Chapter 280 All-Star Weekend

In the last few days of the month, the Knicks won consecutive games against the Cavaliers, Pistons, and Clippers, with a record of 36 wins and 8 losses, completing the January regular season and ranking first in the league.

The Spurs have 37 wins and 10 losses, ranking second in the league, only half a game behind the Knicks, and their momentum is very strong.

The All-Star voting was over. On the evening of the 31st, the league announced the voting results and the 05 All-Star starters.

He Zhongqiu received an astonishing 855 million votes, far exceeding last year's 351 million votes, becoming the No. vote leader in history, demonstrating amazing influence and once again becoming the All-Star vote leader.

Ranked second is Yao Ming, with 256 million votes, becoming the starting center in the Western Conference.

The third place in the vote count was O'Neal, with 246 million votes.

But he cannot become the starting center for the Eastern Conference All-Stars. It depends on the choices made by the head coaches of each team. He still has a chance to become a backup center for the Eastern Conference.

Among the four shooting guards that the league has promoted in recent years, none of them received more than two million votes this time. The highest was McGrady, who was more than six thousand votes away from two million.

LeBron James, who has been highly praised by the league in the past two years, participated in the voting as a guard and received 161 million votes, becoming the first guard in the Eastern Conference and becoming the starting guard in the Eastern Conference together with Iverson.

Eastern Conference All-Stars starters: He Zhongqiu, Grant Hill, Vince Carter, Iverson, LeBron James

Western Conference All-Stars starters: Yao Ming, Duncan, Garnett, McGrady, Kobe

Nash lost the guard vote to Iverson and LeBron James, and can only wait and see what the coaches will choose.

At the same time, the NBA also announced this year's All-Star martial arts performance list and performance content.

Jean-Claude Van Damme is only a second-tier actor in Hollywood, but Lundgren is a first-tier actor.

Lundgren is 47 years old this year. He made his debut in 87 and switched to being a director in 04. Zhang Jin played a role in his directorial debut.

Their participation in this year's martial arts performance was also full of gimmicks.

After all, it is the second time, and He Zhongqiu has three consecutive MMA and boxing matches, which have a greater impact than last year, so the media response is still very good.

Especially the flying knife performance of He Zhongqiu, which is very exciting and particularly anticipated.

The All-Star Game was on February 2th. On the 20st, He Zhongqiu called Yang Xue, who was still in Los Angeles, and asked her if she wanted to stay and watch the All-Star Game.

Yang Xue said that the contract with Industrial Light & Magic has been signed, and there are a lot of things waiting for her at the company, including the formation of a Journey to the West crew, and she has already booked a flight for the 2nd.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the league announced the latest MVP rankings.

He Zhongqiu is currently ranked first based on the team's record and personal data.

Moreover, he won the Eastern Conference Player of the Month award, an honor that has little value. This is the second time he has won it this season.

On the 2nd, Yang Xue and his party left Los Angeles and returned to China. Li An accompanied them, as well as the Hollywood production team formed by Ross Lewis. The Journey to the West: White Bone Realm project was officially launched.

This movie has many more special effects than Iron Eagle King, so it took longer to produce the special effects after filming was completed.

Moreover, Industrial Light & Magic has a lot of business and cannot devote all its resources to this film.

In addition, the film Gunslinger with Wu Jing and Zhang Jin has also started filming, and Ross Lewis is in the process of preparing.

After the All-Stars, both of them will receive professional special shooting training for half a month, and the film will officially start shooting in March.

Bao Qiang's Soldiers Assault officially started filming in early March, and it will not be completed until the end of May or early June. The all-star martial arts performance will not be able to make it in time, and the film will not be able to make it in time.

He Zhongqiu meant that if Xie Miao was suitable, he should take the role.

It was also on this day that Li Lianjie's wolfdog Danny premiered. He rushed back to the United States from China to attend the premiere at the China Grand Theater in Los Angeles.

On the 3rd, Xie Miao arrived in New York, and Wu Jing and Zhang Jin went to meet him at the airport.

Although Wu Jing and Xie Miao were both from Yanjing, they had never met each other, and Zhang Jin didn't know him even more.

