After the intimate hand-holding at the racecourse, the relationship between Lin Mingyang and Kate went further. After participating in the press conference of "Legend of the Night", director John Woo seemed to have disappeared, and he never set foot in the hotel again.

Hong Kong is a cosmopolitan city and well-informed. Lin Mingyang, Kate and his entourage made such a big disturbance at the Hong Kong International Airport, and the whole of Hong Kong knew about it the next day. The hotel where they stayed was also revealed by the media, and many people came the next day, including fans and reporters, all gathered outside the hotel. Lin Mingyang and Kai specifically said that they went out, even if they stayed in the hotel, they would also meet reporters who pretended to be waiters and mixed in.

During this period, Kate attended an endorsement event held by a British jewelry company in Hong Kong, while Lin Mingyang basically stayed in his room. In April, he was preparing to take the SAT exam, which is the so-called "gaokao" for high school students in the United States, which is held seven times a year in the United States by the American Collegeboard.

Admission to a four-year college in the U.S. does not depend on an SAT score, but many colleges use an SAT score as an important reference when accepting applications. The SAT test is divided into two parts, English and Math, with a minimum score of 200 points for each section, and a full score of 800 points. The test, once known as the Scholastic Intelligence Test, originated at Harvard as a purely intelligence test, and the president of Harvard University, who proposed the test, became the first president of the ETS (Educational Testing Service) in the United States, which served as a contract party of the College Board to provide college entrance examination services. Since then, SAT test scores have become one of the most basic admission requirements for most universities.

Lin Mingyang is not worried about his academic performance, in his previous life, he stood out from the college entrance examination for exam-oriented education, and now he has a very strong brain, this kind of exam is not difficult for him. What really made him a little hesitant was how many points he should score so that it was not excessive.

In addition to reviewing his homework, in his spare time, Ketra played Magic with Lin Mingyang. This game is very popular in the West and is said to be the first trading card battle game on the market. Moss Middle School has a card club, but unfortunately, an American boy of Lin Mingyang's age is more fond of the RPGs on the computer with strong surnames and dynamic graphics, and Magic has become more of a puzzle game for girls to kill time.

"In this game, you are a traveling mage who fights against them for glory, knowledge, and adventure. Your deck represents a wide variety of weapons in your arsenal. It includes spells you can cast and creatures summoned to work for you. Because Lin Mingyang was playing for the first time, Kate had to introduce him to the basic gameplay and rules.

"Both sides must have their own deck, and its composition is limited by some rules. At the start of the match, both sides have 20 health. The goal of the game is to use the cards in your hand to try to reduce your opponent's 'life' to 0 or below, or force your opponent to have no cards to draw, or use special spells to make them lose the game. ”

"You know I've never been a fan of playing by the rules, so I hate card games!" As soon as Lin Mingyang listened to Kate's introduction, he was already completely interested in this game. This has something to do with his surname, whether in the game or in real life, he likes to take the initiative and hold down his opponent to the death, without giving any chance to fight back. As he believed in the maxim: in the face of absolute power, any intrigue is superfluous.

Kate angrily wiped the paved hand and pouted, "If you don't play, you want me to teach you?" ”

Lin Mingyang lay on his side on the bed, supported his head with his hands, and said very scoundrelly: "I just like to see your expression when you speak." ”

Kate glared at him angrily, and put away the cards on the bed to herself, when the doorbell suddenly rang.

The two looked at each other helplessly, and they both thought in their hearts, "Won't it be a reporter again?" ”

This is in Lin Mingyang's room, Kate is sitting on his bed with a pillow, and then Lin Mingyang is lying on the side, although the two of them have done nothing, but whoever comes in and sees such a scene will involuntarily imagine in that direction.

"Not going to dodge it?" Lin Mingyang sat up from the bed helplessly, ready to open the door.

Kate hesitated with the pillow in her arms, "I'm hiding in the closet?" ”

Lin Mingyang thought about it, and finally shook his head. The two of them didn't have anything to do in the first place, and they would want to cover it up. No matter who knocks on the door, he intends to stop the other person at the door so that all the problems are solved.

But standing outside the door is the director John Woo, who has been playing "Missing" for the past two days, and this Lin Mingyang really can't stop it.

