Chapter 100: I

What inspiration could there be?

Wasn't it just the linkage between novels and comics? For Cheng Shilong's movies, the promotional effect was no longer significant, and they didn't think about making money from the publication of novels and comics.

How much was that?

Peanuts, Golden Harvest didn't care at all!

"I won't talk nonsense anymore!"

Wu Feng changed the subject and said directly: "Don't you want me to help you come up with ideas so that Brother Cheng's movies can successfully break into the European and American markets?"

"The conditions are very simple; I want the game adaptation rights for the *Project A* series and the *Police Story* series!"

"Impossible!"

Zou Wenhuai flatly rejected: "The game market is so hot, wouldn't it be better for us to do it ourselves?"

"Then has Golden Harvest reached a cooperation with VTech?"

Wu Feng smiled lightly and waved his hand: "No need to explain anything; I know Golden Harvest must have already contacted VTech!"

"But there is no relevant information spreading, let me guess!"

Speaking of this, he smiled and said: "It should be that Golden Harvest is reluctant to make a large initial investment, right?"

"So what?"

Zou Wenhuai said unhappily: "As long as the copyright is in hand, it can be developed into a game at any time!"

"Tsk, why else would people say, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand the specific situation!"

Wu Feng countered tit-for-tat: "It's very easy to expose the essence of a layman!"

Without waiting for Zou Wenhuai to react, he continued: "Popular movies adapted into games need to ride the heat!"

"At present, the heat of *Police Story* is still there, and this is the time when developing a game is most likely to recover costs!"

"If the time drags on and the heat of *Police Story* completely fades, then just promoting the game will require extra large advertising expenses!"

His words naturally had elements of exaggeration. He was betting that Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang were both old and didn't really touch arcade games, let alone like them.

The facts were indeed so; Zou Wenhuai was stunned for a moment. How would he know the ins and outs of arcade games?

And Wu Feng happened to be a successful person with a great say in arcade games, so his words naturally had high credibility.

"In fact, developing Brother Cheng's popular movies into arcade games is actually a kind of alternative publicity and promotion for Brother Cheng!"

Wu Feng said slowly: "Think about it, teenagers in Europe and America playing games, seeing Cheng Shilong on the arcade screen, it won't take long to go from strange to familiar!"

"In the future, if Brother Cheng has good movies he wants to distribute in Europe and America, the huge group of arcade game fans alone will be a powerful bargaining chip!"

Once these words came out, Cheng Shilong was immediately moved.

He subconsciously looked at He Guanchang, and He Guanchang nodded imperceptibly, but couldn't help sighing in his heart: "Wu Feng is really powerful, he grasped Brother Long's heart all at once!"

"Once Brother Long is moved, it will be impossible for Golden Harvest not to agree!"

Sure enough, Zou Wenhuai got the hint, swept a glance at Cheng Shilong inadvertently, and sneered: "Wu Feng, can you guarantee that the arcade game adapted under your direction will definitely be a hit, even to the point of being a hit in Europe and America?"

"I dare to throw money into development right now!"

Wu Feng said indifferently: "Boss Zou, do you dare to follow?"

"This..."

Zou Wenhuai was stumped for a moment; he really didn't dare to throw money with Wu Feng.

Wu Feng was right about one thing: he was not familiar with the arcade industry and was a pure layman.

Finally, after bargaining and with Cheng Shilong's pushing, Wu Feng won the game adaptation rights for the *Project A* series and the *Police Story* series for 100,000 yuan.

That's right, it was 100,000 Hong Kong dollars, so cheap that even Wu Feng felt it was unbelievable.

But Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang didn't show any dissatisfaction, clearly they could accept this price.

It was just hoped that when these two series of arcade games were developed and became hits in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and even Japan, South Korea, and Europe and America, they wouldn't regret it.

Originally, he also wanted to win the game adaptation rights for the 'Asian Flying Eagle' ID, which was actually the 'Armour of God' adventure story based on *Armour of God*, but it was rejected by Zou Wenhuai.

Clearly, he still wanted to keep a hand.

In addition, the 'Armour of God' series of feature films had obvious Western elements, and clearly Zou Wenhuai still had some ideas about this.

Wu Feng didn't care; being able to get the game adaptation rights for the *Project A* series and the *Police Story* series was already considered a full harvest, no need to be too greedy.

Did he really think that only the ghosts liked to tear up contracts? The tycoons in Hong Kong were not inferior at all.

"Boss Zou, are you ready?"

After the assistant followed He Guanchang to Golden Harvest's legal department to sign the cooperation agreement for the adaptation rights, Wu Feng spoke.

"What?"

Zou Wenhuai was full of confusion, not knowing what Wu Feng meant.

Cheng Shilong and He Guanchang next to him also showed curiosity, suddenly perking up.

"I'm going to brag, no, I'm going to start spraying!"

