Chapter 260 If you don't want to be my friend, then let's be my enemy

For this fighting match, CCTV once again chose to broadcast it live, having tasted success last time.

The commentator this time is Wang Guojun, the guest is Xia Song, and there is a two-person photography team, a total of four people. He Zhongqiu had just returned home, and the four of them also arrived.

When Xia Song met him, he said, "Zhongqiu, I bought two small events. The money was not much, a total of 600,000 yuan, and the contracts of more than 20 boxers were also included."

After he returned from Japan last time, he began to get in touch with several major fighting events.

Among them, Wulinfeng is a free-fighting event established by Henan Satellite TV in January this year.

With the support of satellite TV, there is a certain amount of advertising income and sponsorship income. Now the development is pretty good. He proposed to acquire the company, but the satellite TV did not agree.

Sanda Kung Fu King was created by the General Administration of Sports in 2000 and there is no way to acquire it.

What has been discussed so far are two small local competitions, one for Sanda and the other for free fighting.

There is no live TV broadcast, no advertising and sponsorship income, and the ticket revenue is very small. It is good if dozens or hundreds of tickets worth a few dollars can be sold per show. It has no influence and is a loss-making business.

"Can't we acquire influential events?" He Zhongqiu asked.

"No other way, I can only do it myself now."

Xia Song shook his head and said, "My plan is to talk to Yanjing Satellite TV to see if we can cooperate with the TV station. With your influence, there is still some hope.

Without live TV broadcasts, there would be no income for the event. Relying solely on ticket revenue, the boxers would not have a salary and could not even afford lunch.”

He Zhongqiu thought for a while and said, "You should first recruit a group of good boxers and coaches, and then negotiate with Yanjing Satellite TV. I will go home and support you when the time comes."

Xia Song said happily: "As long as you are willing to support the event, Yanjing Satellite TV should be willing to cooperate, or at least be willing to give it a try."

He Zhongqiu said: "Last time you said you needed 50 million RMB, it seems that this money is not available."

Xia Song said: "It's mainly because a few big events are valuable, while other small events are not valuable. It's difficult for them to maintain their operations."

He Zhongqiu said: "I will still give you this money, you can use it to develop our own events, hire more good trainers from abroad, including strength trainers, and some good training equipment.

I have found that the current strength training level in China is not up to par, and the equipment is not advanced enough, lagging far behind the outside world. "

"If you don't buy any more events, it won't cost that much. Ten million RMB will be enough. I will definitely organize a good event for you and won't let you lose money." Xia Song said.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Chenglong rushed over from Los Angeles.

Wu Jing also came with them. Wu Jing had time this time, but Zhang Jin and Wang Baoqiang were still filming on the set and had no time to come.

He Zhongqiu went to the airport to pick him up, but he didn't bring a driver, so Philip drove.

After getting in the car, He Zhongqiu asked, "Brother Cheng, when will The Myth be released?"

Chenglong said, "We plan to release it around the world at the same time this time. After all, Myth is a Chinese-language film, and its box office performance mainly depends on the mainland, so the mainland release date will be during the National Day holiday. The same applies to other regions, which will be in late September or early October."

"Is it a profit-sharing system or a buyout system in North America?" He Zhongqiu asked.

"I hope it will be a profit-sharing distribution. Don't we have you? With your current influence, you're a superhero. Wow! The North American box office of this movie depends on you." Chenglong said with a smile.

He Zhongqiu laughed and said, "Then my Iron Eagle King will be released first, and it will also be distributed worldwide during the summer vacation, in May or June, just in time for the playoffs."

Chenglong then said, "Mid-Autumn Festival, the premiere of Shinhwa in the United States, you?"

"Uncle Han and I have a good relationship. China Film Group is an investor, so I will definitely attend the premiere," said He Zhongqiu.

"That's good."

