Chapter 164 New Head Coach

The next day, at noon on the 6th, Wu Jing left Yanjing and flew to Los Angeles.

From that day on, He Zhongqiu also started shooting commercials, and the company got him a bunch of endorsement contracts in China, which he had to complete as soon as possible.

Some advertisements require female leads, sponsors and advertisers ask for his opinion. For such a good thing, he naturally recommended Yang Xue.

After watching a few advertisements, Yang Xue earned enough money to buy a villa. She bought it quickly and then left it there waiting for it to appreciate in value.

Starting from the 8th, Liu Yifei dragged Yang Xue to learn sword from him. He really had no time during the day and was only free at night.

"Sanjin, I'll learn it too. I'm going to shoot Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque in June next year." Yang Xue said.

"it is good."

He Zhongqiu nodded and said to the two of them: "I will teach you a set of Xingyi Dragon Sword. This sword technique is a routine, with a total of 11 movements, divided into 48 moves.

However, to practice sword fighting, one must first practice the basic skills, such as horse stance, footwork, and the most basic stabbing, poking, collapsing, and lifting, as well as wrist strength training, etc. ”

He thought for a moment and said, "The horse stance can be replaced by the three-body stance training of Xingyiquan. The stance training can nourish the body and train qi, and is more suitable for actors than the horse stance. You are not professional martial artists, so you don't need to practice the horse stance specifically.

The footwork of Xingyi Dragon Sword is also the basic footwork of Xingyiquan, the Seven-Star Flower Step, and when practiced well, the steps will be as light as a dragonfly skimming the water.

Once you have mastered the dragon-shaped sword, your body will be like a swimming dragon and your sword will be like a flying star. If you don’t practice the killing moves, I don’t know how much practical effect it will have, but it will definitely look good and be perfect for filming.”

The two girls nodded repeatedly, their attitudes very serious. As the saying goes, "more skills are better than less", learning martial arts will expand their acting range, they are very clear about this.

He Zhongqiu added: "You have to practice basic skills more, because when filming, you don't know how to fight, and the martial arts director decides what moves to use, so as long as the basic skills are practiced well, no matter what moves you use, you can use them.

The strength of the wrist must be trained. If the wrist strength is not enough, even if the prop weapon is not heavy, it will definitely be soft and weak when holding it in the hand, and it will be a fake move at first glance. "

Liu Yifei brought a sword with him. He took it and looked at it. It was a real thing, a steel, unsharpened Longquan sword, a one-handed light sword, not an iron sword used for routine performances.

There seems to be a weight limit for performance swords, which cannot exceed one kilogram. He weighed the sword and it should be one and a half kilograms.

"The sword is good."

He pinched the tip of the sword and applied force slowly. The quality was good and it bent into a bow shape. When he loosened his fingers, the blade shook. After checking, there was no deformation.

Next, he took the two of them to the hotel's balcony to practice swordplay.

He actually didn't lie, he really hadn't practiced with weapons much, and he hadn't touched a weapon since his father died. He hadn't even gotten started, and the system didn't include martial arts that hadn't been learned yet.

I did touch it when filming, but it was useless because the weapons used in filming were Taoist weapons, not real weapons, so they could not achieve the effect of practice. No matter how much I practiced, I could not gain proficiency.

So he actually thought it would be more appropriate to let Wu Jing teach the two of them, since Wu Jing was a person who came from a serious background in practicing routines.

I practiced the basic skills for an hour first, and after they had basically mastered them, I demonstrated the dragon-shaped sword to them.

He himself had not yet gotten started, so he was a little unfamiliar with the technique. It took him five minutes to perform the 48 moves.

"Xingyi Dragon Sword Proficiency +1."

When closing the form, the system prompt came.

"You can gain a level of proficiency by performing a routine once?" He was stunned.

He hasn't touched a weapon since his father passed away. Fei Huangshi had already reached the great perfection realm before he got the system, and he hasn't practiced since then, so he doesn't know much about this situation.

Looking at it this way now, the speed of acquiring proficiency in the routines is much faster than practicing the three internal martial arts: Eagle Claw, Iron Shirt, and Xingyiquan.

When he was practicing basketball skills, if he focused on one skill, it was normal for him to improve to the next level in two or three days.

As for the three internal martial arts such as Eagle Claw, the fastest one can gain proficiency in half an hour, the speed difference is too huge.

Of course, each basketball skill is at level 100, while martial arts has only level 5, a 20-fold difference. The different speeds are reasonable. If the advancement speed of martial arts is the same as that of basketball, then he can reach perfection in two or three days.

The routines are different from internal Kung Fu. They are purely external moves. They do not require qi training or circulation of qi and blood. They are much simpler.

In other words, the speed of acquiring proficiency in routines is between internal martial arts and basketball skills.

Now he can perform one set in five minutes. In the future, as his level increases, it will take less time to complete a set. He can now gain at least 10 points of proficiency in an hour of practice, which is much faster than practicing internal martial arts.

When he is filming in future movies, he cannot always use Eagle Claw Kung Fu, as the audience will get bored of it. He also needs to learn all kinds of martial arts.

