Chapter 251 Sky Arc Whirlwind Kill
In the land arena, He Zhongqiu has become the focus of the media and is being interviewed.
Because there were too many media, he could only stand on the stage and accept interviews from a high position.
"Wolverine, that move you used to knock down Fedor was so cool. Can you introduce it to us?" the New York Times reporter asked excitedly.
"I knew you were asking this, haha!" He Zhongqiu laughed proudly.
“Yeah, I’m asking on behalf of everyone, it’s so cool because I guess everyone in the world wants to know it,” the reporter said with a smile.
He Zhongqiu smiled and said, "I played fighting games before, and this move was created based on the techniques in the game."
"Wolverine, what's its name?" the world's most famous fighter, Spider-Man Silva, asked loudly.
"I named it Sky Arc Whirlwind Kill." He Zhongqiu said.
"Sky Arc Whirlwind Kill?"
Everyone was stunned. This name really had a gaming feel to it.
He Zhongqiu took the opportunity to start advertising, saying: "My new movie, Iron Eagle King, which will be released worldwide in 05, also has this fighting move, and is even equipped with weapons.
There are many similar actions in the movie, which are very gorgeous. Friends who like it can feast their eyes on it. "
"Clap clap clap..."
There was warm applause at the scene, which showed that everyone was not disgusted by his advertising behavior.
The Iron Eagle King has therefore entered the minds of countless people around the world, and people have begun to look forward to it.
The next reporter was from the Los Angeles Times. He was a die-hard Lakers fan and asked maliciously:
"Wolverine, you will earn more than $1.7 million from this battle, and you can only earn this much money if you play in the NBA for seasons and get a maximum salary every season.
Even if you can earn $1.7 million in the NBA in 252 years, but seconds and years, then I want to ask you, are you still interested in returning to the NBA to play?"
"Buzzing..."
Immediately, this question caused a lot of discussion among those who heard it.
"I bet the Wolverines will give up the NBA."
"I also bet that the Kung Fu King will never return to the NBA."
"Maybe not. The NBA is Wolverine's starting point. There are countless basketball fans who want to see him play in the NBA. If he gives up, it will disappoint many people."
Loshua Daley, who was at the scene, also became nervous. He had been confident that he could bring Wolverine back to the NBA, but the gap between twenty years and 252 seconds was too big, and now his confidence has reached rock bottom.
He Zhongqiu was also stunned when he heard this question. Indeed, the difference was too big. He only needed 252 seconds in the ring to earn the money that he could earn in years in the NBA.
But, money doesn’t seem to represent everything, right?
When he was a gangster and was scamming people on the street, he didn't care much about money, and when he had some money, he spent it lavishly.
Now, his attitude towards money has changed a lot.
This time he has a conflict with Hong Kong, but there are actually almost no measures he can take to block it.
For example, Zhou Yunfa, he cannot stop any company in the mainland from inviting him to film a movie, and he cannot really ban him at all.
The newly established film and television company has no power in the industry, and the impact it can have almost entirely comes from its personal influence.
His influence caused the advertisers of Hong Kong stars to abandon them, so now he believes that money alone is not enough, influence is also necessary.
Where does his influence come from? First of all, it is naturally the NBA, then Hollywood, and now the fighting world.
The greater the influence, the better. The NBA can keep him in the spotlight for six to eight months, so he definitely cannot give up.
Moreover, these influences are only temporary. If he fails to achieve great success in these three industries, his influence will surely gradually dissipate.
Therefore, the NBA must not only not give up, but also win more honors, strengthen its influence, and even become a symbol of the basketball world like Jordan, creating an everlasting influence.
As for Hollywood, in fact, with his physique and acting ability, the types of movies he can act in are very limited. He can't make too many types of movies at all. It's enough for him to make a movie that suits him best every year.
As for the development of the film and television industry, he actually wants to develop his own film and television company and establish a strong influence in this industry.