When he saw Kate Beckinsale in Lin Mingyang's room, John Woo did not have the surprised expression on his face as the two imagined. John Woo has lived for such an age, how could Lin Mingyang and Kate's little actions in the crew be hidden from his eyes. When Lin Mingyang opened the door, he was just surprised to see Wu Yusen, and there was no panic in his eyes, and although Kate was sitting on Lin Mingyang's bed, she only smiled nervously when she saw Wu Yusen, both of them were so calm, Wu Yusen would not think too much.

"Is there any news about the martial artist you mentioned who is proficient in Xingyi Fist?" John Woo hasn't shown up for the past two days, and Lin Mingyang asked about it when he poured him coffee.

"Something has changed, and I'm here to explain it to you!" John Woo treats people relatively gently, and the tone of his speech does not regard himself as a high-minded director, but with some negotiating tones.

On the side, Kate asked curiously: "That action director is no longer in Hong Kong?" ”

"He hasn't left Hong Kong, but he's been a bit bad in the past two years, and the action team he pulled up by himself just broke up not long ago. The man was a gambler, and he lost all the houses his wife bought in Kowloon, and now the family lives in public housing, and his life is a little depressed. The public housing that John Woo refers to is a one-story building where people share a toilet, and that place is equivalent to a slum in Hong Kong.

"Are there any other martial artists in Hong Kong who know Xingyi Fist?" Lin Mingyang also felt that this question was a bit tricky.

"Yes, there are, but they are all empty handles, and there are a few shelves but they don't know the essentials. The real Xingyi boxing master can only be found on the mainland. Wu Yusen frowned, he didn't expect the situation to become like this.

Lin Mingyang held his hand and thought about it, "I have to reapply for a visa to Chinese mainland temporarily, and the procedures are very troublesome." As long as he has real skills and can help us, you can support your old friend when he is in trouble, and you can also leave a good reputation, which is beneficial to everyone. ”

――――Since moving into this building, Chang Desheng has endured the white eyes of his wife and the ridicule of his neighbors, thinking that he was also a top-ranked dragon and tiger martial artist in the Shaw Brothers company, and he has cooperated with several big directors in Hong Kong now. Every time his wife pointed to Chang Desheng's backbone and scolded him for being unproductive, he would always turn over the old yellow calendar that he had worked with a certain director, and then be sneered at by his wife.

What is most often talked about by Chang Desheng is his experience of working with the great director John Woo. When John Woo was still filming in Hong Kong, there was contact between the two from time to time, but since John Woo went to the United States, the contact between the two has gradually decreased. After coming out of Shaw Brothers, Chang Desheng also made an action team by himself, and in the years when the kung fu theme of Hong Kong films was the most popular, he also made a little money with his own skills.

But the good times didn't last long, Hong Kong films have declined in recent years, kung fu movies have also come down, and the Asian financial crisis has hit again. Although Hong Kong's economy withstood the pressure of the collapse with the support of the mainland's political axe, Chang Desheng's action team began to make ends meet, and he lost most of the money he had earned in his life.

Originally, Chang Desheng still had some savings, but he was a good gambler, and finally lost his remaining wealth, so he had to move into this public rental house built in the 80s of the last century with his wife and children, and barely made ends meet on his wife's meager salary.

John Woo went to Hong Kong to promote his new Hollywood film, which was published in Hong Kong's major newspapers and tabloids. When he saw the news, Chang Desheng was squatting in the toilet, with a cigarette in his mouth and a stack of yesterday's newspapers in his hand, which he had cheekily brought from his neighbors.

Chang Desheng used to use his fingers to hold the filter mouth upwards when he smoked, and he was a little fascinated by the report, but he didn't notice that the cigarette in his hand burned too much, and he didn't react until his hand was hot. He hurriedly shook off the cigarette butt, and cursed in his mouth.

At this time, his wife's pig-like roar sounded in the corridor, "Gambling ghost, there is a call to find you!" ”

Chang Desheng lifted his pants and complained at the same time, he couldn't live in peace even if he, this is really.

With the smell of the toilet, Chang Desheng was knocked out of the house by his wife with a rolling pin, and he could only listen to the phone in the corridor.

