Chapter 272 Xiao Hua's Death
As soon as he returned to the home team's locker room, Loshua Daley called and said, "Wolverine, I just received news that Adam Silver had an accident in the detention center."

He Zhongqiu was stunned, but not surprised.

In places like American detention centers, there are all kinds of suspects, so it is not surprising that something happens. Many people die there every year. I heard that Tyson has suffered in detention centers.

"What about him?"

He came outside the locker room and found a secluded spot and asked.

"Dead," Daly said.

"what?"

He Zhongqiu was a little surprised. Is his luck so bad?

"He was locked up with some gang members and was killed by one of the murder suspects," Loswadaly said.

He Zhongqiu nodded and asked casually, "Just now?"

"No, it was ten in the morning. The news was just announced."

Daley said in a somewhat strange tone: “After his death, his body was cremated two hours later, and even his family was not notified.

The explanation given by the detention center is that Adam Silver was infected with lung disease before his death and the body must be disposed of as soon as possible. "

"Is it famous?" He Zhongqiu asked.

"Maybe, after all, he owes two million in loan sharking. Two million, it's possible that his entire family would be killed," said Daly.

"Human organs?"

He Zhongqiu thought of this instantly, but it was none of his business, so he asked, "Then how do we handle his case?"

Daley said: "The case will definitely continue. Aren't there two more?"

At David Stern's house, he also learned the news about Adam Silver.

He felt very sad because Xiao Hua was his favored successor, but he did not expect that he would go astray and now die in the detention center.

Now he felt a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he would have released Xiao Hua on bail, and he would not have been killed in the detention center.

But Loshua Daley is also very good, especially good at communicating with Wolverine, and he has found an excellent successor.

At eight o'clock, both sides announced their starting lineups.

Timberwolves: Michael Olowokandi, Kevin Garnett, Nikola Szczerbiak, Psrevell, Sam Cassell
Knicks: He Zhongqiu, Karl Malone, Shane Battier, Josh Howard, Nash
The game started at 8:30, and after the jump ball, the Knicks attacked.

"The Wolf King has caught up with Wolverine."

Bill Walton said in the NBA studio at ESPN headquarters in Bristol.

"The Timberwolves played a three-two zone," Meyerbrin said.

He Zhongqiu first stopped at the left elbow area, and Garnett immediately stood below.

The next moment, he started immediately, and with his powerful strength, he pushed his opponent aside and quickly cut into the penalty area.

Garnett turned around and chased on defense. His defensive experience and skills were top-notch. Although he fell behind, he did not panic, but immediately changed from defending head-on to defending around the front.

With three seconds on offense, he only needs to defend for three seconds, and Wolverine's cut-in would be meaningless, so he was very calm.

With his jumping ability, height and wingspan, he is very effective in defending from the front, which is also his experience in previous matches against Wolverine.

He Zhongqiu wanted to push Garnett away and get space to receive the ball under the basket.

But Kevin Garnett turned around in an instant and entangled himself with him again, turning the front defense into a death-wrap defense.

However, He Zhongqiu still relied on his greater strength to control Kevin Garnett on the left side and opened his right hand to ask for the ball.

At the top of the arc, Nash faked a shot and then broke through to the left elbow area. He saw He Zhongqiu getting into position under the basket and immediately passed the ball down.

He Zhongqiu caught the ball with one hand and immediately swung it upwards.

Garnett reacted very quickly and jumped up immediately.

"not good!"

But the next moment, he realized he had been fooled because Wolverine did not jump up.

"boom!"

The next moment, He Zhongqiu really stood up and dunked over Garnett with one hand.

0:2, Timberwolves attack.

He Zhongqiu also followed Garnett, all the way to the low post on the left wing, and pushed him outside.

"In terms of speed and agility, Wolverine and Wolf King should be similar, or even Wolverine is a little faster and more agile," said Bill Walton.

"While possessing terrifying power, he can still maintain such good speed and agility. Wolverine's talent is at a historical level, on the same level as O'Neal," said Michael Brin.

"Bang!"

At this time, Garnett turned around and took a long jump shot, but missed due to He Zhongqiu's block.

The Postman grabbed the backcourt rebound and the Knicks attacked.

Back to the offensive end, He Zhongqiu went directly to the low post this time and asked for the ball in the low post on the left wing.

Nash lobbed the ball in and immediately started to back-up Garnett after receiving it.

It is different from last season. When he played against Garnett before, his low-post back-to-the-basket technique had not been developed yet, and his strength advantage could not be brought into play. Now he can use the low-post back-to-the-basket technique to bring out his strength advantage.

Garnett was defending with all his might, and although he looked as lean as He Zhongqiu, he was actually very strong and powerful.

But compared with He Zhongqiu, the strength gap is too big. His bench press record is at most 340 pounds, which is less than 160 kilograms.

"Oh!"

While dribbling the ball, He Zhongqiu suddenly exerted force and arched his back with all his strength. His left shoulder instantly hit Garnett's left chest, making a very heavy impact sound.

