Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 279 American Movie Fans
"Who is the king of fighting!"

The next day, all the people in Los Angeles who walked out of their homes were surprised to find that in the sky above their city, an advertising company's helicopter pulled a banner of Noda and whizzed past the city.

And at the back of the plane, this slogan about who is the king of fighting made those who had not paid attention to the game before couldn't help but become curious in their hearts.

King of Fighters?

The tone of this title is not insignificant.

While thinking about this slogan, citizens curiously walked into the subway station. What greeted them was another huge poster on the advertising space of the subway station.

"The King of Fighting Competition is about to begin!"

On the poster, there are silhouettes that look like Li Xiaolong and boxing champion Tyson. One is kicking and the other is punching. The two echo each other. A slogan about the upcoming war hangs above the two people's heads, and below the silhouette, there is a long series of sentences.

"With the least restrictions on rules and the most variety of fighting techniques, wrestlers, boxers, kick boxers, and kung fu masters, strong men from all over the United States gathered in the octagonal cage, and even masters from ancient oriental countries came to fight, just to compete for who is the most powerful person in the world today. The King of Fighters!"

This series of bombardment of information immediately caused many Los Angeles citizens to stop. For a while, the entrances and exits of the subway station began to become more crowded. Many people passing by the poster stopped to look at it and couldn't help it. Keep in mind the race address line in the lower right corner of the poster.

Whether you go to see it or not, put it aside. At least most people don’t want to miss this excitement if they have the chance.

The bombardment of advertisements on airplanes and subways was just an appetizer. Next, radio stations, local newspapers, and local TV stations in Los Angeles were all interspersed with advertisements for the King of Fighters. The competition that was about to be held in a week was overwhelming. The publicity immediately aroused the interest of many viewers.

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Just when the King of Fighters' advertising campaign swept Los Angeles, Zhang Yang himself was already sitting in the conference room of the local CBS TV station building in Los Angeles. In addition to paying the final payment for the advertisement, he also shouldered a heavy responsibility, that is, to find a way to promote the fighting competition. The broadcasting rights are promoted.

There is no way, the advertising fee this time is too high.

When Zhang Yang initially took out 500 million US dollars, he thought very well. 200 million US dollars were used as championship bonuses, 100 million US dollars were used as funds to host the event, and 200 million US dollars were used for publicity. No matter how he planned it, this fund was enough.

But when he finally set foot on the land of Los Angeles and started contacting various advertising departments accompanied by Lewis, he realized later that 200 million for publicity alone was simply not enough.

Planes, subways, radio stations, televisions and newspapers, etc. Even in Los Angeles, where the media is concentrated because of Hollywood, the quotations for these advertisements have not been discounted. Zhang Yang calculated the total ledger and found that the originally planned 200 million The U.S. dollar publicity fee simply cannot last for seven days until the start of the main game. It may even last for three days, which is already the limit.

The main race hasn't even started yet, and all the promotional money has been spent. How can this be done?
Although he was taking money, Zhang Yang didn't take it out, but rather than digging into his own pocket, it was obviously more cost-effective to find a way to get some funds from elsewhere first.

The first person that Zhang Yang regarded as his target was the CBS TV station in front of him.

As the nation's leading television company, CBS has a wide range of businesses, including not only ordinary television channel business and advertising business, but also radio stations, pay TV programs, and many other fields.

Zhang Yang is very sure that CBS TV station is definitely very interested in broadcasting his King of Fighters competition. Especially under such a hot advertising bombardment in Los Angeles today, he will definitely have an advantage in this negotiation!

Just as Zhang Yang was quietly thinking about how to promote the King of Fighters competition to the person in charge of CBS later, suddenly the door of the conference room was pushed open. As soon as Zhang Yang turned his head, he heard a surprised female voice.

"Are you...Wike Zhao?"

Wick Zhao?
Hearing this unfamiliar yet somehow familiar title, Zhang Yang raised his head curiously.

In front of her was a white female supervisor. She looked at Zhang Yang with obvious surprise and uncontrollable joy in her eyes. Seemingly confused when she saw Zhang Yang, the female supervisor hurriedly stretched out her hand. She smiled and said to Zhang Yang: "Hi, my name is Samantha and I am the business director of CBS. I was invited by Warner to participate in "Quick" not long ago. At the preview screening of "The Hunt", your performance in the film was really impressive."

That's it!

After hearing the explanation from the female supervisor, Zhang Yang finally realized what he was doing.

No wonder she actually called herself Wei Ke Zhao when she opened her mouth. Her original name was Wei Ke Zhao in the overseas translation of the film.

With this rather dramatic relationship, Zhang Yang felt a lot more relaxed.

After Samantha sat down, Zhang Yang was not in a hurry to get to the point. Instead, he smiled and said, "How was the preview? My film should not disappoint everyone."

"Oh, my god, you are so humble. I dare say this is the best movie I have seen this year. Your action scene design shocked all of us. Warner's executives even said this , you will be the most charismatic protagonist in film history."

Speaking of this, Samantha winked at Zhang Yang playfully, as if she was hinting at something.

Zhang Yang covered his mouth and coughed lightly, pretending not to notice the other person's eyes, and just smiled and said: "That's great if you like my video. Let's talk about business next. I voted for it at CBS earlier. Advertising is here to pay the balance.”

"Oh, of course that's no problem, but is it just to pay the balance? You must have other things to do, right?"

After all, she was the one who could sit in the supervisory position. Although Samantha was a little surprised and excited, she was not stupid.

Seeing that the other party had guessed what he was thinking, Zhang Yang did not hide it and said with a smile: "Yes, I do have something else that I would like to discuss with your company. I hope that this King of Fighting Competition organized by me will be I will sell the broadcast rights to your company. I think CBS, as one of the largest television stations in the United States, should be able to help me better promote the event."

"You have a keen eye, Wick. We at CBS welcome all partners who want to cooperate. However, I may have to discuss this matter with my leader before I can reply to you. Why don't you leave me your contact information?" Sa Mansha took out the paper and pen from the drawer and handed them to Zhang Yang.

"This is my hotel number."

After Zhang Yang wrote down the phone number of the hotel room, he pushed it to Samantha.

"Hotel number?"

Samantha was slightly surprised, and then looked at Zhang Yang again, with excitement in her eyes.

"Wick, I'm glad that you are willing to give me your hotel number. Don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Zhang Yang to reply, Samantha excitedly stuffed the note with the phone number into her bag.

Looking at the blushing Samantha Zhang Yang was startled.

I went to the United States alone, so naturally I could only leave my hotel number, and this Samantha seemed to have obviously misunderstood something...

Tsk, what is this?

Looking at Samantha Zhang Yang in front of her, a wry smile appeared on her face.

(End of this chapter)