Chapter 247 Crazy Sales

"Wolverine, don't be careless. You are not familiar with ground joint techniques now, so you must attack from a long distance and don't let him get close."

"He is a wrestler and a multiple-time Sambo champion. He is very good at wrestling and ground fighting. If he knocks you down, he will immediately switch to ground fighting."

"You can't compete with him in a ground fight. You will definitely be suppressed by him. He is good at ground cross armbar and naked choke. He is very powerful."

"Be sure to pay attention. He will definitely want to drag you into a ground fight because your height is a disadvantage in a ground fight."

"Also, be careful of his punches. His Russian uppercut is very powerful and he has knocked out his opponents many times with it."

"Wolverine, you are not good at ground skills right now. You must and can only defeat him through standing combat. Remember this and never engage in ground combat."

As Leiboshi kept chattering, time slowly passed to seven o'clock and the first warm-up match began.

There were at least two hundred media reporters on the scene, and there were at least a hundred cameras standing on all sides of the ring.

The audience in the first few rows are all well-known people, and those sitting in the front row are either rich or powerful, or they are top stars. Even first-tier stars cannot sit in the front row.

Yang Xue sat in the most conspicuous coaching seat. Each side had two coaching seats. During the game, the coaches had no chance to sit there and had to guard under the ring.

To the north of the ring is ESPN's commentary booth, with Romaine Carroll and Wells Jordan as the commentators.

ESPN spent $20 million to purchase the television broadcast rights for tonight's game from Pride, which was a high price.

In other words, Pride paid He Zhongqiu an appearance fee of 20 million US dollars, and then took it back from ESPN.

Wells Jordan said with a worried look on his face: "You know, Romai, the highest PPV sales of a fighting event is only 5.75. This is the sales record of fighting events around the world, and our president spent 2000 million US dollars."

"Really? Then let me do the math."

Romay Carroll pulled a calculator from his pocket and began to calculate something.

"Oh, where did this thing come from?" Wells Jordan asked in surprise.

"My preparations are meticulous, haha!"

Romay Carroll shook his big head proudly, and then he finished the calculation and said, "Wolverine's appearance fee is 2000 million US dollars, and the highest appearance fee record in fighting events is 50.

You know, Wells, 5 or 10 is the standard appearance fee for a first-rate fighter, and the Kung Fu King Wolverine is 50 times that at 40."

"40 times?"

Wells Jordan's eyes were dazzled. He was trying to calculate in his mind how much 50 times 40 would be, but he couldn't figure it out at all.

At this time, Romai Carroll started to count again, and then said, "I just said that the PPV sales record of fighting events so far is 5.75. 40 times it is 230 million."

Wells Jordan was extremely surprised and said: "Oh, God, you expect this fight event to sell 230 million PPVs?
Luo Mai, are you crazy? You are really crazy! Do you know what the highest PPV sales record for boxing matches is? "

Romai Carroll shrugged and said, "You are a professional, and so am I. Of course I know. 199 million, right?"

"Yes, 199 million PPV sales. In 1997, Michael Tyson and Holyfield fought again. So far, no other match's PPV sales have been able to break this record."

Wells Jordan said this and asked, "Romay, do you think Wolverine can break this record? Are you serious?"

Romai Carroll smiled and said: "The Kung Fu King once knocked out 13 people on the NBA court. He can tear a one-centimeter-thick solid wood wardrobe with his bare hands.

Even during the heyday of Tyson and Holyfield, the Kung Fu King's fame and influence were no less than theirs.

Now everyone is expecting him to prove his strength in the boxing ring and in the ring, and at the same time prove his box office appeal in the professional boxing arena.

And tonight is his first actual ring fight, I think the public's expectations for him are already full, I expect him to break the PPV sales record of 199 million."

"Then let's ask headquarters."

Wells Jordan touched his headset and asked, "Hey, Jimmy, can you please report the PPV sales data?"

"Listen carefully, I just received the data." The voice of the on-site director came from the headset.

"what?"

The next moment, Wells Jordan's eyes widened with disbelief.

"How many?"

Romay Carroll asked hurriedly.

Wells Jordan was a little tongue-tied when he said, "One, one million, five hundred thousand."

"150 million? Are you sure?"

Although Romai Carroll is looking forward to breaking the record, there are still two hours left in the game, and now the pre-sale data is, it has reached 150 million?
"Yes, the PPV pre-sale sales for Wolverine's fight match have exceeded 150 million." Wells Jordan said in shock.

"God, the record of 199 million will definitely be broken!" Romcarroll said excitedly.

He began to calculate again. If the sales volume reaches 200 million and the unit price of PPV is $99, then Wolverine's fight tonight can reach $1.98 million.

"God, Wolverine can get hundreds of millions of dollars in PPV revenue from this fight." After calculating, his face was full of envy.

