Chapter 179: Martial Arts Champions Are Everywhere, Worthless
Yuan Xiangren nodded and said, "In fact, Zhang Jin is not bad either. He has a solid foundation, is good at boxing, kicking and weapons, has beautiful movements, and graduated from a martial arts class, so he is very suitable for sparring performances. He is also from the mainland."

"Zhang Jin? Director Yuan, what is he doing now?"

Wu Jing naturally knew Zhang Jin. Zhang Jin had won the Wuying grade title in 95, but he had not yet had this title.

In 95, Zhang Jin joined the Yuan Clan as a martial arts instructor. In the past two years, he has stepped from behind the scenes to the front of the stage, but his development, like his, has not been smooth.

"He is in the United States now. He was the action director for Charlie's Angels 2 in the first half of the year and later for Daredevil. It should be about the same time. You can contact him. I have his contact information here." Yuan Xiangren said.

"well."

Wu Jing thought of Zhen Zidan who was from Yuan's class, but this guy is also very famous in Hong Kong, has a strong and domineering personality, and has also starred in Blade 2. I'm afraid he would not be willing to perform sparring.

After all, the sparring performance at the All-Stars is not an ordinary sparring. Zhongqiu is the protagonist. It is a bit difficult to let Zhenzidan play a supporting role for Zhongqiu.

In fact, Yuan Xiangren also thought of Zhenzidan.

When Mako Dan was filming Blade 2 last year, the total salary for the actors and the martial arts director was 150 million US dollars, which is barely tens of millions, but it is impossible to get tens of millions in salary in Hong Kong.

However, Makoto Dan only appeared in Blade 2 for a few minutes, and most of the $150 million was the reward for the martial arts director.

The salary for the hero filmed last year was 100 million US dollars, which is certainly considered first-tier in the mainland, but at most second-tier in Hong Kong.

But he believes that given Makoto Dan's personality and the current situation in the circle, it should be impossible for him to play a supporting role for Wolverine.

If it was before 02, it would still be possible. Before that, Makoto was in a low period and had no influential works for several years. Then Li Lianjie recommended him to star in Hero, and now he has turned around.

Of course, if Wolverine is willing to give Mako Dan a good role in his movie, it should be possible.

He Zhongqiu called Yang Xue to ask about her schedule.

"Sister Xue, are you available during my off-season next year?" he asked after the call was connected.

"What's the matter?" Yang Xue asked.

"My film company is going to release a movie of our own, with a production cost of 50 million US dollars. There are several Chinese characters in it. I want to customize a role for you."

"Wow, Sanjin, you're going to make your own movie?"

Yang Xue was very happy, but also worriedly said: "But three pounds, fifty million dollars, isn't the investment a bit too much?"

"No, I only used the film remuneration to invest, and the rest was investment that I brought in." He Zhongqiu explained.

"That's okay." Yang Xue breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sister Xue, please calculate whether you have time." he said.

Yang Xue thought for a moment and said, "Xiao Yu'er will also start filming in early June next year. My filming schedule is one and a half months, from early August to mid-September. I have time before and after that."

"Okay, I've got that in mind," he said.

At this time, Yang Xue said nervously: "Sanjin, do you think my acting skills are good enough? What if I mess up your first movie as the leading role?
Otherwise, I won’t act anymore. You can ask Zhang Ziyi to act. She’s such a good actress and has acted in Hollywood movies before, so she will definitely be able to do it.”

"What are you afraid of? You're not the heroine, just a supporting role. Sister Xue, you can do it." He Zhongqiu quickly encouraged.

"Well, let me try it?" Yang Xue said.

"Sure, no problem."

He encouraged her again, and then said, "Sister Xue, wait for the script. The investment for this film has basically been secured, and preparations will begin soon."

"well."

"By the way, there are a lot of fighting scenes in it. You should practice more swordplay and build up your physical fitness."

"it is good."

After chatting for a while, they hung up the phone. Yang Xue felt like she was dreaming.

When I first met Sanjin, she had only been in Beijing Film Academy for half a year and had just played a small supporting role with the introduction of her teacher. She had no qualifications in the circle, almost no connections, and didn't even have an agent.

Under such circumstances, Sanjin still had to find an acting opportunity. As she was a little socially anxious, she had no choice but to ask people for help everywhere. She asked almost all the teachers and seniors she knew in school.

But she never imagined that the rewards from Sanjin would be so great and so quick.

In fact, she was not very ambitious in her career and did not have much confidence in her acting skills, so even after He Zhongqiu had some connections in Hollywood, she did not have much desire to go there and had never thought about going there.

