Chapter 171: The sinister intentions of French journalists
The room in the hall was filled with a charcoal stove, converted into a training room, and huge sandbags hung from the beams. The quaint vase of large 'flowers' is nowhere to be seen, and the rosewood furniture leaves only a few chairs in the corners. Li Guolou, who was wearing white 'colored' underwear and white 'colored' bloomers' pants, was jumping rope with a rope, not the fastest but faster, and Master Harris said, "Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!" ”
Li Guolou, who was warming up, was panting, and steaming sweat was pouring out of his head. Gritting his teeth and persevering in pain and happiness, victory depends on devil training, imagining the fight with the French aristocrat Robinson in the boxing ring, the anger of the male 'sex' burns, and in order to get the spoils of war, he does not hesitate to risk his life to enter the French land "French Concession". Li Guolou wants to change history, win glory for the country, carry forward the broad 'spirit' of Chinese martial arts, integrate martial arts into Western boxing, and defeat the invincible French! Long live freedom! Long live the boundless love! Long live the system of three wives and four concubines in the Qing Empire!
Photographer Kutav adjusts the angle of the camera in the living room, and two servants hold torches aloft to increase the light in the room. Qu Tav made an OK gesture and first took a few sets of photos for Mrs. Yelia, Xie Xiuzhu thought of the reporter's capricious pen, turning her hand over the clouds and covering her hand into the rain, saying that she was not used to taking Western photos, and did not appear in front of the photographer Qu Taf's lens.
Reporter Eugene took off his glasses, wiped the fog on the lenses with a cloth, and raised his voice: "Mike, you can come over and take pictures." ”
Eugene snickered in his heart after watching Li Guolou's training, Li Guolou's movements did not have a standard, ridiculous deformation, clumsy combination of movements, and the funny Qing people still wanted to win Robinson, who had practiced Western boxing in the ring? Be the 'spring' and autumn dream of his sleeping lion waking up. Eugene, who was originally hesitant, made up his mind to bet his life savings on Robinson's side, even if it was a loss of four, it was a sure thing.
Under the pen of Eugene, Mike of the Qing Dynasty is an extremely powerful kung fu master, and let Mike show people with a positive image first. Then turning the peak around, the French aristocrat Robinson fought barbarism with barbarism, defeated Mack Lee, the representative of the barbarian nation, and recaptured the French noblewoman Madame Yelia. The Qing Manchu dog also wanted to win over the noble French with money and food, and to hell with Mike Lee, the banner of French freedom and national unity was still flying high in the French Concession of the Qing Empire.
"Mike, take off your underwear and change into shorts, I'm going to take a picture of you boxing. It's not that the old man in the 'flower' garden practices Tai Chi, the qi of the steam engine can be seen, and your Qing Dynasty's qigong cannot be measured. Eugene shook his head and denied Li Guolou's 'flower' shelf.
"Mike, put on the red shorts I bought you, Geely!" Yelia waved gracefully.
"Dear Yelia, these red shorts are like the clowns in your Western circus." Li Guolou has to take a big risk when he tells the truth.
Yelia raised her eyebrows, gritted her teeth, and said, "Mike, then you don't believe my vision." ”
"I'll go in and change!" Li Guolou didn't say a word, picked up a pair of red 'color' sports shorts, and walked to the small room in the back to change his 'pants'.
Yelia was already wary of reporter Eugene, knowing that the French man would still help the French man in the end, and would not help the French 'woman' who got rid of the French man, and still maintained a smiling expression on her face.
"Are you used to drinking tea? Would you like to ask the servant to make you a pot of coffee, I have here the Blue Mountain coffee from Jamaica, Africa, would you like to try it? Yelia hid her hand and stopped showing off her family credentials.
"Yes!" The two boxing masters were also shouting on the side.
