The richest man

Chapter 157 Break the record! ! !

In this version of "Street Fighter", in addition to the original characters, the characters include Bruce Lee, Ip Man, the three brothers Liu Bei, Xiang Yu, Zhang Sanfeng, Dongfang Invincible, Chu Liuxiang, Monkey King, etc. Basically, the characters mentioned by Zhang Jun, are added.

Due to too many game characters, it is necessary to design fighting maps, character shapes, moves, damage values, skills, game balance, etc., so the development cycle is long. The game development team of "Street Fighter" has increased to more than 50 people. Since then, the most game developers ever.

In the following period of time, Zhang Jun actively participated in the development of "Street Fighter", because he had played "Street Fighter" in his previous life, and even "King of Fighters" which was more popular than "Street Fighter", so every suggestion he gave would make people The development team admired it very much and accelerated the progress of game development.

Perhaps a game that originally took about a year to make can now be completed in just half a year...

While developing "Street Fighter", Zhang Jun also asked the scriptwriting department of Legendary Game Company to launch the "Street Fighter" series of comics.

Because Zhang Jun randomly added ancient historical characters, this brought a great challenge to the screenwriters, how these ancient characters can compete with modern characters on the same stage.

In the end, there was no other way, and a parallel time and space was created.

The characters in the game are all in another world. With the holding of the first "Street Fighter Contest", fighters and warriors from all over the world gather together to finally defeat the BOSS.

If the series of comics is as popular as the games, then the characters of "Street Fighter" can be compared to the superheroes in Marvel! !
In fact, Marvel's superheroes have not been made into live-action movies, so Zhang Jun doesn't know anything about "Spider-Man", "Iron Man", and "Captain America".

On the other hand, arcade games, whether it is "Street Fighter" or "King of Fighters", are almost all popular all over the world. In terms of IP competition, the game characters are not weaker than Marvel superheroes.

It's just that the game company failed to manage these game characters well.

Or rather, they are incapable of doing it.

But on Zhang Jun's side, he can completely magnify the potential of the characters in the game many times. Not only will he launch a series of novels, comics, and cartoons for game characters, but he is also planning to make live-action movies.

Therefore, Zhang Jun has very high requirements for the screenwriting department, and he must write wonderful and good stories one after another.

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"Boss, last Friday night, the cartoon "Spider-Man" was broadcast on the NBC television network in the United States. Once it was aired, it was widely loved by fans. The amount broke through 2110 million US dollars!"

Zhou Liang reported to Zhang Junhui with the report, "The fans are extremely satisfied after watching the animated version of "Spider-Man". They can't help but look forward to the live-action version of "Spider-Man". I hope we can invest in the filming soon..."

Apart from Zhang Jun going to Legendary Game Company to assist in the development of the "Street Fighter" game, every Friday afternoon, he would go to the headquarters of the group company to read documents and listen to reports so that he could understand the group's trends.

"Well, Legendary Films has set up a branch in the United States to shoot "Spider-Man". Let them be responsible. Let Marvel send a few people to assist them in the filming. The investment budget is planned to be 2500 million US dollars!" Zhang Jun After thinking about it, he replied.

As long as the script is okay and the special effects are good, there shouldn't be a loss in making a live-action movie.

In addition, "Space Invaders" can also be put on the agenda.

The filming of "Star Wars" has not yet started, and the director George Steve has written all the scripts into novels, and that thick stack of notebooks runs through several versions.

Legendary Game Company really can't afford to wait. By the time "Star Wars" is released, the popularity of "Space Invaders" games may have decreased.

Therefore, Zhang Jun decided to shoot "Space Invaders" first. The script was based on "Starship Troopers" released in 1997. Of course, it was just a reference, because "Starship Troopers" was adapted from "Starship Troopers" published in 1959. Zhang Jun There is no need for Jun to buy the right to adapt this novel.

Who said that the duel between the human race and the Zerg in the future world must be a plagiarism of "Starship Paratroopers".

Zhang Jun wrote the script himself. It tells the story of a poor boy who joins the army and then counterattacks. There is no such messy plot as a love triangle. Instead, some family and friendship are added. In the end, the protagonist must save the world and win the beauty back... ...Americans just eat this set!
Presumably, except for special effects, it is not comparable to "Starship Troopers" in 1997, but in other respects, "Space Invaders" is undoubtedly much better.