At the very least, his American film and television company must have a place in Hollywood, and his domestic film and television company must become the leader of the domestic industry.
In the fighting world, this is actually the most suitable sport. Not to mention the training time, the competition time is short. It is not like the NBA and filming movies, which take up too much time. You can try it more often.
Seeing He Zhongqiu fall into silence, both Loshua Daley and James Dolan at the scene, as well as David Stern who was far away in New York, were worried.
At this time, He Zhongqiu said: "This question is very simple for me. The NBA means a lot to me. It has brought me to the pinnacle of my life. I also love this sport very much, so I promise here that I will never give up the NBA."
"call!"
James Dolan and Loshua Daley immediately breathed a sigh of relief and began to applaud.
David Stern, who was far away in New York, also breathed a sigh of relief and became even more favorable towards He Zhongqiu.
Xia Song, acting as a CCTV reporter, also asked a question: "Zhongqiu, you made more than 1 billion RMB in these few minutes. How do you plan to spend this money?"
He Zhongqiu laughed and said, "I've thought about it. I will divide the money into three parts, and I will bring half of it back to China to develop my film and television company.
The remaining 30% will be brought to the United States to develop my film and television company in Hollywood.
The last 20% will be used to develop my fighting career. I will use this money to establish my own fighting brand."
"what?"
Whether it was Pride's president Nobuyuki Sakakibara, UFC's president Dana White, or other bosses and executives of European and American fighting events, they were all stunned.
At this moment, they all realized that the fighting world would welcome a highly competitive opponent.
That is, WWE's boss McMahon said that since the style of the competition is completely different, he feels that the competitiveness is not very high and there is nothing to worry about.
The words of congratulations on Mid-Autumn Festival were also transmitted to the ears of many people through CCTV's television broadcast.
"Brother, this is trouble. Hundreds of millions of RMB are being poured in to steal our food. How can we continue to develop Huayi?"
Yanjing, Huayi Company, Xiao Wang said a little nervously.
The king was also in a bad mood and thought: "Not that much. After paying the 45% personal income tax, it's only half, at most to million RMB."
Xiao Wang said anxiously: "Yang Xue has participated in the investment of several dramas before, she must have a large amount of funds. Now add this money, isn't it less than 10 billion?"
"Why are you panicking? You're making me nervous too." The king said unhappily.
Xiao Wang said anxiously: "Brother, our Huayi Company only has a few tens of millions of cash left, how can we compete with him?
Everyone is optimistic about a play, so what can we use to invest? Yang Xue has already snatched away investment shares in two previous plays. If this continues, how can we develop Huayi? "
The king sighed and said, "Don't panic, just wait until A World Without Thieves is released in December, and then the funds can be recovered."
Xiao Wang asked, "Brother, how much do you think the box office will be?"
The king said confidently: "It will definitely be hundreds of millions. I believe in Xiaogang's ability."
"But the box office of Hero? It grossed 5800 million U.S. dollars in North America alone," said Xiao Wang.
"How much investment do they have? No Thieves in the World is only one eighth of theirs." The king said unhappily.
Xiao Wang thought about it and said dejectedly: "Even if the funds of Tian Xia Wu Zhi are recovered, it will only be 30 or 40 million. They have less than 1 billion, so we still can't compete!
Right now his company is only investing in TV series, but sooner or later it will invest in movies. Nowadays movies require big investments, and by then our limited funds will not be enough to compete.”
The king was having a headache. How come a Wolverine suddenly appeared?
He thought for a moment and said, "When he founded his company, he was very low-key and didn't say how much money he invested. Now he's so high-profile. It's very likely that he wants to speed up the development and attract celebrities to join." Xiao Wang was shocked and said in surprise, "Brother, you are right. This guy must be planning this. He invested so much money in the film and television company, and the company doesn't have many artists. It will definitely attract a lot of people. We have to be careful not to let him poach our people."
The king considered, "Poaching people?"
There was a hint of resentment on his face.