"Mother Xie went to burn Blue Mountain coffee beans, the big pot was burned, and the two masters had a big appetite! Then I brought the white sugar from Burma, and I bought it in a teacup. Elijah still had to show off her wealth in the end, but the cup was given to them with the cup of a servant.
The living room is large, even if the charcoal stove is burned, wearing shorts and shirtless, it is still 'very' cold, Li Guolou can't stop jumping. Li Guolou's sturdy figure made reporter Eugene put on his glasses to see clearly.
"Hmmm! Yes Mike, practiced, no wonder Lady Yelia fell in love with you, the big stallion is none other than you. Reporter Eugene gave a thumbs up and praised Mike. For the sake of the face of Blue Mountain Coffee, write a few more good words from Mike in Pravda, now is a time of peace, in order to sell more muskets and ammunition 'medicine' to the Qing Empire, the Qing and French people will always be friendly.
The servant held the torch high, the photographer Qu Tav was strict with the work, and Li Guolou made many boxing postures, and the front and side were fierce and kind.
After the photos were taken, a pot of Blue Mountain coffee was drunk, and the two French Pravda reporters got up to say goodbye. Reporter Eugene, Li Guolou, and Yelia agreed to do the third follow-up report tomorrow in Baozhifang, and Pravda will send 100 copies, or free of charge.
"The Qing Empire and the French Republic are friendly, the Manchu and Han court dishes are good, the French bread is even more delicious, and it is best to drink Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee in the Baozhi room. Tomorrow we will see you or leave, why should Lady Yelia be so polite to ask the servant to send us back, not so polite. The reporter Eugene was so moved that he scolded himself for being vile and shameless, and he had to calculate the noble Lady Yelia and Mr. Mack, the big stallion, and looked down on himself a little.
"Yes, Mr. Eugene and Mr. Kutaaf, you are the superior French, let the inferior Qing people send you as a matter of course, don't be polite to me, who called us all French fellow countrymen." Yelia said with a pleasant face.
The two Frenchmen in the carriage were talking in their native language, not at all worried about being overheard by Wei Zhuangyong.
Reporter Eugene said: "Qutauff, do you bet this time? ”
Photographer Kutav shook his head and said, "I still believe in Yelia's vision, and I don't bet on Robinson like you." How serious those two masters are, and judging by their expressions, I believe that Mike will definitely improve by leaps and bounds under their strict training. Besides, the odds of four to one are not the time to buy, and you are optimistic that you will not even have one to five when the market opens. I advise you to wait. ”
"That's right, it's a loss to buy it now, so it's better to stir up Mike's popularity and buy it again. I'm going to bet on Robinson, and the blood of the barbarians is flowing in them, and you're going to lose this time. "Reporter Eugene firmly crossed Erlang's 'legs'.
"I don't listen to you, my vision is not as accurate as yours, you still listen to me." Photographer Kutav is stubborn.
Eugene the journalist and the photographer Kutav argued in the carriage, and neither of them could convince anyone, and one of them would lose the fortune, and now there is a battle of words that no one will admit defeat.
Watching the carriage go away, Yelia said to Xie Xiuzhu: "People in the world are the same, and the French are also the masters of big eaters. ”
Xie Xiuzhu said: "This is called the two countries' exchanges, and the soldiers will first have a 'lost' soul soup, so that the reporter can be 'confused' on the Blue Mountain, let's go to see Xiaolou's real training, he is a stallion, he can't run to death." ”
"Be careful to let your neighbors hear, close the door!" Yelia was not at ease with everyone, not even a few children playing at the entrance of the big gate.
"Bang", the 'door' of the Wei family's compound was closed, and it was like the mysterious Western Regions, so that the people in Dengcao Hutong had a lot of after-dinner conversations.
When Li Guolou saw the two lovers coming to watch the formation, he immediately burst out with amazing energy, and the speed of his punches doubled, beating the second master Jack, who was a 'meat' shield sparring partner, into a 'mess'.
"Stop!" Master Harris shouted.
