"The Journey of a Warrior" is a great deal in Hollywood, but in Hong Kong it's a different story: nothing!

Why is this so?

Things have to go back and say that Golden Harvest Company preemptively released "Game of Death" because of its weak heart, and did not hesitate to withdraw from the promotional activities of buying movie tickets and drawing TV sets, and swept up the revenue of 21 million Hong Kong dollars in three days.

But when the whole of Southeast Asia was released simultaneously, audiences found out that they had been fooled, and like the citizens of Los Angeles, they immediately asked for a refund after watching the film. [No pop-up novel network]

The filmmakers in six places in Southeast Asia who caused the film also shouted that they were fooled, and scolded Golden Harvest for being harmful, because they spent 1.5 million Hong Kong dollars to buy the overseas broadcast rights of this film, and at the same time cooperated with Golden Harvest to hold promotional activities, and invested at least 2 million with interest, but not only did they not make any money, but they were even strongly asked by the audience to refund the tickets.

This kind of thing is unique in the eyes of film companies, even when they imitated Bruce Lee a few months ago and became crazy, they can still take back the bad movies they introduced, but a film made by Hong Kong and Hollywood together makes them lose money! This made the filmmakers unacceptable, so they rushed to Golden Harvest to evaluate and ask for a return!

The ripple effect of this is that fans in Southeast Asia no longer believe that anyone owns Bruce Lee's legacy, not even Concord, because they are really completely disappointed with Hong Kong movies this time!

Wang Xiaohu's good momentum of using promotions to return Hong Kong films has only lasted less than a month, and Golden Harvest Company has also used the same method to hit this good momentum into a trough, which is a complete trough, and almost all Hong Kong citizens have lost the slightest confidence in local films!

Sammo Hung immediately held an overnight meeting with Qi Xiaofu and Yuan's father and son after discovering such an emergency, thinking that the consequences of this incident were extremely serious, and now the release of "Warrior" has become an imminent thing, but no one is willing to go into the theater to watch it, how can this be good? After the negotiation, Sammo Hung called Wang Xiaohu for help.

At this time, the box office of "Warrior" in North America has risen steadily, and after thinking for half an hour, Wang Xiaohu directly threw out a sentence that not only shocked Sammo Hung and others, but also amazed everyone in the Hong Kong film circle: free release!

One stone startled a thousand waves, and as Wang Xiaohu's ally Run Run Shaw immediately called after hearing the news: "Stinky boy, what kind of gimmick are you doing!" ”

"It's nothing, someone has to bear the consequences caused by Jiahe!" Wang Xiaohu said lightly.

"Even if you have money and no place to spend it, you can't waste it like this, not to mention that Zou Wenhuai should pay for the evil consequences of Jiahe, what kind of scallion are you pretending?"

"Sixth uncle, you should be my hot-headed pretending to be the big head!" Wang Xiaohu still maintained a very steady tone and said: "If no one pays, the confidence that Hong Kong films have just gathered will be ruined, and the far-reaching impact on the development of Hong Kong films cannot be estimated, and more importantly, this is Brother Xiaolong's posthumous work, I don't want his fans to think that this is a bad movie, absolutely not allowed!" ”

Wang Xiaohu's tone is unquestionable, Run Run Shaw admired and sighed after hearing it, with Wang Xiaohu's respect for Bruce Lee, and even more admired Wang Xiaohu for daring to use a world-class film as a bargaining chip to save Hong Kong movies! sighs that if this matter is calmed down before arranging the release of "Warrior", it will definitely drive another Bruce Lee craze. This stinky boy always does things that others can't predict.

Uncle Six sighed and dialed the phone number of his theater line: ""Warrior" is all released for free! The release time is synchronized with Concorde, and we'll talk about the loss later! ”

Although the sixth uncle felt stupid to do this, he was very moved by Wang Xiaohu's courage on the phone, this stinky boy is a person who does big things, not sticking to the gains and losses of one city and one place, but focusing on the future, since he wants to go crazy, I will accompany him crazy!

Concord is crazy, and so is Shaw!

The owners of small and medium-sized theaters were dumbfounded when they heard the news!

What kind of "crazy" is this? Many years later, many Hong Kong citizens would still talk about it after dinner.

In 1973, there were four hot events: one was the untimely death of Bruce Lee, the second was the Hong Kong stock market disaster, the third was to buy a movie ticket to win the TV, and the fourth was the free release of "The Journey of a Warrior" by Concord and Shaw Brothers.

In addition to the stock market crash, the other three things are directly related to Wang Xiaohu, and later they learned that not only in Hong Kong, but even in Hollywood on the other side of the ocean, Wang Xiaohu will set off heated discussions in the local news media every time he appears. Throughout Wang Xiaohu's life, he is a legend in his own right, and he is a figure that the public talks about for a long time.

