Chapter 980: The Beginning!

Friday, July 27, 2004.

Nine p.m. ET.

New York.

James Frank dragged his tired body back home, opened the door and went in, and heard the sound of a TV in the room—his first reaction was to be startled, and subconsciously wanted to touch something that could fight , The second reaction is to call the police!

But he came back to his senses right away—when he put down his briefcase, he looked in and, sure enough, it was his son and daughter.

The eldest daughter, Lily, is fifteen years old, and the youngest son, John, is thirteen.

On second thought, yeah, it's Friday again.

He put down his briefcase and walked into the living room, "Hey, kids, sorry, I'm late from get off work, have you had dinner yet?"

The two of them were watching a TV program attentively. Lily turned her head and said, "Hello, Dad. Mom brought us here after dinner."

James shrugged and smiled, unable to hide his embarrassment.

He walked over and kissed his daughter on the side of the face. Seeing that his son didn't even look back and was still watching TV intently, he went over, kissed his son on the top of the head, and then asked Lily, "Is your mother okay?"

Lily had already turned her head to watch TV, but she just let out a "hmm" when she heard the words.

James spread his hands.

He felt that he should get himself something to eat, but at this moment, he was exhausted both physically and mentally, so he really didn't have the mind to get anything else.

Looking at the two children, he was standing behind the sofa, and he suddenly felt emotional, "Hey, Lily, Hani, can you stand up and let Dad see how tall you are?"

Hearing this, Lily looked at her father in surprise, stood up for a while, and then sat down again. While watching TV again, she said, "What's wrong, Dad?"

James spread his hands, a little surprised at his daughter's height, and then patted his son's shoulder, "Hey, John, buddy, come on, stand up, and let Dad see how tall you are."

John didn't seem to be as talkative as his sister, with a reluctant look, he stood up reluctantly, loosely, and at the same time said: "Please, we come every week, don't you know how tall we are?"

James sighed and murmured, "Yeah, Dad didn't know you were so tall."

Turning to look at his daughter again, he said, "Your mother raised you well. She is a good mother."

After thinking about it, he slapped his hands, trying to draw the attention of the pair of children away from the TV, and said, "Hey, hey, kids, I have a proposal, how about we go out for something to eat? Daddy treats you to something." Food, eat what you want to eat most, okay?"

"Oh, don't!"

"My God, Dad!"

The reactions of both children were a little big.

But they all looked very interested and helpless.

Lily said: "But it's nine o'clock at night, Dad, eating will make you fat, I want to lose weight! And we have to wait to watch the show!"

John said: "The point is to watch the show! Can tomorrow be okay, Dad?"

James shrugged and spread his hands, "Of course! Uh, of course!"

"Thank you dad!"

"Thank you dad!"

The two little guys turned their heads in seconds and continued to stare at the TV screen.

Finally, James began to notice the TV program that was playing on the TV.

Usually, when the two children are sent over every Friday afternoon or evening, they tend to prefer to run to the computer—the two usually agree to play for an hour each.

And TV... American kids don't seem to like watching TV that much anymore.

Unless there's something they're particularly interested in.

In particular, it seems that there are very few programs that allow two children to watch together in peaceful coexistence.

James thought for a while, went around, and sat down in the middle of the sofa. The daughter was on the left and the son was on the right. He asked, "Hey, what are you looking at, can you share with Dad? Who is that person?"

It was Lily who answered him, "The Thompson Talk Show, that is the guest of this episode, called Zhou, China Zhou."

"Wow, Chinese."

At this time, John rarely turned his head to look at his father, and solemnly emphasized, "China Zhou is very good, he can dodge bullets!"

"Wow!" James froze for a moment.

At this time Lily smiled and said, "Hey, John! How many times have I told you, it's the director's credit, it's the Chinese Qian's credit, he just has a special way to shoot shots like that. It's not that Zhou can dodge bullets But Zhou knows Chinese Kung Fu, Dad, he knows Chinese Kung Fu!"

"Wow!"

James found out in embarrassment that he seemed to have only one modal particle left to say when facing a pair of children.

What they said, what they loved, he understood almost nothing.

So he asked, "Have you seen the new movie, right? What movie?"

"The Matrix!" The two rushed to answer.

At this time, on the TV screen, the host Thompson did not know what to say, and the audience burst into laughter again, just like what James heard when he first entered the door.

And that China Week, shrugged with a smile.

And James Frank's sons and daughters also laughed loudly.

Lily also said to her brother: "He's so cute, isn't he?"

John nodded and laughed, "Yeah, he's so cute! But he's also cool! I love his trench coat! It's so cool!"

Lily waved her hand, "Oh my gosh, little boy's fantasy!"

John gave his sister a middle finger.

James frowned, and subconsciously wanted to reprimand his son for something. He wanted to tell him not to give the middle finger to anyone, especially not to give the middle finger to his family and sister.

But Lily herself didn't seem to care, and turned her middle finger back with a smile.

But in fact, neither of them cared about these details.

James took it back when it reached his throat.

He thought: "If it's their mother, maybe I can say something about them. And myself..."

After a pause, he suddenly thought of something, and asked again: "The Matrix? Is it a shootout movie? Did your mother take you to watch it? Oh my god, John, you're only thirteen years old..."

John turned his head in dissatisfaction, at this moment Lily suddenly said: "Hey, Dad, PG-13, John can watch it, in fact, there is no foul language, no nudity, and no bloody scenes in the movie, OK? And, yes I went to see it with John and we both loved the movie."

James shrugged.

"OK! OK!"

In the talk show, the Chinese Zhou quickly answered the host Thompson’s pressing questions, but he spoke in Chinese. Beside him, there was a beautiful lady who was constantly in charge of His words were translated into English—James listened to a part of their conversation, not too interested.

