Chapter 314 Proposing marriage at home
After chatting for a while, he and Yang Xue went to the training room of the Bone Realm.
A group of people were locked up inside, training very enthusiastically. When they saw the two of them, they came over immediately.
The global box office success of Iron Eagle King has made Zhang Ziyi, Zhou Xun and others have extremely high expectations for the White Bone Realm, and they are even more eager to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"Sister Xue, you're back."
Liu Yifei, sweating profusely, ran in the front. She came over and held Yang Xue's arm, but her eyes were on He Zhongqiu and Yang Xue's hands.
"Yeah, I just arrived this morning." Yang Xue said.
"Master monk, long time no see." Liu Yifei scratched the cat's paw again.
"Well, Lao Liu, you seem to have lost weight."
He Zhongqiu nodded. The girl was almost eighteen years old. She looked prettier than before and had less flesh on her face.
"Have you lost weight through practicing martial arts?"
Yang Xue took a look and pinched Liu Yifei's face. It seemed that she had indeed lost some weight.
Liu Yifei said with a smile: "I have to practice for six hours every day, and there are two hours of strength training. It's very tiring."
"Myna, Lindy, Phineas..."
"Mid-Autumn Festival is back."
He Zhongqiu greeted a few acquaintances.
Zhou Xun and many others were seeing He Zhongqiu for the first time and were very curious.
Basically, no one dared to speak casually in front of He Zhongqiu if they didn't know him. Even if He Zhongqiu did nothing, his momentum was too great.
Even Zhou Xun, although a first-tier star in China, is nothing in front of He Zhongqiu. He is under great psychological pressure and cannot speak.
"Hello, Mid-Autumn Festival."
After all, Zhao Wenzhuo is a martial artist, so he has a different kind of courage. He smiled shyly.
"Hello, Brother Zhao."
He Zhongqiu shook his hand and said, “Brother Zhao, Tang Seng in the past always seemed too weak, like a bookworm who knew nothing.
Director Zhang and his team made some changes to the role of Tang Monk this time. We hope you can show a different temperament and style. I really like your image of Fahai. "
"Sure." Zhao Wenzhuo said hurriedly.
He Zhongqiu took the initiative to talk to Zhou Xun, Zeng Li and others, including coach Jiang Luxia, and the atmosphere became relaxed and lively.
Yang Xue chatted with Fei Ge, Zhang Ziyi, Zeng Li and others for a few words, and was then pulled aside by Liu Yifei to talk in private.
"Sister Xue, you..."
"Do you want to tell me or not?"
"Are you with the monk?"
"Ah."
Yang Xue admitted it generously.
"Oh."
Liu Yifei nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Yang Xue observed Liu Yifei. Her expression and behavior seemed a little strange. She felt that she did have some feelings about Sanjin, but probably not many.
After all, this girl and Sanjin didn't have much time to spend together. The most time was when Sanjin returned to China the year before last and she followed him to learn sword.
But when she thought about the enthusiasm of those Hollywood female stars for San Jin, she felt that maybe there was something wrong with Liu Yifei too.
As soon as this thought came to her mind, she immediately observed the girls present. Well, each of them was staring at Sanjin with eyes like female demons staring at Tang Monk.
She felt that if she had not been here, these women would have grabbed the three pounds immediately and didn't know whether to steam or braise them.
She was paying attention to others, and others were also paying attention to her. When she came in just now, she was holding hands with He Zhongqiu.
"Mid-Autumn Festival is back."
At this time Zhang Yimou and Li An came in.
"Director Zhang, Director Li, hello." He Zhongqiu and Yang Xue greeted them hurriedly.
Zhang Yimou smiled and said, "It's Mid-Autumn Festival, congratulations, we're defending the championship, and the box office of Iron Eagle King is incredible, this is a double happiness!"
Li An said with a smile: "The box office is really a big hit. It should be able to take the first place in the box office this year."
He Zhongqiu said modestly: "This is my first movie in which I play the leading role. The fans just want to see the novelty. The next movie may not be so popular."
Li An said: "This factor does exist, the market's expectations are indeed very high, but the quality of the film is indeed high, this is the main factor.
Director Toro directed it well, but your action scenes are the main reason why this movie was a big hit at the box office, and the media reviews were very good. "
Zhang Ziyi smiled and said, "In addition to the box office and the overall championship, there is a third good news for the Mid-Autumn Festival."
"What's the third joy?" Zhang Yimou asked curiously.
"Our President Yang and Boss He are holding hands." Zhou Xun shouted.
Brother Fei nodded and said, "I just don't know when the wedding banquet will be held."
"Oh! Congratulations!"
Zhang Yimou and Li An suddenly realized, but were not surprised. In their opinion, it was very normal for He Zhongqiu and Yang Xue to be together.
After staying here for a while, He Zhongqiu and Yang Xue went to China Film Academy to meet Han Sanping.
