Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 321 Pan Disheng can’t hold on anymore

"Brother Yang, good news, good news!"

A week later, at five o'clock in the morning, Zhang Yang received a call from the United States.

The management of the Major Fighting League Company cheered and conveyed the news they received to Zhang Yang.

One week after "John Wick 2" was released in the United States, the box office successfully reached 2347 million US dollars.

Such a huge number once again broke the box office record in North America, and also pushed Zhang Yang to the forefront of the United States once again. And thanks to the open ending of the film, the film's stamina and discussion are even better than the first "Quick". "Speed ​​Chase" is coming even hotter!

Countless viewers are predicting the next direction of the film, and some excited fans have even rushed to Warner's headquarters, urgently asking them to film "John Wick 3" as soon as possible to fill the big hole in the hearts of the audience.

As for Warner, of course they want to make it. Even more than the fans of these films, they want to bring Zhang Yang back to the United States from Hong Kong Island in advance to film the third film in the series. After all, the current box office figures of the film are really amazing. , after Gerald saw the report, he couldn’t even close his mouth with laughter.

But the problem is when "John Wick 3" can be filmed and how it should be filmed. That is not what Warner has the final say. It has to follow Zhang Yang's opinion. After all, the contract they signed was just a cooperation contract between the two companies. rather than an employment contract.

To be honest, at a time when two consecutive films have achieved such sensational results.

Warner's side didn't even dare to ask for Zhang Yang, or even to urge Zhang Yang. They were afraid that if they said anything too harshly, they would offend the God of Wealth and make the other party feel that they were not sincere enough and terminate the contract.

As for Zhang Yang himself, as he had previously arranged, he is not in a hurry to go to the United States again within the year. Naturally, he will be filming "John Wick 3", but now compared to filming "John Wick 3" , Zhang Yang wants to have a good rest, and at the same time, use this time to arrange the follow-up matters of Yingyang Entertainment.

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Two whole months.

In order to make up for the previous bumps between Hong Kong Island and the United States, Zhang Yang maintained a very regular life for two months.

In the morning, you can either go to the training center or go to the Tsim Sha Tsui boxing gym, which has now become deserted due to relocation, to maintain your physical fitness while exercising.

After a simple meal at noon, in the afternoon, he would either go to Yingyang Entertainment to handle the company's business, or he would be called away by Wang Zuxian or Zhang Manyu, and accompany them to relax in Hong Kong Island, which was sweet.

It can be said that this period of time since he was reborn on Hong Kong Island has been the most comfortable and sweetest time that Zhang Yang has ever lived.

However, this warm and sweet daily life could not last long.

As two months passed, a phone call from Pan Disheng instantly lifted Zhang Yang's spirits.

The latest series of "The Royal Sisters" ultimately failed miserably at the box office due to the lack of Hong Jin Bo's guidance.

This disastrous box office failure, coupled with the fact that Yang Ziqiong agreed to Pan Disheng's proposal, made Pan Disheng completely lose the idea of ​​continuing to operate Debao Pictures. He called Zhang Yang just to ask Zhang Yang's opinion. .

With the success of Zhang Yang's trip to the United States, Ying Yang Pictures' reputation in the Hong Kong industry has doubled. Although Zhang Yang has not appeared on the big screen in Hong Kong for a long time except for the Spring Festival, everyone in the industry knows it well. , Zhang Yang’s current earnings are nearly ten times more than what he earned while filming in Hong Kong Island. And this is just a film to promote myself.

Don’t forget, during Zhang Yang’s visit to the United States, the four directors of Yingyang Entertainment were all launching their own films in Hong Kong Island as usual, not to mention that in addition to the blossoming of films in the United States and Hong Kong Island, there were also Ying Yang has always been strong in South Asia, relying on the two "Fighter" series of films, and now Lu Huiguang's influence in South Asia is even greater than Cheng Long!

If Zhang Yang is willing to give him a hand, Pan Disheng believes that his Debao Pictures can still be saved. But the problem is that although the two of them are collaborators and partners, why should he ask Zhang Yang to send someone to give him a hand?

The two of them run the same theater chain together, and they had previously argued with each other over the schedule because of Li Guohao's incident.

Pan Disheng is a very shrewd businessman, so after he invited Zhang Yang to the Peninsula Hotel, he neither took the initiative to talk about his intention to give up Debao Pictures nor asked Zhang Yang to send a director to help him save Debao Pictures. It was just a pretense. Yun Danfeng asked Zhang Yang lightly: "Yang Zai, now that you have achieved great success in the United States, what are your next steps?"

Listening to Pan Disheng pretending to be stupid and talking in circles in front of him, Zhang Yang secretly laughed in his heart.

The other party took the initiative to ask him to come to the Peninsula Hotel for what purpose. How could he not be clear in his heart? However, since Pan Disheng was unwilling to take the initiative and fall into the passive position, and insisted on negotiating with him in this roundabout way, Zhang Yang did not mind accompanying him. Have fun.

"I have a lot of plans for the next step. The Peak Fighting League will be launched in the United States in a while, and there will be the next "John Wick" movie. If nothing happens, I will also go to the United States next year. Shooting, and the filming locations may not be limited to the United States, so it’s very busy.”

Zhang Yang picked up the cup, took a sip of tea, and secretly signaled to Pan Disheng, "I'm a busy man. If you want my help, I may not agree."

Hearing what Zhang Yang said, Pan Disheng understood a little of Zhang Yang's meaning, but he did not give up. He just continued to ask: "What about Yingyang Entertainment? The four directors started working back and forth, can they come over?"

"Hey, don't mention it. They are all busier than me now. In the past at Yingyang Company, I was the one who wrote the scripts. Now some of them can't even wait for me to write the scripts. They will take the initiative to come to me when they have ideas. , not to mention these four directors, I now have actors who have to go back and forth to barely make it."

Even the director's path was blocked. Pan Disheng completely understood what Zhang Yang meant with a wry smile.

"Yangzi, I have a suggestion, maybe I can help you."

"What proposal? Let's talk about it."

"Debao Pictures... I don't plan to do it anymore. If you are short of manpower, I can transfer my people to you."

Zhang Yang is not interested in just being a member of Debao Pictures.

After all, apart from Hong Jinbao, there are not many people in Debao Pictures who can be considered capable.

Compared to Debao Pictures, what Zhang Yang wanted more was another thing.

Zhang Yang put down his teacup, looked at Pan Disheng in front of him, opened his mouth in pretense of surprise, and then said: "Are you really not going to do it? What about the theater chain's shares? What are you going to do?"

(End of this chapter)