Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 285 Before the game starts, get your money back first

"Zhang Yang, the top [-] bracket has been printed out and is being pasted up at the venue. I left a copy for you."

In the lobby of Lewis's boxing gym, Zhang Yang took over the match list from Binny.

With CBS and Warner both stepping down to support, the popularity of this King of Fighters competition has suddenly risen to several levels.

The tickets for the opening game of the top [-] were completely sold out yesterday evening, and most of the tickets for next week’s quarterfinals have already been booked by phone. CBS has even begun to actively consider funding to rent a larger venue for Zhang Yang. Fortunately, the final semi-finals and finals were staged in this best venue.

What allows CBS to show such enthusiasm is not only the increase in popularity, but also the receipt of large amounts of funds.

Through Samantha, the business manager, Zhang Yang already knew that the competition for sponsors in this competition was even more intense than the competition for tickets. In the end, Red Bull, which had just established its brand department, won the largest title sponsorship right. As for income, Zhang Yang still doesn't know how much CBS received, but Zhang Yang alone has recovered the cost of the championship bonus.

This is just the largest sponsor.

In addition to Red Bull, there are also sponsors such as Warner Pictures, sports brand clothing and medical insurance. It can be said that the US$[-] million that Zhang Yang brought from Hong Kong Island has now paid back more than half, and CBS still has to pay Zhang Yang A considerable amount of broadcasting fees, plus income from ticket sales and other income...

It can be said that not only is the investment back, maybe after the competition is over, Zhang Yang can also make a small profit!
  In this regard, Zhang Yang naturally wants to thank Warner for its speed in handling matters.

If they hadn't completed the post-production of the film during this period, and conducted a test screening and screening ceremony, allowing Zhang Yang to successfully gain some popularity with "John Wick", then this competition would never have taken place. so smoothly.

I have to say that this may be God reaching out to tie up Zhang Yang again.

Holding the top [-] battle list, Zhang Yang sat on a chair and looked at it carefully.

Zhang Yang actually doesn't care too much about the duels between the top twelve players. What he really cares about is naturally the four players he brought out from the league. After all, the ultimate purpose of holding this King of Fighters competition is to promote In the league, if the final winner is not a player in Zhang Yang's league, the intensity of publicity will naturally be limited.

If possible, naturally a player from the league must win the championship, and that would be the perfect ending.

His eyes scanned the match list one by one, and soon, Zhang Yang picked out the duel matches between the four players in the league.

The first is Zhou Billy among the four players in Group A.

His opponent is Patrick, who has a black belt in taekwondo and has studied both karate and tan hand.

It's a tough opponent, but the upside is that he's famous.

As the first battle of tonight's game, if Zhou Billy can use his thunderous momentum to defeat such an opponent, it will undoubtedly be a good start for both the league and this competition.

In the next groups B and C, Binny and Shaka's opponents were not impressive to Zhang Yang. They should not be powerful and difficult characters. The level of Binny and Shaka is here. In addition, after having experienced in the league, there is no possibility of overturning when encountering such an unknown person, so there is no need to worry about Zhang Yang.

What really gives Zhang Yang a headache is the matchup in Group D.

By coincidence, Su Jiawei bumped into Rexen head-on.

For this player who dominated the first UFC competition and established the name of the Gracie family in one fell swoop, Su Jiawei is probably really hanging on. What's more terrible is that Rexon weighs 154 pounds. Although he is not as big as Su Jiawei, Jiawei both belongs to the lightweight category, but his weight is close to the limit of lightweight, while Su Jiawei is barely hovering on the edge of lightweight.

Without an advantage in size or strength, meeting a player who specializes in Jiu-Jitsu would be a complete torture.

Hope he can get through this.

Zhang Yang sighed secretly and drew a circle behind Su Jiawei's name, indicating that he had to remind him not to try to compete with Rexon in jujitsu competitions, but to try to resolve the battle on the ground. He picked up the match list and put it in his arms. He has already thought about everything that should be done and thought about before the game. As for the next thing, it is up to the players themselves.

……

hours later.

As the game started in the evening, Zhang Yang and others got into the car and headed straight to the venue.

Lewis used his connections to rent this venue. Although the venue is not luxurious, it is at least big enough, and Zhang Yang’s custom-made octagonal cage ring has been installed in the venue two days ago. .

When everyone arrived, most of the [-] seats at the scene were already seated. I believe that it will not be long before all the spectator seats are filled, and the contestants who have made it through the auditions are already taking a rest. Doing a simple warm-up indoors.

Everything is ready, just wait until the time comes for the competition to officially begin.

After another half hour, Zhang Yang took a deep breath and led the four league players to take the lead on the stage at Lewis' invitation.

The audience at the scene immediately applauded excitedly after seeing Zhang Yang.

Obviously after this period of fermentation, Zhang Yang has become a celebrity at least in Los Angeles, and Lewis and Binny who appeared with him are undoubtedly familiar faces to these local American audiences.

Only Zhou Billy, Sha Jia, and Su Jiawei were still a little strange to them.

But Zhang Yang believes that it won’t be long before the audience will remember them!

"Welcome everyone to the King of Fighters competition. Next we will have the main competition of the top [-], and this time the top [-] will be made up of [-] audition contestants, as well as the four Hong Kong fighting pinnacles behind me. The composition of the league’s players hopes to bring everyone the most peak fighting experience tonight, then, the game... begins!”

After Zhang Yang made a brief speech, the contestants took the stage one after another.

Patrick and Zhou Billy, who participated in the first duel in Group A, were the first to enter the cage.

What surprised Zhang Yang a little was that when Patrick walked into the Octagon and waved to the audience, there were many voices responding to him. Obviously, his memory was correct. This guy was indeed in the United States. Have a certain reputation.

Although he is not as good as the two legends Lewis and Binny, he is obviously a player who has high hopes from the audience.

OK, the more famous the better.

In the opening battle of this first game, we have to deal with such an opponent with thunderous momentum to become famous!

Zhang Yang turned to look at Zhou Billy and spoke softly.

"KO in the first round, can you do it?"

"I try my best."

Zhou Billy's character is not a frivolous person, but even with these three words, Zhang Yang still smiled.

Because he knew very well that with these three words, that was enough!

(End of this chapter)