Just as Zhang Wei began to leave for Los Angeles, Li Mo found the phone numbers of several newspapers and television stations in Los Angeles through the Yellow Pages, identified himself as Zhang Wei's assistant, and announced to them that Zhang Wei had decided to accept Charles's challenge. Due to Charles's high profile and the fact that the people of the Stars and Stripes have always been very interested in this kind of duel, the topic of whether Zhang Wei will fight with Charles is the current hot news, but it has always been Charles's side who has been clamoring before, "Plunder the City" There is no news from the crew and Zhang Wei, so this news seems a little unexciting, and at this moment, someone stands up to speak on behalf of Zhang Wei, which is what these media reporters are most willing to see, so when they received Li Mo's call, their first reaction was to meet with Li Mo for a more detailed inquiry.

After asking Zhang Wei by phone, Li Mo agreed to meet with some influential TV and newspaper reporters, and in the evening, he rented a small conference room in the hotel where he was staying, and explained Zhang Wei's decision to accept Charles's challenge. In his speech, Li Mo also introduced the origin of the plaque of "The Sick Man of East Asia" and its insulting characteristics to the media, and severely criticized and protested against Charles's insulting of the feelings of the Chinese nation.

At the same time, not long after Zhang Wei left the crew, reporters from ABC and NBC also found the location of the crew of "Plundering the City". These two groups of reporters originally wanted to interview Zhang Wei, but they didn't expect that when they arrived, Zhang Wei had already left, so they changed their goals and interviewed the directors and actors of the crew, asking some "Zhang Wei from Huaxia is just flashy as Charles said." ", "As a newcomer, can Zhang Wei be qualified for the position of action director", "Does Zhang Wei really have the ability to fight", "Are you optimistic about the battle between Zhang Wei and Charles" and "Charles is so targeted at Zhang Wei because of a conflict in the filming of the crew" and other issues.

"Although Albert Chang is a newcomer, his ability is beyond doubt, how Zhang's kung fu is I have said in the media before, I have not seen Bruce Lee's actual combat, but I have seen Zhang's actual combat, and I personally think that Zhang's kung fu is absolutely no problem against five or six healthy adult males. I would like to solemnly declare that our crew is united and efficient, and nothing unpleasant happens. Director Pete said.

"Albert is the best action director I've ever seen, and he designs movements that are both beautiful and powerful, as you'll see in this film. So says the heroine Jane Escher.

"Zhang is very talented, he is very patient when guiding us, he will take the trouble to break down the movements for me to demonstrate, I think he is very happy to work with. Actor Jay Coman said.

Assistant director Ridley Scott said in front of the camera: "Although Albert is a newcomer, he is very professional and very diligent in his action direction, and among the action directors I have been exposed to in Hollywood, Albert is definitely very good." To be honest, I don't think I'm optimistic about Charles getting into trouble with him, because I've seen Albert easily break through a three-inch plank when he demonstrates an actor's moves on set, and I think this is a good indication of Albert's actual combat ability. ”

"Because I have had less contact with Albert, I won't comment on it. Vicente Price, the director of photography, faced the camera with a straight face, said a word, and left.

Usually when he was in the crew, Zhang Wei always contacted others with the principle of being kind to others, and his style of acting was low-key and humble, which made most of the crew have a good impression of Zhang Wei, so at this moment, in the face of the media, these people also made unanimous praise for Zhang Wei. As for Vincent, Pitt had warned him not to talk nonsense, and Vincent knew that if he spoke indiscriminately in interviews, the public would mistakenly believe that there was disunity within the crew of "Plundering the City", he would be in danger of losing his job.

The evaluation of Zhang Wei by the crew and actors was broadcast live on TV for the first time, which gave some Stars and Stripes people who paid attention to this matter another impression of Zhang Wei.

Drawing his eyes back to Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei returned to the Los Angeles airport the next morning in a hurry. At this time, well-informed reporters were already waiting for Zhang Wei at the Los Angeles airport, and blocked him at the exit of the airport to interview him about the "ring" incident and some of his comments on the TV news interview with the crew of "Plundering the City" yesterday evening.

In the face of many media questions, Zhang Wei just waited for the scene to be quiet and made a reply: "First of all, thank you for your concern, and thank you to the crew of "Plundering the City" for giving me such a high evaluation. I'm sorry that there are a lot of questions I can't answer today, and I can only say here that just yesterday I had my assistant make a public statement on the matter and that I would accept Charles' challenge. I would like to make it clear here that I accepted the challenge not because Mr. Charles said that I was a layman in the field of action coaching, nor because he said that I did not have the ability to fight, but because he insulted my motherland and nation with the words 'sick man of East Asia'. The Chinese people have not been a belligerent nation since ancient times, and our philosophy of life advocates 'peace is precious', but when it hurts our nation's reputation and bottom line, we will also rise up to resist, because this is related to the dignity of the motherland and the nation. As for his words slandering me personally, I don't take it to heart, but I will use practical actions and my efforts to make him understand that he should not insult the Chinese nation at will, he cannot afford the consequences. Many years ago, Bruce Lee kicked and smashed the signboard of the 'Sick Man of East Asia', and today, I will follow the example of my predecessors and once again kick and smash this shameful signboard, so that those who look down on the Chinese nation will be reminded that the Oriental Dragon is not easy to mess with. ”