At the China Film Corporation, Han Sanping was very happy and said as soon as they met: "Mid-Autumn Festival, Iron Eagle King's box office broke the record of Heroes."
"Breaking 2.5 million?" He Zhongqiu said happily.
Han Sanping said excitedly, "Yes, it broke yesterday. I estimate that 4 million will be no problem, the highest box office in history, and it may even reach 5 million."
This film was mainly distributed in China by China Film, Zhongqiu Films, and National Film.
According to the profit-sharing method for foreign films in China, the producer can only get 15% of the box office, and the rest is shared by the theaters and distributors.
Han Sanping has calculated that if the box office reaches 4 million yuan, China Film can get at least 1 million yuan in share, and after deducting the distribution fee of 1000 million yuan, the net profit will be at least 9000 million yuan.
This profit is greater than the profit of China Film Group in the previous ten years combined, so he is so happy.
"It's less, it's less!" he said again with regret.
"Uncle Han, what's missing?" Yang Xue asked.
"We didn't invest enough in the White Bone Realm." Han Sanping said regretfully.
He Zhongqiu smiled and said, "Uncle Han, Bone Realm is a domestic production, and we can't get so much money from the distribution."
Han Sanping said: "Of course I know that, so I said the investment was too little. China Film invested only 8000 million RMB out of a US$3000 million investment."
Then he said, "Zhongqiu, based on the current box office, you are the most box office-appealing movie star in China, higher than Li Lianjie and Jackie Chan. From now on, you will be the signature of the Chinese film industry."
"It's all empty reputation." He Zhongqiu smiled proudly.
Han Sanping said cheerfully, "To congratulate you on defending your title and Iron Eagle King's box office success, I'll treat you tonight."
"No need for Uncle Han to treat us, Sanjin and I will treat you." Yang Xue said hurriedly.
Han Sanping waved his hand and said, "I'll treat you. Mr. Yang from Guoying will also be there."
He Zhongqiu and Yang Xue nodded and stopped arguing.
Han Sanping added: "The box office of Iron Eagle King is so good, I think the domestic film market has great potential, so we need to continue to increase investment in cinema construction.
This year, we have added 35 modern cinemas with 180 screens, an average of five screens per cinema. Together with the projects under construction, a total of 65 cinemas with 325 screens will be added. In the future, we will continue to expand at this pace every year to build up the domestic cinema chain as soon as possible.”
"Then our company will invest more money." He Zhongqiu said to Yang Xue.
After having dinner with the CEO of China Film Group Corporation, He Zhongqiu accompanied Yang Xue back home.
She bought her parents' house two years ago, in Chaoyang District, not far away.
He Zhongqiu prepared a cart full of gifts, all valuable items, including an old mountain ginseng, which was too heavy for him to carry with his hands, so Yang Xue had to help.
Yang Xue said, "Sanjin, are you out of your mind? Why did you take so many things? When did you prepare them?"
"Hehehe..." He Zhongqiu just smiled but didn't answer.
"Wow, Wolverine, Yang Xue, do you live in our neighborhood?"
"My parents live here."
"I knew you two were a perfect match. Congratulations. When are you getting married?"
"Thank you! It's not time yet."
The two took the elevator from the parking lot and met a few people. When they saw He Zhongqiu, they were very surprised and seemed extremely happy.
After entering the house, Yang Xue's father saw this trend and said with wide eyes: "Zhongqiu, you brought so many things into the house, are you harming your sister Xue?"
"dad?"
Yang Xue was very embarrassed.
"Oh, you're right, Uncle Yang. I'm here today to propose marriage." He Zhongqiu nodded honestly.
Yang Xue covered her mouth and laughed. She didn't tell her this, but she was so happy that her eyes were full of smiles.
"How come you are so shameless, kid?" Yang's father was so angry that he couldn't continue.
"It's Mid-Autumn Festival, come and sit down." Yang's mother greeted with a smile.
I talked to Yang's parents about the marriage. They are both military men with straightforward personalities. They had no objections and agreed right away.
He Zhongqiu will be 22 in August and Yang Xue will be 25 in October. They are both relatively young, and he hopes to get married after winning three consecutive championships next year, or even if he fails to defend his title. Yang Xue's father also agreed.
After sitting for more than an hour and drinking a few glasses with Yang's parents, the two left.
On the way, He Zhongqiu said, "Sister Xue, why don't we build a building ourselves, a building with 30 or 40 floors, since we are not short of funds anyway.
Your film and television company, Brother Xia's cultural and sports company and real estate company, and the martial arts school we will open in the future, put them all together for easier management."
"Commercial housing in Yanjing now costs tens of thousands in the urban area, about four or five thousand around the Third Ring Road, and three or four thousand around the Fifth Ring Road. How much does it cost to renovate it yourself?" Yang Xue asked.
He Zhongqiu smiled and said, "Sister Xue, two years ago you asked me to invest in real estate. I invested 30 million US dollars and now I'm making a lot of money."
"That's right. In two years, the housing prices have doubled." Yang Xue said with a smile.
