ps: This chapter has wrestling content again.

I'm very sorry, but wrestling-related content will be used throughout the book. This is where the protagonist started, and it is also an important business territory and cannot be abandoned.

But Eleven will reduce the description of specific matches and instead write about wrestling from the perspective of commercial competition.

Sorry for being so long-winded, I will give you 5,000 words.

By the way, please give me a ticket, a monthly ticket, or a recommendation ticket!

Otherwise, I'll hit Xiaobai with a bomb!

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"furious……"

Randy was arranging his suit and tie in front of the mirror and uttered a word absentmindedly.

In front of the makeup mirror next to him, Bai Quinn covered his face with his hands. After silently chanting for two seconds, he opened his hands and revealed a face twisted with anger in the mirror.

"Happy..." Randy had long been used to it and said it casually.

Bai Quinn covered his face with his hands again, and when he opened it, it had turned into a smiling face.

"No, no, Randy, you need to give me more specific information so that I know how much performance I need to perform!"

"Okay, I'm happy to find five dollars on the ground."

Bai Quinn pretended to have five dollars on the ground. He looked around first, then quickly stepped on it and moved his body upright.

He raised his head slightly, deliberately not looking at the money at his feet, slowly bent his legs, continued to keep his upper body straight, and reached down with one hand to pick up the money.

Naturally, this was impossible. After several attempts, my face turned red from holding back.

Finally figured it out, he quickly bent down to pick up the money and hurriedly stuffed it into his pocket.

His facial expression immediately changed to a smile, and he whistled proudly.

"When I opened it, I found it was a Franklin ($100)..." Randy said casually as he checked his shirt cufflinks.

Bai Quinn pretended to take out the money, shook it open, and glanced casually. His body remained motionless, but his head suddenly dropped, his mouth opened in a gesture of surprise, and his eyes widened.

Then he quickly put the money back into his pocket, looked around nervously, his expression slowly changed from panic to pride, took two steps in place, and deliberately tapped the ground with his heels to show his happy mood.

Randy sat down to take care of his high-end leather shoes with a brush. "The money was returned by the merchant. It was counterfeit money, especially the fake kind..."

Bai Quinn followed Randy's words and made expressions and movements of anger, regret, helplessness, and loss.

"Is this a comedy style? It looks a bit like Jim Carrey..." Randy praised.

"No, I'm imitating Louis de Finèce. My facial expressions are not as exaggerated as Jim Carrey's, and they are relatively restrained. I would waste my face by making grimaces..." Bai Quinn corrected.

"I still think Jim Carrey's style is funnier. The way you stretch your neck looks very much like "The Man in Disguise"..." Randy put on the leather shoes with the help of a shoehorn and carefully looked at the effect after putting them on his feet.

Quinn Bai resisted the urge to step on Randy's new shoes and said: "Actually, I prefer Buster Keaton's style. He can keep a straight face and make the audience laugh with just his body movements.

It's a pity that Jack has followed the path of Buster Keaton. If I want to partner with him, I have to be different from him..."

Randy was about to speak when someone knocked on the door of the dressing room, and then two women's voices came in: "Randy...qb...it's our turn..."

"OK!"

"Come right away!"

It is May 19, 1996. This is New York, Madison Square Garden, and the WWF Monday Raw show.

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Jack Cheng has returned to Hong Kong Island, where there is a film project waiting for him. Negotiations with New Line have reached a deadlock. It seems that both parties intend to put aside the dispute temporarily and use time to wear out their opponents' patience.

At this time, "Bonnie and Frank" had ended its theatrical run and entered the video and television markets. The final box office was locked at 31 million US dollars.

Miramax is making a lot of money, and Harvey always looks happy every time he sees Quinn.

Miramax's production balance of 3 million finally entered the joint account, and the funds originally intended to fill the gap were released.

However, Chris did not let these funds idle. He had already acquired the adaptation rights of "American Psycho" for US$250,000. Since Said had no spare time, Joe Drake hired another screenwriter to adapt the novel.

, I also thought that Chris recommended a female director and hoped that she would direct "American Psycho".

Once Joe Drake's plan is approved by Wedmark Image's "review committee", Wedmark Image will start operating the film. Although funding is not a big issue, it is also possible to cooperate with other studios in order to share risks.

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"The Bad Guys" has been filming for three weeks. This time, Quinn and Randy flew to New York to participate in the recording in order to take care of the wrestling show. Even if Wes Anderson was angry, there was nothing he could do. He could only film Edward Norton's scenes these two days.

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Therefore, after tonight's WWF game, Bai Quinn and Randy need to immediately fly back to Los Angeles and return to the crew to get back to work.

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New York, Madison Square Garden.

It's still the music opening of "it's my life".