Of course, the special effects will still be done by Industrial Light and Magic. A large number of Zerg will definitely cause a strong visual impact, and will also join the space war. In the vast and endless space, densely packed humans and Zerg confront each other. For people in this era, it is shocking to think about it!

Therefore, Zhang Jun explained again: "Let the American branch of Legendary Films prepare for the filming of "Space Invaders"! Legendary Films urged, and so did the players. Make it into a movie."

Zhou Liang was not surprised when he heard the words. Legendary Game Company had mentioned it several times, and the boss had written the script early on, so Zhou Liang had expected that the film and television project of "Space Invaders" would be put on the agenda.

"Okay, boss."

Zhou Liang nodded in agreement, and then left when he saw that there was nothing to do.

Zhang Jun leaned his head back on the chair and let out a soft breath.

Fortunately, the company under my name has been relatively profitable recently, otherwise I might not be able to invest in two Hollywood blockbusters in a row.

There are several newspapers on the desk, and Zhang Jun has already read them all.

The headline on the front page was about Phoenix TV's broadcast of "Chu Liuxiang", which became a hit in the ratings and once again turned Hong Kong's streets away.

For Zhang Jun, when the live-action TV series became popular, the cartoons would follow suit, and the surrounding profits were astonishing.

Simple TV commercials don't cost much.

"Chu Liuxiang" comics, toys and other products will be on sale in the next period of time, making people greedy.

Since Phoenix TV's revision, tvb has been beaten so badly that it only occasionally achieves an overtake in ratings once or twice.

In the general manager's office of TVB, Shao Daheng's face was very ugly.

"Uncle Six, it can't be blamed for our TV production department being too incompetent... Originally, the ratings of our TV series were quite good, but after "Chu Liuxiang" was broadcast, the ratings plummeted." Zhai Minbo, TVB producer argued.

"Once "Chu Liuxiang" is broadcast, you will be defeated. This is not incompetence!!" Shao Daheng scolded.

Zhai Minbo was in a state of distress. "Chu Liuxiang" was a combination of TV dramas, comics and cartoons to deal with him. How could he beat him...

Shao Daheng was very entangled in his heart. Originally, he saw that Shaw Brothers Film Company was in a downturn, so he focused on tvb.

As a result, tvb was suppressed by Phoenix TV, and its ratings and value plummeted.

Looking back, Legendary Films made a lot of money sending out movies.

Daheng Shao couldn't let go of the big cake of movies.

Boom boom boom!
There was a knock on the door at this moment.

Afterwards, Fang Yihua hurried in.

"Brother Six, just now there is news from the American media that Zhang Jun plans to spend huge sums of money to shoot "King Kong", "Spiderman" and "Space Invaders"!!!" Fang Yihua said, with a hint of shock in his tone.

Shao Daheng and everyone present were stunned.

Investing in three Hollywood blockbusters at one time, Zhang Jun's financial resources and courage are astonishing! !

Daheng Shao came back to his senses and couldn't help asking: "What is the investment budget for the three films?"

"King Kong's investment budget is $2500 million!"

"Spider-Man's investment budget is $2500 million!"

"Space Invaders' investment budget is $3000 million!"

Space Invaders has a lot of big scenes, so the investment is the biggest.

At this moment, a TVB executive calculated in a low voice: "The total investment budget of these three movies is 8000 million US dollars! If it is converted into Hong Kong dollars, it is 4 million!!!"

When everyone heard the words, they looked at each other in dismay.

Shaw Brothers film company invested the most in the movie, what is the budget?Only 900 million Hong Kong dollars...

This gap is simply, worlds apart...

When Shao Daheng saw the TVB executives looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, he couldn't hold back his old face.

"Hehe, young man, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, is it so easy to mess around in Hollywood? I think he will suffer a fall sooner or later!!!" Shao Daheng said pretending to be disdainful.

At this moment, let alone how shocked Shao Daheng and others were.

Even in the United States, countless people were shocked by this news.

