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Chapter 234 An Encounter and the New Limitless

Zheng Jing is pleased with the documentary's popularity.

He also used the weekend to record several programs with Liu Yifei to solidify their popularity.

They also promoted the movie "Catch Me If You Can".

Of course, Zheng Jing's main focus is still on filming.

To motivate everyone to participate in filming, Zheng Jing simply set up a kung fu training class on set.

When I have free time, I'll teach you a few tricks.

There was no way around it; after the documentary aired, everyone in the crew thought Zheng Jing was a kung fu master, and everyone wanted to learn some real skills.

On December 22nd, after filming a scam scene, Zheng Jing received a system notification and obtained the last talent of the character card Frank—superhuman perception.

With this talent, Zheng Jing not only has stronger perception and more detailed and keen observation, but his body is also more sensitive than before. When doing certain things, he experiences a greater sense of pleasure and effectively resists the marginal effect.
This change relieved his women.

Previously, Jung Kyung-tae was too intense, which made the women feel unfulfilled and burdened.

It's much better now, and the quantity is plentiful and everyone's happy.

Zheng Jing's extraordinary perception also enhanced his mental strength, which inadvertently strengthened his mental drive ability with double pupils.

Zheng Jing can now use his mental power to easily move a pair of chopsticks, but the speed is not fast enough and they are not very lethal.

After gaining the ability of the character card, Zheng Jing became much more relaxed during filming.

He was filming in the United States, surrounded by beautiful women, and had various entertainment activities on weekends, living a very comfortable life.

To help Anne Hathaway gain fame, Zheng Jing even took her to watch an NBA game at Madison Square Garden.

The two shared a passionate kiss on the sidelines of an NBA game, showing off their affection and generating another wave of rumors.

By the morning of January 6th, the last shot of "Cat and Mouse" had been filmed, and the entire movie was completely wrapped up.

Zheng Jing didn't delay and took a car to JFK International Airport that afternoon to prepare to return to China.

Watching the three beauties—Amanda, Li Yinxin, and Anne Hathaway—turn away, Liu Yifei smiled and said, "The world is finally at peace!"

The three women hadn't gone far when he said this, so they probably heard him.

Seeing Liu Yifei's unrestrained speech again, Liu Xiaoli raised her hand and tapped her on the head, scolding, "If you can't speak properly, then shut up!"

Liu Yifei scratched her head and said indignantly, "I'm about to become a college student, and I can earn my own money. I'm already a complete and independent woman."

Show me some respect, stop hitting and verbally abusing me!

Liu Xiaoli chuckled and asked, "What money did you make? Did I say I was going to give you the money?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Yifei's expression changed, and she immediately pouted, looking at Zheng Jing with feigned pitifulness.

Zheng Jing patted Liu Yifei's head and said, "Give her half. She made a promise to Jing Tian, ​​so we can't let her lose face."

Liu Xiaoli rolled her eyes at Zheng Jing and said, "You spoil Qianqian too much. I can't even discipline her."

Although she complained, Liu Xiaoli accepted Zheng Jing's arrangement and agreed to give Liu Yifei half of her income so she could manage it as she pleased.

Liu Yifei immediately kissed Zheng Jing on the cheek to express her gratitude.

What she meant by making money was the profit share she received from the Discovery Channel for airing documentaries.

The collaboration between Discovery Channel and the Hunter Association follows a standardized process.

For every Hunter Association documentary that airs, the revenue is split 622%.

Discovery Channel takes 6%, the Hunter Association takes 2%, and the remaining 2% ​​goes to the hunters who provide the recordings.

Don't think that 2% is too little; this is pure profit sharing, which is already an excellent benefit.

Because of this model, many hunters in the United States hire professional filming teams to follow them and film them while they hunt.

Although most of the videotapes they filmed didn't achieve the same success as Zheng Jing's documentaries, they still managed to earn some money.

Moreover, the prospect of appearing on television and gaining fame is very attractive to these hunters.