Under the spotlight, Bai Quinn appeared with his arms around a sexy girl. The woman beside him was the former WWF doubles champion team the Bodydo

As's manager Sunny, her current plot role is Bai Quinn's new girlfriend.

Bai Quinn's new ring role is himself, a bastard star from Hollywood. He usually behaves quite arrogantly and walks with his head held high. There will be a guy pretending to be a reporter who often takes pictures in front of him. Bai Quinn can only face the reporter's camera.

When the time comes, you will quickly switch to a professional smile.

Following Quinn on the stage was Randy, who was still in a suit and tie. He also held a beautiful model in his arms, holding a cigar in his mouth, looking like a successful person. The role he played was self-explanatory, a metaphor for the capital tycoon behind Hollywood stars who likes to disrupt competitions, but yet

It's always a disservice.

The music switched and another contestant appeared. The young man who came out had long blond hair, handsome appearance, 6 feet (1.81 meters) tall, wearing leather pants and leather vest, carrying an acoustic guitar, dressed like a rock youth, and walked

After taking a few steps, he stopped and twisted his hips, looking even more arrogant than Bai Quinn and in need of a beating.

After the rock youth came to the stage, the two not only did not have a tense relationship or even started fighting, but instead embraced each other warmly.

It turns out that the two are not rivals, but teammates.

After "WrestleMania", the plot related to Quinn has undergone tremendous changes. The "Demon Prince" is gone, replaced by the character of "Hollywood Bastard Star", and he has temporarily changed from a singles player to a doubles player.

His teammate is a young rock and roll man who has just come on stage. His name is Chris Jericho. His image in the ring is that of a rock singer, although his guitar is not used for playing and singing, but for hitting people.

Jericho is a Canadian adult who grew up in the United States. His original name was Christopher Owen. He once received wrestling training from the Hart family where Bret Hart belonged, and later joined Randy's old friend Jim Cornette.

Smoky Mountain Wrestling”.

After "Smoky Mountain Wrestling" collapsed, Jericho planned to find a job elsewhere. Fortunately, he was recommended to Randy by Jim Cornette and Randy's old lover Diana Hart of the Hart family, and passed by Randy.

With Dee's recommendation, he just joined WWE and formed a tag team partner with Bai Quinn.

After Bai Quinn became an arrogant and carefree "Hollywood bastard star", her first plot was to steal away the doubles champion team the bodydo

AS’s manager Sunny, and Sunny happens to be the bodydo

The girlfriend of AS member Skip.

"Wife-stealing hatred" makes the bodydo

The temporary combination of AS, Bai Quinn and Jericho became a pair of enemies in the ring. They fought from the beginning of April to the middle of May. The two sides fought many times, with each winning and losing.

Quinn and Jericho are protected by the "drama god" and always have the upper hand, often combining the champions with the bodydo

AS was bullied badly. Anyone who is familiar with WWF can see that Lao Mai wants these two young men to replace the current championship combination. All he lacks is an opportunity.

Doubles competition actually places great emphasis on coordination, the bodydo

AS is a pair of cousins ​​who have been together since their debut, but the coordination between Quinn and Jericho is much different.

But it doesn't matter, the skills are not enough, and the looks are enough. Needless to say, Bai Quinn's looks, and Jericho is also quite handsome. As a result, even though the two of them play hateful villains, the whole audience is stunned.

The female audience still cheered for them in unison.

Bai Quinn, who has recently specialized in comedy performances, deliberately uses exaggerated expressions and body movements to please the audience in the ring.

Every time when you gain an advantage, you have to go to the edge of the rope and listen to the cheers of the audience, even if it is boos, you will not take it seriously.

If you make a mistake, you will show cute emotions to express your disbelief. When the other party fights back, you will immediately show fear. After escaping a disaster, you will proudly do a few break dance steps.

In short, through countless details, Bai Quinn interprets an expressive character vividly and hilariously. The audience loves "Hollywood Bastard" even more than during the "Devil Prince" period.

The recent fact that Bai Quinn can bring the ratings to the highest point every time he appears is proof. There are not many people who can do this. Apart from the "first brother" Sean Michael, the only ones left are Mike and the boss Vince

McMahon himself.

Inspired by Bai Quinn, Lao Mai began to package himself as a hated boss. Every time he would appear in a high-profile manner with his sexy secretary Sable, he would stand in the ring and personally give orders to the wrestlers. His orders were often

It's harsh or unreasonable, but it also claims that if employees can't do it, they will deduct money or even fire them.

Some people are required to defeat multiple opponents, some are required to maintain toilet hygiene, and some are forced to lose twenty pounds. There are all kinds of weird rules that make the audience hate them.