Chenglong breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, He Zhongqiu and Wu Jing said, "Brother Jing, you have filmed several movies in Hollywood, and with last year's all-star martial arts performance, you have accumulated a certain degree of fame.

I thought that after the release of King of Iron Eagle, if it is successful, the company would have to produce another movie, and it would not be possible for me to produce only one movie a year.

Brother Jing, how about I give you one next year?"

"I?"

Wu Jing was a little confused.

He Zhongqiu said: "The cost is low, controlled within 10 million US dollars, and the loss will not be much.

You, Zhang Jin and Wang Baoqiang come and act, and see what kind of script you can come up with."

"Will it work? I don't have much confidence. 1000 million US dollars, converted into RMB, is 8000 million." Wu Jing said worriedly.

He Zhongqiu said: "You can participate in the All-Star Martial Arts Show again in February to increase your popularity.

Then, King of Iron Eagle will be released in May or June. You both have quite a few roles, and with your popularity rising, I think it should not be a problem for you to make a low-budget movie.

There's nothing to worry about. You have to test the waters. Otherwise, you'll be playing supporting roles forever. It's not like you haven't played the leading role in China before.

We agreed to return to China. My company in China doesn’t have any movies of its own right now, so the funds in the account are useless. I don’t have time, so you must go back to shoot in the future.”

"Zhongqiu, how much money have you prepared in your domestic company?" Wu Jing asked curiously.

"More than 3 million US dollars," said He Zhongqiu.

"Are you planning to do something big?" Chenglong was also surprised.

"Of course. My goal is to become the first listed company in the domestic entertainment industry, and preferably the largest." He Zhongqiu laughed.

Chenglong smiled bitterly and said, "You make money so quickly that you don't feel bad at all when you spend it."

Wu Jing smiled and said, "Maybe another $200 million will be in hand tomorrow."

He Zhongqiu said: "I don't know, the last fight in Japan was my first fight, and everyone wanted to have a try, but I may not be sure about tomorrow night.

Otherwise, ESPN, the last TV broadcaster, would not have given up on the deal this time, and TNT might have lost money.”

Chenglong immediately shook his head and said, "It's impossible to lose money. The cost of TNT is 0.9 million US dollars, right?
300 million PPV sales will make the investment back. Last time, the sales were over million, so this time it must be higher, right?"

"It's hard to say. Tyson's previous record was stuck at 199 million. Those who can pay $100 to watch the fight are considered relatively middle class in the United States. Most people can't afford that much money." He Zhongqiu shook his head.

"Zhongqiu, you and Li Lianjie haven't been in touch for a while?" Chenglong suddenly asked.

He Zhongqiu glanced at Wu Jing and shook his head, "No."

Wu Jing said: "After filming Danny the Wolfdog last year, my senior brother and his family went to Singapore for a trip, and I didn't have much contact with him."

Chenglong suddenly said at this time: "Zhongqiu, there is something. Actually, Yinghuang doesn't want to have any conflicts with you now."

"Brother Cheng, are they looking for you again?" He Zhongqiu asked.

"Yes, I called several times and I couldn't turn it down."

Chenglong smiled bitterly and nodded, “Your superhero’s reputation is too big, and Ying Huang has suffered a great loss, so he doesn’t want to fight you anymore.

Moreover, male celebrities from Hong Kong can no longer be the leading actors when they go to the mainland to film dramas. Xie Tingfeng and Zhang Weijian were also scolded for causing trouble for Ying Huang. "

He Zhongqiu thought for a moment and said, "Brother Cheng, I think you really don't need to intervene in this matter. It makes me very embarrassed."

Hearing this, Chenglong's face twitched.

He Zhongqiu is determined to fight Ying Huang to the end, and would rather surrender than make peace.

If they don't make peace, Ying Huang will definitely run into He Zhongqiu's company in the mainland in the future. At that time, it will be a competition of financial strength, resources, connections, influence, and works.

Once the fight really starts, there will be no chance to slow down, and in the end one side will definitely fall before it ends.

