Chapter 243 Whipping Corpse
At noon on the 1st, the heartbroken Huang Sanshi received 8888 yuan in wedding money from Lin Xue. He Zhongqiu had no time to attend his wedding ceremony.

On the 4th, He Zhongqiu returned to New York and joined the crew of Iron Eagle King.

After filming for a few days, on the 8th, Xia Song called him and said that Wang Zhizhi was traded from the Pacers to the Heat.

"His playing style is still not good. There is no confrontation and he can't play low-post offense." Xia Song said.

"He still has two years left on his contract, right?" He Zhongqiu asked.

"The guaranteed contract is only for one year, and the last year is not guaranteed." Xia Song said.

He Zhongqiu said: "He has been in the NBA for so many years, he should know whether he can make it or not. If not, he can return to China to play in the CBA."

"This is the only way." Xia Song said.

After a month of filming, on September 9th, the scenes for He Zhongqiu were finally completed.

He asked someone to book a flight to Yanjing tomorrow so that he could rush back to film The Myth.

His role in The Myth is relatively concentrated, with only two main filming locations, one in northern Xinjiang and the other in Yunnan.

With a 20-day filming schedule, I won’t be able to participate in the preseason games. After filming, I’ll have a week’s rest and then the regular season will begin.

His NBA agent has communicated with the Knicks and will return to the team before the regular season.

"Boss, the Kung Fu King's ring competition is basically ready." In the evening of the 2nd, Frank Zhang found him again.

"So fast?" he was surprised.

Frank Zhang said: "Boss, you are the Kung Fu King, so you naturally need to compete with masters from all walks of life, and it is best to use rules that the opponent is familiar with, so that it will be convincing, so I have formulated several rules."

He Zhongqiu's face darkened a little, and he said, "Frank, I fight with them because I want to beat them, not to be beaten by them."

Frank Zhang said awkwardly: "Boss, I fully believe in your strength. Even if we follow their rules, you can beat them down."

He Zhongqiu said helplessly: "It seems that you believe in myself more than I do. Come on, tell me what the rules are."

Frank Zhang said hurriedly: "There are two major categories. The first category is the rules of unarmed combat. The second category is the rules of weapon combat."

"Okay, I like weapon combat. I am now proficient in all kinds of weapons."

He Zhongqiu nodded with satisfaction. With a sharp blade in his hand and murderous intent in his heart, his eyes were shining as he said this.

Frank Zhang continued: "The first category, the first is boxing rules, the second is standing fighting rules, the third is comprehensive unrestricted fighting rules, the fourth is Muay Thai rules, the fifth is Sanda rules, the sixth is wrestling rules, the seventh is Jiu-Jitsu rules, the eighth is Karate rules, the ninth is..."

The more he listened, the more something seemed wrong. He Zhongqiu really wanted to beat Frank to death. There were more than a dozen rules. Don’t you know that I don’t like reading? How can I remember so many rules?
He asked depressedly: "Frank, I haven't learned any of these, how can I fight?"

Frank Zhang said expectantly, "Boss, you are the Kung Fu master, hurry up and learn! I believe in your ability."

"This stuff you're doing is bullshit!"

He Zhongqiu scolded Frank so much that he was stunned. Then he said, "There is only one rule in my Kung Fu King's ring. You fight yours and I fight mine."

"what?"

Frank Zhang was stunned. What kind of rule is this?
"You do it again, make it simpler. That's it, you go first, go, go, go."

"No, Boss, I have agreed with the Japanese side to play a game before the regular season starts, so what should we do now?"

"Cold salad!"

"Why don't you go to Japan and fight there first? You can earn at least 50 million US dollars from one fight, and Sakakibara Nobuyuki has promised to arrange some beautiful Japanese celebrities for you."

"Really? That's fine, you arrange it."

After He Zhongqiu finished speaking, he drove Frank Zhang away. He looked angry and seemed to have no brains when doing things. He was even smarter than him.

Besides money, beautiful Japanese stars also tempt him a lot. After all, he hasn't touched a woman for a long time, and the lime water is almost solidified into stalactites.

After Frank Zhang left, Yang Xue went downstairs after packing her luggage. The two of them booked a flight for tomorrow, flying directly from New York to Yanjing.

"Sister, I visited Mr. Han last time. He's easy to talk to and we have a good relationship. I call him Uncle Han. If there are any good film and television projects in the future, he will introduce them to you. If we have any good projects, we can also look for him."

"it is good."

Yang Xue was worried. All things are difficult at the beginning. There are projects everywhere. Who knows which one is a trap?

"By the way, he recommended me a drama that is currently being prepared, called Qiao Family Courtyard. The producer is Meng Fanyao, the director is Hu Mei, and the female lead is Jiang Qingqing from Beijing Film Academy. Sister, you can follow up on it when you go back. You can invest 20 or 30 million yuan."

"Okay, I'll contact you as soon as I get back."