From a distance, Xie Miao, who was pulling a suitcase, saw Wu Jing and Zhang Jin and waved and called out, "Brother Jing, Brother Jin, hello."

"Oh, Xie Miao, you don't look like you did when you were a child." Wu Jing teased.

"I've grown ugly, I've grown ugly!" Xie Miao said self-deprecatingly with a smile.

"Haha, let's go, let's get in the car first."

Zhang Jin came over with a smile and wanted to help carry the suitcase, but Xie Miao would never let Zhang Jin help and quickly moved aside.

After getting in the car, Wu Jing drove and said, "Xie Miao, please pay attention to your martial arts performance. Later, my brother Jin and I will shoot a movie, which will also cost tens of millions of dollars. This is considered a big production in China. There is a role prepared for you."

"Really?"

Another pie fell from the sky, and Xie Miao was stunned.

“Good things come in pairs.”

Zhang Jin patted Xie Miao on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Follow Zhongqiu in the future, you won't have to worry about having no future."

"He is one year younger than Zhongqiu, so you must call him brother," Wu Jing reminded.

"Mid-Autumn brother."

Xie Miao nodded hurriedly, and then continued, "I studied martial arts in Zhongguancun, Haidian District in 96, and did not graduate until 02. I saw Zhongqiu brother once on the street in 98.

At that time, he was still a gangster and was quite famous in the Haidian. He had a group of men and women under him, with big bald heads and shining heads. You would be impressed once you met them once.

The last time I saw him, he had a car accident and was hit by a Santana and flew seven or eight meters away. The driver was so scared that he peed himself. "

"Haha..." Wu Jing and Zhang Jin couldn't help but burst into laughter.

After laughing, Wu Jing introduced: "Xie Miao, you went away for the Mid-Autumn Festival and won't be back until the 8th. You should learn from us in the next few days. Two big Hollywood stars will also come tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

"okay!"

……

On the 4th, the Knicks lost to the Kings again on the road, and were defeated twice by the Kings.

On February 2th, in Phoenix, the Knicks will challenge the Suns back-to-back.

In order to avoid a losing streak, He Zhongqiu played his best and beat his rookie season rival, Stoudemire, scoring 44 points and 18 rebounds, leading the team to win the game.

The little overlord also played hard, but He Zhongqiu kept a close eye on him and, after switching defense, he only got 13 points and 8 rebounds.

No. 7, the Knicks beat the Jazz again.

39 wins and 9 losses, the Spurs are 38 wins and 10 losses, and the Knicks have widened the win-loss gap to one game.

On the afternoon of the 8th, He Zhongqiu returned to New York.

Wu Jing and his two companions, Long Geer and Shang Ge Yundun were practicing moves in the training hall at the back. When they saw He Zhongqiu come in, they stopped immediately.

"Hey, Wolverine, you're finally back. Come join us. There's not much time left to practice." Lundgren was the first to shout.

"Doff, you are old now, I am afraid of hurting you."

"Oh, you dare to look down on me?"

"Ha ha!"

"Hey, Wolverine." Jean-Claude Van Damme greeted with a smile.

"Hey, Shange."

Seeing He Zhongqiu's huge body appear in front of him, Xie Miao only felt a huge oppressive force coming towards him, and he didn't dare to breathe.

"Xie Miao, call someone!" Wu Jing urged.

"Brother Zhongqiu." Xie Miao shouted quickly.

"Ah."

He Zhongqiu looked at Xie Miao, nodded and said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, train hard and film, we will be brothers in the future."

"Eh!"

Xie Miao's heart warmed up, and the tension in his heart immediately dissipated, and he nodded quickly.

Everyone calls him Li Lianjie's godson, but in fact, he has no personal connection with Li Lianjie.

And now, with just one sentence, He Zhongqiu's position in his heart has been placed on the same level as Li Lianjie.

"Wolverine, I heard that you are going to perform a flying knife show. Come on and let us see it first." Jean-Claude Van Damme shouted.

"What's the problem?"

He Zhongqiu walked to the metal cabinet against the wall, opened the door, and took out a large iron box. After opening it, he saw a lot of flying knives stuck in the box.