Hong Kong films collapsed quickly and recovered quickly.

It is precisely because of Wang Xiaohu's astonishing move that the Hong Kong film on the verge of collapse was finally rescued, when the 70 theaters under Concord and Shaw Brothers simultaneously released "Warrior" for free, six places in Southeast Asia are also carrying out such crazy behavior, the difference is that Wang Xiaohu and Run Run Shaw not only send copies for free, but also bear the losses caused by free screenings.

But this situation did not last long, when "Warrior" went against the current and opened his broad mind for free in front of the audience in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, the audience was shocked, because this is not a bad movie, this is not a dog's tail continuation mink's work, this is a real Bruce Lee's posthumous work, unceremoniously speaking, in terms of martial arts design, this "Warrior" surpassed Bruce Lee's previous four works, the audience was very happy to watch, and the filmmakers' hanging hearts finally returned to their hearts, because they knew, If the film were charged, the box office record would definitely surpass a new high.

The filmmakers were embarrassed, they finally saw Wang Xiaohu's sincerity, initiated by Wang Jiaxing, and after the other five major studios unanimously passed, they decided not to accept the compensation proposed by Concord and Shaw Brothers. All this stems from their admiration for Wang Xiaohu and their admiration for this young man's unremitting efforts to maintain Bruce Lee's image and Hong Kong films.

If you want to make money, you have to have a market, and if the market collapses, who will give you money? This is a relationship between the interests of glory and loss, Wang Xiaohu can be so bold, these filmmakers are moved by him and are embarrassed, if they don't take some practical action, how can they be embarrassed to go to Concord to buy films in the future!

In a very private villa in Los Angeles, Abdul-Jabbar was talking to a doctor: "Dr. Longeford, can I go in now?" ”

Longelford nodded and smiled: "His operation was successful, thanks to his cooperation, I believe that in less than a month, he will be able to act like a normal person." ”

"Then can he still practice?" Abdul-Jabbar asked, with some concern.

"He's had a similar experience and I think he's going to do it again." Dr. Longelford said: "Now you can go in and talk to him, but not for too long, because he is still very weak." ”

"Thank you." After Abdul-Jabbar finished speaking, he walked into the ward with a heavy heart, looking at the former strong man on the hospital bed, his mood was extremely complicated, just walked to the hospital bed, the person on the bed opened his eyes, and asked in a weak voice, "Is he gone?" ”

Abdul-Jabbar squeezed out a smile: "He's gone, taking Brandon with him." ”

"That's good. In fact, I still want to give it to him secretly, but I'm afraid that he won't be able to accept it if he recognizes me. The man in the hospital bed raised his hand and pointed to the mask on the bedside table not far away, which was a very delicate, thin mask that looked like a real face, a mask of an ordinary white man.

"The box office of "Warriors" in North America has exceeded 70 million, and Warner has also compensated for the arrears of "Enter the Dragon", Tiger has done a good job, you don't have to worry about it anymore, you should take good care of your body."

The man on the hospital bed smiled and said: "Xiaohu has sacrificed too much for me, now is also the time for me to do something for him, give me three years, I will get back what I lost." Speaking of this, he paused and continued: "Abdul-Jabbar, you don't have to worry, I won't repeat the previous route, in fact, Xiaohu has told me a lot of things, and I am waiting to achieve it." ”

"I hope so." Abdul-Jabbar turned his head and sighed, his eyes feeling wet, and after a long time, he said, "Your "Warrior" is released for free in Hong Kong and other places, and this is Tiger's decision. ”

"It's our "Warrior", Xiaohu's decision is also my decision, in fact, he has made a lot of money in Hollywood, and the box office in Hong Kong is no longer in his eyes, hey, if it weren't for his illness that can't be delayed, I really hope to continue to laugh with him in the film industry."

When Wang Xiaohu, Zhao Yazhi, Li Guohao, and Wu Yusen arrived in Hong Kong, they caused a huge sensation, and all the Hong Kong media reporters were dispatched to guard the Kai Tak Airport.

"Mr. Wang Xiaohu, may I ask what is your ultimate purpose in broadcasting "Warrior" for free this time?"

"Mr. Wang Xiaohu, what do you think about Golden Harvest Company's plagiarism of your company's film?"

"I heard that Golden Harvest's "Game of Death" co-produced by Warner Company suffered Waterloo in Hollywood, and you yourself were besieged by black people in Los Angeles, what is the truth of the matter?"

"Will you appeal against Golden Harvest?"

"Excuse me"

The continuous sound of questions came into his ears, and Wang Xiaohu's pace of progress was directly stopped, and he looked at the reporters who were eagerly awaiting, which were eyes eager for gossip and revelations

(To be continued)