Wells Jordan said: "That means we at ESPN have made a lot of money this time. We invested $2000 million in broadcasting rights fees. Not counting TV broadcasting rights revenue in other regions, the PPV revenue alone is at least $1 million."

Not far away is the CCTV commentary booth, with the commentators being Han Qiaosheng and Wang Guojun, and guest commentator Xia Song.

Wang Guojun is 65 years old. He was the first head coach of China's national boxing team. After retirement, he was hired by CCTV to serve as CCTV's boxing commentator.

"I just heard the ESPN commentator say that PPV sales have exceeded 150 million and may break the historical record of 199 million." Xia Song suddenly said very excitedly.

"What do you mean?"

Although Han Qiaosheng is an old commentator, he doesn't quite understand the concept of PPV.

Xia Song quickly explained it, and then excitedly said: “If this match can achieve 200 million sales, Zhongqiu can personally share hundreds of millions of dollars in PPV revenue.

He is the person with the highest PPV sales in the world, and he is the most influential and appealing person in the fighting world."

"Hundreds of millions of dollars?"

Countless Chinese people who were watching the live broadcast were stunned when they heard the data.

"Xixi, this event looks even bigger than the finals. Why didn't your sister Xue take you there?" Liu Xiaoli asked puzzledly at the Liu family in Yanjing.

"I don't know!" Liu Yifei shook her head.

Liu Xiaoli is an experienced person and can see that Yang Xue wanted to bring Qianqian and He Zhongqiu together. Does Yang Xue no longer have that idea now?

She didn't want her daughter to get too close to He Zhongqiu before, but after a few contacts, she felt that He Zhongqiu was still a gentleman, so she didn't stop it.

But He Zhongqiu didn't seem to have any feelings towards Xixi, otherwise Xixi had followed Yang Xue for so long, but apart from the chance to be exposed, she had no other opportunities, and he had never even contacted Xixi on his own initiative.

I heard that even Wang Baoqiang went to Hollywood to film this time. Is the relationship between Xixi and He Zhongqiu not as good as that of Wang Baoqiang?
Last time, Xixi would rather be banned from the Hong Kong entertainment circle, but she also issued a statement to support him. If I had known this, I would not have allowed Xixi to post it.

Now, she has been banned by Tangren and Huayi, and then by Hong Kong. He Zhongqiu doesn't care about Xixi. What should she do in the future?
She couldn't help feeling bitter. She was worried that Xixi would suffer a loss at first, but now others looked down on her baby.

She glanced at Liu Yifei, who looked confused and heartless, and had never taken the initiative towards He Zhongqiu. She really wanted to ask her daughter whether she liked He Zhongqiu or not.

But then she thought again, forget it, her daughter just turned 17, she has never been in love, how can she understand these things about love between men and women. She said: "Xixi, we still have to rely on ourselves in the future. Mom has made up her mind, you should finish your studies at school and stop filming for the next two years.

You should improve your acting skills, singing and dancing, and then we can make plans in the future. If things don’t go well in the east, there will be bright lights in the west. I don’t believe they can ban you for life.”

"Ah."

Liu Yifei nodded obediently. From an angle that Liu Xiaoli couldn't see, her eyes looked a little empty and confused.

In the past two years, she has gotten used to going to the United States with Sister Xue to watch the big monk's games, got used to having such a tall and safe man by her side, and even got used to the scandal between her and the big monk.

However, she could feel that the monk had no special feelings for her. The monk had never contacted her actively. She was banned in the country, but the monk did not help her either.

She was particularly envious of Sister Xue. She was only scolded by Zhang Wei and Xie Tingfeng for a few words, but this time she caused such a big fuss. Does the big monk like Sister Xue?
It was nothing before, but now, Sister Xue didn't take her to watch the monk's game, and she suddenly felt empty in her heart, as if something had flown away.

……

At eight o'clock, at the Tokyo Arena, the first warm-up match is over, there is a second match, and then the main match tonight.

At this time, Wells Jordan in the ESPN commentary booth exclaimed: "God, it's broken! It's broken!"

“Did you break the record?”

Romai Carroll asked excitedly.

Wells shouted excitedly: "Yes, 200 million, the PPV pre-sale sales exceeded 200 million, breaking the historical record of PPV sales in the fighting category. Kung Fu King Wolverine broke the historical record set by Tyson and Holyfield."

"It's only eight o'clock. I believe this record will continue to set new highs." Romaire Carroll said excitedly.

"Of course, it will even exceed 300 million." Wells Jordan nodded excitedly.

"No, Wells, be bold. It's only 8 o'clock now. From now on, the pre-sale data will only rise faster. I guess 300 million, or even higher." said Rometty Carroll.

At the scene, under the ring, Michael Tyson and Holyfield could only smile bitterly after learning that the record had been broken.

In the lounge, He Zhongqiu was practicing leg sweeps.

"Oh!"

With a quick and powerful sweep kick, the sparring partner weighing 120 kilograms was swept away. The strength of his legs and his explosive power were horrifying.