This is the Willow Leaf Flying Dagger, also known as Xiao Li's Flying Dagger.

Now his throwing knives are also at level four. They can hit whatever they point at within thirty meters, and the target is a moving one. The hit rate is seven to eight out of ten within fifty meters.

"Come on, everyone, help get the target drone outside." Zhang Jin excitedly ran towards the target drone. Others ran over and lifted the target drone onto the lawn outside.

He Zhongqiu took out a box of target balls, which were specially customized small balls the size of baseballs, made of cork and durable.

"okay."

He Zhongqiu took a willow leaf flying knife in each hand and got ready. Then Zhang Jin suddenly shouted, "OK."

As he shouted, a target ball was instantly thrown into the air.

"call out!"

He Zhongqiu waved his right hand, and with the sound of breaking wind, the small ball thrown to a height of more than 20 meters instantly rushed upwards, and then fell headfirst.

On top of the small ball, there was a shining flying knife.

"Wow!"

Several people exclaimed in amazement.

On the 9th, the Knicks faced the challenge of the Heat at home.

The Knicks defeated the Heat on the road last time, so they naturally don’t want to lose at home.

But the more they don't want to lose, the more likely they are to lose. The Knicks lost this home game. Even though He Zhongqiu scored 37 points, 15 rebounds, 2 steals and 5 blocks, he still couldn't lead the team to victory.

The Postman made only 10 of 1 shots and was in poor condition.

Nash wasn't much better, making only 15 of 6 shots, with an efficiency far below normal levels.

As for the Heat, although O'Neal still performed mediocrely under He Zhongqiu's defense, Wade scored 32 points, Damon Jones scored 26 points, and Eddie Jones scored 21 points. The three of them were in very hot form.

Fortunately, the Spurs lost to the Wizards on the same night, with a record of 39 wins and 11 losses, while the Knicks had a record of 39 wins and 10 losses, still ranking first in the league.

The Supersonics, who had previously had an explosive record, are now 33 wins and 13 losses and have fallen behind.

On the 10th, the first week box office of Li Lianjie's wolfdog Danny came out, with 1060 million US dollars.

It can be predicted that the North American box office of this movie will be no more than 4500 million US dollars, and the global box office will be no more than million US dollars. If the million US dollars investment is to be recovered, it can only hope to rely on peripheral markets such as DVD.

That night, Yang Xue called and said that she was planning to bring the Kung Fu Basketball crew over for the All-Star Game.

"Okay, Sister Xue, I'll make arrangements here."

He Zhongqiu hung up the phone and contacted someone immediately.

Jordan is a must, then Yao Ming, Da Zhi, yes, there are also O'Neal, Vince Carter, and Nash.

In the coaches' vote, Nash became the Eastern Conference All-Star backup guard.

Just make some contact and with his reputation, there is nothing he can't handle.

After losing to the Heat, the Knicks won four straight games and ended the regular season before the All-Stars with 43 wins and 10 losses, ranking first in the league.

The Spurs lost another game, with 41 wins and 12 losses, second in the league and first in the Western Conference.

Last year's All-Star Eastern Conference head coach was Rick Carlisle, who usually does not get re-elected, so this year's All-Star Eastern Conference head coach is the Heat head coach Jeff Van Gundy, who is currently second in the Eastern Conference.

On the 14th, in Yanjing, Zhou Xun announced that he would leave Huayi and join Zhongqiu Film and Television.

At noon on the 16th, Yang Xue arrived in Los Angeles with the Kung Fu Basketball crew, and Frank Zhang and Ross Lewis arranged the hotel and everything needed for the filming.

In the evening, Frank Zhang called and said, "Boss, you still have one year left in your three-year endorsement of the Ashley brand. Their president just called and hopes to renew the contract with you in advance."

"How much is the contract?" he asked.

"The current contract is for three years and 40 million. This time, a five-year, 70 million dollar global endorsement contract for all Ashley brands was offered," said Frank Zhang.

"It's up to you." He Zhongqiu said.

"Also, Boss, Elise wants you to tear down your wardrobe again at the All-Stars. Elise will give you $2 million for business activities," Frank Zhang said.

