The world begins with Hong Kong movies

Chapter 127: Fame! (Subscribe)
"Wow, developing arcade games is so profitable?"

In the general manager's office of Cinema City, Mai Jia touched his big bald head and looked at the "Mong Kok News" in front of him and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"So, Takeshi made tens of millions of dollars from the 'A Better Tomorrow' arcade game?"

Shi Tian, ​​also holding a copy of the Mong Kok News, echoed, "I really didn't expect that!"

"If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have given away the adaptation rights for 'A Better Tomorrow' so cheaply!"

Mai Jia's eyes were filled with greed as he sighed, "Now I can only watch helplessly. I feel really unhappy!"

"Come on, if it's not Wusheng, can a 'A Better Tomorrow' game be developed?"

Shi Tian shook the newspaper in his hand unhappily and sneered, "It's clearly stated in the newspaper that Wusheng invested one million in research and development without any profit at all!"

“At that time, no one knew how much R&D funding would be needed!”

"Even if the game is actually developed, whether it will become popular is another matter. There are considerable risks involved!"

"If you fail, you'll lose millions. Do you have the courage to bet?"

Mai Jia was silent, then nodded and said, "If it were me, I definitely wouldn't invest any money!"

"I'm not familiar with the ins and outs of arcade games. Who knows if the money I invested will be wasted?"

"What a shame! The rights to the sequel to 'A Better Tomorrow' have already been taken away by Takeo!"

"Then can we learn from Takeshi and adapt the rest of the movies in the library into arcade games?"

"That's a good idea, but choosing which movie to choose is worth considering!"

At this point, Mai Jia and Shi Tian were both a little embarrassed. They just realized that there were very few action and gun battle films in Cinema City's film library.

Obviously, comedy films don't lend themselves well to being adapted into arcade games!
"It seems that if Baige Wu makes another war movie in the future, we have to support him!"

Mai Jia suddenly said, "By the way, has the second season of 'A Better Tomorrow' started filming?"

“Filming has already started!”

Shi Tian chuckled and said, "Speaking of this, I remember it. In order to satisfy Wusheng, Baige Wu and the others revised the script several times. I heard that they were quite unhappy in private!"

"Oh, you just made a comeback with 'A Better Tomorrow' and you think you're a big director?"

Mai Jia sneered, "If Wusheng was an outsider, it would be fine. He knows the film market better than Baige Wu. Not to mention that the script also needs to be coordinated with the development of the next arcade game. Where does he get such a bad temper?"

"Forget it, as long as he can continue to make profitable movies, let him do whatever he wants!"

Shi Tian waved his hand and said, "Today's newspaper really irritated me. I need to go outside and walk around to calm down!"

In fact, they didn't know that Boss Lei was also reading the report of "Mong Kok News". He even forgot to smoke the cigar in his hand, and his face looked quite interesting.

But then he couldn't help but smile, as if he was enjoying the show, and muttered to himself, "Zou Wenhuai has suffered a great loss this time. I wonder how he feels right now?"

Zou Wenhuai was naturally in a very bad mood, but he was not too upset.

After all, the initial period of depression had passed. Although the content in the newspaper was mentioned again, he was unhappy but not too angry.

Instead, he pored over the contents of the newspaper, hoping to learn something from it.

In fact, he did gain a lot!
The Mong Kok News reported the matter in great detail, starting with how Wu Feng was optimistic about the adaptation rights to a certain movie, and then moving on to the matter of going to the film company to purchase the game adaptation rights.

After seeing this, my originally unhappy mood suddenly became a little more balanced.

It turns out that Cinema City, in order to sell the film to Europe and the United States, gave the game adaptation rights of the "A Better Tomorrow" film series directly to Wu Feng.

One can only say that Wu Feng does have some abilities, otherwise how could it be possible that two movie giants, Cinema City and Golden Harvest, were fleeced by him and had to accept the consequences?

I heard that many of Cinema City's films have been sold to Europe and the United States through established channels.

They are really lucky. In the past, their largest market was Taiwan, and they were completely dominated by it.

The situation is much better now. By selling films and creating public opinion in Europe and the United States, the film market in Southeast Asia has been boosted and gradually opened up by Cinema City.

No wonder, the situation of New Art City, which was originally shaky and almost falling apart, has improved significantly recently.

As long as a film company can still make money, it can survive no matter how bad the internal situation is.

On the other hand, at Golden Harvest, Cheng Shilong’s film promotion plan is not going very smoothly!

Of course, what Zou Wenhuai meant by "unsuccessful" was that Cheng Shilon's films had never been able to break into the mainstream European and American markets, which had always been a concern for him.

He did not quite agree with Wu Feng's previous meddling, nor was he quite convinced.

He doesn't care about the dividends of the times or the world situation.

He has confidence in himself and Cheng Shilong, and he is determined to cultivate the second international kung fu superstar, no matter what the cost.

Of course, during this process, He Guanchang turned a blind eye to the fact that he sold the copyrights of Cheng Shilong's previous film videotapes according to Wu Feng's instructions.

He really didn't expect that the copyright fee for videotapes in Europe and the United States had risen to 500,000 US dollars per unit. He was shocked when he heard about it.

