Chapter 276 Flying Knife
The game starts at half past eight.

Unfortunately, a group of little Sibas couldn’t get in, and they were jumping and shouting anxiously outside.

However, He Zhongqiu's wish seemed to have no hope of coming true. Even after the first three quarters, He Shengzhen did not have a chance to play.

The Trail Blazers were too weak, so he clocked out after three quarters and sat on the bench.

In the 10th minute of the final quarter, with only two minutes left, the Knicks led by 21 points and the Trail Blazers called a timeout.

He Zhongqiu couldn't help it, so he stood up and went to the Trail Blazers' bench and said to head coach Maurice Cheeks:

"Dear Coach, I protest against you."

Cheeks was confused, Wolverine, did I provoke you? Are you protesting against me?
He Zhongqiu pointed at Ha Seung-jin and said, "Look, you didn't even give him a chance. He is known as the best center in Asia by Koreans. At least give him two minutes to show his skills."

Cheeks was at a loss for words. Is this your protest?
He asked curiously, "Do Koreans really think he is the best center in Asia?"

"Of course." He Zhongqiu nodded.

"Well."

Cheeks didn't want to offend He Zhongqiu, so he gave him some face and turned to He Shengzhen and said, "Hey, young man, the last two minutes are yours."

Ha Seung-jin is not stupid. He can understand English and knows that Wolverine is going to get him, so why would he be willing to go on the field?
But he had to listen to head coach Cheeks, so he had to walk onto the court timidly.

The Trail Blazers replaced several substitutes, but there was still a main player on the court, that was Reuben Patterson.

He Zhongqiu naturally followed and shouted to Reuben Patterson: "Hey, the soap boy, pass the ball to him, understand?"

"Ha ha!"

Someone nearby started laughing, and I didn’t know who it was, but several people from both teams on the field covered their mouths at the same time.

Patterson's face turned as black as the bottom of a pot after being raped by a woman. He couldn't agree, and he didn't dare to refuse.

Even though he had been deceived once by He Zhongqiu using his identity as a prison guard, now that he knew that He Zhongqiu not only had never been a prison guard but had also been in prison, he did not dare to get angry in front of He Zhongqiu.

When he reached the frontcourt, he glanced at Ha Seung-jin in the low post, then looked at Wolverine behind Ha Seung-jin, and silently passed the ball.

Ha Seung-jin took the ball with trepidation, and just as he turned around to make a hook shot, a big hand slapped him.

"Snapped!"

"Oh ho!"

As the basketball flew backwards like a meteor, Madison Square Garden burst into warm cheers.

The basketball flew to the center line, Payton chased and got it, and the Knicks attacked.

In the positional battle, He Shengzhen was knocked to the ground without any suspense under the Chaos God Step.

"boom!"

The next moment, He Zhongqiu blasted the Trail Blazers' basket with a one-handed slam dunk.

"Ha ha……"

Madison Square Garden was filled with laughter.

"Boring!"

The opponent was too weak, He Zhongqiu was too lazy to play and gestured to the bench for a substitution.

After this game, the Korean media intended to criticize He Zhongqiu, but the major media received intervention from Samsung.

Samsung's major shareholder is American capital, so they will naturally not allow the Korean media to target He Zhongqiu and affect their interests.

On the 11th, the Knicks defeated the Hornets at home again, achieving a record of 29 wins and 6 losses, the best in the Eastern Conference.

Next, He Zhongqiu will have a boxing match with Xiao Ke.

On the afternoon of the 12th, Wu Jing and Zhang Jin came from Los Angeles.

Also accompanying them are Xia Song and Wang Guojun. CCTV has once again chosen to broadcast tomorrow's boxing match live, and they will be the commentators.

"During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Baoqiang's role has been decided." Wu Jing said.

"Is it the role of the soldier who assaulted in China?" He Zhongqiu asked.

"Yes, we have entered the military camp for training and will start filming in March," said Zhang Jin.

"Brother Jing, is the script I told you last time ready?" He Zhongqiu asked.

Wu Jing glanced at Zhang Jin. Both of them looked very excited. He nodded and said, "Ross Lewis said it's done. Let's do it as you said, gun fighting."

Zhang Jin continued, "We've read the script. The title is Gunslinger. It's a low-budget killer movie that imitates the plot of borrowing a knife to kill someone, and it highlights the design of gun fighting."

Wu Jing said: "Rose will soon arrange for us to learn various shooting techniques, and then we will design the movements and perform the gun fighting technique you mentioned."

Zhang Jin said: "Zhongqiu, you were the one who proposed the gun fighting technique. I'm afraid you will have to give us some ideas and design the moves when the time comes."

"no problem."

He Zhongqiu nodded and said, "The domestic situation is a bit tense. Emperor Entertainment Group and Huayi have teamed up to produce two big productions, all of which are Chenglong movies. One of them is a collaboration between him and Li Lianjie, and it is also about Journey to the West, so we have to make something famous."