"Arrange it." He Zhongqiu agreed without hesitation.

"By the way, Aisley wants to use a Bensley brand wardrobe or table," said Frank Zhang.

"Arrange it. I'll notify Luo Sihua Daley immediately." He Zhongqiu said with a smile.

On the 17th, He Zhongqiu, Long Geer and four others trained at home and flew to Denver on the 18th.

All the Knicks players went with them. Alan Houston, Oakley, Ewing and Jordan also came along. Together with Lundgren and a few others, there were more than 20 people in total.

Boss James Dolan was very generous and simply sent the Knicks' private plane for a trip.

This year's All-Star Game will be held at the Nuggets' home court, the Pepsi Center. The Rookie Game and other competitions will be held on the 19th, and the main game will be held on the 20th.

This time they stayed at the Hebrew five-star garden hotel, where NBA booked three floors with more than 120 rooms.

After He Zhongqiu and his entourage arrived at the hotel, they attracted numerous media interviews, with many media outlets surrounding them.

"Wolverine, I heard that the mahjong competition was your suggestion?" a reporter asked loudly.

He Zhongqiu said: "Yes, this is a very good puzzle game. I even think that a global mahjong organization should be established, just like the World Football and Basketball Association, and then hold a world mahjong conference."

"I think it's good." Jordan nodded in agreement.

"Michael, are you confident that you can win the NBA Mahjong Championship?" a reporter asked.

"Of course. If I didn't have confidence, I wouldn't participate." Jordan said confidently.

"Wolverine, you will perform throwing knives in this year's All-Star Game. Is it as magical as the locust stone?" a reporter asked.

"Of course, you will see it the day after tomorrow." He Zhongqiu said with a smile.

"Lungger, can you beat Wolverine?" a reporter asked.

"Of course, as long as you tie his legs and hands." said Longger.

"Haha..." Laughter broke out all around.

"Wu, I heard that you are about to star in a low-budget gun-fight action movie?" a reporter asked Wu Jing.

"Well, yes, Zhang Jin and I are both the leading actors, and we will join the crew after the All-Stars Show." Wu Jing said happily.

"Zhang, will you perform Drunken Sword in this martial arts performance?" a reporter asked.

Zhang Jin said hurriedly: "No, let's use another weapon this time."

Half an hour later, the crowd broke through the siege of reporters and entered the hotel.

NBA staff received them and after they settled down in their respective rooms, they met up in He Zhongqiu's room.

However, at this time, He Zhongqiu's room was already full of people. Yao Ming and a group of all-stars had come, as well as a large group of Hollywood stars. It was impossible to squeeze in. The corridor was full of celebrity stars.

"It's past five o'clock. Let's go to the restaurant. It's a spacious place." He Zhongqiu greeted.

The restaurant prepared a buffet, and some dishes had not been served yet, but there was enough to eat. Everyone took their own dishes and chatted while eating. The topic they talked about was actually the mahjong competition.

He Zhongqiu felt a little regretful. He should have held a national mahjong competition.

By this time, the content of his previous interview had spread across the Internet, and it wasn’t long before he received a response.

He had just finished dinner and returned to his room to wash up when Yang Xue called him at around seven o'clock.

"Sister Xue?"

"Sanjin, a Mr. Jiang from the General Administration of Sports contacted me just now and said that they are preparing to set up the World Mahjong Organization and will hold a World Mahjong Championship this year. They want you to be the honorary president of this organization. What's the matter? Are you planning to change your career?"

"Haha, I just said this and people in China know about it?"

"What did you say?"

"When I was interviewed just now, I said that we should set up a global mahjong organization and hold a global mahjong competition."

"I see. Well then, honorary president, please give me some advice."

"Hey, if it doesn't take up my time, then it's fine."

"Okay, let me talk to the other party first. This mahjong organization is also a formal non-governmental sports organization approved by the General Administration of Sports. Its nature is similar to that of the Basketball Association.

But you have to make it clear with them that they cannot use your name to seek profit or engage in other unrelated business activities."

"Okay, Sister Xue, you can do whatever you want."

After I finished the phone call and washed up, a group of people came over again. It was time for the mahjong competition.

(End of this chapter)