But now that Sanjin has provided an opportunity, she is of course willing to give it a try.

Picking up her phone, she called her agent Lin Xue, informed him of the situation, and asked him to arrange his schedule and discuss with the crew to stagger the off-season next year by one to two months.

After hearing this, Lin Xue was even happier than Yang Xue.

"Xue, Sanjin is really good to you. Maybe you will have the opportunity to play the leading female role in the future. Zhang Ziyi will never be able to compare to you in the future." He said excitedly.

"That won't work, Brother Lin. I still have some self-awareness. In terms of acting skills, Zhang Ziyi is several levels better than me. Sanjin can let me play a supporting role, but I definitely won't play the leading role. That's his movie, with a huge investment of tens of millions of dollars. What if I mess it up?"

"Okay, okay, a supporting role is fine. Apart from Gong Li and Zhang Ziyi, there is no other person in the country who can play a supporting role in a Hollywood movie with a budget of 50 million US dollars. If this movie is a big hit, Xue, you will definitely be on the top."

"But the film has just begun preparations and nothing has been finalized yet, so Brother Lin, don't reveal this news for the time being," she warned.

Lin Xue said hurriedly, "I know, I know. You've taken on a few dramas in China and worked on a few commercials with San Jin, but people are jealous of you, let alone this drama.

If this news gets out, more people will be jealous of you, and maybe you will end up like Liu Yifei, with negative information about you all over the Internet."

……

On the 5th, the Knicks defeated the Bucks at home.

Nash scored 24 points in a single game with a shooting percentage of 52.5%, and also made 15 assists, including 8 assists from He Zhongqiu alone.

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Alan Houston scored 20 points and shot 42.4%.

The Knicks have won four straight games to start the season, a unique record in the Eastern Conference while also ranking tied for first in the entire league.

The two championship-level teams, the Lakers with the Big Four, had a good record. Kobe only missed one opening game, but they still won four games in a row.

But the Spurs are not doing well. After winning the opening game, with Tony Parker still absent, they lost to the Nuggets, Knicks and Grizzlies in a row, with only a record of 2 wins and 3 losses, and have not yet entered the top eight in the Western Conference.

At this time, Zhang Jin was in Los Angeles, where he had just finished his work as the martial arts director for Daredevil.

This job was arranged for him by the Yuan Clan. The income from Daredevil's martial arts directorship came from the Yuan Clan. He only received a salary, and like other people in the Yuan Clan, he did not earn much.

This is because his treatment was improved after he became an actor. Before that, his treatment was not as good as others, because others were from Hong Kong and he was from the mainland. When he first joined the Yuan Clan, his income was only one-fifth of that of others for the same job.

Currently, Mr. Yuan Ba ​​and a group of people from the Yuan Clan are working as action directors on the crew of "Kill Bill", but the work there will be completed in the next two days, and then they will move on to "The Matrix 3", but there will be no work for them, so they are preparing to return to Hong Kong.

A group of people were staying together in a small hotel. They just went to the small bar downstairs to have a drink and are now preparing to go back to their room to rest.

Because there is no Lakers game tonight, the TV in the bar is playing the Knicks game.

During the time Zhang Jin was in the United States, he heard a lot about Wolverine. Every TV station and newspaper had news about him.

He admires this compatriot from the bottom of his heart. Not only has he become the leader of a team in the NBA, but he is also so famous in Hollywood.

In contrast, he seemed to see no hope of success.

A group of people had just gone up to the third floor where they were staying when a cell phone rang.

"Whose phone number?"

Many people took out their mobile phones and looked at them.

"My mine."

Zhang Jin shook his phone and said with a smile.

He looked at the number and saw that it was a call from China, a number he didn't recognize.

Although international long-distance calls are expensive and international roaming is even more expensive, he still answered the call immediately because someone might want to ask him to film a movie.

"Hello, I'm Zhang Jin, who are you?" he asked.

"I'm Wu Jing. Do you remember? A few years ago, I was in that national martial arts competition..." Wu Jing's voice came from the other side.

"Oh, oh, I remember, hello, brother Jing, what good news do you have for me?"

He was startled. He had only met Wu Jing once, when he was a martial arts athlete in Sichuan Province. What did Wu Jing want to talk to him about? Was he looking for him to film a movie?

He also knew that Wu Jing had a good relationship with Wolverine He Zhongqiu, as reported by domestic media. Wolverine found an acting opportunity for Wu Jing in Hollywood.

"It's like this, Zhang Jin, there will be a martial arts sparring performance in February next year, which will be a performance at the NBA All-Star Game. You will be fighting against Wolverine. You know him, right?" Wu Jing said.