In other words, just from the copyright fees of selling European and American videotapes, one of Cheng Shilong's movies can sell for one million dollars, which is not a small amount for Golden Harvest.

Unfortunately, there is still a huge gap between this and the ideal state in his mind.

The comprehensive coverage of the huge profits from developing arcade games by the Mong Kok News not only made Mr. Lei of Golden Princess and Mr. Zou of Golden Harvest extremely depressed, but also attracted the attention of many wealthy people.

"Is developing arcade games really that profitable?" Even Li Bancheng, who was in the midst of a public opinion storm, couldn't help but ask his secretary after seeing the report in Mong Kok News.

For a wealthy man like him, he is interested in any business that can make huge profits.

Looking at what's in the newspaper, Wu Feng, the boss of Fengrui Film and Television, earned over 100 million yuan in profits in just less than a year by developing two popular arcade games.

What is this concept?
Many so-called listed companies don’t even make that much profit in a year!

How would the secretary know the ins and outs of this?

Fortunately, Li Bancheng has a lot of face, and his secretary also has a lot of face.

It is quite convenient and easy to collect public information about a company in Hong Kong Island.

It didn't take long for the secretary to report, "Chairman, everything the newspaper says is basically true. 'Mong Kok News' is actually the newspaper owned by Wu Feng, the owner of Fengrui Film and Television!"

"Oh, what does he mean by that?"

Li Bancheng became interested. "They deliberately let their own newspaper thoroughly expose the huge profits from developing arcade games. There must be some purpose!"

"That's not clear!"

The secretary replied awkwardly, "How about I find out right away?"

"No need!"

Li Bancheng affirmed, "I believe it won't be long before he reveals his purpose!"

"Then, Chairman, should we get involved in developing arcade games?"

The secretary asked cautiously, "The rate of return is too exaggerated. It's simply a cash cow!"

"Don't worry for now, let's first understand the current situation of the arcade game industry!"

Li Bancheng waved his hand and said, "As long as I want, I can enter the venue anytime!"

Those who share the same idea as Li Bancheng are basically the wealthy group in Hong Kong Island.

Although they were surprised by the huge profits from developing arcade games, they had no intention of rushing into it.

On the one hand, they wanted to find out the specific situation of the arcade game industry, and on the other hand, they wanted to see Wu Feng's specific purpose. They were all quite confident in their financial resources.

As long as they think the arcade market is really good, they will definitely be the leader once they join, and they will take the biggest piece of cake. They are so domineering.

If you really compare them, arcade game development still has certain risks after all, and there is still a big gap compared to the stable income from real estate development and rental.

As for the majority of ordinary readers, besides being amazed, they are also filled with envy and jealousy.

At the same time, I also know Wu Feng, the protagonist in the newspaper, and have a deep impression of him.

The people who were most surprised were the residents of Shanghai Street.

They didn't expect that Wu Feng, who looked inconspicuous, was so obsessed with making money.

"Wow, arcade game development is so profitable, doesn't that mean Brother Feng has become a billionaire?"

"Brother Feng must be a billionaire already. Didn't you see it in the newspaper? The 'A Better Tomorrow' arcade machines and the recently popular 'Police Story' arcade machines have made Brother Feng filthy rich!"

"What's wrong with Brother Feng's brain? He actually came up with the idea of ​​developing an arcade game and even dared to invest so much money in it!"

"So Brother Feng is the boss, and we are still the lowly mules at the bottom. There is no comparison!"

"Hey, from now on, whatever Brother Feng says is what I will do. I must cling to Brother Feng's thigh tightly!"

"..."

Even Wu Feng had not expected that a report in "Mong Kok News" would actually boost the sales of the "Police Story" arcade machine. It was simply outrageous.

His original intention was to leave a deep impression on Hong Kong readers.

After opening his own game development company, he took the initiative to collect creative ideas and thoughts from all over Hong Kong.

Only if he lays the groundwork in advance, when he starts advertising, the people of Hong Kong will not regard him as someone with mental problems.

There is no way. In fact, there is no technological soil in Hong Kong Island. Many things cannot be done as you wish. We still need to lay the groundwork first.

"Fengzi, you're amazing! You've become a billionaire without making any noise!"

Soon it was the end of the month, and it was time to go to the Hung Hing Headquarters to pay the bills.

Liang Kun, who had arrived earlier, couldn't help but jokingly said when he saw Wu Feng appear, "Do I have to call you Boss Wu from now on? Tsk tsk, this is unbelievable!"

"Call it whatever you want!"

Wu Feng pulled up a chair and sat down, smiling and saying, "I have big plans coming up, and I guess this little money isn't enough. Brother Kun, would you mind lending me some? Just one hundred million would be fine!"

"You idiot, you just ask for 100 million, you think I run a bank?"

Liang Kun rolled his eyes and waved his hands, saying, "Forget it, forget it. I'm too lazy to talk to you about this!"

Not long after, Jiang Tiansheng arrived. When he saw Wu Feng, he couldn't help but teasing him, "Ah Feng, you're so tight!"

(End of this chapter)