"Also, you should keep up with the cooperation with Director Zhang. The same goes for Ross Lewis. You should contact him more. This time, both our companies are participating in the investment."

"Well, I made an appointment with Director Zhang before the Olympics."

"The script needs to be better. There must be a plot, but it can't be too complicated. After all, it's not a feature film."

"Okay, I'll pay attention."

"Sister, I'm going to Japan to have a fighting match this time. Frank Zhang said that this is my first fighting match and the PPV sales should be very good. Maybe I can make tens of millions of dollars per match. You can invest boldly in China and don't be afraid of losing money."

"Then you have to be careful. I heard that Bruce Lee was ambushed by the Japanese. You should be careful not to be ambushed by the Japanese."

"Well, I'll be careful and bring some security with me."

"By the way, Lin Xue said you signed a girl named Tang Yan from the Central Academy of Drama. Do you like her? Is she pretty?"

"No, I'm just average looking. Hehehe, sister, don't you know, that girl was very polite and called me Teacher He?
I tell you, she is much more polite than Lao Liu, hehe! Sister, please arrange a good role for her in the future dramas invested by the company.

If there is a role suitable for her in the Qiao Family Courtyard I just mentioned, arrange it for her immediately."

Yang Xue was speechless. Sanjin, are you crazy?
Some people sacrifice their bodies for a small role without even any lines, but you can just be called a teacher and it's done.

It seems that, well, we need to ask Xixi to change her way of addressing him. She can no longer call him the big monk, but should call him Teacher He instead.

The next morning, the two of them, along with Yang Xue's agent Wang Fang and assistant Zhou Qing, boarded the plane back home.

After arriving in Yanjing, Lin Xue arranged an agent, an assistant, and a driver for He Zhongqiu in China, and then the few of them flew to northern Xinjiang.

On the afternoon of the 2nd, he rushed to the hotel where the Myth crew was staying.

Chenglong introduced the director Tang Jili, the female lead Jin Xishan and other main creative staff.

"Are you from Hong Kong? Never seen him." he asked.

"No, it's from Korea, very famous, don't you know it?" Chenglong said.

"Bangzi?"

He Zhongqiu didn't have a good impression when he first heard it, but that didn't stop him from having bad intentions towards Jin Xishan.

"Does my character have any intimate scenes with her? What about sex scenes?" He pulled Chenglong aside and asked.

"What are you thinking? You play the role of Qin Shi Huang, she is a princess of the Qin Dynasty, and you are her ancestor. Can you two have intimate scenes?" Chenglong was speechless.

"What about you?" He Zhongqiu asked regretfully.

Chenglong also shook his head regretfully and said, "Originally there was a kissing scene, but she refused to film it, so that scene had to be deleted."

"Brother Cheng, she dislikes you? That's right, you are old and no longer attractive to women."

"Shut up."

"Brother Cheng, when I went to Japan, the Japanese female stars washed their faces and waited for me on the tatami." "Was I different before?"

“So you’re old!”

"Brother, let me call you brother. Just finish filming this movie quietly, and I will make a comeback based on it." Chenglong said anxiously.

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, is your new movie a box office hit?" He Zhongqiu asked.

"What the hell!"

Chenglong's face fell immediately, and he shook his head and said, "The first week box office was less than 2400 million, the North American box office was 7000 million, and the global box office was million US dollars. It flopped."

"WC, Brother Cheng, with your 20 million salary and over 100 million U.S. dollars in production costs, Disney won't go bankrupt because of you, right?" He Zhongqiu said in surprise.

"It can't be broken. They are very rich."

Chenglong glared at He Zhongqiu unhappily and said, "So I beg you, don't mess up this drama, I really want to make a comeback with it."

"Look at what you said. I never cause trouble and my professional attitude is first-class." He Zhongqiu said.

On October 10, Yang Xue called and said that she had secured the investment for Qiao Family Courtyard. Zhongqiu Film and Television invested 6 million RMB, making it the largest investor in the play.

In addition, a role called "Cui'er" was assigned to Tang Yan.

On the evening of the 8th, Frank Zhang contacted He Zhongqiu.

"Boss, the fight with Japan's Pride has been arranged. The opponent is Pride's current top star, Russian Tsar Fedor."

"The regular season is about to start. Can we make it in time? I have to shoot until the 25th."

"It's still in time. The date is October 10th, and the regular season starts on November 28nd."

"Oh, then how much is my appearance fee?"

"Boss, appearance fee is 2000 million US dollars."

"What level is this?"

"The highest appearance fee in current fighting events, including the top European fighting events, has never exceeded $50. Your appearance fee is 40 times the highest."

"Fuck, is fighting so unprofitable?"

"Boss, fighting is not as profitable as boxing."

"What about PPV? Didn't you say that this is more profitable?"

"Yes, in terms of PPV revenue, apart from the TV station's PPV share, the rest is 95% for you and 5% for Fedor."

"I'm busy all over the place! There won't be any Olympics or World Championships next off-season, so I shouldn't be so busy."