……

At noon on the 9th, a small car stopped outside Donglaishun.

The passenger door was pushed open, and a young man wearing a No. 18 Knicks jersey got out. He was holding a pair of Wolverine I sneakers in his left hand, a basketball in his right hand, and a black baseball cap on his head.

Looking at the door of Donglaishun, he suddenly felt uneasy. He turned around and shouted to the young man driving the car, "Lao Liu, have you really asked around? Will he come here?"

"Is that still wrong?"

The young man also came down, dressed in the same outfit, also wearing a gray baseball cap and sunglasses.

He said, "Yang Zhigang said that he and Yang Xue were in the same class. Last time, a group of people from Beijing Film Academy hosted a welcome party for him. This time, they are inviting him back. Maybe he is already there."

"Oh, Yang Zhigang is in there too?"

"He's filming in Dongguang. He didn't come last time. Yang Xue contacted him this time, but he can't come."

At this moment, an SUV turned the corner from the street and stopped in a parking space.

"Da Ben, could it be him?"

"Let's go up and have a look."

"is not it?"

"There's a membrane, can't you see clearly?"

The two men ran over, bent over and looked into the car.

The driver was He Zhongqiu. When he was about to get off the car, he saw two sneaky guys outside and thought it was a bit strange.

But at first glance, both of them were wearing his home jerseys and holding his sneakers. Aren’t they his fans?
He looked around again and saw that there was no one around, so he didn't get out of the car, but instead lowered the passenger window.

"Eh eh eh..."

"Wow, Wolverine!"

The two of them were so excited that they screamed and howled.

"You want an autograph? This way, this way."

He Zhongqiu motioned for the two to come over to him.

"well."

The two of them quickly ran to the driver's side.

"what is it call?"

He Zhongqiu took the sneakers and pen handed over by the young man in the black baseball cap.

The young man stared at He Zhongqiu in the car without blinking, his eyes full of admiration and respect, and he didn't hear what He Zhongqiu said.

"Deng Chao, Deng as in Deng Jiaxian, and Chao as in banknote." Old Liu next to him said hurriedly.

"My handwriting is not pretty, please don't be disgusted!"

He Zhongqiu said as he wrote his name on his sneakers.

"No, no, how could that be?"

Deng Chao reacted at this time and said with a smile.

After signing his name on Deng Chao’s basketball and jersey, it was the turn of Old Liu, who was wearing sunglasses.

"Liu Huohua, Li Dao Liu..." Old Liu said hurriedly.

He Zhongqiu was startled, and turned around to take a closer look at Lao Liu. Lao Liu quickly took off his sunglasses. He Zhongqiu took one look and laughed, "Liu Huohua, Lan Yu, the best actor at the Golden Horse Awards or the Golden Image Awards?"

He had not seen Lan Yu's movie, but he had heard that a third-tier actor became a first-tier actor thanks to this movie. Yang Xue had mentioned this to him several times.

"Hey, it's me, it's me, it's me."

Liu Huohua was very happy that his idol knew him, which showed that he, a so-called first-line star, was indeed famous now. Deng Chao felt a little jealous, because he was also an actor and had made a lot of bad movies in the past two years, so how come his idol didn't know him?

He Zhongqiu looked at Deng Chao again and indeed didn't recognize him. He thought that the person with Liu Huohua should also be a star.

While signing, he asked, "Do you all like basketball?"

Putting on his sunglasses again, Liu Huohua said, "Deng Chao and I are both from the Central Academy of Drama. I was in 96 and he was in 98. We both like playing basketball."

"Are you an actor too?" He Zhongqiu looked at Deng Chao.

Deng Chao nodded gloomily and said, "I am indeed from the acting department and have acted in many dramas. Has your idol never seen any of them?"

Then he read out a long list of movie titles, but He Zhongqiu had never seen any of them, which made him even more depressed.

Liu Huohua said: "I was a sophomore in college because I played basketball at school. I was noticed by a director and starred in my first movie, 'That Man, That Mountain, That Dog'."

"Oh, let's play ball together sometime."

"good good good good."

He Zhongqiu signed his name and chatted with the two men for a few words. Since they were in the same circle, they exchanged contact information. Then he got out of the car, shook hands with the two men and said goodbye, and walked into Donglaishun.

"This person, you really can't judge by appearance."

Liu Huohua looked at He Zhongqiu's back and said with a sigh:
"In early 02, I saw him at the Beijing Film Studio.

At that time, he was not this tall, but he was about two meters tall, and there were no movies to shoot. Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, he became an international star.

Zhang Ziyi had to work very hard to get into Hollywood, but he got in without any effort. "

Deng Chao shouted, "Come on, come on, Lao Liu, our drama team needs to be reorganized. Let's find time to fight Wolverine."

"He was just being polite. Does he really have time to play ball with us?" Liu Huohua shook his head.

"Isn't he in the off-season? Besides, aren't you a top star? If you ask him out, he's in our industry, so we'll definitely fight."

"Come on, I'm making 8,000 for my first film as a first-tier star, and they're making 6 million dollars."

"That was in the past. You took a lot of photos of beauty grass this year, right?"