He Zhongqiu said: "The land is another matter. The construction cost of a high-rise office building is lower than that of a commercial residential building. With the addition of water and electricity construction and decoration, it is only about 300 to 500 per square meter now. I don't know the exact cost.
Now the houses in Tongzhou and Huairou are only 10 yuan per square meter. I estimate that the construction cost is at most 10% of the sales price, 7 yuan per square meter, or even less than 8%, 15-%, which is more than yuan. Adding % for decoration, it should be enough.
We are building an office building, not a hotel, so the decoration won't cost much. The cost of a hotel is high, and that is the decoration cost. The decoration cost of a hotel is much higher than the construction cost, and the higher the grade, the more expensive it costs.
Assuming there are thirty floors and the building area is 3 square meters, one to fifteen million RMB should be enough, which is still not as much as the money we have for the garden.
Building an office building in Yanjing mainly costs money for the land. The main cost is there, the land cost plus the construction cost, as well as other miscellaneous costs.
The cost of land is hard to calculate. For the urban area, I estimate that the total cost is about 200 million. For the marginal areas of Huairou, it should be only 70 to 80 million.”
"Okay, I'll have someone make a plan."
Yang Xueyi made a good calculation. Based on 200 million yuan, the company would have no problem with funds and could build several buildings.
Sanjin invested a total of 500 million US dollars, 4 billion RMB. Taking into account the 500 million RMB invested by the cinema chain, 30 million US dollars from White Bone World, and other TV and film projects, he only spent about 1 billion RMB. There is still 3 billion RMB in the account.
The two returned to the courtyard by Hongluo Lake, where lanterns were hung and the place was very quiet.
The two of them slept in the east bedroom on the second floor of the three-story main house. The bed was a bunk bed, 2.8 meters x 2.6 meters, made of new red pine according to He Zhongqiu's body shape.
"Sister Xue, the environment here is good, but it's too quiet."
"What do you want?"
"Hurry up and bring in some concubines for me. It will be more lively with more people. Wouldn't it be nice if we could play mahjong together every night?"
"Haha! I'll give you those female fairies. Do you like them?"
"Sister Xue, Zhou Xun, Zhang Ziyi and the others are all veterans in the flower world. I can't stand it."
"That's not the case with Xixi and Bai Bingbing."
"Okay, just the two of them."
"You really want to?"
"Well, Sister Xue, why don't we just play for a while, four hours at most."
"No, not even four minutes. I can't stand you anymore."
"Then you don't want to find me a concubine?"
"Oh, annoying, don't mess with me!"
"Two hours then. I can't bear it any longer."
"No, ah! He Sanjin, I told you not to touch me."
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In the next few days, He Zhongqiu stayed in Yanjing, took time to shoot some commercials, and then participated in some promotional activities for the Yanjing Olympic Games.
The General Administration's Wushu Management Center found him and asked him to serve as the honorary president of the Wushu Association. He declined three times but finally agreed.
In addition, he had an agreement with the General Administration that he would provide part of the funds to hire a group of relevant scholars in biology, biomechanics and kinematics, as well as professional strength trainers from the United States to train relevant talents and strength trainers in China.
It will be placed in Beijing Sport University. A special strength training class will be opened in the School of Human Sports Science, and students will start to be recruited next year.
The General Administration reported this and it has been approved. Beijing Sport University will start preparations today.
In addition, BSU formally invited He Zhongqiuzheng to be an honorary professor of the BSU Wushu Academy and issued a formal letter of appointment.
To be honest, He Zhongqiu was extremely happy when he received the offer letter.
As for the men's basketball team, they will play in the Asian Championships in September, but the host country will directly enter the Yanjing Olympics, so the results of the Asian Championships have nothing to do with the 9 Olympics.
He Zhongqiu told Yao Ming that he just had to deal with the game and focus on losing weight.
Yao Ming told him that after several discussions with the Rockets management, they had agreed to let him lose weight and change his playing style.
He has been losing weight recently while practicing mid-range and long-range shots and footwork. He is really tired and doesn't have much energy to play the game.
Xia Song is currently dealing with the event company at hand.
The coaches need to be retained for opening martial arts schools, and a large number of them need to be recruited.
All the signed athletes were transferred to other events, and each was given a severance pay of 20,000 yuan.
Twenty thousand severance pay is quite good. Last year, the average monthly salary in Yanjing was only two thousand, which is almost one year's salary.
Nowadays, the smallest fighting competitions in China are the ones that have no operating income and lose money. The lowest appearance fee is only one or two hundred yuan per game, and the winnings are two or three hundred yuan.
After checking the almanac, He Zhongqiu decided to hold a banquet on the 25th to celebrate the completion of Qiuxue Garden.
He sent out invitations widely in Yanjing, called Chenglong and his group, and invited more than a dozen top chefs from major restaurants in Yanjing to hold a grand banquet at Qiuxue Garden.
(End of this chapter)