Second Master Jack hurriedly put down the two pads in his hand, and looked at Li Guolou in surprise, how did he change a person, his movements were smooth, and his strength was much greater.
"Mike! You can only play one round with this style of play, and if you can't win, you'll die ugly, keep up your speed, keep your stamina, and use your Oriental footsteps to wrestle with monsters. What I would like to see most is your kraft candy tactics, not fist-to-'meat' life-and-death fights. Did Robinson know that he was a monster? There's no way he'll be easily knocked down by you, keep me on for twelve rounds of fitness, and hold the monster if I can't move. "Master Harris is talking and chattering endlessly, Li Guolou was scolded by him for boxing fast, and he was also scolded for his slow pace of boxing, being a master is strict with his apprentices, Li Guolou don't want to be lazy.
With straight punches, right hooks, left hooks, hook combinations, and France's graceful waltz moves, Li Guolou sweated on the training ground.
"Rest for fifteen minutes, Mike is not allowed to drink coffee, and Huangshan 'Mao' peak tea is not allowed to drink, give me ginseng tea and then drink salt water to replenish my salt." Master Harris began to nag again, and Li Guolou was particular about how to lie down and how to rest.
Li Guolou stood on the stool, and the master Harris behind him kept massaging Li Guolou's shoulders and arms to relax the over-tense muscles and 'flesh' on his body.
Second Master Jack 'interjected' and said: "Mike, your muscles and 'flesh' are too tight, relax when punching, don't use force every time to deceive the monster Robinson." With your current state and Robinson's odds at 2 to 1, the improvement is very obvious. ”
"Mike, don't drink ginseng tea, after drinking so much salt water, it will cost you to drink ginseng tea again, and you will drink it after training." Yelia feels sorry for the ginseng tea, but not for Li Guolou.
"Master! Robinson is forty years old, the speed of boxing will be very slow, no matter how good he used to be, people can't fight with age, I believe that at my current level, Robinson is on the same starting line. Li Guolou was tired of listening to the odds of the two, and said confidently.
The master behind him, Harris, said: "Mike, even if you and Robinson are five or five open, you can't beat him, boxing is different from your martial arts, boxers are very capable of beating, and the subjects of training are beaten, your martial arts don't have this item, your face says it all, let Jack punch you and try to see if you can still dance." Do you know that martial arts is not a real competition? You punch Robinson 100 times and he doesn't fall, he punches you 10 times and you promise you can't stand it, this is the reality, don't deceive Westerners with the mysterious things of Easterners. Under the constraints of the rules, boxing Easterners can't beat Westerners, and you take advantage of your young age, so you have the hope of winning. If you fight Jack, I don't even have the motivation to train you, give me the honest practice of your strong kraft candy tactics, drag Robinson down, you will win more than eight rounds, and you are not allowed to 'waste' your physical strength in eight rounds. ”
Li Guolou nodded frequently, he can only hope to win by giving full play to his advantages to the limit, this is a Western boxing duel, not a martial arts and Western boxing competition, the rules are formulated by Westerners. Giving full play to the characteristics of the body flexibility that has been practiced in martial arts, all other movements are the methods and methods of Western boxing, innovation is fouling, and we must respect this sport that has a history of thousands of years.
Xie Xiuzhu wiped the sweat for Li Guolou and asked, "Xiaolou, can you afford to eat?" ”
Li Guolou replied seriously: "I can bear it when I am young, and I will practice for another half an hour." ”
Li Guolou stood up and waved his fists, as if the enemy was in front of him, and the athletic boy was the cutest man, killing the eyeballs of the two lovers in seconds. Xie Xiuzhu and Yelia didn't leave half a step, they were staring at the boys who were exercising all afternoon, they didn't have a good time, and they were sticky to Li Guolou's side. There are beautiful 'women' cheering and cheering on the side, so that the two boxing masters are also full of motivation to fight.