Because all the big-name artists in the company are in Wang Jinhua's hands, it can be said that those big names do not belong to Huayi at all, and his plan to transfer the artists' contracts to the company's name was rejected by Wang Jinhua.
In other words, even if Wolverine's company wanted to poach people from Huayi, there was no one to poach because they were all Wang Jinhua's people.
"Brother, when Wolverine became famous, wasn't there a rumor on the Internet that he had been in jail? Let's start from here and check his background. If he really has been in jail, right?"
Xiao Wang showed a ruthless look on his face and said, "He attacked Zhou Yunfa and his men from a moral perspective. We can also start from this aspect."
The king shook his head and said, "So what if he's been in jail? When Koo Tsai from Hong Kong was 20 years old, he was sentenced to more than a year in prison for robbery."
"He's been in jail?" Xiao Wang asked in surprise.
Da Wang said: "In addition, he got into fights many times in prison and his sentence was increased many times. He ended up spending 22 months in prison. He was released in 92 and joined TVB in 93. Didn't he still become a big star?
There is a saying in China since ancient times that a prodigal son who returns is worth more than gold. Even if Wolverine has really been in jail, it will not kill him.
Moreover, Louis was in jail when he was 20 years old, which meant he was an adult. However, there are rumors online that Wolverine was not yet 18 years old when he was in jail, which meant he was not an adult.
Even if he really has been in jail, nothing can be done to him. Do you think those rumors on the Internet have any influence on him? He still joined the National Justice Association. "
"What the hell!"
Xiao Wang said unwillingly: "But brother, if it is exposed, it will definitely affect him. We can't just do nothing, right?"
The king said helplessly: "Brother, Wolverine is already a big deal. He went straight to the National Justice Association and must have come under the spotlight. If he really has been in jail, do you think the higher-ups don't know?
Besides, that was his youth. If he had been in jail, his information would be kept confidential. If you want to investigate, you would have to bribe the judicial authorities and use illegal means to investigate him.
Even if you find out, that is confidential information. Do you dare to make it public?
If we publish it, the confidential information will be leaked, and the judicial authorities will definitely investigate. If they follow the clues and find us, then it will be over, and we will have to go to jail ourselves.”
"What about letting someone else come forward?" Xiao Wang said.
"Can you ensure that we won't be found?" asked the king.
Xiao Wang thought for a moment and said, "Find someone from abroad to come forward, and then find someone to introduce him to someone from the judicial system. This will definitely work."
"There are still loopholes. What if the person we are looking for is caught and gives us away? It's not worth it for this matter."
"elder brother?"
"I told you, it's not worth it. The benefits and risks are totally disproportionate. Even if you find out that he has been in prison, as I just said, we can't kill him, and we might even get ourselves into trouble."
"Brother, Xie Tingfeng and Zhang Wei saw someone beating someone up, and he said that the person was morally corrupt and wanted to ban him. Now we can use this name to deal with him.
At least Xie and Zhang did not seriously injure Wang Bozhao. The police station could not find evidence to prove that they intentionally beat him, and he was arrested and imprisoned because he seriously injured someone. "
Xiao Wang was still unwilling to give up, thinking that his brother was too cautious. No matter whether it was useful or not, it was better to do it first than to do nothing.
"Well, be careful and don't let anyone catch you."
"Don't worry, I'll find a middleman to help. Brother, as long as this is done, we can discredit him and use the excuse he used to ban Zhou Yunfa and Xie Tingfeng to ban him in return."
……
The interview lasted for forty minutes at the land arena, but there were too many media reporters, so the interview had to be forcibly interrupted. The fighting team members escorted He Zhongqiu away from the scene.
Back in the lounge, Fran had already prepared champagne, and everyone drank it madly, and everyone was soaked.
Jordan and a large group of friends didn't dare to go in, and neither did Yang Xue and the others. They had no clothes to change into, so they could only watch the carnival inside with envy but were unable to join in.