In fact, in his opinion, although He Zhongqiu is making money quickly now, it is not a sure win.

The domestic film and television industry, even though Hong Kong has declined a bit, is still of a higher standard than the mainland. From screenwriters to directors, from photography to lighting, etc., these are all resources.

Ying Huang can concentrate the best resources in Hong Kong to create outstanding works to compete with He Zhongqiu's company.

But He Zhongqiu's company may not be able to do this. Just having money does not necessarily mean that good works can be produced. This is due to the difference in background. If a few big productions fail, He Zhongqiu will not be able to make money in the domestic entertainment industry, because if his works fail again and again, the outstanding talents in the industry will no longer want to work with him.

Of course, He Zhongqiu also has great advantages. He has greater financial resources than Ying Huang, and he also has Hollywood resources. If he makes good use of these, he can still defeat Ying Huang.

He shook his head and said, "I'm just delivering a message. If you don't want to make peace, forget it and just pretend I never said anything."

He Zhongqiu nodded and didn't talk about this topic anymore.

In his opinion, it doesn't make any sense whether to make peace with Ying Huang or not.

If there is no peace, he will not cooperate with Ying Huang and will try to snatch Ying Huang's projects.

Even if they make peace, he will still have to grab Ying Huang's projects in the future. If not, how will his company develop?

Since we can’t be friends anyway, let’s just be mortal enemies.

He knew that Chenglong was a partner. The two of them opened a Chenglong Yinghuang Film Company last year, and Myth was produced by this company.

If he and Ying Huang were to confront each other, Chenglong would definitely be affected. He didn't know what Chenglong would do, and he didn't care even if Chenglong continued to cooperate with Ying Huang.

After dinner, the group watched a movie and chatted together.

I watched Tom Cruise's new movie, which is a murder with a borrowed knife in which Wu Jing once played a role.

The film has been released, with a North American box office of $1.1 million and an overseas box office of $1.07 million, for a total box office of $2.17 million.

The box office was not bad, but it was not good for Tom Cruise, as his salary was too high and the investors of this movie were going to lose money.

He Zhongqiu had been to the filming site before. At that time, he was very interested in the borrowed knife gun battle scenes, and said:
"What do you think of making a special gunfight movie like this? This movie still lacks a little gunfight scenes, and it's not satisfying enough."

Wu Jing said: "Before we filmed, we were trained by British special forces instructors."

Chenglong said: "Shooting movies are not uncommon, there are too many of them."

"Isn't it strange?"

He Zhongqiu stared at the screen and said thoughtfully: "What about fighting movies? Gunfight plus fighting?"

"Gunfight plus fighting?" Chenglong was stunned.

Wu Jing asked: "Zhongqiu, how do you think we can combine it?"

He Zhongqiu racked his brains and said thoughtfully, "I played an arcade game before, which had a gunfighting technique. Wouldn't it be okay to combine gunfighting and fighting together?"

Chenglong said: "In Hong Kong movies, usually in this kind of gunfight scene, there are a few shots first, and then the bullets are quickly used up, and the guns are thrown away and the fighting begins.

Or the gun is knocked away, and then there is a fight. There are actually not many gun scenes, and it mainly focuses on fighting scenes. It is not a real gun battle movie.

Zhongqiu, do you mean that in a fight, you always use a gun as a weapon, including in close combat?"

"Correct."

He Zhongqiu nodded and said, "To make a movie that focuses on gunfighting, the fighting is just a supplement, and the gun is the main means of attack."

As he spoke, he picked up the fruit knife and started to play with it, doing all kinds of fancy moves, saying, "I'll change the knife into a gun. Do you think it's cool?"

Several people were stunned when they saw how he handled the knife.

After He Zhongqiu put down the knife, Wu Jing said, "Previous American Western cowboy films mainly focused on guns, but the competition was about who could shoot faster, and it was not combined with action scenes."