Basic skills such as straight punch, hook punch, swing punch, sweep kick, forward kick, backward kick, and roundhouse kick were all practiced when I was training martial arts before. With the accumulation of proficiency during this period, my improvement has been very rapid, and I have already reached the perfect level of level five.

Some combos in martial arts are offensive moves that combine several basic moves together. I have never practiced them before, and I started from scratch. I have only practiced them to a certain extent during this period of time. I have to film a movie and cannot spare more time to practice.

The combo at the great perfection realm made his continuous attack rhythm not smooth enough, and he should be inferior to the Fighting Tsar Fedor.

But Dacheng's combo moves, matched with his perfect basic skills, are also very powerful. Coupled with his explosive power and strength, I believe Fedor would not feel good if he was hit by one.

As for the killer move, this one is better than his combo. Like the basic skills, the movements are simple and not as complicated as the combo.

However, a killer move requires talent and extremely high physical fitness to practice. Otherwise, you will never be able to master it even if you practice for a lifetime. Without talent, you may get injured after practicing once.

He had practiced several cool killing moves when he was training martial arts before. During this period of time, he took time out to practice them, and he has mastered those killing moves to perfection.

At this moment, the door was suddenly pushed open with great force, and Frank Zhang strode in, saying excitedly: "Wolverine, the record was broken, 200 million, just now."

"Broken? Haha!"

He Zhongqiu stopped training and said happily to everyone, "Red envelopes will be distributed to everyone. The sparring partner will get $50,000 and the coach will get $100,000."

"Oh ho!"

The whole lounge was suddenly filled with joy.

Next, PPV pre-sale sales continued to rise, making history every moment. At 250:, it exceeded million.

The time soon came to 8:40, the second warm-up match had ended, the main match was about to begin, and the atmosphere in the land arena began to pick up.

"280 million! 280 million! PPV sales have gone crazy, it's gone crazy!" Wells Jordan shouted excitedly in the ESPN commentary booth.

"Congratulations to the Kung Fu King, you will earn nearly 200 million US dollars tonight. Wow, I'm so envious! Haha!" Rometty Carroll laughed.

“280 million PPV sales?”

This data made all the heavyweight champions, all the fighters, all the presidents of boxing organizations, and all the fighting event executives present dizzy.

Bob Arum regretted it very much. When he was negotiating with the Mid-Autumn Sports and Culture Company, he insisted that the promotion funds were only 1 million US dollars and Wolverine's appearance fee was only 2500 million US dollars.

But Frank Zhang refused and demanded at least $1.5 million in promotional funds, Wolverine's appearance fee of at least $3500 million, and a funding pool of at least $5000 million. In the end, the talks broke down.

Now it seems that it is completely feasible. Not to mention 1.5 million, even 2 million US dollars of promotion funds are enough.

"Tang, this time we let Pride reap the first wave of benefits from the Kung Fu King. We miscalculated." He said to Tang Jin who was sitting next to him.

Tang Jin also said with regret: "If only we had known we could have joined forces."

On the other side, Eddie Hearn said, "Count me in, let's negotiate with Frank Zhang together."

"Risk sharing, count me in as well."

Frank Warren went on to say, "After this fight, I'm afraid the Kung Fu King's appearance fee will increase significantly, and the promotion funds will increase further. Let's join forces."

"OK, let's join forces."

"Let's join forces. I can invest at least 40 million US dollars."

"We have joined forces to promote a fight of the century and to pick a good opponent for the Kung Fu King."

"The strongest heavyweight at the moment is only Dake, the others are not strong enough."

"Compared to the Kung Fu King, Da Ke's fame and influence are too small. I'm afraid the Kung Fu King will take the lion's share of the PPV profits."

"That's for sure. In this fight, Frank Chang negotiated the Kung Fu King's PPV share to 95%, and Fedor only got a pitiful points."

Four of the world's most famous boxing promoters got together and began to discuss the feasibility.

The lights in the corridor were dim. Heavy footsteps were heard and a group of tall people came in one after another.

The first two were sturdy sparring partners, followed by the fighting czar Fedor in a red cloak. Behind Fedor were seven or eight team members, including his on-site coach Malenkov and his agent Andrei.

Andre put down his phone and said excitedly: “PPV pre-sale sales have exceeded 280 million. Fedor, after this fight, your popularity will skyrocket. You should leave Japan and leave Pride.

Go to America. Only in America can you make a lot of money. The Kung Fu King became famous in America. You can do the same."

"Let's talk about it later." Phil's calm voice sounded.

He was still very calm, as usual, but his fists were clenched.

When I walked to the exit, there were three TV station cameras outside, one from the Russian National TV station, one from Japan, and ESPN.

A dozen reporters were waiting on the left, and on the right were Fedor's family, relatives and friends, also about a dozen people.

(End of this chapter)