Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 296 The amazing data of "John Wick"

"Hello? Yangzi, how are you? Are you done?"

After hanging up the phone with Xiang Huasheng, Zhang Yang turned around and called Chen Huimin again.

This phone call naturally informed Chen Huimin that she was ready to release him at any time.

But when Zhang Yang finished speaking, Chen Huimin couldn't help but said: "Yangzi, have you agreed to cooperate with the Xiang family?"

In fact, Chen Huimin shouldn't ask this question.

But luckily we were close enough, and in Chen Huimin's eyes, Zhang Yang was more like a brother than a pure collaborator, so he couldn't bear the curiosity in his heart and asked anyway.

Zhang Yang did not hide this, but said calmly: "No, Brother Min, you know that I have always tried my best not to have anything to do with Jianghu affairs, so naturally I will not cooperate with the Xiang family. I just told him He, it doesn’t matter what he wants to do, as long as he doesn’t mess with me and affect our Yingyang Entertainment.”

Chen Huimin nodded as if she understood, and then asked curiously: "How are you doing there? How long until you can come back?"

"If nothing else happens, I can go back within a month, but I guess I won't be able to stay for too long."

"Huh? What does that mean?"

Zhang Yang smiled and replied: "If nothing unexpected happens, my next film should be ready to start shooting in the United States. After this negotiation is finalized and I go back to make preparations, I will continue to come to the United States."

When Chen Huimin heard this, she couldn't help but smile.

"Okay, you have really embarked on the same path that Li Xiaolong took back then. Okay! You've done well. I'll be waiting for your good news in Hong Kong Island. When you come back, I'll give you a feast and promise to make you prosperous. !”

After proudly promising a reception banquet, Chen Huimin hung up the phone.

After Zhang Yang put down the phone, he finally couldn't help but yawned and went to bed to rest.

……

In the next three days, Zhang Yang continued to train with the players every day during the day, and at the same time checked in the United States for information that might be needed to run the league in the future. He seemed extremely leisurely.

On the contrary to his state, whether in the United States or on the mainland of Hong Kong Island, there are people who are working hard because of him.

On Hong Kong Island, Chen Huimin, who got Zhang Yang Tsui Hark, released Ah Zhong and others the next day. Of course, he did not save the oil and water that should be deducted for Xiang Huasheng. He paid one million yuan in compensation plus five yuan. The contact fee of [-] yuan is not much for Xiang Huasheng, but it is enough to make him feel pain and make him remember.

After Xiang Huasheng's three brothers at home took him back, they didn't use any off-site recruitment. Instead, they directly found a professional manager and accompanied Wang Jing to Zhou Runfa to sign a contract and ask for a schedule.

With Wang Jing, the same insider, and A Jian's hint, Zhou Runfa finally signed a cooperation agreement with Yongsheng. However, this cooperation agreement is naturally not the kind of overlord clause that has occupied the schedule for a long time. It's just an ordinary contract that is open, transparent and in line with the fairy's worth.

The smoke that originally filled Hong Kong Island has cleared and gradually became calm. On the American side, however, things have undergone subtle changes. Among them, the party that has changed the most is Warner, who had a very high profile before.

The reason for Warner's change is naturally very simple.

That is, after the screening, "John Wick" was officially released and finally ended its first week of screenings. When the first-week box office data was returned to Warner Bros. Gerrard, looking at the long list of numbers, the chief operating officer of Warner Pictures immediately realized that the facts were different from what he thought. That seems to have changed.

For this reason, he directly recovered and shredded the second contract that he originally wanted to encroach on Zhang Yang, and then immediately contacted the company's legal affairs department to start writing the third version of the cooperation contract.

Yes, this new contract is no longer the previous employment contract for ordinary actors, but a real cooperation contract signed by two film companies.

As for the number that allowed Gerrard to make such a tough change, Zhang Yang was finally informed of it through CBS news on the evening of the third day. It was a number that even Zhang Yang was surprised by.

2035 million...USD in the first week!

Although the film's promising box office figures when it was released in Hong Kong Island have already proven the film's potential.

But just as Zhang Yang thought, based on the basic context and rhythm of the entire story, this film is undoubtedly more suitable for the box office market in the United States than Hong Kong Island!

Although the protagonist's transformation from a Belarusian to an Asian face rarely seen on American screens may have a certain impact on the film's box office in the United States, the epoch-making composition of the action scenes has a negative impact on the current low level of action scenes. For the United States, it is undoubtedly a greater boost and dimensionality reduction blow.

The combination of these reasons made "John Wick" an explosive box office hit in the United States.

Yes, explosive is not an overstatement.

This was 87. Zhang Yang's "John Wick" only had a box office of more than [-] million Hong Kong dollars in its first week in Hong Kong. But now in the United States, not only did its first-week box office figures break Hong Kong's record, it also broke the Hong Kong record. The even more awesome Zhang Yang is now earning US dollars!

Calculated according to the exchange rate, if this first-week box office record were placed on Hong Kong Island, it would even exceed the total box office data of many Hong Kong Island's top ten annual box office sales films!

It's only been a week.

After one month of release, this movie has grossed at least [-] million US dollars at the box office!

This number has even surpassed last year's hit "Raiders of the Lost Ark"!

With this hot box office boom, can Gerrard not be in a hurry?

Not to mention Warner, even MGM and Paramount, which had previously ignored Zhang Yang, began to contact Zhang Yang one after another after learning the box office data. As if overnight, Zhang Yang suddenly walked into He has entered thousands of households in the United States and has become a hot meat-eating star in Hollywood!

……

Two days later in the evening.

Warner's production executive Steven, who had previously failed to reach a cooperation with Zhang Yang due to contract issues, accompanied by Lewis, found the hotel where Zhang Yang was staying in despair.

Naturally, he came today to talk to Zhang Yang about cooperation.

With the shocking data of "John Wick" released, he who originally only needed to send an invitation letter and then sit in the office waiting for Zhang Yang to come to his door, now had to deal with the heavy pressure of his boss Gerald. Next, he took the initiative to come to the hotel lobby in person, waiting anxiously for Lewis to contact Zhang Yang so that he could meet Zhang Yang.

But while he was waiting expectantly, Lewis, who had finished making the guest room call at the front desk, came back to him, shook his head, and spoke with a wry smile.

"Mr. Steven, I'm afraid you have to wait a little longer."

(End of this chapter)