Zheng Jing's hunting documentary remains popular despite multiple reruns, generating substantial profits from advertising and paid viewing. Even DVD sales are strong, resulting in a steady stream of revenue.

John Hendry, the founder and director of the Discovery Channel, saw the business opportunity in this.

He wanted to invite Zheng Jing to do a show about the Revenant.

The format is similar to Bear Grylls and Ed Stafford's survival shows in the future, placing Zheng Jing in a mountain forest and having him challenge the wilderness with his bare hands to survive.

Because Zheng Jing's abilities are even more impressive than Bear Grylls', John designed some additional challenging tasks.

He found Zheng Jing and talked for a long time.

Zheng Jing was somewhat interested after listening.

He also wanted to go to some remote jungles to challenge himself and record a show, which would be quite interesting.

However, he was truly unavailable at the moment, so Zheng Jing suggested that they discuss it later.

John really wanted to cooperate with Zheng Jing, and to show his sincerity, he not only made sure the accounts were clear about profit sharing, but also made sure the payments came in very quickly.

The first payment, totaling 142 million US dollars, came in last week.

The documentary features Zheng Jing, Liu Yifei, and James Hill.

Zheng Jing suggested that the three of them split the money equally, but James Hill firmly refused.

In the end, Zheng Jing took 80 yuan for himself and gave Liu Yifei 62 US dollars.

Liu Yifei was somewhat bewildered.

She never imagined that simply going hunting and traveling with Zheng Jing would not only unexpectedly make her famous in the United States, but also allow her to earn a huge sum of money.

She didn't stand on ceremony with Zheng Jing.

On the one hand, Liu Yifei didn't treat herself as an outsider, and on the other hand, Jing Tian had been provoking Liu Yifei these past few days.

During our online chats, Jing Tian would always talk about how many albums she sold, what endorsements she got, what events she attended, and how much money she made.

Liu Yifei could only admire, unable to refute.

This time, Liu Yifei became somewhat famous in the United States and made a lot of money, which can be considered a comeback.

I've been showing off to Jing Tian quite a bit these past two days.

In addition, she completed all her credits ahead of schedule, obtained her American high school diploma, and prepared to return to China to apply for the Beijing Film Academy.

With double happiness upon her, Liu Yifei was especially happy, and the smile on her face never stopped.

Even Liu Xiaoli couldn't control her. Seeing Liu Xiaoli's helpless look, Zheng Jing said, "I'm planning to set up a fund with Amanda and James, mainly for financial investments."

If you and Sister Qiong have any spare money, you can invest a little.

Liu Xiaoli nodded and said, "Then I'll throw in more."

"This fund invests in the stock market, aren't you afraid of losing money?"

"What am I afraid of with your fund? If it loses money, I'll just stick to you, my big boss!"

"If that's the case, then I really should deliberately make the fund lose money."

Zheng Jing glanced at Liu Xiaoli and Zhou Wenqiong, who stood side by side, their beauty complementing each other. Under his guidance, the two sisters were becoming more and more radiant.

He added with a smile, "Losing a little money to gain two beautiful women is a very worthwhile deal."

Zhou Wenqiong laughed, but said, "I never said I would owe you money if I lost money. Don't let me lose my money, that's my retirement fund."

Liu Yifei leaned over and said, "I want to invest too. I'm not afraid of losing money."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Liu Xiaoli tapped him on the head again.

Liu Yifei clutched her head and cried out in pain, which made everyone burst into laughter.

The four of them chatted and laughed as they entered the VIP room.

Unexpectedly, they ran into an acquaintance in the VIP room; Cheng Kaige was chatting with Li Lianjie.

Beside them were a man and a woman, Chen Hong and Chinese director Huang Yiyu.

Seeing Zheng Jing walk in, Chen Hong was overjoyed and went straight up to him, her body unconsciously wanting to get closer to him.

This enthusiastic demeanor prompted Li Lianjie to give Cheng Kaige a meaningful look, her expression somewhat strange.

Cheng Kaige ignored Li Lianjie's subtle actions, stood up and walked to Zheng Jing, smiling as he said, "President Zheng, are you wrapping up filming and getting ready to return to China?"