For fans of "Spider-Man" and "Space Invaders", this is great news, and they are rushing to spread the word.

"King Kong" is also a legendary monster movie. The picture of King Kong standing on the Empire State Building and jerking off is still in people's minds.

Hollywood was shocked too.

It's not that the Raptors can't pass the river, Zhang Jun, a super genius, is really different.

"King Kong," "Spider-Man," and "Space Invaders" all have huge fan bases, and the subject matter itself is compelling enough, the New York Times reported, "that these three movies definitely have the potential to be a hit!!"

All of a sudden, Disney, Universal, Warner, Columbia, Paramount, [-]th Century Fox and other Hollywood film companies came to seek cooperation, investment and distribution.

Zhang Jun knows very well that if he wants to get along well in the United States, he can't eat alone.

Zhang Jun can accept the investment, but only sells 30% of the investment share, and requires the distribution fee of Hollywood film companies to be cheaper.

Zhang Jun himself had no time to negotiate, so naturally he left it to the American branch to negotiate.

He only looks at the final result of the negotiation, if he is satisfied, then the contract can be signed.

However, before the result of the negotiation came, a piece of news came out from Shaw Brothers, which made Zhang Jun yell shamelessly.

"Oriental Daily" wrote: "A few days ago, Shaw Film Company's new film "The Orangutan King" has been completed. This film is the film with the largest investment in Hong Kong, costing nearly 1000 million Hong Kong dollars! Zhang Jun's remake of the American version of "King Kong", Worshiping foreigners, but fortunately we have Shaw Brothers Film Company, which made a special trip to shoot the Hong Kong version of "King Kong" to fight against it!!!"

Below the text is an eloquent introduction to "The Orangutan King", including the director, screenwriter, and the background of the starring role.

Under the vigorous publicity of Shaw Brothers Film Company, "The Orangutan King" seems to have carried the banner of Hong Kong movies. It has not yet been released, but it has become popular first.

Moreover, the audience is also very curious about what the Hong Kong version of King Kong that Shaw Brothers Film Company spent so much money on shooting would be like...

On January 1, "The Orangutan King" was released.

Shaw Brothers Film Company made up its mind to distribute it worldwide, and this time it spared no expense. It not only invited a top-notch special effects director from Japan, but also specially invited female star Evelynka from Germany.

The box office on the first day was not bad, with 65 Hong Kong dollars. Although it was far from reaching Shao Daheng's expectations, it was much better than Shaw's previous films.

However, this movie was still relatively bad. On the second day, the box office dropped sharply to only 28 Hong Kong dollars, which almost made Daheng Shao angry.

A week later, the box office of "The Orangutan King" was only 142 million Hong Kong dollars. When the film is released, I am afraid that even the production cost of the film will not be recovered.

Then, under the operation of Shaw Brothers, "The Orangutan King" was also released in the United States, but the box office of the premiere was only 4873 US dollars, which hit home on the street.

It's fun now.

The Hong Kong media crazily eats this wave of traffic, catching Shaw Brothers film company every day.

At the same time, some media began to satirize Zhang Jun.

"The Hong Kong version of "King Kong" has hit grandma's house, and the American version of "King Kong" will not be much better! Zhang Jun's investment will definitely go to waste! Is it so easy to break into Hollywood??"

This statement was supported by many people.

The two big bosses Shao Daheng and Zou Wenhuai have entered Hollywood many times, but they all failed.

Zhang Jun is no exception.

At this time, news came from Hollywood that "Jaws" was about to be released.

This movie has nothing to do with Hong Kong people, so there should be no media attention to it.

However, Zhang Jun is one of the investors in this movie, and he also accounts for half of the total investment.As a result, "Jaws" immediately became a film that the Hong Kong media rushed to report.

Everyone is waiting to see Zhang Jun's joke...

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"Son, do you have confidence in "Jaws"?" During dinner, Zhang Zhenghao couldn't help asking Zhang Jun.Recently, there has been a lot of public opinion in the newspapers, most of which are bad-mouthing Zhang Jun, among which Shaw Brothers and Jiahe are behind the scenes.It's just that the three became tigers, and Zhang Zhenghao watched too much, so he couldn't help but feel worried for Zhang Jun.