"I know, I just watched the game between the Knicks and the Bucks."

Zhang Jin's heart began to beat faster. When he saw the martial arts performance at the NBA All-Star Game, he immediately thought of Wolverine tearing apart the wardrobe with his bare hands at the All-Star Game. Could it be?
Wu Jing continued, "This sparring match is one against five. I am alone, and I need to find four more. Director Yuan Xiangren recommended you."

Zhang Jin hurriedly shouted: "Okay, Brother Jing, count me in, count me in, I'll give you a big red envelope."

"Haha, so it's settled then?"

"It's settled, it's settled."

"Okay, the date is February 15th, according to the Gregorian calendar. Don't make a mistake." "Okay, I won't make a mistake."

"You have to do it some time in advance because you have to discuss how to play and rehearse."

"No problem, all I have is time."

"Okay. By the way, let me tell you about the treatment. It includes round-trip airfare, food and lodging, and an appearance fee of $200,000."

"Two hundred thousand dollars?"

Zhang Jin almost bit his tongue.

He worked as a martial arts director for Daredevil for three months and earned nine thousand dollars. After deducting expenses, he still had half left.

"Brother Jing, I'm free now and am about to return to China. Do you want me to go find Wolverine right now?" At this moment, he had an idea and asked tentatively.

He didn't have any other ideas, he just wanted to build a good relationship with Wolverine so that he would have more opportunities in the future.

"right now?"

Wu Jing didn't think much about it and said, "I'll call him and ask him. Wait a moment."

"Okay, okay. I'll wait for your reply, Brother Jing."

Zhang Jin hung up the phone, and when he saw that everyone was looking at him, he chuckled.

"Ajin, what's the good news?" Yuan Xinyi asked.

He is the head of this martial arts team, and Zhang Jin is his deputy.

"Wu Jing contacted me and there's a job for me to perform martial arts sparring with Wolverine at the NBA All-Star Game." Zhang Jin said with a happy face.

"Wolverine?"

Yuan Xinyi and everyone else were stunned. They had just watched Wolverine's game, and Zhang Jin immediately received a job related to him. What a coincidence.

Yuan Xinyi patted Zhang Jin on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Ah Jin, you are going to be rich if you can get in touch with Wolverine. Congratulations!"

"Ah Jin, you loser, you are really going to be rich!"

"Ah Jin, don't forget me when you have the chance."

The others started shouting out of envy and jealousy.

"No, no, it's just a martial arts performance, haha!" Zhang Jin said happily.

At this time, his cell phone rang again. It was Wu Jing calling.

"Hello, Brother Jing?"

"I talked to Zhongqiu and he agreed. When you go to New York, you can live in his house. When you have nothing to do, you can teach him to practice the routines. He didn't learn much routines before, and they will be useful when filming in the future." Wu Jing said.

"Okay, thank you Brother Jing, thank you so much. I'll treat you to a big meal when we meet next time." Zhang Jin said happily.

"It's just a small matter. Let's take care of each other in the future."

Wu Jing said this and added: “Zhongqiu must be shooting action movies in Hollywood, which actually requires a team.

He has just set up his own film company and has a film coming out. We should all follow him. You should work hard and you will have a chance in the future."

"Oh, I understand, Brother Jing, thank you very much..." Zhang Jin became so excited that he was a little incoherent.

At this time, Mr. Yuan Baye in Hollywood received a long-distance call from his younger brother Yuan Xiangren.

He had just finished his work as the action director for "Kill Bill" and the crew of "The Matrix 3" had urged him to join the crew, and he was preparing to bring people over.

After repeated consideration, Yuan Xiangren still felt that it would be beneficial for Zhen Zidan to participate in the martial arts sparring of the NBA All-Stars, so he called Yuan Baye and hoped that he would talk to Zhen Zidan.

He said, "Brother, Wolverine will have his own movie next year, a $50 million production. Talk to Makoto Dan and ask him to cooperate. It will definitely benefit him in the future."

"Wolverine?"

Mr. Yuan Ba ​​has spent a lot of time in Hollywood. He is not very well-known about this giant from the mainland, but he is definitely impressed.

He comes from a family of martial arts and is a descendant of Peking Opera. He is very interested in Tai Chi, as well as Chinese medicine, health preservation, and Qigong, and has been studying them.

As for Kung Fu, as Hong Kong's top martial arts director and a world-renowned martial arts director renowned in Hollywood, he is naturally very interested in it.

When he saw Wolverine rip the wardrobe apart with his bare hands, he watched the video over and over again, but in the end he couldn't figure out whether it was real or not.