"We just finished filming today. I didn't expect that we would all be on the same flight. It's really fate."

There's definitely a connection, but it's not outrageous.

At that time, there were only two direct flights a week between New York and Beijing.

"Haha, what a coincidence," Cheng Kaige said with a smile. "This is director Huang Yiyu, who is very famous in Hollywood."

As for this actor, I don't need to introduce him, right?

There are a few Chinese directors who are doing quite well in Hollywood.

Huang Yiyu is one of them.

He started as a screenwriter and wrote and directed the classic horror film "Final Destination" in 2000, which grossed 1.13 million US dollars with a budget of 2000 million US dollars.

Coupled with the booming DVD market for horror films, Final Destination made New Line Cinema a fortune and allowed James Wong to establish himself in Hollywood.

As for Li Lianjie, although he is not as famous as Jackie Chan, his villainous role in Lethal Weapon has made him well-known in Hollywood.

She went on to star in several films.

Huang Yiyu is an American citizen who immigrated from Hong Kong. He has achieved success in Hollywood and is currently enjoying great success.

There is a sense of superiority towards mainlanders like Zheng Jing.

Li Lianjie was the same; after achieving success in Hollywood, he considered himself superior to domestic actors.

in the country, he drinks with the big bosses behind the scenes who invest in movies.

Even Cheng Kaige had to make a special trip to the United States to invite him to star in his movie.

When Cheng Kaige introduced them, Huang Yiyu and Li Lianjie were both very arrogant, with expressions that seemed to say, "Come and fawn over me."

They thought Zheng Jing would be very enthusiastic, but to their surprise, Zheng Jing just nodded casually as a greeting and then ignored the two of them.

"Director Cheng, is there a new project you're in the US for?"

Cheng Kaige also noticed Zheng Jing's attitude. He smiled wryly and said, "It's not a new project, it's still Wuji."

My purpose in coming to the United States this time is specifically to invite Li Lianjie to play the male lead.

Zheng Jing was somewhat surprised to hear Cheng Kaige's words.

Surprisingly, Zhang Yimou didn't make a film about heroes, but Li Lianjie still returned to China to make films.

He also unexpectedly joined Cheng Kaige's Wuji film crew.

But thinking about it, Li Lianjie can even play the wolfhound Danny, so playing a Kunlun slave shouldn't be a problem.

He played himself.

Zheng Jing was really looking forward to Cheng Kaige's new film, *The Promise*, and he would definitely go see it when it was released.

Zheng Jing glanced at Huang Yiyu and deliberately asked, "You also hired an assistant director?"

Upon hearing this, Huang Yiyu's expression turned grim.

Cheng Kaige waved his hand and quickly explained, "How could Director Huang be my assistant director? He's back in China to promote his new movie."

His film "Universal Wanted," co-starring with Li Lianjie, is currently showing in Hong Kong.

"Alright, you guys chat first, I won't disturb you."

Zheng Jing sat down on the other side of the VIP room. He could see the superiority complex of Huang and Li, and he didn't want to associate with them.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Kaige followed them.

"Mr. Zheng, Wuji will be holding an audition on January 10th at the Golden Eagle Horse Ranch. We would appreciate it if you could attend and show your support."

Zheng Jing smiled and said directly, "The male lead already has Li Lianjie, so I won't go."

Don't worry, my company will have some of our most popular female celebrities there to support us.

Since Li Lianjie is the male lead in Wuji, Zheng Jing definitely won't audition for him.

If I go, they might release a press release saying that Li Lianjie beat Zheng Jing in the audition.

If the lead actor were someone like Xie Tingfeng or Jang Dong-gun, they wouldn't dare release such a press release; even if they did, they would be ridiculed.

But given Li Lianjie's still-intact image and his title as the "Kung Fu Emperor," if he were to publish such an article, quite a few people would actually believe it.

Even in the future, many people will still think that Li Lianjie is on par with Jackie Chan in Hollywood.

(End of this chapter)