"Boss, you can earn at least 50 million US dollars from this fight, and maybe even hundreds of millions of dollars. If you agree, I will sign a contract with them right away." Frank Zhang asked.

He Zhongqiu asked, "Frank, are you in Tokyo now?"

Frank Zhang said, "NO, I'm in New York. The president of Pride is here now. The situation of Pride is not good. They can't sustain it anymore. They need your influence to make a last-ditch effort. I beg you to fight with Fedor."

"Is there any problem with PPV?" He Zhongqiu asked.

"Definitely no problem. I have already contacted ESPN and ABC and they are very interested and have been following up on my negotiations with Pride."

"is it?"

"Boss, you are the Kung Fu King. No boxer or fighter has ever publicly knocked out thirteen people with bare hands. You are unparalleled."

"Don't brag, I take it seriously."

"Haha, Boss, this is your first fighting competition. The market's expectations are high, just like Blade 3, the quality of a bad movie, but a huge box office."

"Well, go ahead and do it."

"Okay, Boss, I'll start right away."

"By the way, I heard they messed with Bruce Lee before, you arrange it for me, I don't want to cause any trouble there."

"Don't worry, boss. I will arrange a team of armed security personnel to protect you 24 hours a day. In Japan, we have more than a hundred military bases. We can do anything."

Half an hour later, in New York, Frank Zhang signed a contract with Pride on behalf of the American branch of Mid-Autumn Sports.

The next day, the overwhelming publicity began.

Pride's president, Nobuyuki Sakakibara, invested all of his capital, in addition to the original 30 million US dollars, and even mortgaged the company to the Bank of Tokyo in Japan and obtained a loan of 25 million US dollars.

The total investment in this fighting event was as high as 5500 million US dollars. In addition to He Zhongqiu's 2000 million US dollars appearance fee, Fedor's 30 US dollars appearance fee, and 150 million US dollars in expenses such as venue rental, the remaining more than million US dollars were all used for publicity.

He wants to let everyone in the world know about this fighting match, he wants to attract all the wealthy people in the world to go to Tokyo to watch the match, and he wants to create an unprecedented fighting match.

If this match is a success, the advertising revenue and box office revenue alone will be enough to make back the investment, and the rest will be profit.

The biggest profit is the Pride event brand, which will truly become the world's largest fighting brand.

Yenching, CCTV, sports department.

A meeting was held to discuss whether to broadcast this MMA fighting event to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival live.

CCTV has always only broadcast boxing matches and not MMA and other general fighting sports, mainly because these sports have relatively little influence.

But this is an MMA match to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, and its influence is even greater than the top boxing championship, so there is a strong hope that it will be broadcast.

The final result of the discussion was to purchase the television broadcasting rights for the game, broadcast it live in real time, and send commentators and camera crews.

On October 10th, at Huairou Film and Television City in Yanjing, the filming location of Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque, a scene was being prepared.

Just yesterday, Wang Bozhao, who played Jiang Biehe, had a conflict with a Hong Kong makeup artist and Zhang Weijian from the crew.

The reason was that the light in the dressing room was broken, so Wang Bozhao changed a chair to sit on. However, the plastic chair belonged to a Hong Kong makeup artist, who wouldn't let him sit on it.

So a conflict arose between the two. Zhang Wei came to help, but he clashed with Wang Bozhao again and even broke the plastic chair.

However, this conflict was not spread out and not many people knew about it. Wang Bozhao was beaten several times and was too embarrassed to tell anyone about it.

In today's scene, Zhang Weijian and Xie Tingfeng were originally going to seek revenge on Jiang Biehe, but Jiang Biehe had already been slapped to death by Jiang Yuyan.

However, Zhang Weijian held a grudge against Wang Bozhao, so he took Xie Tingfeng to find director Wang Jin and asked him to change the play.

They wanted to stage a corpse-whipping scene, and Xiaoyuer and Hua Wuque beat Jiang Biehe's corpse violently in disappointment and anger.

Wang Jin didn't know about yesterday's conflict. After thinking about it, he felt that this change was a good one and it would make the characters more rounded, so he agreed.

In order to give Yang Xue more roles, the drama gradually developed the style of a heroine as it was filmed later. Zhang Weijian and Xie Tingfeng had expressed their dissatisfaction to him a long time ago. Fortunately, the two of them were disciplined by the mainland media last time and did not dare to make trouble with Yang Xue.

But in the final analysis, he felt a little sorry for these two young men, which was one of the reasons why he agreed to change the play.

After everything was ready, the scene began filming.

Thus, a fight scene involving whipping a corpse took place in front of hundreds of crew members.

Zhang and Xie cursed at Wang Bozhao while punching and kicking him, and even stepped on his genitals a few times, jumping up and stepping on him.

Yang Xue and the others were watching from the side, thinking that this was a normal filming, just a bit brutal. However, Teacher Wang must have agreed to film it this way, so no one said anything.

(End of this chapter)