"Urging electricity or water, Lao Tzu has no money now!" Chang Desheng scolded and said.

"Hello, Mr. Chang! I'm director John Woo's assistant, you can call me Ah Kun! ”

"Ah Kun, why don't you call yourself Brother Kun?" Chang Desheng snorted angrily, his brain turned a little slowly, and he reacted after scolding, "Wait, whose assistant did you say you were?" ”

"Director John Woo!" Ah Kun on the other end of the phone repeated it again, but his tone was not as enthusiastic as before.

"John Woo? He's not in the United States..."Chang Desheng's reaction this time was to keep up with the rhythm, remembering the news he had just seen in the newspaper, "He has something to do with me?" ”

Ah Kun told him directly: "Director Wu wants to meet with you." ”

Chang Desheng wondered a little in his heart, John Woo has been very popular in Hollywood in recent years, isn't this time he coming back to promote the new film, what are you looking for him? But he didn't ask so much on the phone, he agreed in one bite, no matter what he was looking for, just to chat, and when he came back, he also had the capital to brag to his neighbors.

After making an appointment for a time and place to meet, he took out his best formal clothes from the closet and put them on, then rubbed his leather shoes shiny, and finally didn't forget to ask for the second-hand digital camera from his son.

――――The directors are very detail-oriented, and Wu Yusen knows that Chang Desheng is not mixing well now, so he did not choose a very high-end place for the meeting. Kate lacked enough interest in this matter, so this meeting, only Lin Mingyang and John Woo came.

Since it was a meeting to talk about business, Wu Yusen naturally found a very quiet private room, when Chang Desheng came in, he felt a little familiar when he saw Lin Mingyang at first sight, and Lin Mingyang directly recognized him as the middle-aged uncle he met at the racecourse.

"How are you!" The two pointed at each other in unison, and even the expressions of surprise on their faces were exactly the same.

"You're not coming to me for money, are you?" Chang De violently covered his pockets, if Lin Mingyang hadn't given him more than 30,000 Hong Kong dollars that day, he really didn't know how to explain to his wife and children when he went home.

But Lin Mingyang didn't care about money, "You won't really take all that money to bet on horses, right?" ”

Chang Desheng did go to gamble again, but he didn't gamble much, and he actually made a small profit, fortunately, he didn't gamble dizzy, and he accepted it when he saw it. Seeing the victim on such an occasion, Chang Desheng was somewhat weak-hearted, "I didn't know that you were Director Wu's friend, I will take the money and pay you back another day!" ”

"I didn't know that you were Director Wu's old acquaintance, so that money should be regarded as a meeting gift!" Lin Mingyang said very politely, but he couldn't help muttering in his heart, he looked Chang Desheng up and down, this guy is not middle-aged, but he is not like a practitioner who is proficient in Xingyi Boxing, is this the legendary master hidden in the market?

Wu Yusen was confused by the situation when the two met, "You know each other? ”

"The day before yesterday, I went to the gambling horse farm to try my luck, and I happened to meet Mr. Chang." Lin Mingyang said what happened lightly, he said it very vaguely, but Wu Yusen could easily guess the general situation of the matter. Chang Desheng actually got acquainted with Lin Mingyang because of his good betting, which can be regarded as a strange story.

"Ah Sheng, Felix is a mixed-race Chinese, and his grandfather is a master of Bajiquan. He practiced with him for a while as a child and was very interested in Chinese martial arts. This time I came to Hong Kong, and it just so happened that you are also a master of boxing, so I brought him to learn from you. Wu Yusen did not directly explain his intention at first, but led the topic to martial arts exchanges.

"My little skill is not worth mentioning in front of real experts, if you want to learn kung fu, you will find the wrong person!" Chang Desheng hurriedly waved his hand, he had never practiced Bajiquan, but he also knew that this kind of boxing action was extremely fierce, and he emphasized the importance of taking inch by inch in terms of technical attack techniques. Lin Mingyang is strong and strong, not to mention that he also has the advantage of being young, and he is a family heirloom Bajiquan, which is not comparable to ordinary road goods. If it was 20 years ago, he might have been able to practice with Lin Mingyang, but his current body bones are not sure that he can hold the opponent's fist.

(To be continued)