Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 288 The price you offered is far from enough
  The top [-] matches of the King of Fighters Competition ended successfully, but the turmoil caused by the match has not subsided.

The feedback from the audience was strong, and CBS would not miss this opportunity.

CBS, which had obtained the broadcasting rights, immediately worked overtime to edit the video after receiving the video files. Moreover, they also had ulterior motives in selecting a group of spectators at the scene to conduct several exclusive interviews about the game and mix them into the program. .

This method is undoubtedly very smart.

Under the exaggeration of CBS TV station, Zhang Yang's King of Fighters competition was not only praised by ordinary viewers, but also some die-hard fighting fans and those who specialize in the fighting industry also praised the competition.

With this wave of publicity, coupled with the already good quality of the competition, and the sparing no effort in publicity in the early stage, even people who have not paid attention to the King of Fighters competition will inevitably hear about the competition from their friends. In the end, it even evolved into a new trend within Los Angeles. Tickets for the quarterfinals were sold out within two hours of the show's launch.

Anyone who was able to grab a ticket to watch the game offline had their faces filled with pride, as if they were standing on the forefront of the wave.

Just when the audience was extremely excited, Zhang Yang had already taken a bus to Hollywood and went straight to Warner headquarters.

Although Warner Bros. in 87 was not the top film studio in Hollywood, it definitely should not be underestimated.

Among the eight major Hollywood film studios, although Warner's strength is not as strong as Paramount, MGM and Disney, which were the strongest during this period, it is on par with Fox and Universal Pictures, and it can also be regarded as the top company in Hollywood.

Therefore, even a star like Zhang Yang, who is already well-known, cannot get an interview with the top management of Warner Group.

The only person who greeted him was Steven, the then production executive of Warner Group.

Accompanied by his secretary, Zhang Yang came to Steven's office.

After the two sides sat across from each other, the Warner production executive spoke first.

"Mr. Zhang, I heard that you are interested in developing in Hollywood. I believe that the cooperation on "John Wick" should have proved that we at Warner are sincere enough to you. Maybe we can have a cooperation."

Zhang Yang was not in a hurry for Steven's straight to the point.

He knows these Americans very well, especially these businessmen.

No matter how nice they say it, if you really want to see their sincerity, you still have to see it in the contract.

So Zhang Yang just smiled and said, "You can tell me about your proposal."

"Of course, this is a contract we drew up in advance. Mr. Zhang, you can take a look."

Steven handed a stack of documents to Zhang Yang, and at the same time continued: "The salary we have proposed for Mr. Zhang this time is five million US dollars. Believe me, this is not a small amount in the entire industry. And we will ask our Warner screenwriters to tailor a script for you, Mr. Zhang. If the film sells well, we can also sign a long-term contract..."

Although the production director of Warner talked endlessly, Zhang Yang didn't even listen to a word.

Because Zhang Yang knew very well in his heart that no matter what the other party said, the final result would be the black letters written in the newspapers on the contract. If he believed the other party's words easily, the person who would suffer would have no choice but to It’s about publicizing yourself.

Sure enough, after flipping through the first two pages of nonsense and lengthy contract contents, Zhang Yang saw countless big pitfalls that Warner had buried in the subsequent contracts.

The first thing to bear the brunt is copyright. Just like the contract they gave to Hong Kong Island Martial Arts, Warner also wanted to ask for the action design copyright in the film, and not only that, in addition to the action design copyright, this film funded by Warner, Zhang Yang received 5 million The US dollar remuneration will only enjoy [-]% of the box office share in the future.

The subsequent overseas distribution of the film, including distribution on Hong Kong Island, will all be decided by Warner people.

It is very obvious that in Warner's eyes, they only treat Zhang Yang as an ordinary movie star.

But they forgot that Zhang Yang was no ordinary movie star.

He also owns Ying Yang Pictures in Hong Kong Island. Even without Warner's help, Zhang Yang can still sell his films very well in Hong Kong Island and the South Asian market. As for the Warner screenwriter who specially writes scripts for Zhang Yang, this Yang is No more need.

For him, who can write his scripts as carefully as he has selected from so many classics in later generations?

The most unacceptable thing to Zhang Yang is the copyright of the action design.

Action scenes are what he eats when making movies. If he hands over the copyright of action design, wouldn't he be destroying his own brand just for the sake of this meal? If he signed this kind of contract without even thinking about it, it would be a humiliation for himself.

"Boom."

Zhang Yang snorted and threw the contract directly on the table, interrupting Steven's nagging.

"It seems that you, Warner, have no sincerity. I am not interested in this contract."

He didn’t even bother to explain it to Steven, because Zhang Yang knew very well that this kind of thing was not something that Steven, the production supervisor, could make the decision at all. There was obviously someone else who made the contract, and that person It seems that Zhang Yang is far less valued than imagined.

"Mr. Zhang, do you really not think about it seriously? This is Hollywood, the center of the world's film industry, not a small place like Hong Kong Island. The contract we offer may not be as good as the contract you signed on Hong Kong Island, but You have to know that only if you stay in Hollywood can you face the whole world and the American audience."

Seeing that Zhang Yang no longer had a good face, Steven's face also darkened.

Obviously, he was using both soft and hard tactics. If the soft step didn't work, he wanted to use hard tactics to threaten Zhang Yang.

But this kind of trick is feasible for bluffing people who have never seen the world, but it is naturally useless for Zhang Yang.

Zhang Yang turned his head and spoke slowly.

"Five.[-] million US dollars, [-] million US dollars, [-] million US dollars..."

After saying three numbers in a row, Steven was a little confused. He frowned slightly and asked, "What?"

"What I just said is that after dividing the current overseas box office of "A Better Tomorrow", "The Ultimate Fighter" series and "The Fighter" series, the total net profit income that my company can get is indeed the same as your Hollywood Compared with the total industry, this number is not much, but at least it can prove that you are not the only one in Hollywood who can sell movies all over the world."

"When Bowen asked me earlier, I think I made it very clear. I only accept cooperation, not recruitment, Steven."

"What's more, even if you want to recruit me to make movies for Warner, the price you are offering is far from enough."

(End of this chapter)