After saying this, the reporters began to ask some questions again, but Zhang Wei no longer answered, and left quickly with Li Mo, who came to pick up the airport. When the reporters here saw Zhang Wei leaving, they were going to chase him out, but after one of the reporters received a phone call, the rest of the reporters also received the call one after another, and immediately gave up Zhang Wei's goal and left the airport to go to Charles's residence in the southern suburbs of Los Angeles.

Just five minutes ago, Charles saw Zhang Wei appear at the Los Angeles airport on TV, and immediately contacted a match service company, entrusting the service company to take full charge of the ring match between him and Zhang Wei, and told a reporter that he welcomed all kinds of lottery companies to participate in the ring match, and he personally would spend $10 million to bet that he would knock out Zhang Wei in the first round. This news was very good news for the reporters, so they gave up on Zhang Wei and went to Charles for an interview.

At noon that day, Zhang Shilan, Liu Yuanyuan, Liu Nan, Yu Yuanqing, Chen Yingquan, and more than a dozen other people called Zhang Wei, all asking about the "ring", and Zhang Wei explained this. In the afternoon of the same day, some media reported that three gambling companies had decided to participate in the competition, and Zhang Wei also received a call from the service company entrusted by Charles, and the call was from a man named Kasman, who hoped to visit Zhang Wei to discuss the specific matters of the competition. Zhang Wei wishes that this matter could be carried out quickly, you must know that every day of delay in this matter will give the crew a fee of 2 million US dollars, although this money is nothing to Zhang Wei's net worth now, but it will be distressing to waste it so much.

In capitalist countries, things involving interests are often very efficient, and Kasman came quickly, and within half an hour of hanging up the phone, he arrived at the hotel where Zhang Wei was staying. Kasman didn't come alone, he brought with him two lawyers, an insurance company account manager, an assistant and several agreements to sign. Kasman explained to Zhang Wei in detail some rules, precautions, fees and rights enjoyed by Zhang Wei in this ring competition. As far as the game itself is concerned, in short, the game consists of five rounds, each round is five minutes, except that you are not allowed to carry weapons, wear the necessary protective gear, and do not hit the vital points of the body, there are no other restrictions, and you can fight as you want. In addition, if the tickets, advertising costs, TV station broadcast costs, etc. generated by this ring competition benefit, Zhang Wei and Charles will each share 40%, and the service company will share 20%. The lawyer explained to Zhang Wei the risks and accidents that may occur in the boxing match, and asked Zhang Wei to sign some commitments, such as "you must bear the consequences of non-fatal injuries caused by normal fights in the game", "you need to bear legal responsibility for maliciously attacking the vital parts of your lower body" and "you need to bear legal responsibility for injuries caused by disobeying the referee's command" and so on. The insurance company issued a customized policy for Zhang Wei, which contained many details on the scope of claims, and Zhang Wei was too lazy to read it, because he didn't think he would be injured, so he refused to buy insurance.

For the sake of prudence, Zhang Wei asked Li Mo to also find a lawyer who was well versed in contract traps, and after getting the lawyer's consent, Zhang Wei signed several agreements and contracts, and put forward a request, that is, the competition must be played within two days. In this regard, Kasman found a no-man's land, called Charles to communicate, and quickly replied to Zhang Wei that the match would be held at 10 a.m. the day after tomorrow at a boxing match venue rented by the service company.

At this point, the battle between Zhang Wei and Charles in the ring is finalized. That night, many media outlets reported on it, and a number of TV stations bought the broadcast rights, and as soon as the tickets for the ring battle were released, they immediately sold out online, and some businessmen saw the exposure and began to urgently contact the service company to negotiate advertising. The lottery company also heard the wind, and opened an exclusive channel for "Zhang VS Charles Battle" on the Internet, in which the odds are different according to a variety of specific rules, such as betting rounds, "Charles KO Zhang Wei in one round 1 to 0.25, two rounds to 0.2, three rounds to 0.1......", "Zhang Wei one round KO Charles 1 to 5, two rounds to lose 4, three rounds to lose 3......" and so on, as well as the number of bets, have been specific to the point of a punch, a leg, here will not be detailed.

After Zhang Wei learned of this series of news, he sighed with emotion: "I have to say that people in capitalist society are really sensitive to money, and everything can be linked to money. Li Mo, if you want to make money, I suggest that you can buy me to win, which can make you a small profit. ”

"But how can I buy it if I don't have a dollar account?"

"It's okay, I have, I'll lend it to you. ”