Garnett only felt an irresistible force uprooting him.

"Oh, Garnett is flying!" Bill Walton exclaimed.

"Oh ho!"

Madison Square Garden was also instantly filled with cheers.

"boom!"

Garnett flew a full foot in the air before his feet landed on the ground. He took two small steps back, flipped backwards, and fell under the basket.

"boom!"

The next moment, He Zhongqiu turned around and dunked with both hands, hanging on the basket.

"Oh ho!"

The cheers in the stadium suddenly reached a new level.

Michael Breen said excitedly: "I seem to see the shadow of the Great Shark in Wolverine's low-post play."

Bill Walton laughed and said, "Yes, I feel the same way. The dunk after knocking someone away is very shocking."

Next, Garnett gave up the hard-line defense and adopted a more iron-blooded defense method of defense and retreat.

He tried to put the offensive Wolverine with the ball into the basket, and then double-teamed Michael Olowokandi. But He Zhongqiu was not stupid, and immediately used very accurate bank shots and passes to crack the Timberwolves' double-team tactics.

The Mailman, who was left open, got some opportunities and made two open shots, forcing the Timberwolves to give up the double-team tactic under the basket.

As for the outside line, both the madman and the alien are not in as good shape as last season.

Soon, the Timberwolves fell behind and were unable to catch up, ultimately losing the game.

With 25 wins and 4 losses, the Knicks ended their December schedule with a record ranked first in the league.

On the morning of the 30th, He Zhongqiu received the script sent by Zhang Yimou.

This script has been in the works for nearly four months. It was not just Zhang Yimou who worked on it alone, but a lot of screenwriters were organized to work together.

It takes a long time. Some Hong Kong movie scripts can be completed in just one night, and some directors don’t even need a script to make a movie.

He Zhongqiu asked Ross Lewis to find two screenwriters in Hollywood to provide some elements and ideas of Hollywood scripts.

So this script also follows the Hollywood model, with one page equivalent to one minute of content, a total of 130 pages. Excluding the script outline, the final film will be about 120 minutes long.

"Philip, if I doze off, remember to wake me up."

"OK."

He Zhongqiu asked Mary to make him a pot of coffee. After giving Philip some instructions, he perked up and read the script.

It’s much better than reading the script of Iron Eagle King. After all, it’s in Chinese, not English.

"Boss? Wake up."

"Boss, let me play some music to cheer you up. Jazz or percussion?"

"Boss, how about I find you two young Korean models and let them watch with you."

"Get lost. If you keep getting in my way, I'll beat you up."

It took him an hour to finish reading the first ten pages of the plot outline.

This is a reworking of the Journey to the West story based on The Three Strikes on the White Bone Demon. The tentative title of the film is Journey to the West: The White Bone Realm.

The Three Strikes on the White Bone Demon is the most familiar Journey to the West story to Chinese people. It is known to people of all ages. From this point of view, the plot of this movie has a broad mass base in China.

Although Stephen Chow's Journey to the West was good, the plot was too complicated and had little to do with the original plot of Journey to the West. This was probably one of the reasons for its box office failure, so Director Zhang believed that secondary creation should be done based on the original plot.

In order to increase the box office overseas, Director Zhang added Hollywood movie elements such as the romance of personal heroism, the temptation of love, and unswerving rescue to the plot.

But in fact, this is also an original element of Journey to the West and it has not deviated from the style of Journey to the West.

But Director Zhang also learned from some of the shortcomings of the hero, and the main plot of the script is very clear, which is Sun Wukong saving Tang Monk and fighting against the White Bone World.

There is also a hidden plot, which is the dispute between Buddhism and Taoism, in which the demon tribe becomes a pawn.

Strictly speaking, the script does not have the collectivist color unique to China.

But this is the current film market. With the support of the United States' strong military and economic power, Hollywood culture is invading the world.

To go against the tide now and to display the spirit of collectivism in a globally released commercial film would be a sure bet.

It is said that Tang Monk and his disciples arrived at the world of bones. In this world, there lived a Queen of Bones who had extraordinary magical powers and a lifespan as long as heaven. She could fight against a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals. She was a giant in the demon world and a major concern for the Heavenly Court.

There are four great demons under the Holy Queen's seat. The White Bone Lady is naturally cold and unparalleled with her jade-like body, the Qingqiu Fox Girl is as beautiful as the country and pure as water, the Heavenly Fragrance Enchantress is enchanting and charming, and the Sword Enchantress can wield thousands of swords. Each of them is extremely powerful.

When Tang Monk and his disciples arrived, it was the 100,000th birthday of the Holy Queen. The White Bone Lady wanted to capture Tang Monk and present him to the Holy Queen, one as a birthday gift, and the other as a way to ruin their plan of Journey to the West. However, Sun Wukong saw through their plan, and the story unfolds from there.

In the script, Sun Wukong has two forms, one is the normal form and the other is the transformed form.

He plays a transformed form, and the purpose of the transformation is to fight, so there is no literary drama. The main part is fighting with several female goblins, most of which are special effects.