Chenglong nodded and said in surprise: "Zhongqiu, your idea is really good and novel. It is worth studying."

"If you think it's good, just write a script and start shooting." He Zhongqiu said with a smile.

Chenglong quickly shook his head and said, "No, no, no, you can shoot your own movie based on your own ideas. I never steal other people's ideas to shoot my own movies."

At this point, he picked up his phone, stood up and said, "You two can chat, I'll go out and answer the phone first."

Once outside, he made a phone call.

"Aaron?" The call was quickly connected.

"I told Wolverine about this." Chenglong said.

"What did he say?" he asked.

"It didn't work." Chenglong said.

"He's crazy. Does he really think I'm afraid of him?" He was extremely angry.

Chenglong said: "Let me tell you one thing first. He has recently allocated 3 billion yuan to domestic film and television companies."

"Three billion?"

Take a breath.

Three billion is equivalent to his entire fortune, and he definitely cannot come up with 300 million Hong Kong dollars in cash unless he borrows.

What does this mean? It means that he does not have the financial resources to compete with He Zhongqiu, and can only rely on the resources and connections accumulated over the years.

However, his resources and connections are mainly in Hong Kong. When fighting with He Zhongqiu, the battlefield is naturally in the mainland, and he is at a disadvantage in terms of resources and connections.

Chenglong said: "Now we are all developing inland, which is not good. He makes money too fast."

Somewhat angrily, he said, "Now he is the one who wants to fight me, not me fighting him."

Chenglong said, "Tomorrow night there will be another fighting match, the appearance fee is $100 million, you must know that, after the fight, maybe another $200 million will be earned.

He doesn't care about money, because he makes money too quickly, really too quickly. It's not worth it to fight with him.

Moreover, he is from the mainland, a member of the National Association of Chinese Culture and Sports, and a national figure in culture and sports. His influence is unmatched by you. You cannot beat him in the mainland. "

I'm kind of going crazy. Chenglong, are you deaf? I've already told you that he wants to fight me, why are you still saying this?
"Aaron, what do you want to say?" he asked after he calmed down.

Chenglong added: "Let me remind you that after tomorrow night, he might invest another 100 million or 200 million US dollars in mainland film and television companies.

With so much money invested, it is impossible for all the projects he invested in to lose money, right? It would be difficult for his company not to develop.

Once his company controls resources in the mainland entertainment industry, coupled with his personal influence, Ying Huang’s development in the mainland…”

The veins on my head jumped. Is this Chenglong threatening me on behalf of He Zhongqiu? Does He Zhongqiu want to acquire Yinghuang?
"One against three, Aaron, do you think he has a chance to win?" he asked.

Chenglong said: "One against three, I think this rule itself is the greatest recognition of his strength.

Those three guys in WWE are not just any random people, they are all the world's top masters. Even if they lose, it is still an honorable defeat.

I mean, even if he loses, it won’t affect his value and global influence.”

"Aaron, do you want me to give up Ying Huang?" he asked tentatively.

Chenglong was startled and said quickly, "No, I'm just telling you the current situation. After all, we've known each other for so many years. You have your own ideas about what to do. Well, I have something else to do, so I'll hang up now."

He hung up the phone immediately after he finished speaking.

This matter has nothing to do with him at all. He has been able to talk so much and tell him some of He Zhongqiu's situation. He is already a good friend.

He and Ying Huang started a company together, and they will definitely continue to cooperate in the future, but that doesn't mean he is bound to Ying Huang.

Neither his current status in the entertainment industry nor He Zhongqiu would offend him, and he would not offend the other for the sake of one.

Neither side will help each other. Those who should cooperate still have to cooperate. If you cooperate today, you can also cooperate with He Zhongqiu tomorrow.

"If you don't want to be my friend, then let's be my enemies."

Xiang Jiang was furious. In the past few decades, no one had ever rejected his kindness. This mainlander was the first one. A cold look appeared in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)