In order to make a living, most of the wrestlers could only swallow their anger and accept the oppression of Mike. Only Steve Austin, the grumpy Texas guy, would yell at Mike, give him the middle finger, and pour beer.

After several conflicts with Mike, new surveys show that Steve Austin's popularity is soaring.

The current top five popularity rankings of WWF are Shawn Michaels, followed by Michael, and then Bret Hart, Steve Austin and Quinn.

Lao Mai originally wanted to start arranging the highlight ppv "King of the Ring" in June after today's game. He planned to promote a newcomer in this "King of the Ring", hhh.

You can't blame Lao Mai for always praising newcomers, he actually has a very sad life.

The contracts of the original two popular characters, Kevin Nash and Razor Ramone, have expired, and they are unwilling to renew their contracts. Their intentions are very obvious. They plan to jump to WCW after the expiration without a significant salary increase.

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Although WWF's ratings have rebounded by touting Steve Austin and Bai Quinn, ending the days of continuous suppression by WCW, the bank saw that Lao Mai's business has improved and agreed to his request for more loans.

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However, the ratings of both sides fluctuated around 2.5%-2.9%, and the fight was a win-or-lose battle. It was still unclear who would win. Both sides knew that this was a competition of endurance, and there was no room for negligence.

Perhaps due to the guidance of senior management, Lao Mai's business strategy is also changing, focusing on training new people instead of relying on salary increases to retain people.

If it was Mike six months ago, after Kevin Nash and Razor Ramon revealed their intention not to renew their contracts, Mike would definitely have raised their salaries significantly in order to retain talents.

But this time, Lao Mai only offered a symbolic 20% salary increase, but no further increase. As a result, the two decided not to renew their contract and left wcw.

Both men will play in the last two games today. After the fight, Razor Ramone and Kevin Nash will no longer be WWF players. Most of the audience does not know this. Only some senior wrestling fans know the inside story.

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After Bai Quinn and their doubles match ended, hhh first played against Razor Ramon. Since Razor Ramon was about to leave, the winner of this match was determined to be hhh.

This can be regarded as Lao Mai feeding hhh a high-level experience package in order to praise hhh. Defeating Razor Ramon will make the audience have higher expectations for hhh's strength.

The whole game was quite satisfactory, and even though Lao Mai hated Razor Ramon for abandoning him during the critical period, he couldn't find any fault with him.

hhh used the "famous attack" to suppress and win.

Finally, the last game has arrived. "Big Brother" Sean Michael faces off against the current number one villain, Kevin Nash. Similarly, according to the script, Sean Michael will win.

Twenty minutes later, the referee announced the end of the game, Sean Michael won, and the live broadcast ended.

After the cameras were turned off, Razor Ramone suddenly opened the competition cage, ran onto the ring, and embraced Sean Michael passionately.

hhh also followed the example of Razor Ramone and went on stage to hug Kevin Nash.

The four finally hugged each other and said goodbye to each other, with tears in their eyes. It was deeply touching and showed a strong sense of brotherhood.

However, the audience in the stands were shocked!

Audiences who are not familiar with the backstage of WWF only know that Shawn Michaels and Razor Ramone are decent players, and Kevin Nash and hhh are the annoying villains. The relationship between the two parties is not just about fighting when they meet, but also about mutual respect.

They don't like each other and never help each other.

As a result, it is now discovered that the actual situation is that the four of them are actually very good friends. When their friends changed jobs, they staged a tragic scene of separation.

Thanks to the fact that the live broadcast has been stopped, only the live audience who have not left the venue can see it. If the national audience sees this scene, the consequences will be disastrous.

It turns out that the life-and-death situation between you is all staged. In fact, you are all good friends.

So how much of the wrestling I watched was real?

However, the impact is uncontrollable. This scene will soon be uploaded to the Internet by live audiences and placed in forums established by wrestling fans. It is now 1996, and the Internet has begun to affect all walks of life.

Lao Mai was so angry that he threw the microphone and strode backstage.

He seriously suspected that Eric Bishev from wcw was causing trouble!

The incident in which Alundra Breeze, the women's champion who changed jobs last time, threw the WWF women's championship belt into the trash can was planned by Eric Bishev.

Lao Mai wanted to come back for revenge, but the man he poached, Mark, the husband of secretary Sable, failed to win the WCW belt in the end. After the challenge failed, he came to WWF in despair and never mentioned the $100,000 bonus.

Eric Bischev was attacking Michael in a way that would damage the reputation of the entire wrestling industry, but Mike couldn't fight back. The same tactics were ineffective against Eric Bischev.

The boss of wcw, the tycoon Ted Turner, looked down upon this small business worth one or two billion a year at all, and fully delegated power to Eric Bishev.

Don't worry about wcw.