As a martial arts director, he thinks it is not difficult to make a prop wardrobe that can be torn apart with bare hands. It is a very simple thing.

So he has always wanted to understand Wolverine in depth.

He also has a channel. Wu Jing has collaborated with Yuan Jiaban several times, so they have connections.

It’s just because I don’t have time. I’m too busy at work and don’t have time to take care of this matter.

"Xiangren, have you talked to Wu Jing about this? Are the young man Wolverine's ability to rip the wardrobe apart with his bare hands, and the Eagle Claw and Iron Shirt shown in the trailers of Blade 3 real kung fu?" he asked.

Yuan Xiangren said, "Of course we have talked about it. Who among us in this line of work doesn't want to know whether Wolverine's Kung Fu is real or fake?"

"how?"

"Wu Jing guaranteed it was true. He said he had seen some of it in Shaolin Wuwang."

"it is true?"

Mr. Yuan shook his head. He still didn't dare to believe it.

Li Lianjie has mastered martial arts very well, and he has no problem beating up a few people, but compared to the kung fu displayed by Wolverine, it's a completely different matter.

Yuan Xiangren said, "Brother, if you want to know whether his kung fu is real or not, wouldn't you know it after meeting him once?

If he wants to make a movie, he must find a martial arts director. Wu Jing is his friend, and I also recommended Zhang Jin. Why don't we, the Yuan Clan, take over this business?"

"I'd like to talk to him about Kung Fu if it's true. It's really amazing!"

Mr. Yuan Ba ​​was tempted and said, "But we have several movies next year, and Li Lianjie also has one, so the schedule is a bit problematic."

Yuan Xiangren said: "He and Lin Dian worked together in Blade 3. We can send Zhang Jin and Zhen Zidan over, and together with Lin Dian, there should be no problem.

Otherwise, we can work on other movies, and you can bring Zhang in to work on his movie?"

"also."

Mr. Yuan Ba ​​said after considering it.

"What about the Zhenzidan?" Yuan Xiangren asked.

"Him? What's Wolverine's attitude?" asked Mr. Yuan.

"I don't know. Wu Jing came forward to find someone, and I didn't contact Wolverine."

"Then I'll talk to him."

After hanging up the phone, Yuan Heping looked at the time and called Zhen Zidan in Hong Kong.

Mako Dan is currently filming "Love Is War" in Hong Kong, starring Louis Koo. He plays a supporting role and his pay is not much, only HK$100 million.

"An NBA All-Star is sparring with Wolverine. He wants to fight one against five? Is that true? Master Ba, is he really good at fighting, or is he just pretending?"

When he received the call from Mr. Yuan Baye, he was a little confused.

“I don’t know him now, but what Wu Jing said is true.”

At this point, Master Yuan Ba ​​asked, "Do you know Wu Jing? You two can be considered brothers. He has won a martial arts championship, is quite skilled, and has good eyesight."

"I haven't seen him. When I left Shichahai, he was probably still a little kid."

At this point, Zhen Zidan said with some disdain: "In the mainland, martial arts champions are everywhere on the street, they are worthless."

Mr. Yuan frowned. He knew that Zhen Zidan and Li Lianjie did not have a good relationship. They had a conflict during the filming of Hero last year. But he did not expect that Zhen Zidan would have the same attitude towards Wu Jing, whom he did not know. Aren’t they brothers?
"Zi Dan, Zhang Jin has already agreed. He has gone to find Wolverine. Do you want to consider it?" he said again.

"Zhang Jin?"

Zhen Zidan said disdainfully: “He has more championship titles than Wu Jing, and he is a Wuying-level athlete, isn’t he still a small character?

"Master Ba, forget it. I really have no interest in flattering Wolverine. Why would I fight five people at once? If we really want to fight, I will beat him up by myself."

"Forget it, Zi Dan, just pretend I never said anything."

Yuan Heping didn't want to get involved, so he simply said something and hung up the phone.

Zhen Zidan didn't take it seriously. He didn't believe that Wolverine had any real kung fu. Tearing the wardrobe apart with bare hands was just a prop.

If he was asked to play supporting role for Wolverine, or to fight one against five, he would not even think about it and would never go even if he was beaten to death.

He is good at modern fighting. Even though his mother is a master of traditional martial arts, he looks down on traditional martial arts and the Shichahai Martial Arts School. He thinks that what martial arts schools teach are just fancy moves that are not practical at all.

He also looked down on Li Lianjie and was unwilling to accept Li Lianjie. He thought that Li Lianjie, who only practiced routines, could not fight at all and was just a show of fancy moves.

(End of this chapter)