Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 214 "Underworld" far exceeded expectations

While Zhang Yang was communicating with two Muay Thai masters, Hong Kong Island.

In Jianghuren Film Company, Du Qifeng handed the negatives to the staff of Deyang Cinema and smiled.

Behind him, Li Jinji, known as Brother Ji, slowly came forward and asked curiously: "Director Du, did the theater chain say when our film will be released?"

"We have already agreed that when Debao Films' Double Dragon is released overseas, our film will be next."

"So, we can only wait for about another month at most?"

Brother Ji rubbed his hands and looked a little embarrassed.

"Well, a month at most."

Du Qifeng nodded vigorously, then looked up at the signboard of Deyang Hospital and let out a sigh of relief.

Although the last box office data of "Gunfire" has paid back, Du Qifeng is actually not too satisfied.

The film's preparation time was short, the shooting cost was low, and the editing time was not enough.

It can be said that "Gunfire" is completely a product that can't wait to be released after being completely reduced.

In his opinion, these movies with a box office of millions, although they have a very high reputation in the eyes of movie fans, are not representative of his entire level. So this time after getting Zhang Yang's script, he decided to die. It took a long time to grind hard.

So much so that after Zhang Yang's "The Ultimate Fighter" was released and Debao Films' spiritual sequel "Double Dragon" directed by Shun Jianxun was completed and released, he finally handed over the negatives of this film.

As for this "Underworld", Du Qifeng has absolute confidence. He believes that he can definitely prove to Zhang Yang this time that he has lived up to his kindness to him. This film will make the Jianghu film industry reverberate throughout Hong Kong. The island’s first blockbuster film!
Unlike Du Qifeng who was full of confidence, Brother Ji was still a little uneasy. He couldn't help but confirm again: "I said Director Du, do you really think this film can be as popular as you said? Can it pass at the box office? Ten million?"

"This film definitely has the potential."

Du Qifeng made a decisive conclusion without hesitation.

But he didn't dare to speak too harshly. After making his judgment, he still added: "As for the final result, it's useless for you to ask me to predict it. After all, it still depends on the market whether it can accept this film."

If Zhang Yang were here, he would definitely tell Du Qifeng that your judgment was absolutely correct and even conservative.

You know, the original performance of "Underworld" was that it took in a box office of 05 million in Hong Kong theaters in 1590. That was the year after Hong Kong movies fell into decadence!

Among the movies with a similar time point, "Slaying the Wolf" was released for 10 days, and the box office exceeded 500 million, which is already an incredible achievement in your face.

Cheng Long's "Myth" in the same year had a box office of 1710 million, which already ranked third in the year.

Compared with the most glorious period of Hong Kong movies in the 80s and 90s, it is self-evident how valuable the box office of 05 million in 1590 is.

With worries about this, Ji Ge and Du Qifeng left the Deyang Cinema. In Thailand, Zhang Yang, who was discussing with Shakya and Dixilian, finally made it clear about his purpose.For the two of them, Zhang Yang offered a very high price. As long as they were willing to join the league, each of their signing bonuses would be at the same level as Binney, both being HK$300 million. In addition to the signing bonus, their appearance in every game would be The fees are also as high as 50 Hong Kong dollars, and there are separate winning bonuses and championship bonuses.

And this series of generous treatment is undoubtedly far higher than the money Desileen and Shaka can earn in Thailand now, and it is not only generous in terms of money, but the mixed martial arts blueprint drawn by Zhang Yang is undoubtedly also very generous. The big one piqued the interest of both of them.

It's just that unlike Dixilian, Shaka is in Bangkok and owns the TBM club industry, so he didn't agree immediately. Instead, he asked Zhang Yang for a month to allow him to settle in the TBM club.

Zhang Yang naturally gave the green light to this request. After signing the contract of intent with the two of them, Zhang Yang returned to Bangkok with his translator with great satisfaction.

In the next month, Zhang Yang not only accompanied the crew for filming, but also began to investigate the overseas release of "The Raid". Due to the change in the background framework, the results of "The Raid" were far less popular than the original version overseas, but luckily The thing is, even if the results of this kind of refreshing action movie are not popular, they are not much lower.

Just like what Zhang Yang said before.

Fist is a universal language throughout the world, and the action movie "The Raid", which has a refreshing style, sharp movements, and brutal scenes, naturally deserves its place in Thai theaters.

After confirming the results of "The Raid", Zhang Yang contacted several local TV companies in Thailand and discussed the broadcast of the Peak Fighting League. However, compared with the overseas box office of "The Raid", in the TV broadcast of the Fighting League, In terms of performance, the harvest is far less than expected.

Even though Zhang Yang presented the contract of intention between Desilian and Shaka, the local TV stations also expressed their willingness to participate in the broadcast, but in the end the quotations they gave were far inferior to ATV's conditions.

After returning to his residence, Zhang Yang thought about it for a long time, and finally did not refuse. Instead, among the TV stations that were willing to participate in the quotation, he selected the one with the largest number of viewers and signed a six-month advance contract.

In the past six months, although he has not made much money, Zhang Yang has just regarded it as cultivating the audience. As for whether the price of broadcasting can be increased in the future, it depends on whether mixed martial arts can take root in Thailand.

After signing the contract with the TV station, Zhang Yang returned to the hotel exhausted.

Just as he was lying on the bed, drifting off to sleep, the phone in the house suddenly rang.

Zhang Yang picked it up casually, but before he could speak, Man Yu's excited voice suddenly came from the phone.

"Brother Yang, there's news from Hong Kong Island. Jianghu Pictures' new movie... has exploded!"

A new film from Jianghu Pictures?
It seems to be "Underworld".

Zhang Yang came back to his senses and subconsciously said casually: "How are the results?"

"The latest statistics from the theater chain show that the box office in the first week was 850 million. The box office statistics department, based on the box office data in the first week, estimated that the final box office is... 700 million!"

Twenty one million!
Upon hearing this number, Zhang Yang sat up suddenly.

Although I had previously expected that this film would do well at the box office, even Zhang Yang did not expect that this film would do so well at the box office!
Twenty-seven million. If it can really reach this figure, "Underworld" will undoubtedly become the film with the best commercial performance of DeYoung Cinema so far!

Du Qifeng, you did a great job!

(End of this chapter)