Chapter 194: Jing Kun's Reminder (Seeking Subscriptions)

By the second Infinite Fighting Tournament, the business model built around the competition had become increasingly mature.

To put it bluntly, there were more ways to make money from it.

Relatively speaking, the income of star contestants naturally increased accordingly.

This time, sponsors included Victory Beer, numerous sub-brands of Pepsi, and fast-moving consumer goods like Jianlibao.

Added to traditional peripherals like posters, postcards, music cards, figurines, and exquisite cards, along with channels like endorsements, product sales, and event appearances, the income could at least increase by about one hundred percent compared to the first tournament's contestants.

Even just this was quite exaggerated.

Not to mention anything else, the average income of the top thirty-two contestants was all over 200,000 Hong Kong Dollars.

"How could there be such a high return?"

When the leader of the Mainland delegation learned of the elite contestants' income, the person was completely stunned.

"It's a very normal income!"

Wu Feng 'happened' to come over to host, and upon hearing this, he smiled lightly: "If there wasn't enough income, how could the contestants fight so brilliantly and fiercely in the ring?"

"You have to know, one wrong move and they could get injured!"

"That's still too much; this is only the top thirty-two, and they can have an income of 200,000 Hong Kong Dollars!"

The delegation leader said in surprise: "I don't even know how to distribute this money!"

These words hit the nail on the head, and it was also the main reason Wu Feng had come over.

"I think a fifty-fifty split is better!"

Wu Feng stated his thoughts directly, then briefly introduced the agreement he had reached with local officials regarding recruiting workers from his hometown for his factories in the Mainland.

"Of course, the situation of the participating contestants is special; after all, they have been carefully trained!"

"That is why I think a fifty-fifty split is more reasonable; after all, it is the contestants who are fighting in the ring!"

Wu Feng naturally knew some of the conditions in the Mainland, and what he said was the truth.

If the benefits were not distributed properly from the start, it would be hard to say whether the official contestants would have any enthusiasm or initiative in the future.

It is still the same saying: the risk of injury from participating in a fighting tournament is extremely high.

If there is no sufficient profit incentive, it is really hard to sustain!

This time, to convince the Mainland leader, he even invited Chairman Liao of the Silver City Institution to help speak on his behalf, hoping to achieve his goal.

As for the civilian contestants, the situation was much better, without so many twists and turns.

The reason for going to such trouble was mainly to set an example!

In the future, for cooperation in other areas, especially sports competitions, things would follow this model.

Just like football matches; without sufficient profit incentives, it is hard to make the matches brilliant and exciting.

The effect was still very obvious!

With Wu Feng and Elder Liao stepping in, the Mainland delegation leader definitely had to give them face.

After communicating with the relevant parties in the Mainland via telephone, the distribution plan proposed by Wu Feng was finally confirmed.

Not to mention how pleasantly surprised the official contestants were, the leader also let out a long sigh of relief.

After all, the official contestants who were temporarily organized to come to Hong Kong to participate in the fighting tournament were all true experts; otherwise, it would have been impossible for the majority of the top thirty-two to be Mainland contestants.

That's right, among the top thirty-two in the fighting tournament, Mainland contestants accounted for twenty.

This was even with the organizers using a drawing method to eliminate some of the formidable Mainland experts early; otherwise, the number would only have been higher.

Of course, no one had expected this situation at the beginning.

In fact, the Hong Kong contestants were a bit dazed!

It can only be said that they were not mentally prepared for the suddenly increased intensity of the competition.

Wu Feng made an appearance, solved the profit-sharing issue that could have easily triggered conflict, and then he went invisible again.

After all, as the organizer, it is better to have less contact with the contestants.

There are some things that are hard to explain when under suspicion, and they easily cause unnecessary trouble.

Asia Television's two flagship programs were broadcast in rotation, their ratings climbing steadily, and the program's effect and influence were constantly spreading, showing signs of having become the focus of the Hong Kong and Macau region.

Even over in Taiwan, there were businessmen coming to inquire about the licensing matters for the relevant videotapes.

That's right, Wu Feng had given instructions early on that the highlights of the two programs were all made into videotapes for sale; he hadn't expected the effect to be quite good, with many viewers who hadn't seen the programs specifically renting the videotapes to watch.

Because the popularity of the programs was so high, it was normal for relevant businessmen from Taiwan to be attracted!

It was unlikely to be able to broadcast the programs, but selling the videotapes over there was still possible.

At present, the restrictions over there had gradually loosened. It was not as strict as it used to be.

With both programs launching at the same time, Wu Feng had been worried about problems arising, so he had been keeping a very close watch.

Once everything was on the right track, he could relax a bit and focus on other things.

Over at the society, quite a few things had happened.

Wu Feng always attended the end-of-month accounting meetings on time, which was also when he met with other District Leaders to chat about their respective situations and some underworld gossip.

Only at this time were the District Leaders relatively complete.

At other times, everyone was basically busy with their own affairs, and they would not easily contact each other privately unless there was something urgent.

Sometimes one has to have a sense of propriety!

Dragon Head Jiang Tiansheng delegating power was already generous enough.

If one still didn't know the gravity of the situation and held various private gatherings, it would easily cause misunderstandings.

