there are trash and useless.

Where do the talents in the United States come from now? First, they are from elite education, and second, they are high-IQ talents introduced from all over the world, including international students. The free education they provide to the lower and middle classes of society cannot produce any useful talents at all. "

"Zhongqiu, you know a lot."

Fei Ge said: "I also studied abroad in Los Angeles for two years, and it is indeed true."

He Zhongqiu chuckled and said, "What can a junior high school student like me understand? This is all told to me by my American translator.

His nephew didn’t find a job after graduating from college, so he joined the New York gang. He was shot and killed some time ago, and his body sank to the bottom of the river.”

"Ouch!"

“How come college students can’t find jobs?”

"Even though our universities have expanded their enrollment in the past two years, college students are still very popular, right?"

"Didn't Zhongqiu just say that all those who come out of free and happy education are useless, that's why they can't find jobs."

“I don’t think American universities are free, right?”

Everyone was surprised and started talking about it.

He Zhongqiu continued, "My translator complained to me, saying that the American class system has become rigid, so they are promoting happy education.

This way, it won’t impact the upper class, because the sons of mice can only dig holes, and under happy education, they will never be able to turn over a new leaf in their lifetime. "

"Let me tell you about the free medical care in the United States. It is a medical system controlled by health insurance companies."

"As far as I know, there are many international students and Chinese immigrants in New York. When they get sick and don't have money to see a private doctor, they all go back to China for treatment."

"Do you know how much money the average American has in their pocket? Very few people have more than two or three hundred dollars in cash. Everyone is overdrawn, spending tomorrow's or the day after tomorrow's money today. If they lose their jobs and income one day, they will go bankrupt and have to sleep on the street if they can't hold on for a few days."

"Do you know how Americans get free medical treatment? They make an appointment first and then wait for several months before they can see the doctor."

"It's so hard to see a doctor, but if you need X-rays or even surgery, you have to wait. The X-ray may take a month, and the surgery may take several months or years. What will you do in these months or years? Take painkillers."

"American painkillers come in bottles at a cost of 1,000 tablets. Take as many as you want. You can take them for any disease. They're cheap. If you die from them, you deserve it. Many people become addicted to them and take them every day."

"There is also the permanent property right, that is true, but you have to pay the property rent every year, if you don't pay, the house will be gone. I originally planned to buy a few more villas, but then I thought better of it."

"I tell you, I live a pretty good life in the United States because I make a lot of money."

"The United States is a paradise for rich people. You can immigrate as long as you have money. But for those who don't have money, I suggest you don't immigrate. Don't dream of getting this or that for free. I tell you, free things are the most expensive."

"Zhongqiu, since you are living well in the United States, why don't you immigrate?" Yao Dazui asked puzzledly.

"Because of racial discrimination," said He Zhongqiu.

"Racial discrimination?" Everyone was stunned.

"I had never heard of this term when I was in China. I only understood it after I went to the United States."

"Let me put it this way, in the United States, white people are the most important, black people are second, other skin colors are third, and Chinese are at the bottom of the list."

"It means that anyone can come up and kick a Chinese person, spit in your face, or slap you. That's pretty much what it means."

"The fight I had in the NBA, in the final analysis, wasn't it because they were unhappy that I was a Chinese and was in the limelight in the NBA? If I didn't know some Kung Fu, I would have been crippled by them a long time ago, and I wouldn't be here today."

(End of this chapter)