It seems that it is indeed a problem involving a movie.

Turning his head to look at his daughter and then at his son, the disappointment in his heart became more and more fierce.

I don't know anything about the things my children are interested in and like, and it is impossible to tell them about some of my troubles—those things even bother me.

Suddenly, he felt so alone.

The sound of laughing was heard from time to time, and the children sitting on the left and right were also laughing, as if it was a particularly interesting thing, but I didn't understand what they were laughing at all.

He suddenly felt a little pathetic.

He had felt lonely more than once since divorcing their mother, but for the first time, he felt a little pathetic.

Melancholy, melancholy, he sighed silently in his heart, and decided to go to the kitchen to find something to eat for himself, but before he got up, the TV suddenly became lively, and his two sons and daughters were also surprised They looked at each other and said in unison, "Wow!"

James' attention was suddenly attracted, "Hey, hey, kids, what's the matter?"

John's face was flushed with excitement, his eyes were frighteningly bright, "Hey, Dad, China Zhou is going to fight against the boxing champion!"

"What?"

Americans love to watch boxing matches, and they are famous all over the world. Born in response to this demand, the United States has countless open or underground boxing matches of various specifications.

James doesn't really like boxing matches, but he has seen some of them, especially when male colleagues often chat during work, so he has a certain understanding of some underground boxing matches in the United States and even in New York City. .

So he knew that although the word "boxing champion" is actually not worth much in the United States, there are all kinds of boxing champions in various events. But even the boxing champions in underground competitions, or the boxing champions in some small competitions, are not easy to eat, they all have powerful attack power!

A movie actor wants to fight a boxing champion?

What-the-F!

Is this going crazy?

On the TV screen, the Chinese Zhou who looked a little thin after he stood up spread his hands and said something in Chinese. After he finished speaking a few words, the beautiful translator beside him said loudly: "The essence of Chinese Kungfu lies in fast Strikes, and attacks on vital points. Chinese Kungfu does not advocate absolute power, but pays attention to defeating thousands of troops with cleverness. Therefore, I don't care about the opponent's boxing level."

"Wow!"

This time, not only the three members of Frank's family, but also hundreds of spectators at the scene, including the host Thompson, all screamed in amazement.

James Frank subconsciously said: "Does he want to fight the heavyweight champion?"

He looked at China Zhou's thin oriental-looking body on the TV screen, and was surprised to close his mouth from ear to ear.

American boxing, of course, can also be said to be boxing around the world. There are strict classifications for body weight levels-boxing itself is a sport that values ​​​​strength very much. If the weight difference is too large, it will cause boxers to lose weight. The difference in muscle weight is huge, which leads to huge differences in strength. Therefore, the strength of the heavyweight boxing champion and the lightweight boxing champion can basically be understood as not being on the same level.

Or it can be said that the more formal a boxing match is, the more it believes in the Chinese saying, "One force can defeat a hundred meetings"! On the contrary, in some underground boxing matches, those who fight wild boxing are the real heroes who judge by victory or defeat. In many cases, such things as the weight class of the boxer can be ignored.

Of course, any competition, as long as it is competitive, does not value dexterity, but that is another topic - at least in the eyes of the American people and quite a few boxing fans, China Zhou dared to say such words , it doesn't matter the opponent's weight class, this is definitely bragging about the level that is not afraid of death!

However, at the scene, when China Zhou finished speaking, the host Thompson actually invited someone out on the spot—coincidentally, James actually knew this person.

This is the last championship of a boxing event in the United States last year-the well-deserved champion!

Of course, although James doesn't know much about boxing matches, he still knows that the title of boxing champion should be somewhat watery, because that event is not a top boxing match.

And he just happened to watch a few of his matches last year, witnessing his championship - one can imagine that if he is the heavyweight top boxing champion, it would not be so easy to be defeated by such a rank The show is called to the past, and there is also a boxing match with people on the spot. The boxing champion of the top competition will not take this kind of risk.

But a boxer is a boxer.

Hawk Aaron.

Just look at his size when he came out of the backstage. When he stood in front of the host Thompson and China Zhou, his huge figure was a head taller than them. Anyone would subconsciously feel that, China Week probably won't be able to stand up to the opponent's punch!

Just one punch will definitely make China Zhou unable to get up!

But at this time, the TV screen cut to Zhongguo Zhou, and he was not surprised or panicked, and he didn't show any fear at all. Instead, he looked up and down the boxing champion Aaron with a smile on his face.

As a boxing champion, although Aaron did not come out of the top-level competition, he is a boxing champion after all. Even at the scene, he has a full dozen fans. With warm applause.

On the TV screen, the host Thompson introduced the origin of Hawk Aaron to the audience, which attracted bursts of applause and exclamations. Outside the TV screen, James finally found an entry point to communicate with his two sons and daughters. Loudly describing to my children how I felt when I watched Aaron's boxing match last year, and describing to them the fierceness of this boxing champion, Lily and John also exclaimed!

At this time, the host also specially introduced that the boxing champion Aaron was specially invited by the show. He originally liked unlimited fighting and was usually interested in Chinese Kung Fu. This time he heard that a Chinese Kung Fu master came, so the show As soon as he was invited, he agreed.

And when the host repeatedly asked about China Week, he smiled shyly, but kept saying something in Chinese. His translator translated his words, which was: "No problem. I have no problem! Let's have a friendly discussion. , I will try to be as light as possible.”

At the scene of the show, there were all kinds of strange calls.

The sofa has been moved away, and the stage is empty.

Thompson shrugged, then backed away, signaling that you could get started.