Hong Kong Entertainment: Kung Fu Superstar 1981

Chapter 136 New Agreement and New Film
After the back-up game ignited the atmosphere at the scene, the subsequent championship games began to be staged one after another.

However, Zhang Yang's mind at the moment was not at all on the competition scene. Instead, he said to Mr. Qiu next to him: "This time the program of "Fighting Peak" can be regarded as fulfilling the expectations in advance. Regarding the subsequent broadcast of the competition, I I have an idea, Mr. Qiu, would you be interested in hearing it?"

The two variety shows produced by Zhang Yang have been very successful one after another. Mr. Qiu is naturally very interested in the proposal proposed by Zhang Yang. After all, if Zhang Yang can come up with any new proposals, maybe their ATV ratings will rise again. .

But Mr. Qiu is destined to be disappointed.

Zhang Yang did not want to create a new program, but said softly: "Mr. Qiu, I think our current event broadcast agreement can be changed to a new plan. I believe that this new plan will be a better solution for both me and ATV." Good proposal.”

"If you have any new suggestions, Mr. Zhang, just tell me."

Seeing Mr. Qiu's straightforward agreement, Zhang Yang did not hide it, but said: "I plan to broadcast the league's ranking matches on ATV every Tuesday and every Friday evening to supplement the championship matches at the end of each month. In this way, during the non-prime time period, your ATV ratings can be guaranteed, and the league can also present more games to everyone."

After a pause, Zhang Yang continued: "As for the broadcasting fees, after the game has been shown for a long time, it will be a bit outdated to use the current single-game broadcasting authorization. I think we can make a sharing plan based on the average viewership ratio, Mr. Qiu , what do you think of this proposal?"

Mr. Qiu touched his chin, nodded slightly and said, "It's a good suggestion, but what is the share ratio?"

"For every ten-point increase in the average ratings, the broadcast fee will increase by 20, and the same applies to the championship battle. I believe Mr. Qiu should be able to accept this ratio, right?"

Every 10% of the ratings increases the broadcast fee by 20?
Upon hearing the figures proposed by Zhang Yang, Mr. Qiu hurriedly made a calculation in his mind.

Judging from the average ratings of 31% for the current championship battle, the broadcast fee for each episode is about 60.

Compared with their original licensing fee of 100 million per game, this price is really much cheaper.

As for the broadcast ranking battle, even if the ratings decline, based on an average ratings of 27%, the cost of each program should be around 54.

There are two ranking battles every week, which means at least eight ranking battles and one championship battle a month. These broadcast fees add up...

494? !

I don't know, I was taken aback.

If Zhang Yang's new proposal is followed, ATV will spend nearly 500 million each month on league broadcast costs alone.

Mr. Qiu had a hesitant look on his face, but just as he was struggling in his heart, Zhang Yang spoke softly.

"Mr. Qiu, you may think that my quotation is a bit high, but if you think about it carefully, according to the cost of the Hong Kong drama series, the quotation I gave you is not high. And once the series is finished, if you want to attract viewers, It’s about to start over, but the audience attracted by the league will always stay on ATV and in the league. These loyal viewers will not leave when the series is over, right?”

What Zhang Yang said is both correct and incorrect.

First of all, the upper limit of the fighting league is destined to be lower than that of film and television dramas. Secondly, even after the series is finished, there can still be sequels to attract those old viewers. Of course, Zhang Yang will not say these words. It is only right to get the broadcasting fees first. thing.

After hearing what Zhang Yang said, Mr. Qiu was obviously moved.

He didn't nod immediately, but he said half-heartedly: "That's right, that's right. Let me go back and discuss it with the management. I will give you an answer as soon as I get the result."

"Okay, then I will wait for your good news, Mr. Qiu." Zhang Yang was not in a hurry to press forward. Anyway, in his opinion, the probability of Mr. Qiu rejecting him was not high.

After all, there is no league program, and he always has to find programs to fill in non-prime time. If there is a popular league, will he abandon it in order to save some money?The answer is obvious.

After all, his surname is Qiu, not Shao.

He can figure out which is more important.

After settling the broadcasting matter, Zhang Yang can finally put the league aside for the time being.

Nearly 500 million in monthly broadcast revenue, ticket revenue, sponsorship revenue, plus regular boxing gym class revenue.

These prices are completely enough to maintain the various expenses of the boxing gym and maintain a million-level surplus every month, entering a virtuous cycle.

If you want the league to further develop, then there are only two ways for Zhang Yang. One is to wait for the completion of the largest fighting gym in Hong Kong to expand the scale of ticket revenue, and the other is to let mixed martial arts go out of Hong Kong Island. Become famous overseas.

Both of these still require a lot of time to operate. Before that, Zhang Yang could finally liberate his focus from the league and shift his focus to Yingyang Pictures.

……

After the championship game at the end of February, Zhang Yang immediately returned to Yingyang Pictures and began to conceive the script of the new film.

There is still nearly a year left until the Spring Festival of 84. According to Zhang Yang's plan, when the Spring Festival of 84 ends, it will be almost time for him to leave Jiahe. Before leaving Jiahe, it is necessary for Zhang Yang to make a few more films. Profitable films will come out, and Ying Yang will do a good job in talent reserve.

In this way, even if he switches to Debao after leaving Jiahe and has a lot of money in his pocket, he can still have more say in front of Pan Disheng, and no longer has to be restricted in everything like he is under Jiahe now.

The tip of the pen flew across the paper. As all the pictures and plots in his mind were recorded, Zhang Yang finally looked up at the title of the script. The content of the title was exactly the first film that Ying Yang had to shoot since 83. a movie.

"fuse"

As the famous work of Donnie Yen in later generations, this film is the only one in which Zhang Yang felt that he did not need to make any changes in the action design. In terms of the use and arrangement of mixed martial arts, looking at the several duel scenes in the film, it can almost be seen that It is said to be flawless, and the style and characteristics of mixed martial arts are vividly displayed.

The only regret is that the plot of The Fuse is weak. Although many classic lines are left behind, the plot is a bit thin after all.

But Zhang Yang has no plans to change this.

Firstly, he is not sure whether he can change the plot better. After all, "The Fuse" is not like Black Fist. It is because the overall atmosphere is too depressing that it leads to poor box office. Secondly, if the plot is changed, it will inevitably It will involve deleting or adding fighting scenes.

Although Zhang Yang is confident that even if the fight scenes are redesigned, the effect will be no less than that of the original film, but whenever he recalls the shock he felt when he first watched "The Fuse", Zhang Yang always feels that these classic scenes should be replaced with the original ones. Just keep it authentic on the screen.

The next day, early in the morning.

With the written script in hand, Zhang Yang went straight to Jiahe without stopping.

(End of this chapter)