"How high can the pay for a romance film be? One million and a half, Shu Qi already made three million. We in the mainland are inferior to them, damn it!"

"Let's go. Stop complaining here. Be careful someone might hear you."

……

On August 8, He Zhongqiu reported to the national team.

Xia Song has already negotiated with him. Except for the technical and tactical training with the national team, other training will be arranged according to his own training plan, and Greenfeldt has been following him.

In addition, with the help of Director Chen, the Junrou District has approved and allocated 20 acres of the 200 acres of land next to Hongluo Lake to him.

"Brother Xia, please help me find a designer to design it well so that I can move in when I come back next year." He Zhongqiu said happily.

Xia Song said, "It's like this. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the district said that the area belongs to the Hongluo Temple tourist area, so the architectural style of your villa should be antique, so as not to destroy the overall style of the tourist area. What do you think?"

"No problem. I've lived in a temple since I was a child and I like ancient buildings."

He Zhongqiu thought for a moment and said, "Well, let's build a courtyard. Three floors, not too high. Three entrances? Four entrances, maybe. Four entrances is not small either."

By the way, I want a Jiangnan courtyard style, with a garden, and some granite rockery as the landscape.

A basketball hall, a strength room and other things must be equipped, there must also be a swimming pool and a martial arts field.

By the way, Brother Xia, please build me a horse farm next to the yard. I want to get a few big horses from the United States to keep as pets."

"How about this, it's hard to explain over the phone, I'll come to see you this afternoon and we can talk over dinner."

"Row."

In the following days, He Zhongqiu entered into busy training.

The design of the villa is in progress, and an expert from the China Ancient Architecture Design Institute was invited to do it. According to his wishes, it was designed into a courtyard with four entrances.

After training that day, he took a shower and was about to get in the car to leave when he ran into Dayao and his girlfriend Ye Li.

"Mid-Autumn Festival, shall we have dinner together?" Dayao greeted politely.

"Okay." He agreed casually.

Dayao was stunned. No, He Zhongqiu, I was just being polite. Why are you so tactless?

The three of them came to a restaurant and asked for a private room. They were all athletes and were big in stature, so they ordered a table full of dishes.

He Zhongqiu felt something was wrong while eating. These two people were picking up food for each other. What were they doing? Did they treat him as if he didn't exist?

He quickly finished the remaining rice in the bowl, stood up and said, "You two, I have finished this bowl of dog food. You can eat slowly. I won't disturb you."

After saying that, he opened the door and went out.

"Haha."

Dayao Ye Li was stunned for a moment, then suddenly became happy and did not try to keep him.

In the evening, he still taught Yang Xue and Liu Yifei how to practice sword, and he also practiced himself.

On the 12th, Tom Thibodeau suddenly received a message from Jeff Van Gundy.

"Hey, Tom, come and help me, I'm coaching the Mosaic team now." Xiao Fan said.

"Really?"

"That's right. You will be my first assistant coach." Xiao Fan said.

"I'll have to think about it."

"OK, tell me your decision as soon as possible."

The two quickly ended the call, and Tom Thibodeau immediately told Yao Ming and He Zhongqiu the news.

He Zhongqiu was a little dumbfounded and said, "Coach, we haven't found our own head coach yet, and now you want to run away too, what are we going to do in the new season?"

"I think it's pretty good." Dayao said happily.

Thibodeau smiled and said, "I haven't decided yet, but I tell you the truth, Wolverine, I don't really want to leave the Knicks."

"Then don't leave."

He Zhongqiu immediately said happily: "I will be the core next season. Mr. Layden told me that we need to strengthen the construction of the defensive system and we can't do without you."

Thibodeau nodded and said, "That's why I don't want to leave. If it weren't for you, I would have agreed to Jeff just now."

Yao Ming was a little disappointed. Thibodeau's work in the national team during this period was very effective. The men's basketball team's defense was obviously much stronger than before. If he went to Mosaic, the team's defense would definitely become stronger.

The next day, He Zhongqiu received a message from Scott Layden, who called and told him the news about the new head coach.

Layden asked, "Wolverine, what do you think of Rick Carlisle? He was the head coach of the Pistons, but he has been fired. The current head coach of the Pistons is Larry Brown, the former head coach of the Digital Team."

"Rick Carlisle?"

He Zhongqiu didn't think much about it and said, "Mr. Leiden, as long as it's not the Smiling Assassin, I have no other opinion."

"OK, as long as you are satisfied."

Raiden hung up the phone happily.

He really wanted to have a good relationship with He Zhongqiu, because if He Zhongqiu hadn't appeared, he would probably have been fired by his boss.

Soon, the Knicks announced that they had reached a contract with Rick Carlisle, and the 44-year-old former Pistons head coach became the new head coach of the Knicks.

On the 15th, Layden brought Mutombo from the free market with an annual salary of $ million.

Mutombo's contract ended, the Nets did not keep him, and chose Alonzo Mourning, and he became a free agent.

He was seriously injured last season. Although he has recovered from the injury now, because his age is unknown and his condition is unknown, no team is willing to give him a long-term contract. He can only temporarily join the Knicks and sign a one-year contract.

(End of this chapter)