After the carnival, He Zhongqiu brought a large group of people back to the Hilton Hotel, and Frank Zhang had already arranged a celebration party.
After celebrating with his friends, his private celebration officially began. After a night of revelry, he consumed several drops of blood on nine Japanese female stars.
On the morning of the 29th, after saying goodbye to Yang Xue and others, He Zhongqiu and his team flew to the United States.
Also traveling with them were Loswa Daley, James Dolan, as well as Jordan, Barkley and a large group of people.
Apart from the 20 million US dollars appearance fee, the money earned from this fight has not yet arrived, and after it arrives in the account, it still needs to be processed by his own accountant.
It is actually the same all over the world. Rich people can get tax reductions and exemptions through various means, but ordinary people do not have the ability and channels and can only pay taxes honestly.
Twenty million U.S. dollars had been handed over to Yang Xue before. He had already invested fifty million U.S. dollars, or four hundred million RMB, in domestic film and television companies.
While He Zhongqiu was still flying in the sky, Yang Xue, Xia Song and his party returned to Yanjing.
At this time, what He Zhongqiu said in the interview had spread throughout China.
It doesn’t mean much to ordinary people, but it means a lot to the entertainment industry.
In 2003, the total box office of the mainland film market was only 10 billion, while the Zhongqiu Culture, Sports, and Film and Television Company invested over million US dollars at one time.
How many movies and TV series can be made with this money pouring into the film and television market? How many stars can be made famous?
Take A World Without Thieves, which Huayi Company focused on producing this year, for example. The investment of 30 million yuan used up most of Huayi's cash, but Zhongqiu Film and Television can invest in and shoot 20 to 30 such films at the same time.
What is the concept?
The gap between Zhongqiu Film and Television and Huayi Company in terms of funding is dozens of times. The former has production and production capabilities, as well as the ability to create stars, which the latter cannot match.
For the entertainment industry, this is a huge cake and everyone wants to have a piece of it.
So as soon as Yang Xue landed and turned on her cell phone, she started receiving calls non-stop.
There are some celebrities and directors, known and unknown, as well as many brokerage companies and agents, and some film and television companies, all looking for cooperation.
In Li Bing's residence, the sisters were discussing the news.
"Sister, you and Zhou Xun are fighting so fiercely for the number one sister, you're almost at loggerheads, and the Great King doesn't have anything to say?"
"Even if I have a good relationship with him, he will never give up Zhou Xun. If I become the top sister, Zhou Xun will definitely leave."
"So what are your plans? I'm sure there are a lot of stars who want to join Zhongqiu Film and Television. Zhongqiu Film and Television has recently invested in several dramas in one go. Maybe the next project will be a movie investment."
"Xue, just say whatever you want to say."
"Zhou Xun and you, either she leaves or you leave."
"Going to Mid-Autumn Film and Television?"
"If you stay at Huayi, you will have to compete with Zhou Xun, and Fan Bing is chasing you hard. There are also so many big Hong Kong names like Liu Jialing in Wang Jinhua's hands. The company has so much money and so few resources. How can it compete with Zhongqiu Film and Television?
The funding scale of Zhongqiu Film and Television is dozens of times that of Huayi. If they invest in a few films, they will have the opportunity to produce a few first-line stars.
And most importantly, Zhongqiu Film and Television has connections in Hollywood. Wolverine has a film and television company in Hollywood, which Huayi cannot compare with.”
"Let me think about it. Zhongqiu Films has not yet entered the film industry, so there is no rush."
Li Bing's heart was also moved, but she couldn't make up her mind for the moment. Besides, she was signed with Huayi and her contract would not expire until next year, so she couldn't leave even if she wanted to.
Meanwhile, Zhou Xun and her agent were also thinking about the news.
But like Li Bing, Zhou Xun has also signed with Huayi, and his contract will expire next year, so he is just considering it now.
Like the two of them, Fan Bing is also considering whether to leave Huayi and join Zhongqiu Film and Television.
(End of this chapter)