Wu Jing was a little surprised and asked, "Brother, are you and Chenglong teaming up to film a Journey to the West film?"

He Zhongqiu smiled and said, "Li Lianjie is going to shoot Huo Yuanjia next year, and we will also participate in the investment, and our company will be responsible for the distribution.

After he finished filming Huo Yuanjia, he will probably film a Journey to the West movie. I heard that the investment in this movie is tens of millions of dollars, and it is a big production. "

At this point, he added: "So you should get this movie out as soon as possible to compete with Chenglong's first movie, called Baby Project."

The two were startled, and Zhang Jin said in surprise: "During the Mid-Autumn Festival, our movie will compete with Brother Chenglong's movie?"

"No confidence?"

He Zhongqiu smiled and said, "If you lose, you lose. It's okay."

Wu and Zhang looked at each other. Since things had come to this, they had no choice but to go ahead with it.

After talking about the movie, he talked about the martial arts performance, which was also the main reason why Wu Jing and Zhang Jin came here.

A flying knife appeared in He Zhongqiu's hand, and he laughed, "This year I have mastered the skill of flying with a knife. This time I will not fight with flying locust stones, I will play with flying knives."

"How's the accuracy?" Wu Jing asked hurriedly.

"It's at the same level as the Locust Stone." He Zhongqiu said proudly.

"You can do it."

Wu Jing and Zhang Jin gave a thumbs up at the same time.

"In Hollywood, it's Lundgren and Jean-Claude Van Damme, plus the two of you. Baoqiang doesn't have time, so we're still short of one more person."

Wu Jing thought for a moment and said, "Zhao Wenzhuo, Xie Miao, Shi Xiaolong, Wu Yue, and Baoqiang recommended his senior brother in Shaolin, Shi Xingyu who just performed in Kung Fu."

Zhang Jin said, "Shi Xiaolong is currently filming Young Justice Bao 3 in China, Zhao Wenzhuo is filming Seven Swordsmen with Doudou, Xie Miao is studying at the Capital Institute of Physical Education, Wu Yue is filming Seven Fairies, and Shi Xingyu will definitely have time."

Wu Jing said: "No matter if they have time or not, as long as we contact them, I think they will definitely come. This is the best opportunity for exposure."

Zhang Jin nodded and said, "Zhongqiu's appearance fee is also sufficient, much better than when they film in China."

Wu Jing smiled and said, "This time, 200 million US dollars is more than last year."

"I'll call Sister Xue and ask the company to contact them. Once everyone is here, we can rehearse as soon as possible." He Zhongqiu said. He then made a phone call. After Yang Xue got the message, she immediately called Lin Xue over and asked whether Zhao Wenzhuo and others had signed with the agency.

For such a great thing, of course we have to support our own artists. If they are not our own, then we have to become our own artists first.

The company can also get a portion of the appearance fee. Now the company has only outgoings and no incomings, so the agency income cannot be missed.

Lin Xue checked and found that only Xie Miao didn't have one, while the others all had agency companies.

"Then you should contact Xie Miao immediately, sign him into the company, and arrange for him to participate in the martial arts performance." Yang Xue said.

"Okay, I'll arrange someone to find him right away." Lin Xue said hurriedly.

As for Xie Miao, after Lin Xuepai's agent found him, he signed him to Zhongqiu Film and Television without much consideration.

He was admitted to the Capital Institute of Physical Education in 02, but because he was filming a movie during his senior year of high school, his grades were affected and he failed to be admitted to the Beijing Sport University, which he most wanted to attend.

He hasn't made a single movie in the past two or three years and had long disappeared from the film and television industry. He didn't expect to get this opportunity. It's like pie in the sky, and only a fool would refuse it.

The contract given by Lin Xue was for five years, a step-by-step contract. He was not a newcomer, so he was not given a 50-50 split. The first two years were 40-60, and the last three years were 30-70, with the artist taking the majority of the split.

For an appearance fee of $30, Xie Miao can get $18, or 160 million RMB, which is higher than his total income from filming since he was a child.

He Zhongqiu went to train, practicing the iron shirt.

Wu Jing and Zhang Jin had never seen He Zhongqiu practice the Iron Shirt, so this was a good opportunity for them to see it for themselves.

Xia Song and Wang Guojun had not seen it either. After obtaining He Zhongqiu's consent, they asked the photographer to turn on the camera to record the practice process.

"Boom bang bang..."

He Zhongqiu circulated his Qi and gathered blood, his tendons and bones expanded, and he began to practice. As he struck the wooden man again and again, everyone present was stunned.

"This is too cruel. If I am hit by such a thick piece of iron wood, I'm afraid my bones and tendons will be broken." Zhang Jin said.

“This is real kung fu!”

Wu Jing said with envy: "In Zhongqiu's eyes, you and I are just fancy moves."

Xia Song was speechless and said, "This guy is the same as the one in Li Lianjie's Fist of Fury. He's Japanese, that one..."

