The world begins with Hong Kong movies

Chapter 439 I'm so angry I have a heart attack! (Seeking monthly votes)
There is only one Bruce Lee in the world!

His style of beating up Westerners in movies like he's beating his grandson is definitely not something Westerners like.

It's fine to watch something new and interesting at first, but it definitely won't work in the long run!

This style is very popular in the Third World and in countries and regions that have been bullied by Europe and America.

Ironically, the audience recognized Bruce Lee's true abilities!
Even if a martial arts master didn't work in the film industry, he could still become a world-class fighting champion in the fighting world!
In this day and age, it would be extremely difficult to produce another world-class superstar like Bruce Lee.

The key issue is that the media forces in Europe and America will definitely not cooperate actively!
Regarding Bruce Lee's movies, something happened that almost triggered the heart of Golden Harvest boss Zou, causing him to be so angry that he had to be hospitalized to recuperate.

Hong Kong has a great arcade game scene, and Bruce Lee movies have a world-class reputation. The storylines are also very suitable for adaptation into arcade games.

Thus, under the leadership of Golden Harvest, the Hollywood stakeholders involved in "Enter the Dragon" and "Game of Death" negotiated extensively and ultimately secured the video game adaptation rights to these two films.

Then, the arcade game of the same name, "Game of Death," was developed first.

As expected, the arcade version of "Game of Death" became an instant hit upon its release.

After all, the movie's reputation speaks for itself!

Moreover, it is a true level-based fighting game, and each level only has one expert in charge, which is actually similar to a fighting game.

A game that combines elements of level progression and fighting, coupled with the movie's immense popularity, is naturally very popular.

In short, sales in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia are quite good.

Unfortunately, Mr. Zou, the boss of Golden Harvest, underestimated the shamelessness of Hollywood's foreigners and their extreme greed for money.

The arcade game "Game of Death" is a huge hit in Asia, which naturally makes Hollywood producers, who own part of the copyright, quite envious.

They immediately began distributing the arcade version of "Game of Death" throughout Europe and America.

With the power and influence of Hollywood giants, achieving this would not be difficult.

As a result, the arcade game "Game of Death" also became a huge hit in Europe and America.

In terms of sales alone, it easily crushes the data in Asia!
As mentioned earlier, arcade machines in Europe and America can cost as much as $40,000 each. Selling tens of thousands of them would generate revenue exceeding ten figures!

Even if the price of the entire arcade machine drops, the sales revenue is still a terrifying figure in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Not only do the United States and Canada belong to the Americas market, but Mexico, with its considerable economic strength, also falls within the Americas category.

In South America and Central and North America, life is pretty good right now, and young people have a lot of spending power.

At least when it comes to arcade games, they are willing to spend money.

Then, the Hollywood companies that owned some of the film rights started playing dirty tricks.

They not only wanted to monopolize the arcade revenue from Europe and America, but also demanded that Golden Harvest share a portion of the revenue from Asia according to the contract.

This really infuriated Boss Zou!

He had heard that the arcade game of the same name as "Game of Death" was selling like hotcakes in Europe and America, with astonishing profits.

He was in a great mood and felt that Jiahe was also going to soar to new heights!
At the same time, it also makes sense why Lin Dashao, who was supported by Wu Feng, was able to become a new tycoon in Hong Kong in such a short time.

The profits in the European and American arcade market are simply too lucrative. If Golden Harvest could ride the wave of success of "Game of Death" and have its other arcade games enter the European and American markets, the money it would earn would be astonishing.

Unfortunately, his dream was shattered after only a few days by the shameless behavior of Hollywood companies.

If it were a Hong Kong tycoon who was being unreasonable, Mr. Zou might have to bite the bullet and fight back.

His rise to become a Hong Kong film mogul was no fluke.

Unfortunately, when facing Hollywood bigwigs, Mr. Zou couldn't muster much resistance and quickly backed down.

According to his explanation, Golden Harvest will also need to develop the American market in the future, and naturally it will need the help of that rogue Hollywood company.

Unfortunately, his explanation was based on a hospital setting, which made it less convincing.

His condition, which required hospitalization, had already been thoroughly investigated by the resourceful paparazzi: it was due to a heart attack!

In short, Mr. Zou has really lost face this time.

It is said that although Golden Harvest firmly rejected the shameless demands of that Hollywood company, it did not receive a single penny of the revenue from the arcade game "Game of Death" in the European and American markets.

To be honest, Golden Harvest could make a fortune just from sales profits in the Asian market alone.

But some things can't be understood that way!

They could have earned hundreds of millions of dollars, but instead they only earned the same amount of Hong Kong dollars. You can imagine how disappointed they must have been.

What followed was something even more upsetting for Mr. Zou of Jiahe.

That shameless Hollywood company, seeing how profitable the arcade game of the same name as "Game of Death" was, immediately started making an arcade game of the same name as "Enter the Dragon," showing absolutely no respect for Golden Harvest.

What's most infuriating is that after investigating the cost-effectiveness, this Hollywood company handed over the development of the arcade game of the same name, "Enter the Dragon," as well as the production of the entire machine, to Wu Feng's company.

Originally, the arcade game of the same name, "Death Game," was also developed by Wu Feng's game development company and mass-produced by the factory group in Pengcheng.

Now, we can simply avoid bothering two different people for the same thing.

Wu Feng and his companies naturally wouldn't push business away.

American companies are quite generous when there are plenty of profits to be made, and their subsidiaries have experienced this firsthand.

The arcade machines of the same name as "Game of Death" were sold by Hollywood companies in dollars, with each machine costing around three thousand dollars.

In other words, Wu Feng's company earned significantly more than Golden Harvest in the research and development and production of this arcade game.

This is probably what Mr. Zou of Jiahe is most unhappy about!
Despite his displeasure, he had no choice but to accept it in the end.

When the arcade game of the same name as "Enter the Dragon" was released, Golden Harvest still managed to secure the sales rights for the Asian market, but unfortunately, the profits were halved.

The arcade game of the same name as "Game of Death" has already satisfied arcade game fans, so "Enter the Dragon" of the same nature is naturally not as attractive, but it is still a goldmine.

Golden Harvest made a fortune from this, and naturally had plenty of funds to invest in other action and kung fu movies.

Seeing how popular action films were, Cinema City also started investing in this field. After all, what Hong Kong Island had in abundance at that time was skilled fighters!
(End of this chapter)