Wu Feng said with a smile: "Some words might be hard to hear, Boss Zou should be mentally prepared!"

He originally wanted to ask if Boss Zou had any heart disease or something, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

These words were too ambiguous, as if he hoped something would happen to Zou Wenhuai.

"Why, asking Wu Feng to help advise, and still have to use insults?"

Zou Wenhuai's face was very ugly, and his tone carried obvious dissatisfaction.

"That wouldn't go that far!"

Wu Feng laughed and said embarrassedly: "It's just a precaution; maybe some ugly words will burst out while talking, and sometimes I might not even notice it myself!"

"Oh, then Wu Feng, tell me, what exactly is your idea?"

Zou Wenhuai's face softened a little, and he said indifferently: "As long as you hit the point, I definitely have no problem; I still have that much tolerance!"

Although he said it firmly, He Guanchang and Cheng Shilong next to him didn't dare to be careless at all.

"Boss Zou, Golden Harvest's luck is quite good!"

Wu Feng was not polite and said bluntly: "In fact, Golden Harvest doesn't need to give the ghosts too much face!"

"As long as Golden Harvest has invested real money and is very familiar with film production, even if you bypass the large film companies in Hollywood, it is easy to be released in the United States!"

"I don't understand what Wu Feng is saying!"

Zou Wenhuai said unhappily: "Ghost film companies are not easy to deal with; Golden Harvest has already tried!"

"But the United States at this time is begging for the Mainland!"

Wu Feng spoke more directly: "At the level of a film company, they certainly won't openly go against national policy. In fact, Golden Harvest has a lot of room for choice!"

"How funny!"

Zou Wenhuai said disdainfully: "What kind of strength does the United States have, and what kind of strength is the Mainland? Does the United States need to beg the Mainland for anything, sell more agricultural products?"

Tsk!

Look, these are the top elites in Hong Kong, and their international vision is hard to describe.

No wonder Golden Harvest gave up the great opportunity to enter the Mainland in 1984; of course, it can be explained by commercial needs.

But in the special environment of Hong Kong, they didn't notice the honeymoon period between the United States and the Mainland at the first time, which was also a puzzle for Wu Feng.

Could those ships of machinery and equipment really only be bought with dollars?

"Boss Zou, I feel very funny when you say this!"

Wu Feng mocked unceremoniously: "If it weren't for eating the dividend of the United States wanting to win over the Mainland, do you really think Li Xiaolong could become an international kung fu superstar so smoothly?"

"Wu Feng, what do you mean by this?"

Zou Wenhuai's face looked obviously not very good; Li Xiaolong was the pride of Golden Harvest's rise.

"Hehe, literal meaning!"

Wu Feng said unhappily: "Some things are picked open, and then you know what's going on!"

"Then tell me, I want to hear what you can say!"

Zou Wenhuai was a bit angry, and his eyes looking at Wu Feng were quite unkind.

The atmosphere in the office gradually became tense and oppressive, making He Guanchang and Cheng Shilong next to him want to sweat in their palms and go out to breathe.

"Before Li Xiaolong came to Hong Kong, was he already famous?"

Wu Feng said directly: "He acted in the American TV series *The Green Hornet*, overshadowing the protagonist as a supporting actor; he had already opened the road to fame, right?"

This information was not a secret for web novel writers who came from the era of information explosion in later generations.

Even in Hong Kong at the time, because of Li Xiaolong's dazzling light, many people knew about it.

Therefore, Zou Wenhuai didn't doubt what Wu Feng said, and naturally couldn't stupidly ask back 'how do you know this'.

"But later Li Xiaolong had no movies to film, and had to run to Hong Kong to find opportunities; do you know why?"

Without waiting for Zou Wenhuai to answer, he said to himself: "No need to think too much, he must have been squeezed and suppressed; American white people would never give him a chance to get ahead!"

"It's a very simple truth; how long has it been since the *Chinese Exclusion Act* stopped?"

"The United States side would absolutely not allow colored people, especially Chinese, to have huge influence and prestige in the film circle; it is easy to boost the confidence of the Chinese, and might even let the Chinese group huddle together for warmth!"

These words directly stunned Zou Wenhuai, He Guanchang, and Cheng Shilong. They had never approached it from this angle to understand why Li Xiaolong came to Hong Kong in the first place.

"After arriving in Hong Kong, Li Xiaolong joined Golden Harvest Company, and his identity changed!"

Wu Feng hung a sneer at the corner of his mouth and continued to talk freely: "His identity at this time was a star of Hong Kong Golden Harvest Film Company, and the movies he filmed naturally belonged to the Chinese's own movies!"

"At that time, why couldn't *The Big Boss* and *Fist of Fury* be released in the United States, but waited until *The Way of the Dragon* filmed in 1972; didn't you feel this year was very special?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 101 =====