"Tsuyoshi Fujita, the actor is Chow Bili, we've acted together before."

Wu Jing immediately reacted and said, "There is a scene in Fujita Tsuyoshi's film where he practices hard skills, where he is beaten with a wooden stick.

His was a prop wooden stick used for filming, but this one from Zhongqiu, wow, it’s made of iron wood, real steel and iron bones!”

Zhang Jin said: "If the record of Zhongqiu's practice is released, it will definitely cause a sensation."

……

January 1th, boxing match day.

The average ticket price for this boxing match was as high as $4200, with the highest ticket price being $15.5 each. The box office grossed $8800 million, making it the hottest professional boxing match in the past decade, far surpassing the world boxing championships in recent years.

However, He Zhongqiu cannot share the box office revenue because this boxing match has a prize pool of 3000 million US dollars and all profits from the box office belong to the promoter.

ESPN spent a huge sum of money to acquire the television PPV rights for the boxing match, with the copyright fee reaching as high as 5000 million US dollars.

In other words, the TV copyright fees and box office alone recovered the $1.3 million cost, with a few million left over.

Other sponsorship fees, advertising fees, and PPV sharing are all net profits, and the income from the two warm-up matches is also net profit.

According to the rules of professional boxing, part of He Zhongqiu and Xiao Ke’s PPV share must also be shared with the promoter.

In the contract signed by He Zhongqiu, 8% of the PPV share had to be given to the promoter. He himself originally got 93% of the PPV share. After deducting 8%, there was still 85% left, or 42.5% of the total PPV revenue.

In fact, not all of this PPV share belongs to him personally. The Zhongqiu Sports and Cultural Company also takes 20%, and the remaining 80% belongs to him personally.

Of course, the company is his, and the company's profits are also his.

In the evening, a large number of Hollywood stars appeared in Madison Square Garden, decorating the scene with stars.

At this time, He Zhongqiu was exercising in the lounge, preparing for the boxing match.

The on-site coach for this boxing match was Harris, who was also a member of his fighting team.

"Wolverine, Xiaoke uses a controlling style of play. He uses his best jab to control you at medium and long distances."

"He weighs 112 kilograms, is 198 centimeters tall and has a wingspan of 206 centimeters."

"Your wingspan is 224cm, so he might use his second best weapon, his footwork, to attack your blind spot today."

"He has two top weapons, one is the jab and the other is his footwork."

"So you have to be careful and adjust your pace in time to avoid being caught by him in your blind spot."

"Another thing to note is that his punches are very powerful, so don't use your ability to withstand blows to try to hit him."

"The punching power of professional heavyweight boxing champions cannot be compared with those in WWE. Their explosive power is far inferior to that of professional boxers."

"But, Wolverine, your ability to withstand blows is too strong. I suggest you look for opportunities to take the opponent's jab and then counterattack."

"Remember, your counterattack must be a heavy blow."

"Because after Klopp hits you with his jab, he will definitely follow up with his back fist. You may only have one twentieth of a second to deliver a heavy blow, so you must master the rhythm well."

Because He Zhongqiu had never had a professional boxing match, Harris would repeatedly remind him of these tactical points whenever he had time to deepen He Zhongqiu's memory.

At 8:30, the second warm-up match ended and it was time for tonight's main match.

Klitschko, wearing a black cape, stood at the exit, waiting to make his debut.

This match was for his big brother to test Wolverine's boxing ability.

Of course, he also wants to win.

If he could defeat the Kung Fu King, he would be rich. He would definitely be able to make a name for himself and gain influence in the United States and the Western world, rise to the top overnight, and then make a fortune like crazy.

At this time, the host's passionate voice sounded: "Ladies and gentlemen, a world-renowned professional heavyweight boxing match is about to begin.

Now let us welcome the black boxer, the heavyweight champion from Ukraine, Dr. Steel Hammer, Wladimir Klitschko! "

"Clap clap clap..."

There were scattered applause in Madison Square Garden, which also shows the current influence of Kobe in New York, USA.

"Damn Wolverine!"

Michael Tyson, who was at the scene, complained and cursed.

He sat in the third row, and the ticket was prepared for him by his agent Frank Warren, otherwise he would not have the money to buy it.

There was no chance to fight He Zhongqiu, and now he is ready to retire.

It's not that he wants to quit, he's just in debt. His appearance fee last year was 300 million US dollars per game. Then he lost three games in a row. In the fourth game, he smashed someone's head with his head. Now no one wants to fight with him and his reputation in the circle is completely ruined.

"Shit, I'm bankrupt."

When Tyson thought about the tens of millions of dollars in debt and how he would live after bankruptcy, he fell into great sorrow.

He has earned $400 to 500 million in appearance fees throughout his life, and he has been living a life of debauchery every day. But now he is going bankrupt. He can no longer support the lion, so he will try to support his daughters in the future.

(End of this chapter)