He Zhongqiu didn't have that ability to judge, he just felt that the script was okay, so he called Ross Lewis and asked him to get the script, study it, and then take it to Hollywood to seek investment.

……

That morning, Yang Xue convened a meeting at the company attended by all the company's executives, directors, producers, and screenwriters. Zhang Guoli and Feng Xiaogang also attended the meeting to arrange the production tasks for the Mid-Autumn Festival Film and Television Company in 2005.

After several months of preparation, all departments and mechanisms of the company have been established, and multiple production teams have been formed. Now it is time to speed up development.

Beijing Film Academy has produced many famous directors. Yang Xue also invited Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Zhang Li, Gu Changwei, director Hu Mei who directed Yongzheng Dynasty and is currently directing Qiao Family Courtyard, as well as Li Shaohong, the founder of Rong Xinda, Wu Ziniu, etc., all of whom are from Beijing Film Academy.

In addition, Yang Xue also invited several famous Hong Kong directors, such as Wang Jin, Xu Ke, Zhou Xingxing, Liu Weiqiang, Chen Kexin, and Er Dongsheng.

Not to mention the distant past, in the past decade, all the popular TV series and movies in the domestic film and television industry came from the hands of these people.

As for film and television companies, except for Huayi and Tangren, most of the film and television companies in Yanjing have been invited and almost all of them have arrived.

Finally, she also invited two big names in the film and television industry, Han Sanping and Yang Tingting of Guoying, to help.

In addition, she invited more than 20 major media outlets, including CCTV reporters.

The reason why an internal company meeting was held on such a grand scale was not only because of the need for its own development, but also because it wanted to fight against Emperor Entertainment Group and Huayi Tangren.

The entertainment industry is all about praising the powerful and bullying the weak, there is no such thing as keeping a low profile. Showing the strength of Zhongqiu Film and Television can not only attract partners, but also put pressure on Emperor Entertainment Group and Huayi, forcing them to make mistakes.

To be honest, Yang Xue was a little nervous after inviting so many senior and famous directors and bosses.

Fortunately, we have more than 2 billion yuan in funds. The two listed companies, Hong Kong Golden Harvest and Emperor Entertainment Group, have a market value of this size. Now in the mainland entertainment industry, no company has as much funds as Zhongqiu Film and Television.

This gave her great confidence. In addition, with the support of Beijing Film Academy and Beijing Film Studio, she had connections with the higher-ups. The CEOs of China Film Group Corporation personally came to the scene to support her, so she felt very confident.

"First of all, on behalf of Zhongqiu Films and Mr. He Zhongqiu, I would like to welcome you all."

"In fact, this is more of a bidding conference for Mid-Autumn Film and Television than a work meeting for our company next year."

"Our company has decided to spend 60 million to 70 million yuan on film and television production next year. % to % of this will be used for film production."

As soon as these words came out, the conference room, which had just been filled with some noise, immediately became very quiet, and everyone looked at Yang Xue.

In 2003, the total box office of mainland movies was only 10 billion yuan. Zhongqiu Film and Television would invest several hundred million yuan a year to produce movies, which caused a huge sensation to the people present.

Even several big directors, including Hong Kong directors such as Wang Jin and Zhou Xingxing, were shocked by this incident.

Currently, Hong Kong only produces about 40 films each year, and most of them are low-budget. Those that cost more than 20 or 30 million Hong Kong dollars are considered big productions. The total cost of film production in Hong Kong is only a few hundred million.

Now, all the major cinema chains in Hong Kong are showing Hollywood movies, and the market is almost occupied by Hollywood movies.

Without a market, major Hong Kong film companies are even more reluctant to invest. In addition, funds from Taiwan no longer flow into the Hong Kong film market, and the country has fallen into a vicious cycle.

"Investing a quarter of the market value of Emperor Entertainment Group and Golden Harvest in one year is worth the cooperation!" Wang Jin said excitedly to Xu Ke beside him.

Xu Ke took a deep breath and said, "It is indeed a big deal."

Zhou Xingxing thought for a moment and said, "Zhongqiu Films and TV series will be distributed overseas, which is a good thing."

Wang Jin and others nodded. Few Chinese film and television companies have the ability to distribute films overseas. Golden Harvest is the best in this regard, but its overseas distribution capabilities are also average.

As for the CEOs of other film and television companies, they could only smile bitterly.

In their view, Zhongqiu Film and Television, relying on the resources of Beijing Film Academy and Beijing Film Academy as well as strong financial strength, is going to seize the market share.

But they are also confused. The annual box office of movies in the mainland is only about 10 billion. The pie is so small. With so much investment, it is definitely impossible to get it back through the box office in the mainland. Does Zhongqiu Film and Television have to rely on overseas distribution to recover costs?

In addition to film directors, TV directors are even more excited.

With an investment of around 40 million yuan in TV production, how many excellent TV series can be produced? At yuan per episode, hundreds of episodes can be filmed. All TV directors are very excited.

(End of this chapter)