Fortunately, the truly powerful District Leaders, such as Jing Kun and Han Bin, were very self-aware and did not make such mistakes; of course, this was related to their minds not being on the society's affairs.

Needless to say, Jing Kun put all his heart into Qiankun Film and Television.

After all, Qiankun Film and Television was involved in the production of other types of films, and he didn't feel at ease without keeping an eye on it.

Recently, he had produced an urban action film, which had already been in theaters for more than half a month.

The content tells of underground fighting matches; in short, the plot is not complex, but the fighting is quite realistic and exciting, drawing on parts of the match plots from the "Infinite Fighting Tournament".

The results were quite good, and it looks like a box office revenue of over ten million is not a problem!

It cannot be called a massive hit, but it did recoup its costs and make a small profit; the next step of releasing it on videotape is where the big money lies.

Seeing Jing Kun's relaxed expression, he was clearly quite satisfied with this result.

"Feng Zai, Qiankun Film and Television wants the adaptation rights for some of the 'Fist Master' series comics produced by the publishing house under your command!"

When he saw Wu Feng, this guy walked straight over and chuckled.

"As for those most popular comic stories, don't even think about them!"

Wu Feng laughed: "As for the other side stories, you can send someone to negotiate with the publishing house!"

"That's exactly what I want; I wouldn't be able to get the ones that are too popular anyway!"

Jing Kun rolled his eyes and said irritably: "Speaking of which, you kid are holding onto so many popular copyrights that you won't be able to use them all for a while; do you want to share some of them?"

"Fengrui Film and Television shoots at least fifteen, sixteen, or seventeen movies a year, and the number of popular copyrights needed is not small!"

Wu Feng said amusedly: "Besides, some types of movies shouldn't be shot too much; it's very easy for everyone to end up with nothing to eat!"

The "Mr. Vampire" series of movies is the best proof of this.

It was clearly a pretty good gold mine, but because of people jumping on the bandwagon, such a good series was ruined in just a few short years.

Even with high-quality vampire movies featuring Ying Shu, it's hard to say if the box office could even pass ten million.

That is the situation, so Wu Feng is still quite cautious about the development of the "Fist Master" series and does not intend to launch it all at once.

Some exciting stories can completely be made into film and television dramas a year later without being too affected.

In fact, when Fengrui Film and Television was starting out, the Folk Fantasy Series movies co-produced with Silver City Institution already had a situation of being somewhat overdrawn.

There was no other way at the time; having finally opened up the situation, they had to expand their influence through this novel type of movie, so they could only shoot movies of the same type continuously in a short period.

Fortunately, the folk customs in various places in the Mainland are different, and the scenery and humanities are also very different.

Filming these into movies would not give the audience a feeling of being all the same.

It was also because of this that the box office of the Folk Fantasy Series movies was always quite good.

At the very beginning, they were released at a rate of almost one per month.

The box office for each one exceeded ten million, so it could be considered a quite good film series.

Fortunately, this mode of crazy production and release only lasted for three or four months, after which the pace slowly slowed down, and other types of movies were added at the same time.

At this time, the folk fantasy type of movie is still the trump card series for Fengrui Film and Television and Silver City Institution.

Basically, releasing two to three movies a year is already the limit.

Wu Feng naturally does not hope that Qiankun Film and Television will rely too much on any one type of movie, aside from its basic foundation.

"Fine, whatever you say, kid!"

Jing Kun is still very willing to listen to advice, smiling as he said: "The commotion for this Beauty Pageant is so big, and I see that the quality of many of the beauties inside is very high; have you taken a fancy to any?"

"Why, does Brother Kun have his eye on someone?"

Wu Feng asked curiously: "Tell me about it, I can help you take a look too!"

"Among the ordinary contestants, those few who are the most beautiful!"

Jing Kun was not polite either, smiling wickedly: "I think they are quite good and have the potential to be stars!"

"Don't even think about such a good thing!"

This time it was Wu Feng's turn to roll his eyes, and he said irritably: "Brother Kun, your selection targets should best be placed on the nightclub hostesses!"

"Many of Qiankun Film and Television's movies are ones they can play themselves in; as for those normal contestants, I plan to sign them to the television station to properly hone them!"

"You kid, you really are as unforthcoming as ever!"

Jing Kun said irritably: "What if they are targeted by rich second-generation kids and wealthy people?"

"Then that depends on their own choices!"

Wu Feng said indifferently: "I'm not their father or mother; do I need to look after them that much?"

"You guy!"

Jing Kun slowed his speaking pace and reminded: "Let me tell you some bad news: a group of young masters who often come to play at the nightclubs under my command have already set their sights on some of the beauties in the Beauty Pageant!"

"They are just waiting for their one-month closed-door training to end before they start taking action!"

"Oh, do you know which beauties are the most popular?"

Wu Feng raised an eyebrow and asked curiously: "Don't doubt it, I am indeed quite curious!"

"The hostesses from the nightclubs are still the most popular!"

Jing Kun chuckled: "Those wealthy young masters also know what's what; besides, those nightclub hostesses who went on the show are like different people, shocking those regular customers quite a bit!"

(End of this chapter)