If you don't do well, you can still change positions or companies, or you don't have to worry about wcw anymore.

After sitting angrily in the office for a few minutes, Lao Mai suddenly stood up, took out his phone and called his assistant: "Harry, where is QB?...Okay, I'll go find him!"

Lao Mai finally blocked Bai Quinn and Randy in the parking lot. After meeting, Lao Mai was too lazy to say hello and just said, "qb, how about I let you be the king of the ring?"

The so-called "King of the Ring" is the title that the winner of the June ppv "King of the Ring" will receive.

"King of the Ring" is a one-on-one elimination match between sixteen people. The semi-finals and finals will be held in a paid PPV. The final champion will receive a crown, a scepter, and "the" in his name.

king" rights.

Well, commentator Jerry Robert coined the title "King of the Ring" last year and forced everyone to call him "King Jerry."

From 1985 to now, including King Jerry, only ten players have won this honor. "Assassin" Bret Hart and Ted DiBiaz voluntarily gave up the title of king, excluding retired players.

, there are currently only two active players who are qualified to "become the king".

This fruit is indeed tempting, but Bai Quinn knows that the benefits provided by Lao Mai must come with conditions, and it doesn't take a guess to know that Lao Mai hopes that he will renew his contract.

According to the contract between the two parties, before the "King of the Ring" ppv, his 12 appearances on stage this year have just been used up. If he does not renew the contract, he will have to wait until next year to appear on stage.

Lao Mai obviously couldn't wait until next year. Originally, Lao Mai planned to lure Bai Quinn with the doubles championship belt, but Bai Quinn and Randy were not active and did not take the initiative to renew their contract.

In this kind of thing, whoever speaks first will lose. Now that Lao Mai has changed the bait to "King of the Ring", there is actually another layer of consideration.

The "King of the Ring" he originally planned to train hhh, this time he stupidly follows Razor Ramon on stage to engage in brotherly love, and he will definitely be punished.

If you have a good relationship, you can go on stage to hold a farewell ceremony? Why didn't you see the "123 boy" who usually plays well with them?

You just look down on me, Lao Mai!

Michael doesn't dare to touch his "first brother" Sean Michael, but he will teach hhh how to be a good person in the subsequent plot. Removing him as the "King of the Ring" is only the first step.

After hearing Lao Mai's conditions, Bai Quinn looked at Randy and winked secretly.

Randy shrugged and said: "Mr. McMahon, I gave our conditions to your wife, Ms. Linda, as early as March. Our conditions remain unchanged, with a salary increase and equity incentives. Otherwise, we will see you next year."

Well... Oh, by the way, I can make guest appearances from time to time. I think Jericho needs a manager to follow him and help carry the guitar."

Randy still looks like a big man in a suit and tie. Standing with Lao Mai, he really looks like two businessmen discussing business, rather than a boss and a wrestler.

Lao Mai considered that he might be rejected, but he didn't expect to be rejected so simply.

Then I thought about it, Quinn Bai's first movie had a box office of 30 million, which is equivalent to the revenue of the entire WWF alliance for four months.

It is said that the investment for the second movie is 10 million. If the box office continues to explode, let alone renewing the contract this year to increase the number of performances, they may break the contract next year and not come back. The compensation for breaking the contract is as high as Bai Quinn's salary. One scene

It’s only more than 10,000 yuan. If Bai Quinn was really famous, how could he take risks in wrestling for a salary of more than 10,000 yuan?

Isn’t it fun to make movies?

So now it's Lao Mai who wants to take over, not Bai Quinn who's begging for a chance to play. It's only been half a year that the status of the two sides has been reversed.

But after all, Lao Mai has been calling the shots in WWF and has been saying the same thing for more than ten years. Except for his wife Linda, no one can make him bow his head. If the talks fall apart, then the talks fall apart, and Lao Mai will turn around and leave.

Master Bai Quinn and his apprentice were not entangled, since there was still a month left, let's talk slowly, so they got in the car and rushed to the airport.

Lao Mai walked towards the office angrily, and happened to meet Steve Austin in the corridor carrying two cans of beer.

When Steve saw Lao Mai, he greeted Lao Mai with a smile. He held a can of beer in each hand and bumped against each other, causing the two cans of beer to burst open.

Steve handed one of the cans of foaming beer to Lao Mai and said: "Hey, boss, I heard from Jerry of sun of bxxxh that the part where I splashed your beer was very popular today. Do you want to

Why don't we cooperate next time and I'll give you a m-fxxk rattlesnake guillotine?"

Just as Lao Mai was about to get angry at this Texas guy who didn't respect him, suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. He took Steve's beer with a smile, clinked glasses with him and drank together, putting their arms around each other's shoulders, and said with a smile: "Steve
Chapter completed!