Zhang Jun took a piece of beef, chewed and said, "Dad, don't worry, I have full confidence in this movie. When the movie is released, everyone will be stunned!"

After a slight pause, Zhang Jun revealed to his father Zhang Zhenghao, "According to my guess, the box office of this movie is at least US$3 million..."

puff! ! !
Hearing this, Zhang Zhenghao squirted out the rice in his mouth in astonishment, and it happened to spray on Zhang Jun's body.

"Blagging and not drawing a draft, the production cost of "Jaws" is less than 1000 million U.S. dollars, and you still want the global box office to reach 4 million U.S. dollars, how is that possible?" Zhang Zhenghao shook his head.

Zhang Jun brushed the rice away with a speechless expression.

"Then just wait and see!"

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2 month 15 number.

"Jaws" was first released in the United States.

Since the investment of this film is not high, and the director is only a relatively young rookie director, this film has not attracted the attention of the American media.

However, when its first-day box office came out, everyone was shocked.

The box office broke through 640 million US dollars on the first day, becoming the box office champion of the day.

The word-of-mouth of the movie is overwhelming, and countless viewers said that when they watched this movie, they almost peed in fear!

Then they told their relatives and friends to go to the movies.

Hollywood film critics also posted articles one after another, praising the film for its almost extreme use of suspense, full of Hitchcockian style, and the horror atmosphere it creates can make people's scalp numb!
A dark horse, and a super dark horse! !
Universal Films urgently arranged for theaters to increase the number of films, but even so, by the next day, many movie theaters were still full.

The next day, the box office broke through 1000 million US dollars, which made Hollywood studios dumbfounded.

And on the third day, the box office is still rising, 1240 million US dollars!
This result really shocked everyone.

Everyone has predicted that the box office of "Jaws" in the United States will exceed 1 million US dollars! ! !
However, just 10 days later, the box office of "Jaws" exceeded 1 million US dollars.

This "Jaws" has been perfected by Zhang Jun. It is much better than the "Jaws" in the previous life, and it has achieved better box office results.

Zhang Jun, who was far away in Hong Kong, was also dumbfounded when he read the news in the newspaper.

In the previous life, the global box office of "Jaws" was 4.7 million US dollars!In this life, "Jaws" seems to be more fierce!May break $5 million! ! !
Holy shit! !
I have 50% of the investment income, the box office alone, maybe $1 million...

I'm so excited I can't speak!
At this moment, don't talk about Zhang Jun.

The Hong Kong media and entertainment circles have been stunned. They never expected that "Jaws" not only did not hit the market, but became a super dark horse. It broke the US box office record, and the US domestic box office rushed to break 2 million US dollars.

Those newspapers that satirized Zhang Jun before are now being slapped in the face.

Shaw.

"This...how is this possible?" Daheng Shao couldn't believe it. All the blockbuster movies he made by Shaw Brothers Film Company hit the market, and Zhang Jun invested in a movie casually, and the box office was so high.

This shit luck, it's too bad...

Daheng Shao couldn't help counting how many films Zhang Jun had invested in in the United States.

In addition to "Jaws", there are "King Kong", "Spider-Man", "Space Invaders" and "Star Wars".

"If every movie is the same as "Jaws", wouldn't he make a lot of money... No, no, Zhang Jun must have accidentally invested in "Jaws" because of a blind cat and a dead mouse. A super dark horse movie!"

Shao Daheng was dejected and sighed unconsciously, thinking why he was not as lucky as Zhang Jun?

Many people attribute Zhang Jun's investment in "Jaws" to good luck, but they don't know that the reason why this movie is more successful than the previous life is due to Zhang Jun's hard work.

At least in the eyes of Spielberg and Universal Pictures, Zhang Jun deserves the most credit for the success of "Jaws", because he proposed the shooting method of "Jaws".It is this shooting technique that makes the film have a strong Hitchcockian style.

Hollywood knows Zhang Jun better than Hong Kong.

After "Jaws" became popular, the four movies "King Kong", "Spider-Man", "Space Invaders" and "Star Wars" all became popular.

Hong Kong was unmoved.

Hollywood studios have started to take action one after another...

(End of this chapter)